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This is my big project. I cannot even begin to describe how much Templar's work on BIONICLE has meant to me, but suffice to say what they created is perhaps my most cherished story. I want to be able to pay homage to Templar, as a way of saying thanks, and this is how I am doing it. These animations are made to complement the ones Templar produced for BIONICLE in 2002. It may not be apparent how they are connected yet, but eventually they will fill in the blanks left by Templar's animations. Templar's work was, of course, perfectly functional as a story, but they covered so much ground in so little time that not everything could be shown. This project is sort of going back and looking at the things skipped over. I'm not completely satisfied with these animations (especially the first one, that one's awful), but I am new to Flash and I've intentionally used this first, three-part arc as a testing ground for my animation abilities. Future installments will have a greater focus on plot and character development. Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 3.5 I appreciate any and all feedback. Even if you know nothing about BIONICLE, I'd love to know if the animation looks any good. The assets (art and sound) used are taken from Templar's animations.

So, we're talking about the things some of us regret doing on RRU... [23:06:54] jamesster: the main difference being that a person typically can laugh at what they do [23:07:05] Stan McStudz: I certainly have [23:07:21] Stan McStudz: The one thing I regret the most on RRU was when I was a mod. [23:07:32] Stan McStudz: And when I wanted to be a mod [23:07:35] McJobless: ohgod [23:07:41] McJobless: Those were the days, McStudz. [23:07:50] Stan McStudz: See, now I laugh [23:07:50] jamesster: and I'd go as far to say if you can't laugh at what you're doing/have done you should likely take a look down to see if you're on a high horse [23:08:12] Stan McStudz: Speaking of horses [23:08:22] Stan McStudz: ~THE BRONY HERD~ [23:08:27] jamesster: if whatever you s- [23:08:32] jamesster: aaaaaay next is related to MLP.. [23:08:57] jamesster: [1:06:35 AM] McJobless: We as a community have one responsibility. <<< [1:06:46 AM] McJobless: Collectively slap <<< [1:08:19 AM] Stan McStudz: ~THE BRONY HERD~ <<< [1:06:46 AM] McJobless: a new one. <<< [23:09:04] Stan McStudz: [23:09:14] McJobless: Do not. [23:09:16] McJobless: We killed that topic. [23:09:22] McJobless: We actually suceeded. [23:09:23] Stan McStudz: Don't worry, the thread's inactive [23:09:24] McJobless: It died off. [23:09:29] McJobless: Let's never. [23:09:30] McJobless: EVER. [23:09:31] Stan McStudz: It's like beating a dead horse. [23:09:34] McJobless: Bring it back. [23:09:50] McJobless: I actually remember when it had more posts than the Quotes topic. [23:09:55] jamesster: [1:09:28 AM] Stan McStudz: It's like beating a dead horse. <<< I see what you did there [23:09:56] McJobless: It was the scariest time of all RRU.

-Double Posting for Justice- I present...Bad Cop's Bad Car! EDIT: Jamesster pointed out something to me. EDIT: All rise for President Lincoln.

>LINK< While it may look like it is a technic-based creation, it has only 6 technic parts, and 10 system parts.

Spot the mistake.

Wow, you are travelling 63 lols a second. Such speed.

Modifying badcop's attachment objects: I corrupted the file a little, it seems the skeleton torso is the default failover model: Success! (kinda) Bonus round: apparently the back of badcop's head is.... badcop's face again.

What happens when you change the Super Cycle to another car? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC16YWbycVw&feature=youtu.be

Toying around with Mech Emmet inside of levels. He can grapple!

Injecting files is fun.

I was told a RR joke by Chief but I couldn't hear it because ALANDSLIDEHASOCCURRED.

Its early and it a double post, but I'm going to be unable to access the internet until Tuesday, so deal with it. I haven't had time to prepare a mask, hopefully i'll post one mid-week next week, but in the meantime I have some Easter-y (as in commercialized Easter) recolors of my favorite masks. Enjoy They were all recolored into red, blue, yellow, and green only. Disclaimer: We are not responsible for any eye or mental damage caused by these masks. Any other damage caused by them shouldn't be able to happen anyway, so we are not responsible for it. Please enjoy the rest of your day.

Apparently they put Lincoln's beard in the same mesh as his hat... whoops. Onokotty: Broken rendering order whoooooooo: Um..

@Fushigisaur: Thank you for all the alternatives. Maybe I should use them all at once in a comic @Cirevam: My painkiller screwdrivers Insane Raiders MOC approves your message. Look, how happy he is during his insane activity . (I built this MOC, while I was making my comic. Yesterday I slightly altered it a bit to make it look more like a Rock Raider (not exactly, but probably close enough)):

I agree about the action. It feels really slow at times. Also, the dialogue in the third is a bit odd - it would be better if Jala said "the guard will" instead of shall, and "Their numbers are too great. We must flee" makes more sense for Matoro than what you had. Other than that, great work.

A while back, in another topic, intrepidowl mentioned that he was able to force VSync on Island Xtreme Stunts in his graphics control panel, to fix its framerate issue: This can fix quite a lot of issues the game may have - broken physics, extremely sensitive skateboard grinding, boats and airplanes breaking the game, Wave Catcher being nearly unplayable, etc. Other things to try include enabling compatibility mode and running without a disc. Another nice little thing you can enable while you're in the graphics control panel is enabling anti-aliasing, which IXS doesn't normally have. The details of doing this depend on what sort of video card you have, just poke around and see what you find.

FXAA is decent for low-end computers. MSAA is what you usually want, for the clearest image. Mode probably switches between the different types, I'll have to check my nvidia control panel. (FXAA is fast approximate aa, it uses a standard image smoother which smooths it out just fine, but some stuff is a bit blurrier. MSAA is Multisample AA, I believe it sets the game's INTERNAL rendering resolution higher than what it is now, then downscales it to your display resolution, similar to how Apple's screens work) I think that 1080p@4xMSAA is actually rendering at 4k resolution. It's either 4x or 2x, I forget which.

Alright, after some time of testing, I've managed to gather this data for Power bonuses for LR2, these aren't official from a file or anything, just time and "testing". Please note, 4 and over without engine, as well everything past 10 with or without Engine, is currently unobtainable through unmodified/hacked gameplay. Here it is in image form for your convenience. And here it also is in KPH, for those who don't use MPH. Now you may be asking why I used 100 as a base for acceleration instead of speed final (max), this is because the amount of time it took to reach it, it made the whole acceleration calculations out of whack. *For maximum brick boost speeds, just increase the number by 50%[table] PowerMax Speed (MPH)Time to 100 MPH (s)Acceleration (m/s^2)Speed w/ Engine (MPH)Time to 100 /w Engine (s) Accel /w Engine (m/s^2)010136.21.212211.93.8111018.62.41299.74.6211813.43.31378.35.4312610.74.21437.36.141339.24.91506.47.051407.75.81565.97.661466.86.61625.77.871536.27.21684.99.181595.68.01734.59.991655.18.81794.310.4101714.79.51843.911.5111764.410.161893.712.1121824.011.21943.413.1131873.811.81993.214141923.512.82043.114.4151973.313.52092.915.4[/table] Thanks for fixing the post formatting JJMB.

Did you really have to bump this topic, just because I linked it into one of my newest post? You had the answer under your eyes, on the OP: So yes, CheatEngine.

FXAA, and yes, the vsync fix is lovely. I'd imagine it'd work for LI2's biplane minigame problems as well, but I haven't tried it.

I will admit to only watching the third animation, but my goodness what an awesome animation it was. Hats off to you for making this on your own, too! I loved the sequences and your use of the sound effects, I actually felt rather tense at times. Looking forward to what you produce next. I agree with Quisoves that it does seem a little slow at times, but then again, that seems to be part of the style. All-in-all, excellent animation!

Some of you have already seen it: I made two new comics (Number 15 and 16). I won't promise, when I will make the next ones, but they will come. About the broken-link-thing: Broken links etc. don't last long in my topics. Maybe some pictures weren't available for some hours/days, but otherwise I try to repair the pictures in my threads as fast as possible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBVoONryE3s

Here, I made it less of a CHOP where you merged the flip. Feel free to add it to your mod download if you want.