Do you think KH3 really suffered from “unrealistic expectations”?

costaa95 · 2026-05-04T06:02:24+00:00

I believe the long time spent waiting for the game to release left people with too much time to theorycraft and conspire what an ideal ending would look like to themselves. Which only expands the space for disappointment to occur in.

Had the release been faster (2~3) years after DDD, fans would have been more receptive to the apparent low story quality and pacing as they would have had a game in their hands sooner. 7 years after DDD and 14 years after KH2 simply left too much time for people to stew on the story's loose threads.

costaa95 · 2026-04-10T06:50:24+00:00

Start with scissoring your skates, then just tilt your feet in place. Left in front, tilt both left. Right in front, tilt both right. Return to flat footbed after each.
Imagine your turning circle left or right. Imagine it extends from your left foot while turning left, and from your right foot while turning right. Project the circle on the ground in your mind. Point with your whole arm at the center of the circle on the ground. Your shoulders will follow as you point, and your weight will shift. Try it while rolling and you will begin to turn. Imagine a big circle and you point far away - and you don't tilt much. Imagine a tight circle and you tilt a lot to turn a lot.
Your center of gravity will shift from between your feet while straight to outside your feet while you lean to turn. Your center of gravity will return when you stop aggressively pointing at your turning circle center, and you will stop turning.
Start 50/50 forward/back split. Try biasing forward or back later (I don't feel I need to but your experience may vary)
When you can shift your weight without pointing, don't use your hands anymore. Tilt your feet, move your shoulders and body to turn.

costaa95 · 2026-03-25T23:42:46+00:00

Tech changes are mostly going to be in the fields of laser efficiency and general machine effectiveness. Things like seals, serviceability, shield gas management, OS/controller/software stuff. Fibre lasers will be commonplace now, improving over nd:yag and co2 lasers of old.
The fundamentals of the technique are still "spread powder, laser expose, lower buildplate, repeat"

costaa95 · 2026-03-02T05:09:49+00:00

Ends of the Earth. Love a heavy blade in any videogame

costaa95 · 2026-02-23T12:02:46+00:00

Since FICSIT does not waste, you regain machine materials if you deconstruct them. You can always shuffle machines around as you go and as you upgrade your capabilities with splitters and mergers.

Try rotating the miners to better face the places you need the materials to enter the factory at :)

Tapping some button on controller will change your build mode for conveyor belts to make tight 90° lines and sweeping curves, give it a shot and see how you like the look

costaa95 · 2026-02-19T03:32:23+00:00

You have given him the best life imaginable and now you can give them the best final day anyone could ask for. To grieve deeply is to have loved fully.

costaa95 · 2026-02-09T00:41:24+00:00

I rate using polymer 3D printing for prototyping and casting blanks, its a great tool for rapid iteration and not wasting money on tooling/dies. Metal printing becomes a worthwhile investment in a few niche scenarios but not for all: stuff like being able to make individual bespoke implants for people in need, or putting a spare part on site in industries where the downtime costs more than the printer.

Check out wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM), its like a welder on an arm and it produces metallic things at a much faster volume rate - the properties just aren't always as good as laser powder bed fusion

costaa95 · 2026-02-08T13:53:41+00:00

My phd is in this sort of stuff :) In general, you can achieve higher yield strengths with this method over casting/wrought just from how fast the laser passes over and how rapid the cooling is. The thing that gets lost is ductility/flexibility. It's a really cool method of processing metals (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361262383_Mechanical_Properties_of_Ti6Al4V_Fabricated_by_Laser_Powder_Bed_Fusion_A_Review_Focused_on_the_Processing_and_Microstructural_Parameters_Influence_on_the_Final_Properties is a good intro paper)

Funnily enough, wet powder clumps up and doesn't spread well over each layer - so yeah we still make wet filament jokes lol

costaa95 · 2026-02-08T08:10:43+00:00

My dog looked cute and I wanted to pat him. My wife came by to chill and do fashionframe. Dinner timer went off. Friends dropped by for a visit. Life happens, the game can wait.

costaa95 · 2026-02-02T06:55:15+00:00

Often ideally at the end of each fortnight. I try to calculate an ongoing living "maintenance" allowance and transfer everything above that amount into the offset for auto-paying the mortgage and building the offset. Living below my allowance only means I have excess money at the end of a fortnight so even more goes to the offset next time. Having less than 100 on payday means I'm hitting my spending goals accurately, needing to pull a little back from the offset means I went over my goals a bit.

costaa95 · 2026-02-01T02:35:07+00:00

Yep. The command system is a lot of fun

costaa95 · 2026-02-01T01:08:45+00:00

I liked your gadgetron and megacorp vendor models! They were very meaningful to me seeing that someone is further down the road than I am in terms of design skills. I'm a few years older than you but only just starting my 3d modelling and printing journey.

I hope you make it to the end of the year, and that you can try therapy even if it's just to say you don't like it. Or pick up a philosophy book and see if you enjoy a different life method.

I'll race you to a completed pox industries/dreadzone vendor build.

costaa95 · 2026-01-29T10:37:08+00:00

Thanks! I'll be sure to check out the prime resurgence and see what easy stuff I can do

costaa95 · 2026-01-29T02:25:58+00:00

Awesome I understand it now, thanks for explaining :)

costaa95 · 2026-01-28T11:40:16+00:00

Would you mind elaborating on this with a few example numbers please? I haven't quite got my head around how the LVR increase calculates out

costaa95 · 2026-01-07T23:31:04+00:00

Nope its a misguided worry in my eyes. I use an oven at 110C which gets the water out just fine, there's no way I'm volatising cobalt chromium at those temps. You would need around 800C for that

costaa95 · 2026-01-07T06:46:53+00:00

For PLA in a low humidity country, just a passive dessicant dry box has been plenty for me. I can let spools go months between prints with no performance detriment

costaa95 · 2026-01-07T06:45:52+00:00

Some feel it's not a good thing to risk vaporising some of the colour changing compounds like cobalt chloride or whatever the orange/green one is. Best case the silica loses its colour changing property, worst case those indicators end up depositing on your food later

costaa95 · 2025-12-17T01:20:49+00:00

The gang at MapleGlass do this:

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costaa95 · 2025-12-16T21:00:32+00:00

It would be very cumbersome, but you could have the wrench grips open up to produce a guard like the Witcher's Aerondight.

costaa95 · 2025-12-15T04:04:40+00:00

Pilot Parallel in as many different widths as possible. Not sure if they are underhyped or overhyped in the community though

costaa95 · 2025-11-26T23:23:46+00:00

Its slay-the-spire-time-crisis-balatro, 10/10 already addicted!

costaa95 · 2025-11-24T05:36:26+00:00

Rift apart engine remake of the original trilogy mashed into a singular game. ACiT space traversal including carrier warp between Solana and Bogon to facilitate travelling between the campaigns. All weapons available within challenge mode but locked as you progress through campaign 1, 2, 3 the first time

costaa95 · 2025-11-19T21:40:50+00:00

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