#Interactive Terrain

[c00lac0la]

[disclaimer; i have never watched tome and i do not support the creator either way!!]

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some silly art of these random dudes my partner really loves,, i've never watched tome in my life but i might check it out sometime soon!

also dont ask me why the creator is bad, i have no literal idea at all.

[bithegarden]

Alpine forget-me-not, Myosotis asiatica 🌱

[duskgryphon]

ouhhhg. happy birthday minecraft <3....

[hyp3rfixation-h3ll]

Eating up the tome au if its alright is there anymore fun facts :33333

HEY . HEY ??? HI GUYS (I SAY AS SEVERAL OF YOU STARE AT ME UMMM OKAY HERE'S SOME SHIT YOU GOTTA KNOW!!!! - i said it beforehand in my original semi outdated post but this AU takes place post-canon (obviously) , the game got shut down for a While but it was opened back up in what is Our current year on the 5th anniversary date + with some added bug fixes , which is the reason why Kirb woke up in the First Place-- his model was technically fixed but he was still in pieces, so he basically had to piece himself back together with items he found floating around with him in the abyss.

("15 can u ever draw his hair consistently" no but i like to think that in between these 2 shots he Did actually fix his hair up god bless. too bad he gets his hat back and he immediately flattens it like a jackass ... also u get preview of what he looks like here woah!!!!) the only reason this worked is cuz he was basically At the start screen for the game and it simply registered him as someone logging back in after being inactive for years (which is true!)

- see i was gonna fill this point out here w the idea that the RPG and webseries maps r merged together here but when i mapped it out i realised that a LOT of areas in the RPG ARE just areas from the WEBSERIES but ... different. but u still get the scrapped concept.

i'll probably refine this bc i love the idea of TOME having a centered beach area + actual woods that arent just the woods in Lavendera + sanctuary being in the MIDDLE of tome as opposed to simply being off to the side. (it never made sense to me why the most important area in the game was off to the side... you'd think it'd be smack dab in the MIDDLE of the dang place!! >A<) (im also very partial to webseries TOME just being a Bigger Place bc it's meant to be a VR MMORPG fighting game. so a smorgasbord of genres would lead to a similar conglomerate of AREAS to progress thru right? esp if it has a story mode with sidequests and bosses which i assume is the TRUTH because of kajet/the shadowguard's presence. now im just wishing we'd gotten to know more about TOME '11's in-game questline... that'd make this so much Easier aaaaaaaAAAAGHGHFGH)

- uhhh im not sure what to put here except confirming ships n stuff if that matters... !! kizetto happens here. kirbalphlame too and so does game/softlocke :> oh also the webkings r here and due to fandom propaganda i Am subscribing to Webspirit (webmaster/kindarspirit) so theyre a thing in this au too yay!!!! (confetti explodes everywhere

i thiiink that's about it, i'll post more about this later bweeeeeeeeeehhhg :3 thank u for asking everybun!!! i didnt expect u guys to be so interested o__O

[norringtondeservestheworld]

living in constant fear that @hamartia-grander @feenmies @unknown-terrain and @janiedean one day will realize how uncool and strange I am and they'll stop talking to me

[the-enchanted-mistakes]

YOU SMELL FUNNY

[freakinator]

can leo interact with zam more i wanna see if his guilt of somehow affecting him (directly and indirectly) like twice??? i think???? has any baring in their relationship like at all

[dovebugge]

If the next fire emblem game doesn't keep Obstruct staves I may lose myself forever

[thedragonagelesbian]

one of the gondians cast grease on yiseeril and shadowheart. maybe wulbren had some points.

[illmoraineakoi]

Apparently, if a Grub/Mimic is randomized into this spot, the crystal crawler adds it's hitbox to its pathing.

You do you, crystal crawler.

Edit:

Oh.

Whoops.

[vapormage]

we are so gaming

[arts-n-oddites]

What’s in the boxes?!

Bones!

A series of terrain coffins from back in college

They were inspired by fossils and TTRPG miniature painting

[edwardos]

Mysterious severe faultlining in one of my 2011 Minecraft worlds.

[kaisosims]

Overgrown Above Ground Pool

The Overgrown Above Ground Pool set comes with several decorative above ground pool items to enhance your Sims’ summer back yard look. Pools require a lot of work to maintain to prevent moss and algae growth, so be sure to utilize your Pool Cleaning Supplies and Floating Pool Chemical Dispenser to keep the moss and algae at bay, or don’t! for a unique overgrown pond look.

Pool items come in standard blue, light blue, and gray, with 5 overgrown progression swatches showcasing new, sun-bleached, dirty, mossy, and extra-mossy swatch progressions.

Check out the YouTube trailer of the set here:

10 new items:

Overgrown Above Ground Pool Deco

Above Ground Pool Ladder Jumpstand

Above Ground Pool Ladder Deco

Above Ground Pool Tarp

Dilapidated Pool Ball

Floating Pool Chemical Dispenser

Above Ground Pool Foundation

Mossy Pool Water

Mossy Dirt

Pool Cleaning Supplies

Are the items functional?

Sort of.

The Overgrown Above Ground Pool Deco is functionally a fountain, so your Sims can use the interaction “Toss Coin” into it.

The Floating Pool Chemical Dispenser has a new, custom “Clean Pool” interaction that plays a chemical dispensing vfx.

The Above Ground Pool Foundation can be applied to pools raised above the ground to give the look of an above ground pool that your Sims can swim in.

The Above Ground Pool Ladder Jumpstand can be used against real Pools as a jumpstand, which requires Get to Work to function.

All items are 100% 3D modelled and textured by me

Almost all items are Base Game Compatible with all necessary LODs

The Above Ground Pool Ladder Jumpstand requires Get to Work to function.

Find build items in this pack easily by searching "Above Ground Pool" or "Kaiso"

Build items will not show up under this search, so here is where to find them!

Above Ground Pool Foundation is under “Foundations”

Mossy Pool Water is under “Water Styles”

Mossy Dirt is under “Terrain Paint”

Download: (Free!): Patreon

[essektheylyss]

I understand the impulse to clown on Essek for walking around in Vasselheim with his recognizable voice with the Bright Queen's spearhead commander, and of course we could turn to the metatextual elements (the necessity of signposting the world for players on the part of the GM, the ease of using a familiar ally to introduce a relevant NPC and new point of contact) to dismiss this if we wanted, but I think it's more interesting—and funnier, as you'll see—to imagine this as simply an extension of the laws and logic that dictate the Mighty Nein as a narrative entity.

Fundamentally, the Mighty Nein within their campaign pursue personal and collective agency, often at the expense or in denial of political power. Where they do interact with more political forms of power, they evade its grasp upon them, most notably in their interactions with the war, but also while they engage with the Cerberus Assembly, the Cobalt Soul, and even the Revelry. The way they pursue agency, on the other hand, has far more to do with their own support of one another and their own individual power, especially where there is magic involved, and manifests in having the freedom to move and act as they wish in the world.

The culmination of this, as we know, is the mechanical ability in their final battle against Lucien and the Somnovem to manipulate the terrain of the battle map to their advantage with only imagination. At the same time, Jester and Caduceus can both call in free favors from their gods, one of whom is unlimited by the Divine Gate and in fact is far more governed by fey logic. Fjord has made three different divine pacts and is virtually unrestricted by any of them. Caleb's hallmark is an almost infinitely malleable home that almost literally seems to operate as a hammerspace, with a pinnacle dedicated to the potentiality of the universe, the application of which is one of his signature spells—against all odds successful in his initial goal, no longer fueled by guilt and grief, of bending reality to his will. It's narratively and thematically cogent that this be the calling card of the party as a whole.

The Mighty Nein are, in effect, dictated by Looney Tunes logic, and nothing else. They have been so successful in their pursuit of their own freedom that they no longer abide by the cosmic laws of Exandria, let alone the laws of physics or sense. So yes, from an external point of view, it does look exceedingly foolish for Essek to be traipsing around in Vasselheim under the Bright Queen's nose, but it's far more entertaining to argue that being a member of the Mighty Nein in fact simply confers the capability of ignoring the laws of reality without consequence when it's narratively convenient, characteristically interesting—or just really fucking funny.

[nasa]

What We Learned from Flying a Helicopter on Mars

The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter made history – not only as the first aircraft to perform powered, controlled flight on another world – but also for exceeding expectations, pushing the limits, and setting the stage for future NASA aerial exploration of other worlds.

Built as a technology demonstration designed to perform up to five experimental test flights over 30 days, Ingenuity performed flight operations from the Martian surface for almost three years. The helicopter ended its mission on Jan. 25, 2024, after sustaining damage to its rotor blades during its 72nd flight.

So, what did we learn from this small but mighty helicopter?

We can fly rotorcraft in the thin atmosphere of other planets.

Ingenuity proved that powered, controlled flight is possible on other worlds when it took to the Martian skies for the first time on April 19, 2021.

Flying on planets like Mars is no easy feat: The Red Planet has a significantly lower gravity – one-third that of Earth’s – and an extremely thin atmosphere, with only 1% the pressure at the surface compared to our planet. This means there are relatively few air molecules with which Ingenuity’s two 4-foot-wide (1.2-meter-wide) rotor blades can interact to achieve flight.

Ingenuity performed several flights dedicated to understanding key aerodynamic effects and how they interact with the structure and control system of the helicopter, providing us with a treasure-trove of data on how aircraft fly in the Martian atmosphere.

Now, we can use this knowledge to directly improve performance and reduce risk on future planetary aerial vehicles.

Creative solutions and “ingenuity” kept the helicopter flying longer than expected.

Over an extended mission that lasted for almost 1,000 Martian days (more than 33 times longer than originally planned), Ingenuity was upgraded with the ability to autonomously choose landing sites in treacherous terrain, dealt with a dead sensor, dusted itself off after dust storms, operated from 48 different airfields, performed three emergency landings, and survived a frigid Martian winter.

Fun fact: To keep costs low, the helicopter contained many off-the-shelf-commercial parts from the smartphone industry - parts that had never been tested in deep space. Those parts also surpassed expectations, proving durable throughout Ingenuity’s extended mission, and can inform future budget-conscious hardware solutions.

There is value in adding an aerial dimension to interplanetary surface missions.

Ingenuity traveled to Mars on the belly of the Perseverance rover, which served as the communications relay for Ingenuity and, therefore, was its constant companion. The helicopter also proved itself a helpful scout to the rover.

After its initial five flights in 2021, Ingenuity transitioned to an “operations demonstration,” serving as Perseverance’s eyes in the sky as it scouted science targets, potential rover routes, and inaccessible features, while also capturing stereo images for digital elevation maps.

Airborne assets like Ingenuity unlock a new dimension of exploration on Mars that we did not yet have – providing more pixels per meter of resolution for imaging than an orbiter and exploring locations a rover cannot reach.

Tech demos can pay off big time.

Ingenuity was flown as a technology demonstration payload on the Mars 2020 mission, and was a high risk, high reward, low-cost endeavor that paid off big. The data collected by the helicopter will be analyzed for years to come and will benefit future Mars and other planetary missions.

Just as the Sojourner rover led to the MER-class (Spirit and Opportunity) rovers, and the MSL-class (Curiosity and Perseverance) rovers, the team believes Ingenuity’s success will lead to future fleets of aircraft at Mars.

In general, NASA’s Technology Demonstration Missions test and advance new technologies, and then transition those capabilities to NASA missions, industry, and other government agencies. Chosen technologies are thoroughly ground- and flight-tested in relevant operating environments — reducing risks to future flight missions, gaining operational heritage and continuing NASA’s long history as a technological leader.

You can fall in love with robots on another planet.

Following in the tracks of beloved Martian rovers, the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter built up a worldwide fanbase. The Ingenuity team and public awaited every single flight with anticipation, awe, humor, and hope.

Check out #ThanksIngenuity on social media to see what’s been said about the helicopter’s accomplishments.

Learn more about Ingenuity’s accomplishments here. And make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space!