![]() Browsing photos are speedy: just click the thumbnail image to view with EXIF details, click again for a full-screen view, use keypad to browse other images, and hit Esc to go back to thumbnails view. You can even use the same keyboard and mouse controls to navigate the content, like right-click for context menu, drag-and-drop to move content to another folder, backspace to move up to the parent folder. The web UI is consistent with the Windows 8 Modern UI look and feel. The adoption of Windows 8 also made me try for the first time, and online Skydrive web portals, and I must say I quite like it. If you choose not to create an online, you can still create a local user profile, but you need an online account to download Windows Store apps. This allows me to pick the apps I want to install, and certainly a good way to keep track the apps I have tried previously. ![]() Although the apps are not automatically reinstalled, it is easy to reinstall them as the Windows Store keeps track of all your Modern UI apps (not the desktop ones) installed on various devices. There is no need to set up all over again. My emails appear on the Mail app, my calendar gets sync too, my online photo albums starts to appear. Once I create a user profile using my online Windows account credentials, I get back all my settings, my Start screen theme, my desktop wallpaper, my accounts I connected to like Gmail, Facebook, Flickr. This really helps me when doing gadget reviews on Windows 8 or RT devices. It is so easy to synchronise my PC settings across different Windows 8 and RT devices. Windows 8 is very cloud-friendly, taking a leaf off the competitors. There are third-party apps that you can install to bring it back! Read on further and I will reveal more details. Just like the Windows Phone, some of the app tiles provide live feeds and notification counters.Īnd if you are still sore about the fact that the Start menu is gone, fret not. Yet, for some advanced customisation options, the system will still load up the desktop-style Control Panel for you to make changes. There are new setting screens to manage the customisation of the Modern UI. ![]() There are new touch gestures to interact with these apps. The apps run on full-screen unlike desktop apps. Modern-style apps can only be downloaded and installed from the Windows Store. The Modern UI comes with its own set of rules and behaviour which takes some getting used to. My view? I consider this a bonus interface of Windows 8, a secondary benefit for my use. This is the one that scares most of the consumers off, especially when the Start screen replaces the Start menu from the desktop. Named Modern UI, it is optimised for touch interaction and runs as if it’s another operating system. Besides the desktop, Windows 8 comes with a new interface previously known as “Metro”.
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![]() Where Football Manager 2016 has not evolved is in its graphics engine which still looks conspicuously old. This way you can continue your game anywhere – letting you ruin your work, home, and social life. Touch mode simplifies things down a little, and also offers support for mobile devices allowing you to game on the go. Still, if you continue to feel overwhelmed, Football Manager 2016 does offer one option to make things more simple - a new touch option. Though, luckily with so many personnel in your club, you can delegate many tasks to simplify this a little. The decision is yoursįootball Manager 2016 still has the same options as always, although in practice this results in endless game menus. This lets you build numerous plays to create different tactical opportunities, specific moves for each player, new zone labeling options, and much, much more. ![]() You know this is football, money is not everything.Īnother novelty is the new playmaker. This builds you a team, and then lets you compete against friends to see who can manage best with limited resources. Once you have configured your club what awaits you is similar to the normal game, but with the experience of having a more personal attachment to your creation.īesides creating your own club, Football Manager 2016 still has the Challenges Mode and a unique online mode called Fantasy Draft. Alternatively, if you want to play god, the Football Manager 2016 will happily let you create your own players and define their parameters. It’s a good back and forth that beautifully simulates the problems managers have to tackle in real life.īut, if you are lazy, then you can let Football Manager 2016 randomly assign players. But realistic balance is what’s required, sure you may be able to afford Leo Messi, but if your budget then prevents you buying any other players he isn’t going to get very far alone. The real limit here though is budget: ignoring players who do not interest you while chasing those who can raise your standing and work with your team is a joy. Once you have your club built, it’s time to start constructing your team. From this starting point you can personalize everything – personnel, facilities, and even strip - to develop your new team from scratch. Here you must start by selecting a league to join from the game’s database. The most striking new feature is the ability to create a club. ![]() And it doesn’t take long before you start to discover these tangible and interesting improvement. So, at first glance though it seems that Football Manager 2016 has done little to advanced the franchise, but nothing could be further from the truth. ![]() ![]() This method to splattering paint makes small, concentrated splatter marks, spreading on from a focal point. Hover the straw about an inch above the canvas, and forcefully blow through the straw to transfer the paint from the straw onto the canvas. Bring the straw over to your canvas, and place your mouth on the other (clean) side of the straw. Straw blowing – Dip one end of a straw into the paint.This will create harsh, concentrated splatters rather than the spread out, looser splatters made my using your entire arm to splatter the paint. Wrist flicking – Load an ample amount of paint onto the brush and simply use your wrist to flick the brush toward the canvas.Then let go of the top of the spoon to sling shot paint onto the canvas. Hold the handle of the spoon with one hand, and pull back the top of the spoon with your other hand. Turn the spoon away from you, so the paint is facing the canvas. Scooping – Scoop up a small amount of paint with a plastic spoon (don't use a spoon you'll eat with afterwards, as even traces of the paint could be bad to ingest).X Research source Using your arm and wrist is a general way to create paint splatters, but splatters can be made in a various other ways: Stand at different distances from your canvas, use bigger and smaller brushes, move your arm at various speeds and directions, etc. Since splattering paint is free form, experiment with various ways of splattering. X Research source The quick movement will throw the paint from the brush onto the canvas, creating the splattered effect. With a quick whipping motion, bring your arm down toward the canvas, and flick your wrist. Paint will surely get on the floor when you’re splattering, and with gravity, paint may even drip down off the canvas onto the floor. If your canvas is positioned upright, rather than lying on the floor, protect the area behind the canvas, as well as below it.If you are working on a smaller canvas, consider laying out newspaper behind your canvas.Plastic tarp and drop clothes work well for covering large areas behind your canvas such as walls and the floor.Some people wear protective gloves when splatting paint, since the paint gets everywhere, but wearing gloves is optional.Abstract artistic blue watercolor splash object background. Consider wearing an apron if you want to protect your clothing even more. Set of vector paint brush stroke, ink splash and grungy decoration elements. 153 Watercolor Paint & Splatter Photoshop Brushes are combinations of trendy designs with grungy style watercolor, diverse painted dirt, & other features from paint.Now that you have the focal point of where the paint is going to be splattered, protect the area around your canvas from getting splattered with paint. When preparing to splatter paint, wear clothes that you wouldn’t mind getting paint on an old t-shirt, work pants, raggedy shoes, etc.Paint splattering can get messy, so it’s important to find a work area that is open, and contains very few objects that could get ruined by splattered paint. Similarly, Numenera is, like many other fantasy worlds, a harsh one that doesn’t always welcome compassion. If you are like me and wish to avoid combat at all cost, it’s possible to do so (I was pulled into one or two battles but I was able to talk my way out of most hostile situations), but the pacifist route makes your character painfully irritating to some powerful NPCs who might otherwise wish to ally themselves with you and help you achieve grander ambitions if you were just willing to get your hands dirty. Some of the decisions are difficult to make. Importantly, the game never judges none of these Tides are “evil” or “good” – just different ways of looking at the world and responding to it. Depending on how you shift the Tides around over the longer term, other characters will change how they treat you, and windows of opportunity for your character will be both opened and closed. Resolve an issue through brute force and the balance of the Tides will be shifted differently compared to what would happen if you charmed your way through the situation using your character’s charisma. Instead, it features a “Tides” system whereby the game will track a large number of different “Tides” based on your behaviour. Numenera doesn’t judge and doesn’t prescribe behaviour for the player. The great thing about Numenera is that it really is up to you how you make your way through the game. But with limited memories of your life as the god’s host, let alone your new role in the world, it can be difficult to decide which forces to align yourself with, how to interact with other gods’ bodies, and how to make your way through the world. As the former body of a god, you are of great interest to organisations both benevolent and malign. Talk about abandonment issues and indeed many of these husks have got issues. This god flits from one body to the next, using them until they’ve served their purpose and are then discarded, becoming mortal, with the god moving on to the next one. You play as a cast-off husk of a god-given sentience. It might not be a visual novel, exactly, but you do need to be in a similar mindset to enjoy what’s going on in Tides. ![]() Character statistics are limited, combat scenarios are (mechanically) simple, and instead there is paragraph after paragraph after paragraph of text to read through. And I applaud the developers for being brave and keeping all the statistics and metagame stuff to a minimum in order to focus on the storytelling. Tides of Numenera is not the kind of game for people who like combat and min/maxing their characters. I was wrong, and I am very glad for that. there would be a greater emphasis on combat, player stats, loot, all that stuff. I thought, when I first saw this game in action, that the delightfully antique top-down isometric viewpoint was a ruse to hook players in, but then the game would kick in to offer more ‘modern’ gameplay – i.e. I didn’t think that in the modern gaming environment, where snappy dialogue and fast action are the hallmark of even the greatest of RPGs, Tides of Numenera would be quite so brave as to properly emulate Planescape: Torment. This is the kind of game that Torment: Tides of Numenera models itself on, and I’ve got to say, it exceeded my expectations by a great deal. There were still battles, but each one had real purpose for existing, and the combat system was relatively simple those battles were more about being part of the narrative than being a consequence of it. ![]() ![]() Related reading: Matt also interviewed the creative forces behind the game. At a time when most RPG narratives weren’t much more than excuses to funnel players from one battle to the next (you could say that not a lot has changed in the years since, frankly), Planescape Torment’s development team had the bravery to strip most of the combat out of its game and rely on the actual narrative and decisions players were making to carry the experience and keep players interested. One of the greatest narrative game experiences you could ever hope to play is Planescape: Torment. ![]() Please view the office locations to find out when this service is provided. You’ll also have to pay an associated fee. These forms are available electronically on the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Driver and Vehicle Services website or in hard copy at authorized PennDOT locations. NOTE: Quick Titles are not available at all offices and not during all business hours. To apply for a new title, you’ll need to fill out an Application for Duplicate Title form, otherwise known as Form MV-38O. Vehicles with a "WA Rebuilt" on the title Enter name(s) of owner (s) of record and enter the mailing address you wish the title to be mailed to.Insurance or wrecker destroyed vehicles/vessels. ![]() Quick Title for Vessel: $55.00 (some offices charge a $12.00 service fee.) Standard Issue Vessel Title: $5.00 (some offices charge a $12.00 service fee.) Please allow 6-8 weeks to arrive Standard Issue Vehicle Title: $31.00 Please allow 6-8 weeks to arrive This document needs to be completed by all registered owners listed on the title. In the event the original title is located, destroy it. When a duplicate title is issued, the original title becomes void. The duplicate title is printed with the word DUPLICATE on its face. If there is a lienholder on your title, you will need to present a notarized release of interest from your lender before we can issue a new title.īy Mail: You can complete the Affidavit of Loss/Release of Interest form to request a new title. Completed application for Replacement Certificate of Title. A duplicate title is obtained when the original title has been lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed, or becomes illegible. In person: Everyone listed on the title needs to be present with his or her unexpired Washington driver license. You can replace your Washington vehicle or vessel title in a couple of different ways. |