u/DeadxMask

I have a fly Digi apex 4 that I have lost the 2.4ghz dongle for, I have tried to connect it via Bluetooth but two of the generic USB 5 dongle I own doesn't show me anything in one Win 11 PC

On another PC one dongle shows Xbox gamepad but doesn't connect

The gamepad instantly connect to my android phone so the Bluetooth is working fine.

Is it a compatibility issue? Which Bluetooth dongle is compatible? If anyone has used Bluetooth with windows can you let me know?

Gamepad button on skill cd notes that survive a relog

I have always had a problem with Black Desert Online's default font. It's thin and very hard to read. But unfortunately it was the only font that would show the skill combinations in the Skill CD slot notes like this: no other font shows these gamepad tool tips -.-"

gamepad tooltips without custom prestrigtable\font

also you can't really put those tooltips in the CD notes to remember gamepad button combos for a new class. that only works for keyboard combos

https://preview.redd.it/ddm2f1dm2shh1.png?width=104&format=png&auto=webp&s=2b8330b31b32a38e3885e99369843858130121f4

I tried downloading some fonts and put them in Pearlabyss\BlackDesert\prestringtable\font folder (renamed as pearl.ttf), but they'd always have the gamepad skill UI glyphs missing.

https://preview.redd.it/08cc3kpvyrhh1.png?width=348&format=png&auto=webp&s=d82a9fcd7940415dcdb204cde39af48c232dd43c

So today I was like I'll get to the bottom of this lol.. I took the glyphs from the game's original font and put them into the Roboto font I normally use to make my own merged font. I made 3 fonts with different glyphs, in 2 font weights(500 and 700). I used the stock glyphs and some glyphs from this project: Promptfont, for this:

And they did work:

https://preview.redd.it/i5qukv6izrhh1.png?width=342&format=png&auto=webp&s=a114d9d77baa557735e0a6798726eca5c10932e1

https://preview.redd.it/l0seyimyzrhh1.png?width=337&format=png&auto=webp&s=e6918e0cde0bc3d871623d9eb35dc0289f284dbd

...in the skill tree. But when I put them in the CD notes — at first they'd work, but would turn into ? after each character change or relog of the game: -_-...This game was really set on annoying me.

https://preview.redd.it/w2mro8w40shh1.png?width=428&format=png&auto=webp&s=6f04a46d1256d9e55fb6640224a396b19798bb79

Turns out BDO's text saving engine uses an aggressive 8-bit text cache filter. This means that if you type or paste any character from the Private Use Area (PUA), like the standard U+E000 block, into a game note, it will work temporarily but will automatically get wiped and replaced with a ? as soon as you log out.

So I had to work around this by replacing some Extended Latin characters with gamepad glyphs. That way they survive the cache process. This does replace some standard Unicode characters, so it's not a perfect solution, but it works good enough for me, so I'll stop here. Here are the final results I got:

stock font

Promptfont

So here I am sharing this stuff in case anyone else wanted it.

Font, size, and glyph combos (12 total, direct download links):

Weight: Roboto 700 (bold, closer to stock) or Roboto 500 (thinner, cleaner) Icon size: 1x and 1.2x use the original Pearl Abyss icons, 3.15x uses the bigger Promptfont gamepad icons Latin: _latin = safe from the cache wipe (recommended), _no_latin = will turn into ? after relog

• Roboto 700, 1x, original icons: _latin | _no_latin
• Roboto 700, 1.2x, original icons: _latin | _no_latin
• Roboto 700, 3.15x, Promptfont icons: _latin | _no_latin
• Roboto 500, 1x, original icons: _latin | _no_latin
• Roboto 500, 1.2x, original icons: _latin | _no_latin
• Roboto 500, 3.15x, Promptfont icons: _latin | _no_latin

Full repo (with the HTML "Copy Glyph" dashboards and setup instructions): https://github.com/XRaoulX/bdo-custom-fonts

I am finally thinking of graduating phone camera. Not that they are bad but I'd rather have my phone and camera as separate devices.

My usecase is mostly talking head videos, and maybe some handheld stills of Flowers, products and some portraits. Main focus is shooting videos of 30min max. I'd like to shoot 4K if possible so I can crop if needed.

My budget is maximum ₹50000. I am open to used models as long as they are in good condition (not sure where to buy without getting scammed as a beginner)

Based on these requirements I narrowed down to Panasonic Lumix G85 though it's discontinued.

Is there any other option I should consider?

Also I'd love some trusted store recommendations from Kolkata if anyone has any.

Previously I had all ports open except 80 and 443, the IP was dynamic but that was not an issue with dynamic DNS using cloudflare, but from yesterday they just blocked all ports and put me behind CGNAT.

When I called customer care they don't even understand what port is. So I asked what are the charges for static IP they quoted me 299+GST no way I am paying 350+ more to airtel I'll go back to LCO get 1.5x speed and less price along with static IP and open port at much cheaper rate. Now I just need to go through the pain of cancellation of my connection.