Work Post

[relee]

5:54pm - Geez, what a frustrating evening. I went out to wash my car, but there was a big lineup at the car wash. When I finally got in there, I did all sorts of things wrong since I'd never done it before. When I was done I had wanted to wash my inside windows but it was darker than I wanted, so I went to park under a light in the nearby parking lot. But apart from the main, front window, I couldn't get any of the windows clean. There's some kind of film on them that just won't come off. The more I wash the worse it gets. I don't know what to do about it. I was using Windex and Paper Towels. That's always worked before for car windows, so I don't know what's wrong here.

Anyways now I'm at the McDonalds, to work on my projects.

Last time, I was working on UX design, and I've got that saved as a reference for later, but I haven't solidified it. Lots more I want to do on that in the future, but for now I just want to get the game to a playable state.

Previous to that I made the Pathfinding tool in my code, but it doesn't connect to anything yet. I have to make it return a list of Tiles in the path, for the Brain to consider and probably follow.

6:23pm - Okay, now the pathfinder returns a list of Tiles. Next I need to make the BrainChase class use the Pathfinder to find a path and then follow it.

6:53pm - I've got the code in for the BrainChase brain to follow the player if it can see him, but for some reason the Actor with the BrainChase brain isn't seeing the player. Must be a problem with the Line of Sight calculation I guess... Let me check.

7:08pm - Oh doof, it's checking its own tile, seeing that it's blocked, and not proceeding with the search!

7:19pm - Okay so it can see the player now, but then it just freezes up and doesn't do anything about it.

7:48pm - Okay something is definately wrong with my pathfinding algorithm. Instead of finding a path to the target, it found a path to tile 1,1. And it doesn't seem to be returning a path either. I'll have to go over the algorithm more carefully to see what I did wrong, but I'm too cold and tired to do it now. I think it's time I went home.

Comments

Car window film

[moxie_man]

There are a few different sources that could be creating the film depending on the age of the vehicle and your personal habits.

If it's a newer vehicle, it's off gassing from the various plastic components in the car (aka the source of "new car smell"). If it's an older vehicle, it could be a mechanical problem in that either your heater core or the AC system is starting to leak. This time of year, it would probably be the heater core and you're getting a thin coat of anti-freeze on the vehicle. Either way, unfortunately, this will become an expensive problem shortly if it's the cause.

If you smoke, it could be that building-up on the windshield.

Regardless of the source, Windex alone won't cut it as you've found. A couple of things you could try:
Vinegar and water solution--about 1 to 3.
Dawn (or other liquid soap) dissolved in water at about the ratio you would use to wash dishes. If you go this route, you'll also need a "rinse cycle". Use a sponge, dip it in your soap solution, scrub-away at the window. Then thoroughly rinse in water and scrub away again. Maybe a second time.

Me? I just use Windex as the film is never that bad on my vehicle (so far).

Good luck, fellow squirrel!

Re: Car window film

[relee]

Thanks for the advice!

It's an old car, and I think the previous owner may have been a smoker, so that's probably it. But I'm not 100% sure.

I'll try some of that advice you gave though, the next time I can get out and clean.