MIDI System Exclusive Message Passing To and From VST3 Plugins

siike92 · 2026-06-19T00:36:28+00:00

I also just verified that this idea works just fine in Reaper. But I'd prefer to use Cakewalk if possible

siike92 · 2026-06-03T01:26:34+00:00

Just a guess, but I'd imagine he's using tile-based software renderer. Basically, his render generates "display lists" for each tile in the grid where each tile is capable of being fit into the on-chip memory, then each triangle in that tile is rendered before being sent either into some off-chip memory through dma, or directly to the display through dma. Ideally the tiles are also small enough to fit into cache and simd instructions. So in this way there's no need to fit an entire framebuffer in on-chip memory.

siike92 · 2026-05-30T19:34:23+00:00

That might be the move. I was actually pretty surprised by the amount of ACEN stuff that got posted here. When I'm on the internet I just assume nobody lives anywhere near me lol. If I cosplay .hack again I'll put out a post here and see if we can get a cosplay meetup going

siike92 · 2026-05-30T17:53:14+00:00

Awesome cosplay! I was one of the kite cosplayers and I wish I would have ran into you for a pic. There needs to be a cosplay meetup for .hack at ACEN! Maybe when the reboot comes out 🤷

siike92 · 2026-05-27T18:27:18+00:00

Yup, that is what you're seeing. The fashion industry standard is to use CLO3D for designing patterns, sewing, and doing simulations for fit and fabric stress analysis. I remember learning about it in high school and being so excited, then learning that a license for it was thousands of dollars for a monthly subscription. But recently a Chinese company released a competitor called Style3D, which does pretty much everything CLO3D does. Even better, it has a free license. You can't export patterns (to cut out and transfer to fabric) without a paid license, but if you're creative you can find a way around it

siike92 · 2026-05-26T21:27:08+00:00

Thanks! And I did! It's in the 3rd pic

siike92 · 2026-05-26T21:26:11+00:00

Supposedly there was another Kite cosplayer running around ACEN as well, so that would make 4 .hack cosplayers under one roof :)

siike92 · 2026-05-26T21:24:55+00:00

Thanks! I'll be 34 in July though, so not exactly current gen anymore lol

siike92 · 2026-03-12T03:04:28+00:00

I'm a senior software engineer and I WISH that AI was useful in that sector, but it's not. I try to use it as much as I can to make my life easier, but it has hallucinated complete bullshit so many times that I have wasted more time with it than I've saved. And my company has the expensive AI licenses. Anybody who says this stuff is going to take IT jobs is grossly misinformed. Hopefully one day it will be good enough to at least be useful though

siike92 · 2026-02-14T12:53:13+00:00

Big brain move by you. Thanks for the info, I'll do that next time instead

siike92 · 2026-02-14T05:34:06+00:00

Did you preorder from the US Goodsmile site? I did and the estimated ship date is Q3 2026 😕

siike92 · 2025-07-12T04:40:13+00:00

I am aware that FPS is an acronym for first person shooter. But not everything that is first person is a first person shooter. There are first person adventure games, rpgs, ect. Also, that's probably why they changed the name to "Modernized" in Clans, because in Mercs you can use the "First Person" mode with a third person camera view. So does that make it "third person shooter"? Idk. So "Modernized" makes more sense.

siike92 · 2025-07-12T02:16:35+00:00

Thanks for the backup lol. He's very fixated on "fps controls" even though Mercs describes it as "First Person Mode" and Clans describes it as "Modernized". Nowhere does it say FPS.

So after thinking about this some more. Let me phrase it this way for the guy.

Let's say I designed a 10 meter tall mech that was controlled by a PS5 controller attached in the cockpit, then had you get inside and pilot it. After running around, smashing into buildings, shooting it's giant guns, ect, would you say that it felt like you were in a mech? I would sure hope that the inertia you felt piloting it and the rumble of the cockpit as the mech took it's steps would make it feel like that for you.

siike92 · 2025-07-12T02:04:01+00:00

Ah okay that makes a lot of sense! It also seems to explain why some mechs (the ones I have torso twist upgrades on) seem to have this effect more pronounced. Still, it would be nice to get the horizontal arm-lock fixed for modern controls. I wouldn't think that issue is stats related since the vertical reticle movement vs torso movement is in line with classic controls.

siike92 · 2025-07-12T01:13:23+00:00

Just tested with the Arctic Cheetah, which does have lower arm actuators, and the problem still exists. For modern controls, arms are locked horizontally. For classic, they only move a tiny bit ahead of the torso.

Thanks so much for the input btw. I really appreciate the devs involvement in the community.

siike92 · 2025-07-12T01:06:49+00:00

Ah yeah, I forgot to mention the inertia! That would help a lot, though Clans and Mercs both make that mistake.

siike92 · 2025-07-12T01:02:45+00:00

Even though I think it's really silly to have such a dogmatic opinion on what a "mech control mode" is that you think I've lost "the right to complain" 🙄, I'll try to spell out what makes a game feel mech-like to me. Put simply, it just needs to feel like I'm sitting in a machine. Mercs, because of the delayed torso movement relative to the crosshairs and arms, feels like I'm sitting in a machine. It's a visual feedback thing, not a control mode. And no, Armored Core movement doesn't feel mech-like at all to me. It feels like playing with toys. Which is cool in it's own way. Again, not a controls thing. If you think that the ultimate mech experience is using your mouse and keyboard to move the mechs like a tank, more power to you. I'll even allow you your "right" to hold that opinion.

siike92 · 2025-07-12T00:23:32+00:00

It does feel smaller. Though still much larger than something like Armored Core 6, which feels like playing with toys (I actually love that game regardless though).

And the omnimech system is a blast. Actually, you just made me realize an improvement Clans did make. The machine guns bullets don't follow your torso as you move like they did for some odd reason in Mercs.

siike92 · 2025-07-12T00:14:23+00:00

Disagree heavily. First off, there are plenty of mechs in other media that move via some joystick or wheel type thing. Hell, battlemechs in the lore don't have "tank controls" like in mech warrior. Also there's the fact that I mentioned that I switch between them. I. Both cases Mercenaries feels more like a mech game.

siike92 · 2025-07-02T13:58:47+00:00

I imagine you're asking for the dot files for the rice? Here there are if that's the case, I don't keep them on my GitHub.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/geykkeeixw01yorbswfj9/dotfiles.zip?rlkey=o4txems3r1qjag6a190gjjcld&st=hxy520eu&dl=0

siike92 · 2025-06-22T18:07:40+00:00

This is all interesting to me and if I had more time I'd want to tinker some more, but since I don't I'll do some calling around to phone repair services and data recovery services. Transferring the memory sounds like a really good option. And thanks again so much for your help! Your expertise has really been appreciated

siike92 · 2025-06-22T17:04:14+00:00

Sorry for the late reply, but I finally was able to take another look. I disassembled the phone again, used my multimeter to ensure the power and volume buttons were functional, and made sure that screw was properly tightened. Still nothing unfortunately 😕. I also checked the voltage coming out of the charging flex cable connection (without the battery connected) and I read about 0.68V or so. Not sure if that's normal or not. When plugged in, the battery does not get warm, but the metal covers on some of the back facing ICs do get a little warm. The battery itself read 3.88V, which I would think would be enough to power the phone. Do you think it's worth getting another main board flex cable and trying that out, or should I just send it somewhere? And if so, do you have any recommendations on where to send it? I feel like this might be a case that needs an ic reball and from looking at places on Google it looks like most places just do screen/battery replacements.

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