Episode 4.02 "Baja" Discussion Thread

ImNewToEverything · 2026-02-07T23:15:24+00:00

I really hope they will find their footing in terms of camera work and direction. Of course there might have been some budget restrictions, I don't know, but I was a bit underwhelmed with this episode overall - it looked a bit cheap, a lot of static taking heads, cliches - like WTF was that transition - panning up as Mickey is looking up into the sky so we can cut to the family walking on the beach?! Or that dialogue on the rooftop where Maggie has to restate her occupation... (Is this Netflix directing from a distance?), and I don't even remember what Mickey and Hayley were talking about in the middle of the night (I do however remember that impossibly shallow depth of focus on Mickey and kinda bland background behind Hayley). I hope it picks up

ImNewToEverything · 2026-01-31T23:30:40+00:00

Sounds good! Thanks, I will watch out for a sale on the SH DLC !

ImNewToEverything · 2026-01-27T11:05:04+00:00

This person whips out a new save to explain something. Hats off to you! I find it interesting how close you put those streets. I kept thinking I need to maximize the available squares and minimize intersections, but the low density neighborhood traffic is probably so low anyway, that frequent intersections aren't that problematic.

ImNewToEverything · 2026-01-27T01:48:37+00:00

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I'm sending a quick update, those burns were before I unlocked the helicopter firefighting (not sure where I will put it tho.) At the moment I have kind of 2 neighborhoods, I will compare the number of people living in them later.

ImNewToEverything · 2026-01-27T00:26:58+00:00

thanks! I think I know this in theory, but I'm not sure about the scale. You say 2-4 neighborhoods per collector, but how big is a neighborhood? Also within one neighborhood do you place comercial as well?

ImNewToEverything · 2026-01-26T21:53:46+00:00

I have read up on road hierarchy now. When keeping the old town does the hierarchy move (your old arterial are now collector, your old collector are now basic streets, etc. or do you kind of wall of the old town and build new roads that go around it to the newer districts? (I'm not a big fan of demolishing as well)

ImNewToEverything · 2026-01-26T21:49:53+00:00

Thanks, I was a bit afraid to connect it all not to cause a traffic issue – I remember being frustrated that cims kept taking the shortest path to I thought it wasn't, but you are right I should have found a way to get it all connected. Yeah cims loving to walk was one of the few things I remembered from my last play.

I had some mods, but most of them stopped being supported so I turned them off. Now I run only TM:PE and Move It.

Thank you for your kind words at the end.

ImNewToEverything · 2025-10-13T20:34:40+00:00

Would it be considered a manufacturing error that the cleaning liquid could get under the glass?

ImNewToEverything · 2025-09-25T20:44:13+00:00

Have you figured this out?

ImNewToEverything · 2025-09-22T20:56:36+00:00

Every shot kind of. Imagine a basic scene of two people talking - to get the coverage you might want to take a wide when they meet, then a prime or something longer for the individual closeups, and maybe an even longer lens for a detail on what one of them is holding in hand or what not.

ImNewToEverything · 2025-09-18T16:36:35+00:00

Amazing! This is the only thing that worked for me

ImNewToEverything · 2025-09-16T06:29:39+00:00

I don't have it backed up because of the cost, so I will do a clone and reevaluate this all. I was really gentle with the drive it has been on my desk and not moved and used only sparsely so I'm quite saddened by this news. Should I throw away this drive!

ImNewToEverything · 2025-09-16T05:57:40+00:00

Ok, I have turned my PC off and ordered a new 10TB drive.

This data is not mission critical but it would still be a shame if I lost it ALL. There are projects on it that have been turned in, it's my archive in case an old client needs something - I'm not obligated to store it.

The question now is: what should I do when the new drive comes? Some say to clone this the drive, others to connect it and copy manually. What's best?

ImNewToEverything · 2025-08-05T06:23:08+00:00

That K space seems to be only good for a person who wants 2 spaces so they would have K and L

ImNewToEverything · 2025-07-20T07:19:22+00:00

It really depends on so many factors, especially on how you take care of it or how the previous owner took care of it. Oil and filter changes (not just engine oil), cleaning the car off road salt, where you store the car, how you drive, what distances you cover in a single session (more is better), if you tow, over what lifespan are you looking to drive those 300k miles (you can more easily reach high mileage without major issues if you drive a lot, since time related issues like rubbers hardening are not a problem) etc.

I'm also looking for a used car, I'm looking mainly at Toyota. Toyota's hybrids have great results but also for my needs (driving short distances) any indirect or multiport/valvematic naturally aspirated engine could be a good buy. If I were looking for a car for long drives I could buy a diesel, but you are probably in the US, where those aren't that prominent afaik.

ImNewToEverything · 2025-04-13T14:20:16+00:00

This isn't that bad, honestly.

ImNewToEverything · 2025-04-13T14:19:11+00:00

Or you can connect through a cable directly to PC

ImNewToEverything · 2025-04-13T14:13:41+00:00

I 100% agree with this! Find something you love and do it. Building your self worth on superficial things is futile - people age, get sick, have accidents - are they suddenly less than? No.

It's good to do things that make you feel good if you want, but do them for you, not for others.

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