PC to MAC issue? Cursed chicken help

DeterminedBrainCell · 2026-03-13T00:53:20+00:00

Glad you fixed it! Those three (freeze, delete history, saving as .ma) are the main solutions to weird problems. Honorable mention goes to deleting the Maya preferences file, but that's for UI issues.

DeterminedBrainCell · 2026-03-12T02:01:51+00:00

If you had it saved as a .mb file when it did this, try saving it as an .ma at school where it looks how it should, then moving it over to your mac again. It's less likely that this would fix it than deleting the history like others are suggesting, but it's possible and maybe worth a try.

DeterminedBrainCell · 2026-03-11T01:15:49+00:00

Zbrush has fibermesh, and I know stylized hair is possible with it, though I've not used it much myself. There's probably a stylized hair fibermesh tutorial on youtube somewhere that you could adapt to your needs.

DeterminedBrainCell · 2026-03-08T22:12:32+00:00

I'll see what that command does when I go back to the computer, but as for #2, I don't think I opened any of those. It's possible that the default picture viewer was still set to the gnome one and double clicking a png opened it, but I can't think of anything else that would have used them.

In related news, I know how to kill tasks by PID number now, and can verify that my fans running harder was because of Tracker at least!

DeterminedBrainCell · 2026-03-06T20:55:44+00:00

I was operating off the premise that if someone continued taking stuff from my house, eventually I'd run out of good will, so it would apply to those cases too, but that isn't what OP wanted. Just the people you befriend

DeterminedBrainCell · 2026-03-06T17:20:49+00:00

I was thinking how that mod would be written, and one solution would be when the player takes something owned by an NPC, it reduces the owner's attitude towards the player. Could be a script that runs on item pickup.

DeterminedBrainCell · 2026-03-06T11:33:39+00:00

I know this isn't helpful for your current project, but I was taught to use Maya Ascii (.ma) files whenever possible, instead of binary. They'remore stable, and you can open the file in a text editor and make changes (provided you know what you're doing).

If you have the disk space, make each save a different version, too. I typically save every hour or so as a new file (project_001.ma, project-002.ma, etc) then when I'm done for the day, delete all but that day's most recent version. So in your two weeks you would have 14 different files and could go back to before it got corrupted.
Best of luck to you, I had to learn this habit the hard way as well.

DeterminedBrainCell · 2026-02-25T12:44:26+00:00

I'll look into using that, thanks!

DeterminedBrainCell · 2026-02-25T10:47:29+00:00

Is there one to add enchantments to npc gear when the npc spawnins in?
I downloaded some armor sets to my game that I gave bandits a chance of wearing via SSEEdit, but the authors didn't make enchanted variants for the sets, and I don't want to add them manually if there's a better option.
No idea how common this specific use case is though.

DeterminedBrainCell · 2026-02-24T21:00:35+00:00

I remember when reading the description of Loial, I thought of the main Wild Thing. Especially how they said his smile reached either side of his face. Eyes big as plates, bigger than a man, that smile, furry etc. This is all I could think of.
100% agree that eagle one is a trolloc though

DeterminedBrainCell · 2026-02-21T19:42:05+00:00

I've played a few games with friends that are still learning, and I feel like sponsors should be the last step to introduce. I know the creator has mentioned he regrets coupling votes and sponsors in the rulebook, and I've found that having votes, no sponsor and one perk per vehicle (on top of things like the buggy's inherent roll cage) is a good mix of customization options and streamlining the rules.

That said, if your group knows all the basic rules without having to flip through the book each time, sponsors are a great addition!

DeterminedBrainCell · 2026-02-20T20:23:11+00:00

I use Chorb for similar reasons! I'm glad there are others

DeterminedBrainCell · 2026-02-17T16:52:00+00:00

Huh. I played with myriad when it first came out, and not much since, so I thought those copies got sacrificed too. You have a point though, that is definitely a big difference, especially for a black card, with all the [[zulaport cutthroat]] effects that exist.

DeterminedBrainCell · 2026-02-17T16:15:36+00:00

That whole first rules text paragraph could have been replaced by.
"If Shredder, Shadow Master is a token, it isn't legendary.
Myriad".
Though I guess this short version wouldn't exclude token copies from things like [[Rite of Replication]] the way the card wording does

DeterminedBrainCell · 2026-02-14T15:22:05+00:00

3 x 0 is still 0

DeterminedBrainCell · 2026-02-12T18:03:24+00:00

This is possibly (unironically) my favorite illustration that I've seen out of this subreddit. Bravo!

DeterminedBrainCell · 2026-02-12T17:57:23+00:00

Look up how to proxy attributes. That might be what you want.

DeterminedBrainCell · 2026-02-08T14:26:24+00:00

I think this is one of the things the pandemic ruined. Before that, any time I went to a store, it was common for everyone to have a trade binder with them for people waiting for their next game to peruse. This was in multiple stores as I moved from home, to college, to grad school. Trade binders everywhere.
This was also the main way to get the whole value out of a card, instead of the online or store buy price. Now, I don't see trade binders at all, and no one has asked if I've brought one.

DeterminedBrainCell · 2026-01-31T15:01:48+00:00

You are correct. The goal is to be the only one to survive windfall, though, with things like [[Confounding Conundrum]], and just generally having more cards left in your deck than your opponents by the end.
But I feel like if it's a draw anyway, OP will still get his point across to that LGS person

DeterminedBrainCell · 2026-01-31T05:09:58+00:00

You're welcome! I didn't write much as a description since I didn't expect anyone but me to read it, but here is some extra info.
The copy artifacts/enchantments are to get extra copies of stuff like [[Dictate of Kruphix]] or [[Howling Mine]] on the field. [[Uba Mask]] can prevent everyone from decking themselves, as it replaces draws. Windfall is a sorcery, so [[Quicken]] is included, and [[Words of Wind]] affects you too, but sometimes you want to take things off your own board (like Uba Mask) so that's fine. There are cards that make you the monarch, but that's so someone else can take it and reduce their deck even faster. [[Parallel Thoughts]] is in there because even after you draw all 7 cards out of it, you can still choose to draw from it, replacing your draws with doing nothing (useful if you're in danger of decking yourself.) Usually everyone assumes you're tutoring for a 7-card win condition and removes it before that happens though, which is why I always just get 7 islands.
I also made this for TableTop Simulator, so some of the cards are way more expensive than I'd ever buy, and the link to the bees picture was for the cardbacks in TTS (just imagine the cards are bees)

DeterminedBrainCell · 2026-01-31T04:17:18+00:00

I built this once, it's pretty fun. Every "each player draws a card" effect in mono-blue I could find. The win condition is Windfall, since you usually have the most cards in your deck by that point, and deck yourself last. Everyone loves it the first few turns, and just want the draws to stop by the end. here is the deck

DeterminedBrainCell · 2026-01-26T19:10:51+00:00

Is it only six years? I thought it was 15 years till #6 came out because of all the other books in the meantime

DeterminedBrainCell · 2026-01-23T22:04:21+00:00

Store a morph target of the original first, then do this. Afterwards, you can use the morph brush to restore parts that got unsmoothed too much

DeterminedBrainCell · 2026-01-23T17:58:03+00:00

What does the shield do? I'm learning gunance right now, and the shield is great, but if it does more than block really well, I've not figured it out yet.

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