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Mortem Desino

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Status Updates posted by Mortem Desino

  1. Even though I've been absent a long while, I still find myself dreamily wishing for the free time to do TDM mission development. When working on new research projects I'll find myself involuntarily thinking, "hee hee this could be a fun texture or readable or bit of map architecture." Or I find myself absentmindedly responding out loud to odd noises with a drunkguard-like "must've been rats!"

    1. datiswous

      datiswous

      If you had the time, what would you like to work on?

    2. The Black Arrow

      The Black Arrow

      An amazing little mission, we can all hope 😀

    3. Mortem Desino

      Mortem Desino

      "Little mission" is exactly the right advice. :) I have the same issue in writing: I need to learn how to condense, condense, condense.

      Another example: Whenever I research ecclesiastical history, I've got a nagging voice in the back of my head, asking, "Could there possibly be a parallel event in the Builder's Church?"

  2. I'm still alive! (Just working 12-hour workdays.)

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    2. Sotha

      Sotha

      12 hour work days with capability to do drunk vocals?

       

      Work truly is the scourge of the drinking classes!

       

      What do you do for a living anyhow?

    3. Bikerdude

      Bikerdude

      Welcome back fella.

    4. grayman
  3. As a real-life night janitor, I get a real sense of satisfaction out of acting out a TDM guard. Once, I found a dead crayfish that escaped from the Biology laboratory, so I shouted: "Murder! There's a prowler on the loose! Come out into the open, you taffer!"

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    2. Sotha

      Sotha

      I tell my student that things "should be done right the first time."

    3. Mortem Desino

      Mortem Desino

      I found a big bag of Reese's Pieces submerged in a men's room toilet. "Looks like a code eight! Err...must have been rats. Oh well! Back to work!"

    4. Lux

      Lux

      A dead crayfish... Maybe it was Colonel Mustard in the Lab with tha Bunsen burner?

  4. Smiley face: On my way to a master's degree. That is to say, I barely have 30 minutes to myself (or TDM or other hobbies) most days. Sad face.

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    2. Sotha

      Sotha

      Yep. Next stop: PhD or hectic worklife or starting a family. Not much time.

    3. Bikerdude

      Bikerdude

      Look forward to having you back at some point MD.

    4. grayman
  5. The power supply on my monitor started arcing, and now my graphics card puts pretty red sparkles all over everything.

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    2. Obsttorte

      Obsttorte

      That's bad for you guys, isn't it?

    3. Lux

      Lux

      @Biker, FSP is one of the companies that makes good power supplies. (Its all they do) If you mean, buy a PC Power & Cooling... um, no. Occasionally even the good ones have flaky issues that get by QC

    4. Lux

      Lux

      I'm in the US and all my stuff is on APC UPS, even the cable modem and internet lines.

  6. I applied for a Jr. Sound Designer position at a AAA game studio. I didn't get the job, but part of my portfolio was a short video on my failed "unusual gameplay competition" map. Thought y'all would like it.

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    2. Bikerdude

      Bikerdude

      Well to quote myself "Oh very clever" ROTFL. But very cool little map, we should use that in a mission!

    3. Lux

      Lux

      I'd say, release the map but now we all know how to solve the puzzle. @_@

    4. Melan

      Melan

      That's a great video.

  7. I found this delightful 3-year-old video on my HD. This is what happens when you give AI the capability to kick crates out of the way.
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    2. Bikerdude

      Bikerdude

      heheh back in the day..

    3. jaxa

      jaxa

      I'm sure I've already seen this video?

    4. Mortem Desino

      Mortem Desino

      @jaxa You probably saw it in a bug report many years ago. I was thoroughly confused and amused at the same time.

  8. While reading the CM code in the doom 3 engine, I came across this comment during collision model rotation: "MrE gives Pluecker a banana.. good monkey"

    1. Xarg

      Xarg

      Years and years ago when my Dad was looking at a file in hex, I saw "f*** mr bill, linux rulz" written in ASCII

    2. Tels

      Tels

      I just found this today in the sorce: a union named "poor", and the variable definition "poor me;" Hehe.

  9. Go-go gadget blackjack?

  10. Goodness gravy. These halloween FMs are pretty darn good.

    1. nbohr1more

      nbohr1more

      A bumper fall harvest...

  11. Dispensing Surprise in 5...4...3...2...

  12. Polishing, polishing, polishing, and cramming together my briefing.

  13. Map geometry complete! Needs one last scripted event, gameplay polish, and visual polish. This thing may actually be done by Oct 31!

  14. Mah boy, those maps are what all true warriors stive for!

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