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Crayphish, rok temu do games w Starfield Bug Forces Players to Change Gender to Fire Guns

man that bald english dude has to be losing his damn mind rn

WolfhoundRO, rok temu

That baby face or something like that

dylanTheDeveloper, rok temu

Poor Vin Diesel

conciselyverbose, rok temu do games w Starfield Bug Forces Players to Change Gender to Fire Guns

I'm vaguely curious what gets re-initialized by changing gender to fix this.

Cavemanfreak, rok temu

Apparently it’s nothing to do with changing the gender, only opening the character creation screen. So you can open that screen and then just close it, and it should work again. Weird bug though!

conciselyverbose, rok temu

The article says that the console command to swap genders also works.

I haven't experienced it so I have no clue.

turtlepower, rok temu

You haven’t experienced swapping genders? All the cool kids are doing it.

schmidtster, rok temu

Wonder if that pseudo opens the screen.

520, rok temu

It might alter some of the same variables causing this bug.

Blamemeta, rok temu

It runs the change character script, which resets animations.

4am, rok temu

It probably triggers a write of the character data which ends up overwriting some bad value that is actually causing the problem.

WolfhoundRO, rok temu

This is why you don’t use global variables, kids!

MissGutsy, rok temu

If starfield works like every other Bethesda game, the game can’t actually change the gender directly, it instead remakes your entire character, which will reset whatever is causing the bug

JPAKx4, rok temu

Prgramng!

Mathazzar, rok temu

I had a bug caused by the shipselling bug where each time I went through a load screen my gender and appearance randomized. So I can’t even begin to guess how all the noodles are connected.

LucasWaffyWaf, rok temu do games w Starfield Bug Forces Players to Change Gender to Fire Guns

Brb, starting on HRT so I can regain my 2nd Amendment right.

Ertebolle, rok temu

Gives a whole new meaning to the word "deadname"

Pxtl, rok temu

Be gay, do crime.

tal, rok temu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Pistols

The Pink Pistols are an LGBTQ gun rights organization in the United States and Canada. Their motto is "Pick on someone your own caliber".[1]

Pink Pistols enrollment up.

Computerchairgeneral, rok temu do games w Starfield Bug Forces Players to Change Gender to Fire Guns

Bethesda. Bethesda never changes. But seriously this has to be one of the odder bugs I've seen in a Bethesda game.

Kolanaki, rok temu do games w Starfield Bug Forces Players to Change Gender to Fire Guns

Confusing your rifle for your gun, again, men?

lifts weapon this is my rifle.

Grabs crotch this is my gun.

One is for fighting, the other’s for fun.

Cylusthevirus, rok temu do games w Starfield Bug Forces Players to Change Gender to Fire Guns

THIS IS THE FUTURE LIBERALS WANT /s

sentient_loom, rok temu do games w Starfield Bug Forces Players to Change Gender to Fire Guns

I bet Trudeau mandated this feature!

Still, rok temu do games w Meet the Guy Preserving the New History of PC Games, One Linux Port at a Time

that list of “a few others” is just choc full of banger games

DrMango, rok temu do games w Meet the Guy Preserving the New History of PC Games, One Linux Port at a Time

Huh. That’s “30 Flights of Loving” in the thumbnail. A very weird, short game I never thought I’d see again. I think I got it in a Humble Bundle many years ago.

TwilightVulpine, rok temu (edited rok temu) do gaming w Meet the Guy Preserving the New History of PC Games, One Linux Port at a Time

This is such important work, but large gaming companies now seem to want games to stop working so people will move to the next thing. That's one of the hidden business interests on tying everything to online services.

I do hope we can still manage to maintain compatibility using emulators, virtual machines and compatibility layers. Digital media is so trivial to copy and store that letting it be lost can only happen due to complete neglect.

pdqcp, rok temu

Don't forget your remaster/remakes releases

guyrocket, rok temu do gaming w Meet the Guy Preserving the New History of PC Games, One Linux Port at a Time

I appreciate that many older games are still available on Steam either "maintained" as in the article or "remastered". Someday soon I will buy Total Annihilation...again...on Steam this time.

But I do not understand why games are seen as disposable, temporary media. Sure the latest titles are flashy but there are plenty of fucking awesome older games that are still fun to play. And as physical media disappears it becomes much more important for the gaming industry to stop pulling the ladder up behind themselves. History matters. Old <> bad.

There should be an equivalent to the classic rock stations for video games. I greatly appreciate the efforts of the MAME, archive.org and Mr. Lee to keep the classics alive.

ono, rok temu do gaming w Meet the Guy Preserving the New History of PC Games, One Linux Port at a Time

I believe Ethan is also responsible for Wine’s Xaudio support. If you play certain Bethesda games on Linux, there’s a good chance you’re using his work.