yttrium
Account Details
SteamID64 76561197994749697
SteamID3 [U:1:34483969]
SteamID32 STEAM_0:1:17241984
Country United States
Signed Up April 1, 2014
Last Posted April 16, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Posts 2131 (0.6 per day)
Game Settings
In-game Sensitivity 6.0
Windows Sensitivity 6/11
Raw Input 1
DPI
1600
Resolution
1920x1080
Refresh Rate
144Hz
Hardware Peripherals
Mouse Logitech MX Master
Keyboard Ducky 9008G2 Pro Limited Edition (PBT, MX Greens)
Mousepad Razer Sphex
Headphones Philips SHP9500
Monitor HP L1925 (vert), BenQ XL2420Z, Apple Monitor II
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#6 [Stream] yttrium in Requests
MR_SLINYeah I can understand that you're busy but your channel isn't active enough to be added at this time. Sorry.

It's alright, I'll re-apply when I get back to an active schedule. Thanks anyway.

posted about 9 years ago
#4 [Stream] yttrium in Requests

I streamed for about an hour or so doing SFM. Wasn't anything exciting, I've been busy with finals this week so everything has been lackluster, but it's something.

posted about 9 years ago
#806 yahud in Customization
fl1pi'm looking for the loading screen and also the menu background (the grey one), if someone can upload just those files will be cool

Aren't both just a solid gray color with the following color code?
Hex: 151515
RGBA: 21,21,21,255
HSVA: 0,0,8,255

posted about 9 years ago
#804 yahud in Customization
JulleI understand this may have been suggested previously but here is my proposition for a workaround regarding the font problem:

1. The developer creates their HUD with the desired font, preferably open source or otherwise free.

2. The end-user of the HUD is left with the responsibility of downloading the font from the appropriate source and installing it on their system or in the HUD folder.

Seems simple enough to me.

The issue isn't necessarily distribution. If the font used is libre and permits derivative works, then it's totally okay to bundle it with the HUD. The issue that happened here is that Futura is a proprietary Adobe font that is not allowed to be distributed. It costs multiple hundreds for a single license.

posted about 9 years ago
#103 Your Character Here [SFM] in TF2 General Discussion
Forty-TwoI don't think it's unreasonable to ask for something in return anyway, I think it's cool that you've made/are making these to begin with, let alone allowing everyone to get a free one. If you get to mine eventually after so many requests I don't think it'd fall into the category where you ask for something, but I wouldn't mind finding some hat or something to give anyway if you'd like that.

As stated above,

yttriumAnybody that requested their posters prior to this policy change will still get their original posters for free at a full 4K res. It'll be PMed to them.jakeowatyWelcome to TF2 community, where people will try to strip you off everything you've got if given a chance. :)

Inorite?

jakeowatyI like to pay people for their work, but right about now I'm completely out of anything. Even sold some of my hats (gasp).

Still do free requests!

posted about 9 years ago
#802 yahud in Customization
collycatI don't think you installed the fonts correctly

Actually, yeah... looking at the font out of the game, I don't think they worked correctly either.

Is there anything different besides their definition in ClientScheme.res? Shouldn't pointing them to new font files in the resources\fonts folder work?

posted about 9 years ago
#800 yahud in Customization

Here's a quick gallery of what it looks like when I replace all of the Futura fonts with Roboto variants.
http://imgur.com/KO81Bt0,vCrmg7V,4qe11Xe,N3iq7n9,aI4g6IQ,w5D1lnI#0

All I did was replace the very end of the ClientScheme.res:
http://pastebin.com/L9zBjp0V

Odd numbers are before, even are after. Sorry for the inconsistencies in the in-game screenshot, it was taken from a demo at the exact same tick but still has its inconsistencies.

As you can see, Roboto would be a great font for most of the letter typesetting in the game, with some tweaking; the menu could switch to the bold variant, the kill feed would need a different style than the direct Futura>Roboto translation, etc. However, numbers are quite a bit off, so in the end I think you'll need to find a new font for numbers that still has the fantastic feel of the Futura version you've been using.

Good luck man.

posted about 9 years ago
#100 Your Character Here [SFM] in TF2 General Discussion

Guys, I still take free requests... You don't need to vote me down just because I want to offer better quality content.

posted about 9 years ago
#25 Looking at buying a new mouse in Hardware
hookyYou should definitely use a wired mouse for medic. A wired mouse could mean the difference between popping and dropping an uber.

Even if you rebind attack1/attack2, a wired mouse would be best even for movement. Just because a medic won't be shooting a bunch of things doesn't mean that the medic won't need to move the mouse as quickly as possible to dodge other players.

I understand what you're saying regarding delays, and I'm not saying wireless mice don't have them. That's just something inherent; a wired mouse, in all logical situations, will have less latency than a wireless one. However, there are quite a few mice out there - not all, or even most for that matter - that actually have incredibly low latencies and still have the upsides of wireless. For example, my PMMX has a polling rate of 125MHz. This isn't too bad compared to most wireless mice, but it's still an 8ms input delay, versus the 1000MHz/1ms of most wired gaming mice. However, there are wireless mice like the G700 that have that same 1000MHz/1ms delay over wireless. Of course, the battery lasts nowhere near as long as the PMMX, but it has much better response times.

Either way, I'm leaning towards the G502, so this is irrelevant.

allei have a g502 and its really good. the cable is pretty light although the mouse itself is kinda heavy for my taste but its not a biggie. ty for reading enjoy ur day

Apparently, the mouse is 121g, and the mouse + cable is 168g (for the entire cable/usb header). For comparison, my PMMX is 147g (w/ AA battery). It honestly sounds great. How comfortable is it? Is the metallic scroll wheel bothersome/does your finger ever slip?

posted about 9 years ago
#16 Looking at buying a new mouse in Hardware
La_maisonHaven´t tried it but it looks the mouse to get if your hand feels comfortable with it. A sensor better than g400 and the bells and whistles from g500 in a package sounds pretty sweet to me.

Are you able to bind the 'sniper key' to whatever button you want? How is the placement of it in regards to the tip of your thumb? When moving the mouse sideways, do you find yourself accidentally hitting it? I´m currently owning the old version of g500 and I´m looking to upgrade. This one seems to be the only other decent mouse with three side buttons.

Apparently you're able to bind every key to whatever you want. They say there are 11 programmable keys stored in memory on the mouse itself. On the physical mouse, there are the forward/back (G7/G8), the sniper thumb, G5 and G4 above the sniper thumb, and a G9 below the scroll wheel release. Since that's only six, I assume the other 5 are LMB/RMB, scrollwheel left and right, and scrollwheel click (MMB).

Linus did a fantastic review of it over here that first set my eyes on this mouse.

posted about 9 years ago
#9 Looking at buying a new mouse in Hardware
PapaSmurf323protip: when making analogies, don't assume that everyone understands the differences in parallel programming libraries

Then I'll make another analogy; this is like telling someone to get a specific Craftsman wrench because they really like the grip and it's well reviewed, when you're trying to remove a Torx screw.

...That probably wasn't much better, was it?

posted about 9 years ago
#7 Looking at buying a new mouse in Hardware
WatskyWell then why ask for our help if you know so much about mice

I'm totally open to new suggestions to see if there are any mice I missed, and I also value all of your opinions as TF2 players; it just irks me when I have a specific requirement people skip over. It's like telling someone to go with an AMD GPU because they're performing better in the price/performance sector when they're looking for a card for a CUDA course in college.

posted about 9 years ago
#798 yahud in Customization

Just a few more comments because it's really irritating:

  • In MvM, there is no indicator for giant robots, meanwhile the indicator for crit robots is a red background. On the standard interface, the crit indicator is a cyan outline and the giant indicator is a red background.
  • The MvM party menu has tiny fonts for player names and the chat box.

These might not be relevant, I'm using a slightly old version of the HUD and forgot to report these. Sorry if they've been fixed.

EDIT: I posted this without refreshing and seeing all the trouble regarding fonts. So, keep these in mind for whenever you resume. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication, and I look forward to seeing what you do with the project from here on.

Some 100% libre fonts you might like to consider:
Ubuntu/Ubuntu Condensed
Roboto/Roboto Thin

http://img.labnol.org/di/roboto_font.png

posted about 9 years ago
#5 Looking at buying a new mouse in Hardware

@BuschmasterACR, I just said low latency wireless was a plus. It's certainly not necessary, and both of the mice I said I was looking at are wired. I also mentioned something about DPI; "separate from its 12000DPI which is absolutely absurd".

DPI is important to a certain degree. With things like 1600DPI, at certain resolutions, you actually do get pixel skipping, which is blatantly unacceptable. I play scout as my preferred class, I'm just playing medic for my teams because that's what they need. I've been doing fine on my current mouse, it's just starting to fail.

Finally, I think you missed some of my biggest requirements; palm grip, comfort, and a programmable thumb button. Seriously, the last one is actually incredibly important. Having a button I can completely rebind to F22 and hold down without changing my grip whatsoever is so great, because it won't interfere with any other programs like tab, tilde, and keys like Q or V do. I talk on TeamSpeak more often outside of the game than inside, so it's absolutely essential to have this kind of thing.

@JackyLegs, first of all, please please PLEASE hotlink to images like that instead of embedding them. Your post alone takes more than half the page because it's a vertical image. Second, I actually helped make that damn guide - it isn't even from /v/, it's actually from /g/, and /v/ just rebranded it. Third, it's incredibly outdated and a lot of big, well-reviewed mice have come out in the past year that have flawless sensors. Fourth, literally everything above "good" is ambidextrous, which I hate, short of the G400 which I never liked; I've owned one in the past and ended up just giving it to a friend.

posted about 9 years ago
#1 Looking at buying a new mouse in Hardware

Hey all, I'm posting here today because I'm looking at buying a new mouse. I've been sporting a Logitech Performance Mouse MX for almost half a decade now. Fun story about that, actually, I had an old MX1100 and the left clicker began to break, where sometimes it clicked twice instead of once - this is incredibly noticable because my browser is set up so double clicking a tab closes it, so when switching tabs, they randomly just closed instead. Swapped to left handed mode and it was confirmed. Logitech's legendary customer support literally just sent me a brand new top of the line mouse for no cost and didn't take my old one back. Anyway, that's not why I'm here today. Basically I've been using this Performance Mouse MX for almost half a decade and it's starting to fall apart since I'm such a heavy PC user. The scroll wheel is becoming very inaccurate to the point that I can't switch weapons properly in the heat of a fight (ever drop an uber because you switched to your crossbow instead of popping? yeah it's not a great feeling), and the hidden thumb button which I use for mumble/teamspeak PTT isn't always working - I can compare it basically to what happens to iPhone home buttons (though I've never owned one myself) after years of use, or maybe smartphone power buttons.

tl;dr looking for a new mouse. Budget is between $60-$80. I have a palm grip but claw isn't uncomfortable. Because of my palm grip, I tend to stick towards Logitech, because they have pretty good pricing, great customer support, and they're the only ones that truly cater to palm grips.

Things I'm looking for in a mouse:

  • Palm grip preferred, claw is okay
  • Wireless preferred, but a very light cable is okay; I play medic, not scout, so a small wireless delay isn't bad. My PMMX doesn't even have much of a delay - certainly nothing noticable, and I've seen really bad wireless delay. This mouse just simply doesn't have it, so if there are any others that don't, that'd be nice to know
  • Accuracy is always a huge benefit. The "darkfield" sensor in my PMMX was fantastic regarding this, even though it only had 1600DPI
  • Comfort is the most important factor besides price. This is why I'm a palm grip user - I use my computer for hours at a time (like, sometimes 10 hours, I'm a CS major after all) and if at any point my hand hurts, there's an issue.

Basically, here are the mice I'm considering:

I never really considered this mouse, but when I held it in my hand at a recent Hackathon (Bitcamp 2014, all dat Oculus gear), it actually amazed me. Despite being ambidextrous (which, for me, is actually a downside), it was incredibly comfortable, which I could attribute to the rubber grip. It doesn't have many programmable buttons though, which is quite a downside for something like TF2 - I like to have buttons on my mouse bound to PTT (thumb button), deploy uber (I like to keep this away from right click), fake an uber call, mask an uber, etc. My web browser also doesn't have back/forward buttons, because these are bound to mice buttons for me, so the fact that this mouse only has two side buttons is a major disadvantage. The scroll wheel also isn't too great, but hey, the thing is $32.

I've seen a lot of good reviews about this mice. It's apparently very comfortable, despite being a bit ugly imho. It's incredibly accurate (separate from its 12000DPI which is absolutely absurd for what I do). It has 11 customizable buttons, including my highly valued one on the thumb. In reality, it only has five buttons I could truly customize and access quickly besides the scrollwheel and LMB/RMB, but the location of three of them is fantastic. I could easily bind the thumb button to PTT and the two above the thumb to fake call and pop (I have a script to bind RMB to mask so I don't get trigger happy and pop prematurely, which I do often when it's on a mouse button where my finger is already hovering over). Overall it just seems great, and this mouse is definitely the one I'm leaning towards. Plus, it has the fantastic scroll wheel that Logitech is known for, which has been a huge feature in both my MX1100 and PMMX, where a hardware button unlocks the wheel for free-flying scrolling. tl;dr leaning towards this mouse.

posted about 9 years ago
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