{"id":3577,"date":"2014-12-25T21:56:26","date_gmt":"2014-12-25T11:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vectorstorm.org\/?p=3577"},"modified":"2014-12-25T21:57:56","modified_gmt":"2014-12-25T11:57:56","slug":"happy-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/2014\/12\/25\/happy-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just wanted to post a quick note thanking everyone for their support and kind words over the last year; it&#8217;s really made a big difference for me!<\/p>\n<p>As my gift to you, here&#8217;s a gallery of entertaining rendering bugs I&#8217;ve created since the MS7 build. :)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3577 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-13-at-4.54.20-pm.png'><img width=\"700\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-13-at-4.54.20-pm-1024x813.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-13-at-4.54.20-pm-1024x813.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-13-at-4.54.20-pm-300x238.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-13-at-4.54.20-pm.png 1136w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3582'>\n\t\t\t\tI&#8217;m not entirely sure how this happened.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-15-at-2.36.18-pm.png'><img width=\"700\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-15-at-2.36.18-pm-1024x813.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-15-at-2.36.18-pm-1024x813.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-15-at-2.36.18-pm-300x238.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-15-at-2.36.18-pm.png 1136w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3583'>\n\t\t\t\tI was trying to make trees better match their environment.  Instead,  GHOST TREES.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Selection_002.png'><img width=\"700\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Selection_002-1024x769.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Experimental implementation of rendering the terrain from a heightmap texture, instead of explicit meshes. There were a few bugs.\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Selection_002-1024x769.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Selection_002-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Selection_002.png 1025w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3578'>\n\t\t\t\tAccidental terrain papercraft.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Selection_003.png'><img width=\"700\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Selection_003.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Selection_003.png 1020w, https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Selection_003-300x226.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3579'>\n\t\t\t\tThis is what happens when I forget to actually apply terrain height.  Oops.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Selection_004.png'><img width=\"700\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Selection_004-1024x765.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Selection_004.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Selection_004-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3580'>\n\t\t\t\tI accidentally turned the world into Darwinia.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Selection_005.png'><img width=\"700\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Selection_005-1024x767.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Selection_005-1024x767.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Selection_005-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Selection_005.png 1027w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3581'>\n\t\t\t\tWhen your heightmap texture and your grass don&#8217;t agree about precisely where the ground is, you can get some odd results.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>All the best to you and yours. Hope you have a happy and safe holiday season, and a very happy new year. :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just wanted to post a quick note thanking everyone for their support and kind words over the last year; it&#8217;s really made a big difference for me! As my gift to you, here&#8217;s a gallery of entertaining rendering bugs I&#8217;ve created since the MS7 build. :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[24,25],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Selection_002.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/po9WK-VH","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3577"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3577"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3592,"href":"https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3577\/revisions\/3592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vectorstorm.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}