other-games

[snow zenith]

3200mhz

and yes

i changed it on the bios

oh shit tha's right

i can't get the starfield watch

but i can change the face on my watch

so

[dry dirge]

rip

tragic

[snow zenith]

time to bootleg it

[quaint escarp]

lol

[stray arch]

Lol

[quaint escarp]

i leave my watch on a pipboy layout

have to be careful not to remove it from account bc its not in the store anymore

[stray arch]

I just have one that gives me tons of info about the moon and wind and temperature and everything

[dry dirge]

wtf shira is a fallout fan

goddamn it, blocked

[quaint escarp]

you like guilty gear, should be banned

[dry dirge]

at least I don't like f*llout (I like fallout)

[snow zenith]

where's that dude

that got the starfield images earlier

because it's not on their website

[quaint escarp]

are you sure

[dry dirge]

what starfield images

[snow zenith]

them's

@upbeat bolt where you grab these boyo?

i got it

had to reverse search

lol

[quaint escarp]

make your own watch face

[snow zenith]

yes

[quaint escarp]

why do you have boobs on your pc

[snow zenith]

Yes

[dry dirge]

code covered his devices in boobs

[quaint escarp]

planet sized boobs

[snow zenith]

The bootleg Starfield watch

[dry dirge]

coward, pay like 500$ for the real thing

[snow zenith]

I like that it's the constellation logo but also a planet and actual stars

very nice artwork even if it wasn't starfield

now everything is the same

[dry dirge]

I won't get the watch because I do not wear watches

I simply blindly stumble around guessing what time it is

[snow zenith]

https://tenor.com/view/grand-theft-auto-liberty-city-stories-gta-lcs-gta-gif-gta-one-liners-gif-17452143

[earnest hatch]

16 times the boob size

[thorn dawn]

Yes

[dry dirge]

the stick position of dualsense is just awful

[quaint escarp]

ur awful

[dry dirge]

stop projecting

[snow zenith]

i got an xbox controller

because

windows

and i just like xbox controllers better

[orchid fox]

dualsense work on steam via steam input :^)

steam wizardry

[quaint escarp]

dualsense kinda doesnt work out the box

[orchid fox]

doesnt work natievly but work through steam

[dry dirge]

I got dualsense to work easily

not well, because of the sticks

but it did work

[quaint escarp]

i have both

recommend xbox

[dry dirge]

The xbone controller was great and I assume the series one is too

[snow zenith]

x bone

[stray arch]

I use Xbox controller most of the time, I have a ps4 controller too but I don't really use it

[dry dirge]

the dualsense's dualsensing is really neat but on games without it it's just a bad controller

[austere lance]

Series controller is defo better than the One controllers, highly recommend

[restive current]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1126599889908924488/1145823589405311006/HorizonZeroDawn_2023-08-29_02-12-26.png

[shadow tartan]

Can I come swap my One controllers with Series ones in the boxes at Walmart?

[snow zenith]

Freya

jumped on the desk

and managed to alt-F4 Project Wingman in the middle of the mission

I'm not even mad that's impressive

[austere lance]

☝️

[shadow tartan]

Maybe I can get @austere lance to turn the cameras off for a few mins

[austere lance]

Bold of you to assume we even have security at my store, lol. I've never seen any security people or even seen a security room

[upbeat bolt]

Reddit, Facebook, Bing search lol. Wallpaperflare.com is pretty good.

[austere lance]

No, I simply suffer at one

[shadow tartan]

Thanks for the info

He's Undercover Boss
S0ul owns all Walmarts

Walmart owns ASDA

No

S0ul does

[restive current]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1126599889908924488/1145833767416639528/HorizonZeroDawn_2023-08-29_02-58-23.png

[restive current]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1126599889908924488/1145833826749251674/HorizonZeroDawn_2023-08-29_02-52-53.png

'Horizon: Candy Dawn'.

[broken prairie]

We cookin today (BG3 Act 1)

[sonic spade]

FFXIV Anniversary mount!!😍🥰

[pure zinc]

Guys

I got

The craf

[dry copper]

The production quality on Coffeezilla's videos are pretty sick

I wonder who does his cgi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38RBRPwODUk

[earnest hatch]

I love Coffeezilla

[charred badge]

Ugh, deleting app now

[austere lance]

I've learned how to bully robots in The Surge 2, lol
https://www.xbox.com/play/media/C5YLNFLR3R

[modern panther]

I forgot about the surge 2

I have it but got stuck after the first boss

[austere lance]

It uh, it's pretty fuckin hard 😆

The first big boss took me a few tries, lol

I'm on the second big boss rn and god damn, they're wild af

[modern panther]

I did it first try

Unless the prison warden guy isn't the first big boss

[austere lance]

Nope

He's the tutorial boss

He's basically a mini-boss compared to what comes after 😆

[dry copper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6L4V0X2sEU

Idiot doesn't seem to know that with how much he stole, that's a class D felony

Theft becomes a Class D felony if the value of the property or services stolen is at least $2,500 but less than $10,000. A Class D felony carries two to 12 years in prison and a $5,000 fine.

He stole over $4000 worth in copies of the game

Dudes facing a minimum 2 years in prison and a $5000 fine

[inland oasis]

what a bozo xD

[dry copper]

Funny that they valued the dozens of copies at the minimum amount for the class D felony...They are being very generous if they are trying to keep the felony below class D

The next class under that is class E and that's 1-6 years in prison and $3k fine

At the very least he'll face a class E felony charge for having a stolen gun

[dreamy zinc]

You did know we were supposed to bring him in ALIVE, how on earth are supposed to interrogate this piece of charcoal

[dreamy zinc]

Ugh

Phone booth missions were such a pain

[dry copper]

https://tenor.com/view/diablo-joke-meme-is-this-an-out-of-season-april-fools-joke-out-of-season-gif-16662191

[dreamy zinc]

God this aged so badly too

They literally brought all the phone crap to the pc version XD

Imma wait till my screen comes back and have my new pc

So that's probably gonna be November

[orchid fox]

what a fucking idiot posting it on his personal twitter inviting cops and bethesda to investigate

[glass plinth]

Sigh

Really was absolutely idiotic

Quite a few leakers went another route with a stream of untrackable sources

But I dont promote that in anyway

[glossy kestrel]

tht guy in particular was a special snowflake tho...

the issue wasnt the leaks... it was him stealing copies of the game from the warehouse he worked at, then reselling for hundreds of dollars!

some were posted at 600$ per copy!

Either way ppl are just stoopid... wht did he think was gona happen lol

[daring spear]

That's the part that was being talked about was the thievery lol

[pure zinc]

I am good at predicting rockets

[glass plinth]

All Im focused on now is designing ships

Ive seen in the actual videos released by the studio what you can make

its utterly awesome

[glossy kestrel]

I didnt watch tht video posted above... I watched another one few days ago!
This is old news by now 😄

[glass plinth]

yeah

Im surprised how sexy some of the ships parts are

whoever they have making parts art are impressive

[glossy kestrel]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/424350924845088770/1142600858681479178/the-millenium-falcon-in-starfield-some-digital-kitbashing-v0-b5nx6nkm33jb1.png

😏

[glass plinth]

Yeah thats nothing, you should see the bird of prey someone built lol

[daring spear]

I didn't either
But the topic of discussion around it was him stealing

[glass plinth]

It actually looked convincing

he really did deserve the law against him

theft is theft

[daring spear]

Yes

[glass plinth]

Sigh

Just 4 days tell i can dl starfield

You know the one leak that irks me most < i cant talk about

But, frick, some people are so pedantic

[restive current]

The only good part he did was taking the games for free. The rest of it was stupid enough to deserve getting felonied.

[primal loom]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g3RPbRhMaQ

[tardy burrow]

Wanr

Me want

Gib

[primal loom]

Not long left now 😁

[tardy burrow]

Only got a steam deck 😭, hopefully it plays

[orchid fox]

just wonder if that means eu or na time preload starts

[primal loom]

A mystery indeed

[tardy burrow]

https://insider-gaming.com/details-on-first-starfield-early-access-patch/ there's hope

I want my own ship

I want it to be really fucking big with a pool inside

And i want it to have nukes

So i can nuke anyone

[primal loom]

I wonder how owning multiple ships will work, or if you can only have one

[tardy burrow]

Hopefully a fleet of warships with nukes

[snow zenith]

I think they said in Direct you can have multiple

might work like Elite where the ship is where you left it

[restive current]

I want my million-ship garage!

'All the ship are belong to me.'

OTOH, I don't think the game will even run on this PC...

[snow zenith]

Um

[restive current]

Also, no GOG edition, so...bad Bethesda!

[primal loom]

It's definitely going to need a GPU for sure

🫂

[snow zenith]

Check them requirements

[restive current]

That the shame.

[snow zenith]

Oh if you have an iGPU...yea sorry

[restive current]

i5-11400, iGPU and 12 GB RAM.

[snow zenith]

Get a GPU maaan

[restive current]

Send monies.

[snow zenith]

Can find decent enough ones for an affordable price

[restive current]

'Affordable' is a matter of where you live.

Not affordable for me, by any means.

[primal loom]

https://pioneerspacesim.net/#slide0

At least there's still this game

Best part is it's free

[restive current]

Huh, interesting. I'll try that out, see how it works.

[primal loom]

It's pretty neat

Fan remake of Frontier: Elite II, has a newtonian flight model

Clunky, takes a bit to get used to the controls

Where'd I put those screenshots

[snow zenith]

Poor Newton, keeps getting strapped onto ships xd

[restive current]

I'm still getting used to X4.

[primal loom]

Oh you've got X4?

[restive current]

I swear, NMS is way easier than this.

[primal loom]

Nice!

It is 100%

[tardy burrow]

Me with my steam deck 🥺

[primal loom]

NMS has a very simplified flight model

Not a bad thing, just different

[restive current]

Low performance, though...game's heavy and I still can't get the movement done properly...especially the 6D movement, strafing, combat...

[snow zenith]

Supposedly it's gonna been runnable on Steam Deck

[restive current]

I actually prefer NMS'...

It's auto-pilot enough to be fun.

While in X4, the whole ship is on you to control.

[primal loom]

Yep

I love em both

depends on the mood lol

[restive current]

Nothing bad, but...a bit over-whelming for small brain me.

[tardy burrow]

30 fps is enough

[primal loom]

Just gotta get your space legs, that's all

[snow zenith]

Sure

[tardy burrow]

Can i kidnap ships?

[restive current]

Steam Deck more powerful than my PC.

[snow zenith]

Elite Dangerous

[tardy burrow]

Like throw them in my cargobay and take off

[snow zenith]

FA off

[restive current]

Now only if...

[primal loom]

X4 is really heavy on CPU, no GPU to offload the graphics work only makes that worse

[snow zenith]

Best practice I have flying ships

[tardy burrow]

?

[restive current]

Wouldn't that require...a massive cargo-bay?

[tardy burrow]

Yeah, I'll build a massive ship

[restive current]

Yep...that's double the fun, and quadruple for me, since I got an iGPU.

So...

[tardy burrow]

I'll have my own ship kidnapping business

[restive current]

I know.

The only problem with the plan is 'run off' part.

'Cause I don't think you'll be able to.

[tardy burrow]

I'll sell the ships and make a deal so they would come with the crew as an extra gift

[tardy burrow]

I'll scoop them up in space

[restive current]

You know, X4...it takes 2 buttons for X thrust, then 2 buttons for Y thrust, 2 buttons for Z thrust.

How am I supposed to press 6 buttons while using a mouse with the other hand?

[restive current]

That still requires 'running off'.

You know that's not going to work, right?

Especially with your freighter-sized capital ship that's going to be a massive brick to move.

[orchid fox]

im poretty much in spec requirement buuuuuuuut i can prob not max stuff

[restive current]

Normandy vs. Sovereign from Mass Effect.

[primal loom]

8 if you want to rotate the ship

[restive current]

I need spider hands.

[primal loom]

Lmao

[restive current]

And that's just for movement.

[primal loom]

Spiders are naturally adept starship pilots

[restive current]

Need more fingers for weapons and other shit.

[restive current]

'Starfield: Arachnid Edition'.

Wait, I think X4 has flight assistance, doesn't it?

Partial auto-pilot?

(For combat, not travel)

[tardy burrow]

I mean they'll be inside, what are they gonna do lol?

[restive current]

What about the escort?

[tardy burrow]

If they come out I'll just let the vacuum handle them

[primal loom]

Hmm, only aim assist afaik

[tardy burrow]

They going inside too

[primal loom]

However

You can hire an NPC to fly your ship for you

Just give 'em commands from the tac map

[restive current]

Good luck not getting blown to smithereens with those hyper-agile fighters.

[primal loom]

Your ship shall consume the galaxy

[tardy burrow]

Yes

[restive current]

'I am the galaxy!' - Palpatine wannabe.

[primal loom]

https://tenor.com/view/megamaid-spaceballs-gif-18117191

[restive current]

Like...your own ship too? The one you're in?

[tardy burrow]

I'll kidnap a space station too

Will i be able to destroy cities tho?

[primal loom]

Highly doubtful

[primal loom]

Yup

[tardy burrow]

Sad

[restive current]

Da phuck?

[restive current]

Damn, noice.

[primal loom]

That's from Spaceballs lol

It's vacuuming all the air from the planet

[restive current]

I currently finished the tutorials...am left with 7 ships and I still am confoos on how to see all my ships in the inventory screen.

[primal loom]

The X4 UI is something else

[restive current]

UI is either garbage or too complicated for my small brain.

[primal loom]

You can tell it was designed by an engineer and not a UX designer

[restive current]

So it's not just me.

[primal loom]

Definitely not lol, don't worry

[restive current]

I couldn't find my in-person inventory, in-ship inventory, ship-inventory (all the owned ships)...I couldn't find anything.

[sonic sonnet]

The staff I want in nms

[primal loom]

"Jim, the UI is too confusing, players are getting lost"
"What do you mean? All the functions are there."

[restive current]

I love how Maul actually restrains himself...he only starts out normal...and when he realizes both are Jedi, he lights the other end of his stick.

[snow zenith]

As both an engineer and a former UI/UX designer, I just have brain freezes kek

[restive current]

IKR? It's...a nuisance.

Oh, and the landing pads...

[sonic sonnet]

Ikr

[restive current]

Oh, we got a big brain here!

[restive current]

I rooted for Maul.

[primal loom]

Twice the stick, double the bonk

[restive current]

Till, of course, he killed Neeson.

[sonic sonnet]

Eve online?

[primal loom]

X4 Foundations

[snow zenith]

Assuming software engineer here

[restive current]

Kenobi: 'I have the lower ground, Maul.'

[snow zenith]

And not an actual engineer

[restive current]

X4: Foundations.

The UI organization is utter garbage.

Like...

[primal loom]

But EVE too lol

[restive current]

just shakes head infinitely.

[primal loom]

They call it spreadsheet simulator for a reason

[restive current]

We're talking ship engineers.

[snow zenith]

Oh

[restive current]

I never played it...it's too paid for me.

[snow zenith]

[restive current]

OTOH, NMS UI can be a pain at times.

The main screen which leads to the options.

IDK what it's called...

The one which shows all the planets of the system and so on.

(Not the map)

[snow zenith]

I've started playing with a controller recently, NMS

[primal loom]

Discovery menu?

[snow zenith]

Marked improvement on myself experience lol

My*

[restive current]

YES...that.

That just...why is it lumped with the main menu screens and options?

I always get lost in there.

Other than that, though...the in-person inventory, ship-inventory and all are great.

Quick Menu could use a lot of work, though.

[primal loom]

Agreed

[restive current]

Yea, I guess most people feel better with analog control for such things.

[primal loom]

The UI has improved a lot over the years, still some things that could be done to improve the experience

[snow zenith]

It's just way less awkward and frustrating

[restive current]

I swear, every company that makes software should be forced to submit their product to a UI/UX third-party company...

[primal loom]

I'm gonna start the game up and look cause I can't remember lol

[restive current]

13 million in 7 days?

[restive current]

Yea, but controllers have button problems.

Not enough buttons for everything.

[primal loom]

That's in-game time, and liquid assets only 👀

I have a lot more in stations and ships

Btw there's a neat system in X4 called the SETA Drive

Lets you speed up time

Handy if you're waiting on something like station building

[restive current]

I'm...not going to ask where you got so much.

[restive current]

Yea, I know...honestly, I just barely got into it, but the ship manoeuvring and such is complicated.

And the UI...

[restive current]

I finished tutorial, so got, uh...7 ships for myself.

Around 1.6 million Cr.

Landed them all on the station I started on, to get things organized.

IDK what to use, though.

And where to go after this.

(Not playing right now, but...just in general)

[primal loom]

Yeah

Gotcha

There's a lot

Starting out I recommend taking a small ship and doing odd jobs at stations you come across while exploring

Stuff like satellite repair runs

It'll give you something to do while practicing ship controls

With a bit of money you can hire a mining ship with NPCs and have them mine for you for passive credit income

Don't worry about the fact none of your employees recieve pay in this game

This button here lets you see all your owned ships and stations

[restive current]

On...the map.

Great placement, Egosoft...

[primal loom]

It may seem a strange choice, but honestly

you can play the entire game from the map screen lol

They put it there for the strategy-minded players

[restive current]

Yea, it's a strategy game too, after all.

[primal loom]

Am intensely searching for the personal inventory

[restive current]

That, I think is in the third-from-left menu.

[sonic sonnet]

@golden smelt

[restive current]

(The top bar)

[sonic sonnet]

Nuclear shot... @golden smelt

[restive current]

Game?

[primal loom]

Ah, yes

it is

[sonic sonnet]

We were just talking about having new fire properties to guns in nms

Like
Bullet + uranium ...

[primal loom]

Then you click the backpack icon

Shift-I also works as a shortcut

[restive current]

Actually, I'm exploring...but I don't really know where to go. I went out, flew in one direction and it seemed the local hexagon (the one with the blue line on the map) expanded, but...it was just travelling on and on...I didn't know how to find anything like stations and such. Also, found a jump-gate...but didn't travel through since I can't even fly for shit.

[restive current]

Too many short-cuts, too many games...

[restive current]

Ah...makes more sense.

[restive current]

Wouldn't this me more...uh...radio-active?

Poison bullets.

[sonic sonnet]

Bullets + ammonia

[golden smelt]

I'm thinking more like

[sonic sonnet]

Fire bullets
Bullets + phosphorus

[restive current]

M-920 Cain.

https://masseffect.fandom.com/wiki/M-920_Cain

[sonic sonnet]

And freeze bullets
Bullets + frost crystal

Fire bullets + solanium
Armour Piercers

[golden smelt]

And of course, psychological bullets

[restive current]

Just get the Mass Effect system with expanded ammunition loads and in-depth system.

[golden smelt]

Bullets + atlandenium

[primal loom]

The hexagons are technically almost endless (with randomized encounters when you go far out from the center), but the relevant stuff is within a few hundred km of the jump gates normally

[restive current]

'Almost'?

[primal loom]

They are full scale

[restive current]

Bullets + Subterranean Relics = nightmare bullets.

[primal loom]

So you can just keep flying to a planet or something (You can't land on planets), but it will take you ages

[sonic sonnet]

Corruption bullets....

[golden smelt]

Bullets + tainted metal = doomed bullets

[sonic sonnet]

Bullets + radiant shard ...
Corruption growth

[restive current]

Yea, I got that...there's a planet right near the space station I started on...couldn't land on it, so I pointed ship to a map border and used Travel Mode...the map border seemed to expand, but in-world, I wasn't actually moving.

Like, the planet stayed in the same place...the only way you'd know you were moving was the speed indicator and the zoom effect.

[golden smelt]

And of course Bullets + basalt is just buckshot

[restive current]

But physically...it seemed I was right there.

[primal loom]

You were still moving :)

[sonic sonnet]

Something like that

[primal loom]

Space is just really big and you can't move at relativistic speeds in X4

[restive current]

No, I get that...but moving other places, the movement actually showed.

[primal loom]

Hmm

[restive current]

On the map border...it felt...static.

[sonic sonnet]

Best gun i have seen sooo far is

[primal loom]

Perhaps you were getting blocked by a nearby planet's collision box or something

Aside from that you can just keep going and going, for a very long time

[restive current]

That's the thing...I pointed away from the planet (but enough to keep it in sight, so I'd be like flying past the planet)...but maybe it was just slow.

IDK, I'll try out next time.

[restive current]

Reminds me of San Andreas.

Endless map.

Fly over the water...keep going infinitely...and glitch your game.

Best part was it took you exactly as long to get back as long as you flew out.

[sonic sonnet]

https://youtu.be/GrVmGpqEbkE?si=UOtB-yXEam_aNgnD

[restive current]

So if you fly in one direction for 50 days, you'll take 50 days to get back to San Andreas land.

[sonic sonnet]

Absolute Devastation

[restive current]

GTA V, they phucked it up with the garbage map borders.

[primal loom]

Perish, Xenon cur

Btw @restive current

Pressing the Enter key brings up this menu

"Ship Information" has the ship cargo and such

[restive current]

Yep, I've been using that to get around the game.

(I couldn't even find the weapons initially)

And I don't understand how the 'group' thing works.

Like, I know the vertical row = what weapon's installed.

But horizontal = ?

[primal loom]

Different firing groups

So you fire your cannons or space lasers, then switch fire groups to launch missiles or something

1-4 keys on the number row by default I think

[sonic sonnet]

That gun is simply OP

[primal loom]

Only important if you have more than 2 weapon types on your ship, otherwise you can just use 1 firing group with the primary and secondary fire keys

Sometimes I switch to an empty fire group so I don't accidentally open fire while docking or something lol

[restive current]

So...one group can be lasers, another can be projectiles, third can be missiles and 4th can be world-ending nukes, for example?

[primal loom]

Bingo

[restive current]

And you switch them around to do more damage/deal with heat build-up.

[primal loom]

If you're wondering why I have a group with only 1 of my guns on it

It's so I can do precision shooting to shoot locks off of salvage crates

And get that juicy loot

[restive current]

Ah...huh, that's actually smort.

[primal loom]

Ty

The bois

[restive current]

What are those, cruisers?

[primal loom]

Yep

They dutifully hold the line from the invading Xenon forces

[restive current]

'Xenon forces...'

https://tenor.com/view/i-gotta-full-tank-of-gas-full-tank-gas-filling-up-long-trip-gif-14424392

[primal loom]

Xenon are rogue terraforming AI that have decided to self-replicate and terraform every planet they come across

Even if it's already inhabited

[restive current]

So...the Gray Goo from Stellaris.

[primal loom]

Pretty much yeah

[restive current]

Wait, they have actual ships?

[primal loom]

They do

[restive current]

Damn...and here I thought they might just be a nanite swarm and you could have a nice little mini-game, where they'd attack your ship like the Sentinels from the Matrix and by using viruses and you'd fight them off manually.

[primal loom]

I seem to have lost my older X4 pictures, I had some cool ones of the big destroyers

[restive current]

Majestic!

[restive current]

Can always get new ones. 😉

BRB.

[primal loom]

That's the Xenon-I Destroyer, I can't properly describe the sheer scale

They are massive

They make medium ships look like ants

Small ships, you'll need a microscope

They're spreading quite a lot in my game 👀

All red systems are under Xenon control

They just keep building more stations and shipyards if you let them

If they are allowed to go too out of control, they become an existential threat and can wipe the whole map

If you're able to contain them, they can be good for feeding the space war economy by keeping up demand for ships and parts 😅

Or you can wipe 'em out completely

If one has the Cradle of Humanity DLC, the Terran faction will occasionally send in fleets to attack their turf

The other factions tend to stay on the defensive and usually get slowly beaten back by Xenons without player intervention

Sometimes they hold their ground just fine though

Each save seems to play out differently

[idle saffron]

Risbeak has conquered the Galaxy

[primal loom]

Not yet

Hitchhiking on a large trading ship right now lol

[restive current]

TBH, I'm bad at scale, but using Stellaris versions...how big?

[restive current]

'The Hitch-Hiker's Ride To The Galaxy.'

[primal loom]

If an X4 medium ship is a Stellaris Destroyer, a Xenon-I is the equivalent to a Titan

[restive current]

Oh...damn...

That's...that's just...

I guess the Xenons need massive lenses just to see all those fighters roaming around... 😆

[primal loom]

For real 😅

The Xenon-I has 40 turrets

With skill, luck, and a well-planned loadout, it is possible for a single small fighter to neutralize it

But not destroy it

Need more firepower to make it go boom

[restive current]

Wouldn't want to.

Why make it go boom when you can, ehm...'appropriate' it and sell it?

[primal loom]

If only

[restive current]

?

[primal loom]

Xenon ships can't be captured

There's probably a mod for that though bit I haven't messed with modding on this game

[restive current]

Really? 😒

Like...are they inaccessible? Blow up? Something?

[primal loom]

Inaccessible

No cockpits or bridges, life support, etc

[restive current]

The Geth on steroids.

Can you scrap them in space or something?

Like...make any use of them at all?

[primal loom]

The wrecks can be salvaged as of the 5.0 update

Requires special ships and station modules to do it

[restive current]

That works for me. No boom, just scrap.

Good for the 'war economy'. 😉

[restive current]

Also, after I finished the tutorial, I got one of these...

Small ship with a single dock on top.

Used it to land one of my ships and get it back to the station.

Saved me from having to fly it back individually.

OTOH, how do you get to such a ship? If your ship is docked on top of another and you land and get out...how do you get back into it?

[tardy burrow]

How useful are raspberry pis?

[primal loom]

Like if it's on another station or something?

If that's the case, you'll have to assign an NPC to captain the ship and order them to fly it to you

Otherwise find your way to where it's at

If it's been placed into storage on a station/large ship, there's a control panel at each landing pad that you can use to retrieve it from storage and get it back out onto a pad

[restive current]

Yep.

[restive current]

No, not that way.

Let's say the dock landing pad has a ship.

And your ship is on top of that ship's landing pad.

[restive current]

This kind of ship (the one you're riding on), but small.

[primal loom]

Right

[restive current]

Yea, so you can't manually get into the top ship?

[primal loom]

Oh I think I see what you mean

You def can

Just be onboard the large vessel and you can walk right back in to the small boi

Same way you would on a space station

[restive current]

That's the thing...IDK how to.

I only found the way to access the lower ship (the one that's actually on the dock), using the ladder.

The ship that's on top of it...I found no way to access that.

[primal loom]

Wait

I want to make sure I'm getting this right

So you're asking how to access a small ship, which is docked on a medium ship, which is docked on a station/large ship?

Is that right lol

Sorry if I'm being obtuse

[restive current]

Yes.

[primal loom]

Okay

[restive current]

No...it's not your fault...I just didn't know how to explain it.

[primal loom]

So you'd have to get on-board the medium ship, then navigate through it's elevator to the landing pad

[restive current]

Wait, that's a thing? Internal elevator?

[primal loom]

Yep

If a ship/station has landing pads, it's got an elevator you can use to get there

[restive current]

I'm dumb...I've used that to get from the tutorial area to the ship and then space-walking...and I never realized this was how you'd get there...

[primal loom]

Don't feel bad

It's a very confusing game!

Now that I'm playing right now I've realized I forgot a ton of stuff

lol

Feeling lost myself

Oh and btw

Later on you can unlock the ability to teleport to owned ships/stations 😏

[restive current]

I used that initially to teleport to all those extra ships I got floating in space.

But I couldn't find the manual version (the dock one above).

[restive current]

Welcome to simulation world.

[primal loom]

Indeed

Too many buttons, too little brain

[restive current]

Exactly.

BTW, how do you take photos?

Like, hiding the HUD and all?

And any custom cameras available?

[primal loom]

Shift+H hides HUD, Control+H hides ship cockpit

F2 to cycle to external cam, number pad to rotate

F3 for external view of selected target

There's a new "Livestream cam" feature, I haven't used it much yet but it seems promising for screenies

I really wish there was a proper photo mode though

[restive current]

You're telling me...

So many games suffer from lack of proper photo mode...and this is one of those photo-genic games.

You really want to take pictures in this.

But...we got no hamstrings, so...

[primal loom]

Hamstrings?

We can walk around in X4

[primal loom]

Like I said earlier, designed by engineers 😅

"Photo mode? What do we need that for? They can already hide the HUD, I don't see the problem"

I love this thing

Probably my favorite ship in the game

The Teladi Peregrine Vanguard

[idle saffron]

Great Logo

[primal loom]

I wonder where I got it from 👀

[idle saffron]

No idea, but it's lovely and the creator should be proud

[orchid fox]

ur already in game?

[primal loom]

In X4 Foundations, ye

Not Starfield if that's what you were thinking lol

[restive current]

I mean the game's great visuals are hamstrung by lack of a Photo Mode.

[primal loom]

Ah yeah, I highly agree

[restive current]

True. 😦

[primal loom]

I may have to make an X4 forum account just to make a feature request there

[restive current]

Get out of the Atlas hive-mind.

[primal loom]

16 16 16

[restive current]

https://tenor.com/view/what-are-you-waiting-for-do-it-shia-labeouf-gif-15168167

[orchid fox]

19/19/19/19

[restive current]

Speaking of Teladi...years ago, I tried 'The Teladi Outpost'...never went beyond the first couple of hours.

[orchid fox]

also funny thing about baldur gate 3 bosses u can deadass || convince most if not all of em to commit gory suicide and my mate in co op did it to fucking 4 bosses and we still get full rewards lol ||

"bullshitting their way through" the bosses is an understatement lol

[primal loom]

High-charisma bard moment

lol

[orchid fox]

more max charisma warlock fighter

with friends cantrip abuse

lol

[primal loom]

I've never played Rebirth

[orchid fox]

the friends cantrip thing is so fucking stupid i love it lol

[primal loom]

That station model is in X4 though 👀

What cantrip are they using?

[orchid fox]

all dialogue with npcs gain advantage

when its active

including entire cutscene dialogue

[primal loom]

Wow that sounds busted

[orchid fox]

cuz doesnt expire til they cancel concentration

as in its a permas active til toggle off

and cuz cantrip requires no spell slots

[restive current]

Completely...me neither.

[restive current]

It fits in so perfectly...

[orchid fox]

i have no idea who in their right mind went "ah yes lets add this"

when u can talk npcs and bosses into || suicide lol ||

my mates dragon char is literally translated to "flowing blood"

and is a durge no less

lol

also for most nvidia now eddies gamepass xbox pc is now available on geforce now

im not touching that service over my dead body but uknow benefits is benefits

[restive current]

It's a valid move...

What's wrong with it?

[orchid fox]

oh nothing wrong with it just bit overtuned lol

[mental rose]

Interesting drama with Starfield 😄
You heard about the Darin Harris incident?

[primal loom]

Is that the guy that stole a bunch of copies, tried to sell them, and leaked gameplay footage?

[mental rose]

Yes

[primal loom]

Ah yeah

I read about that

Avoided the footage though

They found a stolen gun in his possession too

[orchid fox]

and drugs

[mental rose]

And the dumbest thing about it, is he incriminated himself by bragging about all of it on twitter

[orchid fox]

with his face ON his personal twitter

[tame cairn]

ok lol

he’s just dumb at that point

[tame zinc]

what game is this?

[primal loom]

X4 Foundations

[tame zinc]

huh, ill check it out

looks like star citizen tbh

(but doesnt cost 60$)

[mental rose]

X4 may have streamlined the experience a bit, but it's still vast and complex

[primal loom]

It's pretty different honestly

No planet landings, no multiplayer, no on-foot combat

[tame zinc]

is it like a MMO?

[primal loom]

Star Citizen is

X4 is singleplayer only

X4 dips more into the strategy side of things

You can own and command entire fleets of ships

Build stations

[dry copper]

State Buildings!

[restive current]

I'd still take it.

[restive current]

Too much for my big brain, I'd be glad just to be able to fly my own ship in combat.

A small fighter wiping out scores of capital ships.

OTOH...I still fail at NMS combat, so...

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[snow zenith]

Wtf is OTOH

[restive current]

'On the other hand...'

[restive current]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1126599889908924488/1145843670784954550/HorizonZeroDawn_2023-08-29_03-31-11.png

[primal loom]

Beautiful cliffs

[restive current]

Thank you. 🙂

One of the rare times when the textures didn't unload.

[uneven notch]

guys play armored core 6

[thorn dawn]

Can't, I have a skill issue ;_;

[coarse lark]

Anyone here play Gnosia?

[flat sky]

Wish outriders could get a 2 game

[orchid fox]

interesting gith gimic

[restive current]

Not my thing.

[broken lake]

Hey fellow zookeepers! ive finished another video in ZooOCity Zoo. Please let me know what you think!

https://youtu.be/zNPsvwSCnuQ?si=UkBzmJdgrKo_P-vd

[coarse swift]

I think you've got the wrong server

Also we don't do self promo here

[orchid fox]

@fleet moat @idle saffron hes back lol

also that is a sus link i am not clicking lol

[quaint escarp]

this isnt the first time they posted this

[thorn dawn]

good choice, youtube is a well known hive of scum and villainy

[tardy burrow]

It's a real youtube link, but make him go away

[quaint escarp]

gonna buy rimworld

[snow zenith]

Don't

[quaint escarp]

why

[snow zenith]

Starfield

[coarse swift]

Remember when I contemplated buying Techtonica

[quaint escarp]

i can play both

[coarse swift]

And y'all said Starfield's about to release

[snow zenith]

You cannot

[coarse swift]

[quaint escarp]

and i just bought it

[snow zenith]

You disappoint me

[quaint escarp]

rimworld and all dlcs

[coarse swift]

I hope it sucks

[snow zenith]

Rimworld

Is

Eh

Play with friends

Otherwise eh

[quaint escarp]

i like games like it and ive played it before

[snow zenith]

'tis your money

[quaint escarp]

also

who is playing starfield 24/7

you gotta have variation

[snow zenith]

I'll variate your face

[dreamy zinc]

[tardy burrow]

Me, if i can run it

[mental rose]

Starfield will have to wait unfortunately. I bought AC6 instead

[tardy burrow]

Good game, finished in 3 days, harder bosses than elden ring

[mental rose]

Balteus and Sea Spider... 😖

I think I'm in chapter 3 right now

[tardy burrow]

It gets way harder

[idle saffron]

Huh?

Ohhh, Armored Core

Was thinking Assassin's Creed

[snow zenith]

Armored Creed

Assassin's Core

[tardy burrow]

Lol

[restive current]

I'd try Assassin's Creed if it was set in the modern day.

I prefer my history to be just that...history.

[dry dirge]

you do know that rimworld is a singleplayer game, right

[snow zenith]

mods

[dry dirge]

oh

never played it

[plucky mesa]

Someone was asking about this earlier

[tame cairn]

The only way AC messes with history is background stuff, it’s just in the setting afaik

All major events happen as they should

You’re just playing as a character doing stuff during those times

[ruby mesa]

I love how several GPUs from the latest generations are still worse than a 2080

[tame cairn]

There is modern day sequences, but ever since AC3 ngl I’ve wanted a whole modern AC.

Though I could just play Watch Dogs 2 and thats basically it

[restive current]

I mean...I don't want to play as historic characters, I want modern settings, modern politics, modern weapons...

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/971797817813266442/1146145792713830482/NFS11_2023-08-29_23-26-44-357.png

[snow zenith]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_7gf8NeBlM

[austere lance]

I got trashed many MANY times by this fuckin boss last night 💀
https://www.xbox.com/play/media/6CZ7LD8QPX

[ruby mesa]

Oh him, I got him down now

he is a cheating punk though

[austere lance]

I barely beat him, it was horrible

[raven frost]

I wanna go back and play the Surge

had the demo a long time ago

the cutscene from the first game still haunts me

[charred badge]

Siphon Filter?

[restive current]

Too old, though I wouldn't mind if it was on PC.

[primal loom]

Have you played Watch Dogs 1?

Might fit this niche, plus its system requirements are amenable

[plucky mesa]

Ya. My GTX-1080Ti (factory overclocked even, so higher spec than shown here) with 11GB is about the same speed as the RTX-3060 as far as framerate in NMS.

As chart shows.

[restive current]

Not yet. I wanted to, but I've got space issues...

I could download it, but am hopping between so many games ATM.

[primal loom]

I feel that

Didn't know you already owned it, nice

[snow zenith]

Felt it on my teeth

[primal loom]

Whenever you get around to it I think you'll enjoy

[primal loom]

Project Wingman!

Is that the frogfoot?

[snow zenith]

look beak

i see a new two-seater

i buy

i must have prez with me at all times

[primal loom]

Hey no judgement from me

Frogfoot goes brrrt

Very fun

[primal loom]

Allow me to introduce you

https://www.nexusmods.com/projectwingman/mods/91

[snow zenith]

https://tenor.com/view/jontron-ill-take-your-entire-stock-thats-mine-gif-13637000

[primal loom]

Easy drag-and-drop installation

[snow zenith]

works on used save files?

used save files lmao

[primal loom]

Yes

[snow zenith]

y'know what i mean

oki i grab

thanki

[primal loom]

No problem

[restive current]

https://tenor.com/view/hello-jack-sparrow-pirates-potc-gif-25842197

[primal loom]

Ah.

[restive current]

That's why I'm lacking space.

Also...isn't WD by Oobisoft?

[primal loom]

It is

[restive current]

I'm just waiting on them to go out of business, honestly.

Especially after the 'we'll delete your account' thing.

Regardless of purchases.

[plucky mesa]

First UbiSoft game I ever played. Twin World. 1989

[restive current]

Guy looks like Robin Hood or something.

[primal loom]

That was a lot of sensationalist journalism tbh, only happens for inactive accounts with no owned games or subscriptions

It would be suicide for Ubisoft as a service to start deleting accounts, they like money too much to do that

[restive current]

I know...but with corporations...you never know.

[primal loom]

Fair lol

Though there is something to be said for the over-reliance on online verification to play games and what that means for them in the future

[restive current]

Eggjactly.

People are too accepting of such conveniences, because...well, it's convenient.

They don't realize what their convenience costs them.

But yea, I'll try WD1.

Been playing a bit of Deus Ex, but that's not exactly open-world.

GTA is...eh...mediocre.

[weak tiger]

more fun with friends though I can’t speak for anything before V/Online

[restive current]

I mean, if you like that, sure.

I'd take a good AI over people any day.

[primal loom]

Depends on the game for me 😅

[weak tiger]

I have a lot of nostalgia associated with it. Haven’t really played it in years though, I’m definitely more of an RPG kinda gal

[restive current]

I can understand that.

[primal loom]

I hope you like WD1

[quaint escarp]

https://tenor.com/view/grenade-explosion-rpg-boom-gif-5135363

[primal loom]

It's been years since I played so my memory is fuzzy but it had a pretty good story iirc

[weak tiger]

What’s WD1?

[primal loom]

Watch Dogs 1

[weak tiger]

ohhh

[restive current]

I mean...I'm always down for modern settings with modern technology and weapons.

I don't mind medieval times (I love such settings), but I just can't bring myself to using swords and shields.

[austere lance]

Didn't like WD1, WD2 was much better imo

[restive current]

I need my tacticool AK-47.

[primal loom]

Was the opposite for me, WD2 didn't hit the same spot

I think because of how happy-go-lucky the protagonists are

[dry dirge]

can't wait for WD-40

[weak tiger]

I’m down for most settings if it’s done well. Not so much historical settings, distinct from standard fantasy medieval-ish era

[restive current]

Yea, accurate historical is good too.

(As long as I get my modern weapons)

[dry dirge]

I'll always be a massive fantasy fan

[quaint escarp]

massive weeb*

[restive current]

Yea, your BG3 obsession shows that.

[weak tiger]

called out, damn 😂

[primal loom]

Lol

[restive current]

Wait, weeb?

What games involved?

[austere lance]

I like sci fi and Fantasy, rn I'm playing a sci fi Soulslike but my next game will probably be Fantasy of some kind.
...or I'll replay the Metro trilogy cuz my friend won't shut up about it and is making me wanna play em again 😂

[restive current]

I not played Metro, only STALKER.

[austere lance]

I neeeeed STALKER 2

[primal loom]

Playin' The Surge?

[austere lance]

The Surge 2, yeah

[primal loom]

Ay

[weak tiger]

I’m a massive sci fi and fantasy fan, but I’m trying to expand my horizons and finish more games

[austere lance]

I posted me getting my shit kicked in earlier 😂

[restive current]

SP or MP?

[primal loom]

SP

[austere lance]

@primal loom

[dry dirge]

dw about it shira is talking about themselves

[restive current]

Too heavy for my PC...

[primal loom]

I've only played the 2nd one

[restive current]

Keep deluding yourself, Coyoti.

Everyone knows.

[weak tiger]

omg did you capitalize their name

[dry dirge]

Who the HELL is Coyoti

[restive current]

Well...language needs to be precise.

[weak tiger]

[austere lance]

The Surge is ass, The Surge 2 is much better. Fml it's brutally hard tho, and this is coming from someone who beat every boss in Dark Souls 3+DLCs on NG+ and beat Wo Long on the hard mode 💀

[restive current]

There's a joke that fits in perfectly: Capitalization is the difference between 'helping your Uncle Jack off a horse' and 'helping your uncle jack off a horse'.

[primal loom]

I saw them outside my house the other night, must have been after the neighbor's chickens

[restive current]

Oh...I get it, you don't recognize yourself.

gets a human-sized mirror.

[restive current]

There, Coyoti...look at yourself.

[snow zenith]

https://tenor.com/view/thirsty-spongebob-i-dont-need-it-sweat-gif-5031443

[restive current]

Never played Dark Souls.

[snow zenith]

oh heck

preload tomorrow @coarse swift letisgou

[primal loom]

You wouldn't like it, not enough AK

[austere lance]

Code I see Marathon on your list, based af

[primal loom]

Not as hard as people say though

Especially 1

[coarse swift]

I can't decide if I wanna preload the Xbox or the Steam version

[primal loom]

The difficulty rep is overblown

[coarse swift]

Steam I gotta wait for my AMD code

[restive current]

I don't really like artificially-difficult games.

[snow zenith]

https://tenor.com/view/django-unchained-smile-leonardo-di-caprio-nod-gif-16622924

[restive current]

I mean...I'd probably lose on the easiest.

[austere lance]

Dark Souls 1 is borderline unfair crap, it put me off playing Souls games for years. I got DS3 only cuz it was on super sale and I was bored, it's a MUCH better experience

[snow zenith]

Well you can preload the Xbox vers. now

How long will code tkae

take

[restive current]

I'd rather play the other DS.

https://tenor.com/view/dead-space-gif-22294707

[coarse swift]

Probably not available until Sept 1st

[primal loom]

Elaborate what you mean by artificial difficulty

[austere lance]

There's no difficulty options, lol. You either learn the game or die 😆

[snow zenith]

eh not so bad

[restive current]

This, Beak.

'Learn to play the game exactly like this, or suffer.'

Doom Eternal is a good example of a nuisance game.

[primal loom]

It really isn't that bad

Get bonk stick, upgrade, you're good

[restive current]

No, but I mean...you should be able to play how you want. Not be forcibly under-equipped or under-levelled or have to deal with reflexes or i-frames or whatever.

[austere lance]

You can play however you want, there's tons of weapons and armor and spells you can use to build your character however you see fit

[snow zenith]

Based Strength player

[restive current]

What about reflexes and invincibility-frame things?

[snow zenith]

https://tenor.com/view/gigachad-chad-gif-20773266

[primal loom]

Use a shield if you have a poor reaction time

[coarse swift]

I like my laser beams
When I do finally play Elden Ring, I will use comet azur.

[restive current]

You can't tank damage?

[primal loom]

As long as you are blocking and have stamina, no

Wait

I misread that

[austere lance]

I'm boring as hell and just used medium weight armor with sword and board for my playthrough, but I know people who play as elemental mages with cool staffs or zippy little light armor ninjas with katanas who specialize in bleeding things to death

[primal loom]

Yes, you can tank

Shield is the best way, but you can get chunky hp too

[snow zenith]

Btw, it's free on AlephOne. The whole trilogy. I just added it to Steam because I have no desktop icons so I launch from Steam directly

https://alephone.lhowon.org/

[restive current]

https://tenor.com/view/john-wick-parabellum-laurence-fishburne-asia-kate-dillon-bowery-king-gif-22032288

[austere lance]

Tank builds with hammers the size of small cars are fuckin hysterical, I love seeing them just "No u" bosses 🤣

[primal loom]

The game doesn't force you to play any particular way really

[snow zenith]

I like tanking with my face

[restive current]

Interesting...I'm more of a brute-force person...for me, Cyberdemon logic is fine.

'Shoot it till it dies.'

Of course, Cyberdemon required high agility, which I'm bad at, but still.

[primal loom]

The difficulty is fairly straightforward, linear upgrades

[austere lance]

Become a walking mountain and murder things with an axe the size of a Volkswagen, lol. It's very much a viable option in Souls games

[restive current]

They're bosses for a reason... 😆

[primal loom]

Can easily play without rolling if you use shield

[restive current]

You gon' lose that face.

[primal loom]

Parrying not required

But it's so easy in DS1

Huge window

[mental rose]

The infamous "Prepare to die" edition 😄

[snow zenith]

https://tenor.com/view/dark-souls-ds2flames-of-old-flames-of-old-graphics-mod-dark-souls2-gif-21118688

[primal loom]

DS2 was the hardest for me

[restive current]

Parrying = dodge, right?

[austere lance]

Fuck parrying, my dude in DS3 dual wields flaming greatswords 🤣

[restive current]

Just as they attack?

[snow zenith]

No

[austere lance]

Parrying=block at the exact moment their attack would hit you

[restive current]

Lost the whole torso.

[mental rose]

Powerstancing was really fun in DS2

[primal loom]

No, parry has it's own button

Not a block or roll

[restive current]

Isn't that a pain to time?

[austere lance]

Yes

Hence me refusing to do it 🤣

[primal loom]

Power stance with 2 big bonk sticks

Perfection

[restive current]

pulls out RPG-7.

We're done.

[mental rose]

I used dual Blacksmith's hammers. They had unique moves

[restive current]

https://tenor.com/view/frieza-explosion-planet-gif-24891039

[mental rose]

Same with Red Iron swords. Good memories

[restive current]

So, DS = more a game of timing than anything.

Elden Ring as well, I assume?

[primal loom]

Pretty much, dodge decently well and you will make it

Or turtle with shield, lol

[restive current]

That's exactly how I fail at HZD...

[mental rose]

Most soulslikes reward for good reflexes

[restive current]

The whole game based around rolling at the right time and it's painful to do.

[austere lance]

I'm not parrying shit, I'm here to wrecking ball mfers with two flaming greatswords 🤣

[restive current]

Roll 5 times, shoot once, repeat.

[primal loom]

DS1 has a slower pace than the other games, enemies are much more predictable

Easier to read their moves

[mental rose]

Also I've watched vids when Painting Scimitar was busted af 😄

[restive current]

That's why it's not my thing. I prefer my turtle-pace games.

Where I can fight at my speed.

[restive current]

Might try it...some day.

[restive current]

Those got to be some strong arms.

[primal loom]

Elden Ring has some enemies that specifically screw with you by having weird attack timings

Margit 👀

[restive current]

Those swords be like 10 KG each.

[snow zenith]

Miyazaki found that extremely funny

[primal loom]

Lmao I bet he did

[mental rose]

Also trying to do RE4R on Professional difficulty actually forced me to learn DS-like parry timing again 😄

[snow zenith]

Margit holds his attacks 'til the heat death of the universe

[primal loom]

Fact

[restive current]

Holds?

As in, doesn't attack you?

Or attacks you by blocking your move at the end moment and punching in the face?

[primal loom]

He waits a super long time on some attacks, baiting you into dodging or parrying eaely

[mental rose]

More like can hold the bait ad infinitum I assume

[primal loom]

Then bonk

[restive current]

So, technically...Margit rick-rolls everyone.

Nice.

[primal loom]

Lol

[restive current]

I had to... 😆

[charred badge]

Timing, but also learning tells and predicting enemy flow.

Playing the mind game makes reflex checks easier

[snow zenith]

https://tenor.com/view/bonk-vào-mặt-cái-cám-bonk-anime-bonk-meme-bonk-dog-gif-26069974

actual Margit gameplay

[restive current]

'That demoness bat an eye-lash, now she's going to use her lust attack.'

[austere lance]

Every time I play DS3 I exist to cause problems with big-ass weapons, and I give zero fucks 🤣

[restive current]

I got to ask...how much of that is big and how much is ass?

[austere lance]

Yes that is a big ass arrow through me, no I did not care, and yes I made the wanker who hit me with it regret life afterwards

[mental rose]

That's not an arrow, that's a fricking spear

[dry dirge]

"how much of your weapon is ass"

[primal loom]

"All of it"

Always has been

[restive current]

Using the whole booty as a weapon.

Irresistible weapon.

[restive current]

Wait a minute...is this another BG3 thing?

'Cause I know most people bought BG3 for the 'ass'.

[dry dirge]

what

[restive current]

Some for bear, some for druid, some for...well, whoever's available.

[dry dirge]

world's biggest generalization

[mental rose]

I knew the game was horny... but goddamn 😄

[restive current]

IKR? I'm an expert generalizer.