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jordanlund, do gaming w I'm something of a data hoarder myself
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

External drives are cheap. Got one working on the Steam Deck.

theangryseal,

I pulled one out of an old laptop and bought an adapter for that purpose. :p Adapter was like 5 bucks.

Harvey656, do gaming w I'm something of a data hoarder myself

Is that half-life generation? Damn, I bet kids these days haven’t even heard of that one.

Zahille7,

Just looked it up and it was basically Orange Box before Half-Life 2

bjoern_tantau, do games w Are mods usually confusing as hell or am I just an idiot?
@bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de avatar

Depends on the game. When the game was made in a way that is easily moddable then installing mods usually just means putting the mod files into some directory. But when a mod is supposed to do something that is not really supported then it has to do even more crazy stuff. And when several mods want to do similar crazy stuff it gets even more complicated.

So it really depends. Though BG3 has mod support built in by now. So everything in there should be easy.

db0, do gaming w I'm something of a data hoarder myself
@db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Get into boardgames. Now you have big-ass nerdy gamer boxes in your library which actually have a reason to exist.

wisely,

The problem with those is finding people to play with.

MonkderVierte, do gaming w I'm something of a data hoarder myself

Because i’m too lazy to back them up.

shadowedcross, do games w Are mods usually confusing as hell or am I just an idiot?
@shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works avatar

I used to manually mod like this, but for a few years now I’ve pretty much just been using mod lists/packs.

For Bethesda RPGs (TES/Fallout), and a couple other games, you can use Wabbajack to auto-install a bunch of different lists, some of which have thousands of mods.

For other games you can usually use Vortex and Nexus collections, or in the case of Steam workshop, workshop collections.

If you want a good mod list for BG3, there’s Listonomicon.

BananaTrifleViolin, do games w Are mods usually confusing as hell or am I just an idiot?

Genuinely not had a problem with mods, and I’ve been PC gaming for decades. Of course sometimes mods don’t work but thats life. Just be patient, you’ll get it done.

Decent mods have a readme file - follow the steps strictly - no skipping thinking you know better - and they should work.

Also look on YouTube or search online for guides - people often provide step by step guides to mod games purely out of a love for gaming.

Keep going - mods can be great, and its one of the many benefits of PC gaming. You’ll get there!

73CC, do gaming w I'm something of a data hoarder myself
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@UltraGiGaGigantic Nostalgia! It makes me happy every time I see my old favorite games.

HexesofVexes, do games w Are mods usually confusing as hell or am I just an idiot?

For every mod you add, complexity usually increases exponentially.

Depending on the game, difficulty also varies: modding stardew valley is joy (117 mods in a pack, easy afternoon sipping tea), modding skyrim less so (oh god,these two amazing mods tweak the same tree, time to go patch hunting, 2 weeks later you play it only to spot obscure graphical glitches, all hail wabbajack automation!), trying to make a working multiplayer mod pack for rimworld is pure suffering (why do you hate me, why do two compatible mods generate mass instability?!? 4 months of bug hunting and unsalvageable runs due to strange mod interactions, gave up for now).

LunarLoony, do games w Are mods usually confusing as hell or am I just an idiot?
@LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

This just reminds me of the mod situation for early versions of Minecraft. These days it’s as simple as pressing a button and dropping your mods into a folder, but back then it was a case of directly modifying the main Java file, removing specific bits, adding specific bits in specific places… not smooth at all

B312, do games w What are your favorite games for killing nazis?

Helldivers but only when you kill teammates

Alfredolin,

… which is completely normal and tolerated.

gerbler, do games w What are your favorite games for killing nazis?

I don’t know if anything really tops Wolfenstein TNO. Right from the get-go you’re running through a trench dual-wielding machine guns and just shredding Nazis like you’re mowing grass. Plus you can personally stomp Hitler’s face in! 10/10 experience.

derfunkatron,
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The New Colossus was released during Trump’s first term and it was really cathartic to play during the shit storm. The game even pissed off the “alt-right.” The New Order and The Old Blood are much better at “endless destruction of Nazis” though.

Might be time to reinstall and play through them again.

Freefall,

Honestly, never tried the newer Wolfenstein games. This sounds amazing!

fsxylo,

This is weirdly far down. Wolfenstein is the definitive Nazi killing experience.

Alfredolin,

Aaand it’s -75% on Gog. 'Mazing!

adam_y, do games w Are mods usually confusing as hell or am I just an idiot?
@adam_y@lemmy.world avatar

"If it was easy, it wouldn’t be a shortcut, it’d just be the way. "

Modding varies from game to game, but having been doing it for nearly 40 years now, I can say it has generally become easier in the titles that want you to and harder in the ones that don’t.

MITM0, do games w Are mods usually confusing as hell or am I just an idiot?
@MITM0@lemmy.world avatar

Relatable, Mods do be tricky to implement

codexarcanum, do gaming w I'm something of a data hoarder myself

At one point recently I bought a two pack of USB Blu-ray burner drives for $25. Optical media is so dirt cheap now that the readers are BOGO. Gave one to my partner, the other is still serving my physical media needs very well.

HakFoo,

Where? That sounds like a good price as internal SATA BD-RE drives tend to be $60+

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