been updating my portfolio. this was an exploration i did for some idea i had about fishermen and extinct giants. it's nice to step away from things for a while bc now i can appreciate what i learned when i made this even tho i was pretty frustrated with myself in the moment of creation.
I am making more progress on my roller coaster editor. My main focus is improving the editing tools in order to make the application more user-friendly, which requires some experimentation to see what works.
It would have been within reach for quite a while now to add the option to attach the camera to the track as the ride is simulated, but it took until now for me to actually implement that. I probably should have done that sooner, because the on-ride camera reveals how much care and effort you need to put into placing the control points in order to get smooth movement and banked tracks that do not wobble excessively from side to side. It is really hard to get that right with the current state of the editing tools I have implemented so far so my main short-term goal will have to be to improve those tools. Still, I am really happy with the fact that the way I choose to model the track and its bank angle makes it possible to create really good looking rides, even though it is really hard to do at the moment!
The design is based on this coaster which operated in my home town from 1997 to 2002 until it was sold to another theme park.
five years is a very realistic amount of time though, event if I believe it and make it happen today.
I say this continual smoking must have been one cause, at least, of his peculiar disposition [that almost impious good-humor of his]; for every one knows that this earthly air, whether ashore or afloat, is terribly infected with the nameless miseries of the numberless mortals who have died exhaling it; and as in time of the cholera, some people go about with a camphorated handkerchief to their mouths; so, likewise, against all mortal tribulations, Stubb's tobacco smoke might have operated as a sort of disinfecting agent.
WTF how is this one dude so cheerful all the time? Must be drugs. Everyone know that to live is to suffer and if you're not agonizingly depressed about existing, it's probably because of drugs.
