Trustworthy mechanic recommendations for the Gwinnett area?

My car needs some repair work. Anyone have a trustworthy mechanic/shop that will actually properly do the job and won't try to upsell me on some bullshit? I've had pretty bad luck with mechanics/shops in the past, so any help would be greatly appreciated!

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u/CutieBoBootie — 4 days ago

Does anyone else think "you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love" would make a good stage musical?

Something kind of akin to The Last 5 years.

Act one would obviously be titled "girl so in love"
The main character would open with "drop dead" where she meets her love interest. Their relationship would build over the first act with the songs from the first half of the album. "stupid song" would show the main character's infatuation. "honeybee" would be the deepening of the relationship.

I would actually switch "U + Me = <3" and "maggots for brains". U + Me = <3 would be the date to Big Sur. Then "maggots for brains" would stress the growing codependency of the relationship.

The second to last song of Act 1 would be "my way" where a romantic rival appears and drives a wedge between the main character and her partner. The partner would not appropriately dissuade the attention he is getting from this other girl, which would hurt the main character. The would lead into the Act 1 finishing song "purple" where the main character realizes how unhealthy the relationship has become.

Act 2 (you seem so sad) would open with "the cure". The main character opining about how toxic the relationship has become. But she is still not ready to let go and instead tries to throw herself into the relationship even more but finds her partner pulling away "begged". The song "never do" would be the main character finally acknowledging her building resentment.

"what's wrong with me" would be the only duet (the other songs would have more of a greek chorus back up) where both of them realize the relationship has no future. They try to patch it up (visit Big Sur again)... but ultimately break up which would lead into "less".

And like in Act 1 I would actually switch the order of the last two songs of the act. "cigarette smoke" would be about the main character's regret at staying in the relationship for so long despite how unhappy it was making her. And the finale of the musical would end on a hopeful note with "expectations". She has resolved to herself to expect more from her future partners.

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u/CutieBoBootie — 2 months ago

[PC][2020s-ish??] Video game in beta about aliens and you are isolated maintaining a science outpost where you send data back

Basically its a video game where you are a scientist sent to man an outpost which has multiple buildings and is pretty decrepit when you get there. There are multiple buildings in the complex that you need to visit every day to maintain or repair, and you are also tasked with getting readings from the scientific instruments in the main building. You send the print outs of these readings to your bosses via drone.

There's aliens. Some are invisible (they like shrimp). And more bird like ones that are hostile.

There are also mannequins that move around when you aren't paying attention.

There is also just like... a black censor square wandering around that can kill you I think?

I saw all this in a youtube video months ago but now I can't remember the video game.

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u/CutieBoBootie — 2 months ago

[Female only] Raven Dress

https://www.nexusmods.com/eldenring/mods/10117?published=1

I kit bashed this dress from 3 different armors. (Lusat, Dancer, and Death Bed)

I was heavily inspired by Ravens and iridescence found on bird feathers.

Also sorry to anyone who wants to put their masc characters in a cvnty lil dress... but kit bashing this dress together caused SO MANY HEADACHES that I do NOT have the energy to make the male version RN. Perhaps if this mod does well I will.

u/CutieBoBootie — 2 months ago

Basic body files for editing armor meshes

Nexus link to mod resource found here

Description
Contains: 

  • ER_Base_Male.blend and .fbx
  • ER_Base_female.blend and .fbx 
  • ER_base_male.flver

Recommended Programs

  • Flver Editors

  • Mesh Editor

  • Flver to FBX converter

    • Aquatools -  I recommend setting the Mirror Type setting to "No Mirroring" for ease of use
    • Asa's Flver editor (listed above) does this as well. However you will need to "Mirror X Global" on the mesh and then "Apply all transforms" as well as rotate it so that the top of the model's head is oriented to the Y axis and the front of the model is facing down the Z axis. (Basically faceplanted)
  • FBX to Flver Importer

    • FBXImporter
    • Both of the Flver editor programs listed above can import FBX's natively, HOWEVER to ensure proper materials are selected, I highly recommend this program to prevent future headaches for meshes.
  • Smithbox - this is not needed to edit most armor meshes, but depending on your goals you might need it.

Additional Resources

SmithBox Resources

u/CutieBoBootie — 2 months ago

Happy pride! Multiple mod drop: Elden Laundring - Raya Lucaria Robes, Divine Warrior Bird Armor, Depraved Perfumer Legs, and (by request) New Codpieces for the Banished Knights set.

Enjoy!

u/CutieBoBootie — 3 months ago

Mod Drop: The fashion mods I made recently

I am back. I disappeared to learn fucking goddamn cloth physics. Why I tortured myself so...I will never know.

But basically this all started because I wanted to turn the Dancer's dress into a skirt. I also wanted to add shoes. UNFORTUNATELY, adding shoes to the skirt destroys the cloth physics. So in order to get what I wanted, I needed to learn how to rebuild the cloth physics from the ground up. It was a huge headache and a LOT of failures. But this is the end result: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1_8n68PCeY

I also wanted to add shoes to the Queen's Pants. Similarly this ALSO breaks the cloth physics. Even more fun is that the Queen's pants have an absolutely unhinged texture render meaning that simply applying the base textures, doesn't look right, so that was fun to troubleshoot. Anyway this is the resulting cloth sim as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYxs0a8Jjeo

u/CutieBoBootie — 3 months ago

Dancer Skirt with Shoes

Cloth Physics video here

I took the Skirt from the Dancer's Dress and added shoes to it. The problem is, doing this completely breaks the physics. So I had to learn how to simulate cloth to make this mod.

There are going to be some visual bugs. Some of this this is out of my control and is due to converting the flver files (the original model mesh) into an fbx (a file format readable by blender and havok). Some of it is due to lack of skill, like the awkward stretching when sitting. But I did my bast and I am happy with it as much as I can be. 

I also have not created a second slimmer mesh for when armor overlays it. This means the armor WILL clip with many of the various chest pieces in the game. I don't know how to do this yet, perhaps one day when I learn I will come back to this mod and update it.

This replaces the Champion Gaiters leg armor. 

Mod link: https://www.nexusmods.com/eldenring/mods/9942

u/CutieBoBootie — 3 months ago