Overclock The Ampwave

im not sure, havent met you yet

ohhh boy...
Just reached the big ol 1k hours of VRChat

Huh... closing VRChat via task manager after it irrecoverably crashed just triggered easy anti cheat?

oh no indeed

wild!

uh oh!

i know people are gonna yeet stuff at me for posting this, but I feel like I may be screwed somewhat, I graduated with almost a 3.0 from a challenging university, with no internship and minimal extracurricular experience, and I do not know where I can go for jobs/internships..

A Discord message that reads: "To whom it may concern, A lot of shit has been going down behind the scenes with me lately. Much of it has been public knowledge for a long time, while other things are only just seeing the light of day now. I'm only going to address a small part of it here, but I'm open to discuss anything else with whoever is interested. A little while ago, I was made aware that my association to Waterwolf, and more specifically The Foundry, was causing attendance at my VR club to suffer. It was the world I chose to use for my club because I was friends with the people who created it, and they were happy to tailor it to my needs. At that point in time however, I was playing blind to the toxicity that had been going around surrounding Waterwolf as an organization, unaware that my dreams of them being the "friendliest floofs around" was inadvertently leading people away from a place I wanted to use to bring them together in the first place. And now I've been made aware that Beacon wasn't just the only place involved, but also Sunday Service and i.W.A.I.T., two clubs which I hold very dearly to my heart. It is not my intent to tear people apart, and yet my choices were causing that to happen. For that, I am very, VERY sorry. My selfishness and ignorance caused much more harm than I ever imagined possible. As of July 10th, I left the Waterwolf group and Discord. I harbor no ill will towards anyone still there, and my hope is that I can remain friends with people there regardless of my involvement. But as much as I loved the community while it was still a community, and as much pain as it brought me to say goodbye to it, I did it because I value the well-being of the people around me. And in the end, I saw the true colors of the ones who control the narrative there. You all saw them too when the announcement went out about the "Waterwolf brand." That happened because of my choice to leave, and I am sad for those that have to be faced with that."

Continued Discord message: "Waterwolf used to be a fun loving community where people of all walks of life were welcomed in with open arms. Where technological innovation ruled the world for the betterment of us all. I dream of a day where we can see a community like that emerge once again. One that isn't ruled by brand, commerce, or reputation. I'm sorry that I didn't listen before, but I see it now, and I want you to know I'm on your side. We all make mistakes. ALL OF US. Nobody is immune, especially not me. And I want to show that when confronted with these mistakes, I can take responsibility for them. I don't want to run and hide, or challenge the accusers to say they're wrong. Sometimes it takes someone telling me I fucked up, and for those people I am most appreciative. If I've hurt you because of this, or because of something else that happened in the past, I want you to know that I'm sorry. I can't change everything that's happened, nor can I expect your forgiveness. All I can do is move forward and be better than I have been. This world wouldn't be the same without you there, and I want to share in that. My DMs are open if you ever want to chat. Thank you for your time. - Farin Vikka."

I needed to get this off my chest. I hope it helps things a little, even if it isn't much. Thank you for taking the time to read it. <3

hmmm I may have worked on the shaders too intensely last week and got mildly burnt out.. will not work on it for a few days to take a break

awesome suit!

Have issues with flashing lights? Placeholder Club will happily accommodate you!
In our venue, you can either tap a dedicated "photosensitivity mode" button, or engage it using your controller to disable video, and turn off flashing lights in the map, keeping audio.

Rave safe!

cute!

confused on how a rendertexture can sample itself, and.. that means it can store a state it had a few frames prior?

What kinds of things can this be used for?

looks awesome!!

self reading render textures? I am interested

Menus and buttons are like the hands of a world, like drawing hands, it is the hardest part to make for many..

Apologies to everyone's minds for this potentially cursed analogy

I just realized, mildly inspired by Micca's post, that I should instead have buttons that put the lighting groups into certain "states"..
Instead of having to control every variable (too many!), simply press a button, and it will change the variables instead kinda way

it was in that state for like 15 minutes, I was just confused what the heck was happening lol

I think rejoining the world fixed it

I am... going to invite a couple friends over to my world to discuss how the setup the controllers, and to brainstorm accessibility settings

YouTube video by JcoolTheShipBuilder h e l p I am stuck in a parallel universe?!

very true...... once, I even got yeeted to a parallel universe where the video and voices were playing, but everything else was frozen

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqa4...

oh no

adorable!

YouTube video by JcoolTheShipBuilder Kerbal Space Program Contra Rotating Piston Engine Test

BEHOLD! A contra rotating piston engine in KSP!
serves no purpose and is way less powerful than a pair of electric motors, but it is cool!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsOB...

without any context, this is a mismash of parts...
video hopefully coming soon

YouTube video by JcoolTheShipBuilder Kerbal Space Program slow motion piston engine

aaand got distracted with KSP... again..
now I am trying to make an upgraded version of this engine i made a couple years ago, where it drives a counter rotating prop instead.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP5v...

you got this!

the shaders will also need different noisemaps.. too many combinations result in the same general appearance

today, I may attempt to setup the DMX controllers...
Idk what format they should be in..
its two DMX 13CH light groups with one small group of rings...
And then theres the shader controller, which will need a different format..

was making an HSV texture for the lighting and got distracted for 10+ minutes by the fact that GIMP has an "aneurysm" gradient and also has "nauseating headache" lol

insane...