TalonGrayson

Oh wow, I didn't even know there were ships hovering ominously around Pocket D! 15ish years and this game still surprises me 😁

I've decided to fix up the Rikti Mothership to be 3D printed (captured from the game using HeroOgler), and assuming I stick to the project, I'll use this thread to post updates. However, this post is really here because I had never seen (at least, that I recall) the underside of the ship, and it's kind of cool to see, since it's usually just buried. Did we know that the mothership looked like this under all that dirt?

Per the above, I've streamlined steps 1-16 in the above guide with some batch files. As with anything strangers on the big scary Internet send you, be cautious, because whether they're heroes or villains, they'll tell you it's safe. I encourage you to read through the source code to determine whether or not you believe this safe to use (or ask someone you trust to do it), and that includes the 3rd party elements (GLIntercept and OGLE... both of those repos are linked in the HeroOgler readme). Again, this is encouraged but not enforced. Speaking of which, please read the readme. It's there for a reason 😁 https://github.com/TalonGrayson/hero-ogler Contributions are welcome, especially if they fix issues @leeper48 If/when you update your guide, I'll edit this post too.

Yeah, I totally agree, but I think to people coming into CoX for the first time from other, more modern games, might find the slash command interface daunting at first. I didn't know there was a tool available, but that could be a great stepping stone to point the people I'm trying to convince to jump into the game to!

Sometimes that's a good thing. I've started using powecexlocation cursor translocation but I miss see the little rings at my cursor when I click as they indicate whether your cursor is against a wall or floor. But I think that supports your overall sentiment; flexibility is key, because preference trumps efficiency every time, and that's one of the many things this games does incredibly well. I just wish there were an in-game bind/macro building UI... mainly because there are just so many things to learn and remember otherwise

Yeah, depending on your hands, and not taking any disabilities or manual difficulties into account. No harm in offering options with less complexity.

I have always wanted to be able to RP a Rikti Traditionalist, but there seems to be no way of doing it visually (I can't even find a Rikti costume temp power, but I could have missed it). Could we unlock Rikti parts (including head) by getting the Master at Arms badge, perhaps? Ideally this would be all Rikti armour (except U'Kon Gr'ai's, Hro D'tohz, etc)... everything from the Conscripts, through Headman Gunmen (Gunmans?) and Mentalists, to Magi (Maguses? Maga?) would be incredible - perhaps too much to ask, but a recolourable Conscript armour would be awesome.

My favourite view is the floor, so when I'm not looking directly at it, I'm doing everything I can to reposition myself, often with the help of bad guys: Second favourite is: But I also really enjoy this sort of thing:

I used to use a similar bind for Spring Attack on my claws/wp scrapper back in the day, which was handy when you wanted to move around a crowd quickly. It's knockback (enh to knockdown, naturally) was super helpful in giving an assist to someone who had bitten off a bit more than they could chew. I could target a foe near them, hit the bind and basically teleport into the crowd, knocking a bunch of them down before getting the claws out and thinning their numbers. If I can find the keybind in my files I'll share it here, although it's not an answer to the question. Edit: in fact, it's most likely: /bind t powexec_location target spring attack

That was just shy of 8 hours

This needs some clean-up and a lick of paint, but I'm pretty happy with how it came out. Only a couple of minor printing defects... I'll probably reprint it tbh Glue for scale

It's massively toxic to the environment, for sure. Uncured resin should never, ever be disposed of in any way whatsoever. Cured resin can be landfilled but not recycled, but isn't an environmental hazard otherwise. I've attached an MSDS for Elegoo ABS-like resin. It's a pretty typical resin, but each resin is slightly different. Like I say, I can't in good conscience tell anyone not use PPE when using resin, but I am certain it's less dangerous than most people think. It's good to be cautious, but it's also good to have all the facts (the MSDS), as well as some anecdotal experience to give context. ELEGOO ABS-Like Photopolymer Resin MSDS Report.pdf

The main benefit of venting a resin printer is getting rid of the smell, to be honest. Some resins smell worse than others. I've found that most are inoffensive, but one particular resin stank so much it literally made my eyes water.

So, yeah, they are, but they're no where near as I assumed before owning one. Full disclosure (and disclaimer), I am not hugely risk averse, and you should not take anything I'm about to say as absolute truth. Always do your own homework, take every precaution you can, and assume the worst. The MSDS (material safety data sheet) for any given resin is usually available from their website. Every one I've read more or less sums up as "do not drink, wash your hands if you get it on your skin, if it's giving you problems breathing, get some fresh air". I compare it to petrol/gasoline in that both are nasty stuff, but when you use them appropriately, they're totally fine. These days I don't even wear a respirator or gloves when I'm handling resin, and my printer sits about 2' from my face at my desk. Resin printing is messy, and the resin is more expensive, and cleanup/post-processing is a different beast entirely. I don't have pets or children, so I can be a bit more slapdash and take more risks, so that's also worth bearing in mind. Not to plug my channel, but I stream on Twitch every Friday and Saturday. If you're on there and you see me streaming, feel free to pop in and ask me about this sort of thing. I'm totally open to sharing XP with this sort of thing (typically Fridays nights are maker/creative streams): https://go.twitch.tv/talongrayson I have 5 or 6 years of 3D printing experience with FDM/FFF (PLA, I've never found a need for other materials so far) and MSLA (resin) printers, and I can talk about it for days 😂

This is fantastic news. It's amazing that OGLE not working on any of my machines for reasons unknown resulted in such a positive outcome. Now to get it working on my machines (one is Radeon, the other NVIDIA, so here's hoping one of them works) And to keep this thread arty... @leeper48 grabbed my main for me, and sent me the OBJ. I'm no expert in Blender, but I'm comfortable in it, so I've decided to try and create a hi-res version of the model, suitable for resin printing, with as much detail sculpted into the thing as possible. Here's a render of my progress so far...