Agung Paramtapa's Journal

 A bit too late because of the absence for a few days and suffered through weakness yesterday. Me, getting vaccinated because of Covid-19 I'm not really afraid of getting vaccinated since that... you know, my old days in school where there is "tetanus" shit going on, and kids like us get vaccinated? Well, that's me, in Indonesia. Truth to be told, since this is about Covid-19, the government want to build a defense for a better citizen life, so I took part. The vaccine? The AstraZeneca one from UK, different and... from what my sis and her friend say, is more powerful than Sinovac and internationally -approved. Hours after vaccination I don't feel anything bad in general, but the next day, I feel like I was taking up a disease or smth. Headache, followed by pain on where the syringe injection took place - upper left arm. It's still paining, even today since this writing. Eat up a cocktail of vitamins from free health package that given on my early arrival, plu...

So, I went back to see the Perfect Storm homepage that has "certificate error" issue that makes web browsers gone panic, like, it's just a mod repo and not designed to steal your personal info or anything. Again, if you're too paranoid, use Linux or open the homepage using virtualized environment like Windows Sandbox (built into Windows 10), Hyper-V VM (ditto as before), or VirtualBox. I always use one of them to pull out the links, because who knows what kind of shitty stuffs I'm getting into? And why I said this on the title? Well, here's the thing. Latest Perfect Storm mod comes with some kind of "downgrader" that apparently downgrades the game to version 1.07 that has compatibility with the so-called "Modding API" by Zealot Tormunds (the legend "kamtulahep" - Vargskelethor Joel) and "saying" that it fixes the bug with input. I have no idea about the latest one I'm using (which is version 1.09, you know me; I'...

 To start this post, I've opened the Facebook again to check the status I haven't yet been in or checked out. Also, to state the fact that I've opened the Pinterest before I started uploading an all-new walkthrough without restriction for Ace Combat 7 while I waited for the Final Project enroll or something like that. See, this is where my personal issues start. Darwin VS is a Brazilian GTA modder (singleplayer, ofc, not GTA Online ; he creates ped mods that shared via his Patreon page) and I saw his Facebook page recently . He spokes Brazilian Portuguese. I wonder if any Englishman or English-capable speakers like me are subscribing to his page, of which, most of his contents are in Portuguese. Like, I can hardly distinguish between Spanish and Portuguese, but I can see the difference when it comes to what word/sentence comes out. Now, when it comes to messaging, I wonder if this guy can speak English. I don't speak Portuguese, and I seem to have a phobia with contac...

 Today's the Independence Day for me and Indonesians here. Let's bring the 75th anniversary into reality! A lot of history has gone through my country; not gonna lie. I've learned the history of it, that's for sure. Dang, years have passed and now I started to forget everything the teachers taught me at senior high school. Likewise, teachers are unsung heroes, and I salute them. Anyway, let's get on with this mod I wanted to show you. Why releasing today and not few months ago after it's ready? Lots of IRL issues, including my third scam, which is at Steam - a hijacked account messaged me about "accidental reporting" that doesn't exist, yet today, I have a new bank account that I should have an extra care of it since I don't want to lose it, seriously. It's my second time this year and the third one in my life history. I don't want 2020 to be the third one that people bullshitting me with scary persuasions. Like... you never see me trad...

Yeah, you know what I'm talkin' about. I feel kinda sad at some point (but not really, I thought something else, still remembering that accident, but I feel it's not even that serious to begin with) that Boruto had "no friends" with me for hanging around. Most likely this will add more collection. Though he can work independently, friends are an irreplaceable thing to count on, especially in a world like this. More action figures collection has been a thing for my birthday gift, especially when I stumbled across some that are real-sized and colored just like in anime itself. I really have less mood to upload the work I've done on Boruto Ped Mod Project for GTA V before I can hand this work over to Darwin VS, but one day, I will. Maybe around this month, but not at the end of the month, that is. Those action figures and the friends on Steam are the ones I can count on, despite having less contact with them and/or I usually touched those action fig...

Yeah, online class is kinda having limitations during pandemic times like this. Zoom Meeting only lasts 40 minutes (3 times in a row with 10-minute delay), whereas Google Meet lasts an hour.  I have no idea what else I could think of learning some more materials beside this kind of new method that I'm not getting used to. Still, like video games, vicon (video-conference) is also growing from pair-to-pair (P2P) to everyone, but that time was within 3G call function. Today, conference meeting medias like Zoom and Google Meet will provide anything like classrooms via video available via Internet connection, no longer within operators that provide 3G video call. I have a task that will have to finish and submitted before Sunday night. Free schedule on Tuesday, as a matter of fact, so maybe I can wrap up some things during free time. Online course checking, and of course, wrapping up this Boruto Ped Mod Project before the subscription ends (one month subscription is the cheapest one ...

The final results are already in. I hope with (re)making this from scratch can fix the "mesh bug caused by wrong skeleton reference". Two models are ready at the same time: one with no wrist-mounted ninja weapon, and one without. Now with these two ready, field testing is the next one before I call it a day. Next up is (re)making the Boruto with no shoes and the Boruto wearing Naruto's jacket in a final battle against Momoshiki. Man, I need some rest, but anyway, this effort is worth my time in a pandemic like this. After field testing, the public beta is next. Finally, I can hand over this project to Darwin VS, if he ever accepts this, with a price.

The GPU I used on my PC broke on Thursday night last week, and Friday morning, I brought it again to the computer service. Yep, looks like I have the same issue when I was playing Ace Combat on PC, but this time, it has something to do with DCS by the time I left it active for few minutes. I was shopping for something with my dad. Monday morning I come for a check, and the shopkeeper said that something's breaking inside. Capacitors, he said. Well, the warranty time has ended, so new GPU will be in place. Still cheap for my standards, though; I don't need a high-end GPU to play AAA games like Ace Combat 7 and Call of Duty: WWII . The GPU replacement is one step from the same generation, the RX 570. I didn't tell anything about this for the past few days; just in the time when I do the project, I write it here. I've reached the point where I'll (re)paint the neck and head meshes of a fixed Boruto ped model in GTA V, and I was about to get started. More upd...

Enter 24 years old of me. This ped rigging I made is worth my time of making the wish at least come true, even though it's a public beta release. Well... my entry of the 24 (my 24th birthday, that is) is different than any other entries because of Covid-19. Everybody stuck at home with casualties rising per day. I swear, I feel my sympathy on those who get infected by Covid-19, and I wish they get recovered, if God permits it. Now, onto the project progress. I had to redo the Boruto ped to remove the facial mesh bug, and I swear, having facial mesh bug on public beta release is gonna give a bad look on Boruto, especially when used. in YouTube. At least Ik how to learn a ped rigging with ZModeler 3. It's trial and error. And also about careful mapping just like in the training. That's why ZM3 provided test tools like "Inverse Kinematics" and "Move" function to simulate human movement. It's not perfect, but gives you a clear understanding...

Sounds like this is more like a new bone reference screwed up the hand/finger and head painting. I'm not sure what caused this "broken" mapping of head and hand/finger mesh. I'm more thinking like, ZM3 is updated by constant time, and probably something changed in the export. I have no idea how to explain this to Oleg in my time of developing this, but at least I know how ped and facial rigging works. Manual painting is the only way if the ped size is not 1:1 proportion like the common GTA V peds. The last resort I will take is to redo the setup, like how I did in the first place. I got it perfected after making Sarada, Mitsuki, and Konohamaru models; shouldn't be a problem, though, and this will make me a perfect gift for my birthday, if I may say so. Let's see how far I can go on with this project. I'm more satisfied with my effort in doing this rather than having only, "WTH? Naruto and Kakashi only?".

Team 7 assemble at LSPD HQ View original I should have known. Manual weight painting and/or final export caused this unusual "pointy mesh" glitch on Boruto, Sarada, Mitsuki, and (adult) Konohamaru (or should I say, complete Team 7 of New Generation). Boruto model, for some reason, doesn't have head rotation and facial meshes are bugged as hell, making it look so scary if you look at him. Probably something with modified (defaulted) skeleton set, or like I said in previous post: bug that introduced in ZM3. Maybe a random guess, but I believe those "raw" models are exported in OBJ format in Noesis before being processed for rigging in ZM3. I should say that Sarada, Mitsuki, and (adult) Konohamaru models are final and ready for public beta release (I did the best to have facial rigging), but reasons tell me that Boruto model seem to be bugged, either it's because of wrong mapping, or bug in ZM3. Looks like I have to redo everything for Boru...