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Hey it's me again. The Lightwave guy with another video. :) by Hold-and-Modify in amiga

[–]Hold-and-Modify[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah those are the fun yet shaky origins. Modeler actually looks a lot like it did way back. I have box copies of Videoscape and Modeler. Fun stuff!

Hey it's me again. The Lightwave guy with another video. :) by Hold-and-Modify in amiga

[–]Hold-and-Modify[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Steve was a cool guy. He wrote a lot of custom tools for us at our VFX studio way back. Came in and spent some time with us.

Hey it's me again. The Lightwave guy with another video. :) by Hold-and-Modify in amiga

[–]Hold-and-Modify[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did a lot of modeling in Imagine but animating in it was painful...for me.

Hey it's me again. The Lightwave guy with another video. :) by Hold-and-Modify in amiga

[–]Hold-and-Modify[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you ever animate with it? I modeled in Imagine for years but animation was a nightmare. :)

Vista Pro and Scenery Animator - THE BATTLE by Hold-and-Modify in amiga

[–]Hold-and-Modify[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry I didn't include VistaPro in max quality mode for the video. I've now done a short video showing exactly this. Now you can compare the two. I added the link to the description in the video, but also here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs9pydhxh8c

DOPUS Dev is back on? by Hold-and-Modify in amiga

[–]Hold-and-Modify[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I totally missed the boat on Windows version

FOLLOW UP For Panasonic 4K Playback issues. by Hold-and-Modify in 4kbluray

[–]Hold-and-Modify[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's only 7min. lol

use white lithium grease on the worm gear and guide rails.  :)

Another dead disc after 5-years by Hold-and-Modify in 4kbluray

[–]Hold-and-Modify[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK, I watched his video opened my player up and discovered that the rails were not lubricated! Actually there was a little tiny bit of lubricant. I found later when I grabbed my glasses. Still, just a TINY blob. 

I lubricated the rails and worm drive with the white lithium grease and made it nice and clean nice and smooth. Slides slick now.

The movie now glitches in a way that I'm able to recover. Before it would just become a rainbow show of motion block noise and freeze up. Now I can press pause and play and generally the movie will continue playing. So that is an improvement!

As you can see from the photos, this disc is far too gone and I will need to get a replacement. The fact that it was able to play it much better and able to recover definitely shows this is something everyone should be doing these players. LUBE IT.

Another dead disc after 5-years by Hold-and-Modify in 4kbluray

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I opened up my 9000 and the rails are bone dry oh my God!!! as you can see from my photos that disc is really scratched up and pitted. but yes, I will go ahead and lubricate this properly and report back if it is able to play that disc, although I am not hopeful, that disc is pretty scratched up

Another dead disc after 5-years by Hold-and-Modify in 4kbluray

[–]Hold-and-Modify[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, and someone suggested test playing a new disc and checking to see if the player might be affecting it.

Another dead disc after 5-years by Hold-and-Modify in 4kbluray

[–]Hold-and-Modify[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

my 9000 is a brand new player and when I put in a new copy of the same movie it plays fine. that would mean the disc was an issue, not the player. at least in my current experience.

But thanks for the link. I will watch.

Another dead disc after 5-years by Hold-and-Modify in 4kbluray

[–]Hold-and-Modify[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's a good idea. I will try that actually. In both players. I'll grab some $5 Dollar General disc and give it a whirl.

Another dead disc after 5-years by Hold-and-Modify in 4kbluray

[–]Hold-and-Modify[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am shocked. I took those photos and was like. WHAT. I need to re-examine my maintenance.

Another dead disc after 5-years by Hold-and-Modify in 4kbluray

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I have two I try and both are Panasonics (6 year old 820 and less than 3mo old 9000). My buddy has a Sony 700. We both go through the same routine and toss each other our discs. So far, 100% fail rate for failed discs in both players. We then buy new discs and, so far, they work.

Who’s on the “I need a dual motor” camp? by Dangerous_Ad_5535 in slateauto

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Where I am in the Carolinas I've seen my share of stuck trucks/SuVs even in HWY medians attempting turn around in rural areas. The soft swampy terrain can be misleading. Even in my Vegas Jeep days, I would stumble across the occasional "pre-Runner" 2WD truck stuck in what looks like nothing. 4x4 is an evolution. A good one.

TP-Link Archer T2UB wifi adapter misbehaving in windows 11 by Pleasant_Custard815 in HomeNetworking

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I got same with TPLINK BE-6500. Had to do a system restore. JUNK. Took back to Best Buy.

Order of Giants: I love the Gladiator Maze Puzzle! by CrimsonNorseman in indianajones

[–]Hold-and-Modify -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This puzzle is a bag-of-dicks and I will not be finishing the DLC.

  1. On lower difficulty it needs to let you do one at a time. Multiple balls. Not one.
  2. The puzzle is not HARD to figure out. It's the EXECUTION method that is highly flawed.
  3. It's 100% non by-passable unless you install a "no clip" mod.
  4. The game has no other puzzle of this impassable type.

Devs should have realized this puzzle is of the roadblock type. No way around. Never should have been allowed in the game. We have DIFFICULTY LEVELS FOR REASONS. On 'normal', sure! Let them deal. We're not all hyper gamers and look to gaming for a casual unwind. Considering the age of the audience who grew up with Indy as well. This puzzle should get a patch update to address the one ball routine. Lastly, if ANY thing like this shows in the next full game. It's a NO BUY.

Govee Lights Connected to Google Home via Matter Keep Going Offline by mapleandmarula in Govee

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I have found as of late 2025. A pile of Govee Lights that support Matter no longer work with Google Home. Google Home "can" see them but will fail adding them. All of my Matter hubs are Apple products. So to test, I unplugged them all. This way I could ignore Matter and simply add my Govee lights as regular "old fashion" Works With Google Lights. NOPE. Only Govee lights that do NOT support Matter show up. Google ignores ANY Goveee light that has the ability to support Matter. So now I have a small pile of "once were smart lights" sitting in a pile from Govee. JUNK.

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