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Here's some of the general ambience I managed to put together, which I was really pleased with. Deffo need to return to this kind of rainy level, and actually finish and PUBLISH something.

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Those funky shadows in the second pic are actually created by putting invisible fenceposts in front of the light entity by the window, and then having them despawn when the level starts.

A screenshot from the editor for Thief, Dromed. It shows red boxes, being invisible fenceposts, arranged in front of three large windows and a light entity to create the funky shadows seen in the previous image.

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Fuck it, posting some old Thief mapping stuff to get myself back into the groove of it - these pics are from a speedbuild contest attempt that I never finished, but had some great experimentation and lighting tricks

A screenshot of a custom Thief 2 level, showcasing a dark, rainy, medieval street. A pulsing electric light is on the right-hand side, above a shop. A warmer light, from a lit torch is on the left-hand side.

A screenshot of a custom Thief 2 level, showcasing some interesting shadows. A warm, orange light is emanating from a set of three large windows, with the patterns of the windows cast as shadows on the cobbled floor.

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Chlo @comradechloe.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Anyone who knows me knows I love pigeons and doves, so being able to save one has filled my heart 🥺 I have many pics of doves and pigeons on my phone lmao

A picture of a pure white dove standing under a bird feeder in a garden

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Estrogen is a hell of a drug

A pic of a white, blonde and smiling femme sat on a park bench. They have sunglasses resting on their head, and are wearing a dark plaid shirt, with a skull-patterned undershirt.

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Chlo @comradechloe.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

'Open-source and auditable' I dunno, Lumo seems to think it isn't - guess I gotta trust the cat on this one 🤷

A screenshot of the Lumo AI chatbox, the new AI chat assistant from Proton.

First message (me): Lumo claims to be 'open' and 'open source', but I cannot find a link to a repository. Are you actually open-source, or is Proton lying regarding this fact?

Second message (Lumo, responding to first): Lumo isn't open-source software. The claim might refer to Proton's broader commitment to openness and transparency in privacy advocacy, but Lumo itself doesn't have publicly available source code.

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Chlo @comradechloe.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Giving a signal boost with an English language image: WhatsApp now has AI integration in both individual and group chats - you must opt-in to 'Advanced Chat Privacy' if you want to disable this garbage. Please boost!

A screenshot of the 'Advanced Chat Privacy' section of WhatsApp.
It details how media won't be saved automatically to the device gallery, that messages won't be used for AI features, and that chat exports are disabled.

The option is turned to 'enabled'.

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Chlo @comradechloe.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Have another selfie, as a treat 🤭

A selfie pic of Chloe (me!!!) smiling at the camera and pulling the peace sign with my right hand.

My hair is slightly ginger/blonde looking, wavy and coming down beyond my shoulders. I'm wearing a little bit of eye makeup, namely mascara and eyeliner, smudged to give a smokey look.
I'm wearing a black t-shirt with a skull design on it, it has blue-coloured outlines.
Around my neck is a floral pattern choker.
I'm wearing two silver rings on my right hand.

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Chlo @comradechloe.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

HRT really is fucking magical - I can't believe I look like this now!!! I look so happy!!!!!

A picture of Chloe (me!), a blonde and vaguely femme person. I have slightly wavy hair coming down just below my shoulders, and a big dumb smile.
I'm wearing a black top with skulls on it. I'm also showing off a new necklace - a bright blue rock shaped like a heart.

A picture of Chloe (me!), a blonde and vaguely femme person. I have slightly wavy hair coming down just below my shoulders, and a big dumb smile.

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Chlo @comradechloe.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

"but Chloe, why dont you make your own?" Me:

A blurry picture of a horse floating in an American car park.
Text on the image reads: "hold on partner I am overstimulated"

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Chlo @comradechloe.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

For a final good measure, here's some screenshots of my setup!

Screenshot of Chloe's desktop showcasing 5 different terminals. Each terminal has the Fastfetch prompt active, showing the system specs and details of each terminal.
From left-to-right, top-to-bottom, the terminals are: Android Terminal, Windows Powershell, Fedora Terminal, Arch Terminal, Bazzite Terminal.

A screenshot of one of Chloe's desktops - pretty! The wallpaper has a large tree on the right, and a Dolphin File Navigator window is open on the left. There is a top-bar showcasing the time and system notifications and apps.

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Chlo @comradechloe.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

I particularly love this extract from the latest post ("Interlude - a thank you where it's due").

(Heading) Progress Deserves to Be Seen

None of this means everything's great.
We still need to scream.
We still need to break things down and rebuild them better.

But these teams?
They deserve to be noticed.

Because if more distros did what Debian does...
If more developers asked like elementary OS is asking...

This blog series wouldn't need to exist.
So for now?
Thank you.

You're making Linux just a little more liveable.
And we see you - please keep seeing us.

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Compare that to the Remaster, and you can definitely see what I mean by a difference in technical focus. Whilst the Remaster is no doubt technically impressive, it has less of a focus on the reactivity that the original paid closer attention to.

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Worst of all is when we start looking at some of the more complex objects, with the worst offender being the weighted scales. In the original, they're an impressive display of a multiple constraint physics object, even reacting to the 'weight' of objects placed on each scale.

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Even softbody physics suffer, lacking the fun and, often times, ridiculous reactivity of the original games ragdolls. The remaster does have a ragdoll eating floor, so it has that going for it😸

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However, something about how it's used in the Remaster leaves a lot to be desired. Where objects would originally spectacularly react to NPCs, AOE magic spells and player actions, we now see a disappointing lack of reactivity and mass. Something is missing, and it ends up feeling a bit lifeless.

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Of course, there were the funky softbody physics, but this was still something not seen in many game. Arguably one of the few other games pushing physics this hard was Half-Life 2.

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Objects could also explode around in spectacular fashion, colliding into other objects wildly. This also worked with the magic system in the game, allowing for powerful spells to have a physical effect on the game world.

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One of the things that really stands out to me, however, is the implementation of Havok physics. Almost every object can be moved around and placed. It lends a physicality and grounded nature to the entire game, something that remains pretty unique to Bethesda titles.

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Something to remember is that, back in 2006, Oblivion was pushing some pretty fancy tech. New pixel and vertex shaders, HDR rendering and dynamic lighting, absurd view distances, and some really top-notch AI that hadn't been seen before! Certainly no spring chicken today, but still impressive

A scenic landscape screenshot from The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. The Imperial City can be seen in the distance, the White-Gold Tower in its centre looming.

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I totally get that - it's why I wish they made changing the existing defaults a bit easier/obvious! On the default interface, it should be under View > User Interface. On the tabbed interface, it can be found in the lil hamburger menu when on the Home tab

A screenshot of LibreOffice showing the location of the User Interface option in the standard user interface layout.

A screenshot of LibreOffice showcasing the location of the User Interface option when using the 'Tabbed' UI layout option.

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There's also some *very* extensive customisation options - you can really make the software yours with all these options available!

A screenshot showcasing one of the *many* customisation menus in LibreOffice, allowing the user to adjust almost every part of the user interface, how it works, and how it looks.

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I'm using a pretty basic setup, using the 'Tabbed' user-interface option. Other aspects of customisation are gonna vary depending on your system and app settings - for instance, because I'm using KDE Plasma on Linux, it inherits a lot of my system customisations, like icons and colours

A screenshot showcasing the LibreOffice UI and layout on Chloe's PC. It uses the standard 'Tabbed' layout, and looks very similar to Microsoft Office 2007 onwards.

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