Hmmm, an RPi with a camera might well work. The problem there is more the amount of work I’d need to do - I haven’t got that kind of time right now.

Didn’t seem to work for me on my phone.

To this day it frustrates me that the contents of How to Make Wargames Terrain was worse than the articles in White Dwarf.

The spaceship debris on the cover? One page and less than 500 words. In White Dwarf? 8 pages! Actual information!

I instead see it as a different continuity, much like how every Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is a different continuity.

I was speaking more of the tone of the show being what I wanted. It’s dark but also humourous. I enjoy their interpretation of the BoS, for example.

An honest answer that it’s not currently easily doable is in and of itself useful.

This is a “nice to have”. I figured I’d ask preemptively so that I didn’t go down a blind alley. Thanks!

I’ve been impressed by the TV show - it feels like they get the setting, even if Bethesda don’t.

I played 200+ hours of Fallout 3. It’s a fun game. But as you say - so much box ticking. Got to have super mutants, deathclaws, BoS, etc. etc…

…or you could write something new, if you’re going to set it 200 years post war and on a different coast. Society has been rebuilt for decades on the west coast but on the east coast they’re still eating pre-war canned goods?

You’re making me feel so old with regards to how you’re downplaying computing capabilities back then.

Fallout 3 was not a graphically impressive game when it was new. Compared to games several years old its maps were small and pokey.

The limiting factor was only hardware in as much as their tech was and still is horrendously inefficient.

Ugh. Fallout 3 makes so little sense. Let’s not get started on Big Town…

If they were going to ditch it I think they would have done so fifteen years ago.

I would be buying. The cam I borrowed wouldn’t fit the setup I want, I just mentioned it because I want that functionality but without the hassle of pulling the SD card.

So far it doesn’t sound like what I want exists, unfortunately.

That essentially boils down to “build your own solution”, which under my current circumstances amounts to “don’t do it”. Not that I lack the skill or will but the spare time and energy I have is used on my baby daughter. I can’t justify rabbit holing on something like this.

It’s why I created this thread - to see if there’s a software and hardware combo that solves this with minimal additional work.

WiFi would be easily sufficient. We’re talking a distance of 10m from my router, tops.

I borrowed a camera - it’s not the one I would be using for this.

That’s why I’m asking. I haven’t bought anything yet and don’t want to get the wrong thing.

Is that supposed to be a “gotcha”?

That would be possible, yep.

Lovely work!

They had me count down when I had my plate put in. I forget how far I got, but only because that was in the '90s.

From a brief glance, I expect the tutorial says that because it’s nothing special. It looks like a generic 3.7V to me. The capacity matters to you but not to the device (as it’ll measure voltage drop to estimate battery discharge percentage).

An interesting way to try to spin disposable spaghetti code as a positive.