nickwitha_k

nickwitha_k, miesiąc temu (edited miesiąc temu)

I had a fun experience with this but it was due to a bug. The ONE time that I succeeded in forcing myself to play a bad guy in an RPG was Dragon Jade Empire for the XBox. I made it through the entire game, feeling terrible about being a dick to everyone and then, due to a bug (before consoles got patches), I couldn’t beat the game on the Evil path. It would crash every time. So, I chose the good option in the last conversation and was able to beat it but got the good ending.

It was really annoying to put that emotional effort in and have it count for nothing. So, I just accept now that I’m going to pay a good character and either watch ending videos online or not at all.

nickwitha_k, miesiąc temu

You’re right. It was Jade Empire.

nickwitha_k, 2 miesiące temu

This would be a good use for LLMs. Humanizing random NPCs to encourage players to take non-violent routes.

nickwitha_k, 2 miesiące temu

Do game devs not have git blame ? Honest question. Seems like not having version control on development of 3d assets is a bit of an oversight.

nickwitha_k, 2 miesiące temu

Git isn’t very good with large binary files, git blame doubly so.

Good point. I’d hope that there is some equivalent version control though.

nickwitha_k, 4 miesiące temu

That’s a pretty unexpected surprise. If it provides Linux-compatible usage, I might get one afterall.

nickwitha_k, 6 miesięcy temu

Depends on the game. Generally, I go with a male character that is somewhat like myself in appearance. The main reasons that I play a female character given the option are:

• There is some difference in the game or story based on gender (ex. Games like CP2077, though, generally not in my first playthrough. Or, the voice talents of Jennifer Hale in Mass Effect.)
• The male character was bodged in, unnecessarily (ex. AC: Odyssey, which wasn’t even supposed to have a male lead until a sexist Ubisoft exec forced it - the dialog i, just awful)
• Sometimes, it is just being a bit thirsty.

nickwitha_k, 6 miesięcy temu

Going to have to disagree on the second bit. Nearly every game that was released on XP or earlier has run better for me with WINE or DosBox in Linux than Windows. Proton and Lutris/Heroic have only made it better. I have the Might and Magic collection and Mass Effect Remastered on my deck and both run flawlessly with little setup.

nickwitha_k, 6 miesięcy temu

Indeed. Linux, with WINE is known to outperform Windows, sometimes by a wide margin, for older games for some time. Win98 hasn’t seen any development in about two decades. Meanwhile, people who enjoy old software have been continually improving WINE, allowing modern hardware and OS advances to be leveraged and unpatched low-level issues to be fixed. Linux is very much a better Win98 than Win98.

Things have improved a lot since the 90s.

nickwitha_k, 8 miesięcy temu

You’re certainly doing a great job at making me feel that Starfield isn’t exactly a huge loss to the PlayStation.

nickwitha_k, 8 miesięcy temu

Yeah. I’ve got a Steam Deck too, so, still probably pick it up sometime when it’s in sale, after I finish up playing some classic Might and Magic.

nickwitha_k, 8 miesięcy temu

Quality of a product is not just a result of quality of talent (see: “I hate sand.”). Management, direction, and quality of life of the talent has a profound impact. If you want the highest quality product, especially in an industry that requires collaboration, you want your talent to be happy.

nickwitha_k, 8 miesięcy temu

Here’s an example for you: ign.com/…/new-report-makes-disturbing-allegations…

nickwitha_k, 8 miesięcy temu

That’s very unlikely. It’s running UBB Threads, which, from what I can tell, has an auth subsystem, which au minimum would do hashing. If it’s providing you with a default at sign-up, that’s different and is what appears to be a configurable setting.

If it is completely generated for you, here’s what probably happening:

1. User creation module runs a password generator and stores this and the username in memory as string variables.
2. User creation module calls back to storage module to store new user data in db, including the value of the generated password var.
3. Either the storage module or another middleware module hashes the password while preparing to store.
4. Storage module reports success to user creation.
5. User creation module prints the vars to the welcome template and unloads them from memory.

TL;DR as this is running on a long-established commercial php forum package, with DB storage, it is incredibly unlikely that the password is stored in the DB as plaintext. At most it is likely stored in memory during creation. I cannot confirm, however, as it is not FOSS.

nickwitha_k, 9 miesięcy temu (edited 9 miesięcy temu)

Would be more, if it wasn’t an exclusive.

EDIT: To clarify, all of the console exclusivity is absolute bullshit and does nothing positive for those who enjoy games, nor does it serve any necessary purpose - it’s just a weapon for businesses to use against each other.

nickwitha_k, 9 miesięcy temu

Add Final Fantasy. Would also have more if they weren’t exclusive.

nickwitha_k, 9 miesięcy temu

Agreed. Exclusives are complete bullshit, regardless of vendor.

nickwitha_k, 9 miesięcy temu

Generally, “exclusive” in this context is referring to exclusivity on a console involved in the (IMO completely unnecessary) console wars.

I do agree that PC is an important item there too but, the problems there are a bit different - for example shoddy ports (no justification for porting from x86/amd64 consoles to PC to be bad), excessive and intrusive DRM, and unreasonable delay or unwillingness to port.

nickwitha_k, 9 miesięcy temu (edited 9 miesięcy temu)

That’s basically what I got. Xreal Air (formerly Nreal until a C&D from Epic). 1080p per eye and something like 49PPD with a 45° FOV. Tracking is 6DOF and requires software on the host (only complaint) and connectivity is via a USB-C cable (uses DP alt mode).

It’s nearly as “dumb” as an HMD can get. From the teardowns that I’ve seen, it’s really just got an MCU, a GPIO expander, a 6DOF chip, and the displays + drivers. And I love that about it. No batteries or anything to worry about.

nickwitha_k, 9 miesięcy temu

It is pretty narrow but also what makes it work, IMO. I don’t have them for immersion but for display replacement. The narrow field of view lets the 1080p display have nearly 0 screen door effect. Plus, the birdbath optics are really cheap compared to waveguides or fancy lenses in VR headsets.

nickwitha_k, 9 miesięcy temu

Makes sense. Yeah. Any birdbath setup will be wrong for that. They typically get great PPD but, narrow FOV.

nickwitha_k, 9 miesięcy temu

I think it’s great for my Deck but, that will indeed be a problem. The headset contains only the sensors and display systems but, none of the logic circuitry to “pin” displays. Including that would increase the price a good deal.

nickwitha_k, 9 miesięcy temu

If you’re willing to cough up another 120 for it!

Yeah… I’m not :P But, I am plotting a DIY solution. A solution that will probably cost more than $120 on components but, I think it will still be worth it.

nickwitha_k, 10 miesięcy temu

Sign up for a free dev account, get a full free license. There’s really no point in trying to “crack” it, unless you want to try collecting bug bounties.

nickwitha_k, 10 miesięcy temu

Only thing to get about NFTs is that they’re a scammy game of hot potato.