Steel City LUG | Gabe Vistica | Activity https://steelcitylug.com/members/gabevistica/activity/ Activity feed for Gabe Vistica. Tue, 06 Oct 2026 01:59:17 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 429c820d2bfc1871c23f00cadf30e969 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Graveyard MILS standard in the forum MOCs https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/graveyard-mils-standard/#post-72406 Thu, 17 Sep 2026 21:43:24 -0400 Ooh, campsites too!

]]> 0 5d975d438245dd5bb62e1477d29b9328 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Forum badges for interests in the forum Site Admin https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/forum-badges-for-interests/#post-71101 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 03:11:37 -0400 Neat! That’s a LOT of themes… Can the descriptions be visible when viewing others’ profiles? Some of them seem like duplicates or there’s some nuance between a couple (like Displaying vs Public Displays).

It did expose also another dark-mode bug, in the Badges tab of your own profile (viewing yourself, not a particular person) when looking at…Read more

]]> 0 583fb227054e574f11dd7ff1b48277e4 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Hello, I'm Steve! in the forum Introductions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/hello-im-steve/#post-70844 Mon, 24 Aug 2026 02:15:00 -0400 Welcome, Steve! You’re in luck, our big annual party-meeting is this coming Saturday! Check out the thread for details: https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/q3-business-meeting-aug-29-bethel-park/#post-70839

]]> 0 6346fbb766e43add9fe7cbb31c84fe57 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Layout Designer in the forum Site Admin https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/layout-designer/page/2/#post-70840 Mon, 24 Aug 2026 01:46:07 -0400 Both snapping features are working fine for me in Firefox, but it used to work fine in Chrome too. (but there’s other issues that could confound snap attempts)

The issue with the extra space on DSR seems to actually be that the label is considered part of the footprint (see screenshot), so any rotation other than the default has some extra…Read more

]]> 0 e89febc847b370ab6fd6d23c496d9227 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Goods News: Iā€™m Moving to Pittsburgh! Now I Need Advice/Help in the forum Off Topic https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/goods-news-im-moving-to-pittsburgh-now-i-need-advice-help/#post-70465 Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:24:38 -0400 There’s “Coffee, Etc” right in Castle Shannon, and Emiliano’s (Mexican food) near the Sheetz on Library Road.

I know of no golfers.

]]> 0 3379cadbf5c923a2ec219ddc426b947b Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Hi I'm new! in the forum Introductions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/hi-im-new/#post-70243 Sat, 11 Jul 2026 03:32:24 -0400 This meeting: https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/q3-business-meeting-aug-29-bethel-park/#post-70220 !

We hold a business meeting (and general social gathering) each quarter of the year in various locations around the city. This year, Q1 was at Bricks and Minifigs in Zelienople, Q2 was at the library in Penn Hills, and I thi8nk Q4 will be at BAM…Read more

]]> 0 e0040f2f0233ff5395bfd88e16f6fbe0 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic X12 Atomic Powered Locomotive in the forum MOCs https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/x12-atomic-powered-locomotive/#post-70143 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:49:07 -0400 9/10, not enough “neutrons hitting the image sensor” flares in the footage 😁

]]> 0 a492ec9825425b62b5d7809eb84b9b0b Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Hi I'm new! in the forum Introductions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/hi-im-new/#post-70077 Sun, 21 Jun 2026 11:56:48 -0400 Welcome!

]]> 0 71a5bc3c4122e36ef3d22517015c94ab Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Hi, I'm Anne! in the forum Introductions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/hi-im-anne/#post-70043 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:24:39 -0400 Welcome!

]]> 0 fb0d590b9e814c8ebe28284690de05f6 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Hi, I'm Michael! in the forum Introductions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/hi-im-michael-2/#post-69650 Wed, 13 May 2026 11:42:56 -0400 Welcome! We have a couple public events happening this summer, including the Fayette County Fair in early August, but we also have our annual big-party club meeting near the end of August. And now that you’re here, they’re YOUR events too!

]]> 0 d794a8f9263d5771c13f1994c19c468e Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Goods News: Iā€™m Moving to Pittsburgh! Now I Need Advice/Help in the forum Off Topic https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/goods-news-im-moving-to-pittsburgh-now-i-need-advice-help/#post-68980 Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:19:41 -0400 I don’t know anything about those specific apartments, but a general warning to never rent from Lobos and to be wary of Walnut Capital/WalCap, they’re generally known in Pittsburgh as being not-so-great landlords (downright terrible in Lobos’ case).

]]> 0 df46b3b310960b1f40ee0611beffeb4d Gabe Vistica replied to the topic hi, I'm Wrigley! in the forum Introductions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/hi-im-wrigley/#post-68603 Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:27:43 -0500 Yeah, we’ll have 9V and RC track loops and you’re welcome to drop by for a while to hang out! If you want to bring some trains just stick them in a box or bag to carry. We’ll have the details of how to get into the show as a vendor posted on the event thread sometime after setup, to avoid making things confusing for setup itself.

]]> 0 14415814ab20238ce220e2169257074b Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Layout Designer in the forum Site Admin https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/layout-designer/page/2/#post-68579 Sat, 28 Feb 2026 17:57:19 -0500 Feature request: “print table layout” button, as it’s easier than deselecting all the non-table layers, printing the layout, and reselecting the layers again.

]]> 0 730c7dd9202d5931be2838343aa626d3 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic new theme for the website in the forum Site Admin https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/new-theme-for-the-website/#post-68552 Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:35:12 -0500 Minor dark-theme issue: some forum stuff like profile pages and part of the Link functionality in new topics/replies uses a light text on a light background (or dark on dark in a couple places), making it very hard to read.

]]> 0 50cf53a483e30abdd4e194a65ead2500 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic hi, I'm Wrigley! in the forum Introductions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/hi-im-wrigley/#post-68550 Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:12:41 -0500 Welcome!

Josh already mentioned the Q1 meeting that’s TOMORROW, but we also have one of our biggest shows of the year happening next week. We’ll have a big display for the Pittsburgh Home and Garden Show at David L Lawrence Convention Center downtown (excuse me, DAHNTAHN) March 6th thru 15th, come hang out!

]]> 0 dfa87ffe666eb82c53ec779d53760c5b Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Threadjacking in the forum All Things LEGO! https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/threadjacking/page/64/#post-68464 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 22:48:11 -0500 That is part #3743: Technic, Gear Rack 1×4

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=3743&name=Technic,%20Gear%20Rack%201%20x%204&category=%5BTechnic,%20Gear%5D#T=S&O={%22ss%22:%22US%22,%22iconly%22:0}

]]> 0 1d89b84574500c88ede4a009c4223be2 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Layout Designer in the forum Site Admin https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/layout-designer/page/2/#post-68430 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 03:45:32 -0500 huh, well the legend will load the actual MOC name, but only as long as you’re looking at that person’s inventory.

]]> 0 405ca2db335ea0055a17670f593ae700 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Layout Designer in the forum Site Admin https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/layout-designer/page/2/#post-68424 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 02:45:39 -0500 Additional quirk of just-in-time loading of content: only a MOC’s shortcode is visible in the legend until you’ve loaded that user’s inventory during that page session.

]]> 0 2bbc191491d544c22e855821d0a1cea9 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Monorail city display in the forum MOCs https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/monorail-city-display/#post-68370 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 20:21:50 -0500 For trains the size of ours, I’m not sure we’re the expensive one, especially once you add electronic controls and light/sound and learn from experience that it takes some electrical engineering to reliably power a layout bigger than a simple circle.

]]> 0 30ef3e3460f1d8dc23fc14d52dcd3be6 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic new theme for the website in the forum Site Admin https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/new-theme-for-the-website/#post-68365 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 19:05:37 -0500 Something’s funky with the “recent replies” box, all the relative timestamps are 5 hours off from reality, which is suspiciously equal to Pittsburgh’s UTC offset. See attached.

]]> 0 6968c9821c5ef14fe1e9c64ba9fdb77d Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Layout Designer in the forum Site Admin https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/layout-designer/page/2/#post-68362 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 18:59:29 -0500 And while trying to repro, I force-refreshed the page and got the old set of new-table options? O_o

]]> 0 6267fb796755f18b8f9b308a52848414 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Layout Designer in the forum Site Admin https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/layout-designer/page/2/#post-68359 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 18:58:44 -0500 It’s specifically when picking what kind of baseplate to place (LUG, member, generic). When “LUG” is selected, everything looks great, but when either of the other options are selected, the issue shows up, and switching back to “LUG” fixes it.

]]> 0 3dc062a3beb5a29c627fd65eab81d3b9 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Layout Designer in the forum Site Admin https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/layout-designer/page/2/#post-68356 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 17:44:59 -0500 The new pictures on the track pieces are great! But hilariously, they only display when the Baseplates layer has “LUG” selected and the basic color blocks are shown if “Members” or “Standard baseplates” is selected, and switching to another layer like Tables leaves them displaying however they were while on the Baseplates layer.

]]> 0 5a64b2525446e697e01361efb0d1c987 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Monorail city display in the forum MOCs https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/monorail-city-display/#post-68333 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 03:50:07 -0500 Looks great, can’t wait to see the next addition!

]]> 0 7c13cdf3870579c9b6d54775161bd361 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Layout Designer in the forum Site Admin https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/layout-designer/#post-68314 Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:24:46 -0500 And duplicating groups of 4 track baseplates just says “blocked” now, maybe the fix for this can be combined with the “new object” rework?

]]> 0 8ff688d39bf33f237f35c399ab3e8a72 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Layout Designer in the forum Site Admin https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/layout-designer/#post-68312 Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:07:10 -0500 I think I’d prefer the new object being placed at the center of my viewport and displayed on top of everything else (feature request for the future: “move forward/backward” and “send to front/back” buttons, like how elements in a powerpoint slide work).

Duplicating a layout doesn’t work, I get a 404 error šŸ™

Zooming still works weirdly, seems…Read more

]]> 0 f2c7ac9cd4343c5fab6116251c3833e4 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Layout Designer in the forum Site Admin https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/layout-designer/#post-68276 Sun, 08 Feb 2026 22:12:02 -0500 Minor bug: layout descriptions don’t handle escaping ampersands (&) very well.

]]> 0 1778885039f891dcb333b44fc6762e32 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Member Inventory in the forum Site Admin https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/member-inventory/#post-68269 Sun, 08 Feb 2026 15:52:27 -0500 Hey, just because it was 4am for YOU…

My little business trip to Europe has revealed multiple timezone bugs in the site that I’m not going to bother to report until they also cause issues in EST šŸ˜›

]]> 0 84b195c7145b24146c4947d77b8bb105 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Member Inventory in the forum Site Admin https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/member-inventory/#post-68257 Sun, 08 Feb 2026 09:13:35 -0500 I’ve attempted adding a MOC 3 times now and each time I get a banner saying “saved”, and then I go to the list page again and it’s empty šŸ™

]]> 0 aea23dc1c0a272cad0e987e6aaecb9c7 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Goods News: Iā€™m Moving to Pittsburgh! Now I Need Advice/Help in the forum Off Topic https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/goods-news-im-moving-to-pittsburgh-now-i-need-advice-help/#post-68199 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 16:20:42 -0500 Distance to campus will be a factor, including the number of bridges, tunnels, and other bottlenecks. How big of a commute to classes (especially given the range of possible class start times) is reasonable/endurable for potentially the duration of attendance?

]]> 0 b2879d7aca1059abbbeef0fa88cd6119 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Threadjacking in the forum All Things LEGO! https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/threadjacking/page/64/#post-68161 Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:42:14 -0500 Oh it gets even better: all the Recent Threads, which should be the most-recently started threads compared to Recent Replies’ most-recently replied-to…. Are from 2022. Even though threads have been started since the migration.

]]> 0 25e87a2c8c7211652d38ad3aa6f0ab28 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Layout Designer in the forum Site Admin https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/layout-designer/#post-68143 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 17:30:43 -0500 Oh good! I’d be worried about them ending up swapped on page reload sometimes, though, and it makes it harder to remember (and consistently define) the plate layout for the curves.

…Which now that I think about it, the way we can reconfigure those 16×32 sections at each end would be really hard to properly capture. Maybe we should replace…Read more

]]> 0 98e07214fc09e200a2ca5b099f2d6cba Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Layout Designer in the forum Site Admin https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/layout-designer/#post-68141 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 17:09:25 -0500 For (6), I’d love to see MOC slots as a separate layer, as that opens up possibilities for easier signup functionality like different colors for empty vs occupied spaces so we can see at a glance where the open spots are physically.

]]> 0 8916ece61469a97adc3031333a4bf7f2 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Threadjacking in the forum All Things LEGO! https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/threadjacking/page/63/#post-68134 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 12:58:55 -0500 Yep, that worked great, thanks ChatGPT 🤣

]]> 0 3adf0006e88c95dadeeb02769eb5bfb0 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Layout Designer in the forum Site Admin https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/layout-designer/#post-68107 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 22:37:16 -0500 I can see the page now! And I get a 403 in the Status column every time I type something šŸ™

]]> 0 52a494dbea7ab186a92093fc67ea9b62 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Threadjacking in the forum All Things LEGO! https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/threadjacking/page/63/#post-68092 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:50:03 -0500 Yeah, the anti-spam measures are trigger-happy sometimes šŸ™

]]> 0 98d68f6183946c502f9a4ca70f9a28ff Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Layout Designer in the forum Site Admin https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/layout-designer/#post-68087 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 04:09:01 -0500 That gets hard, because we’ll want to differentiate between a 16×32 single straight and a 16×32 double straight (side by side) and between 9V and RC track, so we end up with a small combinatorial explosion. It might be easier to just put a simple picture on each piece and display a regular semi-wordy name in the legend, backed by whatever the…Read more

]]> 0 e894fff5d5c6edbe646ab404b4458e7b Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Layout Designer in the forum Site Admin https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/layout-designer/#post-68073 Wed, 28 Jan 2026 18:59:15 -0500 Looking great! Definitely looking forward to Home and Garden and (hopefully) future TUBS layouts.

A few observations:
– The toolbox (tables/baseplates section) jitters around whenever the app is saving because the “Last saved” text updates. The jitter can cause misclicks (especially clicking on Delete instead of Duplicate).
– Zooming is weird.…Read more

]]> 0 d33b6c340ef34586b0967165256ccb88 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Hi, Iā€™m Matt! in the forum Introductions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/hi-im-matt/#post-67921 Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:56:41 -0500 Welcome, looking forward to seeing that MOC come together!

]]> 0 38885acdc2b46b34fbd9b15834d4ad40 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Hi, Iā€™m Carlie! in the forum Introductions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/hi-im-carlie/#post-67889 Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:03:29 -0500 Welcome! We look forward to seeing you there (and around)!

]]> 0 3a74e5f3841d9de07d267e7c38188dc5 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Layout Designer in the forum Site Admin https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/layout-designer/#post-67884 Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:57:01 -0500 Initial impressions during my lunch break:

– This will make planning significantly easier, and inventory integration will help quite a bit too!
– I’m confused about the 60×30 table since folding tables are usually 72×30 or 96×30.
– It’s not quite usable on mobile, even when I’m viewing the desktop site version and in landscape mode, but that’s…Read more

]]> 0 8eae67c13d3deb9466d6c1dc9ede7b7d Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Hi! I'm Tom in the forum Introductions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/hi-im-tom-2/#post-67733 Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:03:56 -0500 Welcome, Tom, we look forward to seeing you there! The display area will be on the main/lower level near the food court, so wherever you park, just follow the signs for that once you get inside.

There will be plenty of original MOCs on display, but a decent number of regular and customized sets as well. Based on the folks I see signed up for…Read more

]]> 0 97618b78e5ce4f6806bd98b00d61520e Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Hi, Iā€™m Spencer! in the forum Introductions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/hi-im-spencer/#post-67707 Tue, 13 Jan 2026 21:08:12 -0500 Welcome, glad you made it!

]]> 0 5df462cdc309945ee1068bef32c2d03c Gabe Vistica replied to the topic testing discord automation in the forum Site Admin https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/testing-discord-automation/#post-67519 Fri, 02 Jan 2026 13:53:34 -0500 “ahem testing testing one two three” *drops minifig mic*

]]> 0 cc65b9419387302ca5eef8869a978449 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic site migration to VPS in the forum Site Admin https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/site-migration-to-vps/#post-67430 Sun, 28 Dec 2025 16:51:14 -0500 Seems like shift sign-ups are dropping the decimal part when displaying shift values. Locomotion shows the half-day shifts as worth “0 cups”, but Bob said they’re 0.5 cups and that shows in the total of cups that will be earned anytime there’s an odd number of half-day sign-ups, so it seems like it’s just a display bug.

]]> 0 cb355daab95100f0c8d07d89c7a8cd10 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic site migration to VPS in the forum Site Admin https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/site-migration-to-vps/#post-67393 Sat, 20 Dec 2025 04:55:22 -0500 @joshhall autocomplete for mentions doesn’t seem to be working

Also the gallery for Winter Trolley won’t load, could be a casualty of the migration.

]]> 0 0fee9f9e796fa206bee2daf5401f6ad2 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic site migration to VPS in the forum Site Admin https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/site-migration-to-vps/#post-67339 Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:01:15 -0500 Did you try using your WordPress login on the site and it didn’t work, or did you not try because you didn’t see the button your used to seeing?

]]> 0 4dac0b8324fbce3e3471a66800dc0373 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic rotating display sign up in the forum Site Admin https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/rotating-display-sign-up/#post-67333 Thu, 11 Dec 2025 04:12:13 -0500 1: I can’t open the admin panel (“Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page.”) but that might be working as intended.

2: Feature request, I added a test display to the Zelie queue with start and end dates that fit between the active end and the next up start, but still got added to the end of the list. Can new displays that fit between…Read more

]]> 0 ba99fb35e372453f46c497ebe241cfe3 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic site migration to VPS in the forum Site Admin https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/site-migration-to-vps/#post-67332 Thu, 11 Dec 2025 03:52:32 -0500 Spot check says the VPS is way faster. I approve the migration spend.

]]> 0 f484c590615df7520f8800346e222983 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Hi! I'm Mrs. Lynes in the forum Introductions https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/hi-im-mrs-lynes/#post-66452 Mon, 20 Oct 2025 01:09:19 -0400 Welcome! I’ll be at the next table over with the other trains and the enormous yellow crane šŸ˜€

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