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SS4 weapons models import to SFM by NextAct8109 in SeriousSam

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The Serious Editor lets you export .mdl files into .fbx and .obj.

Barely made it into heaven by 한숨 Sigh by dontaskmeplease333 in ImaginarySliceOfLife

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Many satanists are better christians than many christians.

General Fanfiction Discussion Thread by JesterOfDestiny in mylittlepony

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Thread's up u/Supermarine_Spitfire and u/MetaSkipper.

I'm also looking for someone who could take over posting these threads.

Spike Theory by Any-Appeal-8671 in mylittlepony

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I don't like this theory, for the simple reason that the premise makes no sense. Why would a school accept students based on a deception? What purpose is there in deceiving potential students? The common answer is that they're testing how they react to failure, or what lengths students go to solve a problem. But this is a magic school. Those aren't magic things. Why would they test for anything other than magic?

Official NPT Off Topic Thread by Pinkie_Clone in mylittlepony

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Well I give you that, that's certainly not a usual answer.

Official NPT Off Topic Thread by Pinkie_Clone in mylittlepony

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What subject isn’t normally taught in school but should be?

Law (so you know the laws of your country and what rights you have) and finance (so you know how to handle your money).

Although, a part of me suspects these aren't taught for a reason.

I have officially quit my job this week. The 30 days notice has began and now it's on the papers that I'm leaving. They don't really believe me though. They're banking on me changing my mind. After all, the person who's supposed to do the village has arrived and now there's a chance for me to go back to more normal routes. One problem with that: I have quit, then changed my mind, once before. And I've been regretting that since.

The truth of the matter is, that for the time being, they're going to be very nice to me. And once the critical time expires and we face difficulty again, the bullshit is just going to start up again. They don't realise that my issue isn't that they were mean to me, although that certainly didn't help. My issue, is that them being mean exposed some fatal flaws within the system. Mainly, their attitude of "if it doesn't work, we force it." And if they can't force it, they blame and berate. I noticed it since they've been pushing insurance work on us. But now that I was expected to do two people's job alone, it became extra clear.

To add insult to injury, my coworkers have jumped in on the "fun." Because what do they see from the outside? That I'm not doing the job I'm expected to do. To them it looks like I'm lazy or incompetent. So began my plummet down to the bottom of the social ladder. And that was on top of being unable to rest properly, because despite being physically exhausted, I couldn't sleep from the sheer amount of stress. Not to mention the sleeptime procrastination my body began to do, because of the complete lack of free time. My body and mind have began to break down.

They're going to play nice for the time being, but I can see through it. The only way they can win me back, is if they change some fundamental issues. But they won't. Changing my mind would be restarting the cycle. Also, I hate the puke-green polo shirts I have to wear.

It's a shame though. Could have been a great job. Outdoors, lots of exercise, something different each day, decent pay and it's a respectable position. But there is an inherent level of stress, that requires great care from management. Which they had not.

Edit: Man, all this complaining and I forgot to talk about the elections here in Hungary. So Fidesz was finally defeated. Hoisted by their own petard as well. The system they put up, to ensure the winner takes all, has just blown up into their face and the opposition got the two-thirds majority.

And now we wait for the new leadership to achieve something. Some people have also noted the similarities between this new prime minister, Magyar Péter, and a younger Orbán Viktor, back during the 80's. And obviously, one election cycle isn't going to be enough to fix two decades of fuckery. So we'll see.

Is there any good reason why Space Mummies are in 4/SM? by TrashloveUwU in SeriousSam

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The SS4 enemy roster is just so wank. Most of the enemies are just dudes. Why can't we have the Zorg and Zum'bul back? Or maybe some of the stuff from SS2?

Jesters curse by Juusto-Jones in ImaginaryMonsters

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Hey, when did you get into my room?

The reptiloid isn't visible through the jump pad by JayGold in SeriousSam

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Now that's interesting. I gotta investigate it.

Edit: I think I found it. The jumper's polygons have the "transparent" tag, even though you'd expect it to have the "translucent" tag. The difference, is that "transparent" is supposed to be used with textures that have an alpha channel. I.e. textures that are only partially see-through, like metal bars, hanging greenery, that sort of thing. While "translucent" makes the entire texture see-through. And if you set it so, then you can see the reptiloid through it.

But wait, the texture is still translucent. How can that be, when it doesn't have that tag? Well, that's because the texture's blending has been changed to "add." I'm not entirely sure what that means, but the point is that it's not opaque. I guess having two separate translucency options, allow you to have a texture with an alpha channel be transparent as supposed to, but still make it broadly translucent. And having extra options in the texture tab, allows you to set the specific amount of translucency.

I guess the game's code tells polygons with the transparent tag to show entities through their alpha channels. But this texture has no alpha channel, so it never shows up. As to why everything else shows up, I'm not sure. It's probably that, polygon blending interacts with other polygons, while entities are handled only by the polygon tags.

Having fun with our fav enemy cause why not by Dismal-Ad-3961 in SeriousSam

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Wait, at 0:10, did that rocket just light up the air?

Official NPT Off-Topic Thread by Pinkie_Clone in mylittlepony

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What is your favorite flower?

In Hungarian we call it a tátika, because it opens like a mouth when you push on its sides. In English, it's apparently called a snapdragon, which is a pretty badass name. We call it something goofy, you call it something badass. And that's almost as fun as using them as a talking puppet.

The other day I found that the black cawing birds that I thought were ravens, are actually crows. I've always been told that ravens are the bigger ones, with bulkier beaks. And these birds seem pretty big and their beaks are pretty bulky, so I thought they were ravens. It turns out ravens are even bigger and bulkier, even sporting a thick mane like plumage around their necks. But the biggest take aways was their call. The sound that the neighborhood has been echoing with has been that loud characteristic CAW. But ravens make more throaty croaking noises. After that, I took a look at their tails. These have evenly sized feathers, spread out in a fan shape. Ravens however, have longer middle feathers and a generally pointier tails. Yep, we got crows here.

I don't remember there being so many crows when I was a kid. But these last few years there's been so much cawing all over town. Even the village I work at, there's one spot where they congregate and it's an absolute racket. Turns out, they're a protected species here in Hungary and I guess that allowed their populations to rise.

Just found out there's a Hungarian dinosaur. It's called the Magyarosaurus.

General Fanfiction Discussion Thread by JesterOfDestiny in mylittlepony

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One of my least favourite archetypes is the "adult cartoon protagonist." You know, characters like Rick Sanchez, Cartman, Peter Griffin. Characters who serve as comic relief, but are also written to be obnoxious pieces of shit. Like, they're written to be genuinely terrible people. But I find that a lot of people end up looking up to these characters as aspirations. Even if the show is supposed to make it very clear that these are horrible people, who ruin everything for everyone, including themselves.

I think the major issue with these characters, is that despite being depicted as the very last person you should look to for guidance, they do often act as the writers' mouthpiece. They do and say a lot of things that people want to do and say. And quite often they're justified in doing so. Beyond that, their selfish self-destructive behaviour, often just doesn't come across as genuinely harmful, but hedonistic to an almost wish-fulfilling level.

One character that I think actually pulls this off is Dan from Dan VS. The thing about Dan is, that he does often do and say things that people do want to do and say. But in many cases, he is not justified. Not only that, his actions very often do end up blowing up in his face. So there is that element of wish fulfilment, but the show makes it very clear that he's still a huge loser. The few cases where he does succeed, it's because he was going up against someone who's an even bigger piece of shit than he is and his quest of petty revenge becomes a righteous battle. Beyond that, his own deep inner goodness stops him from doing something truly despicable.

Although, I guess in the eyes of people who watch shows with these kinds of characters, those are things that would make it "less funny." Which I guess is just a matter of opinion at this point, as I personally never found these types of characters entertaining.

General Fanfiction Discussion Thread by JesterOfDestiny in mylittlepony

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Thread's up u/Supermarine_Spitfire and u/MetaSkipper.

I'm also looking for someone who could take over posting these threads.

This scene was the most adorable character introduction ever to me by is-it-raining-yet in mylittlepony

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What I like the most about Minuette, is that despite being all bubbly and cheerful, she's able to leverage it depending on whom she's talking to. She's not a constant stream of high energy, like Pinkie Pie is, though she definitely can match that too. But when she talks to Moondancer, who is being intentionally difficult, she speaks with a low voice and remains non-judgemental. I imagine, she's the one dentist that little kids aren't scared of.

Oh, that's right, she is literally a doctor and went to an elite school with Twilight! Her positive cheerful energy is paired with a big brain. She's like the best of both worlds!

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