3DSciFi

I agree with Eric.  Hope you do find a way to continue with your CGI work.  You do amazing stuff as Eric does and keeps me motivated to do more and improve myself.  I usually don't post much as I really enjoy watching your work and usually don't have a lot to offer.

Thanks a lot, guys. Your support, as always, means a lot to me.

I was talking to a friend at work who is really into tech, he follows a lot of the tech stuff on Reddit and other places and he's always buying components and computers and doing builds and rebuilds. He told me there's been a lot of buzz surrounding that Windows update and Logitech devices. I guess it's borked a lot of peoples' devices, especially game controllers. (fortunately, I usually game on Xbox 360 controllers) So, it's not just me, it's apparently a widespread issue. While that's kind of nice to know, it's not helping me any. So, I'm still done with Windows as a productivity operating system, I just can't do it anymore. I'm going to just use my Windows computer for gaming, because that's all most Microsoft stuff is to me anymore, a toy. I just can't take it seriously.

I'm probably going to mess around in Blender again. I installed Blender on Steam, because the latest version Ubuntu has in their repositories is 2.82. Sure, I could get Blender directly from their website, but Steam will keep it updated for me. When am I going to mess with it? I don't know. There's an Avengers game coming out this weekend, so I'm probably going to be busy playing that on my next days off.

Quote from: scifidude79 on Sep 01, 2020, 10:50 pmThere's an Avengers game coming out this weekend, so I'm probably going to be busy playing that on my next days off.

I was JUST watching the videos for that on STEAM before I came to the site.  It does look pretty cool.

And I do hope you figure out some way to keep doing 3D.  I was thinking if you took your favorite (or at least, the best working version of ... ) Windows, you could run it in an emulator and use it ONLY for 3D.  If it took that.

I'm going to look at Blender again before I touch Windows for anything but gaming. This latest issue with Logitech devices is just one item on a growing list.

My favorite version of Windows is XP, which can't even be activated anymore. Besides, I highly doubt Lightwave 2018 would run on it.

Ah, okay!

Well, I will try to help you with anything Blender-related, if I can.  I'll bet Dean would also be happy to lend a hand.

Thanks, though I usually can find the answers I need with a simple(ish) web search. But, if I have any questions I can't find answers to, I'll be sure to ask you two.

I'm thinking of doing something from the Enterprise era.

Quote from: scifidude79 on Sep 03, 2020, 10:47 pmI'm thinking of doing something from the Enterprise era.

Neat!  I hope to see it soon!

It's not likely to happen that soon.



Distractions.

I did transfer the RAM and graphics card from the Windows machine to the Linux one. Microsoft has pissed me off pretty badly this time.

Quote from: scifidude79 on Sep 05, 2020, 12:20 pmI did transfer the RAM and graphics card from the Windows machine to the Linux one. Microsoft has pissed me off pretty badly this time.

Please tell me what you think of the Avengers game.  And enjoy yourself!

Quote from: scifieric on Sep 05, 2020, 03:00 pm

Quote from: scifidude79 on Sep 05, 2020, 12:20 pmI did transfer the RAM and graphics card from the Windows machine to the Linux one. Microsoft has pissed me off pretty badly this time.

Please tell me what you think of the Avengers game.  And enjoy yourself!

I'll let you know, when I finally play it. All I played yesterday were Tony Hawk and GTA Online.

Quote from: scifieric on Sep 05, 2020, 03:00 pmPlease tell me what you think of the Avengers game.  And enjoy yourself!

It's really fun. Looks great, plays great. I've gotten past a few areas, beaten some bosses. I'm really enjoying it so far.

Quote from: scifidude79 on Sep 06, 2020, 09:00 am

Quote from: scifieric on Sep 05, 2020, 03:00 pmPlease tell me what you think of the Avengers game.  And enjoy yourself!

It's really fun. Looks great, plays great. I've gotten past a few areas, beaten some bosses. I'm really enjoying it so far.

Excellent!  Thank you!

No problem. It's got an interesting story line. There was an accident that Bruce Banner said was the Avengers' fault, so they've been disbanded. A.I.M. is hunting anyone with powers. You play mostly as Kamala Khan (Ms. Marvel) and she's being hunted by A.I.M. and is trying to get the Avengers back together. Where I'm at in the game, I've got Bruce and Tony. (just got Tony before quitting this morning)

Neat!

stepping back to windows ... I would not be surprised if windows hop over to a Linux under the hood version -- soon-ish LOL
they are already sewing the foundations of it now. heck the shell can have a small extension to make it so you can install stuff totally like sudo in 'nux