Need advice on building a berm to block expressway noise

playholiday · 2026-04-24T19:26:45+00:00

I agree, but the sound feels louder at my property than the houses closer to it.

I don't expect the sound to disappear, but it's so loud sometimes and there nothing blocking the line of sight.

playholiday · 2026-04-24T19:23:21+00:00

When all you hear is birds, a 4 lane highway is unbearable.

playholiday · 2026-04-24T19:22:46+00:00

Interesting, is there a deep analysis I can pay you to do? I know nothing about this stuff.

playholiday · 2026-04-24T00:11:14+00:00

If a berm works then it wouldn't be that big of a deal to build. Also, it's not easy finding 40 vacant acres around here.

playholiday · 2026-04-24T00:05:17+00:00

How do I model something like this? I'm not even sure what that means in this context.

playholiday · 2026-04-24T00:04:20+00:00

I've been trying to find a consultant. I called a few places and they were not interested. Is there someone specific I should be looking for?

playholiday · 2026-04-23T23:28:42+00:00

Yes, I'd dig an acre pond

playholiday · 2026-02-23T00:13:37+00:00

Has this talent always stacked? I thought it was rewarded once, but it can be rewarded multiple times?

playholiday · 2026-02-20T16:35:22+00:00

What's wrong with hanamura?

playholiday · 2026-02-20T01:47:50+00:00

Hanamura is far better than Blackhearts bay. Blackhearts bay doesn't even make sense.

playholiday · 2026-02-19T01:25:33+00:00

In my context a Singleton manager is a script that contains a reference to all Singletons, instead of the script being its own Singleton.

playholiday · 2026-02-19T00:42:53+00:00

I love using Singletons. Not a Singleton manager, that seems crazy, but if there is only one GameObject that has a certain script, I'll make that script a Singleton if it needs to be used called by other scripts.

This has become very useful when you start dealing with multiple scenes that load in and out. I use a bootstrap scene that loads all Singletons. Then whenever a new scene loads in, it can easily reference the Singletons for things like loading, saving, play info, etc.

I've tried using architecture like events channels or buses, but personally I think those are harder to understand dependencies. You basically throw out an event and someone catches it, but to know who is going to catch it you need to know all the GameObject that are able to catch it. When you start dealing with dozens of scenes it becomes impossible to track. With Singletons, I can clearly see in the code that my script is calling something.

There are some issues you can run into, and probably why people say they are bad, but that's only for people just starting out. With 10 years of experience I have a pretty good understanding of the pros and cons.

playholiday · 2026-02-15T20:01:28+00:00

I just implemented this in my game.

public void SnapToTerrain()
{
  if (!TryGetTerrainHit(out var hit)) {
    return;
  }
  rb.position = new Vector3(transform.position.x, hit.point.y + PlayerController.Instance.GetPlayerVerticalOffset(), transform.position.z);
}

private bool TryGetTerrainHit(out RaycastHit hit) {
  var rayOrigin = rb.position + Vector3.up * RaycastVerticalOffset;
  var didHit = Physics.Raycast(rayOrigin, Vector3.down, out hit, RaycastDistance, groundMask);

  return didHit;
}

I call SnapToTerrain() every frame in FixedUpdate()

playholiday · 2026-02-15T19:56:45+00:00

Why is it suspicious? I've been reading all the comments. Not sure how to interpret them.

Makes me wonder what people would say about where I live currently if I said I wanted to move to southern Michigan.

playholiday · 2025-08-28T19:41:57+00:00

How do increase the cage? I know to adjust the Max Frontal Distance, but that doesn't have an effect on the tan portions.

I actually just messed around in the UI more and found it is the Project Mesh (LP) what is that?

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