![]() Even the big bad, Typhon, interjected theatrically to ensure we were kept in tune with the larger threat. The double act narration from Zeus and Prometheus laid the groundwork for the story to not take itself too seriously, while the supporting cast of gods piled on to hammer home the point that Greek mythology is like one big cosmic soap opera. Of course, Immortals Fenyx Rising offset some of its workmanlike puzzle design with the force of its personality. These puzzles are fine, but they’re not fresh or inspiring. Most of my criticisms of the puzzle designs in the base game remain here. With so much of it feeling so similar, I was pleased to find a couple of new wrinkles in Eastern Realm’s puzzle design, such as crates that can be flipped between small and large, and areas in which Ku’s stamina is drained and you’re forced to work around that limitation, but these are hardly game changers. And then there are the many variants of ethereal soldiers, some of which teleport about and some of which have shields that have to be crashed through with heavy axe attacks, just like they did throughout Fenyx Rising.Īnd sure, the Constellation puzzles from Immortals’ main game may now be called Bagua puzzles, but it’s the exact same thing with the same reward, and invariably involve well-worn staples like moving crates around to weigh down pressure switches. It also upgrades your stamina.Įven the enemies occupy the same roles, whether you’re talking about the chimeric Fei, which have tagged in for the Gorgons, or the winged beasts, which might as well be Harpies for all the difference it made. And instead of receiving a shard of Zeus’ Lightning to upgrade your stamina at the end of a vault you get Sky Agate at the end of a Heavenly Ruin. Instead of solving puzzles with moving platforms you now solve puzzles with moving clouds. ![]() Sure, you may no longer be venturing into the underworld via Vaults of Tartaros, and instead ascending to ruined temples that float amidst blue skies, but the differences are superficial. Read the full Immortals Fenyx Rising Review In the end, I wish Immortals Fenyx Rising had tried to soar just a little higher on the wings of ambition. Its Achilles Heel, though, is that so much of the puzzle gameplay feels like going through the motions instead of clever challenges. Seeing Fenyx’s saga through to the end, with amusing commentary from Zeus, Prometheus, and other gods along the way, is a treat. Its combat is satisfying, with plenty of choice in upgrades, while its central characters, comedic tone, and storytelling are a real highlight. Immortals Fenyx Rising gives us a gorgeous world to explore, filled with mythological beasts, deities, and powers to wield. What We Said About Immortals Fenyx Rixing Well, aside from the fact that you’re collecting peaches instead of pomegranates. Ku’s weapons, armour, stamina and health are all upgraded in the same way too, sometimes with extremely familiar animations, while gathering ingredients to turn into potions is identical. This expansion’s map is pocked with enemy camps, challenges, and upgrade materials, and they’re all functionally identical to those of the Golden Isle. Ku has the same climbing and gliding ability set, and the same implementation of Far Sight to tag puzzles, objectives and collectibles in the terrain. The aesthetics fit the theme well then, but from a functional perspective, getting around, fighting enemies, collecting resources, and completing objectives feels exactly the same as it did in Fenyx’s adventure: still good, but nothing to get excited about or to reinvigorate the gameplay after the 30 hours we spent with this foundation last year. Myths of the Eastern Realm's world has been torn asunder, the balance between Heaven and Earth shattered and all the humans turned to clay. ![]() ![]() And when an impossibly large moon rises on a misty night, shining ethereal light down on an already gorgeous landscape, I invariably took some time to drink it all in. Peering out from one of the many high vantage points typically reveals temples and pagodas perched atop rocky cliffs, waterfalls splashing down to feed snaking rivers and green plains giving way to bamboo forests or flowering groves. Myths of the Eastern Realm certainly makes a strong visual impression, however, thanks to its richly detailed world and the varied topography of its new map. The setup may sound epic, but sadly, it doesn't ever really deliver. A mortal named Ku (male only, there’s no female option) somehow survives and seeks out the aid of the Goddess Nuwa, the original creator of all living things, in hopes that the damage can be undone. As the title suggests, Myths of the Eastern Realm is inspired by Chinese mythology and introduces us to a world that has been torn asunder, the balance between Heaven and Earth shattered and all the humans turned to clay. ![]()
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Ill be back tomorrow, Internet Psst, software update 1.Psst is using HTTPS-based CDN audio file retrieval, similar to the official Web client or librespot-java, instead of the channel-based approach in librespot.Psst is completely synchronous, without tokio or other async runtime, although it will probably change in the future.Spotify Connect (remote control) is not supported yet.Most of psst-core is directly inspired by the ideas and code of librespot, although with a few differences: Big thank you to librespot, the Open Source Spotify client library for Rust.User credentials are not stored at all (re-usable authentication token from Spotify is used instead). 74 Likes, TikTok video from Andrew (theandyman35): 'Pssst I have it favorited on Spotify whopper burgerking funny headphones americanpsycho christianbale fyp'. Cache of various things is stored locally, and can be deleted at any time. 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Improvements to Cinebench R23 reflect the overall advancements to CPU and rendering technology in recent years, providing a more accurate measurement of Cinema 4D's ability to take advantage of multiple CPU cores and modern processor features available to the average user. Cinebench scores are used by computer owners to evaluate their systems, journalists to review hardware, hardware makers to optimize their products, and system administrators to make purchase decisions. For over a decade, Cinebench has been a popular tool to evaluate hardware performance and we use it extensively to test the latest CPUs on TechSpot reviews. If you run it, share it with your multicore and single core tests run.Cinebench is a real-world benchmark that evaluates your computer's hardware capabilities. **For Cinebench R15, OpenGL is pointless. 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Are we ever truly finalized on our overclocks. I realized I said in the post the other day I finalized it. ![]() Played around with the cpu OC on a 5820k again. ![]() ![]() Some apps installed using the Mac package installer will prompt you for a password when you try to move it to the Trash. Most 3rd party apps can be smoothly uninstalled in that way, but you cannot delete built-in apps by doing this. This drag-to-delete method works in all versions of Mac OS X. Right click the Trash icon and select Empty Trash option to start the uninstall.Drag XQuartz X11 to the Trash (or right click on it and then select Move to Trash option). ![]()
![]() Pushkara Navamsha: 23✢0′ to 26✤0′ Gemini (Pada 2 – Taurus Navamsha).Moons transit brings auspicious and nourishing results. ![]() Keep in mind the Pushkara amsha in the 2nd pada. This might be especially beneficial to Punarvasu natives who can benefit by getting in touch with their alter ego hiding in the shadows. An interesting remedy for this nakshatra is to plant seeds on the north side of your home which suggests plants that don’t like direct sunlight. Perhaps heading north from your home will help you find something lost or left behind. Nothing too serious, but be open to seeing things differently. ![]() Create and be creative, mentally spar with your friends, debate the topics of the day. It’s an excellent day for setting a goal or taking a vow to achieve some objective. It’s mostly an auspicious day for ceremonies, health and healing. Change the way you see the world, the way you do things be open to the other side of the coin. Movement and change are the themes of the day along with recycling, reusing, repurposing. Begin the kinds of things that once begun will have a momentum of their own. It’s not a good day for marriage (punarvasu and pushya are both considered inauspicious for marriage. This a good day to make changes or multi-task. Varahamihira : They will be easily contented, self-controlled, slow-witted, fortunate, and of good character. Sage Narada : One born in Punarvasu will be mean minded, charming in appearance, patient in disposition, be happy with little and will walk fast.īrihat Samhita : One born under the star Punarvasu will be self-controlled, happy, of good character, dull-witted, ailing, very thirsty and easily satisfied.īrihat Samhita : When Saturn transits Punarvasu, the people of the Punjab,Saurashtra, Sind and Sauvira as well as cave-dwellers are harmed. Jataka Parijata : Who has moon in Punarvasu will be dull-witted, strong in wealth, famed, learned and lusting for women. He will be satisfied with a small income and will have little wisdom. Hora Sara :The native born in Punarvasu will be liberal in charity, happy, of good qualities, a dunce, sick, and suffer from thirst. ![]() Rulerships : Rules over people who are honest and truthful, generous, pure (clean), high-born, handsome, intelligent, famous, the rich, best varieties of cereal, merchants, servants, and artisans. Secondary symbols: House, Home & Shelter Western Deities: Artemis & Apolo Luv & Kush Castor & Pollux Romulus & Remus Jacob & Esau. Secondary deities/myths: Bhishma, Twins: Aditi & Diti The 8 Punarvasu Devas. Meaning: “ Return to the Light,” Good Again, to Dwell Again, to become ‘vasu” againĪssociations: Punctual, punitive, pun, puny Main deity: Aditi – Great Mother – Womb of the Universe, the Unbound – Mother of the 33 Devas. (20° 00’ Gemini – 3° 20’ Cancer.) Castor & Pollux (Alpha & Beta Gerinorium). “The Bow and Zen are One.” Aditi: Mother of the Gods Womb of the Universe ![]() ![]() You may find as I do, when trying to find a group of threads to blend that you do not have enough choices. The lower area of the main petal was embroidered with Sulky Rayon 1814 Orchid kiss and Sulky Rayon 1033 Dark orchid was embroidered on the top section with black veining. ![]() I messed this up again, embroidering a darker purple for the lower centre petals! Fortunately I was able to restitch it in the right shade of purple so the stitch out was a success. I used Sulky Rayon Medium purple 1032 with Sulky Rayon 1545 Purple accent around the edge and embroidered the side petals in Sulky Rayon 1813 Plum wine. How much better it looks with a paler purple for the under skirt. Here you see the beginnings of my second stitch out. Knowing when to stop and not continue for perfection can be a challenge! I admit that there is always room for improvement but stitching it again gives me the opportunity to prove how important your colour selections are to get successful blending. Reflecting on this stitch out I decided to stitch it again so it could be improved. The veins in the petals were embroidered with Sulky Rayon Whisper grey 1325 and the veins for the petals were embroidered with Sulky Rayon Black 1005. The colours I used for the petals starting with the lightest through to the darkest are Sulky Rayon Dark orchid 1033, Plum wine 1813, and 1545 Purple accent. Using this rule will give your embroidery depth. ![]() Depending on the direction of the light, you will usually find that upon close examination of a flower the colours will be lighter in the centre closest to you and slightly darker at the sides where the flower is further away. I choose to place the lighter shade at the side but that is in fact the wrong way. The skirt or petals of the fuchsias have three shades of purple as shown here. ![]() ![]() ![]() (To send the diagonal arrows on a standard Magic Keyboard, you’ll need to use Fn-left arrow and Fn-right arrow.) You can also have BTT act by invoking any Menu Bar item for the application. There are a number of ways to accomplish what I’m after, but the simplest is to have BTT emulate the keyboard shortcuts for this by default ↖ and ↘ for previous and next, respectively. Then, I can assign an Action for each trigger. There are lots of options, but the one I like for this is tapping in the top left corner of the trackpad to go to the previous page, and the top right corner to go to the next page. In BTT, I select an application (say, Sibelius) and add a Trackpad Gesture. I use a BTT trigger to keep my hand on the trackpad and to let me use the same gesture in any application. Most of the applications I use have a keyboard shortcut for Previous Page and Next Page. Using the trackpad to zoom around a score is a pretty common task for those of us who use a track pad. Here’s a simple BTT trigger that you can start using right away. Starter automation: Previous and Next Page shortcuts The action, which can include emulating keyboard input, moving windows around, or even running scripts.Įvery BetterTouchTool automation has these three components.The trigger, which can be anything from a tap on the trackpad to drawing a shape with the mouse to pressing a note on a MIDI keyboard.The application scope, which can be an individual application, a group of applications, or all applications. ![]() These triggers can be defined globally, or only within specific applications. Like a lot of automation tools, BTT allows the user to define a trigger, and then associate one or more actions that will be launched when that trigger is detected. However, this article is about extending your keyboard shortcuts in software using a Mac app called BetterTouchTool by folivora.Īs the name implies, BetterTouchTool (hereafter BTT) began life as a way of extending the capabilities of the trackpad, and it has since grown to include many different input methods, including the keyboard, MIDI, the TouchBar, and others. They prevent excessive context switching, which can break your flow and slow you down.Īll of our favorite applications have both built-in shortcuts as well as the capacity to create custom shortcuts, and of course there are ways to extend those even further by using things like the Stream Deck. If you’ve been using any professional software application - or reading Scoring Notes - for more than a few days, you’ve likely learned the importance of keyboard shortcuts. ![]() |
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