Dremor

Dremor, 8 miesięcy temu

In a way, this does break rule 4, as multiples report pointed out, but I’ll allow it for this time in order for y’all to congratulate our fellow gamer here for its huge accomplishments.

OP is advised, in hope to appease the report queue gods, to kindly celebrate next achievement in the most monotonous, mild and definitively not memey manner. Thaaaanks. (/s)

Congrats dude!

Dremor, 8 miesięcy temu

You may also try !selfhosted to get more help.

Dremor, 8 miesięcy temu

Or use octals -> 1Mo/s = 1MB/s = 8Mb/s

No risk of confusion.

Dremor, 8 miesięcy temu

Probably not, that’d be piracy, and I’m sure that Nintendo will sue them to hell. 😅

Dremor, 8 miesięcy temu

It would be NSFW for sure 😂.

Don’t worry, we too have the mental age of a teenager at time, myself included.

Dremor, 8 miesięcy temu

I know very well which one. My first thought seeing that one was “That’s a Penis!”. Heck, it even extends!

Dremor, 8 miesięcy temu

Usually it is the same person who post them, if you are bothered by them, just block those two or three users and you won’t ever be bothered by them again.

Personally I hesitated to allow them at first, but it gives a bit more diversity to the community posts, and it doesn’t seem to be a bad things. For now I don’t think it is too much, even with two posters (the original and his… sidekick? 😆), but if the community subscribers start to down-vote it to hell (like was yours), then I’ll ask both of them to redirect those post to a dedicated community, like feddit.uk/c/photomode, linked by @Zahille7

Dremor, 8 miesięcy temu

Maybe crosspost to that other community too. It may help revive it.

Dremor, 9 miesięcy temu

Not everyone is a natural Linux user, no need to call other dumb for not knowing something you may know about.

Dremor, 9 miesięcy temu

Unless you are not just sarcastic:

dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/axes

Dremor, 9 miesięcy temu

From the term used I can easily determine you are more conservative than most here, and even if your comment got reported multiple time on the basis of rule 2, I’d like not to overreact and give you the occasion to develop a bit more your arguments by providing examples instead of just “its like that because I feel like it is like that”.

So, could you please kindly provide, as other in this thread asked, example of :

• Games where those “political” topics doesn’t belong
• Review criticizing SpaceMarine 2 for not “pandering to LGBTQ”

I believe this would help open a more open conversation than some politically opposite attacking each other personally.

In my humble opinion, Games being a work of art as much as it is an entertainment, it is up to the creator to chose what kind of story it want to talk about.
Does they want to talk about how the LGBTQ community, which has been oppressed for a long time, in their game ? Fine by me, at lease I can have some insight from the viewpoint of someone of this community, albeit virtual, to better understand said topic.
Those topics where not talked at all previously, so of course it would feel like it becomes a lot more present in the last years, just by contrast with the absence of it in previous titles. It is also a brand new storytelling topic on which game designer have very little experience with, so it is logical for it to be talked about awkwardly at time (thus the need for specialized consulting firm like Sweet Baby Inc), with some very obvious stitches at times. Just give them time to understand how to blend it better in the story and gameplay, and you’ll get the fun games you wish for, with a diverse cast you won’t even have to complain about.

Dremor, 9 miesięcy temu (edited 9 miesięcy temu)

I know I’m a bit late, but here is some more info that may be of use to some.

OpenGL/GLSL

OpenGL, is a set of “extensions” (currently 160 as of OpenGL 4.6), which is a subset of features that has to be implemented by each vendor/manufacturer driver.
To be considered compliant with OpenGL 4.0, you have to implement all its extensions. This base serves as the first stepping toward the next step, OpenGL 4.1, which is basically 4.0 with some more extensions, and so on untill the current OpenGL 4.6.
But as everything in OpenGL 4.0 is also in OpenGL 4.6, a driver for 4.6 will run any 4.0 games. But if you used an extension found in the 4.3 spec, your game won’t work on a 4.2 level driver… Well, most of the time, as it may already have implemented the extension you need, but did not implement yet enough of them to reach the 4.3 specs.
To complicate things even further, you have the cut-to-size versions, aka OpenGL ES, which targets embedded devices with a stripped down version of OpenGL.
As an example of this, you can find here the compatibility matrix for the open-source Mesa collection of drivers : mesamatrix.net

DirectX

DirectX, in contrary, is a monolithic spécification. You either support DX11, or you don’t.
Part of it is implemented in the NT kernel (Linux équivalent in Windows) by MS, through its libraries, and the other is implemented by the GPU manufacturer, in their drivers.
DX version are often tied to Windows versions (DX12 with Windows 11), for multiple reasons. It requires the right features available in the NT kernel, the right hardware to be run, and, lets be honest, it is a great sale argument to try to push users to get the latest Windows version. Same goes with hardware manufacturers, it is a great way to make sure your customers upgrade for a GPU that support the latest DX version.
Subsequent versions are not compatible with each other, that’s why, if you play a DX9 game, you have to install the correct driver that (still) supports DX9, and the DX9 libraries.

To convert or not to convert to new API version ?

To convert a game from DX9 to DX10, you have to rewrite part of the underlying engine, which mean putting ressources and money into it.
Most publisher won’t bother, as the return on investment isn’t good enough to motivate such work. The new features won’t be used, and even though it usually give a substantial boost to performance, those games are often old enough to work exceptionally well on the current era hardware anyway.
So, once again, why bother ?

The specific case of DX12 (and Vulkan)

DX12 is to DX11 what Vulkan is to OpenGL. Both are a dramatic philosophical shift in the graphical API world. Previously, graphical APIs where at a higher level in the stack, which reduced their complexity, at the cost of bigger overhead.
Now with those two new beasts, you get a lot lower in the stack, which mean a lot closer to the hardware itself. You loose some of the ease of use in exchange for a lot less overhead, and thus potentially better performances.
But if your game worked on previous APIs, your are out of luck, as the changes are so radical you’d probably have to rewrite the whole engine renderer. It cost a lot, so only very few games goes this way, mostly the very successful ones, and probably mostly to gain experience with those new paradigms before starting to go all DX12/Vulkan for future games.

Dremor, 9 miesięcy temu

I suppose by searching in the “Adult Only” Steam category. You have to allow NSFW games in Steam settings to see them.

Dremor, 9 miesięcy temu

I’m not into those kinds of games, but I happen to personally know the dev of “The Symbiant” (we are on the same city-wide Discord server), which is a yaoi VN with a side of tentacles. It seems to have excellent reviews (96% all time with 500+ reviews, a lot for this kind of games), but that’s the only one I may recommend, albeit without having played to it myself.

From what I was told by said dev, most NSFW games are Visual Novels, where most of budget goes into the visuals, which are often externalized to specialized artists (or AI for some low quality cash grabs). And as the target audience isn’t exactly there for the gameplay, there is little incentives to shape out good gameplay or great stories. But some exceptions probably exists.

Dremor, 9 miesięcy temu

You are mistaking “Invincible” with “Invisible”. That’s how.

Dremor, 9 miesięcy temu

That’s a joke I didn’t knew about 😂

Dremor, 9 miesięcy temu

Locking in favor of the older thread : sh.itjust.works/post/24948041

Dremor, 9 miesięcy temu

You are not the only one who hate that. I refuse to play any of those game because of that, as well as many other microtransaction games, especially those who exploit FOMO.

Dremor, 9 miesięcy temu

I’d avoid any game with their technology included. Especially on a paid game.

Dremor, 9 miesięcy temu

Sound good. Maybe I’ll give it another chance.

Dremor, 9 miesięcy temu

Funny anecdote, I managed to survive to a Flambeau explosion on the first boss once… As a heal. I literally dodged the explosion. 😂

Dremor, 10 miesięcy temu

I’m playing since the 2.0 days, I almost grew up with this game and its characters. Top tier game, be it as an MMO or a single player game, it is worth it.

Dremor, 10 miesięcy temu

I played 2.0-7.0 on KB/M, and now I’m learning to play on Steam Deck (so a controller is mandatory). It is surprising easy for DPS and tanks, but I’m still struggling with Healers.

Dremor, 10 miesięcy temu

I started with the Arcanist too, then Scholar. I really liked the gameplay.

Then I changed main class almost every expansion, starting with the Dark Knight, then Dancer, Sage, and now back to Dancer. None of the new classes caught my fancy this time 😅.

Do you use XIVLauncher?

Dremor, 10 miesięcy temu

Don’t forget the servers cost. Those things cost a lot. I have a pretty good gaming setup, 2k€+, but my home server costed me more in the end.

Dremor, 10 miesięcy temu

Shameless indeed.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/8442508c-e03b-449b-9871-b0f76bdd4c5d.gif

Dremor, 10 miesięcy temu

Maybe next episode 😆

Dremor, 10 miesięcy temu

The demo was a lot of fun, I’m looking forward to play to it once I’ve finished my latest acquisitions.

Dremor, 10 miesięcy temu (edited 10 miesięcy temu)

And that, my friend, is a https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_fallacy (or Argumentum ad logicam if you wish to be posh as heck).

Pointing out your opponent fallacies doesn’t make yours valid. I’d also add that this is not a Stawman fallacy, as he does not attempt to replace your (absence of) argument with one that he refutes, but rather an Ad Hominem.

Edit : I’d add that yours is also an Ad Hominem, which makes it quite ironic.

Dremor, 10 miesięcy temu

I agree that he could make more structured and elaborate threads, but I wouldn’t call him a clown or spammer for that much.
Might I remind you that you can just ignore him if you don’t want to see his threads? Like that those who wish to engage on those threads still can and you won’t be bothered anymore.

If OP break a community rule or a site wide rule, we will ban him, after warning him, but not otherwise.

Dremor, 10 miesięcy temu

I do agree. I’ll raise the question with the others mods and we’ll decide on a new rule if necessary.

Dremor, 10 miesięcy temu

I think this would be a first. So there is no real methodology in place right now.
But I’d really like to get the community involved for the decision making, that’s something we’ll discuss internally, but in my opinion I’d like for it to work as following :

1. The community, LW admin, or the mods express the need for new rules <- We are here
2. Internal discussion between mods, and, if needed, LW admins, to make sure the new or updated rule is conform to LW rules and what we wish to do with the community.
3. Once the draft of the new rule is done, we’d publish it as draft to get feedback.
4. Once most people agree on the new or updated rule, we will start enforce it, first with a bit of leniency, then more strictly.

What do you think about that ?

Dremor, 10 miesięcy temu

Your point is valid, but the insults aren’t needed. Please remove them and I’ll restore your comments.

Dremor, 10 miesięcy temu

As you wish.

Dremor, 10 miesięcy temu

Nice. I may be at long last able to play some of the games that crashes when trying to trigger a Gog Galaxy achievement. 😆

Dremor, 10 miesięcy temu (edited 10 miesięcy temu)

Hi there.

I’m a bit hesitant about allowing or not linking to the website archives.
For the time being, and while we discuss about it among the mods, I’d like to ask you to refrain from posting any link to said archive.
If we decide to allow it, I’ll restore the comments containing said links I’ve removed.

Thank you for your understanding.

Final Edit :

After carefully considering both sides arguments, and talking about it with LM admins and the mod team, we decided to keep the direct links removed.

LM allows meta-discussions around piracy, but not linking to possible pirated content. As we do not have the means and resources to check the whole 12Go dump to make sure no there is no copyrighted content in one of those Rom Hacks. More information here.

Rom Hacking is a gray area which is, depending on your location and/or interpretation of your local law, allowed or not. LW is under EU Jurisdiction (see that part of the TOS), and has to abide with rather restrictive law on that matter. There is unfortunately no broad “fair use” exception in that jurisdiction, only specific exceptions listed here. None of them seem to be applicable to Rom Hacks, which mean that they are to be considered potentially illegal under LW jurisdiction.

Dremor, 10 miesięcy temu

I’ll take a look tomorrow. I’m UTC+2 (I just can’t sleep right now 😅), so I’m not yet in the required state of mind to go and check all of that.

Dremor, 10 miesięcy temu (edited 10 miesięcy temu)

You don’t need to have the full game to be considered as piracy. Anything allowing to break a DRM could be considered as such.

Edit :

I understand that most of you do not agree with that, and I do too, but as a mod I have to put my feelings on the matter aside and put the community and lemmy.world interest first. If we get DMCA (or the EU equivalent), consequences could be quite significant for this community or the server itself.

You can find a more specific explanation of my stance here :

lemmy.world/comment/11587381

Dremor, 10 miesięcy temu

You got a good point here. I’ll take that into consideration.

Dremor, 10 miesięcy temu

Thank you for taking the time to share your expertise.
In the EU, things are a bit different. US Fair Use is quite open ended, with a lot of room for interpretation. In the case of EU copyright laws, the list of exclusions is explicitly listed in Information Society Directive Article 5.
In my opinion this could fall into either art. 5.3(d), art. 5.3(i), or art. 5.3(k), but I’m no copyright law specialist. I do have one among my friends, but she kinda got a child last week, I’m not gonna bother her for that 😅.

Dremor, 10 miesięcy temu

First, please take into consideration that lemmy.world website and organisation is bound to EU laws (as stated in the TOS). As such, in the current case the EU copyright laws, that are as previously stated, far more restrictive than the US ones.

As you stated, the objective of ROM patches is to modify copyrighted material. One of the right protected by copyright in the EU is the right to modify a software.

By default, if no licence is given, software is considered as being under the most restrictive licence available (even if the source code is freely available), which means, in this case, an “all rights reserved” licence, which prohibit software modification.

In the EU, third party patches are considered as derivative works, and requires an explicit authorisation from the copyright holder to be published and used on copyrighted material. Some exceptions exists, as previously stated, but applying them here would be quite far fetched.

For now, and while I keep researching on the application of EU copyright laws to try to find a flaw that would allow me to authorize those links, I’ll have to keep those links removed.

The comments would be restored if the link are removed by the comment authors.

Dremor, 10 miesięcy temu

Oh, my bad 😂

I meant that I was hesitant.

As you can see, English is not my main language.

Dremor, 10 miesięcy temu

🤣

Dremor, rok temu

Well now there is a dedicated post. Yours. 😄