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I max everything and cap by FPS at 60, although it runs at 65 for whatever reason.

I know, just wondering if there was any more info such as if the tank took any other hits before that final one. It looks a lot more scorched in the second video. I'm wary of all footage from every side of every conflict and was just curious.

Yeah, he is very meticulous. I noticed he changed his painting style though... everything has an almost cel shaded look, like a comic book. He's gone much higher contrast and saturation that doesn't feel right for the scale he works on. Feels like the gradients are too sharp. Still excellent work, I just don't find it as realistic looking as his stuff from just a few years ago such as this:

Ah, ok. Glad to hear the quality is good... he seems like a decent guy. His success has always been amazing to me, having seen most hobby shops die since the 90s. Just keeping the doors open is a win nowadays and having one's own line of models is unreal. At first I thought they were going to be printed but then he mentioned the molds getting machined. I used to work in plastics/composites and know how expensive it is, especially if you aren't willing to make concessions which he doesn't appear to be. Some solid painting skills you have there, by the way.

I didn't notice the repeated mod request. Whatever Ssnake hinted at for V5, I'd be happy with some good old fashioned sprites, especially an option to make our own with some templates.

All of that Andy's Hobby Headquarters stuff... wow. It's so cool that he's living the dream. Wait... are you that Andy?

Some awesome setups and models ITT. Anyone else watch Night Shift on YouTube? Most of my models were planes. Only built one tank, a Sturmgeschütz. They are all long gone now, unable to survive my early years of moving around a lot.

I'm sure plenty of you have some random projects on the go... would be interested to see any if you're up for it. Anything, really. I appreciate all forms of tinkering. I've had a few fun ones this past couple of years. Mostly kind of weird, but this one's normal: a custom heater for my chicken coop. Modeled it first to get the ideal reflection angles (avoid fighting over a "best" perch spot, ruining the established pecking order) and get those pesky compound miters easily. Also to better work out the wiring to be neat and safe, well above code. It only loads the circuit to 1/5 of its capacity when maxed and the wiring is super overkill. Basically, it is: GFCI > thermostat > relay > infrared beam > sensor > relay > large 40 amp solid state relay > 4X 100W ceramic heat lamps. Simple, but took up an entire 10 connection terminal block due to excessive safety measures. It can't be turned on unless it's below freezing and there's at least one bird on the perch, so no wasted electricity. Also if the GFCI trips or another IR sensor detects a specific wavelength (fire) the door pops open and the birds can leave out of their little door, and I get an alarm plus a text. Kind of dumb considering how it safe it is, but whatever. It was also about tinkering. Made from mostly aluminum, ceramic, fiberglass lined with that heat shield material that's good for 2000F. I used a dimmer and digital meter to visually tune the output depending on the weather. Output is 3.33 amps at full blast but I've been keeping it at 2.3 amps at most, putting each bulb at 70% load for longevity and to keep temps down... only really needed 2 bulbs but decided on more thermal mass over higher heat. Anyway, it puts out tons of radiant heat straight down yet everything but the bulbs stays cold to the touch. Much safer than any of the crap at supply stores or online, and more fun. It has cooling/ventilation and lighting functions too, basically keeping the interior at summer time in terms of daylight. I let the time waver an hour just to give at least a little natural variance. Egg production shot up (4 to 6 per day year-round with 6 hens) and the chickens love it. They are very dumb but the first relay is loud and they soon learned that "click" = heat. Every now and then on really cold days (like below -30C) one will go and turn it on for a while before coming back outside. Anyway, that's about it. Not very exciting but still a fun little project.

I knew what it was the instant I saw the wheels. Any updates?

The lighting is completely different and it looks to be a different camera sensor. Any idea how much time had elapsed and what happened between videos?

I have something even more powerful and worrisome than classified information (in my opinion) to post online: My opinions. I have yet to find a scenario too retarded to use them in.

I like 2 kinds of graphics: Very high fidelity, or very muddy and pixelated; one has detail, the other lets your brain fill in the gaps to create your own. It's the in-between games that I don't like, as they look sterile and there is no room for your imagination. For example, I love Jane's Longbow in software mode but think it's incredibly boring and ugly in Glide mode when it is glaringly obvious that there is nothing but a flat texture below you. The shaky, shimmery pixels of software mode at least hint at something being there. One game that gets away with looking good in Glide is M1 Tank Platoon II, in the desert at least... because it's a desert, and tanks are made up mostly of flat faces. Nothing really needs to be hidden.

Fritz has done at least some form of modeling (I remember it from the Falcon forums) I'm sure he must know this. I will always be a big fan of sprites for such purposes... you can get away with a lot for cheap, resource-wise.

It was just a lame dad joke about the camouflage.

Fun times. Yeah, a lot of older games really seemed to tie physics to CPU speed in a weird way. I remember my first time finally playing Heavy Gear, the mech game from Activision. My hardware was way too modern by then and as soon as I accelerated the legs would just be running on the spot, and it would start sliding around like it was on ice.