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J.G. Phoenix

Current Projects

Riaz Royals

Yamato 90%
Yorktown 80%
Essex 50%
Cleveland 90%
Blücher 95%
Prinz Eugen 50%
Seydlitz (Redux) 40%
Lützow 80%
Type 34 Destroyer 99%
Type 36 Destroyer (Redux) 50%

Favorites in Fiction

MS-14Jg Gelgoog Jäger

YF-29 Durandal (WIP)

Clan Battles and Space Engineers

by | Aug 28, 2022 | , , ,

I didn’t keep count of our wins and losses this time, but it was pretty bad until a certain chill, funny man showed up. Those are always fun coincidences. It probably helped that we started using one battleship and all cruisers to give ourselves a massive health advantage, and compensating for detection issues with radar focus. It’s working for now, at least. All in all a good night. I got at least three good replays and a few normal ones to go over before the next patch.

As for Space Engineers, I’m in the process of finalizing the Admiral Hipper. I’m also working on a new element of the lore to the setting she’s in. I didn’t think I’d be able to build a robot that quickly, but there’s building the thing and then there’s finding the right script to control its movements.

Also, one more chapter to go on Spice and Wolf. I’m not making any headway with Dune. Too busy, but I’ll give it some more attention in September.

M.A.S.S. Builder Update: Upcoming Boss #2

by | Aug 27, 2022 | ,

M.A.S.S. Builder – WIP: 0.9.0 Upcoming Boss#2 Model Preview – Steam News
Welcome back to another WIP update. We know it’s been far too long for the multiplayer update coming but we’re still working on it. In the meantime, we’d like to talk show a small preview of an upcoming boss in the coming 0.9.0 update!

This new guy is pretty stompy. I approve.

There’s not much to this update and nothing else I really want to comment on so that’ll be all for this week.

Clan Battles 8/24

by | Aug 24, 2022 | ,

It could have been a lot worse, but today’s win/loss ratio was pretty bad. Group A (we had two groups after the first few games for once; quite the rarity) had eleven matches with only wins. I have no idea how Group B fared. A few people had to leave early. I decided to head out early too since I wasn’t having any luck in most of my tier 8 dds. There were a few good games, but only three of those games were worth recording. I’ll grab the replays of those before 11.8 goes live.

As for the breakdown, here it is:

  • Harekaze II – Win
  • Harekaze II – Win
  • Harekaze II – Loss
  • Loyang B – Loss
  • Le Fantasque – Win
  • Le Fantasque – Loss
  • Le Fantasque – Loss
  • Oland – Loss
  • Harekaze II – Loss
  • ARP Takao – Loss
  • Prinz Eugen – Win

You can almost see the shifting tactics and the mindset behind the breakdown. It’s kind of funny to look at, but of my two favorite Tier 8 cruisers, Prinz Eugen managed to get me that win I so desperately needed to not come away from this one feeling dead inside. Thanks, Eugen~

Crash

by | Aug 23, 2022 | , ,

I crashed hard yesterday. I had the tab open to make a quick post and everything, but alas. Resting my eyes turned my Monday into a Tuesday. It’s like magic, dark, evil magic.

Anyway, I’m still tired for some reason so I might not even manage my catch up post today, but I still need to mention what happened for posterity. On the bright side, if all goes according to plan, I may have a more flexible budget again soon. Just depends.

Slept On Clan Battles

by | Aug 21, 2022 | ,

There weren’t enough people to get started and I was tired. Given how Wednesday went, plus today, it’s not a good sign for how the rest of the season may unfold. I’ve wanted a tier 8 Clan Battles for a long time, even if only to escape from the frustrations of Tier 10. My current clan might not be up for it though, which is a shame, but it is what it is.

I’ll just enjoy the extra free time if it comes to that. Hopefully 11.8 will at least give me something to make World of Warships fun again in general.

M.A.S.S. Builder QOL Update

by | Aug 20, 2022 | ,

M.A.S.S. Builder – WIP: 0.9.0 QOL Update – Steam News
Hello everyone! With works on multiplayer still being done, we’ve decided to work on some small quality of life updates for you players. We hope this will help you players in your future gaming sessions.

Quality of life updates are always welcome. VD’s focusing on the menus specifically. For the section where unlocked nodes are equipped, they’re adding new sorting options like ascending and descending sorting, and alphabetical sorting. For the parts section and the node unlocks screens you can also hold down shift to skip the unlock animations.

All in all, pretty good.

In other news, I was thinking about whether or not there would be a cutscene replay feature added to the archive at some point. When this update posted I decided that it would probably be a good question to ask VD. I even went into the archive for a minute just to make sure it wasn’t already a feature introduced previously that I just hadn’t noticed. I’m still going to give it maybe one more week before I submit my question, but I’m leaning sharply toward that one, mainly because I want to rewatch the old cutscenes in order as the story unfolds and make eventually record an entire playthrough.

Very Small Update 8/19

by | Aug 19, 2022 | , ,

Today was short and I only made progress on The Lyre of Binding Chapter and some of the Hipper’s new paint job.

With the Lyre chapter I’m writing events chronologically and leaving small gaps for additional content later on. I’m just getting key events written before they start morphing out of control again. Less essential content can come later. It’s going well and there’s a good chance I’ll have the first draft finished before September. I do need to pick up the pace, though.

As for Hipper, there’s less good news there. I just can’t find a paint scheme that both looks good on this particular style of ship, and fits the Kaiser faction as a whole. I might just have to keep experimenting with different combinations until something sticks. The only problem is that the fastest way to change the colors of the grid requires a tool that uses hex values for identifying blocks, but rgb values for inputing color changes. Having to run all of these color conversions (that look different in different programs mind you) makes things take five times as long as they should. It also forces me to write down a bunch notes to keep track of the values.

And this is the ‘fast’ way of making specific grid-wide changes.

I’m tired.

Recent Pinned Posts

Fleeing Victory #7

by | Nov 5, 2021 | , ,

Fire and Fury All Fran knew for certain was that one of the draques was standing over her and bracing against the incoming gunfire. She could feel the bullets ricocheting off her protector's head and wings. The intense flash left Fran seeing nothing but white, but...

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Fleeing Victory #6

by | Oct 31, 2021 | , ,

Ghosts "Any ideas on who it might be?" Fran asked, barely able to keep up with Valencia's pace. "A Cordaean assault team maybe?" "I have no idea, but we're going to deal with them all the same," Valencia said, "According to the sensors, the alarm was triggered over by...

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