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Star Citizen’s Apology Tour

Scopique February 8, 2025

CIG commits to fewer features, more bug fixes in 2025. I'm tired, man, but I have to hold on to hope because what else can I do?

Phase Two – Aggregators of Social Media

Scopique February 5, 2025

I've been trying a few social media aggregation apps, and they all fall short by offering a view-only window of our own accounts. Is this valuable to anyone?

Blender Render: The Filth

Scopique February 3, 2025

As per usual, my own postmortem, this one for my first rendered scene.

Credit Where Credit Might Be Due

Scopique February 1, 2025

CIG's decision to cancel the upcoming free-fly event is wise. VERY wise. But why cancel this time, and what does it and other moves by the company say about the potential future of Star Citizen?

Addendum – Splat Maps and Megascans

Scopique January 21, 2025

I went back and recreated the shader tree for the canyon, and recorded the node layout for posterity.

Getting There – Rendering with Splat Maps and Megascans

Scopique January 21, 2025

I found a way to use better textures on terrains exported from World Creator and while the renders aren't perfect, they're getting closer.

Good Renders – Do I Have the Stamina for This?

Scopique January 19, 2025

I'm learning that it's a lot of work to make a render look this poor.

A Casual Compare Between Export Methods – From World Creator to Blender

Scopique January 18, 2025

Generating terrain is fun, but getting into Blender for composition is the important part. World Creator has a direct export to Blender, but is it the best way to do it?

Appwrite – Alright

Scopique January 13, 2025

I think I've found my preferred back-end platform for auth, data, and file storage. So far, everything has been smooth and easy, with the exception of registration validation.

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A Word on Auto-Posting To the Fediverse

Scopique January 13, 2025

Disabling the ActivityPub plugin for this blog since I have no control over the account it created and hence, have no control over the posts it creates. I am switching back to posting direct from this account. Sorry for the confusion.