Month: March 2023

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Yesterday I worked on the basketball court I made

by following a skillshare course last year.

Awhile ago I had followed a chain link fence tutorial to remade the fence that the court had.

Yesterday I changed the color around the court to make it lighter and worked on the chain link fence and its materials. Well I only added color.

I had thought maybe I would make a basketball area but, then I thought I want to make an outdoor basketball court and an arena. And I wanted to work on my own project instead of always working on tutorials.

So I am going to make an outdoor basketball court and then see if I can make a basketball arena. Its been awhile since I have made my own blender project.

I want to make a player and rig it and see if I can make an animation and game with the outdoor court. Because one of the things I wanted to do when I got a computer was to make a video game of my own and I have not done that yet.

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I read an article in retro gamer magazine by Iain Lee

about when he was in school and the two computers they could play video games on. One was BBC B microcomputer. I never knew that the BBC made computers.

He said his favorite video game to play back then was Daredevil Dennis. So I looked up the game on a search engine and found a website of BBC B games that had Daredevil Denis. I played the game several times.

I have no idea how to play an ssd file but, luckily the website lets me play the games online.

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Import blender files into godot 4

I have been trying to learn how to import my blender models into godot and I watched a video that told that godot 4 had a new feature that allows me to import blender files into godot.

The video is a little out of date because I did not need to install anything in godot 4. What I needed was already in godot.

So I tried what the video said and it worked. Except that the lights were so bright in godot. But, when I deleted the lights the blender models look right.

I have to figure out how to adjust the lighting in godot. At least I know how to get my blender models into godot now.

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I have been thinking about do I want to make a movie or a video game

What is important to me making a video game or making a movie? I know that if I make either one no one will probably ever watched it or play it.

But, the experience of making a video game would be fun I think. I am talking about designing and building sports video games.

I think I would rather make a video game then make a movie. I figure if I make a video game I can make short video sequences.

All this thinking is fun but, I want to get something made. And I don’t know if that will ever happen.

I would like to make 2d and 3d sports games. I really want to make a basketball game. Now all I need to do is become a blender and godot power user.

So I will make a game. Try to anyway. And who knows maybe I will even try to make a movie.

Now all I need to do is get started.

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I learned that godot 4.0 came out

I don’t know when exactly it came out but, godot 4.0 is here. I wish I know how to use godot better. But, I don’t.

I don’t want to be a dabbler I want to know how to use programs like a pro would. For me using blender and godot is fun. And I want to build things with the programs. So I need to get to work.

Today I learned how to export a blender model into godot. At first I could not get it to work but, then I figured it out. I watched 2 videos. Or was it 3 videos.

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The card game bridge

In my last post I wrote about learning Texas Hold’em. While looking at some poker books I looked at some books about Bridge.

Today I watched a short video on how bridge is played. I still have no idea how to play bridge. And I am not sure I want to learn how to play bridge.

I figure it would be better for me to focus on learning one card game first. And right now I am really interested in learning how to play Texas Hold’em.

Or I suppose I could learn about both games at the same time. I can do whatever I want. Its my life after all.

Oh, well anyway I got interested in learning about bridge.

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I am learning how to play Texas holdem

I read an article in a magazine years ago that talked about a man who played it for a living. And I thought it would be cool to learn the game but, I never did.

Recently I thought oh, I don’t want to learn how to play the game. Then I read Texas hold’em for dummies and got excited about the game.

So today I played some Texas hold’em in pokerTh which is a free program I have know about for years. I have even played it a few times.

Before I had had trouble remember the hands but, now I have the poker hands down better so that makes playing the game easier.

I doubt I will ever become a good Texas hold’em player but, I do want to learn more about the game if nothing more than I can follow it on TV better.

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I was doing an older version of blender guru’s doughnut tutorial

I had no idea until I went to blender guru’s youtube channel and clicked on playlist and played a video and realized this does not look like the same video I had been watching.

In the new version he uses different techniques to make the doughnut. Somehow I thought he would make it the same way but, not he did not.

I am up to video 4. I hope to finish watching the tutorial and the doughnut soon.

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I am working on the blender guru doughnut tutorial

I have finished it in an older version of blender maybe 2.78. But, I have yet to finish the doughnut in a new version of blender.

I was able to make the doughnut OK. But, when it came to making the icing drip down the doughnut I had a problem. The doughnut would show through the icing when I stretched the icing down.

So I thought why not make the icing thicker so I made the thickness of the solidify modifier on the icing 0.003 and it worked. The doughnut no longer showed through the icing.

Then today I lowed the thickness of the icing to 0.002 and there was no doughnut showing through. Oh, at least I got past the little icing problem.

Now I have got to finish the doughnut.

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