Likes WoW, Minecraft, space and making tools for people to help them be creative. Profile BG by Kruithne. Formerly @Marlamin on the other place. He/they.https://bsky.app/profile/marlam.inhttps://bsky.app/profile/marlam.in/post/3mknpoa5lvk2kThis is great. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMWJ-g2U1fE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDF_pSaP7kM29 Apr 2026 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zs3toud4eaoipzs7bwheg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknpoa5lvk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/marlam.in/post/3mkm5xl45y22uHave been awake till exhaustion for several days now thanks to both my body and my brain not cooperating, and I need to lock in to write a blog post, end of month Patreon post and probably deal with 12.0.7 PTR tomorrow. Going to need to drain some of that rainy day energy reserve.29 Apr 2026 03:31 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zs3toud4eaoipzs7bwheg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkm5xl45y22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/marlam.in/post/3mkl36wqa2c2i👀👀👀 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFCQ74ja47Y28 Apr 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zs3toud4eaoipzs7bwheg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkl36wqa2c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/marlam.in/post/3mkjpm276i22xI'm happy I don't work on any projects that are large enough to be affected by the huge influx of AI slop bugfixes/pull requests/whatever. wow.export got 1 last week and that's about it. Seeing more and more bad signals from larger projects to the point where I worry about the future of open-source.28 Apr 2026 04:08 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zs3toud4eaoipzs7bwheg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkjpm276i22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/marlam.in/post/3mkfpm7gzzs2wwow.export 0.2.15 is out! Various improvements across the board as well as (hopefully actually working this time) support for Mac and Linux. https://github.com/Kruithne/wow.export/releases/tag/0.2.15-r126 Apr 2026 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zs3toud4eaoipzs7bwheg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfpm7gzzs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/marlam.in/post/3mkakl52afs2m1) Glad they agree launch wasn't great, issue is bigger than a single patch, 12.0.5 itself wasn't the worst but overall quality is lower. 2) Content cadence is too fast & PTR is useless. 3) Arcantina is cool, but would be nice if there was a separate uninstanced RP phase. That is all, back to work.24 Apr 2026 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zs3toud4eaoipzs7bwheg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkakl52afs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/marlam.in/post/3mk6iv4hpp22kHalf-Life: Alyx is 75% off (historical low)! Absolute steal, if you don't have VR, you can use the NoVR mod to play it. Obviously less of an amazing experience, but still a good game/story even then. https://store.steampowered.com/app/546560/HalfLife_Alyx/23 Apr 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zs3toud4eaoipzs7bwheg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6iv4hpp22khttps://bsky.app/profile/marlam.in/post/3mk3hhn24dc2gIt appears that there are some undocumented housing changes that snuck in with the patch as well as some issues. I really hope they try harder next PTR (which appears to be very soon) to get housing available for testing, might have caught some of these before going live.22 Apr 2026 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zs3toud4eaoipzs7bwheg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3hhn24dc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/marlam.in/post/3mjzzsl37rs2tA few new decor items were decrypted today, they are part of previously available themes from the store, so these will probably appear on the store as well. https://housing.wowdb.com/sets/55993/decrypted-decor-22-04-55993/21 Apr 2026 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zs3toud4eaoipzs7bwheg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzzsl37rs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/marlam.in/post/3mjzndapgxc2iOkay, going out on a limb and do something big purely for myself next month. Going to TwitchCon EU. There's a big Minecraft presence and as a fan I thought why not. I really need to challenge myself to do more stuff, BlizzCon is a no-go, so this is the next best thing. Trying to go both days.21 Apr 2026 18:45 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zs3toud4eaoipzs7bwheg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzndapgxc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/marlam.in/post/3mjwypk7r3s2nSome people may not know this, but the way they did the Darkwell phasing is by putting it below the Sunwell phase and having the entrance teleport you down while the Darkwell phase was active.20 Apr 2026 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zs3toud4eaoipzs7bwheg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwypk7r3s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/marlam.in/post/3mjwuagsrl22v*reads the highlighted words in an interview on Decor Duels* *eye twitches*20 Apr 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zs3toud4eaoipzs7bwheg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwuagsrl22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/marlam.in/post/3mjwlp4khnk2gThere is an interesting pattern of Blizzard reworking/releasing previously unfinished WoW content these last 2 years, while also doing bleeding edge things like housing. It feels like they're cleaning the cutting room floor and wrapping up WoW so far, while also very busy working on the future.20 Apr 2026 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zs3toud4eaoipzs7bwheg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwlp4khnk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/marlam.in/post/3mjvazujjns2qStill no culling/blending, but with instancing and more work on freeing memory, the DX11 port of viewer now outperforms the OpenGL version. Still a bunch of framedrops around (un)loading, but unlike OpenGL, DX11 still has some room to get rid of these by off-loading some stuff to other threads.20 Apr 2026 00:55 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zs3toud4eaoipzs7bwheg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjvazujjns2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/marlam.in/post/3mjuibfvbgc2bMade a DirectX 11 port of the map viewer to see how it compares to the OpenGL version. So far, DX11 is easier to work with than OpenGL and has a lot more room for optimization. Still a while to go to get on the level of the OpenGL viewer (missing culling, instancing, memory freeing), but yay!19 Apr 2026 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zs3toud4eaoipzs7bwheg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjuibfvbgc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/marlam.in/post/3mjrxy6ryrk24Somewhat disappointed "300 new decor coming next week with 12.0.5" seems to still be spreading. The VAST majority are [DNT] items with no sources. Unless there's massive hotfixes/changes in the day 1 build, these aren't becoming available next week, or likely even with the patch.18 Apr 2026 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zs3toud4eaoipzs7bwheg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjrxy6ryrk24https://bsky.app/profile/marlam.in/post/3mjp3fab2nk2eThe Pitt season 2 was awesome. What show do I watch now to fuel my weekly crying session? #ThePitt17 Apr 2026 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zs3toud4eaoipzs7bwheg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjp3fab2nk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/marlam.in/post/3mjjzkrftjc2pOne thing I've always been curious about is how Blizzard's archivists handle software/digital assets. They seem pretty awesome and outgoing in what they've archived in the physical sense, but surely the digital archiving is an even bigger challenge given Blizzard's size, and well, output of games.15 Apr 2026 13:42 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zs3toud4eaoipzs7bwheg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjzkrftjc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/marlam.in/post/3mjhwg2k3gs2fThere goes my evening. Hope there's some insight into how some of the zones were designed/made here, haven't spotted much yet, but there's a lot to go through. The concept art alone is wallpaper material: www.artstation.com/justinbaker www.artstation.com/davidnoren www.artstation.com/catarinapulli [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Apr 2026 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zs3toud4eaoipzs7bwheg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhwg2k3gs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/marlam.in/post/3mjh55bn2mc2oAdded WMO doodad support. Here's a bit of a Where's Waldo of the Hearthstone Tave-- Arcantina, but you need to find the M3 doodad instead of Waldo.14 Apr 2026 10:08 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zs3toud4eaoipzs7bwheg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjh55bn2mc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/marlam.in/post/3mjfmapo7qc2yFor the daredevils that wouldn't mind if the power cable on their GPU melts (no really, VSync is on for a reason, this thing hogs GPU resources), I put up the repo for the mapviewer I've been working on. The latest very unstable, unfinished and preview release is up here: https://github.com/Marlamin/WoWViewer.NET/releases/tag/0.0.313 Apr 2026 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zs3toud4eaoipzs7bwheg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfmapo7qc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/marlam.in/post/3mjdetxjulk22On the recent settlement, regardless of its result, I hope it helped move Blizzards stance on user-generated content a bit more into the green. They care about the game, but that also means they need to understand why projects like that work so well. Hope they take that into account going forward.12 Apr 2026 22:15 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zs3toud4eaoipzs7bwheg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjdetxjulk22https://bsky.app/profile/marlam.in/post/3mjcffoo7zc2cFirst attempt at map selection, getting closer to pushing the repo to the public, need to remove a few hardcoded things first so it doesn't only work on my PC. The amount of unfinished/not implemented things is huge (as you can see), but it is getting to a point where it might be useful to some.12 Apr 2026 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zs3toud4eaoipzs7bwheg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjcffoo7zc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/marlam.in/post/3mjavtjzyek2zAnother entry in the "neat thing I found out while working on a viewer" list. Every WoW map has a single file that contains low-resolution versions of all the textures used on that map. These are used while the full-resolution (and separate) texture files are loaded in. Look great from a distance!11 Apr 2026 22:41 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zs3toud4eaoipzs7bwheg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjavtjzyek2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/marlam.in/post/3mj7xysrgd22k10 hour sleep yesterday, 9 hour sleep today. I don't know if this is scientific but the first few days on antihistamines (specifically cetirizine) not only helps me sleep but also makes it much deeper. Having a lot of trouble waking up, but I'll take it. Hope body doesn't adjust too quickly.11 Apr 2026 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zs3toud4eaoipzs7bwheg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj7xysrgd22khttps://bsky.app/profile/marlam.in/post/3mj6khn2yts2bSo happy. That was a nail-biter for sure. Welcome home! #ArtemisII11 Apr 2026 00:12 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zs3toud4eaoipzs7bwheg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj6khn2yts2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/marlam.in/post/3mj6f66uivs23The stream is live now. I'm already dreading the 6 minute communications blackout during reentry and it is still like an hour away. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfhDuOHMp0A [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Apr 2026 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zs3toud4eaoipzs7bwheg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj6f66uivs23https://bsky.app/profile/marlam.in/post/3mj54uuyx422mThe kind of project I aspire to understand one day. Impressive on all fronts. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Apr 2026 10:36 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zs3toud4eaoipzs7bwheg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj54uuyx422mhttps://bsky.app/profile/marlam.in/post/3mj4yc2i2522mNot going to lie, I've been a bit worried about Orion's reentry later today (or early tomorrow depending on timezone). Really hoping it all goes to plan. Good luck, Artemis II.10 Apr 2026 09:14 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zs3toud4eaoipzs7bwheg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj4yc2i2522mhttps://bsky.app/profile/marlam.in/post/3mj2r666w322nGot a notification someone was unwell an apartment building over, within minutes 3 police cars, an ambulance and 3 fire engines showed up, appears someone got seriously hurt and they had to be lifted down by one of the fire engines. Really hope they turn out okay, can't imagine going through that.09 Apr 2026 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zs3toud4eaoipzs7bwheg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2r666w322n