Finkbug said:

Yeah. Graphics tools to easily get the same effect were first appearing around when I was I collecting the caps. Deflated my balloon. Now can do it with a single click in a browser.

There's something to be said for the physicality but I'm not meta obnoxious enough to make a point of creating a piece with no photos or digital tools to plan it. My fascination at the time was Byzantine mosaics, wondering how in heck people "saw" to make them. Now I think about it though, it'd be interesting to try a fractal digital mosaic. See how many levels deep I can go. May have a new project! Thanks Spike. [Image Can Not Be Found] Gonna ask some programming friends when they wake up; I fear it's a trivial problem to code.

We aim to please.  And at some point we will return this thread to Jarrod for F3 discussions.

Ya know what our thread hijacking is like?  It's like going to a friend's house when he/she isn't home, and pulling up a chair on the back porch to await their return. But their return isn't really required.  Just being in a friendly space is.  Put your feet up.  Open that beverage you brought with you.  My son and several of his friends have done this to each other for years.  Now that they are in their 30's, some married, some with kids, they still do the porch hijacking when they just need to get out of their own house for a bit.  I kinda like the idea.

Hi Jarrod.  [Image Can Not Be Found]

Spike,  I can now see your links and they work. [Image Can Not Be Found]  I haven't spent any time with them yet.  When I do I will probably have some questions.   Thanks.   Kay

Yes, the previously missing link showed up for me now as well.

And I don't mind forum hijackings, sometimes a nice, winding stroll is infinitely more pleasurable than a hard-core sprint...  and I haven't had a chance to play Fallout 3 for a couple of days, so nice to see the thread continue.  Just put the apartment up for sale here in Sydney, and when that sells will be moving to even sunnier Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, and eventually into a house bought as an investment (and in dear need of renovating, which will take up the first few months of my residency there).

Anyway, long-winded way of saying that I've been busy, but will hopefully get back to FO3 next week, if not this weekend.

P.S. and the weather here is just lovely, at the mo'.  Shame I don't have a web-cam at work to show you guys.

P.S.S. also, there was a mosaic of George W that was commisioned, and the artist, who had a sense of humour, whipped up one with porn pics.  I don't think they noticed for a couple of weeks what the pictures were of.

Well, I posted I was going to play some of the addons and then I disappeared.   Well,  I am still alive and working on it.  I have completed Operation Anchorage.  I wasn't wild about it because so much of it was just fighting.  And without my cute, young squad leader, I would have been toast.  But I got through and it was ok.  

Now I am working on The Pitt .  This upfront seems a bit more interesting to me.  First the slaves.  And second it is set in the bombed out remains of Pittsburgh, PA.   I grew up in an outer suburb of Pittsburgh and once I actually reached the Pitt and looked out over the river, I knew exactly where I was.

So I venture forward.

Spike, thank you for the links re mods.   I have looked at both of them but done nothing yet.   When I started through the You Tube series about how to set your game up for mods,  my eyes began to glaze over and my brain went into catatonia.  I need to go back and see if there are some simple mods that might appeal to me and don't require me doing much.  

But I still have time.  Although Operation Achorage was just ok, it was ok enough that I ordered Point Lookout and Broken Steel.   So maybe I will get to the point of trying a few mods.   The mods that people mentioned that really intrigued me were those that got one inside of many well known places in DC.   

Kay

Kay, Broken Steel (with Point Lookout also on the same disc) was my favorite of the add-ons ( I say add-ons instead of DLC because I only DL'd Zeta).  When you first arrive at Adams AFB be prepared for lots of fighting.  It gets better though, and is a real loot-fest.  I also enjoyed The Pitt.  Point Lookout, then Anchorage, then Zeta complete my 1-5 ratings.

I have my notes taken while watching Acannova's videos.  I'll put them into a form readable by others (without my idiosyncratic shorthand) and send them to you by the weekend.  The process really was easy, although it took time to get it right the first time.  The next time I uninstalled a few mods and installed a few new ones the process was easier and faster.

The process of getting the mods installed remains the same no matter how easy or short the mod is.  Read the mod creator's description of his/her mod, then read all the comments, and the forum threads.  See how many people endorsed, or did not endorse, and read their comments.  These things will help you avoid mods that might be problem-prone, or that are no longer supported by their creators.

Spike said:

I have my notes taken while watching Acannova's videos.  I'll put them into a form readable by others (without my idiosyncratic shorthand) and send them to you by the weekend.  The process really was easy, although it took time to get it right the first time.  The next time I uninstalled a few mods and installed a few new ones the process was easier and faster.

The process of getting the mods installed remains the same no matter how easy or short the mod is.  Read the mod creator's description of his/her mod, then read all the comments, and the forum threads.  See how many people endorsed, or did not endorse, and read their comments.  These things will help you avoid mods that might be problem-prone, or that are no longer supported by their creators.

Spike thank you.  I hope I can live up to your expectations of me as being a person who can actually play a mod.   Kay

Thanks guys - the purchaser's solicitor asked for an extension until Monday for the cooling off period - and under advisement we've granted them until the end of Friday, so that if they pull out we can still have an open apartment for showing over the weekend.  So just a little longer to wait nervously before everything goes ahead or not.

@ Spike - yes, I have been promised a room unto myself to do with as I wish (I believe they're called a 'Man Cave').  I already have plans for what I'd like to do - I have my N64, Xbox, and PS3, 80's toys, Star Wars bobbleheads, DVDs, sci-fi/fantasy novels, magazines, and comics ready and waiting.  My father will be so pleased when I take them out of storage at his place.  Cheapest arcade machines I've seen around are about $500-ish... not an essential purchase, so may be a little while before I get one, compared to everything else.

We'll have a fair bit of renovating to do - paint the ceiling, then fix/paint the walls, then replace the carpet (possible get wooden floors), replace internal doors...  Then I can start on my little den of awesome.  The kitchen and bathrooms are usable, just need to look into a little leaking from the showers, although we might replace the kitchen in time.

The apartment we're selling was recently renovated (as was the whole building), so it does look tidy.  It's just a one bedder, with private parking, internal laundry, and private store room (we're selling it furnished, otherwise it'd be too expensive to move).  About 30 mins commute to the city centre.  We're asking a fair bit for the apartment, but prices in Sydney are pretty crazy.

The Bris house should look better than my Fallout 3 house, at least when we've finished renos.

Most nervous thing is what I'll do for a crust - the media industry isn't as big in Bris, and I don't have a job lined up.  Definitely stepping into the void a little!

kaythomas said:

Holy moly, Rocky

We were driving home tonight from a concert where we heard Renee Fleming (one of the greatest operatic sopranos today) and off to the right was this gigantic lit up bill board for Fallout New Vegas.  I said, "Burt, this is so great.  It's the billboard for the next computer game I want to play."   He said, "I can't believe I go to see Renee Fleming with a woman who spends her spare time killing people in computer games". 

So what could I say.  I said, "Think of me as a complex person with varied interests."  He said,  "Fine, just don't being the gun along when we go the opera this Saturday."  It is amazing the sacrifices our friends ask of us.  But I will leave the gun at home.

Kay 

Weird, isn't it Kay?  Most non-gamers think of gamers as guys (mostly) living in their parents' basements, rarely coming out into the light to eat or shower, much less help around the house.  Yet we gamers know that that is only a small subculture of "gamers".  We are varied.  We can be highly intelligent.  Very cultured.  And clean.  [Image Can Not Be Found]  And just wacky enough to drool over a New Vegas billboard.  And if we must, we leave the gun at home.