Place where I log my past failures with technology or business.

Had some fun time with my camera again, this time only knives: As you can see, I like knives, so expect more of them.

I've been eyeballing Xencelabs Quickkeys for some time now, but couldn't justify its 130usd pricetag. (Un)Lucky for me, recently they were under heavy promotion, going as cheap as for 50 USD (200 polish new onions) - So of course I had to get one. They…

Since I consider using viewport cube a suboptimal, slow way to get certain view, and most of keyboard keys re-binded to different things, I've wrote a quick cycle script to bind under one key/key combination (on my side, its either ctrl+space or shift-space). Its divided…

Collection of various accessories that are perfect hardsurface modelling exercises. Most people problems when it come to modelling complex items are based on inability of observing the item and dividing into smaller parts - objects rarely are uniform, one-piece structures, they are assembled from many…

Recently I've picked new hobby - photography, if I may call taking pictures of random thing like that. always used phone camera, never bothered to use "proper" or "serious" camera set up, so I've decided to play with some color lights, scene setup and bought…

Maxscript I wrote to salvage these 50 or so pixels on ther bottom area, especially when I'm doing some more devlook oriented tasks, not animating or duplicating / rotating / transforming objects. It'll hide trackbar slider + trackbar then status bar when you click it,…

Word of caution first. These things are often sold as "self defence tools" - they are not suitable for self defence, unless you want to smack someone with pistol frame itself. Sellers who feed upon unknowing people selling false feeling of safety should really be…

Script I often use while setting up reference planes from simple pictures: 1. Make plane object (any size/proportions). 2. Drag and drop image from folder to plane. 3. Select plane with now applied texture. 3. Click on button/toolbar/quad you assigned script to. 4. Plane width/height…

Very short script I've wrote that will detect which sub-selection of editable poly you are in, and will try to connect the selected objects - so you can bind it under one key instead of four: If you're in vertex sub-selection, it'll connect selected verticles.

I had to share a gallery of weird devices with few people in short period of time, so making an easily findable (for me) place for it seemed like good excuse for a post. Gallery is split to groups per 100 images, so be sure…

Note: This script isn't mine, but its made by very talented Vojtech Cada - I'm reposting it here mostly for myself, so I wont lose it, and to show some viewers. Original link it was grabbed from is: http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scripts/insetfix-modifier Some time ago I've included InsetFix…

Old version can be found here: OK BOOMER, HOW IT WORKS This is an update to my previous workflow describing article, with few updates to tools/plugins I use. It is still very 3ds max centric, but some procedures can be applied to Maya or Blender…

I've got linked this by a friend: https://www.printables.com/model/345083-rugged-multipart-pinecilts100ts80-case-v2 And while it seem like a nice upgrade from my previous holding box for ts100, I've quickly realised it have few features I dislike. When I design things, I want them to be as easily printed as…

I always liked photos of pc setups from people who worked with music. They show-off these large decks with knobs, sliders, leds and switches. Personally never been really into music making, I couldn't find excuse to get even the smallest controller board. This changed recently,…

At beginning of the year of our lord 2022, I've managed to snatch Space Pilot Pro for cheap. I've decided to update on my experience, and current workflow/settings I use, which greatly speed up my work, and managed me to partially switch from left-hand-on- keyboard…

DIY Terminal device, Very Dumb, Very Ghetto Terminal device. I own too many computers. And too many computers that I own don't have dedicated screen, since they're either mining, rendering, heating my apartment, or pretend that keeping them is still smart thing to do, considering…

Continuation of this post: Portable, Triple Screen Station, Part1 Since v1 design turned out to not be sturdy enough (technically it worked - I could open/close the screens without problem, and they stay in place when not bothered), I've managed to very quickly snap the hinges…

Disclaimer - no one paid me for this article, I've acquired the item using my own, hard earned polish onions. I own multiple screwdriver sets, be it modular/bit ones, or traditional ones, or electric ones. They usually reside in the toolbox and/or in the workroom. Where they…

Since I'm very happy user of UHK - Ultimate Hacking Keyboard - a ridiculously priced, but worth every dollar, split ergonomic 60% keyboard, I couldnt be myself if I didn't had to mod it a little. While I still have a custom-modules interface project in…

TLDR version for people who dont want to read everything: Version for people who like to read: I was always skeptical about 3d connexion products. Back in the early 2000, I've found their devices too cumbersome to work efficiently with. In 2004, I've found the…

With recent aquisition of post-leasing 3d connexion space pilot controller, I've been told by friend that its extremaly comfy to use to scroll websites - and it is! However, default config / Chrome config dont support 2 axis scrolling, and there is no straightforward way…

This won't be a review. Noone paid me for it, and its purpose isnt to convince you to buy product. Consider it a summary of experiences with device, what pissed me much and what was nice. Recently I've been introduced to vertical mouse idea -…

Recently I've returned to working with arduino and similiar modules, and got quickly fed-up with cable mess on the table, having everything connected with cables, lying loosely. Being unhappy with ready-to-print things I've found out on the internet, because most of them required either aluminium…

List of frequently asked, basic questions related to 3D, that could be answered by very simple google search, but were instead asked on one of online places, so you can link this article for lazy person to read. List isn't in any particular order. Depends.

tl;dr Have NAS NAS started randomly (sometimes 3x a hour / every 3 months) shutting itself down, and "auto power on" didn't worked. Decided to make a watchdog device to turn it on. Made a watchdog. Here is a story of something that should took…

Recently more and more people are picking 3d art/ gameart (thanks, 𝓫𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻) as their hobby and/or career path, and I've noticed more and more confusion about all the weird words the 3d dinosaurs throw at newbies - Having this in mind, I've decided to start…

For quite some time, I've wanted a triple screens but portable. I was overwhelmed with joy few years later, when slide n joy was announced, only for it to turn into scam. Still remembering some military solutions I've got to use at some point of…

AKA why there are seams on my normalmaps / why there is weird shading on my model If you're not familiar with 3ds max terminology, setting up smoothgroups is equivalent to hard edges in maya, or editing normals in blender. tl;dr version for people who…

AKA - how much should I ask for doing XYZ? First thing I want to say: If youre good at something, never do it for free -If you do it for free, youre an exploitable idiot, and youre not only hurting yourself, but the industry…

Very short one, written literally 5 minutes ago. Execute below maxscript to create macroscript in Customise User Interface menu, and use it to quickly open folder where the max scene is saved: macroScript OpenMaxFileLocation category:"_Piro_Tools" tooltip:"open max location" ( command = "explorer" commandArg = maxFilePatch…

Hello, For quite a long time i wanted a dualscreen laptop. While im aware of existence of few constructions, they're either old or super-expensive - and i like my thinkpad due to its... expendability. Since i've aquired a resin printer, i've decided to try and…

If you follow for some reason my posts, i've been struggling with getting juice out of SATA slimline connector to power raspberry pi, that was to be put inside Thinkpads ultrabay. And I've made it work. And realised I've lost ultrabay space. In addition, fooling…

Several people asked me about my workflow, so I've decided to put it here for easy of access. This is translation of one of 2010-something post i've made on max3d.pl, with additions to workflow with techniques / tools that are more recent. My current modelling…

 So, you just finished a grenade tutorial, ak tutorial, pistol or knife one. You have zero experience in 3d modelling, but by extensive handholding you managed to finish it, clicking exactly what tutor clicked and doing exactly tutor in the movie did. You learned nothing.

And how to avoid them, minimising the damage. If your model have issues, you most likely messed up some step or steps. Enjoy re-doing most of your work. Click here for explanation: ASSET CREATION GRAPH + EXPLANATION

Taken from: https://github.com/propiro/instantMessengersPasta To be used when someone mentions change of currently used messenging application. We could always use Skype. Or Riot or Matrix Or NextCloud Or XMPP Or Wire Or Briar Or Tox Or Kontalk Or DeltaChat Or Ring Or BitMessage Or Ricochet Or…

Maxscript I wrote to help myself packing all the atlases from various textures, working on envirnoment jobs. Allows you to easily scale / move uv chunks / groups of them by defined values by clicking a D-PAD like controls. You need to have your UV…

Script that does something noone thinks about unless needed - adjusts size (or tiling if you wish) of checker board from UVW Unwrap modifier window (so it doesnt touch your material tiling, and checker vanishes after you exit UWV Modifier) Includes two macros, one for…

Small, very simple script that saves me few clicks: macroScript centerPivot Category:"_Piro_Tools" toolTip:"Center Pivot" ( $.pivot = $.center ) Centers the object pivot to geometry-weighted center, especially usefull when you duplicate mesh elements using shift+drag method. Found again here: Bind it to key, quad or toolbar as…

Two small maxscript macros that let you copy and paste files using a temporary file created in $autoback directory. macroScript Copy_Objects_To_File Category:"_Piro_Tools" toolTip:"CopyToFile" ( thecopypastedir = getdir #autoback thecopypastefile = "\pastefile.max" thecopypastestring = thecopypastedir + thecopypastefile if $ != undefined do saveNodes $ thecopypastestring )…

Or rather, tip. Just one, at least in this post. Portfolio is equivalent of your shop front, you put only things that someone would want to buy, and you want to sell - That beign said, your best skills. Never, ever, post things that are…

Take a look at this graph. This is perfect explanation on why I hear a lot of very young people, starting in industry ( Gamedev here, but applies to many other areas of life/business ), either evaluating work for impossible low hour-budgets, or taking waaay to complex…

Long story short, I wanted to power raspberry pi through unused sata connector / bay in my thinkpad. However, it acted dead every time I've tried, with wired connector orsoldered power pins.

It's rain wet streets. It's nights like this with fog rolling in. Cars, faceless people going by, doing the things that they are doing. There's something kinds hypnotic about it. That's when I get inspired. To carry what these streets are like, what the city…

This post is a test. There is nothing more. Except this cat. His smile and optimism, Gone.