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Cheese and an apple slice tastes unbelievably okay.

But my favourite sandwhich has simply a cheese slice, tomato slices and loads of salt on tomatoes.

Or simply one good slice of pork belly. With fatty tissue NOT removed. And not cooked, but smoked & salted.
Delicious! (Weight watchers are free to puke here)

What is capital wasteland?

AFAIK, trees are growing steadily in Chernobyl. Wildland animals are larger than in "normal" conditions - some documentary showed wild hogs being double size of normal.

Also, widespread radiation is not eternal. Maybe 40-60 years, after which, it's left only most contaminated pockets. People can be stupid enough to destroy themselves, but Earth wants to survive. So self-cleansing goes on and on.

So if we have plants, we have water and air. And food. Fallout 3 didn't show any trees so where did air come from? Everybody should have been dead.

I support pandemic theory, but nuclear winter feels very, very unlikely.

The question isn't whether this jacket has turned collar or no, signore questionable.
Question is does neck area need some extra detail and it can be hood, high collar or whatever, just for it to look less lame.

I'd put some image or fraction of text or something onto T-shirt too.

* Use shading & colors like Calin did, but leave your original skin tone
* Fix hand & jacket as Calin did but not feet. Just make them longer
* I'd still leave eyes as they were
* Jacket needs a turned-down collar. Also, you could close sleeves from shoulders as on image below, otherwise it looks like clay-sculpted - hand growing out of the body

Clothes have - you know - stitches

I like it.
I know that someone will make entirely different face for you, but I'd ignore it and fix only hair and jacket (hand seems to disappear into body, there's no room for pocket) and maybe general proportions.
"Walt Disney meets manga" look is absolutely hilarious and It would make a funny feel-good game

I'll try both.
It simply easier to plot out in CAD and test results with 3D so I cannot verify neither very accurately right now.

EDIT: Tests have been completed!



Snarky: 100% correct
Tuomas: I thought I understand your solution but I apparently do not. Care to sketch something?

* I like sierra/AGS-default 4-action bar. ONLY if right click scrolls through interactions too. Not too much though, it gets kind of dull

* I totally dislike pop-up full-throttle kind of gui.

Don't know why, I simply find holding down mouse button and trying to choose right thing too ARCADE moment for an adventure game, it distracts somewhat

* Also I don't like Lucasarts' verb madness much better. If I have like 12+ things to choose from, I'll be dealing much more time using the interface than playing the game. It's even worse when most of the verbs do not generate response of any kind or gives that same static "i can't do this" answer. It's a complete turn-off

HOWEVER, I do like choice and I think KGB did it absolutely right: common things were automatic via "smart pointer" which automatically did what you need, such as look, use, talk... But should you need something unusual such as "hide" yourself or "move" something - such as dead body, "destroy" something, etc, right click opened a menu with every possible verb so you could manually pick one you need.

I find this system perfect and best one I've seen. Plus, it was super simple to use.

* using only left and right click to look/interact is comfortable also, but kind of limiting and feels too dumbed down.

Uuh, that's complex. I deliberately avoided sin/cos/tan/etc at school since at this point it felt like too much useless BS to stuff into my brain. I have no clue what they do till today. Sure, I learned all this and finished tests, but that's about it. It's easy to forget pointless knowledge. 

Well, good that we have AGS forums  :

Thanks, I'll try it out when I arrive at work.

Okay. I have object with 3 sides. Sides are aligned 135° so two ones on edges make perfect 90° between them (see top view).

Like this:


Now what I want to do is cut edges so this object is tilted 5°

One edge stays as it is.
One edge should be cut at 5° angle.
What angle should be middle edge cut? It's not 0 or 5° and it's not 2.5°

Explanation of the problem and unknown (see side view and layout):


By hit & miss tries I've figured out the correct angle is around 4°, probably a bit more than 4°

But I want to know what formula or logic is behind this? How do I get EXACT angle?
Any takers?

/edit/ drats, I'll better make new thread
Glad you got help!

shorted circuits. Looks like several keys respond to two connections.

Are you sure you didn't spill any liquids over keyboard, leave it near damp place etc?
Also, is your keyboard clean? Maybe there's some bread crumbs or whatever under E-key so pressing it presses crumbs which presses on both connections on E and 3

Also, try external keyboard.

Point taken.
As audio goes, I didn't pay attention that much since there's no voice-over so you might aswell mute it and keep your own music playing or whatever. Since my main hassle is to get video done and uploaded, spending time to find suitable music would prolong everything...

I didn't know it's that hard to draw & record at same time: everytime I draw something and hate it second later, I have continuity issues to deal with so I cannot really erase and redo it... Since this room has moved into drawing details - which means basic pixel art - pressure is off a bit...

That said, I still have some neat tricks to show and next video will make some major changes in how this room looks like. I have already recorded basics but need to draw a bit further to make full-length video.

EDIT: Added some captions to video #5. Youtube annotations tend to look better than ones made in camtasia studio.
EDIT: Part 6 is up!
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Also, who wants to try ArtGem, it's here.

http://www.indrek.org/ArtGem13crack.zip
Install it, start once and close. Then run crack and patch .exe

(It is NOT sold anymore and project is discontinued so it's not illegal to share here!)

Also, over some time (usually few months), crack fails and artgem tells that it's expired. If so, uninstall ArtGem, start->Run->regedit
and delete whole key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RL Vision

Then reinstall and crack again.

 

Well, skipped a month  , but added 3 new episodes yesterday in return 

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Why is there no text during speech? It annoys the hell out of me. Sure, I can understand spoken English, but I always prefer captions also! I'm sure it's so with many non-native English speakers here. Deciphering accent and trying to understand also what's being said and what that even means is exhausting.

What an awful, awful design choice! And how about hearing impaired people out there? Screw the full-speech, I'd rather play with text-only than with speech and no text.

Will not play  

Loads of thanks for such informative reply!!! This will be definitely google-doc'ed with our plans, photoshopped google maps and bits of needed information/IM chats/forum replies that prove to be useful.

The reason they ask you about money...

Yes, I figured that. Since I haven't held cash money for 5+ years and done all my shopping with card, I think I have to withdraw some, just in case. Overly paranoid attitude is still funny I think... But yes, no liquids, no food, no machetes, etc. I know. I simply hope it won't be totally random thing I cannot suspect and customs still find somehow deadly...

I assume that it's necessary to visit the US consulate to get a visa.  They will likely want to see financial documentation of your resources at that time...

Thankfully, this is not the case. Estonia is a part of Visa Waiver program (90 days for leisure/tourism visa-free) so all I need is to fill electronic travel permit called ESTA and get 'ok' for this. It's basically bunch of questions about me not being convicted and such.

When you go through customs you tell them that you will be staying with your relatives in Jacksonville for most of the time.

But this might not be true at all. We planned meeting them, but maybe won't. Ah, it wouldn't hurt to say so anyway.  

Tell them about your driving plans;

Our plan is mostly based on blue path Google Maps generated. Of course, we will make stops/detours whenever we see something interesting or need a break. I guess I have to write down some basics to remember & tell at border.

There are a couple things you may want to know about our highway system.   The first thing to know is that there are basically three kinds of highways Interstate , US Route, and State Route which you will likely be traveling on.  

I believe we can handle US highways. If not otherwise, this long text will help

Oh and when you cross the border from one state to another, normally the only indication is a sign saying something like "welcome to the State of  _______".  I you use a state border as a landmark and you have some other expectation you may miss it..

I've seen them American movies  

I'm not sure what you are looking for as far a sight seeing is concerned.  I lived in Roanoke VA for 8 years and I can describe some things I am familiar with.

At this point - I am not quite sure also, what goes for sightseeing; basically everything is new. Of course we're gonna see all "default" landmarks at DC, stop at a National Park or two (It seems there's no end to them on our route) and so on. I personally want to see land of entire country of low buildings (living in a jungle of 9-floor apartment buildings) and American people. My friend wants warm weather (it's snow outside here!) and biiig burgers. Since roads would get boring after awhile, we pinned Miami as a destination... Everything else is a plus, and it sounds like there's going to be plentiful of it.

About your accent and origin; Americans are pathetic at geography; most of us wouldn't be able to find North America on  a map if it wasn't labelled as such.

I'm totally aware of being from nowhere
I guess even many Germans (who occupied us for millennia!) wouldn't know where's Estland so whatever. If anyone's interested, I can explain understandably enough.

I think you do prefer Estonia being free from Soviet rule right?  Anyway I think most americans respond positively to the notion of freedom.

Gotcha. I'm into Forest Brothers-phase with my history-interest right now so I could tell some cool stories...  

I think they also understand the complexities and difficulties of governance so you could explain about the corruption and other negative things going on now and how in some ways things were better before.

Rather not. Over 10% of unemployment and entire country sold out to Scandinavian banks by corrupt politicians, added constant threatening from Russia... we're third Iceland now, with Latvia being second.

Be aware, however, that our own current politics are very hotly debated and the people have extremely strong opinions at this point in time about what our own government is doing.

Well, I'll careful here, as I tend to love argumenting But I don't know much about current US politics anyway. AFAIK, there was hell of a noise and Bush-hate, then Obama got elected and US suddenly got veeeery quiet. At least, viewed from this end of globe.

I apologise if any of this is obvious or if you are already knowledgeable.  When I travel international it's often difficult to pick up on some of the small details like  the highway system, political sensabiloities, etc.  The local folks take many of the details for granted an so don't think to tell; and of course there are things you would never think to ask because you are also taking things for granted.  

Ah, I thank you again for this super-useful reply! Also, repeating knowledgeable only strengthens it and removes doubts.

I hope you have a successful and interesting vacation and I hope you like our country.  Please let us know how everything turns out.

I'm not left yet But if all goes OK... most of our baggage is audio/video equipment. Trip so epic WILL be recorded for generations to remember. Why not shared?

The top gear guys went driving through the US in bright pink, homo-suggestive cars with Hillary Clinton on the side.

We thought about renting a minivan or RV - thus eliminating accommodation and time constraints, but nothing beats big, shiny Dodge Charger... so we might have trouble fending off rednecks trying to be friends rather than running from them

Run.
As fast and far as possible.

I can't help but think I somehow played a small role in her decision

This is what's wrong. It works both ways: 1) forces blame and responsibility over you to take care of her and give in to her moods and 2) "Girl tried to kill herself over me!" boosts ego in strange way and gives an illusion that there's something very special going on if she goes THAT far

Both assumptions are wrong. People who want to kill themselves take a piece of rope, go to forest and are not heard of again. Failed suicide trials are ALWAYS for show and attention. And to gain control over other person.

So,
run.

Thanks!

I got passport apply done yesterday and it takes only a week or so. ESTA (electronic travel permit thingy) application is suggested to be done 72 hours before flight and I think I can make it even earlier... so all is good so far. Also, flights from Finland are times cheaper so I guess I'll take a swim over Gulf of Finland

I've heard that you'll be asked upon landing for address where you intend to spend your night, and also how much money do you have. Can it be true? And if so, should I have cash to show then and how does "in a car or tent" would qualify as a sleeping answer?

As a long time tradition, me & my friend aren't planning too much, besides most basic things, such as flight plan, to leave more room for crazy adventures and randomness.

Dates depend heavily on cheap flights, but initial plan is

* Leaving Tallinn at 21. April to Munich (about 6h flight)
* Munich-to-Washington flight is a variable yet.

I'm applying for biometric passport and won't get Visa Waiver travel permit until I get the passport. I hope this won't take whole month! Luckily, I can get passport in 2 days (going to migration offices tomorrow) for extra fee, so it's all up to permit apply time. And before permit, I won't book flights.

But if all goes well, I'll be in US from 22th Apr to 1st May I think. Since I'm literally traveling back in time (8 hours!), it's kind of confusing to figure out  

Thanks. Considering how many national parks and campsites are everywhere, I figured that bringing a tent would save enough money on accommodation to spend it for fun elsewhere But of course, nothing beats real bed & shower

I'm actually not on particularly tight budget, but I imagine such long trip would still cost heavily (especially flight), so the less basics cost, the more I can spend on sightseeing etc