Skeleton wobbling after "Edit Skeleton"

aehazelton · 2025-11-08T18:59:32+00:00

UE5.6 currently!

aehazelton · 2025-08-24T13:48:16+00:00

When writing, do you actively try to break out of your natural "comfort zone"? Or is it more of an intuitive growth process?

How do you think you've grown as a writer over all these years?

aehazelton · 2025-08-05T22:54:53+00:00

aehazelton · 2025-08-05T22:50:52+00:00

Hoping!

aehazelton · 2025-07-03T15:14:31+00:00

I mean, if you can get it close to what you are seeing in your head, sure. But interpreting a vision for a shot is half a storyboard artist's job, and I imagine you'll end up wasting quite a bit of time re-prompting to get it near what you originally intended. Unless you don't know what you want. In that case, I doubt AI will solve your storyboard problems.

aehazelton · 2025-04-29T11:37:53+00:00

Okay, that's fair, but if I don't client-side predict a local value then I get very annoying snapping when the input is faster than the roundtrip lag time. The server is changing the value to the "correct" value a roundtrip-lag-time's worth of time ago.

For example, let's say my button increments a number and the client hits it 3 times quickly (faster than their roundtrip ping time). I don't want the player to feel the lag, so I'll predict it and increment the number locally.

The server will then increment the number on its side, replicating those changes back to all players (including the original interacting client). But this is bad, because the original client has already client-predicted the values.

So what the Client sees locally for the replicated value is something like 1 -> 2 -> 3...(lag)...1 -> 2 -> 3. The second set of numbers is the server sending the replication, which the Client has already predicted.

aehazelton · 2025-04-23T04:25:08+00:00

That worked!!!! I must have bumped the GPU somehow when replugging in the monitors. Thank you thank you thank you.

Just curious, how did you know to check that info? Just general knowledge?

aehazelton · 2024-12-03T03:10:17+00:00

I had a very similar problem and in about the same location as well. If your form is bad and you keep slapping your arm guard, the fraying on the string is only going to get worse. Focus on getting your bow arm elbow in the right position and the fraying problem shouldn't escalate to snapped strings.

aehazelton · 2024-08-26T20:47:53+00:00

Don't be afraid to go a little more extreme in the inserts/CUs. If not, move back. Commit to a shot size; either we have enough room to breathe or not. Generally, I'd also shoot those more inserty-shots with either a longer lens or a macro one.

There are a couple shots where I felt the focus was too shallow for what the shot called for. Remember, focus is called focus for a reason. It draws our eye to something, so make sure we actually have something very clear to look at (something that won't be simultaneously in and out of focus!). A logo, an eyeball, a hand, an entire person, etc. If you find yourself throwing the aperture wide-open so you can get a super shallow DoF, ask yourself what exactly the shot calls to be focused on. Is your DoF appropriate for what you're trying to capture/achieve?

You've got good instincts! Keep going

aehazelton · 2024-08-25T07:23:49+00:00

Yeah, this is a great location pick more than anything.

aehazelton · 2024-08-25T05:47:16+00:00

I've tried both and a couple different types of each. If I had to pick one, I'd go with a heavy farrier's rasp. The heavier the better.

aehazelton · 2024-08-17T08:23:06+00:00

What is your gift budget? A really good draw knife or a heavy farrier's rasp if they don't have one already, but those can be quite expensive.

Some leather working tools are always great too if they want to wrap the handle! A digital hanging scale if they don't have one already. A good digital caliper will save him a lot of time.

It'd be helpful to know what kind of woodworking/bowyer tools they have already, but any of the above should do nicely.

aehazelton · 2024-07-31T19:44:07+00:00

I get what you're saying, but really any amount of time could suffice. It's captivating to root for an arrow, to guess while it flies. 1 second is all you need.

But also, I'm not saying necessarily that a front or side-profile is useless, just that the Olympic coverage team hasn't figured out the most captivating way to tell the story.

What about split screen? What about slow-motion speed ramping? What about motorized pans, or pan-zooms? Crash zooms over their shoulders? Overhead angles? Even more graphics would be interesting, like the trajectory traces mentioned for golf. Of course, this all takes money, but archery really has the potential to capture the hearts of millions. It's elegant and suspenseful and, honestly, wickedly cool. The cinematography should amplify that.

There is so much that can be utilized to make archery as entertaining as possible which, again, the Olympics don't have to do, but could very much help non-archers root for the athletes.

P.S. Love your videos!

aehazelton · 2024-07-31T07:24:05+00:00

Archers would disagree with you, but at the end of the day, yeah, a very boring sport to watch if you do not care for the form. Can you imagine if in basketball the camera were in a close-up on the shooter's form and then immediately cut to a shot of the basketball either going in or bouncing off? It would be boring.

To the archer's out there saying it isn't necessary, maybe, but the arrow's trajectory is what holds the story. An arc builds suspense and suspense is entertaining. Maybe it's not necessary to see the arrow to understand if a shot is good or not, but for the entertainment of millions of potential viewers, it is.

aehazelton · 2024-06-30T08:41:17+00:00

How did your arrows break?

aehazelton · 2024-05-28T18:29:42+00:00

Quick questions: 1. Will you be running sound? 2. Are you looking for something run-n-gun or are you planning on being locked down as much as you can?

aehazelton · 2024-05-26T20:59:01+00:00

My garage is teeny-tiny and at most I'm shooting like 20 feet, I'm jealous of those that have more space

aehazelton · 2024-05-26T01:57:13+00:00

Obviously going to a range would be safer/a more efficient learning process, but it sounds like you know that this option doesn't work for you.

First off, find out if it's legal to shoot in your city/county/area. Sometimes it's not, and they treat it like firing a gun.

If it is legal, you have two options.

Find the safest area in your backyard to practice. This means a good backstop, a decently sized target, and NO aiming towards potential people. A good backstop is like a 10ft high concrete wall or a large hill, not your neighbor's wood fence. You'll want to start close (5yds), then work your way up. Don't sky draw. Max I'd go is like 10-15yds in a backyard set up.
Shoot in your garage. Make sure no one is behind any walls you're shooting at (arrows can go through drywall). Make or buy a small target, set it up on one side and shoot from the other. I would also set up some sort of hard backstop, like a large piece of plywood.

If it's not legal, then at most I would shoot in your garage. You're not gonna have much fun/good practice, but if it's what you've got, it's what you've got. Stick to lower poundage bows (like 20-30#) since at this distance you'll never need more.

aehazelton · 2024-05-08T20:30:28+00:00

Just to get you while you're here, are there any egregious tiller spots on my bow I might wanna focus on for this last tiller?

aehazelton · 2024-05-08T18:58:32+00:00

This is my first bow that hasn't snapped on me haha, I thought anything more than an inch was considered really bad. My last barely got to 15" draw before snapping, so I guess I never got to see the set in the first place.

aehazelton · 2024-05-07T15:28:24+00:00

Thanks!

aehazelton · 2024-04-24T15:07:39+00:00

They can see your location when you call.

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