In two days time, the 500-series GPUs will be released. I planned to get a new system that carries the new flagship 5090 card. However, it now seems likely that their supply will be super-low and their cost super-high. I came up with the idea of getting a machine that runs with two 4090s instead, but SCAN, the company that usually builds my machines, confirmed that they can no longer supply machines with 4090s. This is pretty terrible! NVIDIA has stopped making the cards, so their value has gone through the roof, which conveniently removes them from running should people decide the 5090 is just too expensive.
So we'll see what happens on Thursday. I'll need to order quickly to get a chance to get one. Even then, it might be that I have to wait several more weeks or months for restocks. That's if I decide to go ahead and order one.
What's pressing is that my current machine has a serious problem where turning it fully off leaves it in a state where it can take me several hours to coax it back to life. I should send it away to be looked at, but I need an exact fit box in which to put the case. Buying a new machine means that I can use its box and I won't be left without a PC.
Terrain work
I created more height maps in World Creator... since the Scout ship is on a break...
Islands
This exercise aimed to get an expansive ocean around an island using a subordinate terrain that sits beneath the one carrying the terrain. That worked. You often get an ugly line visible beneath the ocean where the underlying terrain's edge.
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