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Bieren, do games w Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capital

I’ll give it 8 months before it’s dead

ddash, do games w Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capital

Pinky promise?

ICastFist, do games w Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capital
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

I miss FilePlanet. That’s where I got my first Morrowind mods many years ago

At least GameBanana still exists, though there aren’t as many uploads there as Nexus. Still good that there’s an alternative

lechekaflan,
@lechekaflan@lemmy.world avatar

Fileplanet content is back but not how it looks right now.

CalipherJones,

Does anybody remember Cheat Planet or is that just me

Pika, do games w Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capital
@Pika@sh.itjust.works avatar

Nexus Mods is far too late on the monetization aspect. The restrictions placed on mod downloading sucks, and it hard pushes buying a membership. Not to mention they basically gave up on vortex and its a buggy mess even if you run it native.

GunValkyrie,

They gave up on vortex to make the nexus mods app. Which is pretty impressive so far. I would recommend reading the articles from the makers of it that discuss how they are making it and why. It’s really interesting.

I have been using the nexus mods app for cyberpunk and it’s really slick and easy.

Pika,
@Pika@sh.itjust.works avatar

I wasn’t aware there was a replacement that was suitable. I will have to look into that soley on the fact there seems to be a linux native release, thank you.

GunValkyrie,

Yeah I have my worries in the sale of nexusmods.com. But everything i have read about the new app is really promising and the people working on it have worked on other major mod managers in the past as well. So they seem to know what they are doing. It’s still in really early alpha so if you use it, make backups. Sometimes you have to completely uninstall and then reinstall to update which is annoying. But thats the cost of using alpha software.

the_riviera_kid, do games w Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capital

I have a bridge to sell anyone who believes that.

abfarid, do games w 'No gay, no pay': The RuneScape community is absolutely mauling Jagex's new CEO over his decision to cancel new Pride Month events
@abfarid@startrek.website avatar

I’m pretty sure this happened because sooo many players complained about the event the last times. I remember boycotts and stuff.

I’m not saying Jagex isn’t bad, but this time it’s on players.

Fizz,
@Fizz@lemmy.nz avatar

Jagex never listens to the players when they should, so they dont get to hide behind the playerbase for this one.

abfarid,
@abfarid@startrek.website avatar

I mean, they listen sometimes. But the point is, they, as any other company, were doing it to pretend that they are cool and progressive. As the result they got mostly negative reactions. So why bother with the effort if you’re only gonna reduce your already dwindling player base. IIRC, they were very small symbolic events anyway.

lime, do gaming w Byond game engine suffers a weeks-long DDoS attack, apparently because a wanna-be Bond villain is trying to force it to go open source: 'Attacks on Byond servers are a symptom of your obstinance'
@lime@feddit.nu avatar

just play ss14

HappyFrog,

While I agree that ss14 and the robust engine is better, I don’t think that ddosing a game is the right way of doing this.

lime,
@lime@feddit.nu avatar

no i mean the hacker should do that instead

renard_roux,

“Drats! My evil schemes are thwarted yet again by reason and sensible suggestions! When will this citric tyranny end?!?! Curse you, Lime! !!!

Mr. Hacker falls to his knees, releasing a primal scream towards the heavens, torrential rain soaking his purple tuxedo, turning brackish as it mixes with his salty tears of rage.

lime,
@lime@feddit.nu avatar

there there

Zoop,

I like the way you write and I like the way your brain works! That made me smile - thank you. :)

kn0wmad1c, do games w Former Dragon Age writer says Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Baldur's Gate 3 prove 'what's possible when a game is given time to cook'
@kn0wmad1c@programming.dev avatar

Yeah, or keeping suits who aren’t gamers away from making calls about the game’s development.

CosmoNova,

That‘s the critical one. It‘s not about budget or outsourcing or whatever. It comes down to who makes the decisions and why. In a lot of cases it‘s people with a finance background who couldn‘t care less about the medium they‘re working with and that can be a major issue. Gaming being a bigger industry than music and film combined has attracted a lot of people who only think in dollar bills and it shows. Luckily however, there are still a lot of passionate teams with leaders who have a love for games.

CrowAirbrush, do games w Bungie confirms it stole art once again, will undertake a 'thorough review' of Marathon assets

They need to go bankrupt, honestly.

Behaviour like this should end your company.

HParker,

I would be sad for the good artist and developers at bungie to loose their jobs. Hopefully they are more careful and the artist ends up happy with the result of their talks.

CrowAirbrush,

First offense, sure.

But they’ll just keep being scum so it needs to come back to them.

HParker,

Yeah, i do hope it hurts their reputation and game sales. I think we 99% agree. Hopefully this results in better games without ethical lapses in the future.

ABetterTomorrow, do games w Bungie confirms it stole art once again, will undertake a 'thorough review' of Marathon assets

When you have money and power then get caught doing something, ask for forgiveness and create a awful situation to pay the artist less and throw in that small tiny hint of “no more money later, no royalties, we own everything and you get small check….byeeeeeee” (aka the middle finger)

MarcomachtKuchen, do games w The Baldur's Gate 3 cast got a new set of pre-painted minis and—oh, oh no, oh no no no

Honesty they are pretty average for prepainted miniatures. Painted miniatures at this scale is just not something that’s easy to do or cheap.

ms_lane,

Which is surprising in this day and age.

Laser scanning is possible, 6-axis milling machines exist and on a subminiature scale.

Why is there no 6-axis painting machine? I understand there are 3D printers that can do this, but 3D printing costs more than just making a die (or reusing a similar die from another model) at a certain scale.

UniversalBasicJustice,

Money. 6-axis isn’t cheap to run or maintain, especially at this scale with the desired precision. Add in the inherent issues of working with a variety of paint colors (especially aerosolized), subtract the ability to mask features from over spray. Their prices would have to make Warhammer look bargain bin in order to recoup the costs of the machine, maintenance and consumables.

MarcomachtKuchen,

Archon Studios recently introduced a mayor new technology into the hobby with Prismcast. This “printer” basically paints curved 2,5 D surfaces which you glue together to make a fully 3D model. AFAIK there is no way to make this technology in 3D

AlexisFR,
@AlexisFR@jlai.lu avatar

They don’t care, same reason they still use casting and resin and don’t move to 3D printing.

A_Union_of_Kobolds,

Painting them yourself is easier than ever though! Contrast paints and washes alone can accomplish amazing things. Trust me, if you’ve thought about trying, do it. You can absolutely do a better job than that in no time.

And everyone’s hands shake, you work around it :)

ghostlychonk,

The quality wouldn’t have been an issue I’d imagine if the pre release images hasn’t shown high quality minifigs. This is now typical WotC fuckery.

TallonMetroid, do games w The Baldur's Gate 3 cast got a new set of pre-painted minis and—oh, oh no, oh no no no
@TallonMetroid@lemmy.world avatar

Is that supposed to be Shart? Wow, they did her dirty, holy shit.

mrfriki, do games w Just months after reportedly cancelling two live service games in development, Sony announces a new PlayStation studio with a live service game in development

I wish them the best flop

lustyargonian, do games w Just months after reportedly cancelling two live service games in development, Sony announces a new PlayStation studio with a live service game in development

Devil’s advocate: they created a new studio with all the lessons and right core employees who understand the space the best.

newcockroach,
@newcockroach@lemmy.world avatar

Well atleast they are trying stuff unlike some other trillion dollar company that keeps on buying studios but still fails the make good new ip (hell! they are struggling to keep halo intact).

lustyargonian,

Word

CaptSatelliteJack,

Yeah, I think they made that, too

SkunkWorkz,

Funny how that almost describes several other US companies besides MS. Like Amazon keeps failing at releasing a game and when they do it’s trash. And Meta keeps losing billions in the VR space. Tech bros have no clue how the triple A gaming industry works, since games actually require creativity and you can’t simply hook people with an algorithm.

Slab_Bulkhead, do games w On the prospect of an $80-$90 GTA 6, former PlayStation boss says 'it's an impossible equation' for big-budget studios to keep their prices down
@Slab_Bulkhead@lemmy.world avatar

if rockstar really wanted to win over all gamers, even the ones not planning to play gta, they announce base gta 6 at 50. and then have the 'early/access-10 min early-uber shark complete edition with a unique purple skin at 100 or whatever the fuck they think the whole things worth.

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