#walkforwards

[fanthatracks]

Last weekend saw a throng of walkers tackle a 5km walk 'through rain and thunder' to #WalkForward for Salisbury District Hospital. That throng of intrepid footsloggers included our pals Simon Spencer and Runi Galaar from the Vok'Chi Clan of the Mando Mercs, and their efforts - in full armour no less - saw the walk raise over for Salisbury District Hospital. https://www.facebook.com/carl.barker.161/posts/pfbid02cNTpVFTktsPx7fJEW3fSe7y5fgj1AoZ3tqS9S9JPCEm3i1EyvFgwcBWZcKTjvHPPl Congrats all, always fantastic to see the galaxy far, far away inspire fundraising efforts. Stay tuned for news of the monies raised at last weekends London Film and Comic Con. [amazon box="1647225221"]

[randomperson339]

Well I always thought about it like the oil stores memories (EX: phyrexians on New phyrexia remember old Phyrexia) but the actual brain does the thinking.

But now that I think about it, I think it's possible that the oil serves more as something like memory in computers, since that would make more sense with the entire "machines" vibe.

And now I'm thinking about it more the wiki says that the Oil has powerstones nanites in it, which could mean a few things. The first I thought of is that, while the nanities do serve some computational role, it's more based around helping the main brain compute than being it's own thing.

Like, the nanities are made to serve under a greater mind, running smaller tasks in the same way one pin might serve in a bigger computer chip. If you take out certain pins, your computer chip stops working because the base 1s and 0s to computer are just gone. That would be the consciousness contained in the brain, which the rest of the oil is based on running. Kinda like deleting system 32 on your computer; it screws everything up to the point of just instant, complete, death.

... yes, I suppose that would also serve to give an explanation as to why the oil became inert after Elesh Norn died (the entire MOM thing was this principle extended out to all of new Phyrexia), if we wanna go that route.

Ignoring that, I think this could also serve as to an explanation as to why Powerstones are so powerful- they're basically little computers that anyone with the right magical know-how, and seeing how computers revolutionized our world, even without the internet, it would make a lot of sense. Probably is contradicted by some old Urza's legacy/Invasion lore tho

Moving on, I don't think the Oil really intentionally keeps it's own memories, but they do keep some old data that was just in there because you need to reference that data to do anything. Kinda like RAM, where it's very easy to recall info from that, but it's also very fragile so it's better to have the brain store long term things (EX: what you're looking for) whereas it's better to have the powerstones in the Oil store shorter-term things (like store the past 5 minutes for some calculation)

There's probably other things that the brain functions as- the CPU for one thing, along with a motherboard and probably also more SSD kind of stuff.

If we're talking about the purely practical applications of how the Oil is used to think, the Oil could serve as more of a GPU than a CPU, where GPUs are more about simple, repetative tasks that you can further break down, whereas CPUs are more brute force(from my understanding, I'm not an engineer like that). So the brain works by brute forcing the problems (which we call "thinking") but the Oil can divide the task of doing (10+10) - (2X3) into two separate bits of powerstone, then throw em together in another part.

And I think this can be extrapolated our further into the structure of the phyrexians system; the foot soilder calls function inputPlan.ask into the oil, the oil transmits the signal back to the higher-up, which then returns the function of walkForward == (3). Which would basically make Phyrexian into a giant computer instead of a giant Wifi router it's instead a giant computer, stretched out a few thousand cubic miles. Though the Wifi thing does have it's own merits, I really should get onto why Phyrexian Oil corrupts.

Which I think is because phyrexian bodies need more stuff going on inside of them to stay alive, because biology and metals don't mix. Like, at all. Yes, even prosthetics/implants So they need a lot of extra systems to make sure the metal doesn't hurt the cells of the body and the cells of the body don't hurt rust/damage the metal- it's a whole thing.

So when the Oil stops being inside a body, it still does the same function it was told to do when it left off- mainly, convert raw matter into phrexian bio-machinery, which includes the necessary organs to make more Oil. Which doesn't have anything better to do, so it continues on making more Phyrexian matter until there's something/someone to tell them what to do (like when they invade a host body)

And that's all I can think of at 12:30 AM. goodnight!

What do you suppose the difference between Phyrexian brains and ichor is, since they both have mnemonic/cognitive purposes?

I have a few crackpot spec bio theories, including that the brain is a primary storage for sensory information and ichor flows through it to pick up memory, and that Phyrexian cognition is in general much more diffuse than humanoids since neural activity happens all throughout the bloodstream.

[spencersarc]

I know. It’s another picture of me! ⁣ Today though is because I’m up and out early for the @sheffieldhospitals #Walkforwards event. At the National Trust Longshaw Estate. ⁣ I’ve not really done much fundraising or build up for this. I think because of the time of year I’ve tried to put it at the back of my mind. ⁣ This time 2 years ago I was just about recovering from my second operation. After having my last twins I had to go back for surgery to repair a twisted bowel. ⁣ I’m taking part today not only to raise money for the hospitals charity but to raise awareness of Placenta Percreta. ⁣ I don’t like asking. I feel like I’m begging but I’d love you to donate to this. Just £1 would be much appreciated. ⁣ The link is in my profile. ⁣ ⁣ Thank-you. ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #sheffieldhospitals #sheffieldhospitalscharity #sheffield #charitywalk #sundaystroll #sunday #mumlife #grateful #jessopshospital #thejessopwing @jessopwingnicu @nhsmillion (at Longshaw Estate) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2JKAYCFngX/?igshid=1rf0uvmck9bi2

[munkaa-a]

Weird walk here. I'm off to bed, I lost track on time with this. . . #walkcycle #walkforward #2d #cellanimation #framebyframe #weird #walk #instadoodle #instadaily #kuker #кукер #анимация #2д #freelancer ##sketch #rough #rughanimation #losttrackoftime #staysave https://www.instagram.com/p/B9p4dvJBKtX/?igshid=106vetsqukb40

[cristina-s-life]

Appena arrivato! Simpatica confezione a forma di lattina (la passione di manzo, con la quale me la sono dovuta litigare, è per questo che è lievemente ammaccata). Siete curiosi di vedere cosa contiene? Scorrete la foto! Per voi uno sconto del 20% sullo shop di @1177.store con il codice 1177GRAMER20 Curiosi di vederli indossati? Io non vedo l’ora di provarli! #elevenseventyseven #1177socks #walkforward #fashiontech #socks #collaborazione #influencer #influgramer #influenceritalia https://www.instagram.com/p/CJEwBrTlPgv/?igshid=wb9ql0s3xc2j

[cboards]

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Keep walking forward keep your eyes on what's in front of you not what's in the rear view mirror 🗝 #walkforward #forwardfocus #healthyfocus #forwardmomentum #healthychoicesmatter #youlifematters #mylifematters #ichoosehealth #letgoletgod #letgoofego #thepastisover #saygoodbye #wildgeese #enjoylife #healthyrituals #healthguide

[bnewkirk24]

#quote #walkforward #alone

[elizaneals]

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[ad4u]

we follow with faith, not with sight⠀ ⠀ Follow Jesus... He Is Our Guide⠀ ⠀ Follow Me⠀ ⠀ Be willing to follow wherever I lead. Follow Me wholeheartedly, with glad anticipation quickening your pace. Though you don’t know what lies ahead, I know; and that is enough! Some of My richest blessings are just around the bend: out of sight, but nonetheless very real. To receive these gifts, you must walk by faith — not by sight. This doesn’t mean closing your eyes to what is all around you. It means subordinating the visible world to the invisible Shepherd of your soul.⠀ ⠀ Sometimes I lead you up a high mountain with only My hand to support you. The higher you climb, the more spectacular the view becomes; also, the more keenly you sense your separation from the world with all its problems. This frees you to experience exuberantly the joyous reality of My Presence. Give yourself fully to these Glory-moments, awash in dazzling Light. I will eventually lead you down the mountain, back into community with others. Let My Light continue to shine within you as you walk among people again.⠀ ⠀ We live by faith, not by sight. — 2 Corinthians 5:7⠀ Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and glory are in His sanctuary. — Psalm 96:6⠀ ⠀ “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” — John 8:12⠀ ⠀ For with you is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light. — Psalm 36:9⠀ ⠀ READ THE REST HERE: https://buff.ly/3lwuSXh⠀ ⠀ Your Turn⠀ Life for the Christian might seem treacherous because we choose to walk by faith and not by sight, but we are safe in the Lord’s capable and kind protective Hand of mercy. Following Him is the most secure place we could ever be! Let’s walk forward with joy and anticipation! Come share your thoughts with us.⠀ ⠀ @OfficialIFCB #WeFollow #WithFaith #Faith #FaithNotSight #FollowJesus #FollowMe #WalkByFaith #LetMyLightShine #Corinthians #Psalm #LightOfTheWorld #John812 #FountainOfLife #ThankMe #iAmWithYou #iAm #ThisIsTheDayTheLordHasMade #RejoiceAndBeGlad #DoNotFear #iAmYourGod #Christ #FollowHim #WeAreSafe #InHisHands #Lord #HandOfMercy #Mercy #WalkForward #Joy #Anticipation https://www.instagram.com/p/CGA1MnuDdN5/?igshid=1ty7e625x9ew2

[maggessi]

Vou ter saudades desta #vista, mas principalmente deste #sol a entrar pela casa dentro!! I will miss the #view, but mainly this #sun entering the house!! #maggessi #olivaissul #olivais #agoraéqueé #itsnow #viviaquibonsmomentos #Ilivedgoodtimeshere #andarparaafrente #walkforward #vistasolarenga #sunnyview #anossaprimeiracasa #ourfirsthome (em Olivais Sul)

[invisiblecrowninc-blog]

I APPROVE THIS MESSAGE....by Experience #iammylifecoach #WALKFORWARD #FAITH www.InvisibleCrownInc.com

[antonioquezada082-blog]

No explanation needed. #faith #walkforward #keeponwalking (at Lafayette, Indiana)

[thairinedemello-blog]

#Blessed #Brave #WalkForward 🍃🌻 (em Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

[spencersarc]

On Sunday I’m off to do the #Walkforwards event to raise money for Sheffield hospitals. ⁣you can chose to walk 5k or 10k. I think i will only manage the 5 but I’d love to aim for 10. I’m doing it to help raise funds for the amazing hospital that saved my life. ⁣ I’m doing it to raise awareness of #placentapercreta ⁣ I’m doing it to help with my own fitness. ⁣ I know it’s only been a couple of months since my last event but if you fancy chucking in a couple of pounds it would be so appreciated both my me and the hospitals trust. ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #sheffieldhospitalscharity #sheffieldhospitals #thejessopwing #jessopshospital #charitywalk #charity (at Jessops Wing, Sheffield) https://www.instagram.com/p/B18bFK0Frxy/?igshid=1dlynomxi0wou

[bigbrotherzgames]

How to create a top-down character with Playmaker + Unity

So, this post is going to be pretty straightforward. We are creating an animated top-down shooter character with Playmaker with the help of Blender. Please keep in mind we are noobs and nothing in here is final. Not the animations, not the character. Nothing. It’s for learning purposes only... for now. We wean in no way to create a tutorial. We link below two great tutorials on the subject. We are simply sharing our process.

Why?

Because the Adventure Creator character system doesn’t suit our game in terms of movement. It’s too 1 dimensional and ready for the purpose it serves: adventure games only and it’s good for 3rd person controllers, but not top-down. Right now, even though it’s an awesome tool and it’s been helping us a lot, it doesn’t support a wide range of movement animations.

Breakdown 

We need the character to be able to move alongside with the WASD keys. The camera won’t rotate or spin. It will strictly follow the Player. W is for forward movement, S for backwards, A and D for left and right. Nothing new here, we guess...

Blender

In Blender we will need to create 4 different animations for the walk phase.: WalkForwards, WalkBackwards, WalkLeft, WalkRight and an Idle one for starters. We might feel the need to approach this on a diferent way adding more animation for more axis, but we decided to reserve that for the future. The animations aren’t polished enough but they serve the learning purpose. Below is the walk forwards cycle.

Unity + Playmaker

Now it’s time for the best part: working on our result. We used these 2 tutorials available on YouTube in order to understand Mecanim: Create a 3rd person system and  Playmaker: Setup Player Character With Mecanim In Unity. These two are very useful and helped us a lot in understanding how the Animator works with Unity and with Playmaker. Big thanks to their creators. They won new subscribers, most definitely.

We know the basics of the Character Controller. Those are: get the Axis Vector, store it and then use it on the Character Simple move for the base movement. Then we just pick the mouse position with Mouse Pick and add a Look At action to the character and make him look at the Mouse Position everytime. These are the basics of our character movement. But then we want to add animations and that’s when the world ended (such dramatic boys).

Fortunately we started looking around Google and we found something called Blend Trees. We went searching for that and finally there was some light at the end of the tunnel (yeah, not literally...). Now all we have to do is to create a Blend Tree and then assign it our animations and create two floats for X and Z axis like this:

There we go... MAGIC! And... Leftwards. What a word! Moving on, we need to assign each of them their X and Z values.

Now the next steps were to add the following Playmaker FSM (open it, it’s worth it!) and to test it out.

Voilà! A basic movement grows from nothing.

[shxxtteredfantasy]

Well this is super cheesy but thsi fit my muse character. They'll go deep inside the wood, as the moonlight shone them the path inside the woods. As they continued to walkforward they would find a clear river, so clear that they can see the moon be reflected by the water. They would sit down and ask about their life and their problems, exchanging jokes as they watch the fireflies dancing around them.

“Heh... Cheesy is right, but I can’t deny that it sounds.. Nice, honestly.”