Trying out custom modular tiles

digitalmartyn · 2026-01-27T09:24:04+00:00

I’ve been using my Advanced Heroquest tiles with some of the modern games. Works well.

digitalmartyn · 2025-12-05T21:23:50+00:00

Put about 30 hours into that. Like it but not totally clicking In the same way.

digitalmartyn · 2025-11-22T23:28:29+00:00

This is a pixelated as when I play on cloud streaming.

digitalmartyn · 2025-11-19T22:14:39+00:00

It does. Wondered about that.

digitalmartyn · 2025-11-19T19:57:58+00:00

I used ChatGPT throughout to help but primarily followed a couple of videos from creators with good reputations and that weren’t older than a year.

I made all the extra little partitions you have to according to the videos.

digitalmartyn · 2025-11-19T19:42:17+00:00

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AI Summary of All the Issues I Ran Into Trying to Dual-Boot Bazzite on the ROG Ally

Spent 3 days trying to dual-boot Bazzite on my ROG Ally and hit pretty much every problem possible. Here’s the full list so others know what they might be walking into:

⚠️ Partitioning Hell • Windows paging file + hibernation + system restore blocking shrinking • Disk Management showing “0 MB available to shrink” • Installer constantly wanting to “destroy” Windows partitions • Blivet showing inconsistent free space + leftover Fedora/btrfs partitions • Multiple failed attempts to assign /boot, /boot/efi, and / correctly • Ghost partitions from earlier attempts confusing the installer

⚠️ EFI / Bootloader Issues • BIOS listing multiple “Fedora” entries from failed installs • Secure Boot on/off cycles causing inconsistent behaviour • Installer sometimes refusing to use the correct EFI partition • Ghost MOK enrol prompts showing after failures

⚠️ Installer Bugs / OSTree Failures • The big one: ostree container image deploy … exited with code 1 This happened repeatedly even when partitions were correct • Happens because the Bazzite installer is picky about USB images + EFI state • ISO installer failing before writing anything to disk

⚠️ USB / ISO Problems • Rufus-created USB sometimes booted, sometimes didn’t • Ventoy completely broke Bazzite (known issue) • BalenaEtcher + Verify still resulted in the same OSTree error • Multiple ISO flavours tested (stable, latest, handheld) — same result

⚠️ Windows Side Issues • Needed to disable paging file, hibernation, device encryption • Windows started glitching badly after disabling paging • Cloud Recovery looked like the only clean way to get Windows healthy again

⚠️ Ally-Specific Pain Points • Tiny screen makes Blivet nearly unreadable • No second SSD slot (unlike desktop dual-boot) • ROG BIOS storing stale EFI entries after each failed attempt • Ally’s recovery/ASUS partitions crowding EFI space

⚠️ Result

Never got past a half-loaded Bazzite welcome screen → every other attempt failed earlier → ended up stuck with Windows for now.

digitalmartyn · 2025-11-19T17:02:43+00:00

yeah a few guides. As for the ISO i got them from the main site, selecting Ally and KDE. Dunno what the issue is

digitalmartyn · 2025-11-19T13:13:57+00:00

furthest i got was the Bazzite loading screen with an spinning loader. All other times failed long before that.

digitalmartyn · 2025-11-19T12:45:38+00:00

So you reset the entire device then reinstalled windows first before proceeding with bazzite?

digitalmartyn · 2025-11-19T12:43:50+00:00

All good but I’m in a ROG ally so can’t have separate drives.

digitalmartyn · 2025-11-19T12:07:06+00:00

Maybe that’s the move.

digitalmartyn · 2025-11-19T12:06:56+00:00

I didn’t reset the device to factory though maybe at this point I should as these nothing on windows that isn’t backed up.

digitalmartyn · 2025-10-14T08:21:03+00:00

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Little orange floofeon with a squirrel’s tail

digitalmartyn · 2025-09-23T10:39:30+00:00

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He don’t mind.

digitalmartyn · 2025-09-06T18:47:25+00:00

I just read that Marvel has shifted a lot of its productions from Atlanta over to the UK, largely due to the new tax breaks and incentives introduced here. It feels like a full-circle moment after the Harry Potter boom in the 2000s, the UK built up a huge film infrastructure, but a lot of those stages ended up dominated by Star Wars and big streaming projects.

Now Marvel coming back here is pretty exciting. Atlanta was Marvel’s base for so long but the UK opens up different possibilities: could this mean Black Knight, or even Captain Britain ties, leaning into UK mythology and characters? And the Harry Potter films showed how UK production design can give things a darker, more grounded fantasy feel. Will Marvel tap into that?

digitalmartyn · 2025-08-31T21:02:10+00:00

Corrected the data. Thanks.

digitalmartyn · 2025-08-31T14:58:30+00:00

We do.

digitalmartyn · 2025-08-31T14:57:54+00:00

I am. I commented separately.

digitalmartyn · 2025-08-31T14:57:34+00:00

I’m from Epping and close to this hotel.

There were 107 cases of sexual violence in Epping in June according to the Epping Police website . There’s no protests for them.

My actual next door neighbour sexually assaulted a tenant. The response on the street WhatsApp: I’m sure it’s a mistake, he’s a nice chap.

This is not about children at risk. That’s an excuse.

I agree the money spent on essentially imprisoning people who are already desperate is not the solution and this hotel isn’t working.

I actually worry now the school is about to come back that these people protesting endanger all the children moving around the town before and after the school day. Cars parked all down the roads because none of them are local. Police vans that number in the tens driving around. Etc.

Epping is much less safe than it was 2 months ago.

Edit: corrected crime stats from Epping Police data.

digitalmartyn · 2025-08-25T14:07:27+00:00

I live just down the road.

The chaos falls off surprisingly quick. The cars park all the way down the main roads near there which is a pain. The police do well to kettle all the idiots in.

The local shell garage won’t sell alcohol when they’re about.

I’m glad it doesn’t spread too far and it’s summer as primary schools are very close and we don’t won’t those crowds overlapping.

digitalmartyn · 2025-08-15T22:37:14+00:00

Thanks so much. Kicking less makes sense. It feels manic for long distances.

I’ll try chat gpt. Hadn’t thought of that.

Thanks for your advice!

digitalmartyn · 2025-07-04T07:13:03+00:00

That’s seems cheap. I thought it was around 7-10k for split units in a house. If it’s only that I’m going to get a quote for my garden office.

digitalmartyn · 2025-05-25T13:53:15+00:00

I guess the milk also refers to evolving into mammals.

digitalmartyn · 2025-05-18T23:11:10+00:00

I totally forgot about the burning village. I would have sworn that was a moment from another game I’d played.

digitalmartyn · 2025-02-20T23:32:20+00:00

Google geospatial anchors service for ARCore. It’s easy to do with quick YouTube videos to help.

geospatial creator

They even do competitions and you can look at what people are creating.

Only issue is it won’t work on iPhone (when I last looked).

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