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1:58 AM
@HomegrownTomato Harnessing that special privilege? I see it up next.
 
2:55 AM
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Q: How could I modify this Building Placement Code for an RTS (BGE)

HomerLeSmpsonThis code currently allows for buildings to be placed on flat surfaces (using an object as the Collision Detector). It works fine for that, but how could I make it so that it can only be placed on one object like the plane (the ground of the map). The reason for this is that right now you can p...

I think he was following my answer on the RTS building system
for grid snapping
 
@X-27 Get out of this room
 
 
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2:36 PM
hey..if someone hasn't accepted answers on any of the last N questions made, (cough - @saclement99 cough) is there any way to flag that?
 
2:53 PM
I don't think so :/ It really should be added, so a mod can mark an answer as accepted (the OP can always change it). I think that would really help
 
3:03 PM
@NoviceInDisguise I wonder if there is a post about this on meta.se
 
Probably, I seem to remember one
 
 
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5:38 PM
i soooo want to close this question as useless: blender.stackexchange.com/questions/31791/…
3
 
lol, me too
 
@NoviceInDisguise do you think some people are taking the coming elections too serious?
 
Most likely. I'm not too worried about it, plenty of competent people will be running
 
exactly, no need for me to run :)
 
I've been real busy, and my BG comp entry takes most of my spare time, so my account hasn't been real active. You snuck ahead in the monthly rep charts :D
 
5:49 PM
\o/
if it's python or modelling i'll have a stab at answering, else it's better other people do it
 
Python is a no-go for me
 
why? it's a real liberation
 
6:03 PM
I never really bothered to learn it
 
6:42 PM
@zeffii Yes and no... We've had three bad moderators (one left and was replaced), so I want to ensure that our new ones are good and dedicated. But yes, we are also very excited by our first elections, and are giving them alot of focus.....
 
yes it is exciting - this i agree
rolanxor , Gwen.. who else?
dan ?
ah..thats it
yeah, and the site still survived!
thanks to everyone who felt compelled to stick around and pitch in
hey denis
 
@zeffii Survived yes.... but sometime we've had to wait for a mod to show up... better to have our posts filled correctly!
 
no ETA on the blur stuff, it's not high on priorty
true..
 
Hi Zeffii, no problem, right now its good enough for what I need
 
you know the best way to make sure something happens the way you want is to bite the bullet and do it yourself.
that's why I learned Python :)
 
6:52 PM
@zeffii Yeah I need to learn it too, I wish I had more free time for that :)
My first experience with python was tough, I was trying for 2 weeks to figure out how to make quite simple script to send data from blender
 
did it work out?
was that before BSE ?
 
I registered here to find some help with it, the script worked but the receiving app didnt behave quite well and the guy who was working on it cant fix it unfortunately
 
link ?
 
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Q: Sending object data from blender with urllib very slow

DenisI am sending object loc rot and scale every keyframe to http address using urllib but the frame rate drops significantly. Thats the code I am using: import bpy import urllib import mathutils from bpy import context from urllib import request, parse from math import sin, cos, radians from mathut...

 
I remember reading
is that for a robot arm?
 
7:12 PM
@zeffii no its its animation application that is using bounding boxes of the meshes, and I was trying to record animation data from the objects that are rigged to armature
 
did it work in the end?
 
Are there any good sources to learn python for blender?
 
not really
best you can do is learn python, without focussing on blender aspects
learn how to use dicts / list comprehensions / decorators / classes / generators / functools
/ collections
and what globals() locals() and vars() are
and mutability
then you know all there is to know
 
No, the application code had to be rewritten, and that could be very risky to break it
 
then when you stroll into the bpy, it's obvious why stuff works a certain way
 
7:22 PM
I will have to look into that when I will have free time
 
8:00 PM
@iKlsR I can't tell if that was a threat/order/or a joke, but since you have the power to force me "out of this room" I expect it was a joke to which I will say LOL
 
8:14 PM
There are 3 positions available as of right now.
@iKlsR @gandalf3 @David
:D
 
8:33 PM
@NoviceInDisguise I'm writing my Nomination now.
 
May 22 at 1:54, by iKlsR
I want to ban @gandalf3
Mar 26 at 2:22, by iKlsR
I'm going to ban u @gandalf3.
Jun 28 '13 at 18:09, by iKlsR
@CharlesL 3 year ban for that..
Feb 19 at 3:44, by iKlsR
@GiantCowFilms 2 warnings for everyone but for you its an insta ban. Remove all your posts. :D
Apr 19 at 0:46, by iKlsR
I'm your friendly neighborhood ban hammer wielding mad man mod
Jun 28 '13 at 18:09, by iKlsR
Anyone who blames BI gets a lifetime ban!
May 22 at 1:55, by iKlsR
A one year ban should slow him down
That is only the beginning.
 
@David Awesome!
@X-27 lol
 
I have mine in, more of a joke than anything else.
 
@X-27 All the way from 2013, your points are invalid
 
8:39 PM
I deleted the top one since I don't want to start a squabble.
okie
It was an in the moment thing
 
I wanted both of those in the post but It wouldn't let me post images.
 
lol
 
Don't worry I'll withdraw my nomination before the period ends, (I don't actually want to win)
 
capitalize my name properly please
 
that kind of lightning shooting ban hammer power can corrupt an innocent person.
 
8:41 PM
@X-27 lol
 
and I get that it's a joke but other people who aren't familiar with chat might think you're serious
 
yah, but anyone who clicked on the link linking to the message you deleted will read down and see that both of us joking...
Your are going to put in your nomination @iKlsR, are you not?
@iKlsR Ok, I changed the post so it doesn't make you look like a rouge mod :-)
 
plot twist
iKlsR is a rogue mod
@X-27 yeah I'm writing it up now.
 
Oh No!
 
shoot, my nomination is too long by 788 characters
 
8:51 PM
@David Too much to brag about yourself with?
 
@X-27 it is the links that killed me, too much proof.
 
@David Mine was too long by 968
 
Lol
put the links in a comment
 
Nominating oneself seems odd to me for some reason
 
Are your going to enter
(just so you can say you were in the first election)
 
8:54 PM
Maybe, IDK
 
I dont like url shorteners but it is the only way I could salvage that post.
 
LoL
goo.
 
ok there it is, see how you all like it
 
lol
 
@David Yes!
 
9:06 PM
welp
 
@iKlsR Some people in chat think (or at first have thought) your serious too.. if you lose this election because of remarks taken out of context, I wouldn't be surprised.
I of course won't be digging up or posting dirt. I'm slightly more mature then that...
 
Well when your community is part 14 year olds, can't help it.
Fun fact, I've never banned anyone.
 
@David bit.ly @David
@David ah so you are using em
 
@GiantCowFilms no kidding, google does not like my second link
 
@iKlsR Eh? You kicked people at least . . . but good for you!
 
9:09 PM
@iKlsR lol ikr, the more kids you stick in a chat room the more crazy it gets
 
On second thought.
@X-27 Would prefer if you removed that, we're going to have people from all over SE coming through. Not everyone has a sense of dry humour and I'd rather not have people question me over rubbish.
 
^^
I agree, jokes are wasted on a lot of people
 
@iKlsR we are all a little bit older then that... but 'bout right for some of us
@gandalf3 We are ready for you
I eagerly await your nomination.... also anyone else gonna run we only have three candidates, and that would make for a boring election....
 
@iKlsR would it be proper (because I'm running) to comment on other nominations?
 
@GiantCowFilms You could!
 
9:20 PM
I really don't like losing
and I don't quite have the rep or badges
 
Me neither
 
@GiantCowFilms there are 4 now...
 
Spamking and Zeffi
then the good ones
(no offence)
 
Spam king doesn't count.
 
He said he'd pull out anyways
 
9:21 PM
@David there is 100% chance we will have lost one by the time the final stage comes on
 
@GiantCowFilms rep is weighted heavily, I have more of the counted badges then any other candidate so far, yet iKlsR has a better candidate score
 
@David Yes I have less rep too
I have less everything
D:
 
@GiantCowFilms then also less chance. :)
 
exactly, and I hate losing
I also could see myself having way less time in the near future
 
I could too
 
9:23 PM
 
@X-27 clock!
its going to hit the time
 
Whazzat fur?
 
oh you haven't sen that one yet?
 
when it gets to 7:30 I'll withdraw nomination
 
9:24 PM
ah
 
yes, it is on 7:27
 
@David Definitely.
 
I just feel it might be taken the wrong way
 
I'll chip in when I get the time as well, haven't read yours or zeffii's yet. Doing some other work.
If you have something to say, now is the perfect time to say it.
Good or bad, harsh truth etc..
 
ok, ok it is about zeffii's large inactivity.
i'll add a comment
 
9:29 PM
@David I was going to say something but I think it will come out better from you
"sat back and watched it grow steadily" - @zeffii that isn't helping your case
 
no I suppose it isn't.
but it's the truth, so whatever :)
 
@zeffii please do not take it the wrong way, just want to know your answer.
 
to what?
 
my comment on your nomination.
 
sadly I think most people voting in the election won't be as inquisitive
 
9:37 PM
@zeffii maybe. but activity is the most important thing in this election, esp coming away from the mods we have had.
 
for me it was easy because you have been pretty much inactive for the entire time I have been on this site, baring the last 5 months. So for me it was not that "inquisitive"
 
there you can all relax :) i withdraw
 
@zeffii wow, I did not mean for you to do that.
 
Now the election is going to be boring :/
 
9:44 PM
@NoviceInDisguise no it wont, elections are never boring.
 
Only three entries for a three slot spot . . .
 
NO!!! I refuse to win!!!!!!
 
I'll nominate myself rather than have that happen
 
Take just ONE guess what will happen if I win.
 
@David some people don't like to be asked or reminded about certain things.. methinks
 
9:46 PM
@X-27 Gah!
 
@zeffii If you withdraw from one simple question I doubt you were serious from the start
personal issues/reasons could have been a valid answer.
 
@iKlsR or going off to fight the AIs
 
There is no question about it, I'm not serious - and it was that way from the start!
 
9:47 PM
@David or maybe he needed a break...
 
@RadishoftheOpera I was referring to Gwenn
 
@David oh.
i thought it was still about zeffi
@David why does there have to be politics, i hate politics.
 
it was an inside joke only for those who knew gwenn's story
@RadishoftheOpera what are you talking about?
 
@David yes, i knew
@David the elections
@David i was there putting in sarcasm where needed.
 
@RadishoftheOpera think of it not as "politics" but as ""democratically elected community moderators"
 
9:52 PM
@David you used the words "democratically" and "elected" therefore proving yourself null and void.
 
@RadishoftheOpera [activates hopey-changy-thing] I will now brainwash the general public and get votes :-)
 
@RadishoftheOpera not null, but informed. quoted from blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/05/a-theory-of-moderation
 
I move to have a party where everyone types with their feet, does anyone of my fellow community members move to democratically follow?
 
@RadishoftheOpera I make a motion to be confused, all in favor say I
 
9:54 PM
oiye
 
is confused
"duuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhh............................."
 
@NoviceInDisguise any updates on your guru picture?
 
@X-27 I'm asking again
 
you want me to withdraw?
 
@iKlsR he hasn't crime-ated yet...
wait, you were actually running?
 
9:56 PM
46 mins ago, by iKlsR
@X-27 Would prefer if you removed that, we're going to have people from all over SE coming through. Not everyone has a sense of dry humour and I'd rather not have people question me over rubbish.
 
46 mins ago, by iKlsR
@X-27 Would prefer if you removed that, we're going to have people from all over SE coming through. Not everyone has a sense of dry humour and I'd rather not have people question me over rubbish.
@iKlsR you beat me to it, by a second
 
@iKlsR Consider it done
 
Thank you, I was thinking I'd have to warm up the hammer
 
@iKlsR in the microwave.
 
later all
 
9:58 PM
@David sniffles; wave handkerchief goodbye!!!
 
@David Yep
There it is . . .
Whoops, low res . . .
Follow the link for the high-res version
 
pretty good, but you can't see the tractor very well.
 
@NoviceInDisguise based on the WIPs I've seen I think it's poorly presented
 
Yeah, I really need to work on a ton of stuff. THe angle is nice, but doesn't do it justice
 
The grass hides a lot
 
10:01 PM
@iKlsR way to be harsh D:
 
lol, I can handle it
 
No, not harsh
I saw the WIPs, they were really good
But the final render doesn't do all that work any justice
 
Exactly, I'm trying to merge the scene and the tractor, and something isn't clicking
 
The texturing etc
 
Barn and fence are temporary materials still
 
10:02 PM
@NoviceInDisguise wooden barn V.S. techy blue lights.
 
Isn't the tractor fully textured?
 
I want opinions on the general composition, what angle should I put it at? etc
 
@NoviceInDisguise perhaps have a view looking at the tractor inside the barn
 
@NoviceInDisguise i'm partial to less scene, more tractor...
 
Hmm . . . harder (why I didn't do it) good input
 
10:03 PM
and maybe a few people dressed like lobsters.
 
gotta run for a bit
o/
 
always takes a scene to the top
 
waiting for the legendary @gandalf3
ttyl
 
10:04 PM
@iKlsR bye now
 
I'm coming I'm coming
 
"speak of the devil..."
 
@gandalf3 lookin' for the short guy who dresses like a female manga character?
he just left?
 
XD
 
10:09 PM
and it's a good thing too, cause i'd be banned at this point.
 
10:31 PM
@NoviceInDisguise wow that is looking great.
@NoviceInDisguise but I agree with the others, if you keep that view you need to move the camera higher.
 
@NoviceInDisguise i like the corrugated roof.
 
Thanks
I got my tractor down to 360k verts now, after some very aggressive anti-modifier work. Maybe I can incorporate it directly into the scene now
 
10:50 PM
There we go, we're all in now
 
You three are pretty much guaranteed spots
 
@gandalf3 did you take that nomination from my notes? wow that really is much like what I was planing on writing at some point.
 
o.o
 
(do note that gandalf3 only has one more counted badge then me :)
 
And 8 million rep
;)
 
10:55 PM
You got all the hats though ;)
 
lol, like that matters
 
XD
 
@NoviceInDisguise here is what I had to say about BSE, @gandalf3's stats and @iKlsR. chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/8888?m=19427818#19427818
 
about.
Thats it?
 
10:57 PM
lol
 
XD
It's very poetic
 
gr some how the link did not copy..
 
@X-27 what's up? Planning how to hack the election?
 
there, now reread it
 
Ah yes, I remember starring that one
 
11:00 PM
@gandalf3 from your nomination jargon- "In other words, pretty much what I've been doing already ;)" if you will keep doing what you've been doing already, why would you need to become a moderator? wouldn't it be better to say something like "In other words, pretty much what I've been doing already, only better ;)"
 
Well, yes
tries to english something nice about David
 
Good point @X-27, never thought I'd say that . . .
 
lol
 
@gandalf3 LOL, is it really that hard. :)
 
The english part, yes. The nice part, no :P
 
11:01 PM
Darn, I linked my tractor mesh, so I can't rotate it XD
 
try the parenting to an empty trick
 
@gandalf3 just say something like "edita una gran cantidad" :)
 
@X-27 Hmmm . . . not working
Anyway I can make it real?
 
I plead incompetence...
 
11:03 PM
lol
Aha!! Make it a proxy with Ctrl+Alt+P!
Sweet!
 
@David You are the backbone which prevents this site from flailing into a pile of disused tags and incoherent questions. Without your organization and persistent editing I don't think we'd have come nearly as far :)
 
@gandalf3 thank you.
 
:D
 
Seriously @gandalf3, he doesn't edit EVERYTHING to keep the site organized, he edits incessantly for the same reason I vote constantly- to be at the top of a ranking.
 
(did not know what else to say after reading it)
 
11:07 PM
@David right?
 
@X-27 no need to plead; the jury has already observed it.
 
@X-27 I do not
 
@X-27 Well it keeps the site organized either way :P
 
@RadishoftheOpera Now that is a good joke :-)
 
@X-27 if a jury ever observed anything, i'd have a heart attack.
 
11:08 PM
@RadishoftheOpera lol
 
:P
 
@X-27 I do edit a lot, I flag a lot, I comment a lot. I do everything on this site that does not give me rep. Now if I spent all that time answering questions I would be in second.
5
 
@David riiiiiight
 
@RadishoftheOpera from now on, everyone reply to a message that was replying to something else. Lets see how far up we can make a chain go.
 
I got it rendering without the grass now
 
11:09 PM
@X-27 OKay!
 
@RadishoftheOpera how are we doing? :)
 
@NoviceInDisguise cause its a lawn mowing john deer steampunk tractor, thats why.
 
@David Great!
 
@X-27 i've seen longer
 
@RadishoftheOpera When?
 
11:10 PM
9 replies.... lemme look
 
@X-27 I think I'll be going now...
 
@David No Go!!!
@David (Stay)
 
@X-27 why?
 
@David Someone must stay and spam with me!
 
54 secs ago, by David
@X-27 I think I'll be going now...
 
11:12 PM
23 secs ago, by David
54 secs ago, by David
@X-27 I think I'll be going now...
 
1 min ago, by X-27
@David (Stay)
 
@X-27 we had 11 earlier today. :/
 
@RadishoftheOpera Well we have more now
 
@X-27 cue gangster chuckle
 
@RadishoftheOpera now 17
 
11:14 PM
@X-27 man, we are really bored people if we resort to sitting here thinking how long we can get a message chain...
 
@X-27 LoL
 
@X-27 PS for anybody wondering, I am now starting the knife-tool re-taging.
 
@X-27 I can reply to my own messages!!!
@X-27 MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA
 
@X-27 that is a cool trick !!
 
@X-27 SPAMETY-CALAMITY!!!
 
11:15 PM
@David Just in case I forget
 
@David Yah
@David I hope iKlsR doesn't come on
@David I can feel the heat of his ban hammer warming up!
 
@iKlsR Agreed I'd push the grass below the bottom third line and move the camera about 50 ft closer. I also find vehicles look best at 40-60mm.... so don't go to wide to close. Finally, I'd make it face the camera at a 3/4 angle. :D @NoviceInDisguise
 
@X-27 you really should tone it down now.
 
@David Ok...
 
@GiantCowFilms you probably should ping @NoviceInDisguise for that message.
 
11:18 PM
@GiantCowFilms look who is talking about WIPs
 
@X-27 huh?
 
11:29 PM
@NoviceInDisguise I would move the tractor even closer... the farm scene is simply a backdrop for the tractor model. Currently the focus of the image is the shed, with the tractor sticking out like a soar thumb, due to its significantly higher level of detail (it also looks to small). If I were taking a photo of that tractor in that scene I'd get closer with a super fast (f1.2... if I had one D: ) 50mm and get a 3/4s :D I guess you may be trying something different...
but I'd like to see that tractor in its glory
@David Pro-Tip: The parts of a excellent render are all equally bad. Perfecting one object will degrade the rest. You want a consistent level of detail, with all the parts in harmony!
 
@GiantCowFilms you lost me with that one.
 
@David I always at ping you when I write a pro-tip
 
I was just wondering about that, why?
 
Its part of the meme
I used to write them too you... and so it became a joke/*thing*
 
I see
 
11:36 PM
Only three again!
 
?
 
Sigh @zeffii Why'd you quit?
@David candidates
 
scroll up in the chat to find out.
 
I skimed
was it to do with the absence
 
11:38 PM
@stacker @Chebhou @cegaton @Ray Mairlot Considered running?
 
read through the part where zeffii and I were chatting
 
Yes I see
@NoviceInDisguise Do nominate yourself
I'm not since I'd feel bad and be upset if I won
though I'd be pretty smug about beating @iKlsR @gandalf3 or @David ... that would be quite an achievement
 
Oh yes! Much better looking now!
I'll upload a pic in a minute . . .
Medium res version
No grass as I think that might crash my GPU, going to do some renderlayer magic I think. Also going to do some major overhaul on the grass materials and shapes.
 
11:54 PM
@NoviceInDisguise Could use some serious improvement on the background, and for all the detail you put into the tractor, shouldn't t be closer to the camera?
 
Background is an old image I had, just blocking out what I'm going to make, but I agree. The render size will be large enough details should show up, I'm going to shorten the render image height for the final I think, which should help as well
 

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