What Did You Do In Gaming Today

[efaardvark]

6 hours ago, Sakura said:

Oki so I've never played Minecraft, always wanted to, but I always wondered do people build these things on their own? Or is there some kind of thing you do that builds it for you? Some of the things I've seen people build like this are insanely cool @.@

Sometimes I build things on my own but sometimes I copy something I found on the 'Net.  Lots of times I build stuff on my own plan but incorporate bits and pieces of stuff I've seen online or stuff I've built before.  It really just depends on how much time I have to spend and how creative I'm feeling on any particular session.

In the basic game you generally can only build stuff one block at at time.  There are a few in-game features that will help you build stuff however.  In "creative" mode for instance you can fly, your inventory is infinite, and monsters don't attack you.  (As opposed to "survival" mode where you have to find/craft stuff to build with and can only walk around on the ground or climb something, all while possibly getting attacked by monsters.)  There's also in-game build-aid items like scaffolds that are quick and easy to erect and tear down and help you move around on your build while you're building it.

If your server allows them there are mods out there that will help you build stuff.  Some mods will even just let you load files you've downloaded and place a build wherever you want in your world.  For me that takes a lot of the fun out of it.    Most build-aid mods have restrictions if you're playing in survival mode vs creative.  For example, one mod that I've used before will build everything for you in creative but will only show you an outline and still force you to find and place each block yourself when you're in survival.  It will also do useful things like produce a list of the number and type of all the different blocks you need for a build.

[Zeref]

I have been playing OSRS this morning with Serey. Fishing and somehow got dragged into playing a quest with her in which I ended up doing most of the work for her

[Sakura]

17 hours ago, efaardvark said:

Sometimes I build things on my own but sometimes I copy something I found on the 'Net.  Lots of times I build stuff on my own plan but incorporate bits and pieces of stuff I've seen online or stuff I've built before.  It really just depends on how much time I have to spend and how creative I'm feeling on any particular session.

In the basic game you generally can only build stuff one block at at time.  There are a few in-game features that will help you build stuff however.  In "creative" mode for instance you can fly, your inventory is infinite, and monsters don't attack you.  (As opposed to "survival" mode where you have to find/craft stuff to build with and can only walk around on the ground or climb something, all while possibly getting attacked by monsters.)  There's also in-game build-aid items like scaffolds that are quick and easy to erect and tear down and help you move around on your build while you're building it.

If your server allows them there are mods out there that will help you build stuff.  Some mods will even just let you load files you've downloaded and place a build wherever you want in your world.  For me that takes a lot of the fun out of it.    Most build-aid mods have restrictions if you're playing in survival mode vs creative.  For example, one mod that I've used before will build everything for you in creative but will only show you an outline and still force you to find and place each block yourself when you're in survival.  It will also do useful things like produce a list of the number and type of all the different blocks you need for a build.

Wow this honestly sounds like it would require some kind of architecture degree to even be able to figure out how to do online XD I didn't know it could only be built piece by piece, I thought it was something like a model kit where you had basic instructions or something on how to do it. I've seen so many complex designs for things in Minecraft so now I'm even more impressed by people that can go on there and build that because I'm certain I'd never figure it out lol 

[efaardvark]

3 hours ago, Sakura said:

Wow this honestly sounds like it would require some kind of architecture degree to even be able to figure out how to do online XD I didn't know it could only be built piece by piece, I thought it was something like a model kit where you had basic instructions or something on how to do it. I've seen so many complex designs for things in Minecraft so now I'm even more impressed by people that can go on there and build that because I'm certain I'd never figure it out lol 

It's all built with cubes, kind of like a giant lego set.     It isn't that hard to chop down a few trees and craft the logs into planks to build a wood hut or a fence to keep the monsters out.  There isn't even really any physics.  Things will just hover in the air even if you knock out what's below them.  Making it look nice is another thing entirely however.  The blocks are basically all the same size but they have lots of variation in appearance and texture.  My sister-in-law hasn't a clue about architecture but she will mix and match the textures and colors all day to come up with her builds.  Yesterday she sent my brother on an all-day quest to collect a bunch of a particular flower so she could make a dye that was the right color for something she was crafting.  When we explored an ancient city she was the one running around collecting all the candles to use as decorations in the church:

[Zeref]

Playing OSRS right now working on some Runecrafting. Also slightly getting into playing Neo again with Sakura after she asked me to come do the plot and plot points with her. I wasn't on it for a long time but still have an account. The plot does seem pretty interesting so who knows I might start to play it regularly again at least for the plot and prizes. 

[Sakura]

20 hours ago, efaardvark said:

It's all built with cubes, kind of like a giant lego set.     It isn't that hard to chop down a few trees and craft the logs into planks to build a wood hut or a fence to keep the monsters out.  There isn't even really any physics.  Things will just hover in the air even if you knock out what's below them.  Making it look nice is another thing entirely however.  The blocks are basically all the same size but they have lots of variation in appearance and texture.  My sister-in-law hasn't a clue about architecture but she will mix and match the textures and colors all day to come up with her builds.  Yesterday she sent my brother on an all-day quest to collect a bunch of a particular flower so she could make a dye that was the right color for something she was crafting.  When we explored an ancient city she was the one running around collecting all the candles to use as decorations in the church:

I guess that just sounds complicated to me, maybe it's one of those things that once you get in there and start doing it, it makes more sense and is less complicated lol ~ Sounds like it does require a lot of thought though to make it look awesome. That church you showed before though just looks so complex and like it would take forever lol Really amazing though still that people create this stuff even if it isn't as complicated as I'm making it out to be in my head. 

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Today in game I just did my plot on Neo, I couldn't feel bothered to do much else since I have a homework thing to work on which consumed much the rest of my day @.@ 

3 hours ago, Zeref said:

Playing OSRS right now working on some Runecrafting. Also slightly getting into playing Neo again with Sakura after she asked me to come do the plot and plot points with her. I wasn't on it for a long time but still have an account. The plot does seem pretty interesting so who knows I might start to play it regularly again at least for the plot and prizes. 

Yesss you need to get involved in this again lol So I'm not doing it by myself and you understand what I'm talking about when I talk about it for 2 hours in the car lmfao

[Zeref]

21 hours ago, Sakura said:

 

Yesss you need to get involved in this again lol So I'm not doing it by myself and you understand what I'm talking about when I talk about it for 2 hours in the car lmfao

I did this today working on the plot and caught up on reading plot information on JN. I do like the prizes for the plot. 

[Sakura]

I just messed around on Neo and spent far more than I planned to spend on it, but oh well lol I keep working on the customs for the pets and usually that involves me realizing I need another item from the cash shop and going back and dropping another $5, but that adds up after doing it over and over XD Oh well, I guess at least it's fun and giving me something to do for now that I find relaxing and enjoyable. 

[Zeref]

Playing FFX today some. 

I finished the boss Evrae. This was one of the actual first boss fights I had I felt was hard but it was a fun challenge and I still beat it on the first try of doing it. After this your airship lands in Bevelle where you have to fight through multiple mobs to try to get to Yuna who Seymour is forcing to marry him. There are some nice scenes here with graphics that I always like. There was another boss here which was not so hard and easier I think for me. I'm just saved inside the Bevelle temple where the next part is confronting Seymour. 

[Forlorn]

Crystar:

There's an older sister trying to revive her little sister after a soul which absorbed other souls turned into a Revenant pulled both of them into Purgatory which is apparently the place all souls go in this game. Rei got extremely angry at the Revenant called Anamnesis, but unfortunately I can't actually remember all of what happened, but Rei was angry to the point that she couldn't think clearly (I think it was because she thought Anamnesis killed her little sister, but I think she was still alive), so, Rei attacked in a blind rage, but she ended up killing her little sister, Mirai. Rei obviously didn't mean to do that, but nobody thinks things through when they're so mad they see red. So, I don't remember when exactly, but at some point early in the story the managers of Purgatory, Mephes and Pheles, got Rei to sign a contract to be an Executer which is living people who can travel to Purgatory via a brand on their body that's significant to them and still return to the living world. Executers try to kill every Revenant and Specter (I forgot what a Specter is, but it might be a less powerful version of a Revenant) they possibly can. Rei's motivation for doing so is to Revive her little sister, Mirai, before she reaches the Cogs of Renewel which are at the end of Purgatory and basically destroy everything of who had the soul and re-uses the soul for Reincarnation. If Revenants and Specters absorb enough souls (they can apparently absorb living souls, too) then they can be Revived, too, but the managers of Purgatory have Executers try to keep them from accomplishing that. Mirai is deep in Purgatory though, so Rei is in a race against time which she didn't know at first to find and Revive Mirai before her soul ends up at the Cogs of Renewel. Fortunately, the Revival of Mirai has been approved by Mephes and Pheles, the managers of Purgatory, but they seem to be kind of more in the background because I still haven't seen either of them directly interfere with any Revenants or Specters, leaving it entirely up to the Executers as far as I know at this point. So, Rei has to find Mirai's soul before she gets Reincarnated at the Cogs of Renewel. I still don't entirely understand what an Idea is in the game, so I might have to actually find out more about that online, but I -think- somehow they're used for Revival, but that's just my own assumption. I'll look up what an Idea in this game can be used for next time. Oh, and the way it's pronounced in the game is "id-ee-uh," so it's not said how you might think it's said. ^^; ^^; ^^;

The characters in the game so far I've learned of and 2 of which are fellow Executers just like Rei have decided to assist her in Purgatory. Both of them have their own stories as well, but they're pretty intricate. The following information is from https://spike-chunsoft.com/CRYSTAR/character/ along with some additional information I've observed of the characters while playing the game which is what I've been deferring to (that website) for information mainly of when other Executers join Rei just in case there's any that could be missed if I do something wrong in the game which I don't even know if that's possible or they all end up joining Rei no matter what. The managers of Purgatory, like always, simply employ Executers to destroy the Revenants and Specters for them. Or at least based on what I've seen so far up to this point in the game.

Rei Hatada (VA: Brianna Knickerbocker): 

Height: 145cm (4’9”)
Birthday: March 8th
Blood Type: AB
Motif Gemstone: Aquamarine/Amethyst
Symbol: Unicorn
Design: RIUICHI

The protagonist who fights in Purgatory to bestow Revival to the sister she killed. The story isn’t about saving the world, but pursuing her ego as she wishes to bring her sister back to life. Despite facing despair and weeping over her weakness and uncertainty, she has the strength to press on. Though quiet and serious, when she becomes emotional she demonstrates an intensity that’s directly opposed to her usual, soft-spoken demeanor. She is capable of doing anything to protect those she cares for.

Mirai Hatada (VA: Michelle Marie):

Height: 139cm (4’7”)
Birthday: July 12th
Blood Type: O
Motif Gemstone: Ruby/Bixbite
Symbol: ???
Design: RIUICHI

She is dragged into Purgatory by a certain Revenant along with her sister, Rei. Rei loses her sense of self and, out of control, ends up attacking her. The story revolves around Rei’s quest to bestow Revival to her sister.

Mephis (VA: Cassandra Lee Morris):

Height: 138cm (4’6”)
Birthday: August 28th
Blood Type: ???
Motif Gemstone: Agate/Sun Stone
Symbol: ???
Design: RIUICHI

One of the managers of Purgatory who collect the crystallized form of tears known as Idea. The dogmatic type who speaks with archaic phrasing.
(She's the calmer, less overall creepy one between the 2 managers.)

Pheles (VA: Jackie Lastra):

Height: 138cm (4’6”)
Birthday: August 28th
Blood Type: ???
Motif Gemstone: Jade/Peridot
Symbol: ???
Design: RIUICHI

One of the managers of Purgatory who collect the crystallized form of tears known as Idea. The creepy, unstable type.

Kokoro Fudoji (VA: Skyler Davenport):

Height: 167cm (5’6”)
Birthday: September 23rd
Blood Type: A
Motif Gemstone: Sapphire/Ametrine
Symbol: Dog
Design: ntny
In-game Illustration: RIUICHI

A living woman who teams up with Rei in Purgatory. She is an Executor and has a Guardian named Diogenes. Her child and the man she loved were killed by Anamnesis.

She battles in Purgatory, obsessed with getting revenge on Anamnesis. However, she usually is kind and cheerful, the older-sister type who likes cute, young girls.

Sen Megumiba (VA: Cherami Leigh (I had to Google that character's voice actress because the website didn't have her name listed)):

Height: 158cm (5’2”)
Birthday: January 6th
Blood Type: A
Motif Gemstone: Garnet/Star Garnet
Symbol: Lion
Design: RIUICHI

A living girl who teams up with Rei in Purgatory. She is an Executor and has a Guardian named Socrates. Sen is the sole survivor of a major accident in which she lost her beloved mother.

Thanks to the influence of her father, who is a prosecutor, Sen values the law and justice above all else. She fights in Purgatory as a way to pursue the justice she believes in.

Anamnesis (VA: Laura Post):

Height: 162cm (5'3")
Birthday: August 29th
Blood Type: O
Motif Gemstone: Amethyst/Iolite
Symbol: Bat
Design: RIUICHI

A humanoid Revenant who drags Rei and Mirai into Purgatory. She causes Rei to kill Mirai.

Anamnesis seeks Mirai's Soul as it wanders through Purgatory. An enemy deeply connected to Rei by fate, they cross paths many times throughout Rei's journey to the depths of Purgatory.

Nanana (VA: Kayli Mills):

Height: 135cm (4’5”)
Birthday: November 22nd
Blood Type: B
Motif Gemstone: Topaz/Yellow Opal
Symbol: Bird
Design: ntny
In-game Illustration: RIUICHI

I'm not going to copy and paste the information because it has a spoiler which I really didn't want to know before it happened in the game, but she's a Revenant that Rei, Kokoro, and Sen have encountered who's really frickin powerful. After playing the game more I'll give more information regarding her, but for now she's an extremely unstable Revenant with the demeanor of a child which is really weird to hear her say the things she says which really do remind me of what a child would say. o.0 At the point in the game I'm at though, she's really interested in Rei and wants to fight her, even though Nanana calls that "playing" due to her child-like behavior. Very odd to hear her talk like that when she's so damn powerful. o.0

Heraclitus (VA: Armen Taylor)

Motif Gemstone: Aquamarine
Symbol: Unicorn
Design: RIUICHI

Rei's Guardian and the manifestation of her Soul. A special being who is able to understand human speech, unlike the Guardians of Rei's companions.

There's 2 remaining characters to list, but I haven't encountered them yet, so when I do get to that point in the story I'll post about them. I did find some information regarding Revenants and Specters on that website that I'll copy and paste though:

Specter:

When the living die their Souls may fragment, which results in them being reborn with a broken self-consciousness. Unlike other Souls, Specters appear as aberrants based on the manifestations of their Idea. Due to their incomplete Souls, they cannot speak and are very aggressive.

Revenant: 

Specters that have completely recovered their self-consciousness. They have halos over their heads.

Unlike regular Specters, these ones are capable of speaking. They focus on obtaining Revival by using an ability known as Soul Drain on other Revenants or on living beings.

And here's some information about what an Idea is in the game, taken from an AI overview of the search results:

What is an Idea?
An Idea is a crystallization of Rei's negative emotions, particularly her tears. 

Why are Ideas important?
The Demon Twins, Mephis and Pheles, prize Ideas because they can be used to save Mirai's soul. 

How to collect Ideas?
Rei collects Ideas by defeating Revenants, tormented souls in Purgatory, and collecting their "Memoirs of the Dead". 

What happens with Ideas?
Rei can purify the Ideas she collects with her tears and transform them into Sentiments. These Sentiments can be equipped by the girls to increase their abilities. 

I'll go back to playing the game now~~ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^

[Zeref]

I got back on my UIM mode character this morning on OSRS after a month almost and I am confused about what I was doing last and why and unsure of where to pick back up  Since I don't remember I just went for doing mining for a couple of hours until I got bored of it. I raised mining by 3 levels so this was at least productive to the character. 

[Sakura]

I haven't been on the computer a ton today, but I did do some Neo for my daily plot points + quests. Then for some reason I played this Discord farm merge game for like an hour o_o It's not even really that fun but it was just something to do while I was laying in bed I guess. 

[Zeref]

I'm working on playing FFX now in the Bevelle area of the temple. I'm doing the cloister of trials and paused on it because it's getting on my nerves. I think I'll have to finish this later. 

[efaardvark]

Mostly done with building a library.  Still needs some interior work, including a secret room with an enchantment table, but the exterior part is done.  We're planning to staff it with about half a dozen librarians and maybe a cartographer or two as well but we won't start on that part until we get the interior work completed.

[Zeref]

I was going to play some FFX today over lunchtime but looking for my controller I couldn't find it. I finally realized our ferret, who is named Squirrel (also his name is Sir Winston Churchill II but he gets called Squirrel), had taken my controller and hidden it  By the time I had spent almost 30 minutes looking all over for this and found it, I didn't felt like playing anymore so I settle on playing OSRS for awhile leveling hunter skill on an alt account. 

[Animedragon]

9 hours ago, Zeref said:

I was going to play some FFX today over lunchtime but looking for my controller I couldn't find it. I finally realized our ferret, who is named Squirrel (also his name is Sir Winston Churchill II but he gets called Squirrel), had taken my controller and hidden it  By the time I had spent almost 30 minutes looking all over for this and found it, I didn't felt like playing anymore so I settle on playing OSRS for awhile leveling hunter skill on an alt account. 

So you had to hunt around and "ferret" out where your ferret had hidden it.

[Zeref]

16 hours ago, Animedragon said:

So you had to hunt around and "ferret" out where your ferret had hidden it.

Maybe this is what made me wanted to get on OSRS and doing hunter skill, I was already doing it in real life

[efaardvark]

I made a hole-digger. 

Shoutout to Simon, wherever he delves.

[Sakura]

I just played a lil OSRS this morning, not really doing anything but chopping trees and talking to a couple friends who came to woodcut with me. But I like those moments where it's just me and a couple friends hanging out laughing and talking and it's raining outside like it was today. It's nice vibes. 

[EnviousEnvy]

Astro Bot

Started this game on Saturday and so far I think it’s super cute and love the fact that some of the little bots are dressed up as video game characters — such as Kratos from God of War. 
 

Palia 

Decided to try my hand at this game again. I seem to get so overwhelmed when it comes to this game and no idea why. I play so many similar games but this one makes my anxiety spike. 

[efaardvark]

My SIL just completed another build.  This one is going to be the smithy.  We'll probably put 2 each of armorer, toolsmith, and weaponsmith villagers in there.  Maybe a couple more depending on how their trades work out when we level them up.

Here's the youtube / tutorial version that she's working from.  The pic above is the finished(?) result as it looks on our server.

In case you're wondering this is a new survival game and we're building a "spawn city" near where the players start out.  Instead of the usual "break a tree" scenario new players can immediately find shelter (yes, there is even an inn) and spend some time leveling up and gearing up before heading out into the rest of the world.  We wanted a bunch of villagers to trade with but we didn't like most of the "trading hall" type buildings where the villagers are basically immobilized and trapped next to their profession blocks so we're taking larger buildings from plans we've found online and letting the villagers wander around inside.  The buildings are large enough to have multiple merchants housed in each building, along with their profession blocks and even dwelling areas with beds.  (Technically the beds are unnecessary but we preferred to do it that way for the aesthetic value.)  So far we have a church, a library, and now the smithy.

 

Edited September 25, 2024 by efaardvark

[efaardvark]

I made a secret enchantment room in the library.

Can you see it? 

 

Spoiler

The chiseled bookshelf didn't work the way I expected.  It always outputs a redstone signal equal in strength to the position of the last slot that a book was taken out of or put into.  I decided to just have an observer watching the bookshelf and pulsing a copper bulb.  This both toggles the door open / closed and turns the light in the room on / off if you do anything with any of the books in the "secret" bookshelf.

[animechat]

I got bored playing genshin impact.

[Kirika_Madeleine]

I playing Legend of Heroes Trails of Cold Steel, this my first time playing the cold steel series I am big fan of Gagharv trilogy and sky series.

[Kirika_Madeleine]

On 9/28/2024 at 1:43 PM, Soramee_ said:

Ooh another kiseki fan!!! I’m starting trails second chapter right now

yep I big fan of sky second chapter, right now I'm on chapter 5 in cold steel one