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Legacy_PLUSH HYENA of DOOM

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« Reply #30 on: May 20, 2014, 08:57:46 pm »


               

The Image icon is present.


Trouble is, I enter a URL for a picture and press "OK"... and the noxious little polyp just sits there doing precisely nothing. Doesn't even appear to be doing anything with infinitesimal slowness.


And then, of course, the flea-encrusted marsupial of an Image box won't close, no matter what you try, and just sits there doing nothing for all eternity, forcing one to eventually just shut down the site and start again. Every time, without fail.


 


Yes, it is my considered, professional opinion, that the Image Box is, without question, a SPLEEN.


 


(So why does it work for other people? What's it got; some sort of Anti-Hyena Lock on it or something?)


 


PS:- Technomantic Undead Animal construction is underway and progressing well.



               
               

               
            

Legacy_rjshae

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« Reply #31 on: May 20, 2014, 09:48:55 pm »


               

You could try posting a query to the forum help and perhaps one of the hapless minions will come to your aid...



               
               

               
            

Legacy_Tarot Redhand

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« Reply #32 on: May 21, 2014, 12:07:46 am »


               

@PHOD I thought the pm I sent you months ago sorted that problem. Or is this a new one?


 


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Legacy_Michael DarkAngel

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« Reply #33 on: May 21, 2014, 03:10:06 am »


               

@PHOD  Do it the old-fashioned, like I do


 


[ img ] http:// whatever.url.com [ /img ]


 


Subtract all the spaces, and your picture should appear.


 


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« Reply #34 on: May 21, 2014, 12:04:43 pm »


               You may also need to check that the image hosting site has hotlink protection disabled for this new site (the old site's permissions don't count).
               
               

               
            

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« Reply #35 on: May 22, 2014, 03:52:13 am »


               

After dealing with some RL things, I went to continue work on my technomagic wings, and got sorely disappointed by somehow losing progress, but I am back on it now that I am freed up. Making a few last tweaks before I finish the brunt of the work.  ':unsure:' I expect that will take a little over a week, so hopefully in time. 


 


Update: Bed time & 70-80% finished on texture work.   '<img'>



               
               

               


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Legacy_PLUSH HYENA of DOOM

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« Reply #36 on: May 22, 2014, 07:55:53 am »


               

Many thanks for helpful suggestions, guys... Shall conduct a wide range of medically unethical experiments...


(Tarot - still same problem...)


 


As usual, the Shabby Frothing Hyena has gone overboard and, whilst foaming rabidly at the muzzle, has made not one but THREE Technomantic Undead Animals. They don't look all that much like FesterPot's image, but they evidently crawled out of the same factory...


Two quadrupeds, one around the size a jaguar, the other twice that size... and also a biped... As they're mostly just bones and metal spars, all the inner surfaces of the thorax armour need to be seen, but the poly count is still surprisingly friendly. Tested a horde of about twenty-five of them in battle with no lag... (although that was before I grafted a load of sword blades into their armour, admittedly). Currently poking textures with a pointed stick and aiming a brick the size of Jupiter at a few animation glitches.


 


Addendum:- MDA, tried your "old fashioned" method with a variety of images from different sources... Most times I got a diseased red box saying "That image extension is not allowed on this community", or something like that. But ONE of them actually entered into this post a tiny little black box with a white X on it followed by the URL. Like a link, though it didn't work. (I've removed it again to avoid confusing anyone)... But it's the best (only) result so far.


Does this site only accept images from a limited number of sources? Could that be the problem?


Gone through a few threads on Forum Help regarding problems with posting images which have been zero help so far...


 


Apologies for unintentionally turning this CCC thread into a temporary image whatsit discussion.



               
               

               
            

Legacy_The Amethyst Dragon

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« Reply #37 on: May 22, 2014, 07:53:48 pm »


               

I've got other stuff to do toward the end of the month, so I decided to cancel my procrastination.  Since I opted to make more than one version, I'm not going to make prefabs for them, it's really easy for builders to do.


 


Four heavy crossbows (part 5, colors 1-4) based on my Reforged ones. Middle parts of each control various ways of imbuing ammunition with dangerous properties when fired.


 


1. ammo support made of para-elemental ice can be used to chill a bolt so cold it inflicts freezing damage on targets


 


2. vials filled with para-elemental ooze can be used to coat a bolt so that it becomes toxic and inflicts acid damage on targets


 


3. electrodes holding para-elemental lightning that can be used to charge a bolt so inflicts electrical damage on targets


 


4. vials filled with para-elemental magma can be used to heat a bolt so it inflicts fire damage on targets


 


All contain some self-illuminated and/or emitting part so that they stand out a little in darkness.


 


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Legacy_rjshae

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« Reply #38 on: May 22, 2014, 08:21:15 pm »


               

Does this site only accept images from a limited number of sources? Could that be the problem?

Gone through a few threads on Forum Help regarding problems with posting images which have been zero help so far...


 


Apologies for unintentionally turning this CCC thread into a temporary image whatsit discussion.




 


I've had success posting images here from Photobucket. If all else fails...


               
               

               
            

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« Reply #39 on: May 22, 2014, 10:25:16 pm »


               Since I can post images from my site here, I imagine any site will do. Try posting in jpg format (not .jpeg) using exactly the BBCode suggested by MDA, including the http prefix (and the /xxx.jpg, obviously).  Other formats may work, but I know .jpg does.


If there is hotlink protection, it will be on your site. When this new site launched, all the images in my historical posts disappeared (with that X box IIRC) until I changed the permissions.
               
               

               
            

Legacy_PLUSH HYENA of DOOM

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« Reply #40 on: May 23, 2014, 02:18:53 pm »


               

PHoD Technomantic Undead Animals have been hit with all due and proper bricks, hastily crammed into an improbably large bucket and sent across half the planet via the miracle of a rusty, antiquated and very probably cursed electronic messaging system.


 


Two quadrupeds, one large, one small, plus a bipedal variant. Basically, partial (vaguely canimorph) skeletons held together with rusty metal spars, with arcane viewing lenses jammed into the empty eye-sockets of their skulls, unsafe wires hanging loose, rusty metal teeth for maximum victimular discomfort and nasty, jagged metal armour with swords sticking out.


 


(Hopefully getting near a solution on the image problem (thanks for all the suggestions), but for now have asked TAD to be kind enough to post the rubbish image enclosed with the models I sent him.)


 


PS:- I know there's no such word as "victimular".



               
               

               
            

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« Reply #41 on: May 23, 2014, 02:50:40 pm »


               

When in doubt, PHoD, chuck it on Imgur and just send the link


 


Its what I do at least.


 


I'm liking the sound of it. The abandoned technocity in my mod needed some new denizens to haunt its halls...



               
               

               
            

Legacy_The Amethyst Dragon

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« Reply #42 on: May 23, 2014, 04:56:08 pm »


               

From PLUSH HYENA of DOOM:


 


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Legacy_PLUSH HYENA of DOOM

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« Reply #43 on: May 24, 2014, 07:09:46 am »


               

Many thanks, TAD - last time, I promise!



               
               

               
            

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« Reply #44 on: May 27, 2014, 08:03:47 am »


               

Scratch That! I found the issue, and I have to say I am a little mad. The entire time, countless "fixes" I attempted, and all along it was the texture had a 100% black alpha that Photoshop decided to apply without my knowing. *Heavy irritated breathing.* And this is a lesson on why you should sometimes take breaks and not model into the wee hours, and also you shouldn't trust Photoshop.



Well, I am lost. I have come so far, yet hit a roadblock I am unsure how to bypass. While testing my technomagic wings, I noticed only one part was showing, a few times I thought the parts were just inside of the base piece, but that does not appear to be the case, especially as I can reimport it into 3DS MAX and everything is showing, in place, and moves and behaves as it should (with the joint system I set up.)


 


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It looks like the rest of the wing is acting like I didn't check 'Render', except that I know I did. Is there some setting or quirky business that I am not recognizing? So close, I really want to solve this.


 


A note: I am overwriting the angel wings to test this, and it is not a skinned model, if that has anything to do with it. Help would be appreciated, since the deadline is close and my model is being finicky.  ':wacko:'


 



               
               

               


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