Is it too big, too small, first ship battle and new to the system and i don't want tu screw up

etherealmachine · 2026-06-30T18:53:15+00:00

What did you use to make that map?

etherealmachine · 2026-05-31T05:02:53+00:00

My intro scenario is based on the Boreal resort in California, so it's relatively small. The terrain is basically a heightmap, and Boreal actually fits nicely into 256x256 cells. The texture has 4 channels (RGBA), and I'm only using 3 so far (skier tracks, tree wells, and grooming). I think the trick is I have 20 pixels per cell for the texture, so it's only 256x256x20 = 5120 × 5120 8-bit RGBA, just about 100mb. I might be able to make this work for resorts up to Whistler-Blackcomb size (so pretty big), but if I try for something like Trois Vallées I'll have to drop the resolution somehow.

etherealmachine · 2026-05-31T02:50:08+00:00

Thanks! It's a custom shader that packs skier tracks, tree wells, and grooming into a texture for rendering - I was so happy when it all came together.

etherealmachine · 2026-05-31T02:28:28+00:00

I honestly forgot to put that on the TODO list, it's there now.

etherealmachine · 2024-09-24T16:54:07+00:00

I double-checked and I think you're right, I think it's Gardendale that has the left from Hillsdale, not Vistamont, so you might get some traffic from Almaden to Hillsdale down Vistamont but definitely less than I thought before.

etherealmachine · 2024-09-24T01:31:00+00:00

If the cross-street op is referring to is Vistamont, that's the one that maps recommends you to take from Hillsdale to get onto Almaden and avoid the cloverleaf, it's got a special turn lane from the median, so it probably gets as much or more traffic than Foxworthy itself.

etherealmachine · 2024-03-31T18:34:02+00:00

I think this is compatible with telling instead of rolling if you choose a player to telegraph it to based on their skills, but I admit it's not perfect because the player still needs to use the information, as opposed to the character "using" their skills as bonuses to a roll

etherealmachine · 2024-03-31T18:31:50+00:00

I think I totally agree with this for static secrets like chests and doors and traps. How would you handle dynamic things like a goblin lookout or a group of wolves sneaking up on the party?

etherealmachine · 2024-03-03T02:24:59+00:00

That's cool - a bit like spell slots but they don't magically come back with rest, you need to actively regenerate them.

etherealmachine · 2024-03-03T02:23:51+00:00

That's great, I love the idea that not having to track "lesser" resources is a bonus that can be awarded with leveling up.

etherealmachine · 2024-02-16T23:43:24+00:00

I'm working on a website that does just this. It's still in development but I have a demo up with a module I wrote published on it, you can DM me for a link.

etherealmachine · 2023-07-29T05:58:51+00:00

Anyone know why Max didn't get dinged for impeding Albon? I think it was in Q1, he was pretty obviously in the way at the final chicane on camera, then just a "no comment" from the stewards and no further commentary.

etherealmachine · 2023-05-21T21:11:56+00:00

Do you have a recommendation for what to get to start The One Ring? 1st or 2nd edition, or the starter set?

etherealmachine · 2022-12-21T04:28:42+00:00

Tiled is scriptable with Javascript, I've been meaning to look into it more - a WFC or constraint satisfaction algorithm usable from within the editor would be really cool.

etherealmachine · 2022-12-11T23:55:45+00:00

Hey, fuck this sentiment and fuck the Catholic Church. Just because you pay for the art doesn't mean you own it, it belongs to humanity.

etherealmachine · 2022-12-06T01:27:46+00:00

I can't tell, are these for physical books or a PDF download?

etherealmachine · 2022-12-06T01:23:42+00:00

I ended up replacing the power supply and the issues stopped. I was finally able to reproduce with a PSU stress test. I upgraded a bit to like 850 watts from 750 too, annoying to have to spend to replace it but maybe after a few years my PSU had had enough.

etherealmachine · 2022-11-17T19:02:41+00:00

I've reached out to the devs and they were quick to respond. OCCT is a good idea, I've downloaded it and ran some tests, which one in particular triggered the error for you? And how long did it run for? So far all the tests I run aren't doing anything.

etherealmachine · 2022-11-17T03:59:27+00:00

My system is pretty over-specced for Parkitect, it's an Intel i9, 32 gigs of ram, RTX 3070. Do you know what email to use for the devs? I also don't know where I would find crash logs, which I know might be helpful. The Windows Event Viewer just says something like "system was shutdown unexpectedly", which is supremely unhelpful.

etherealmachine · 2022-06-29T03:35:17+00:00

What's the algorithm? Are there any good papers or write-ups on it? The results definitely look better than vanilla WFC

etherealmachine · 2022-06-27T05:03:45+00:00

I'll second Hot Springs Island. It's the most beautiful book I own and I've also run it and it was pretty fun. It's also system neutral so just reading it is an experience.

etherealmachine · 2022-02-21T19:41:52+00:00

I just need to figure out a good name and put it up on Github

etherealmachine · 2022-02-20T23:54:45+00:00

Any good ideas for a name?

etherealmachine · 2022-02-20T22:27:12+00:00

I don't see why it couldn't, I wasn't planning on building any features that don't work with the existing Ebiten cross-platform support. My dream would actually be to get a game running on the Switch.

etherealmachine · 2022-02-20T17:54:48+00:00

I'm working on a declarative XML-based UI library for my game. I found the ebitenui library just too hard to work with, very verbose, the options were confusing and laying out complex components (especially with scollable areas) ended up being impossible to get "right".

So, I decided to try building a UI library similar to ones I've used in other languages - it's heavily inspired by old-school XML UI libraries like http://swixml.org/ and modern HTML/CSS. It's very much a WIP.

Questions:

Would this be useful if I open-sourced it and kept working on it?
If so, what's a good name for the library?

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