NHL 26 shifts from last years more offensive-oriented innovations to focus more on goaltending. The result is a far more dynamic defensive AI and a new goalie system dubbed crease control. Tying all the iterations together is the collaboration with NHLs EDGE, which allows a stream of complex data points across real rinks into the virtual space of the game. While particular insights into Franchise and Be A Pro mode arent revealed at this time, theres a lot of additions and changes to this years hockey game worth looking at. Heres everything you need to know before purchasing NHL 26.Mix of Generic and Authentic Face Scans for Player ModelsEAs NHL series still lags behind their other sports titles when it comes to player facial scanswell, aside from College Football where the scanning of hundreds of teams players just isnt feasible today. In previous NHL games, only breakout star players had their likeness meticulously and authentically scanned, relegating other players to one of two lesser options: AI scans, or the uncanny generic character creation assets available to use in-game. NHL 26 is keeping this same structure, with more players getting the AI scan treatment than before, as seen through gameplay footage and previews.80 New Save AnimationsOne aspect EA is adamant about improving is how goalies react and play. NHL 26 is practically overhauling the entire goalkeeping aspect of the game. The most immediately noticeable upgrades are the 80-plus new save animations. Better yet, goalies can now interrupt an animation to react to surprise situations. This will make it more of an authentic challenge to score goals, but also allow much smoother and responsive gameplay when playing as goalie yourself.Goalies Behave with Unique PersonalitiesDespite the added variety, canned animations can still feel somewhat inauthentic if thats all thats driving the AI. NHL 26 has an another way to keep goalies from feeling predictable and generic and thats its new size-based behavior system. Now the smaller goalies step out towards the ice to confront breakaway skaters with their positional agility using stick pokes and other moves to act on the shot. While larger more imposing goalies stick to the back of the net like a wall.Positional Logic System for GoaliesBut the big gameplay additions come in the form of what EA terms a positional logic system. Every veteran NHL gamer knows how effective, and in some cases broken, the quick cross-net one-timer is against AI goalies. Well, this year attempts to challenge that. Goalies now anticipate such opportunities by spreading across the net when the AI detects the possibility. This should not only provide better authenticity but also allow more scores via fake passes and trick shots.New Ice-Q 2.0 Uses Real NHL EDGE DataMoving on from goalies to general skaters, an overhauled AI system dubbed Ice-Q 2.0 arrives for NHL 26. This is more than mere PR-speak on behalf of EA, the NHL itself has partnered to give the series first-ever NHL EDGE real-time data. NHL EDGE is used to track various data points in real life games such as puck speed, skater acceleration, and puck score positions across infrared arena cameras.How NHL EDGE Data is Used in the GameAll of this is being implemented into the game to better simulate player attributes, player tendencies, and the overall presentation and style. The game will use 14 infrared cameras to gather and track this data using the same system the real NHL does in their games.Unique Player Tendency HabitsEA is also making an effort to differentiate players and make them more identifiable through their play. Theyre doing this through a new AI system dubbed Tendencies. Tendencies are more subtle quirks, like wrapping the puck around tiny holes on the side of the net or powering through the center with confrontation in mind. These include some stat boosts but are more driven by specific AI habits, and with 22 Tendencies at launch, theres a reasonable amount to differentiate players.More Detailed Broadcast PresentationsOf course, where NHL EDGE makes its presence known in real life hockey is the stat sheet and replay booth. And this is precisely how replays operate in NHL 26. Using all that useful data, replays now show valuable info like puck speed along with a dozen other more in-depth stats. Expect a whole lot more info to be present during game broadcasts this time around.Nerfed Vision ControlNHL 25 heavily promoted its new Vision Control mechanic last year; thats still here, but its nerfed a bit. Vision Control is a way to maintain forward posture and space around the ice in front of the neutral zone. The thing thats getting nerfed? Unlimited use without any downside. It was far too beneficial to just always use forward facing Vision Control in an aggressive fashion. Now theyve taken feedback, balanced things a bit, and are penalizing over-usage of Vision Control. We dont know the specifics on how this is balanced, but it should keep gameplay more realistic and competitive.Addressing Player FeedbackThe team at EA is doing more than just Vision Control adjustments. Following the feedback from last years game, several gameplay functions have been tweaked and balanced. Toe Drags, for example, are possible while skating backwards or sideways and not just when going forward. My favorite addition is a deception pass out of a fake shot, something that wasnt at all fluid or organic in previous games. Wrist shots arent mentioned among the feedback items, which is disappointing considering how unnecessarily convoluted the control scheme was for wrist shots in NHL 25.Overhauled X-FactorsX-Factors no longer provide passive buffs to skaters. The focus this time around is on situational X-Factors. Like other EA sports games, these X-Factors activate when a player is on a hot streak or in a high pressure situation. The added situations here serve to make each individual skater more unique, dovetailing with the Tendencies mentioned earlier. And for RPG fans, each X-Factor has three tiers that can be leveled up for greater effects. NHL 26 has 28 X-Factors in total with more to come in future updates.Historic Players Added to HUTFor longtime NHL fans, the inclusion of all-time greats like Sergei Federov and Chris Pronger to HUT makes team-building even more attractive. A range of historic players from the past get grouped into Heroes and Icons categories. Theres six each at launch with more to drop as the year progresses.Cross-PlayWhile EAs NHL series is still limited to just PlayStation and Xbox platforms, at least cross-play works well between the two consoles. Cross-play will work within the WoC and HUT modes, allowing for both co-op and competitive play against friends through invitations and invites.Release TimesThe trend of staggered launch days continues and shows little sign of stopping. NHL 26 officially launches for retail worldwide on September 12th. Thats a full seven days after the early access launch on September 5th, which is available only for Deluxe Edition buyers and members of EA Plus, who get a 10-hour early access demo.Platforms and EditionsLike last year, EAs NHL game is available only on the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. Theres only two editions at launch, the basic 69.99 standard edition, including a HUT NHL Player Pack, two World of Chel Battle Pass XP Boosts, and a Matthew Tkachuk item worth 99 overall. And the Deluxe Edition at $99.99, of which the price was suspiciously absent on the official website. This edition includes the following:7-day early access (starting September 5)4600 NHL PointsHUT Starter Choice Pack (83 OVR)HUT NHL Player PackHUT Icon Choice Pack (86 OVR)HUT Heroes Choice Pack (84 OVR)Matthew Tkachuk 99 OVR item* (available immediately in NHL 25 with digital pre-order)World of Chel Vanity SetWorld of Chel Battle Pass XP Boost (x2)

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Stickybeak inside St Davids Cathedral, widely regarded as architect George Frederick Bodleys finest work. Pop along for the Deans tour, stained glass window tour, signs and symbols tour, organ recital and so much more.The post OPEN HOUSE HOBART 2023 | ST DAVIDS CATHEDRAL DEANS TOUR appeared first on Australian Institute of Architects.

The deadline to submit your project to the Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence and Photo Award of Excellence is quickly approaching. Submissions of projects in the design phase or under construction are due on Friday, September 12, 2025.This is also the deadline for submitting your best architectural photo of a Canadian buildingprofessionals, non-professionals and students are welcome to enter.Heres a look back at some of our winning entries from past years.Winner of a Canadian Architect 2024 Award of Excellence11 Brock is one of five projects resulting from a City of Toronto partnership with the Federal Government to create urgently needed supportive and affordable housing under the Rapid Housing Initiative. Targeting housing-ready sites, the initiative funds projects that are fast-tracked from project start to occupancy within 18 months. Juror Matthew Hickey wrote, The need for supportive housing is at a crisis point across Canada. 11 Brock Avenue not only addresses this need, but does so in a way that understands the effects of good design and the critical need for a baseline of net-zero and low carbon in building construction. This project prioritizes community through the design of an interior single-loaded corridor that promotes access to light and views to the communal spaces along the courtyard. The street faade expresses the rigour of mass timber construction, while still being playful and achieving a balance between opaque and transparent surfaces.Winner of a Canadian Architect 2023 Award of ExcellenceDesigned by Edmonton-based Reimagine Architects Ltd., the Frog Lake First Nations Children & Family, Intervention/Prevention Horse Healing Centre offers healing for residential school survivors and others who have experienced trauma through traditional and modern methods centred on interaction between humans and horses. Juror Claire Weisz wrote: An active community, the equestrian cultural legacy of the Peoples of Frog Lake, and the land itself combine to create an almost new type of community centre. The open and curved vault is distinctive and approachable, and shows great promise for creating an inspiring shared space for horses and people, under a mass timber structure and atop an earthen floor.Winner of a Canadian Architect 2023 Award of ExcellenceIsmaili Centres mark the community presence of the Ismaili branch of Shia Islam in more than two dozen countries throughout the world. Located in the Toronto suburb of Thorncliffe Park, the Don Mills Jamatkhana and Ismaili Community Centre, designed by architectsAlliance, will mark the site of the first Ismaili prayer hall in Ontario, and will also contain a gymnasium, library, food drop-off area, administrative offices, and multi-purpose teaching spaces. A masterful composition of texture and natural light, with places for social interaction as well as spaces for repose, wrote juror Omar Gandhi. The delicate building skin adds magic to an otherwise simple and economical building massing. The juxtaposition of the building massing and large refined spaces with the highly textured landscape approach is magnificent.Winner of the 2024 Canadian Architect Photo Award of ExcellenceJames Brittains photo of Lcole du Znith, commissioned by Pelletier de Fontenay, claimed the top prize in our 2024 Photo Awards of Excellence. There is an honest, direct beauty to this photographqualities that seem to be mimicked in the design of the space itself. Without seeming staged, the scene authentically captures a quiet moment in a school auditorium. The composition wonderfully frames the subject matter with the shape of the triangular window mirroring the child and her belongings. I appreciate the sweet spot that the photographer has found: they placed themselves close enough to show material details, but are also far enough away to evoke a sense of the overall space, writes juror Lisa Stinner-Kun.You can view an archive of more past winners here.To find out more about our jurors, click here.For more information and to enter, click here.The post Get inspired by past winners + enter the Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence! appeared first on Canadian Architect.

Pardachirus marmoratus is a species of flatfish in the true sole family Soleidae, native to the western Indian Ocean from the Red Sea to Sri Lanka and along the east coast of Africa to Durban. It is found in shallow, coastal waters where the seabed consists of sand or mud, often near coral reefs, and feeds mainly on benthic invertebrates. The bilaterally symmetrical and highly compressed body is convex on the eyed side and flat on the blind side. Its colour is frequently whitish, pale brown to pale grey with a scattering of irregular dark brown ring shape markings and many dark brown spots on the head, body, and fins. Pardachirus marmoratus's colour provides camouflage when it rests on sandy or pebbled seafloors. This camouflaged P. marmoratus individual was photographed in the Indian Ocean near Zanzibar.Photograph credit: Diego DelsoRecently featured: Willistead ManorDate palmApollo Lunar ModuleArchiveMore featured pictures

August 27: Independence Day in Moldova (1991)Chief Black Hawk1776 British forces led by William Howe defeated the Continental Army under George Washington at the Battle of Long Island, the largest battle of the American Revolutionary War.1810 Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy defeated the Royal Navy, preventing them from capturing the harbour of Grand Port on Mauritius.1832 Black Hawk (pictured), the leader of the Sauk tribe of Native Americans, surrendered to U.S. authorities to end the Black Hawk War.1979 The Troubles: the IRA ambushed and killed 18 British soldiers near Warrenpoint, and assassinated Lord Mountbatten on his boat at Mullaghmore.1990 American musician Stevie Ray Vaughan, one of the most influential guitarists in the revival of blues in the 1980s, was killed in a helicopter crash.EricIII of Denmark (d.1146)Francisco de Zurbarn (d.1664)Giorgio Mitrovich (b.1795)Sebastian Kurz (b.1986)More anniversaries: August 26August 27August 28ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout

html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"Chaos has released V-Ray for Blender, Update 1 (V-Ray 7.1 for Blender), the first major update to the new version of its ray tracing renderer for Blender.The update adds two key features missing from the initial release: support for Blenders Geometry Nodes system, and one-click conversion of Cycles materials for rendering in V-Ray.Other changes include support for Blender 4.5 LTS and the new OpenPBR material standard.A new edition of V-Ray integrated directly inside BlenderReleased last month, V-Ray 7 for Blender makes it possible for Blender users to render with V-Ray from the current version of the open-source 3D software.Unlike the legacy plugin, which exported scenes to V-Ray Standalone, it integrates V-Ray directly inside Blender, with V-Ray available for interactive rendering in the 3D viewport.It supports Blenders hair system, and has initial support for rendering materials and nodes from Cycles, Blenders principal built-in production renderer.Users can also create, edit and manage V-Ray materials, textures and geometries inside Blender via the V-Ray Node Editor, using a workflow similar to Blenders native node editors.Now supports Geometry Nodes out of the boxTo that, V-Ray for Blender, Update 1 adds two missing features often requested by users during the original public beta period.One is support for Geometry Nodes, Blenders procedural modeling and scattering system.Users can now render Geometry Nodes set-ups out of the box, without the need to bake out the geometry first.New Cycles-to-V-Ray material converterThe other is automated conversion of materials authored for Cycles, Blenders native production renderer, for rendering in V-Ray.Conversion can be done on a scene-wide basis, via a new Convert Materials option in the V-Ray menu, or on a per-material basis, via a Convert to V-Ray Material option in the shader graph.You can see the workflow in the video at the top of the story: according to Chaos, the new V-Ray shaders generated are visually virtually identical to their Cycles counterparts.Support for Blender 4.5 and OpenPBROther changes include support the new OpenPBR open material standard.Developed by Autodesk and Adobe, and overseen by the Academy Software Foundation, OpenPBR is intended to streamline look development for VFX, with materials developed for one application displaying near-identically in others that support it.In addition, V-Ray for Blender now supports Blender 4.5 LTS, the current stable version of the software, and there are a number of smaller feature updates and bugfixes.Updates to the Chaos Cosmos library included with subscriptionsOutside the core application, over 3,100 scanned real-world materials have been added to Chaos Comos, the library of stock 3D assets included with V-Ray for Blender subscriptions.In other editions of V-Ray, all users can load and render the materials, but you need at least a V-Ray Premium subscription to edit the original scan data.Weve contacted Chaos to confirm whether this is the case with V-Ray for Blender subscriptions, and will update if we hear back. Price, system requirements and release datesV-Ray 7.1 for Blender is compatible with Blender 4.2+ on Windows 10+ only. It supports GPU rendering with NVIDIA GPUs only. The software is available rental-only.V-Ray for Blender subscriptions include a named-user license of V-Ray for Blender, the Chaos Cosmos asset library and Chaos Cloud rendering, and cost $33/month or $199/year.V-Ray for Blender is also available through existing V-Ray subscriptions, which provide access to all of the other current V-Ray integrations, plus a range of other tools and services.V-Ray Solo subscriptions cost $84.90/month or $514.80/year, while V-Ray Premium subscriptions cost $119.90/month or $718.80/year. You can find more details in this story.Read an overview of the new features in V-Ray 7.1 for Blender on Chaoss blogRead a list of new features in V-Ray 7.1 for Blender in the online documentationHave your say on this story by following CG Channel on Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). As well as being able to comment on stories, followers of our social media accounts can see videos we dont post on the site itself, including making-ofs for the latest VFX movies, animations, games cinematics and motion graphics projects.

Blue Prince is opening its doors on April 10th, and will be arriving on Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Windows, PS+ Game Catalogue and Game Pass on day one! Immerse yourself in a genre-bending, atmospheric, architectural adventure where you explore an ever-changing manor of 45 shifting rooms. In Blue Prince, you embark on a genre-defying experience, filled with a unique mix of mystery, strategy, and puzzles that weave together to create an unpredictable journey. Will your explorative steps lead you to the rumored Room 46?The post Blue Prince is Arriving on April 10th appeared first on Raw Fury.

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