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Martin
@marlam.in
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Used to work on @SteamDB.info and wow.tools.
Likes WoW, Minecraft, space and making tools for artists. Profile BG by Kruithne. Formerly @Marlamin on the other place. He/they.
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Did a quick model naming pass. My favorite 3 new models: UVMapMan, UVMapDog and UVMapBird*.
(*unofficial names, silliness applies)
A human male model with a checkered texture A wolf model with a checkered texture A bird model with a checkered texture
January 11, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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The size classification is very arbitrary right now and uses very simple logic for deciding how big a model is, this will likely need further tweaking in the future but works fine for now.
C# code deciding how big a model is based on its bounding box radius: var sizeTagValue = ""; if (boundingSphereRadius > 0 && boundingSphereRadius < 0.71) sizeTagValue = "Tiny"; else if (boundingSphereRadius >= 0.71 && boundingSphereRadius < 3) sizeTagValue = "Small"; else if (boundingSphereRadius >= 3 && boundingSphereRadius < 12) sizeTagValue = "Medium"; else if (boundingSphereRadius >= 12 && boundingSphereRadius < 40) sizeTagValue = "Large"; else if (boundingSphereRadius >= 40 && boundingSphereRadius < 100) sizeTagValue = "Very Large"; else if (boundingSphereRadius >= 100) sizeTagValue = "Huge"; if (boundingSphereRadius > 0) lock (tagLock) AutoTagger.DataSource.AddTagToFDID((int)fdid, "M2Size", "Auto", sizeTagValue);
January 8, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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Update on this. I have automatic tagging working for FileType, M2Size, ModelFeature and EncryptionStatus tags. I need to add a proper UI for filtering by them in WTL, but here is a sample search for "large" models that have physics bones AKA "tag:modelfeature=physics,tag:m2size=large".
Files page in wow.tools.local showing various models, all with physics bones and classified as "large" models.
January 8, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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Current dye system has a limit of 256 different colors with about a quarter of that currently in use for decor dyes, I don't think this is the truly free/data-driven dye system we envisioned as there's still the limited number of rows in the color lookup texture (see below). Maybe one day..
A texture with 1 pixel gradient lines of different colors
January 5, 2026 at 5:15 AM
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Started work on one of the projects I wanted to tackle this year. Instead of a list of filenames, a list of tags for files might work better for some usecases (more @ blog.marlam.in/reflection-2...).

I've started up a repo (github.com/wowdev/wow-f...) as well as a UI in WTL for managing the tags.
A work in progress UI as part of wow.tools.local that shows various tag-related lists and fields for managing tags
January 4, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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Don't remember the last time I spent over 8 hours sleeping or with this high of a sleep score. Went to bed at 8 because I couldn't be bothered reading or hearing any more about the current state of the world. Woke up just now around 5. 8h23m of sleep. Wow. Logging this one for the history books.
Excellent sleep score screenshot from samsung health app Sleep stage graph showing a normal well balanced sleep for once
January 4, 2026 at 4:06 AM
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~8k steps later and I managed to take a webcam selfie. Also went and visited mom's grave even though the cemetery wasn't open yet because it was still dark (don't tell anyone), but her grave monument looked awesome in the snow. Everyone who was also out for a walk said goodmorning too. What a day.
a marlamin standing in front of city hall
January 3, 2026 at 8:02 AM
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Snow on the ground, I repeat, snow on the ground. Time to set aside any health problems for the duration of a shower and a morning walk. I really need this.
Snow in the city center of Gouda
January 3, 2026 at 6:14 AM
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Tick tock, Valve.

You only have a few more hours.
Re-Raising the Bar A new edition of Raising the Bar is coming back into print in 2025, expanded to include the Half-Life 2 Episodes Nearly two decades since it first went out of print, Raising the Bar is set to return with an expanded second edition—offering a comprehensive look into the creation of the Half-Life 2. Originally published in 2004, this book captured the story of Half-Life 2's development but missed the episodic content that followed. This new edition concludes the Half-Life 2 development story, with never-before-seen concept art from Episode One and Episode Two, along with ideas and experiments for the third episode that never came to be.
December 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Dutch charity event Serious Request put on by public radio station 3FM has raised 18.4m Euro to fight muscle disease in children (you might remember Duchenne for example, the disease Mats/Ibelin had), a new record for the yearly event that has been going since 2004. Very proud of our little country.
Photo of the unveiled cheque of 18.4 million euros another photo of the cheque as well as the crowd
December 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Note that the unchecking "Community Sites and Apps" checkbox in the Battle.net Account settings does hide your house (and all your other data), so that is a short-term solution if you don't mind any other sites/armory losing access to data.
Battle.net account settings page showing the disabled option: Community Sites and Apps Allow Battle.net to share game data with external developers to enable game related services such as leaderboards, statistic trackers, and more.
December 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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why is it raining in my house (bluesky loudness warning)
December 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Jesse furthering the plot 19 agenda I've secretly been promoting all this time....
Jesse Kurlancheek's tweet announcing BE & NE house exteriors are now available with the same NE screenshot as the one I posted
December 18, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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With new hotfixes just pushed to Beta realms, both Night Elf and Blood Elf exteriors are now available for testing! www.mmo-champion.com/threads/2666...
Blood Elf themed house Night Elf themed house
December 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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I needed a bit of a break from work stuff today so I finished up getting a level 80 of each class thanks to Remix (alt text for explanation). Now to finish achievements/class campaigns/buying bronze things. Can you tell I pretty much only mained Alliance only before this?
A spreadsheet of status for classes per alliance/horde and their names + races. Green cells are level 80/done, green cells with names are from this remix. Yellow/orange cells are non-80s and red is no character at all. All classes have at least 1 level 80 character now spread across both factions. Races are also listed to make sure I didn't make any additional duplicate races.
December 14, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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You can now filter by decor model feature on the WoWDB Housing Hub, e.g. all decor with physics: housing.wowdb.com/decor/?decor...
Filters for particles, physics, lights and sounds
December 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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IDK if any Blizz devs are reading this but the Akamai TACT CDN broke and has not been getting any new files for over a month, level3 (while sometimes buggy) and the Blizz CDN are OK, but I can see that both Agent and WoW are hitting 404s on Akamai pretty consistently (and having to retry others).
Wireshark output showing a bunch of 404s on requests to akamai Akamai 404s from WoW's Tact.log
December 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Spent most of the my time not being sick either on work or other projects so I haven't actually had much of a chance to go on a decor collecting spree yet. Soon.
Decor collection tracker from https://housing.wowdb.com/collection-tracker/ showing me at 43.1% collected
December 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Solelo just got hotfixed if anyone was waiting for her to restock (if she's not spawned wait until she respawns, happens when they hotfix NPCs).
Solelo in Stormwind selling 2 books
December 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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yes phone i am aware i have gotten 2 whole hours of sleep like 6 hours ago thank you

i will keep asking the universe to allow me to sleep pending on when in the 5 hour appointment slot starting in 30 min the insurance person comes to have a look at my finished bathroom for whatever reason
A notification telling me to get more rest
December 5, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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Second Chair Pawdo was just hotfixed to sell additional of the items he rewards from quests -- pending you have done the relevant quest!
Second Chair Pawdo in Dornogal selling 2 decor items
December 4, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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New Beta build is out. Housing level 6 has a very interesting reward! housing.wowdb.com/progression/
New decor: housing.wowdb.com/decor/?added...
Level 6 Hearthlight Armillary You will obtain a Hearthlight Armillary, an impressive device capable of manipulating ambient light within and around its owner's house, either to dim or enhance it. Additional copies can be purchased from the Last Architect in your neighborhood.
December 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Reminder that you can filter on decor available in Early Access on the WoWDB Housing Hub through the filter on the left. Any stragglers not available in early access that snuck through will be removed as they are (un?)discovered. housing.wowdb.com/decor/?early...
Screenshot of the WoWDB Housing Hub with an arrow pointing towards the Early Access filter
December 3, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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DYES! There is now very basic dye support in the WoWDB Housing Hub modelviewer, it still needs work but we're shipping it out now since people have been asking for it a lot and we didn't want to delay it for just UI/mobile reasons.
Let us know if any issues pop up!
housing.wowdb.com/decor/1455/c...
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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The only instance of 10AM Valve time where I am away the next few weeks is upcoming Tuesday (birthday dinner!)... but I will have my phone with me.

(source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mst2..., love me some SFM memes)
November 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM