right sorry, didn't see it on the dammit phone
#lounge
errant raven
You know, I went to the beach for vacation once, a minor typhoon hit shortly after we arrived, so the first two days were practically worthless, leaving us with 1 day left
Havent been back since, until recently at the end of 2023
zinc matrix
In here this type of thunderstorm happens when there is an ongoing heat wave. Then a cold front comes and the extreme difference in temperature between the hot air bubble and the cold front creates that, winds of up to 60 km/h
soft night
primal summit
not a bad storm at all
summer cedar
Well, I was looking for Joomla 5 CMS themes, since my usual RocketTheme club appears to be dying.
After sufficient toil and tribulation, the universe rewarded me with Diablo Design. π
Apparently, she's an EU-based web template creator. Her templates are pretty cool and importantly, UPDATED. π
On top of that, the Free Resources section on her site provides links to a ton of useful stuff. - diablodesign.eu
soft night
R6 SiegeX
soft night
celest musk
what should the dev team do? Count sheep until a arbitrary timespan has passed?
errant raven
Anything except go ubisoft's route
mild gust
I thought they started working on it right when space marine 2 came out
errant raven
So they assumed sm2 would be a success
fathom wadi
considering it looked absolutely stunning, used lore that made the fans excited and had gameplay worthy of a space marine game, I'd say yeah... I would expect it also
mild gust
mild gust
Lore accuracy is impossible in warhammer tbf
errant raven
It's not
mild gust
Lol
fathom wadi
it was accurate except for the fact it was gameplay balanced so I see your point there. They should have been more powerful
mild gust
Space Marine shouldn't defeat greater demons
Thing would bend space and time to kill them
fathom wadi
perhaps the marines were just unlucky with the dice rolls
errant raven
Except theres an entire chapter dedicated and specializes in killing daemons
mild gust
Not the ones in the series.
errant raven
These arent even first born marines
errant raven
They're primaris marines, they're supposedly stronger than first borns
mild gust
Smh
fathom wadi
at least they didnt have blood angels in it. I still resent their cheese from when they were introduced
errant raven
And the bolters have the same kick as a magnum from halo 3
fathom wadi
Space Marine 2 is considered canon now so I guess it is lore accurate π
mild gust
and not rely on guns
regal pecan
Lore accuracy is impossible in warhammer tbf
Supporting this just because I like the idea that the tabletop game is the only truth, and all the books are just in-universe propaganda.
fathom wadi
no Dan books for the Horus Heresy?
mild gust
I have those on audiobook
mild gust
And the bolters have the same kick as a magnum from halo 3
Heavy bolter was fine though
errant raven
That's just a lore accurate normal bolter, dont be fooled.
mild gust
Maybe thats planned
soft night
AC games released one time year after year
errant raven
Fsr cry once every two years
And the avatar game that no ones even acknowledged since its release was just a far cry game in disguise
proud jay
Share price really means nothing though
If you have a company with 4 shares of 25 dollar or a company with 100 shares worth 1 dollar, those companies have the same value
errant raven
Dont share prices influence investors tho
errant raven
This doesnt make any sense tho, 12 episodes of anime only take 5 hours to watch, so 2 seasons should take 10. I'm up for 16-20 hours at a time and watch the moment I wake up till I sleep. So how is it possible that it's been 12 hours already and I'm only on the 9th episode of season 2.
21 episodes is only 8.4 hours. Where did 3.6 hours go.
mild gust
Ads
They detaining Canadians, now lol. Business owners even. https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/jasmine-mooney-eagles-detained-ice-b2714606.html
errant raven
Ads
Crunchy ultimate doesnt have ads
And I've been skipping the intro and outro. So it should be 7.2 hours instead of 8.4, which makes the gap larger.
soft night
lucifer also they deported US citizen as undocumented who recovering from brain tumor
soft night
pearl elk
When is Loud Mountain coming out?
steady stone
some 'unrealisms' can really drive you made, spent some time making some editor tools that would let me create a bunch of sequences with a single click, like not very complicated animations but just, saving a lot of work, now I run into this issue where it turns out that if your camera is 'possesable' rather than 'spawnable' the movie-renderer just kinda ignores it? and when I google it it seems like everyone runs into this problem and there isn't a real solution other than switching to a spawnable camera, which I guess I'll have to do but it kinda changes a bunch of stuff about my implementation which I'll have to figure out now.
From a cursory google it seems people have run into this issue as far back as 2021, but the feature is still there, there's no warning that it doesn't work, no documentation makes it seem like it's up to you whichever option you choose, etc etc. annoying. I guess I'll have to sink a few more hours into this thing.
river sable
what's a good starting point if I want to read / listen to some 40k lore? I've never played the tabletop but I like the world
broken sigil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNVffiRAqj8
That looks like it might be good 
just hoping for an english option as well because I can't understand a thing lol
broken sigil
Just read dammit
errant raven
https://tenor.com/view/haha-gumichan-bird-no-laughing-gif-5128531988218293677
Because you dont know HOW
mild gust
That's what AI is for duh
hasty olive
cursive crypt
The regular AssCreed newsletter
mild gust
People still play those after #2?
brittle holly
uhh...Black Flag...Odyssey?
mild gust
Last one I played was Black Flag
Never beat it
But played 75%
First game was peak to me
Black Flag was a really good water based game
summer cedar
No, no. We'll be playing against the obviously evil Canadians.
mild gust
Well yeah
summer cedar
We'll be Agent Babboonus Orangania, elite assassin of maple trees.
mild gust
But Ukraine released a game while under attack by Russia
Actually multiple
I'm sure Canada can game dev while under siege
summer cedar
Nowadays, all they have to do is 3D scan everything happening in the siege.
Then convert it into an unreal game. π
summer cedar
I have the entire thing. π
mild gust
Been waiting for it haha, super cheap now
Can get all the dlc for basically price of the game
summer cedar
By the way, Skype will shut down in May and your Skype profile will migrate to MS Teams Free.
mild gust
If they are anything like Dynasty Warriors
summer cedar
Once you get RANGED spearmen, they kind of are.
mild gust
Elephants and all
summer cedar
The elephants you have to micromanage.
mild gust
Fair
summer cedar
They crush ANYTHING underneath their feet.
mild gust
That's the same with some warhammer units
summer cedar
The future. With our neuralink chips, we shall levitate to higher levels of consciousness.
errant raven
Konosuba season 3 OVAs theatrical release is today. 2 weeks of it being there.
mild gust
Is that world of warcraft
summer cedar
Is that world of warcraft
When has WoW ever looked this good?
It's Immortals of Avenum made in UE5.
It didn't do well, because it was super buggy on release. Now, it plays great. π
mild gust
So like fallout 76
summer cedar
Sadly, no. Gamers panned Avenum and the studio had money problems thereafter.
mild gust
Ah
summer cedar
Unlike Todd, who revels in his scrooge gold vault.
mild gust
Well he will always have gp
summer cedar
Now, the game is actually quite good, but it does require a hefty system to play.
Fortunately, NVidia's DLSS and AMD's FSR make it easy on modern systems at the highest settings.
summer cedar
The game told me I needed DOUBLE my 3D card to run the game at highest settings, but no problem at all. π
mild gust
20-30?
summer cedar
50 FPS at 3.5k res.
summer cedar
What about native frames?
If you mean without frame generation, I never use it.
I just use DLSS.
mild gust
Rip
summer cedar
All you have to do is set DLSS to Quality or Balanced.
celest musk
So like fallout 76
didn't that mostly receive bad reputation because it's a cash grab? and pretty much like FO4
summer cedar
Turn off the other stuff.
mild gust
Just a pain how it blurs so much detail
mild gust
didn't that mostly receive bad reputation because it's a cash grab? and pretty m...
Yeah but it's improved
Gradually
summer cedar
didn't that mostly receive bad reputation because it's a cash grab? and pretty m...
Not as much as because of the bugs.
mild gust
Also was a buggy mess
summer cedar
It was TERRIBLY buggy at launch. I was one of the first players.
mild gust
Now its playable
summer cedar
Just a pain how it blurs so much detail
No blurs here.
Everything's sharp and crisp.
summer cedar
wait, which card are you using?
mild gust
4090
summer cedar
π€ You shouldn't need DLSS at all.
mild gust
Normally don't
summer cedar
Walk back and forth around text
There's normally no text to walk back and forth around.
mild gust
Some games booty
summer cedar
All the reading is in menus and inventory.
mild gust
There's normally no text to walk back and forth around.
I mean fair
It still is distracting
summer cedar
Plus, they put the drop loot text in UE widgets, which are independent of the 3D renders.
Doesn't affect subtitles either, for the same reason.
summer cedar
Ah. I haven't noticed it there.
No signs in Avenum.
mild gust
One of those games that dlss is sorta needed if you want ray tracing
summer cedar
There's a VERY helpful dot that shows you where to go.
With Cyberpunk, I use DLSS with High Quality.
And high sharpness.
So you don't get blurry artefacts.
mild gust
Nice
summer cedar
It MIGHT happen with lots of action on the screen, but then, I am not busy reading. π
Also, I think Aveum made a mistake in hiring film stars to play some of the characters.
Their budget was bloated and with the bugs, they received little revenue.
mild gust
Killing floor 3 beta with slow motion got a bit blurry too
Then again was a lot of stuff flying around at once
mild gust
Also sadly needed dlss
Because it was poorly optimised
Yeah
More or less
It's made in ue5
Killing floor 2 was made in ue3
soft night
summer cedar
@mild gust Check out The friends of Ringo Ishikawa and Fading Afternoon on Steam. Based on Japanese hoodlums.
summer cedar
Hey, Blue Man, how good is this pimax VR set you are hawking?
Have you used it yourself? Which games did you play with it?
soft night
blue man well its prequel silent hill as what timeline goes
i expect some subtitles for it
broken sigil
Hey, Blue Man, how good is this pimax VR set you are hawking?
It's awesome, yeah I have it myself
Played hl alyx, paper beast, elite dangerous, currently playing no man's sky
broken sigil
Hey, Blue Man, how good is this pimax VR set you are hawking?
If you are curious how ridiculously sharp the image is
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rfoAAKkDylc?feature=share
summer cedar
noice
This is why stalking member profiles is a good idea.
I'd have never heard of this VR set, unless I looked at your profile in detail.
So, the Crystal Light is the cheapest one.
What this Prime Membership thing anyway?
Or rather, do I need it to use the set?
broken sigil
I'd have never heard of this VR set, unless I looked at your profile in detail.
Pimax is a smaller company, they are more known for their experimental headsets in the past
The crystal series is their like first "mainstream" line
The only difference between the crystal and the crystal light is that light is purely wired (no standalone), no eye tracking but everything else is identical, same panels and lenses (so same exact quality)
broken sigil
What this Prime Membership thing anyway?
Basically their way of amortizing the cost of the headset
You can either pay off the 2nd half over a longer period or pay it at once once you get the headset
summer cedar
Ah. I see.
broken sigil
For me it was like 1.2k usd with taxes and shipping so not exactly cheap, so some people might like this option
summer cedar
Nothing good will be cheap.
proud jay
sunlight is pretty cool
summer cedar
It is. Very.
unreal ether
sunlight is pretty cool
Idk, it feels kinda warm to me
broken sigil
I discovered pimax because I was looking for a headset, talked to a whole bunch of different vr people and ended up being recommend the pimax one the most for pcvr
And then I was so impressed by the headset that I couldn't shut up about it for months so they hooked me up with an affiliate link lmao
celest musk
Nothing good will be cheap.
the quest3 is pretty cheap for what it offers
tho, the Pimax is another league
summer cedar
'for what it offers' is kind of the issue. π
celest musk
it's not bad
summer cedar
yeah. but we shop premium. π
There was a VR set similar to the PiMax that I had my eyes on, but I lost track of it two years ago.
I guess that company never managed to get out of their basement.
broken sigil
Keep in mind for the crystal you need a monster of a PC since the resolution is gigantic
2880x2880 per eye (which actually renders at something like 5k by 4k per eye to correct for optical distortions)
summer cedar
Isn't the resolution adjustable?
broken sigil
Yeah you can lower the render resolution
summer cedar
Regardless, there's DLSS and FSR.
broken sigil
Yeah in games that support it actually looks really good
Pacific drive with the uevr mod runs with dlss super res great
summer cedar
Yum.
soft night
windus need some pies
summer cedar
Yeah in games that support it actually looks really good
Pacific drive with the...
After all this time, do you still get any headaches or vertigo, or any other problems after using the VR set?
celest musk
probably... after all he probably gets beaten up by Deja everytime he joins her in VR
broken sigil
After all this time, do you still get any headaches or vertigo, or any other pro...
Nope, I had motion sickness for about 12 days
Had to try and stay longer and longer in VR and now I don't get any motions sickness anymore
The first time I wanted to vomit my soul out
soft night
proud jay
Nope, I had motion sickness for about 12 days
Had to try and stay longer and lon...
I made a VR project in school once, and when working full days on it with testing in between it really destroyed me lol
soft night
blue man by the way konami had silent hill transmission yesterday https://www.konami.com/games/us/en/topics/2814/
river sable
with inflation you can easily get 31.41 for that
I mean there's eggs in there
that alone would be 30 bucks
summer cedar
Hmm. π€ Now that I think about it, the container it is sitting in would have it's value increased by 25% tariffs?
So, gotta add that.
river sable
yep it's made of european steel
summer cedar
Wait, wait. Is there any kind of alcohol in there?
river sable
yup, plenty
summer cedar
If so, you'd have to account for 200% wine/champagne tariffs.
π That's one heck of a valuable pie then.
summer cedar
π€ Exporting pies might actually be great for the US economy now.
You can sell some serious $10,000 pies.
Just like the Japanese have $15,000 watermelons.
river sable
summer cedar
<:Citation:1335360467849187328>
Not watermelon, but that's in an older article.
It'll take me time to find that one.
These are King Melons. Note the price of grapes. π
river sable
dear god
summer cedar
to be fair, they are larger than the $300 variety.
river sable
I believe you π
summer cedar
I believe you π
They are called Densuke Black Watermelons.
They are priced at $6,000 the last few years.
It was $18,000 in 2008 or something.
π€ I wish those old news articles wouldn't disappear from the internet, especially such interesting ones.
I can't depend on my semi-photographic memory all the time. π¦
summer cedar
They'll pick up again.
summer cedar
I have faith in Japanese wild spenders.
river sable
π
summer cedar
@celest musk Boeing is at it again.
737-800's engine caught fire on the runway, in Denver.
celest musk
why do you ping me for that?
summer cedar
I remembered we had discussed Boeing ERP a while back.
Mortal Shell's free on EGS.
And apparently, the KOTOR games are available for mobile phones.
summer cedar
I played it for a long time, but at some point in a large ice cave, I got stuck.
In this spot, if I remember correctly.
There was this boss fight that just became a chore and I got bored.
To be fair, I had played for 6 hours at that point. π
broken sigil
I made a VR project in school once, and when working full days on it with testin...
π€£
summer cedar
How dare you laugh at Deiter's trauma?
broken sigil
blue man by the way konami had silent hill transmission yesterday https://www.ko...
π
summer cedar
He had to eat three whole loaves of bread just to recover from that.
Europe suffered a severe bread shortage as a result!
celest musk
just got it for ~$5
pretty damn good, i've avoided it since i'm not into that whole comic stuff, but it's still fun
and pretty nice what UE3 could already achieve with good devs/artists
real palm
Somehow I got a mobile push notification from this server while not being in it, so decided I'd come by and check out what it's like these days.
broken sigil
fathom wadi
man I love the Kingdom of Heaven movie. So good
tall ledge
https://tenor.com/view/batman-gotham-city-arkham-batman-arkham-knight-gif-149288...
I'd always had in my head that this was an early UE4 game for some reason
It had an incredibly sketchy 1.0 release
celest musk
i've only played one hour, but everything seems to be on point in this game
soft night
queen isle
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3241660/REPO/
This indie game has 160k on steam
mild gust
I keep seeing this on my steam recommended list
primal summit
If pluto isn't a planet, neither is neptune.
primal summit
neptune is too big to be a dwarf planet
it's more of a super deathstar
did you know there was one very subtle but important difference between the death stars?
primal summit
one fired a beam out the center of the hole, the other didn't
primal summit
Ok, fine, I'll compromise: Pluto, the rogue exoplanet, is where the scenes on Hoth were filmed.
broken sigil
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3241660/REPO/
This indie game has 160k on st...
it's actually quite good, it's one of those lethal company type games but really really polished
violet ruin
https://tenor.com/view/batman-gotham-city-arkham-batman-arkham-knight-gif-149288...
im batman
pearl elk
https://tenor.com/view/exoplanets-extrasolar-planets-planets-of-the-universe-pla...
Uuugh, I gotta finish my star system generator
lost bison
π€ they still upgrading source engine eh?
soft night
some say we hear some news of half-life 3 this year
mild gust
π€ they still upgrading source engine eh?
cs2 exists on source 2 engine
And many other games
lost bison
yes, but their general trend has been "we'll add it if needed" so far
soft night
the DLSS4 and neural rendering https://youtu.be/4EbVvrCuOBM?si=417JInD-PZxHAUMf
lost bison
adding dlss on source engine is... galactic brain move
lost bison
I mean any gpu that supports dlss can run source games on high settings @ 100 fps anyways
soft night
soft night
there is even mod site for these https://www.moddb.com/platforms/rtx/games
openUSD was developed by pixar
mild gust
What a cool company
pearl elk
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2477290/HalfLife_2_RTX/
whats up with that fire not flickering the raytraced lighting
mild gust
Needs megalights
soft night
mons perhaps its not yet got textures for it
pearl elk
but even Quake 1 had light textures
median wraith
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2477290/HalfLife_2_RTX/
2 maps*
mild gust
Better than zero
median wraith
They changed some models and textures and on top of that added the render layer of Nvidia
no clue if they had to edit the engine at all
pearl elk
so you can only use RTX when the game is paused? π
river sable
openUSD was developed by pixar
usd is amazing!
wish I had a more recent gpu I don't think I'll have too much fun with my 2080 in hl2rtx
clear cape
<@&213101288538374145> we got another gifter
unreal ether
Do we have text reviews yet
river sable
are you ready to apologize for your mean words towards it?
never tbh
unborn lotus
They could have just not released it and worked in everything meanwhile and just launch it now, full featured
river sable
but where's the fun in that
what I'd give to be a fly on the wall in the first post-launch meeting haha
cursive heart
summer cedar
are you ready to apologize for your mean words towards it?
Surely, there must be something we can yell at it about.
soft night
proud jay
oh nice, another free steam gift card, finally
mild gust
Been like 30 mins since our last
cursive crypt
That the 3rd gift in a row
mild gust
Crafty devils
tulip orbit
welp. I spent 2 hours trying to figure out why my car material wasnt working. Can customize primary and secondary colors on my vehicle, but the primary was coming out desaturated..... turns out the red on my mask wasnt full red
proud jay
That the 3rd gift in a row
this is my main source of income
cursive crypt
That's how one builds a house.
proud jay
Looks nice with some less scaffolding
celest musk
that's really going to look sweet when done
proud jay
yeah I'm liking what we chose a lot so far
windows are gonna be next big test of our taste
we're gonna go for white ones, so hope they look good
cursive crypt
How many sq.m. it was?
proud jay
How many sq.m. it was?
the ground floor is 160m2
cursive crypt
From what I recall in that part of eu, houses are alike in a style.
proud jay
meh it depends really
there's more variation in modern houses
lots of those ugly squarish buildings these days
cursive crypt
I recall, see on your pics, all the same steep, grand roofs, the tiles...
cursive crypt
lots of those ugly squarish buildings these days
They are modern around here too.
celest musk
we're gonna go for white ones, so hope they look good
i would've picked black probably
cursive crypt
Cheap
celest musk
but guess both works after all
proud jay
yeah black is probably nice too
celest musk
also depends on how thick the frame is, etc.
proud jay
but would look too modern for our taste I think
we like more classic style houses
flooring also gonna be something interesting
we've chosen a floor that is tile but looks like wood
I like how it looks, but not sure of what color kitchen to combine it with
this is the floor
cursive crypt
laminat?
cursive crypt
Not really so thick either, I'm just afraid not to jump on it or something heavy to hit it.
proud jay
should be quite strong
where we live now is also ceramic tile and it's perfectly fine
it's pretty hard to break
they also make kitchen counter tops of it that are like less than a cm thick
cursive crypt
At some point we have also to select floor material, wood is nice, but very sensitive. This looks better in terms of robustness.
tulip orbit
just put that fake grass down everywhere
proud jay
we have ceramic tiles in most places
and laminate in the bedrooms
cause we were not gonna do floor heating there anyway and probably less rough usage so should suffice
cursive crypt
Now much per sq.m.?
proud jay
these tiles are like 60 euros per sqm I think
but they're more expensive cause it's the bigger size
their more default tiles were closer to like 35 ish
proud jay
whole ground floor has floor heating, upstairs bathroom has floorheating and the bedrooms have ventilo convectors
cursive crypt
Interesting, why the convectors?
proud jay
cause we don't really want to heat the bedrooms most of the time
so it's mostly for like deep winter or hot days in summer
but they will be off most of the year
while with floor heating it's not ideal for the system to be turned off and on all the time, and it takes a few hours to adjust
cursive crypt
Ah, I see, but in theory you can several circles of the floor heating i.e. control per room
proud jay
of course
cursive crypt
I recall your weather is more soft
proud jay
yeah
cursive crypt
uh, what was the word... from the ocean, no big yearly differences
moderate... still interesting approach to cost cutting.
proud jay
well also just convenience really
like I said, we generally don't really heat bedrooms
so only for the more extreme days
then you can quickly turn it off or on as needed
while with floor heating it would take a couple of hours
proud jay
well yeah but we always have a few outlier weeks
like sometimes it's randomly 35 degrees in summer
and then 2 days later it's like 17 degrees raining all day
cursive crypt
Yeah, but ocean climate is ocean. The continental here is more harsh. I don't know how this should be handled for better, but we think to put floor heating everywhere.
thermo pump
proud jay
yeah, shit is goated
we have floor heating where we are now
I don't want to go back to not having it
currenly, we don't even have any heating/cooling in the bedrooms where we live
we're just gonna get some installed for the baby coming
but we've lived here for over a year without
cursive crypt
No wonder you all guys are always with t-shirts in cool weather.
I have heard better things for wall heating btw
More expensive, but better apparently.
proud jay
I never heard of that lol
cursive crypt
Me neither. Until few months ago.
white oxide
poor europeans
pallid drift
This is the first time I see all voice channels empty.
summer cedar
I like how it looks, but not sure of what color kitchen to combine it with
Bright floors + Darker walls, or light brown wood colour
A single, narrow wall panel with brick patterns would add excellent variety.
white oxide
so my setting which has essentially a true post scarcity society, uses "production credits" as its currency
printers which can make anything from food, to cars, require time and resources. so jobs pay in those
credits allow the exchange of customized items for credits
some things, like food and basic clothing are provided at pretty much a free level for everyone. glemn can be turned into edible food by any at home molyfab. but home molyfabs will make essentially the exact same food every single time
but many want some variation. and proper food, instead of nutrient bars cost more resources and print time
and printed vegetables (or the extra expensive grown ones) and meat used to make chef cooked meals are more expensive
the molyfabs will perfectly replicate anything properly scanned into them. right down to the taste and texture
which is fine for say, fries, and nutrient bars
summer cedar
sounds like a job for off-the-shelf, custom molyfabs.
white oxide
but having the exact same burger every single time can get tedius and boring
you can print anything you can load
and theres a vast library of printable goods
summer cedar
spend your credits to get the digitized memories of human chefs, load them into illegal molyfabs, cook what you want.
white oxide
lol
doesnt work like that
but the raw biomass given to you free as part of the basic living stipend willbarely meet your basic dietary requirements
you wont get fat or get truly full
but you wont starve to death
when you work you can earn things like more food, personal vehicles, nicer clothing, etc
most jobs are fairly basic, and NET tech allows almost anyone to be trained in hours not months or years
Neural Education Technology
basically downloads the data into the brain
summer cedar
okay, but where's the game?
white oxide
my games are mostly set like RTS or GTA
i have an RTS in works and were planning and mapping a cyberpunk/gtav/fallout like world
but you can see how this would affect an open world game right?
summer cedar
It's a nice setting, but what's the player going to do?
Simply living in a utopian world is like Starfield, which is one of the reasons it received mixed reviews. The gamer needs a solid sense of purpose, multiple objectives, etc. which connect to said world in a meaningful way.
summer cedar
π€ Better yet, a game that comes with a robot arm and a dopamine injector.
As you play, the arm keeps injecting you from time to time.
mild gust
Heroin hero?
summer cedar
Medically approved! π― π€
mild gust
South park reference?
summer cedar
That'll be a great title.
Heroining
mild gust
Part 2 can be Heroined
summer cedar
South park reference?
Could be, but I have never watched South Park. I know it, but haven't seen it. π
mild gust
white oxide
Simply living in a utopian world is like Starfield, which is one of the reasons ...
their main project in the FPS will be to essentially a Noir type
solve a mystery, or set of mysteries which require the player to both explore around, and get into fights
were playing around with story
the world is post scarcity but "utopian" is putting it too much
you wont die from homelessness, or thirst, or starvation
crime, undercity gangs, and various other problems with too many people, and not enough jobs is rampant
summer cedar
So are the molyfabs part of one of the mysteries, or just random in-game lore?
white oxide
they provide the fact the player can always find healing equipment
also how the player buys cars, guns, and anything else
and molecular recipies can be given as a reward
like unlocking newer cars, hovercars, armor, etc
also as a player, do you want this:
or this
the top one is free, and looks pretty bad
the bottom one requires credits
summer cedar
If the world has rampant crime and stuff, then the second one obviously.
If you go investigating a crime den in the first getup, you'll get hammered before you take your first breath there.
white oxide
yep
its like nowdays, some areas are REALLY BAD, but others are malibu hillside
the hope is the player can continue to do stuff in the game after the main and side stories
its also going to be co-op main world
so you and up to 3 others can help
buy housing, move from a slum mass population space to a tether city edge condo
summer cedar
so long as the game is engaging.
summer cedar
cool.
white oxide
have you seen Altered Carbon?
white oxide
the world is segmented a lot like that
the rich live above the clouds, the rest live in various slowly worsening spaces
and to get to the rich you need a hovercar
white oxide
you know it wont
white oxide
modern tv shows or movies following the source material? not in this day and age
white oxide
why ive been writing my own show and movie sets for my projects
kinda hard to edit them
or turn down official scripts
especially if the fanbase knows they exist
mild gust
I'm making an explosive simulator
Starting with making nukes first
Will rename them to Tsar Bomba
summer cedar
The Muskatnoium
white oxide
summer cedar
I love how much fun Spiffing Brit has with his videos.
God gave him a lovely accent for his YT-ing as well.
I, on the other hand, have a squealing machine voice. π
summer cedar
I was playing Victoria 3 AGAIN last evening, and it's slightly sad how simplistic the game has become.
You have almost NO REASON to promote farmers and agriculture, now.
Going middle class manufacturing from the get-go just works EVERY time.
summer cedar
While true, the game used to be much more flexible.
You could choose to create a country out of the class of citizenry you wanted.
But not anymore.
mild gust
Can fires start due to revolting citizens
summer cedar
If you mean devastation, I've seen it happen only due to wars. Revolts as such involve part of your army defecting.
BUT, you can easily avoid ALL of that by promoting the middle class. π€£
mild gust
So nothing like modern day china
summer cedar
It's more like a Trump-topia.
He wants to promote local manufacturing. Pretty much all Victoria 3 is about now.
The AI, apparently, focuses ONLY on building FACTORIES in EVERY nation it controls, which is EVERY OTHER nation in the game.
SO, all you have to do is promote your middle-class resource dudes and you're gold. π
I took New South Wales, the tiny little island south of Australia and made it #4 GDP in the world. I'm still not done.
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summer cedar
And all of this while being part of the British Empire. π€£
summer cedar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq6MCvRJCGU
So long as they don't bother India, I'm gold. π
mild gust
Your close enough the pollution may eventually bother you.
summer cedar
Hey! π We'll pollute our cities ourselves, thank you very much. π
We must be #ONE!
mild gust
Have you seen these? https://i.insider.com/527fba83eab8ea280b4e4583?width=796&format=jpeg
summer cedar
Actually, their pollution bothers Japan and nearby countries more.
Tibet isn't all that well-developed or industrialised.
mild gust
Posts with like 10+ camera on one lol
summer cedar
Yeah, it's part of their Citizenship Surveillance and Points system.
Basically, Chinese life is an RPG.
mild gust
Been watching Sabbatical on youtube travel around Asia pretty neat since he knows most the languages.
summer cedar
I think our school systems need to be changed. Get rid of unnecessary subjects that Google can easily teach kids. Teach students five languages, and math and science instead.
Everything else kids should just learn from Google if they are interested.
mild gust
Give electorals like science
summer cedar
Yes. Electives would be great. In fact, every four years of education, there should be a six month exploration period, where kids can check out different subjects and see what interests them.
mild gust
To be fair they teach the most basic level of it in most places
summer cedar
Of course, this is all utopian, since a lot of teachers are just outdated, unskilled, and ~~lazy ~~unmotivated to upgrade themselves.
mild gust
Not to overwhelm developing brains
summer cedar
And of course, horribly underpaid.
mild gust
Maybe they will just dumb down the education enough that we enter idiocracy
summer cedar
All the more reason to get your brain chips now.
Gotta have the entirety of human knowledge stored in every human being.
summer cedar
Easier to use our DNA strands; aren't they already shaped a bit like worms? π
mild gust
Turns out error in my c++
summer cedar
And that froze the engine? Cool.
Give the code to AI and see if it can write better freezing code.
mild gust
Lol
summer cedar
Then send it as a gift to every Muskian computer.
Instead of complaining about the air, we should adapt our lungs to breathe petrol.
mild gust
Just breathe more fecal matter
summer cedar
The sweet scent of carbon and petroleum compounds must motivate us.
mild gust
Do a lot of people spit on the road in India
summer cedar
Depending on the place, yes.
mild gust
Likely not so much Dubai
summer cedar
In my town, no.
Yeah, but that isn't polluting the air. It's decorating the path.
Most of this air pollution crap is stubble burning, factories, and cars.
mild gust
Like cows defecating
summer cedar
When you can teach a cow to go to a cow bathroom, let me know. π
After a journey, they pee and shit where they park.
summer cedar
The diapers will tear.
mild gust
If you can force people to do stuff you can force animals
summer cedar
Well, I've always been an advocate of teaching animals to use bathrooms.
summer cedar
π€ I'd be kosher with brain chips for animals.
Our monkey are very smart now, though.
They use public water taps, open windows and doors with latches, rob refrigerators and close them on their way out, etc.
mild gust
Give the code to AI and see if it can write better freezing code.
Fixed it
Didn't properly declare something
summer cedar
Does it delete all your files now?
summer cedar
sad noises
mild gust
Then I could nuke my m.2
summer cedar
Hehe. I am glad 8TB NVmes are becoming cheaper now.
mild gust
Well I havn't had a functioning m.2 to test just yet
I'm getting one in a few weeks
I had a non-functioning one
To test it and see if I could revive it
But the chip just didn't want to live
summer cedar
I would be totally fine with external drives, but I don't want to go back to 500MB/s SSDs, because I am used to my 3GB/s nvme now.
I mean, it still reduces speed overall when there are MANY tiny files, but you get my point.
mild gust
Yeah
It won't be perfect
Like no way it will out speed a pcie slot
Good to see Russians can still buy Ugreen products
summer cedar
I think they'd have shifted to Chinese and N.Korean products now.
Seems like it. Chinese brands are below Lada Granta and Lada Niva.
mild gust
For m.2 adapters?
mild gust
Well
summer cedar
More than in other countries, I imagine, given sanctions.
mild gust
They do have most of the rare materials to make it
summer cedar
Yeah, but the government focuses on Killing for Dummies 101, instead of Manufacturing for Poor Nations 202.
It's one of the reasons one of their older car manufacturers failed. Poor govt. support.
summer cedar
So we can play Destruction Derby Aerial Edition?
mild gust
Duh
Why else would we
So we can coast off to mars?
Thoughts on using expired people in media?
Electric state had a fake John F. Kennedy in it.
Feel like I'm watching a call of duty game.
summer cedar
π€ You ask an interesting question. I wonder if we have to wait 70-90 years to use a dead person as 'public property' in our videos.
Like, do copyrights extend to people's identities? π
mild gust
Also raises a question because in that newer Alien movie they used the one actors likeness with apparently their familys consent.
summer cedar
Oh yeah, consensual recreation should be fine.
mild gust
summer cedar
I think they did the same with Mark Hamill in Disney's SW shows.
Younger Luke Skywalker was surprising when I saw him for the first time.
summer cedar
I think with Mandalorian and Boba Fett, they were tying up lose ends.
It was more about Grogu's choices than Luke.
summer cedar
with consent.
mild gust
Ofc
summer cedar
Otherwise, I imagine it'd have to be ruled on by a court, if it hasn't already.
mild gust
Johnny Somali all over again
Made deep fakes of an influencer nude and got sued or something
In korea there's laws against using deep fakes on people so
summer cedar
Aye, but wasn't that more because of the sexual/revenge/bullying nature of that content?
We might need separate adjudication on official stuff.
summer cedar
Yeah, there're some serious creeps and weirdos over there.
summer cedar
All of these people should be shot at dawn.
mild gust
Did stuff in Japan, and Israel also.
Sexually harassed a cop in Israel
Basically just acted a fool in Japan
lost bison
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2509360/female-streamer-takes-legal-action-against-...
I believe they call this the "find out" phase of fucking around
brittle holly
He shouldβve stayed a pirate
mild gust
No doubt
dusky shuttle
What makes something a deep fake as opposed to a regular fake?
mild gust
Deepfakes leverage advanced machine learning techniques to alter or generate human bodies and faces, while regular fakes can be created with cheaper, more accessible software or even without any specialized software.
summer cedar
Simple explanation, it's very deep.
pearl elk
So whats a shallow fake?
summer cedar
That's not so deep.
pearl elk
Not advanced machine learning techniques?
summer cedar
Unreal 
Apparently, one Greg Coulthard has released a voxel worlds procedural map generator, called UnrealCraft.
summer cedar
summer cedar
Meanwhile, this gentleperson is working on a destruction game.
You play that giant and go around wrecking stuff.
mild gust
She just needs tails now
summer cedar
There's a gameplay tweet in that article.
Looks interesting.
And the world builder Dash has received an update with water and leaf systems for UE.
soft night
summer cedar
Nvidia apparently introduced neural shading to DX at the GDC.
--- Neural shading represents a revolution in graphics programming, combining AI with traditional rendering to dramatically boost frame rates, enhance image quality and reduce system resource usage. ---
And UE5 will be introducing RTX Hair, which requires an RTX 5 series card. It's coming to the NvRTX branch of UE5.
mild gust
And UE5 will be introducing RTX Hair, which requires an RTX 5 series card. It's ...
Actually?
summer cedar
akchuhalli, yes.
summer cedar
I am going to shoot in the dark and say MIGHT work with the 4x series, too, but with lots of problems.
Meanwhile...
Dark Souls 1 scenes recreated in UE5.
@mild gust From 0:56, tell me if my eyes are lying, or if you also see the Imperial tower in Cyrodill swaying and swinging? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWLZ07U85h0
This remake of Oblivion in UE5 is launching in May, apparently.
mild gust
<@320666038721183745> From 0:56, tell me if my eyes are lying, or if you also se...
Yeah thats actually happening are they stretching the sky?
or maybe it's to avoid copyright?
summer cedar
No, it's being released with Bethesda's blessings.
summer cedar
Silicone tower.
mild gust
Even when towers not in frame
summer cedar
Ultra flexible for that dovhakiin earthquake protection.
William Faucher's released EasyRain, a BP based rain creation system for UE.
pearl elk
And UE5 will be introducing RTX Hair, which requires an RTX 5 series card. It's ...
How can we firget Nvidia Hairworks
summer cedar
Whether you forget or remember, you will pay for NYUU things!
pearl elk
RTX eyelashes
copper gulch
ive done a little break from UE yesterday and started doing a special kind of aesthetic for a val edit
TW: Flashs & bright colors
cursive crypt
ive done a little break from UE yesterday and started doing a special kind of ae...
Is that some experiment in epilepsy induction?
copper gulch
could be x)
its just a aesthetic that matchs the song
ive done to much classic stuff
cursive crypt
soft night
summer cedar
summer cedar
-12c here!
are you going shopping or working in that temperature?
soft night
working great on the cold temps
tulip orbit
are you going shopping or working in that temperature?
heck no, I'm staying inside where its warm and doing neither!
summer cedar
Then, OFF with your HEAD, sirrah!
I returned from the 39C shopping fest.
I am vibrating heat.
tulip orbit
fight fire with fire, and have a nice hot shower
jolly schooner
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celest musk
not sure if scam, ad or desperate
white oxide
https://tenor.com/view/now-thats-a-fire-firepit-flames-fire-gif-15104116
and im building a 2 meter version of that
white oxide
not sure if scam, ad or desperate
summer cedar
All... π± of the... π± ABOVE?!! π
Those are the worst aboves! π€―
summer cedar
Acceptable π
errant raven
You think a diet of rice, chicken, broccoli, and potatoes is good enough to be healthy
white oxide
You think a diet of rice, chicken, broccoli, and potatoes is good enough to be h...
add in oranges or apples and yes
you need fruits
errant raven
Yeah I considered that
white oxide
maybe pineapple
errant raven
Nah
white oxide
your wife might prefer that
errant raven
I'm not married
errant raven
I'm single as hell
And im fine with that
Nuts, fish, tangerines or mandarins, and apples
On top of the other things I mentioned
mild gust
Don't forget octopus balls
summer cedar
Most expensive first class seats on airplanes.
$25,000 to $75,000 per ticket.
Meanwhile, everyone else will get this.
You will still pay a grand for that seat.
mild gust
To have a wedgie all flight
errant raven
add in oranges or apples and yes
What kind of nuts are better for nutrients
Cashew, peanut, walnut, hazel, etc
Pistachio
white oxide
peanuts technically
cashews are the candy of nuts
they dont really have all that much nutritional value
summer cedar
cashews are the candy of nuts
Heathen! You mean honey roasted cashews, surely.
errant raven
They are the best tasting without needing salt and stuff
white oxide
im also absolutely flabergasted that we even discovered cashews were edible
errant raven
Its just that whistle sound when you bite into them
Walnuts have that to them too
That little squeak sound
white oxide
their skin is so absurdly toxic you need proper like dishwashing thick gloves just to handle it
almost no one is immune to the severe rashes and burns they cause
why you never see shelled cashews but pretty much everything else has a specialty shell option
summer cedar
that is why we have industries to give us nice, processed cashews with lovely honey roast.
errant raven
Nuts are rather expensive tho
summer cedar
screw nutrition. Just eat pills for that.
white oxide
though acorns are better, but the sheer number you need to feed a human is absurd
summer cedar
DELICIOUSNESS is the goat.
I tried walnuts.
Hate them.
Tried almonds.
They're okay.
Milkshake is better with them.
Actually, milkshakes with any nuts are just fine.
white oxide
you also have to boil and sterelize all acorns because they ALL have a small tiny parasite in them
white oxide
the actual bug doesn't bother us or squirrels, but the larve of it will land you in the ER
summer cedar
Yeah, screw organic.
summer cedar
this is why we have bug spray.
white oxide
they are pretty immune to it
also the adult form is healthy for your garden
they eat aphids like lady bugs
errant raven
also the adult form is healthy for your garden
summer cedar
They are not immune to the spray actually.
It's just that they are in the soil or encased in the nut.
Basically, you need to bring their shields down.
summer cedar
That isn't important.
What's important is doing your part.
All bugs must die.
π«
@mild gust https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2SJBct6leQ - Skip to 30:00 or any time after that.
It was inspired by Sleeping Dogs.
Pure slugfest.
white oxide
for a second my brain thought of Straw Dogs
summer cedar
I know that movie.
mild gust
<@320666038721183745> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2SJBct6leQ - Skip to 30:0...
Just woke up in my chair from a nap i'll check it out
summer cedar
Might want to get some coffee first.
mild gust
Super healthy
summer cedar
best drink for this game.
mild gust
My favourite part of this game
Is how there's no foot ik
The feet just float
Like half an inch or so off the ground
summer cedar
Just like real life, bro.
All proper men are shaolin kunG pow masters.
summer cedar
Have you never heard of the great Ali, who said, "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"?
Bee a man, bro!
mild gust
Yes but he could only float so long
mild gust
His Asian brother
summer cedar
Well, we have plastic surgery these days.
summer cedar
I love the endless mode in this demo.
I'd just play that FOREVA!
The only disappointment for me is, when the hero enters rage mode, everyone falls to the ground and all he does is kick them repeatedly. The same move, again and again. Perhaps Brad doesn't know how to trigger the other moves, but still.....
summer cedar
Makes sense. It's how Palpatine conquered the universe.
Everything's falling into place now.
mild gust
He has the cards now
Big yikes, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQJL3htsDyQ
Another win for BYD?
summer cedar
Noice.
So, what you are telling me is, Teslas are great for video games.
Right? Am I right?
Hey, at least the kid still had its pants on. π€£
epic.
proud jay
Another win for BYD?
byd does LIDAR?
mild gust
New ones do yes
proud jay
I think my car has them too
mild gust
All tesla use cameras
Zero lidar
Because it's useless
Says Elon
Extra cost for no reason basically
mild gust
Big yikes, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQJL3htsDyQ
Meanwhile in this video it hits a kid multiple times.
cursive crypt
-50% TSLA
proud jay
Meanwhile in this video it hits a kid multiple times.
I know, I've seen it
I wonder if he was already making it
or did it impromptu in the midst of Tesla news
mild gust
or did it impromptu in the midst of Tesla news
Maybe both
proud jay
these steam gift card scams are really getting popular lately
oh, mods are awake it seems
mild gust
Qwigs on it
Someone @ mods in hardware
Funny how the steam chats always go to hardware and lounge first
Plus a few other random channels
But not often generative ai or food
Wonder if it scans for recent chatting to get max responses
proud jay
often in career chat too
proud jay
Someone @ mods in hardware
I tried to stop doing that since they added the report tool
but it still seems a lot more effective
I think the tool just posts it to a chat that mods read if they open up discord
pearl elk
why dont we just send a lidar into space to map it π
mild gust
Agreed
summer cedar
Essentially, we should gift Teslas to relatives we want to get rid of.
For the ones we like, we buy BYDs.
π€ Trump bought a Tesla on the White House lawn, right?
So, all we need now is a wall and a volunteer kid.
Eric. T. will do just fine.
mild gust
Just think if someone hacks your Tesla
You'll have stuff like this, https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/02/cars/tesla-teen-hack/index.html
summer cedar
Right now, I am sure the Tesla will ignore the hacker too.
It will do whatever IT wants.
Enable SUPA AI!!!
mild gust
Yo
Tencent has their name on this, https://www.blackhat.com/docs/us-17/thursday/us-17-Nie-Free-Fall-Hacking-Tesla-From-Wireless-To-CAN-Bus-wp.pdf
pearl elk
Well, Tesla has military contracts.
that sounds so much cooler than the reality of that statement Im sure
mild gust
How else would byd be made as good as it was so quick