The Expanded CRPG Book is out!

[Grunker]

Kodex Kookbook when

https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/lets-cook-recipes-and-pics.57696/

 

[Zarniwoop]

That's not a book

 

[Lord of Riva]

That's not a book

you could always print out the thread, maybe felipepe is willing to make a deal with his publisher for you.

 

[PulsatingBrain]

Kodex Kookbook when

The instructions for pop tarts and hot pockets are on the boxes, so it's not necessary.

 

[felipepepe]

The official Codex Cookbooks are the Fallout 1 & 2 and Arcanum manuals, you should all own them already

 

[Maxie]

The official Codex Cookbooks are the Fallout 1 & 2 and Arcanum manuals, you should all own them already

why would i, ive never played a legal copy of those games until gog.com

 

[Ranselknulf]

I got a shipping notice, not sure when it will arrive.

 

[felipepepe]

There's no integer option in InDesign, but I found a guide on how handle that: https://creativepro.com/export-selection-precise-size/

Not quite sure how that's relevant here? If you're referring to the Apple screenshots, if are able to take captures from the emulator using square pixels, you can do your usual 5x horizontal & 6x vertical integer upscaling trick, then let InDesign scale it down to whatever size. That will yield sharp, even pixels. Just scale up 320x200 content to 1600x1200 using no interpolation, then let InDesign do the rest.

The problem is that the 1600x1200 must then be resized inside InDesign, I was worried that it was that the issue, so was going to do some math & very high-res rescales to line the pixels perfectly with the ID resolution.

Turns out it wasn't needed, I had really had fucked up on the rescaling and just pulled it 320x200 -> 640x480. It's one of the downsides of working so long on something, some of these pages I did 9 years ago and never re-checked for details like this. Fixed it now:

 

[Zarniwoop]

The official Codex Cookbooks are the Fallout 1 & 2 and Arcanum manuals, you should all own them already

What Maxie said. Original, boxed copies of Fallout are rare as fuck.

 

[Zarniwoop]

How long does shipping take?

FedEx is a bit unpredictable, could be 2 days or weeks.

 

[Konjad]

Well, since they still haven't sent mine I'm starting to think I should get it around Christmas

 

[musouking]

 

[Zarniwoop]

Well, since they still haven't sent mine I'm starting to think I should get it around Christmas

I got a tracking number 20 minutes after ordering. Few hours later I have a delivery date (30 August) and a shipping confirmation.

Sucks to be you I guess

2.5kg? Holy shit that explains the shipping cost

 

[Lord of Riva]

Well, since they still haven't sent mine I'm starting to think I should get it around Christmas

I got a tracking number 20 minutes after ordering. Few hours later I have a delivery date (30 August) and a shipping confirmation.

Sucks to be you I guess

2.5kg? Holy shit that explains the shipping cost

it's Yuuuge!

 

[Rincewind]

The problem is that the 1600x1200 must then be resized inside InDesign, I was worried that it was that the issue, so was going to do some math & very high-res rescales to line the pixels perfectly with the ID resolution.

Yeah, it's not a problem if you're scaling from a sufficiently large image with some smoothing/interpolating scaler algo like bilinear or Lanczos. Depends on the target DPI, really. You can always overdo it a bit and upscale to 3200x2400 and let InDesign do the rest; that's the fool-proof way even for large full-page images.

Relying on the "no interpolation" upscaler of InDesign or any software to do the right thing and to get the *exact* ratio right is hit-or-miss, in general. As you've experienced

Turns out it wasn't needed, I had really had fucked up on the rescaling and just pulled it 320x200 -> 640x480. It's one of the downsides of working so long on something, some of these pages I did 9 years ago and never re-checked for details like this. Fixed it now:

Next time you make a major update to the physical book, you can hit me up to check the images (But no proof-reading, I'm really bad at that... I rely on spell-checkers most of the time.)

PS: The colours look now great too in RGB!

 

[Rincewind]

Well, since they still haven't sent mine I'm starting to think I should get it around Christmas

I got a tracking number 20 minutes after ordering. Few hours later I have a delivery date (30 August) and a shipping confirmation.

Sucks to be you I guess

2.5kg? Holy shit that explains the shipping cost

Yeah, same story for me, with the exact same date. Got it this morning and I ordered the books yesterday.

 

[Abu Antar]

I got my copy. I was supposed to get it on the 31st, but the courier called me, and I told them to leave it outside my place.

Excellent packaging. The thing is massive. You could probably kill someone with it.

 

[Grauken]

The thing is massive. You could probably kill someone with it.

Appropriate for a cRPG book

 

[Abu Antar]

Yes, that is where I have sex masturbate read books. The book had like five or six layers of different layers of protection. Plastic, cardboard, and more. Will use these guys again for ordering books.

 

[Eirinjas]

I ordered 2 copies, but only received 1 in the mail today. What the hizzle?

Beautiful book though.

 

[felipepepe]

The thing is massive. You could probably kill someone with it.

Appropriate for a cRPG book

The whole project was inspired by Pillars of Eternity's Muscle Wizards doing Grimoire Slams.

 

[80Maxwell08]

Yes, that is where I have sex masturbate read books. The book had like five or six layers of different layers of protection. Plastic, cardboard, and more. Will use these guys again for ordering books.

Yeah whoever they use for shipping is incredible. If I was going to ship a bible to the pope, I would use whoever packages these books.

 

[Konjad]

My package is out, should arrive within a week. Hopefully they didn't forget the second copy as with Eirinjas

My package consisting of 4 books is 9kg, dog damn! I can lift by using books.

 

[Optimist]

My package is out, should arrive within a week. Hopefully they didn't forget the second copy as with Eirinjas

My package consisting of 4 books is 9kg, dog damn! I can lift by using books.

 

[Kev Inkline]

I ordered the book the last Friday, and it arrived today on Tuesday, like 2 full work days. That's insanely fast!