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Caligari

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  1. Birthday Parties

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    On 4/20/2018 at 9:29 PM, daryldoak said:

    We do lots of birthday parties in my garrison.  They are usually short troops and normally have a large charitable donation.  

    We have a fair amount of birthday and wedding troops in our garrison too.  Maybe folks are more well behaved in the PNW, haha.

  19. HWT CRL Changes - Your input is requested

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    Well said, Joseph!

    Though I've had similar thoughts about making a more dimensionally accurate pack I think it's important to keep in mind that 3D models (especially old ones like these) and their associated texture maps are intended to represent an object within the constrains of the game engine at the lowest level you can get away with for performance reasons.  That's why the thermal detonators are octagons instead of cylinders...lower polygon count = better performance.  What I mean is I think we should focus on the intent of the game pack/character more than the actual 3D models alone, i.e. the radio box is totally flat, but the texture map gives the illusion that there are knobs, recessed areas, etc., and that's what we've all been doing so far.

    I feel like the CRL is in a good place now with the newly added updates and I'm sure over time there will be some more too.

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  23. HWT Backpack build Part 1

    in HWT Build Threads

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    For me...

     

    Integrated image uploading and scaling. Event/reminders. Push notifications on replies. Threaded-conversations within comments. And above all else, mobile optimization.

     

    FISD is actually one of the few message boards that actually is usable on a mobile device, but even then it's a bit lackluster for trying to view images or quickly navigate between pages.

     

    Many other message boards I frequent are straight out of '98 and have awful performance on a phone, so facebook serves better for casual discussion when I'm away from home.

     

    (And no, Tapatalk being a thing is not an excuse to not make a mobile-ready website forum in 2017 for anyone building something new ;) )

    I've been helping to look into some new forum themes and templates so thanks for this good info!  Not sure if all of those points can be added to our forum software but it gives me more things to search for.

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