Steel City LUG | Gabe Vistica | Activity https://steelcitylug.com/members/gabevistica/activity/ Activity feed for Gabe Vistica. Mon, 14 Sep 2026 17:23:55 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 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 e5584ac9b329f3e3ff9d5848a57389f2 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic International Day of Play - LEGO Crafts and Art Thread in the forum LUG discussions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/international-day-of-play-lego-crafts-and-art-thread/page/2/#post-69879 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:54:31 -0400 Hold your horses @argonvesher, you have a whole table marked off there!

]]> 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 5ae12fbb8b11ee51e814e0395b4da68a Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Brickfair Oaks 2026 in the forum LUG discussions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/brickfair-oaks-2026/#post-69378 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:54:23 -0400 Oaks PA is just outside Philly, next to Valley Forge and King of Prussia.

]]> 0 ddb62adf2d7c70ffaae428a1de3fd19a Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Brick Erie 2026 in the forum LUG discussions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/brick-erie-2026/#post-69370 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:36:30 -0400 Josie and I are already registered, this will be our first out of town show and we’re really looking forward to it!

]]> 0 06dedb20d7d97a1c639d8e458f52c68e Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Brick Convention Johnstown in the forum LUG discussions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/brick-convention-johnstown/#post-69053 Sun, 29 Mar 2026 03:25:08 -0400 90 minutes drive for both from here in the South Hills šŸ™ I think we’re unlikely to display (at least this year…) but probably too soon to say whether we’d attend as public.

]]> 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 90acd338905edc22b69602732eca0d1f Gabe Vistica replied to the topic LAN Update: Important in the forum LUG discussions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/lan-update-important/#post-68948 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 21:46:32 -0400 Y’know, just for once, it would be nice if the replacement was announced at the same time as the removal of the old thing… At least they didn’t say 2025-2026 would be the last season.

]]> 0 9cac24aa046e76d961cd6690342ce2ef Gabe Vistica replied to the topic BAM Pittsburgh North (Allison Park) in the forum LUG discussions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/bam-pittsburgh-north-allison-park/#post-68799 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:34:22 -0400 @joshhall has been building a rotating display manager into the website, and it already has your store in it! https://steelcitylug.com/rotating-displays/?lug_display=3

]]> 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 5e639b55598cc4db92413bf10cc6522d Gabe Vistica replied to the topic 2026 Q1 Meeting in the forum LUG discussions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/q1-meeting/#post-68566 Sat, 28 Feb 2026 14:41:02 -0500 The parking lot in front of Lolev/behind BAM is indeed free.

]]> 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 97e2914b67ac303baa0b1fa0c54f0e0c Gabe Vistica replied to the topic 2026 Q1 Meeting in the forum LUG discussions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/q1-meeting/#post-68551 Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:31:30 -0500 Additional upcoming event: Cub Scouts in Greensburg/Latrobe on April 11 (thread).

]]> 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 78c38548dbecf8328e6321268307a819 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic 2026 Q1 Meeting in the forum LUG discussions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/q1-meeting/#post-68518 Mon, 23 Feb 2026 22:22:54 -0500 FYI, Lolev doesn’t have a kitchen and doesn’t appear to have any food trucks scheduled for the Zeli location: https://lolev.beer/food so get lunch beforehand, I guess?

]]> 0 5285380cc5eb2fe5f951a33af9080a71 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic New Op: Chernobyl | Andrew Carnegie Free Library in the forum LUG discussions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/new-op-chernobyl-andrew-carnegie-free-library/#post-68475 Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:13:14 -0500 Found your post, Nancy!

]]> 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 f43106830a5a7227443f1119ea9a5a76 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Q2 Meeting Date Poll in the forum LUG discussions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/q2-meeting-date-poll/#post-68300 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 19:44:56 -0500 Thanks!

]]> 0 34a1b6dc6103015f2a4b5c3bd8ed430f Gabe Vistica replied to the topic Q2 Meeting Date Poll in the forum LUG discussions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/q2-meeting-date-poll/#post-68297 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 19:42:16 -0500 What time?

]]> 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 c34fd13102412c4835f224312820f0cf Gabe Vistica replied to the topic LAN Update - 2026 Project Support - April 1 in the forum LUG discussions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/lan-update-2026-project-support-april-1/#post-68151 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 19:29:10 -0500 Good to know, I don’t recall that being said explicitly since I joined around 18 months ago, after the last Project Support order was placed.

]]> 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 a3bb8b9e047d1f0337d76141953162d4 Gabe Vistica replied to the topic LAN Update - 2026 Project Support - April 1 in the forum LUG discussions https://steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/lan-update-2026-project-support-april-1/#post-68138 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:18:28 -0500 I thought we’d talked last year about not doing it last year so we could come up with a project for this year. But I also thought somebody said recently that Project Support had been cancelled completely just like the sets, so I could be completely wrong!

Either way, I’d love to further expand our MILS track inventory, especially the 9v stuff.

]]> 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

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