This is a really cool tool (UE Viewer/uModel). I have used this several times to explore and export models and resources from various games. You just need to know what version of Unreal the game was developed with.
For example, I extracted a model from Dead by Daylight by pointing this tool at the pak file directory (…\Steam\steamapps\common\Dead by Daylight\DeadByDaylight\Content\Paks) and indicated the game was ‘Unreal Engine 4 version 4.21’.
What if we could start treating mental health issues using games? The game Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice sought to capture experiences of those with mental illness – especially schizophrenia.
The Insight Project is a partnership with the game studio Ninja Theory and clinical neuroscientists. The video is a little bit pretentious, but is a solid idea.
Does VR have the ability to help diagnose and treat people deal with various mental health problems? I believe so. The ability to simulate the experiences of schitzophrenia (a disease that often sets in later in life) could help people recognize the symptoms and get treatment before their condition deteriorates. Many conditions such as phobias and anxiety are often treated with exposure therapy. A virtual reality environment might be the perfect place to set up environments in which people can be safely be exposed to their fears – with all variables controlled. People that need help with social anxiety could be treated with simulated situations to help them learn good interaction skills. I think this has some great potential to really improve lives.
DCS (Digital Combat Simulator) – one of the most difficult military aircraft simulators around. Just learning how to start the engines and take off is considered quite an accomplishment. Players are often known to have amazing setups like this:
An online group of friends call Grim Reapers do various amazing battles and competitions together using DCS. They’re quite a funny, and talented crew. Here’s a pretty good clip of them doing runs through a canyon full of AA:
If that doesn’t impress you, here’s an absolutely amazing competition to land their planes on an aircraft carrier. Carrier landing in game is known to be unbelievably difficult in the best of conditions, but these guys ramp the difficulty up to 11 and beyond…
Give their videos a watch. They’re pretty awesome.
In the Netherlands, New Year’s Eve means partying hard. And partying hard means carbidschieten—detonating calcium carbide in a milk churn:
Basically, a small chunk of calcium carbide and a little bit of water is placed in a metal milk churn. The carbide decomposes into acetylene and a flame is held up to a small hole in the milk churn. The resulting explosion sends the lid of the milk churn across a field and much fun is had by all. Just be sure to wear proper ear protection. 🙂
The Portland Winter Light Festival was on Feb 6-8. While not as good as it was in years past (and really, really over-crowded this year), there were some good displays:
This guy mounted a 1000 watt LED light bar under his drone and creating some pretty amazing shots. Check it out. Opens some interesting photography ideas up for me. The ability to turn a spot location from night into day has some interesting implications…
I have been a huge fan of the game The Long Dark. I bought a copy during early release (something I almost never do). It was only $5.99 or something at the time and I loved the game already for what it was.
Fast forward a few years (too many years IMHO – their development started in 2013, and here we are in 2020). The game has expanded and been re-worked numerous times – but that sense of wandering a beautiful but deadly frozen wilderness alone with only your wits to save you is very appealing. Cap that off with some really, really music by great composers famous for a number of large game titles music, and you’ve got a solid little sandbox game.
Unfortunately, I can’t say as I’ve liked all the changes over time, and still get really nostalgic for the old versions of the game. Well, I must not have been alone because other folks have asked the same. Now Hinterland studios has released Steam codes to go back to those early releases – called the Long Dark Time Capsule.
You can enter the following codes to get the various pre-release versions in steam:
| Release | Date | Branch name | Code | Notes: |
| v.119 | 09/22/2014 | z_tbd | 688jsRNQe6NkE3GV | Early Access |
| v.236 | 05/21/2015 | z_silenthunter | Myr9JbqSXm7qJxWP | 3 regions: mystery lake, coastal highway, pleasant valley |
| v.258 | 07/31/2015 | z_deepforest | 6BXgaAPncUz4umsA | |
| v.271 | 09/17/2015 | z_desolationpoint | 9uJcchMtNvpkKUUB | Desolation point |
| v.302 | 12/15/2015 | z_timberwolfmountain | L9mmQmZc48tEveTX | Timberwolf mountain |
| v.339 | 04/20/2016 | z_tirelessmenace | cFvvcA3bk7eZsLTe | |
| v.349 | 06/24/2016 | z_pentitentscholar | xgUqeYAhD5jhjsZX | |
| v.365 | 09/22/2016 | z_vigilanttrespass | q3EmEnt7wCc495TG | |
| v.393 | 19.12.2016 | z_resoluteoutfitter | TVnhrrydqtT8ta88 | Forlorn Muskeg |
| v.426 | 07.06.2017 | z_faithfulcartographer | hE72eT9KP5WtBCn4 | |
| v1.15 | 01.08.2017 | z_1.0launch | zEkBaxsFU6wu2rsa | Wintermute 1.0 launch |
| v1.30 | 07.12.2017 | z_ruggedsentinel | m3k5U5BzgGSECQ9d | Moose |
| v1.37 | 14.06.2018 | z_vigilantflame | d2Zvdbgare46aRps | Hushed River Valley |
| v1.47 | 17.12.2018 | z_wintermuteredux | 9LWcV267hKpHjg6w | Significant re-write of Ep1+2 |
| v.1.56 | 06.05.2019 | z_steadfastranger | cSY4ueT7TUDT62Xc | Revolver |
| v1.60 | 22.10.2019 | z_episode3 | BdZkXXpH6hqsbyZd |
https://www.thelongdark.com/time-capsule/
Instructions:
Ride along and listen to this great rider on her horse Simply Priceless. As a casual rider, I’m impressed and jealous of their bond.
Here’s an interview with the rider:
The quantity of hospitalizations in the United States involving pizza rocketed up by more than 50% in 2018, in contrast to the prior year.
Whether it was induced by falling upstairs though carrying a supply or an individual slashing a finger with a pizza cutter, there have been no less than 3,800 visits to the ER two years in the past linked to the tasty Italian foodstuff. That determine compares to 2,300 accidents in 2017.
The figures appear from professional medical company service provider Babylon Overall health in honor of Countrywide Pizza Day on Sunday Feb. 9. The 2018 figures mark the highest amount of accidents given that the enterprise began counting them.
Findings had been dependent on professional medical documents from an extrapolated sample of 100 emergency departments across the place in which the word “pizza” was bundled in doctors’ notes.
I’m a big fan of the dreamy, ethereal feel of art nouveau. I saw a lot of great works in Prague (especially the grand Municipal House that miraculously survived decades of Soviet occupation) done by Alphonse Mucha and became captivated by the style.
While not one of the grandest examples, the Villa Majorelle is an iconic art nouveau building designed by architect Henri Sauvage for the furniture designer Louis Majorelle. Located in Nancy, France, it was designed around 1902. The historic monument recently underwent exterior renovation. Now the interior renovations have just been completed, and looks like they did a great job.
