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7 Days has this rule where zombies can spawn on anything but player crafted blocks, which does not include player crafted terrain-voxel blocks (vs. building blocks). This makes sense since out in the world you need zombies to spawn, well, out in the world. Not to mention, all terrain voxels have, like, 100-200HP, which is useless. A bear could fart in your yard and damage them. But this means your "backyard" and any surrounding perimeter is always going to look like a cobblestone or concrete parking lot. Fences won't keep them from spawning if your yard is any kind of terrain/asphalt. I got fed up/bored with that and copied/created new terrain blocks ("topsoil2, gravel2" etc)/made craft recipes for them, defined that zombies can't spawn on them, and gave them 10K hit points. I seem to have done it correctly and it works just fine - I can finally have a yard that looks like ... a freaking yard. I guess I am happy. But now I'm bored again.
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Random video game news... renewed!
LadyCrimson replied to LadyCrimson's topic in Computer and Console
Force Gaming's yak about their preview play had me also thinking "seems better than I thought." A lot of secrets to be found (exploration focus), the zone thing seems ok, combat seems ok. The UI and combat UI still is kinda ick. Things like "too easy" could be because it's the prologue/first area of the game, hard to judge when it's just a first area type preview. EDIT: he mentioned a lot of fps fluctuation, performance wise. But the map seems large enough, indicating there will be plenty of "zones" to visit/explore. "Dawnshore" is the zone they were allowed to play in. Still not sure if my brain currently wants this type of game, but it does look more promising now. EDIT: I may still wait for at least a 30% sale tho. EDITEDIT: thought maybe some might find a world map spoilery, spoiler tag added. -
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I remember those shrimp on the barbie ads. They were all the (US) rage back then, when people used to chatter and giggle about tv ad campaigns vs. adblock everything. Funny how that was such a culture norm once. It was back in the mid-80's, there was a whole series of them, but I think this is the one most think of. Not sure if it was the first one or not, maybe.
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Cinema and Movie Thread: coming 2 a theater near u
LadyCrimson replied to PK htiw klaw eriF's topic in Way Off-Topic
1st reaction: "No, no, no, NO, no." 2nd reaction: "Have an open mind, have an open mind, it might be good/fun." 3rd reaction: "No, no, no, NO, no." The director is the same. Gerald's playing the dad. Director said there will be some differences vs. a straight 1-1 copy, things that weren't put in the animated originals, although for this teaser it's pretty much showing the 1-1 iconic bits side. And to me Toothless looks weird. I mean it looks like Toothless, but with some super bumpy texture map. Certainly doesn't look like a "live" dragon, even if the actors are humans. And ... it's not NEEDED. Sigh. Hollywood. "Have an open mind, have an open mind, I might enjoy it...." -
The TV and Streaming Thread: That's Entertainment!
LadyCrimson replied to LadyCrimson's topic in Way Off-Topic
Oh, doh, that makes sense. I loved that animated series - not as much as ToS, but it was fun, I have it on DVD. It's mentioned so infrequently tho (well, in my limited experience) so I just never think about using letter ID for it, heh. I have heard that about Lower Decks, but when I looked at it briefly the other day, I don't think I could get into it. Not my style at all. -
The TV and Streaming Thread: That's Entertainment!
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Btw, what does TAS stand for. -
The TV and Streaming Thread: That's Entertainment!
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I just saw that. The uncanny valley is fairly limited, but peeks thru here and there ofc. Still, I liked it. I don't "get" any of the nuTrek references but the last bit of the two of them together was still nice. It always felt a bit sad that those two iconic characters didn't get to grow old together, so to speak. Never liked what they did re: Kirk's death/s. Wasn't the worst or anything, it just wasn't satisfying. -
Random video game news... renewed!
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^ Yeah, I heard about that. Most play up the gaming connection, but I'd be more concerned about the anime/manga influence, if any, that could affect films, series etc. Not to mention the general "yet more under one umbrella" concerns. -
The TV and Streaming Thread: That's Entertainment!
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^ I saw the first season of From (thru MGM sub). It was pretty decent. Meant to watch more, but by the time the 2nd season came out, I ... didn't feel like it. Maybe one day. ======= Subbed to Paramount+, because of Matlock. I suspect after that I'll cancel it, although it will be a while (Matlock is at 6 episodes, I think it's supposed to be 18, and it ... was renewed for a 2nd already...). Anyway, because of that, over the weekend I tried: The Stand - ok, that 90's mini-series was sometimes cheesy and a few bad miscasts, but Gary Sinise and Ray Walston were highlights. Maybe this newer one will be better. I watched one episode and turned it off. I think it's even worse, including the casting. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - heard this was the best of the nuTrek. I like the actors for Pike and Uhura. I thought the first episode was horrible. What is this with Spock and T'Pring, is this alternate history. I say that because in Amok Time he kept staring intently at that picture of T'Pring as a child, as if he'd never seen her as an adult. Well, I guess we can hypothesize background for new stories...but it felt soul-icky for some reason. I don't like the Spock actor in this one either. And Pike with foreknowledge, ok. I fell asleep in the 2nd episode and woke up to maybe the 6th episode with Spock kissing Nurse Chapel on the bridge, filling the screen, wtf. Ok, no context, back to episode 2. I did like 2nd episode a lot better, it felt more adventure Star Trek-y. I get the feeling I'll like it when they're doing space/meet ppl on planets story bits, and dislike most of the interpersonal relationship/chr. stuff. But everything feels kind of ... stiff and unnatural. Maybe it's the dialogue. Maybe it's (most of ) the actors. Maybe it's all the shiny fancy tech of the ship vs. the ToS Enterprise period. I get it, needs updating, but it's a little over-much, akin to those movies. Maybe I've just forgotten what anything but the ToS pacing is like. Well, it's shortish, I suppose I can power through the rest. Edit: and no, I won't be watching any of the other nuTrek. The idea of following Pike's adventures, pre-James Kirk, was at least interesting on paper. -
Random video game news... renewed!
LadyCrimson replied to LadyCrimson's topic in Computer and Console
^ Wait, does this mean you'd need a bnet account to play it? Or is it just the store purchasing option? .... Steam doesn't mention it, so I hope that means no on it being attached to bnet itself. ...it's $70US on Steam. ...it's $90US for the pre-order which gets you 2 skin packs, artbook/soundtrack, and "up to" 5 days earlier access. >.> Yeah...that makes me expect more from it, quality wise, than I originally was. Like length, replayability, that sort of stuff. -
Wag More Bark Less -- Cute and Funny Animal Pics
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The key to kitty comedy is apparently hard floors. -
The TV and Streaming Thread: That's Entertainment!
LadyCrimson replied to LadyCrimson's topic in Way Off-Topic
I was confused for a minute. Game? Show? What? Oh, anthology 15 episode series ... based on games? The games tie-in does nothing for me, depends on the stories. Hm. Has some big names doing some of the VA.