Hey...

[superdurnius]

Hello.

I'm sorry for long in-activity. New work game me a lot of workload and I barelly had any time to sit and play some video games to relax my mind, not even talking about moding something.

And just few moments ago I ran into place called Old Maps Online and I at once thoght about PiratesAhoy. Then I figured, that Damn, I was off to long from you guys. Really sorry about that.

Now I do have some more free time sometimes, will try to find some time for HoO. Sadly, no promisses

So, just take this note:
Maps of Greater Antilles

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Ahoy there, @superdurnius!
Long time, no sea.

 

[superdurnius]

Hey, @Pieter Boelen

Was just scrolling thro and found facebook post of PA! modding contest... and you know... clicked the link... then logged in... then started to fall into memories... What's up?

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Was just scrolling thro and found facebook post of PA! modding contest... and you know... clicked the link... then logged in... then started to fall into memories...

Looks like @begginfokillz' and @The Nameless Pirate's efforts are already paying off then!

Good to see ya in these waters again.

What's up?

Honestly, been very busy with work lately. Certainly this week.
And my network connection is pretending to be a lighthouse, which isn't quite what I had in mind for it.

Still, it's always fun to see that cool things like this modding contest and @Grey Roger's and @Jack Rackham's modding efforts are still happening.

 

[The Nameless Pirate]

Was just scrolling thro and found facebook post of PA! modding contest... and you know... clicked the link... then logged in... then started to fall into memories...

Looks like @begginfokillz' and @The Nameless Pirate's efforts are already paying off then!

Good to see ya in these waters again.

Nice to hear that, welcome back @superdurnius!

 

[Grey Roger]

And my network connection is pretending to be a lighthouse, which isn't quite what I had in mind for it.

A lighthouse is fine, it's a beacon to help you navigate. Start worrying if it pretends to be a submarine.

Talking of surfacing, welcome back @superdurnius! (Someone else has nicked all the rum so I'll have to use different welcoming pirates...)

 

[Pieter Boelen]

A lighthouse is fine, it's a beacon to help you navigate.

It was replicating the "flashing light" aspect of a lighthouse instead.

 

[The Nameless Pirate]

Wait a moment so you mean that it caught fire?

That's a bad lighthouse then.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

I mean that it is going ON and OFF and ON and OFF.

Spoiler

And ON.

Spoiler

And OFF.

Spoiler

And you can guess this one.

 

[The Nameless Pirate]

Oh, well thankfully I wasn't correct, harder to fix something on fire.

Funnily enough I had similar problems a while ago.
Turned out that pushing the reset button on the router fixed it.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Funnily enough I had similar problems a while ago.
Turned out that pushing the reset button on the router fixed it.

I had the problem before; with a different internet provider and a different router,
I'm forced to conclude the source of the problem is outside my apartment.
There's a technician coming to look at it next week.
Good thing too, because working at home like this is just not feasible.

 

[The Nameless Pirate]

Then indeed it must not be the router, unless both of them managed to get the same problem.

That would be a big coincidence, so maybe something else is going on.
Good to call a technician.

 

[superdurnius]

Nice to hear that, welcome back @superdurnius!

I'm not sure that I'm back. Still testing waters. The 3D program that I used to model with, got discontuinued. I'm learning blender now.

Also, I'm working as fulltime programmer...

Let's just say I'm testing waters

 

[Pieter Boelen]

I'm not sure that I'm back. Still testing waters.

Fair enough!
Hopefully the waters are still somewhat warm enough here.
Even despite all the snow:

I'm learning blender now.

My brother @TechnicJelle uses that too.
He says plenty good things about it.

Also, I'm working as fulltime programmer...

Oooh; congratulations!
What do you work on?

 

[The Nameless Pirate]

I thought I had replied here. Oh well better late than never.

I'm not sure that I'm back. Still testing waters.

Well that's something, no need to jump all in to regret it.
Not that I think you will regret it.

The 3D program that I used to model with, got discontuinued. I'm learning blender now.

My brother @TechnicJelle uses that too.
He says plenty good things about it.

I also used it a little bit to replace Maya 5 to a degree that's possible.
As that is quite old, unfortunately you can't avoid it entirely for PotC modeling.
Maya 5 sometimes wouldn't let me save, so depending on when it happened it could be very annoying.

More specifically I now have tried a fork of Blender named Bforartists that @Cerez recommended to me a while ago.
It is Blender but with a more user friendly UI.
Home - Bforartists

Fair enough!
Hopefully the waters are still somewhat warm enough here.
Even despite all the snow:

You get snow? All I get is rain, and that only occasionally.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

You get snow? All I get is rain, and that only occasionally.

Well, you live definitely a lot closer to the Equator!

But then... That's no guarantee for lack of snow...
Central Spain records temperatures of -25C after snowstorm

 

[The Nameless Pirate]

Meanwhile...
In pictures: Storm Filomena hits Spain as Greeks bask in heatwave


Of course it does sometimes snow here too.
But at least where I live it is rare. Maybe you can see snow on the mountains sometimes, but rarely right next to you.
That's not to say that all of Greece is like this, in the north it definitely gets snow more regularly for example.

 

[The Nameless Pirate]

Seems like you knew something before it happened @Pieter Boelen.
Today it has snowed a bit and more will come tomorrow.

 

[superdurnius]

Hey,

To much dialog to quote you all, so I'll answer as topics

About snow:
Yeah... In my location there is sh*tload of snow. Good that I know how to drive in snow, have been stuck only once this year, and managed to get out by my self ... When it snows in my place, it's good. For few weeks, there is lack of sh*tty drivers , on the road, since they, either, don't manage to get their cars on the road or crash it somewhere .

About blender:
As of 3D program... I started to model with "Valve|Softimage mood tool". Which got released commercialy as "Softimage|XSI". Then it got bought by Autodesk, and released together with "Autodesk Maya 2013" and "Autodesk 3Ds Max 2013", called "Autodesk Softimage 2013". Which, god discontinued latest version is "Autodesk Softimage 2014" if I remember right.
And as I tested blender, I guess there is plenty of tools to call it sophisticated software. And those tools are pretty easy. It has surface sculptor implemented, similar to zbrush and has plenty of addons and implementations of other 3th party software and so on... As of my first look, it's harder to get addons and plugins for maya and max (even harder for softimage) than for blender. I like that concept.

About work as programmer:
I work full time as PHP programmer. I create software for companies to use as administration systems. It's like completely private website, that people can use as sophisticated software, but there is no need install anything and all stuff is in cloud by default. Already have few completed projects and now working for statistics analytic company. My system calculates statistical sales data for 4 countries and spits out pdf's, ppt's, xlsx's and so on with statistical data for clients. Current project is interesting, since entire server is offline standing in the office, as separate server and has dedicated all of server resources. One of the heavier calculations are already down to 40min (down from ~4h) of calculation, thanks to data migration from excel sheets and their visual basic programing to my SQL and PHP environment. But I got sidetracked there .

About waters:
Yeah... Don't have any idea for pirate project or something (any ideas?). I think I had my old files in archive somewhere... Had some kind of itch to return to this hobby.
My current hobbies are woodworking and hobby-miniature painting (for board games)... When I have time, that is ...

 

[Pieter Boelen]

About snow:
Yeah... In my location there is sh*tload of snow. Good that I know how to drive in snow, have been stuck only once this year, and managed to get out by my self ... When it snows in my place, it's good. For few weeks, there is lack of sh*tty drivers , on the road, since they, either, don't manage to get their cars on the road or crash it somewhere .

I love snow.
If it's going to be cold, there might as well be some snow to go with it.
Adds plenty fun!
Unfortunately a week after our massive snowfall, it is now all warm and sunny.
Such a shame...

About blender:
As of 3D program... I started to model with "Valve|Softimage mood tool". Which got released commercialy as "Softimage|XSI". Then it got bought by Autodesk, and released together with "Autodesk Maya 2013" and "Autodesk 3Ds Max 2013", called "Autodesk Softimage 2013". Which, god discontinued latest version is "Autodesk Softimage 2014" if I remember right.
And as I tested blender, I guess there is plenty of tools to call it sophisticated software. And those tools are pretty easy. It has surface sculptor implemented, similar to zbrush and has plenty of addons and implementations of other 3th party software and so on... As of my first look, it's harder to get addons and plugins for maya and max (even harder for softimage) than for blender. I like that concept.

That sounds SO confusing!
Glad you found a sensible program now.

About work as programmer:
I work full time as PHP programmer. I create software for companies to use as administration systems. It's like completely private website, that people can use as sophisticated software, but there is no need install anything and all stuff is in cloud by default. Already have few completed projects and now working for statistics analytic company. My system calculates statistical sales data for 4 countries and spits out pdf's, ppt's, xlsx's and so on with statistical data for clients. Current project is interesting, since entire server is offline standing in the office, as separate server and has dedicated all of server resources. One of the heavier calculations are already down to 40min (down from ~4h) of calculation, thanks to data migration from excel sheets and their visual basic programing to my SQL and PHP environment. But I got sidetracked there .

Nice going!
Especially that performance improvement.
That's always REALLY satisfying to pull off.

About waters:
Yeah... Don't have any idea for pirate project or something (any ideas?). I think I had my old files in archive somewhere... Had some kind of itch to return to this hobby.

Perhaps this is an option?
Discussion - Silent Mary POTC SALAZAR SHIP MOD idea
A large part of the modeling is already done; but some final touches are needed.

My current hobbies are woodworking and hobby-miniature painting (for board games)... When I have time, that is ...

Cool too!