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Off Topic / Re: Bisjac swapping and selling hardware again

« on: August 04, 2014, 04:40:09 PM »

75Hz has been the standard for monitors since like 2010 I looked it up, I mean 2000.

I actually switched back to 60Hz a few years ago even though my monitor can probably do 75Hz. Didn't notice a difference.

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Games / Re: Really weird ass steam client glitch

« on: August 04, 2014, 01:22:27 PM »

On a mac, still getting a scan though
at least whoever gave said virus shares my taste in jujus and gave me some barry

https://www.google.com/?hl=en-US&gws_rd=ssl#hl=en&q=macs+can%27t+get+viruses+myth

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Suggestions & Requests / Re: Freeze event

« on: August 04, 2014, 11:05:18 AM »

I believe that this came with the Elemental Magic Spells pack, whoever made that. It would add a "freeze" event to the game. It had an "ice" spell that would do the same. Check the RTB archives.

Alternatively, you could simply change the player to a no-move playertype if you just wanted to disable movement while a player does something (i.e using a medkit, computer)

That weapon pack does indeed come with a freeze event but that's not the one I'm looking for. That event didn't add an ice block around you.

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Suggestions & Requests / Freeze event

« on: August 04, 2014, 08:50:47 AM »

I know for a fact that this event exists but I can't find it anywhere in my files. The event froze the player in place (even in mid-air) for a specified time. Anyone have a link to it?

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Games / Re: Really weird ass steam client glitch

« on: August 04, 2014, 07:35:25 AM »

You probably have a virus on your computer. Have you tried scanning with your Anti-Virus program before posting here? Or maybe the image cache got messed up, then you can just hold Shift while pressing the refresh button.

The correct shortcut for force-reload is Ctrl+F5.

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Modification Help / Re: General Blender Help Thread | Blender Megathread

« on: August 04, 2014, 07:32:44 AM »

Keeping the thread alive while I still remember.

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General Discussion / Re: Optimize your PNGs - Speed up loading by up to 80%!

« on: August 04, 2014, 07:27:18 AM »

All my textures are 1x1 images of a colour and this still makes them smaller. Ah, file types.

I told you it was magic.

how well does it handle transparencies?

Transparencies are unchanged.

Hmm, I might be able to write a more open-source alternative to this, but it won't have as nice of a GUI.  Probably just a drag 'n drop sort of tool.  As far as I know, all the tools it relies on are just other open source packages.

Yeah. PNGGautlet is just a graphical interface for PNGOUT, OptiPNG, and DeflOpt. The default settings are fine in my opinion but you can still adjust them individually.

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Off Topic / Re: good mmos that are free/don't cost much/old

« on: August 04, 2014, 06:31:45 AM »

I once considered playing Guild Wars 2.

I also recommend checking out this fellow: http://mmogrinder.net/

A word of warning about MapleStory. You should check out and decide on a premade build. You can play the game by just putting points into whatever skills you like but your char will most likely be underpowered. My char sucked when I played it for a few months. It's also super grindy.

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General Discussion / Re: Optimize your PNGs - Speed up loading by up to 80%!

« on: August 04, 2014, 05:41:51 AM »

And you'll also cause them to re-download all files they might already have from elsewhere because the hashes mismatch them from your files.

I mean you should use this on add-ons you plan to release from now on. Of course you shouldn't use it on existing ones exactly because of that.

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Off Topic / Re: Anime and Manga Megathread

« on: August 04, 2014, 05:40:07 AM »

Attack on Titan and Steins Gate.
>mononoke hime 4
Turbo rustled

I haven't watched Attack on Titan nor do I plan to and what? Steins;Gate is amazing.

Code Geass R2: 10

HAHAHA WHAT

Yeah I'm not entirely sure either. I don't recall it being that good. I need to rewatch it.

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Off Topic / Re: Anime and Manga Megathread

« on: August 04, 2014, 05:15:16 AM »

I know that name and face but the dude I don't remember. What anime is this?

ur lucky im not some other bloke who heard you say ponyo>mononoke

Feeling rustled?

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General Discussion / Optimize your PNGs - Speed up loading by up to 80%!

« on: August 04, 2014, 05:06:54 AM »

Of course there's a catch. You can only speed up loading of add-ons you make from now on and only PNG files. With a sample size of 74 I managed to get the average size down to 76% and at best 14% of original size. You could optimize default files but I think you would crash when connecting to servers due to file mismatch.

PNG optimization is awesome. What you do is take out all the extra unnecessary info out of the PNG file and leave the pixels, colors, and transparency untouched. In other words you're reducing the PNG file size losslessly.

I've used PNGCrush, PNGOut, OptiPNG, TinyPNG, PunyPNG, and Smustuff. Some of those (the best ones) are command-line tools, others are websites. I've spent hours reading documentions, experimenting with different settings, doing comparison charts, and lots of trial and error. A few weeks ago I discovered the best software for optimizing PNGs that was by far the easiest to use and on top of that it provided far better results than any of the previously mentioned software. I present to you PNGGauntlet. One button PNG optimization. It's god damn magic.
http://pnggauntlet.com/

I'm sorry if this sounds like an ad for the software but it just blows my mind how good it is, especially since I've tried all those other ones. I did some test with some of the largest print add-ons I have. I extracted them, optimized the PNGs, and recompressed:

Original file	Optimized	% of original size
Print_2x2r_SpaceTechRamps.zip - 4,39 MiB	3,88 MiB	88%
Print_ModTer_Default.zip - 3,15 MiB	1,94 MiB	62%
Print_1x1f_KeyboardGeneric.zip - 0,13 MiB	0,07 MiB	54%

I tested the prints in Blockland afterwards and they looked exactly the same. You'll save a second or two per add-on for the people loading add-ons you've made on servers. Discuss how cool PNG optimization is.

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Off Topic / Re: Anime and Manga Megathread

« on: August 03, 2014, 06:50:20 PM »

It was fun while it lasted: http://oh-totoro.com/post/93700803450/studio-ghibli-announces-closure-toshio-suzuki

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Off Topic / Re: Anime and Manga Megathread

« on: August 03, 2014, 03:20:18 PM »

Oi. Someone recommend me a non-shounen anime that isn't slice-of-life or comedy. I think I've only watched two so far: Elfen Lied and Kino no Tabi.

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Off Topic / Re: Anime and Manga Megathread

« on: August 03, 2014, 06:17:43 AM »

I mean, I guess if your network really can't do it.

Try downloading at 100MBs with 2 seeders.

what kind of peasant-ass white high schooler tracker are you trying to use?

Apparently peasant-ass white high schooler trackers.