"NO ZERO DAYS"

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Faeryl

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Hello Gatestriders!!
Happy Spring and Happy Easter to those who celebrate!!


Recently Grummz started a "No Zero Days" text channel in Discord.
What is a No Zero Days channel and what is it for you ask?



Here is an explanation from Grummz himself, dated 24-MARCH-2023, in Discord:
Grummz:
The no-zero-days channel will post whatever we do for the game that day. It will have big days, small days, days where we hit a wall. All of it.
Please remember it's a part time team, not every member has a zero day except for me, since I'm full time.
But over time I think you fill find no-zero-days more illuminating than any other method we've used in the past to update you. It's the top visibility into what we do.


Without further ado, what follows below is a copy of the updates from Grummz in the "No Zero Days" channel on Discord. ~ Faeryl
 

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DATE: 21-MARCH-2023
Banged head against setting up env variables using venv and VScode. Decided to switch to miniconda instead. Will set up new env tomorrow with miniconda.
Started work on importing existing Tsi-Hu dictionary into GPT4 to start creating the full Tsi-Hu language.
 

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#5
DATE: 23-MARCH-2023
Created grammar rules for Tsi-Hu language (alphabet, pronouns, sentence structure, writing system, prepositions) and more linguistic research.
Set up Move.ai motion capture software and cameras in prep of test.
Added source control repository for A-Luna.
 

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#7
DATE: 25-MARCH-2023
Mocap: Fixed camera issue. Phones were auto locking and disconnecting. Turning off auto-lock fixed this.
Learning: Started to learn sculpting in Blender as we move more heavily into the tool for production.
Switched SSH for repo login. All local keys and authentication to repo check out but permissions still borked. Need to wait for support call on Monday.
 

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#10
DATE: 28-MARCH-2023
Fixed a nasty seam bug in male and female heads. Loaded and prepped Tsi-hu, swarmer, male, female models and went over them with a fine tooth comb for errors in mesh.
Found a UV error in swarmer (kneebiter) and sent model and pics to artist to fix.
Gave up on getting SSH git to work on Windows (I never get these problems on Linux or MacOSX) and switching back to SVN tomorrow.

No Normal Maps loaded on M or F as they get looked over for cracks and smoothing errors. The scale comparison is fun though!
 

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#12
DATE: 30-MARCH-2023
Tested mocap a bit today. Room is too dark, bringing in LED panels to help. Also ordered recommended clothing. Bright red shirt, bright blue pants. Clown show time.
Looked into UV errors with Spawner. UVs are not packed right. Will require a rebake.
 

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#18
DATE: 05-APRIL-2023
Lyra Lite: Extraction of animation components to isolate them int the Em-8ER project. This will be used as the basis for the replacement of the now discontinued ALS system (and 2 others we used).
8 second video:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachme...0/1093168791485169664/2023-04-05_15-39-39.mp4


Blockout of Resource Rover continues. This helps us establish the size and scale of interiors before we proceed to modeling.






This has higher perf, uses multiple cores to let us animate more characters on screen, and has cleaner networking support.
 
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