The Ahab and Mars Relationship [Chat] Power Hour!

Orikaeshigitae

how long have you been on it?

wakkawa

For the first one since like september.

Orikaeshigitae

and wellbutrin?

wakkawa

for about 2 weeks so far.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7puDVJKH1E

also musics

Orikaeshigitae

talk to your doctor about it, certainly, but there's a good chance that i'll get better in a week or so

Rankenphile

fuck this sucks

rendering 140+ frames by hand, one at a time

down to 43 to go

2-3 minutes each

just babysitting the fucking thing, can't work on anything else while it renders

such horseshit

Angel_of_Bacon

Rankenphile wrote: »

fuck this sucks

rendering 140+ frames by hand, one at a time

down to 43 to go

2-3 minutes each

just babysitting the fucking thing, can't work on anything else while it renders

such horseshit

On the contrary, this is the exact sort of situation one can enjoy playing a DS game confident in the knowledge that no, you really couldn't be doing anything better with your time.

If you don't have a DS or left it elsewhere though, that's some poor planning on your part.

Rankenphile

Angel_of_Bacon wrote: »

Rankenphile wrote: »

fuck this sucks

rendering 140+ frames by hand, one at a time

down to 43 to go

2-3 minutes each

just babysitting the fucking thing, can't work on anything else while it renders

such horseshit

On the contrary, this is the exact sort of situation one can enjoy playing a DS game confident in the knowledge that no, you really couldn't be doing anything better with your time.

If you don't have a DS or left it elsewhere though, that's some poor planning on your part.

problem is I need to keep an eye on it, save the file and start the next frame every 2 minutes

I was playing a lot on my phone, but now I'm just watching documentaries and eating too much

Angel_of_Bacon

Oh jeez, I missed the "by hand" part. Does your program crash/corrupt files when rendering out sequences or what?

Rankenphile

I've got a pair of volumetric lights in the scene, and the shot starts with the camera pretty tight on the character. For some reason, when I start the batch render process before around frame 140, when the camera is wide enough to see the entire cone of the light, it just doesn't activate the light. No idea why, but it just doesn't.

However, the light works fine if I render it off one frame at a time in the preview render window. So either I slog through six hours or more of this process or I have a shot where these god lights just blink on about five seconds in for no apparent reason, which would sink the project.

So, here I sit. Down to 16 frames to go, but god damn this has been a long, boring day.

Iruka

wow thats balls rank. Its really hard to explain to other people just how crazy tedious animation can be sometimes. You sink so many hours into a minute.

If its any consolation, I think its going to be great when its done.

Rankenphile

I hope so. I made a bunch of changes to the beginning, and I think it works WAY better then the crappy animation I had in there. I'm about to make a post about it, and should have the final cut of the work done in a day or two.

Mes3

Fucking Derwent pencils are the worst. I just tried sharpening an 8b three times. Each time the fucking graphite breaks. Never ever had this problem with Faber-Castell's or even the cheap General Semi-Hex. I really, really, really, wish my local art store would keep the damn Prismacolor Turquoise in stock. Fuck.

ninjai

So, in the past I have posted some of the music that I find enjoyable, and I think most of you can agree it isn't very aproachable...

But when fans of my favorite bands make an 8 bit adaptation, I just have to share it with you all. Here are some of the better ones. Both of the first 2 have 2 parts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u5zQo-FlUA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NY1eszXuhE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTFOkfXBQmU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Bw2Pjh2bz8&feature=related


I think you will all agree, best boss battle music of all time!!!

Orikaeshigitae

Mes3 wrote: »

Fucking Derwent pencils are the worst. I just tried sharpening an 8b three times. Each time the fucking graphite breaks. Never ever had this problem with Faber-Castell's or even the cheap General Semi-Hex. I really, really, really, wish my local art store would keep the damn Prismacolor Turquoise in stock. Fuck.

this probably goes without saying, but make sure your sharpener is sharp

if it's dull it can put torque on the graphite and break it

Stupid Mr Whoopsie Name

Also make sure no one dropped the pencil before you try and sharpen it. That one gets me every time =\

Rankenphile

oh man, after effects makes the most delightful sound when it is done rendering out its footage

why doesn't every software package do that

Mes3

I've only had problems with the softer grade Derwent's. Even when my shapener was brand new. They always break about a 1/4 in the pencil. Like the wood and graphite aren't properly bonded. Anyone know where I can order the softer grade of Faber-Castell 9000's? Blick only sells a up to a 6b.

Orikaeshigitae

congrats! get some sleep, rank

Rankenphile

I'm not done yet

Rankenphile

fuck, I still have so much to do in the next two days

I genuinely think I'm gunna have to pull an all-nighter tomorrow

Rankenphile

okay I'm done enough now

fuck it

I am going to get sleep

tomorrow be damned, I worked my dick off today

Molybdenum

congrats, rank
you can now star in niche porn that pays double what you could have gotten before


In other news, I can't get Minecraft to not auto-update. Auto-updates are a weird thing. I keep turning them on for things and then the very next update is always the program-destroying manglefuck of an update.

droid camera- "WHOOPS YOU CAN'T VIEW YOUR SHOTS AFTER YOU TAKE THEM ANYMORE WITHOUT OFFLOADING THEM TO YOUR PC, OUR B MAN"

Astrid to-do list "WHOOPS ALL OF YOUR TASKS GOT LOST SOMEHOW, HOPE YOU WROTE THAT SHIT DOWN. ALSO YOUR PHONE CRASHES IF YOU TRY TO LAUNCH ME! GLHF."

google maps for android- "WHOOPS THE ONLY DIRECTIONS THAT WILL WORK ARE WALKING DIRECTIONS, SAVE SOME GAS DUDER"

Minecraft- actually every single minecraft update destroys the game. Notch isn't terribly good at that part.

in retrospect maybe android is just a platform that doesn't handle updates well due to manufacturers and service providers insisting on putting their stupid overlay skins on shit. I guarantee there would be no problems if everyone just let Android well enough alone.

Stupid Mr Whoopsie Name

Isn't Minecraft still in Alpha or Beta or something? Isn't that the very time and place for updates that mangle the game?

Kochikens

so disgruntled and nowhere to post about it but here
old-coworker and very good friend and his friends got jumped by some idiots. Cops got involved after and everything and my friend got a good punch or two in to a guys face so other than his hand hurting he is okay but mainly jesus fucking christ I cannot believe that this sort of shit still happens in a place like this that is so renowned for being super gay

urguruguggh so mad



uh uh Rank next time take out a volumetric light and try something else, those always give me issues.

Orikaeshigitae

Tonight?

I wish I could say that it was the first time I heard of it happening on a game night. I'm sorry to hear that it happened, and I'm glad the cops got involved.

Kochikens

no, last night. Not even game night

so disgruntled.

Nappuccino

Stupid Mister Whoopsie Name wrote: »

Isn't Minecraft still in Alpha or Beta or something? Isn't that the very time and place for updates that mangle the game?

Yeah... but it is strange that he started charging people to play his alpha/beta game. Usually they just give out some free codes or whatever (yes i know he probably needs the money, but when ppl pay for a product they usually expect it to work)

Fugitive

In the case of minecraft, you're paying for the full game at a discounted price, and given early access to the beta build. Most people kind of treat it like a complete game, but the language on the site has always been "you can play it now, but it's a beta, so don't get too attached to anything because it WILL change, frequently and radically."

Rankenphile

Kochikens wrote: »

uh uh Rank next time take out a volumetric light and try something else, those always give me issues.

were there time to do so, I would have, but I needed it for story reasons

as it stood, I had 660 frames rendered with the light in and working, 140 that refused to render it

I think it had something to do with the node for the cone of fog being re-instanced on both lights, but I couldn't seem to fix it without breaking the entire scene

m3nace

Fugitive wrote: »

In the case of minecraft, you're paying for the full game at a discounted price, and given early access to the beta build. Most people kind of treat it like a complete game, but the language on the site has always been "you can play it now, but it's a beta, so don't get too attached to anything because it WILL change, frequently and radically."

Yep. It is a beta and should also be treated as a beta, maybe even like an alpha. It's like whenever 'Unknown Worlds' deliver a new ns2 alpha. Each one is more playable than the other but it isn't complete. You've bought it as a preorder that gives you access to the beta basically.

Grifter

MagicToaster wrote: »

Grif, I know your wife speaks Spanish, how is yours?

My Spanish is pretty much non-existent. I know a few words but I can't understand what anyone is saying or what any of the signs mean.

Flay

I just stumbled upon this gallery on deviantart and holy shit I really want to be able to make a demon-skin rug. Or a kraken pocket-watch. I don't even know where people start to learn these things though; maybe I should pick up some textiles, or learn how to cast resin?

@Kochi: There was a story of a transgender woman being beaten in to a seizure in Baltimore a little while ago too, which made me really mad.

Molybdenum

m3nace wrote: »

Fugitive wrote: »

In the case of minecraft, you're paying for the full game at a discounted price, and given early access to the beta build. Most people kind of treat it like a complete game, but the language on the site has always been "you can play it now, but it's a beta, so don't get too attached to anything because it WILL change, frequently and radically."

Yep. It is a beta and should also be treated as a beta, maybe even like an alpha. It's like whenever 'Unknown Worlds' deliver a new ns2 alpha. Each one is more playable than the other but it isn't complete. You've bought it as a preorder that gives you access to the beta basically.

Aye, that's all true. Its just that I have certain expectations for the overnight millionare who literally funded a development studio using money he made from that alpha. The least he could do is try to use his shiny new dev team to make his updates not game-breaking for the two million plus people who bought it. Then again I am not notch and cannot pretend to know what he's dealing with. If I was I would be posting from a diamond-coated laptop instead of a plastic-coated one.

Iruka

If you dig into missmonsters gallery, you can find some progress shots. I think people just start by going "I want to make a thing" and then start into the rabbit hole.

More curious to me, though, is where the hell she gets her supplies. I don't know where you buy fur and eyes in bulk.


@Kochi, I hope your buddies recover well, that sucks, people can be really awful.


Moly, Having a million bucks and a dev team doesn't make you immune to mistakes, including occasional game busting.

Rankenphile

I've wanted to find someone to make me a muppet-skin rug for so long

DeeLock

I'd talk to Alyce if you want anything muppet related.

Rankenphile

oh hey, speaking of muppets, tomorrow Karen Prell is coming to watch our animation finals

she was Red Fraggle, the worm in Labrynth, and is currently an animator for Valve

this is ridiculously intimidating

Flay

@Iruka: That is a good point.

I think I might start off making a few tried and true projects, entry levels projects. Maybe mod myself a nerf gun, sew a companion cube, then move on to something more advanced. Gonna try and a heap of things during the next break if I have time, although I never seem to learn everything I want.

Kochikens

Iruka wrote: »

If you dig into missmonsters gallery, you can find some progress shots. I think people just start by going "I want to make a thing" and then start into the rabbit hole.

More curious to me, though, is where the hell she gets her supplies. I don't know where you buy fur and eyes in bulk.


@Kochi, I hope your buddies recover well, that sucks, people can be really awful.


Moly, Having a million bucks and a dev team doesn't make you immune to mistakes, including occasional game busting.

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