Smallest honey bee (apis andreniformis) in Northern Germany Dowlphwin 2026-09-24 | Smallest honey bee (apis andreniformis) in Northern Germany
Low friction hinge pendulum action (energy saver lighting 🤡) Dowlphwin 2023-09-02 | Makes me wonder whether the suspension of the whole light box might have contributed in an invisible way as a massive counter-swing mass, even though it was far too heave to show any noticeable swing.This could have been simply the way it was constructed, because I have also witnessed spoons swinging back and forth on a table for minutes.
WoW - Earn starter gold by leeching from scammers Dowlphwin 2023-02-17 | Unsurprisingly, as usual, Blizzard seems to have no interest in implementing a relatively simple logic that dissuades people from exploiting the AH system to rip people off with pretty much automated trick listings. - Even though this not only requires good attention all the time, but can block you from using the AH properly when every time you want to buy a quantity, it tells you it's no longer available.But thus, if you are fresh on a new realm, you can increase your little gold in the beginning without having to beg, by doing a good thing, albeit in the big picture futile, and buy all those scam listings and then resell for a regular price.Music credit:Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100806Artist: http://incompetech.com
WoW - Cobalt Disassembly Dowlphwin 2023-02-01 | The way it's meant to be played. ... The long game. ... Endurance rewards.This was basically the afterparty, benefitting those who stuck around to enjoy the wake turbulence of a giant feral aspect.
WoW! - Music makes a difference! Dowlphwin 2022-11-25 | Pay attention to what happens to the regular, dull dungeon music we know.Surprisingly well-choreographed for a broken game like WoW. So often artists do magnificent work, but bad management spoils the enjoyment. This is a highlight among a flood of appallingness.It's not really even a dynamic music system, though, just a long, musical sound effect apparently scripted to trigger at a certain mob health pool.It is interesting that the musical piece triggered for the gameplay event fits quite well with different progression timings here, though.They're working on a real dynamic music system in Star Citizen, for example, since a cinematic impression is strongly aimed for there. (And Star Citizen has the excuse of being alpha, while WoW sometimes feels like one, too, and much more so now with the DF prepatch. I am not paying for my subscription anymore, but only using accumulated game gold for gametime tokens until that is used up.)
Clint Eastbird Dowlphwin 2022-07-23 | Molting young blackbird with a ton of various food in the beak (earthworm, some fat beetle, possibly a dragonfly and some other stuff) and still singing, too!
Star Citizen - Double Kill! (F55 LMG) Dowlphwin 2022-07-07 | A fun weapon, the F55 LMG, albeit extremely wasteful. Maybe that's actually part of the appeal.This was even an accidental double kill, and that makes it even more fun. This weapon just flushes anything caught in its wake. 😄
Star Citizen - Cellphonezombiecrowdsurfing Dowlphwin 2022-06-28 | Take any weirdness as a potential opportunity!But beware of getting too involved! Stay on top of the situation!P.S.: Sorry for the bad recording quality. Not only did the tearing not happen before, but the game had one of its framerate tankings there that I haven't figured out yet, and to add insult, it resolved after recording this.
ASUS RGB cringe (+ general mouse review below) Dowlphwin 2022-05-06 | Armory and Aura Sync have no program window that can be captured by my screen capture tool or OBS! (At least on my system - Windows 7 with Aero deactivated, but an older versions of Armory that should still be compatible.) So I couldn't even screen-record how totally unintuitive and confuse the color setting works.The reference picture on the left is a photo, and I had to customize the white balance to make the colors authentic. (It was also difficult to demonstrate the violet hue on the mouse light, that's why I held my hand against it to show the reflection.)Aura can not do white with the sliders, but there you can manually enter values if you know them.The values seem to change differently than in Armory, too.Generally ASUS and Asrock coloe hue setting has some serious offset where e.g. you have to set red to get pink or violet to get blue or orange to get yellow. I noticed that back then with ASRRGBLRED that came with my mainboard.More interesting bits:- The Armory updater tool was installed in C:\Users\Public\Documents\ !!!- The lighting tool installation took ages, briefly popped up a command prompt window every minute or so, and demanded internet connection. (My firewall blocks such if I want to.)- Armory and Aura don't quit when closing and apparently have no option to set that behavior.- The mouse has a high-pitched (but faint) buzzing whenever sitting on a surface and/or having lighting on. It is just faint enough to not be noticed in typical use distance.My CM Storm Alcor doesn't have this. (But it also seems to have a redlight-assisted visible light sensor, not an infrared one. An Avago 3090 instead of a PixArt PAW3325.)- Processes running when you install the RGB tool stuff:atkexComSvc.exe (ASUS Com Service)LightingService.exeMutually Exclusive AURA Agent.exeROG Armoury.exeMacroAgent.exe...Possible moreUPDATE: ASUS software is a damn plague!!!Despite having told Armoury not to run at OS start and not to auto-update, the following processes were running again, via Task Scheduler:ROG ArmouryArmoury Live Update (The same that I disabled as a service!)liveupdatesynccheckledcontrolservice3macroagentP508PowerAgentThis has compelled me to now outright disable all tasks and services and stay away from that stuff whenever I can.- Standard mouse settings before customizing in Armory:Color cycle lightingPolling rate 500/1000 Mhz (I read in reviews that it gets a bit inaccurate at 1000.)max. 3200/7000 dpi (400, 800, 1600, 3200)angle snapping activated...Am I glad that the mouse saves all settings in hardware!- the mouse sides are slightly textured plastic which to me always feels like it is caked in dirt, especially since the upside is smooth. Dunno, maybe I get used to it over time, but I generally don't like design inhomogenity.- Also a dissonance: The side buttons sound significantly differnt and louder than left and right buttons which sound like the typical mouse dip switches, and the mouse wheel button sounds totally different (muffled/dampened, and quite distinct, too.). Mouse wheel click feel is good and precise, though. But the wheel is quite a distance back, so if you want to rest your hand comfortably, your first finger link would be what rests on the mouse wheel, not the fingertips. Dunno, maybe this is actually better ergonomically.- Scrolling up can make the mouse wheel rattle like in a cheap Microsoft standard Intellimouse.- Interesting: Putting my Alcor on a white piece of paper (which turns out to be quite a smooth surface if it is that type of paper) causes it to jitter, probably because it is too much light reflected. I am not sure whether something is dirty, but I blew into the reflector assembly to clean it of dust and it still happened. - The M3 does not do that.- Generally I am content with the new mouse and its usability, though, and hope it will continue to be built for a long time, otherwise I might have to buy some spares. (I got it for 13.50€, so that was a relief. The Alcor isn't made anymore.)I just don't know whether ASUS offers replacement glide pads and why they don't bother to put some of those cheap spares in the box. The M3 has larger pads, which might cause a little more friction, but probably slow wear down. The Alcor is really annoying with its relatively fast pad wear and no proper replacements offered.- I also examined the ergonomy of various mice at a local store and it is shocking how many things can feel off about the various ones.If you think you can just get a cheap office mouse with no special features for 7€ and it will be alright, think again. You have to test them. Buttons can be extremely mushy or something else off to an unacceptable degree.P.S.: Armoury has a measuring tool with which I could determine that I can do 9 clicks per second. (But not while grabbing the mouse regularly. Only finger-straight-down.)
Spin Your Tali | (Star Citizen) Dowlphwin 2022-02-17 | This is the UEWHEEE. ... KeEp yOuR DiStAnCe!!!
Five Minutes at Quaddys - Electric Pony Wrestling | (Star Citizen) Dowlphwin 2022-02-15 | EVs are a bad idea. 😜Meet the all-new Consolidated Outtake KillerQuad!Do you find it strangely mesmerizing, too? 😬Best screensaver ever!0:00 Let it sink in.4:17 Safety advisory.
Loot PI-no-ña-TA - Star Citizen alpha woes (commentless gameplay) Dowlphwin 2022-02-12 | Footage of a complete bunker-clearing intro mission that is basically a looting mission. This is unedited footage of mainly demoing the very frustrating state that the looting gameplay is in, but also includes some gun use demoing, minimal combat and healing, and handheld tractor beam use.0:00 Approach1:25 Some combat1:45 Healing hassle2:55 Some rifle and attachment testing4:53 The looting hassle begins!
Outlaw Brings a Donut to a Shootout - What happens next might not surprise you! | (Star Citizen) Dowlphwin 2022-02-07 | What happens next might not surprise you!
You Dog! - an improvised emote | (Star Citizen) Dowlphwin 2022-02-06 | Never leave home without it! 😄(The fascinating emergent gameplay CIG is so excited about. 😁)
Dragonflyghthouse | (Star Citizen) Dowlphwin 2022-02-05 | Dragonfly hoverbike rammed by a tank. - What a beautiful dance.(Maximum brightness, gamma and contrast. - Also nice framerate for my system.)
This Hard Pipe Lifts Connie Up | (Star Citizen) Dowlphwin 2022-02-01 | The Nova's main gun is also a powerful melee weapon.
🍻 The Strumbling Dunk Booze Bandit | (Star Citizen) Dowlphwin 2022-01-31 | Demo of barkeeper AI, body chemistry and medical gameplay (no toilets yet 😏) and trolling some NPCs.P.S.: The video ID says WIP. 😆👍
ROC-DS mining Dolivine (3.16.1 PTU, Star Citizen) Dowlphwin 2022-01-30 | Just a slow video showing the mining of a node triplet I located driving ~4 km. No ship used for scanning. I even drove back to the mining outpost and sold the minerals.It's still/again a kinda glitchy process.Dolivine is not the most valuable but actually most difficult to mine of the three gem minerals, so this was an interesting challenge, especially since there is only the Arbor laser for the ROC.
WildSparklerQuad | (Star Citizen) Dowlphwin 2022-01-30 | Glitchiness can be entertaining, funny, beautiful. ... I had caused another mess with hoverbikes - here the new, boringly and totally Musk-referring HoverQuad.The stage lighting and smoke machine was provided by a Dragonfly.
Star Citizen - Worse than rock explosion... ROC explosion! Dowlphwin 2022-01-28 | Just out of nowhere, for no discernible reason.I have received so many signals lately that I should not try to get into ground (vehicle) mining.
Star Citizen - Leaving The Nest, Dowlevator Edition Dowlphwin 2022-01-22 | Just a quick little music edit with my limited editing means.Music credit:Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100806Artist: http://incompetech.com
Star Citizen - Aluminum Is Booming Dowlphwin 2022-01-18 | The stuff I am doing when no one is looking.Don't underestimate the explosive potential of fragments, even if they contain only timid substances. ... But you may explore it. (I call it being exploresive. ... Or explosion drawing.)Here you got another sample of what severity to expect.It is actually amazing how certain parts of the ship still work, as beaten as it looks. Even the canopy glass is still flawless! Also the mining laser, at least visually. - But the stowed ladder not.This is a 'low-density' video, so feel free to not watch all the way. But it features some detailed peculiarities that one might find interesting to subject to gameplay-analytical scrutiny. Unintended eastereggs, if you will. Or just bugs and design flaws.Music credit:Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100806Artist: http://incompetech.com
Star Citizen - Prospector gem mining - Use range! Dowlphwin 2022-01-11 | Not being in optimum range is total newbie playstyle and is thus punished significantly, so for gem mining it gives you a good reduction of laser power.The main difficulty is aiming properly so you are still constantly on the target at higher range. Maximum range can become difficult due to the ship's wavering, but half range should be easy.Which laser you use is mostly irrelevant. I probably wouldn't use the Lancet since it reduces resistance so massively without having a real penalty from its other stats. (Impact could be appealing due to its large optimum charge window, though, and its lower range. - I tried it and it can certainly help with some rocks having tiny optimum windows, and there it is not feasible without increasing distance. Hofstede is interesting, too, since it has such a low range. Easy to reduce its power a lot without losing aim.)Having to collect the gems by hand is one downside, but there are also so many downsides to ROC mining, including various ones that affect time investment.You can always store filled backpacks in the mining ship's personal storage. Plus, you still have its regular cargo capacity for a load of ores.
Hyper Vanguard Pwns Dowlphwin 2022-01-06 | This is from a browser minigame made by Star Citizen devs during early development.robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/14704-Hyper-Vanguard-ForceI got all upgrades and just ran the easy level 1 for fun, to fool around.(Also try the PDF booklet download button on the left. Really stylish.)It reminds me of Raptor: Call of the Shadows, of which I have some gameplay videos. One of my favorites.
The PAL speedup cringe - Star Trek TNG demo Dowlphwin 2021-12-22 | I do not know how this is being avoided these days, since there are still the different framerate versions for material, but it tends to be smooth video and identical audio pitch.I can hardly believe that there is a process for preserving pitch that matches the industry standard, but maybe there is.This speedup (and resulting minor play length reduction) was only done so that framerate would be smooth, since trying to intelligently convert 23.976 FPS to 25 FPS is a tricky endeavor and never ideal.In fact, this video might not reflect the fluidity of the material properly since it has to play videos with three different framerates. (But my editing software is doing its best.)00:00 Intro00:10 4% slower00:59 NTSC original01:36 4% PAL speedup
Anvil Anything Entry Envy vs. Aegis Acrobatics & Esperia Eject Dowlphwin 2021-12-18 | Ejection is most peeculiar.
NITW - Die Anywehre Else (AC2alley purrfact sis thyme) Dowlphwin 2021-12-18 | Thanks for the golden unicorn, whoever you are.(Only 100 points to a mini background now.)( Followup to this old attempt: youtube.com/watch?v=_3diVSCeyos )
Tiodio - from a land before USB plugs Dowlphwin 2021-12-06 | 'Life hack' for a hack job.Music credit:Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100806Artist: http://incompetech.com
Pubic shaming - Fast lane system makes love easier for studs Dowlphwin 2021-11-05 | Talk about sexual discrimination. 😄Inspiring moment from:youtube.com/watch?v=s7Vkl_V6xQMCredit to:youtube.com/watch?v=s7Vkl_V6xQM&lc=UgwKhUQrSOYfY3MSeOl4AaABAg...for pointing it out.P.S.: I got two massive test stickers.
Star Citizen - I want this doc for my OP Dowlphwin 2021-10-30 | Signup referral link for a small bonus:robertsspaceindustries.com/enlist?referral=STAR-7ZFS-PK2LFurther info and disclaimer: youtube.com/post/UgxUv7JzeFeW0hs1ebV4AaABCQ*) The game will be free to play from November 19th to December 1st with most ships free to test.
Star Citizen - Bug to feature, pealze! Dowlphwin 2021-10-14 | The actual helmet headlight comes out of nothing. At least an ear could light up.But this glitch that happened when standing in front of the Port Olisar ASOP terminal hub would be perfectly matching the helmet's creepy vibe, if this was how its flashlight is projected.
Star Citizen - funny boarding time comparison Dowlphwin 2021-10-12 | This is why the Tevarin lost the war. 😄OK, the Talon is not a standard for small fighter ships. This is more a condemnation of the Talon. But also to show that owners of bigger ships can be a bit too convenient at times.What people also like to forget about the Merc is that with a cockpit elevator, if you don't run through the ship, you might still need to run from the back of the ship to the front, unless you are able to specifically park it for quick getaway somewhere, and the elevator itself also takes time, especially if you leave it up so no one messes with it, but the mechanism will definitely take a couple seconds.Music credit:Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100806Artist: http://incompetech.com
Star Citizen - Meet the OL!6!u JnwdmoLks !004 Stingray Dowlphwin 2021-10-11 | Two front turrets and a gimbaled pair for rear defense, good downwards visibility for ground exploration, and wicked stopping power!Hammerhead lightMusic credit:Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100806Artist: http://incompetech.com
Star Citizen - Time-wasting UI design (demo of a fix) Dowlphwin 2021-10-07 | Stats seem to indicate that absolutely nothing is happening while this plays, and I remember a relatively brief phase in development during which this animation was in fact much quicker, but that was ages ago, and then it got a slow time-waster again that tests our patience, ESPECIALLY combined with the decision to change AC menu behavior to send you back to the main screen after a session instead of to the AC main screen, which is really bad design.Music credit:Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100806Artist: http://incompetech.com
Star Citizen - ship based gem mining adventure Dowlphwin 2021-09-29 | This is on Ita.I used the Lancet (assistive) laser.ROC nodes are not only strangely hard to find (for a ship - imagine searching with a ROC), but 2-3 times I got a diamond blip on my radar, took note of the direction, immediately slowed and aimed for it, but searching the area didn't result in a find. Very strange.
Star Citizen - Mining a ROC node with a Prospector+Impact! Dowlphwin 2021-09-28 | If only the scanning didn't reset the beam display all the time. But this actually protects these nodes from being mined eagerly with ships.
Star Citizen - Impact laser mining at the threshold (no consumables) Dowlphwin 2021-09-28 | I am getting the impression that Impact can do more than Helix. That's what the laser's added mining risk is for. Much higher instability, but compensated for with a larger optimum window, faster optimum speed so you have to watch out once you enter the green zone and keep it there, significant reduction of resistance.Also, smaller rocks might cause overcharge (the window can be quite narrow) but a little bit doesn't harm you and only nukes some mineral contents.I also got the impression that distance doesn't matter as long as you stay within the optimal window. If that is so, while this makes positioning easier, it would also negate a gameplay aspect abou high skill and risking particularly massive overcharge damage to your ship.P..S.: The rock's original resistance is 0.42. I forgot to include that bit, not realizing that the diplay was bugged again and didn't rescan when turning the laser off as it always does when I DON'T want it.
Star Citizen - Cops stole my ride right off the cargo tray Dowlphwin 2021-09-27 | Reckless vehicle operation??? 😡 - Do you know how much luck it takes to get a ground vehicle into a ship and saved without getting a disconnect before that??
Star Citizen - Nox still/again a wild stallion Dowlphwin 2021-09-25 | I didn't catch the beginning. In first mount it was spazzing like crazy, tipping onto its side. - Then on second mount, as shown in the video, it moved very rigidly. Apparently the gravlev logic is bugged right now.
Star Citizen - Gold Metal for the Bread Winner Dowlphwin 2021-09-24 | Only the best for the IAE 2021 champion.P.S.: Custom thumbnails not working anymore. I don't even know anymore whether it's browser incompatibility, security addon or just undocumented restrictions. Seems like a weird coincidence for incompatibility, though, especially since I didn't change my addons and it worked until recently.
Star Citizen - Trolley Beats Dowlphwin 2021-09-20 | They were bugging out and rattling on the floor. Quite rhythmical. When I entered the hangar, I wondered whether band practice was going on.(Apologies for the low framerate. It was a hurried recording and OBS was still set to 1 FPS.)
Sugar High, Sugar Low (time lapse) Dowlphwin 2021-08-12 | Instant lemon ice tea granulate in water.They generate gas bubbles which lift them to the surface where they eventually detach due to the dissolution process.Sadly I didn't have the right lighting conditions to film the trails of clucose creating slight distortion effects in the water. It looks like rockets shooting into the sky and then forming a trail downwards there. It is beautiful.
UW2 and the Pains of MIDI in Oldschool Gaming Dowlphwin 2021-07-18 | 0:00 - The topic2:49 - Soundblaster 16 synthesis3:52 - Recap4:29 - Microsoft software MIDI emulation5:28 - Recap6:14 - Standard General MIDI wavetable7:15 - Recap8:26 - Timbres of Heaven MIDI wavetable9:29 - Recap10:54 - Roland MT-32 MIDI wavetable11:58 Recap, conclusion
A Little Moment of Paradise Dowlphwin 2021-04-16 | ...And don't worry about the zombie on your lawn. He loves you.I wanted to make the source footage a much nicer, richer project, but back then I was burned out, too, and it would have been so much stress to get everything timed right.
WoW - Corgys Egg Dowlphwin 2021-04-15 | You can do wacky things with the Corgi goggles. I also got some mounted footage that is hilarious.
