Garry's Mod VR - gm_darkfusion - Activation and Maintenance
6First of all, a lot of fun.
Second of all, almost nothing was scripted. I don't think any of the serendipities that occurred could be replicated.
Except for one part where my dumb boyfriend hit me on Discord. And another part where WinGet decided that this was the perfect time to update Audacity (opening a User Account Control prompt and minimising the whole game).
The flickering textures (particularly on the monitors) are a result of VRMod chuffing the vertex precision. I remember there being an option somewhere in the UI to correct it, but I cannot find it.
Garry's Mod is old. The engine it's built on is significantly older. That this was able to work at all is a testament to the indomitable spirit of the modding and scripting community.
If I wanted Garry's Mod to look good, I'd download a fuckin' shaderpack. You'll get AI Upscaling (courtesy of Lossless Scaling on Steam) and you'll goddamn like it. (Also, because running Garry's Mod in 4K somehow still strains my 4070Ti, my Ryzen 9 5950X, and my 64GB of DDR4 RAM in the best of times.)
Checkpoints:
0:00 - Train Depot - Walking to the Control Room on L3.
1:47 - Control Room - Preparing the DF Chamber.
2:34 - Perimeter - Walking to Airlock L2.
4:35 - DF Sanctum - Moving the Fusion Cells.
9:18 - DF Chamber - Loading in the Power Cells.
9:57 - DF Chamber - Cells Inserted.
13:00 - DF Sanctum - Leaving.
13:40 - DF Sanctum - Opening the Loading Bay.
14:28 - Train Depot - Requisitioning Depleted Cells.
15:36 - Train Depot - Message from dumb boyfriend regarding the layout of the settlement outside. I forgot to set myself to Do Not Disturb 🚫.
17:04 - Train Depot - Walking to Enrichment L1.
18:17 - Enrichment L1 - Preparing Depleted Cells for enrichment.
19:14 - Enrichment L1 - Walking back to Control Room.
20:10 - Control Room - Penultimate inspection of Control Room instruments.
20:38 - Control Room - Remembered to activate the Hydrogen/Antihydrogen Generators.
21:05 - Enrichment Control - Activating Hydrogen/Antihydrogen Generators.
21:56 - Control Room - INITIATING DARK FUSION ANNIHILATION SPIN-UP.
24:21 - Control Room - DARK FUSION CONSTRUCT SWITCHES FROM ANNIHILATION SPIN-UP TO FUSION SPIN-UP.
26:55 - Control Room - FUSION ACHIEVED - Walking to Enrichment L1.
28:05 - Enrichment L1 - Loading Depleted Cells into Enrichment Towers.
30:00 - Enrichment Control - Enriching Fusion Cells.
31:00 - Enrichment Control - I pass the time.
35:15 - Enrichment Control - Departing to collect the Enriched Cells
36:33 - Enrichment L1 - Releasing the Enriched Cells.
37:45 - Enrichment L1 - Disaster! An Enriched Fusion Cell falls into the Coolant Conduit!
38:32 - Enrichment L1 - Diving into the Coolant Conduit.
38:42 - Coolant Conduit Perimeter - The word "dive" is doing some heavy lifting.
39:43 - Coolant Conduit Perimeter - Retrieving the Enriched Fusion Cell.
40:58 - Cooland Conduit Perimeter - I lost the Cell again. Also, door stuck
42:00 - Coolant Spillway - Transporting the Enriched Fusion Cell back up.
43:16 - Train Depot Warehouse - Panic! The Dark Fusion Construct starts to go critical.
44:10 - DF Sanctum - I trip and fall beneath the walkway.
44:54 - Airlock L2 - The elevator does not understand the situation's urgency.
45:34 - Control Room - Preventing Dark Fusion runaway (nbd).
46:16 - Control Room - Satisfied that runaway is prevented, I leave to install the Enriched Cells.
47:47 - Enrichment L1 - I gather the two bored Enriched Cells.
48:16 - Airlock L2 - Moving the Enriched Cells.
50:27 - DF Chamber - Increasing Reactor Tick Efficiency. Visual inspection of the Dark Fusion Construct (yep, it's still there).
52:45 - DF Chamber - A stabilisation beam strikes the Construct.
53:12 - DF Chamber - Preparing the Enriched Cells.
53:39 - DF Chamber - Spring cleaning.
54:28 - DF Chamber - A stabilisation beam strikes the Construct.
54:45 - DF Chamber - Cell 1 cycled. Depleted Cell disposed of.
56:05 - DF Chamber - A stabilisation beam strikes the Construct.
56:24 - DF Chamber - Cell 2 cycled. Depleted Cell "disposed of".
57:08 - DF Chamber - Depleted Cell 3 removed. Coolant microbiome fed.
58:10 - DF Chamber - Enriched Cell 3 inserted. Heading to DF Chamber walkway (to find the disposed cells).
59:12 - DF Chamber - L'appel du Vide (Édition Eldritch). A close-up of a stabilisation beam striking the Construct.
1:00:10 - DF Chamber - Leaving to return to the Airlock Level.
1:01:40 - Airlock L2 - Closing the Loading Bay and returning to Control Room
1:02:33 - Control Room - Panic! DARK FUSION STALL IMMINENT.
1:02:40 - Control Room - SPRINTING TO ENRICHMENT CONTROL.
1:03:58 - Enrichment Control - Reactivating Hydrogen/Antihydrogen Generators.
1:04:30 - Control Room - Dark Fusion Construct is cold but stable and improving.
1:06:10 - Control Room - A more calibrated Stabilisation is executed.
1:07:00 - Control Room - I depart for Habitation L1.
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