Rentlar

@Rentlar@lemmy.ca

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Why does the PC gaming industry still use such deceptive pricing? angielski

Battlefield 2042 is $60 right now. One of my friends on Steam plays Battlefield 2042 and I thought hey, that would be pretty cool to play with him. I’m sure it wouldn’t be that much because that game came out a long time ago and was extremely poorly received and like, I’m sure it would be really easy to buy that game or...

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Look, you will have a sizable contingent of people shelling out an additional $20 to $80 just to play a game a few days early, with little to no other benefits. Their impatience is capitalized on.

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Not even enticing people with “free premium currency” just for logging in could entice me to play an Ubisoft shooter.

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The TSW5 Starter Pack is free to register to your account on Steam, Epic, Microsoft and Sony platforms, available to claim until Oct 17 2024.

  • If you don’t have any current or previous TSW addons you will only have access to the tutorial training centre route.
  • If you have compatible content from earlier Train Sim World routes, getting the starter pack will allow you to obtain the TSW5 version of the route and locos as a free DLC.
Rentlar,

Congratulations! 1 more country to beat the threshold requirement (after the Netherlands whose threshold seems will be crossed imminently). France and Ireland seem like solid contenders.

‘Transformational’: how a California city launched America’s first hydrogen-powered passenger train (www.theguardian.com) angielski

There’s a new train pulling into the station in San Bernardino, a southern California city about 60 miles from Los Angeles. From the outside, it looks like any other commuter train, with three passenger carriages, blocky windows and a colourful blue exterior....

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To play H2’s advocate for a moment, if LA can’t seem to get the financial and political backing to invest in electrification quickly, it is a potential way for LA to pull a “passenger train network” out of its ass in time for the 2028 Olympics…

It’s quieter and no emissions at the location of travel kind similar to CNG/LNG. (Some electricity face similar problems of not being zero emissions from generation)… but I do think it’s worth exploring for some minor applications.

Edit: to be clear, electric and battery trains are better technologies by miles and miles. Just that the oil and freight rail lobbyists are in California’s pocket for now so I’m just saying the best case scenario for Los Angeles given the powers that be and hold SoCal back

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This is what mods are meant for… to bring a beautiful setting and game engine to its limits beyond what story and gameplay could be crammed in at release.

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Thank you NASA, I didn’t know I needed

BIG SPACE KITE 🪁

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From the manufacturer’s website, appears to be a maintenance of way (railroad and ballast maintenance) vehicle.

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The guidelines are also likely in place to avoid mention of previous reports of misogyny at the studio. Posts from Game Science CEO Féng Jì including sexualised and misogynistic language were reported on in 2020, while IGN also reported on the studio’s history with sexism.

Lol, a Streisand effect here.

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Oh bother…

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The launch option menu similar to below fulfilled the purpose of the 2k launcher and more. The launcher only served to waste our time. I hope rockstar games will get rid of their launcher too for GTAV.

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For our dear friends across the pond: Kerby

Rentlar,

Starcraft 2 has the best control scheme out of all the RTS games that I have played. I wish Age of Empires 2 could put the map on the left, then I would be way better at using it.

Fog of war

Just play Terran and scan, hurr durrrrrrr. Interestingly, AoE2 has a game option of letting everyone see each other by default.

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Has native Linux support, but if you are playing with friends or other online multiplayer I would recommend the proton version as sometimes updates lag behind.

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It already has done much more than you give credit for. People are talking about it. More importantly, legislators are talking about it, which is the first step for things for laws to change/clarify what it means to own a digital product in the UK.

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Yeah this makes no sense as an issue.

Cyclists travel at speeds they can easily slow down or stop if some blind person walks into the lane, sighted people do it all the time anyway. The typical long sight lines give plenty of time for a cyclist to spot someone sporting a red and white cane.

“We don’t have any evidence at this time that there is an injury collision problem."

Is precisely my thoughts.

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Buy successful indie game and studio, run the IP into the ground or just lay the workers off and keep the IP. Much cheaper to keep good games out and make room for your shitty AAA title than actually compete with them in the market.

The Activision™ way?

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Dry like the Mojave but windy like Chicago.

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Demo’d this at PAX West Seattle and said hi to Billy there. It was quite a charming experience.

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Seems interesting, though this trailer was probably made in Powerpoint.

Sonic Forces™ fans to play another mobile game with plenty of microtransactions.

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What I wouldn’t do for an AoE or Halo Wars series game on a StarCraft engine and control scheme…

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They did also reportedly say they were making offline mode.

They were also in the midst of making the cure for microtransaction cancer.

And they were putting final touches on the solution to homelessness the week before they were closed.

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You might be able to try a “demo” of v rising 1.0.0.79266-b23 before you buy…

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They got so cheesed after Nvidia shipped the device with the RCM exploit.

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We did it Lemmy~

Updated my review: (PERSONAL ORDER COMPLETE)

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I’m curious, what’s the problem? There was an upsetting change, review was negative. That change was walked back and not happening. What would the reason be to keep it negative?

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It doesn’t seem like a big change to me, so long as you can just have it linked to your Steam account and nothing else.

I’d mostly be upset if it breaks Linux compatibility or was a single player game (HD2 isn’t).

E: Changed only to mostly

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This is the point of contention I am curious about. If Sony can be the one to kick you off the game that you bought on Steam and you don’t get refunded for it, I will review it negatively. Let me know what happens after the update forcing PSN.

Rentlar,

I think those people that will no longer be able to play it, because Sony doesn’t let them do the thing that they now require, deserve refunds. I will leave a negative review when the update drops if they don’t, despite really enjoying this game, because it’s not fair to those who bought it and will be locked out. If they can make it such that you can have a placeholder Sony account that can’t access all PSN features, for the sole purpose to play this and other Sony games on Steam, that anyone in the world can access, that would be an acceptable compromise to me.

I understand EULA and account creation fatigue. It’s just that it’s not the accounts themselves that are the worrisome part of the change for me is what I’m saying. If it’s for specific reasoning (console crossplay), is unobtrusive, and maintains access for existing Steam purchasers then I don’t have a real problem. If they use it to limit people’s access that’s where I have a problem.

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In the compromise model, Sony gets the interaction data they want and pad their account numbers for investors. Players get sustained access to the game. Win-win.

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I presume you will have heard, Sony/Playstation has announced it will reverse on the PSN linking mandate.

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Cheaper price tag AND doesn’t beg you for more money constantly. Helldivers 2 has premium content but they don’t shove it in your face unless you bring up the specific menu for it.

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Don’t forget that it’s $70 for the Disappointment Standard Edition and $120 for the Disappointment Deluxe Edition.

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Back in the day I was drifting in Mario Kart DS on the Dpad until my thumbs hurt before the Wii version (with Nunchuk) and later.

The switch was fine, of course in handheld mode its inferior to the larger/heavier, newer and more ergonomically designed Steam Deck. These days at my friends house I bring a Pro controller around which works and feels just fine.

Oh and yeah the best Switch gaming experience is via emulation of the games you own and using nicer controllers.

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I enjoyed Terran 3, my favourite of the TerrN themes.

As for suggestions for next, I think you should do what you desire, but if I were to pick it might be Civilization 6 themes.

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I don’t get why companies everywhere think that making a promise, then quietly editing it out before breaking the promise is going to work at all for them?

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The Beach DLC was distasteful, you still can’t even make convincing beaches with the terrain.

I’m very glad Paradox reversed course here. It sounds like they are starting to take seriously what it means to make a finished, solid game. Cities:Skylines fans are tired of half-baked shit.

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We have Стим Дек at home:

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He’s right, but I don’t like the framing of TV companies are going to spy on you anyway so we’re the best option since you get a free TV. I would like the option to not be spied on. In fact I’m choosing that by not having a TV to begin with.

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Yep. Biden and administration has been improving stuff for both freight rail and passenger rail, possibly after letting them getting away with being too lax on safety. If he gets another term I really hope they can bring back Conrail which would bring back NS in good hands.

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It’s not a perfect replacement and single player only if that matters, but have you tried Transport Fever 2? It’s got a TTD feel with beautiful modern graphics.

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Sorry I meant a TTD feel in terms of basic mechanics, but with beautiful modern graphics.

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Stupid stunt notwithstanding, the Counter Strike game is about terrorists vs. counter-terrorists so it’s at least thematically on point?

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Thanks for the research. It seems like their discontinuation of Oculus accounts made some of the steps harder or less effective, and I’d worry about messing something up.

Ancora Accelerates NS [Norfolk Southern] Takeover Attempt - Railway Age (www.railwayage.com) angielski

From the document: “The bottom line is that it is time to actually move Norfolk Southern forward. Moving ahead starts with identifying the right destination. Our slate and proposed management team believe they have the experience and strategy required to turn Norfolk Southern into a safer, more sustainable railroad that is...

Rentlar,

Safety is not a complicated issue, but this takeover is…

BLET (in February) initially opposed the takeover

BLET recently (At the end of April) changed positions and are now supporting Ancora’s takeover.

So I don’t really know who to side with on this issue tbh.

NS says they are going to do less PSR, but PSR is merely a buzzword and promises from current mamagement ring just as hollow as those from Ancora.

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