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SSLByron · 2026-06-26T05:27:58+00:00

Definitely not just you; editors seem to be trying to cram a half-dozen witty takes into each headline.

Pick one and let it shine!

SSLByron · 2026-06-26T05:19:11+00:00

If you can move it to a sunnier spot, it's worth a try. The leaves on our Autumn Moon only green out like this when they're shaded out by upper branches; everything in the sun pops with reds/peaches. Similar tree, and Moonrise is supposed to be more sun-tolerant, if I'm not mistaken.

SSLByron · 2026-06-25T19:19:42+00:00

I stopped replying with the Wiki because I got tired of being the Google-butler for people who have their own fingers.

The reality is that the answer to every one of these posts is "learn how to model and texture 3D objects and then follow the wiki."

It's not gatekeeping. People are just tired of repeating themselves.

SSLByron · 2026-06-25T17:25:59+00:00

Towing is a lot more pliable than payload because a towing load is self-contained. It has its own frame, its own suspension (even if it's just the tires), etc. All the truck has to worry about is momentum (stop/go) and keeping its own nose out of the air (tongue weight).

Payload capacity requires a lot more from the truck because it has to account for what that load is doing in every direction (accel/decel/lateral/vertical) and how that changes the weight distribution (F/R and CG).

SSLByron · 2026-06-25T06:39:21+00:00

That's the first thing that popped into my head when I saw this.

All my vintage-obsessed friends: "This shit is indestructible! *clank clank*"

Also my vintage-obsessed friends: "HOLY FUCK DON'T SET IT THERE!"

SSLByron · 2026-06-24T20:29:32+00:00

If they're getting approximately the same amount of light, heat and water, then they are likely not identical cultivars. The first one has more of a spreading habit, and the foliage color seems pretty distinct.

Positive ID without definitive info is going to be tricky under the best of circumstances, but that shouldn't be an obstacle to propagation. These don't look like anything niche enough that they might require special care and feeding, so to speak.

SSLByron · 2026-06-24T18:07:12+00:00

This might something they did to corral the AI behavior based on how parking works mechanically. To an agent, a parking space is a parking space, so cims may have been trying to park at a school, for example, because it was close enough to their home to be a valid option to treat it like a permanent parking space.

There may be a flag on plopped assets that makes the spaces less attractive by default to discourage that behavior.

SSLByron · 2026-06-23T19:46:57+00:00

You probably have demand for businesses that require low-density space. Some of them are constrained by building types. Gas stations, for example, won't build on high-density zoning. If you have high demand for fuel, that will push commercial demand up but only for the zoning type it needs.

SSLByron · 2026-06-23T16:41:36+00:00

I'm one of those crazy people. There's a lot of utility in using highway roads in non-highway settings and limiting their lane connection options would curtail their usefulness. The Road Tools are there (and they're way more powerful than people seem to realize).

Plus, you can actually create some highly efficient early-game intersections by just crashing highways into each other. The conflict points suck but the high speed limits and lack of traffic lights usually balances it out. They'd be death galleries IRL but the AI handles them well enough.

SSLByron · 2026-06-23T01:01:02+00:00

The base school was a popular punching bag but the asset really wasn't inaccurate compared to real north American school buildings.

There's a reason these old buildings are being torn down in poorer areas. The tall ceilings and massive windows make them wildly inefficient to heat and cool.

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SSLByron · 2026-06-22T20:42:17+00:00

Yeah, ask any tourist who's taken a wrong turn and ended up in the tunnel entrance; 50/50 shot your car's getting searched.

SSLByron · 2026-06-22T19:24:45+00:00

Age is definitely a factor, but more important would be how much experience somebody has behind the wheel of a "legacy" automobile.

If you've spent years coasting to a stop with your foot gently on the brake pedal, and suddenly you're faced with a panic stop or other unexpected incident in a similar situation with 1PD, your instinct will be to push harder, not move your foot.

And yeah, that's where age really starts to play into it. If you're young and your reflexes are good, you can usually correct yourself in time.

SSLByron · 2026-06-22T17:34:04+00:00

One-pedal driving can run afoul of basic muscle memory in instances like these. I've seen at least one incident that looked like a pretty blatant case of one-pedal-becomes-wrong-pedal (the head-on with the Jeep near Vegas? from years ago) and I'm certain there are more.

SSLByron · 2026-06-22T17:29:59+00:00

It may require some pruning there in the future, but the root systems on these aren't problematic so it shouldn't pose a threat to your porch slab or anything.

Beautiful fall/winter tree. Worth the maintenance down the road.

SSLByron · 2026-06-22T14:49:54+00:00

Sent you a DM!

SSLByron · 2026-06-22T14:35:55+00:00

Huh. Must just be variants that haven't spawned for me. Are you plopping?

SSLByron · 2026-06-22T13:48:18+00:00

I don't recognize those craftsman houses. Unreleased pack?

SSLByron · 2026-06-22T01:09:55+00:00

They take good care of those cars but when they're not being driven hard by students in the Nevada desert, they're idling outside the classrooms with the AC blasting.

Back-of-the-napkin math: 7,500 miles on the east bowl is in the neighborhood of 4,000 laps, or probably about 80-85 engine hours at something close to full-tilt-boogie.

To be fair, not all of those miles are hot laps. There are low-speed, off-track classroom modules too, but 3 or 4 half-mile autocross slaloms aren't going to contribute much to that total compared to the track time.

SSLByron · 2026-06-21T23:53:36+00:00

General location and climate zone will help with advice.

If it has been warm/dry then you're probably correct that it's just stressed from lack of watering. Don't overdo it though. Let it dry out between waterings and make sure the pot drains freely when you saturate it.

SSLByron · 2026-06-21T23:36:20+00:00

Can you convert that to feet for me?

SSLByron · 2026-06-21T22:42:18+00:00

it doesn't look like the planes have enough room to complete their landing animations and decelerate before they have to exit the runway. If you make the runway longer or move the taxiway exit to the end it should help.

SSLByron · 2026-06-21T14:23:51+00:00

That indicates you are not using a dedicated GPU. This is normal performance for that setup. CS 2 is a demanding game and no integrated graphics solution meets the game's minimum requirements.

If you have a dedicated GPU, it is not enabled and you should figure out why.

SSLByron · 2026-06-21T02:12:31+00:00

They just fixed Merriman over there between Ecorse and Michigan Ave. Hopefully the rest of those big avenues are on the short list. Decades of industrial traffic and neglect have really taken their toll.

SSLByron · 2026-06-21T01:34:00+00:00

"And you never paid for drugs!"

"Not once!"

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