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General Discussion / Re: Eclipse

« Last post by Goober5000 on April 10, 2024, 12:17:06 am »

A buddy and I took a road trip to Indiana to see it.  The weather was nearly perfect, and we got to see four minutes of totality.  It was a fantastic experience.

Perihelion, my sympathies.

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General Discussion / Re: Eclipse

« Last post by perihelion on April 09, 2024, 11:14:12 pm »

That sounds like an awesome trip, and I am quivering with jealousy! Ah, if only I’d ignored the stupid weather report!

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General Discussion / Re: Eclipse

« Last post by Trivial Psychic on April 09, 2024, 07:48:25 pm »

I've been wanting to see this eclipse since I first heard of it about 2 years ago.  I booked 4 days off work in case I needed to go further afield to see it.  I live in Ottawa, outside totality, so my initial idea was to go down to Niagara Falls, long enough that a full day's worth of travel would be required just to get there, but considered Kingston as a closer alternative if the weather would co-operate.  Unfortunately, neither destination seemed viable, but then the option of going into southern Quebec looked more viable, including an option of getting into the very CENTER of totality.  In the end, the place where we set up, was less than a kilometer from the center of totality.

The only thing I regret, is not bringing a warmer coat and gloves.  I was shivering during the height of it, and the light breeze didn't help.

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and it was beyond fantastic.  I even managed to hook up with my brother who was coming from another town, and we were able to travel in tandem and watch from the same spot.

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General Discussion / Re: Eclipse

« Last post by Scourge of Ages on April 09, 2024, 05:43:01 pm »

It got dark in the middle of the afternoon today.  Did anyone catch that?

I *did* notice the sun doing something funky, but couldn't see what and now my eyes hurt 

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General Discussion / Re: Eclipse

« Last post by perihelion on April 09, 2024, 04:35:59 pm »

I made plans weeks ago to take a day off and drive my kids to Eagle Pass so we could see the eclipse from within the path of totality.  Then starting late last week, the weather forecasts for the entire path of totality through the southern US states started to go rain cloud-shaped.  Day before, I finally told my kids that we wouldn't be able to see it from anywhere we could drive to and get back from in one day.  We were bummed and went to the aquarium instead.

Then, end of day, I see an article from Eagle Pass with photos showing that the clouds parted there long enough for the eclipse to show through.

I haven't stopped screaming yet, and my family hasn't stopped laughing either.  [rageface.gif]

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Nightly Builds / Nightly: 09 April 2024 - Revision f288ef710

« Last post by SirKnightly on April 09, 2024, 01:32:02 am »

Here is the nightly for 09 April 2024 - Revision f288ef710



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commit f288ef710
Author: Taylor Richards
Commit: GitHub

    fix issues with get_text() and set_text() for INPUTBOX (#6089)
 code/network/multiui.cpp |  2 +-
 code/ui/inputbox.cpp     | 14 ++++++++++----
 code/ui/ui.h             | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

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commit 067f862c4
Author: Taylor Richards
Commit: GitHub

    add support for decompression of DDS textures (#6025)
 code/bmpman/bmpman.cpp                   |    4 -
 code/ddsutils/bcdec.h                    | 1329 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 code/ddsutils/ddsutils.cpp               |  481 +++++++----
 code/ddsutils/ddsutils.h                 |    6 +-
 code/graphics/opengl/gropengl.cpp        |    7 +-
 code/graphics/opengl/gropengltexture.cpp |    2 +-
 6 files changed, 1652 insertions(+), 177 deletions(-)


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General Discussion / Eclipse

« Last post by Trivial Psychic on April 08, 2024, 10:11:52 pm »

It got dark in the middle of the afternoon today.  Did anyone catch that?

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Silent Threat: Reborn / Re: SILENT THREAT: REBORN RELEASED [Updated V1.4]

« Last post by CT27 on April 08, 2024, 06:22:15 pm »

Goober:

The FSNebula page for STR said STR was updated to 1.7.3 recently, what was changed?

P.S.:  Could it get put on the Installer too if that's possible?

Thank you for your work on this.

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Nightly Builds / Nightly: 08 April 2024 - Revision 3478640b4

« Last post by SirKnightly on April 08, 2024, 01:33:15 am »

Here is the nightly for 08 April 2024 - Revision 3478640b4



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commit 3478640b4
Author: Taylor Richards
Commit: GitHub

    fix deprecated/removed code in cutscene ffmpeg (#6088)
 code/cutscene/ffmpeg/AudioDecoder.cpp  | 2 +-
 code/cutscene/ffmpeg/FFMPEGDecoder.cpp | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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commit 66204287e
Author: Mike Nelson
Commit: GitHub

    properly validate mission custom data keys (#6082)
 fred2/customdatadlg.cpp | 12 +++++++++---
 fred2/customdatadlg.h   |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

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commit 6b1d9304e
Author: Mike Nelson
Commit: GitHub

    Multi general api (#6078)
 code/missionui/chatbox.cpp                |  84 ++--
 code/missionui/chatbox.h                  |   3 +
 code/network/multiui.cpp                  |   8 +-
 code/scripting/api/libs/ui.cpp            | 727 +++++++++++++++++++-----------
 code/scripting/api/objs/multi_objects.cpp |  28 ++
 code/scripting/api/objs/multi_objects.h   |   1 +
 6 files changed, 541 insertions(+), 310 deletions(-)

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commit 66ec2c815
Author: Mike Nelson
Commit: GitHub

    multi dogfight debrief api (#6084)
 code/network/multi_dogfight.cpp           | 99 +++++++++++++++++--------------
 code/network/multi_dogfight.h             | 18 +++++-
 code/scripting/api/libs/ui.cpp            | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++
 code/scripting/api/objs/multi_objects.cpp | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++
 code/scripting/api/objs/multi_objects.h   | 10 ++++
 5 files changed, 212 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)

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commit e3918a14f
Author: Mike Nelson
Commit: GitHub

    API for the Multi Pause UI (#6083)
 code/network/multi_pause.cpp   | 126 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 code/network/multi_pause.h     |   8 ++-
 code/scripting/api/libs/ui.cpp |  95 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 174 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)

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commit 4b1476c10
Author: Mike Nelson
Commit: GitHub

    on loading complete hook (#6085)
 code/scripting/global_hooks.cpp | 3 +++
 code/scripting/global_hooks.h   | 1 +
 freespace2/freespace.cpp        | 7 +++++++
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+)


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Nightly Builds / Nightly: 07 April 2024 - Revision 86db536bf

« Last post by SirKnightly on April 07, 2024, 01:28:27 am »

Here is the nightly for 07 April 2024 - Revision 86db536bf



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commit 3b7157e2d
Author: Goober5000
Commit: Goober5000

    mission goal cheat fix
 code/mission/missiongoals.cpp | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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commit a5630d63a
Author: Goober5000
Commit: Goober5000

    more electrical arc API features
 code/scripting/api/objs/ship.cpp | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

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commit 18c566258
Author: Goober5000
Commit: Goober5000

    adjust ship registry checks to accommodate support ships
 code/mission/missionparse.cpp | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)