Notices by Raptor :gamedev: (raptor85@mastodon.gamedev.place)

@killyourfm even Terry Pratchett doesn't recommend it as a starting point, it's pretty rough compared to the rest of the series, though I do love the story. IMHO the abridged version is actually better because it cuts out a lot of stuff in-between and is less chaotic. Sourcery is generally considered the best starting point. I'm partial to the watch and death series though, so I would recommend "guards guards!"

@killyourfm I'm too lazy to copy it across to my deck and test but I'd imagine much like world you can dump it down to 540p and turn on FSR to look virtually idtentical to 800p but get almost double the framerate and battery

@killyourfm it definitely both looks and runs better than beta 1 (and beta 1 was honestly not bad besides the invisible texture glitch). My friends and I are eagerly awaiting this one, only thing we've really been looking forward to for a while...

@killyourfm I mean, it's EA, who multiple times has either had from a studio under them or bought out a game series that was leading the market and driving new gameplay innovations, deciding that they know better than the devs that have shown to make an amazing game 5-10 times already and giving it to some cheaper developers and making it more generic, then when that fails blaming lack of interest in that genre/game series/etc. EA's been out of touch since the 90's hit.

@killyourfm Not sure how long ago that was but I've used it for a while, all my friends have moved over to it as well. (with a bit of prodding tbf), we even have the full voice calls/etc set up on our home server for gaming. It's basically just better discord without all the crap now.

I would never use it to replace a forum or something like masto of course but for chat imho it's the best there is at the moment.

@killyourfm @jsstaedtler funnily i can see someone else replied to this message but my server isn't receiving it so I can't see the reply.

Mastodon is great at a lot of things, making a coherant thread of replies everyone in a group can see is not one of them.

@killyourfm @Jojonintendo @thanius @nausahaver @lyonsinbeta @baltmatrix @TeamLinux01 @chris @Btph @gsquirrel @CleanDesign @tylnesh @jsstaedtler for more "live" discussions, definitely matrix, signal is too much of a pain on the desktop (it works when it wants to, plus needs to be signed up for on a mobile app on ios or android with a phone number) and mastodon doesn't do well for threading group conversations

@killyourfm honestly having seen them actually set up and running...eh, they're not the best build quality, you can source real arcade parts for as much as they cost and it's not hard to get nice printed laminates for the sides/top

@killyourfm it's post-gamecube/gameboy nintendo, ALL of their first party controllers will be uncomfortable after 10 minutes

@gedeonm I kinda hate how everyone keeps screaming about how many fewer people mastodon has. Sure it's not as big, but you say something here and it actually starts a conversation. Twitter, threads, bluesky? They're all just platforms for farming fake internet points (likes) off shouting to the void and hoping the algorithm likes you. People like them for the same reason old people sit at slots staring at flashing lights telling them "you're a winner!" as it bankrupts them slowly.

@jzillw @darth meanwhile, every unity game for some reason seems to look 15 years old but have system reqs that come from the future. It's actually impressive how many games can chug on a 4090 with a 5950x

yes some games had performance issues in the 90's but a lot of that was down to hardware varying wildly without common api's. Releasing a game in the mid 90's that looked like it had been made in 1980 but still has performance issues would have gotten you laughed out of the industry tho

@killyourfm
They make my exact card both air/liquid cooled (the 4090 suprim 24G by MSI)
Air Cooled: 336x142x78mm
Liquid: 280x140x43mm

basically it's considerably shorter and almost half as thick.

granted the liquid does obviously use an external radiator similar to the cpu one (they're actually pretty much the exact same), mine I replaced two of my three front fans with the radiator setup.

@killyourfm it's mostly heat-sink and fans, cpu ones are massive now too. I have the water cooled version of the 4090 and it's far more reasonably sized, about the same size as my old 960, only takes up one slot and doesn't require a longer case (you can still fit drive bays/etc in front of it)

@killyourfm you know, i'd respect it a lot more if they'd at least made it functionally report the battery level, all it would have taken is a few LEDs and a controller.

@BeAware @aras please see thread above, the admins comments honestly go even worse than the people he's defending, not only did he publicly post everyone's name who reported the offending accounts so that they could be retaliated against, he also has a pretty nasty thread calling for the beheading of anyone getting an abortion...this is no longer even resembling a linux community, it's just a nazi bar now

@killyourfm it really is a balance, especially with tomatoes they'll split if you water them too much too quickly, but when it's that hot out sometimes you really do just have to drench everything to keep them alive. Depending on how long the heat wave lasts and how much rain you get you could soak them in bursts a few times a day to make sure it's soaked enough to pull in the water, but don't keep the ground permanently saturated or you can also cause damage.

@killyourfm np, if i'm home during a heatwave i generally toss this thing out in my garden and just leave it on until the heatwave ends, might not be as great of an idea if you have longer heatwaves but it's what normally works for me.

@killyourfm how much water are you giving it? especially in extreme heat where the soil drys fast melons need a TON of water, like...absolutely soak the soil (better to water a lot a few times than a little constantly). If it's really hot the soil could be drying too fast before it can really soak it up, or the water might not be penetrating deep enough onto it's roots.

they also do grow VERY slowly, but you should be seeing "something" each week.

@jzillw eh, I think the intent for the first mission is just "get comfortable with the driving mechanics, finding buildings, learning how to exit." When it starts being timed after that it really eases you into it a few minutes is more than enough time to loot most early areas, then by the time you get to mid areas you generally start each zone making a plan for your route. You also get infinite time on certain story missions later as well. There IS checkpointing just not within the current zone

@jzillw that first run has a zone effect turned on that the zone never collapses until you trigger it. When you get past the tutorial you only have 10-15 minutes per zone before they collapse on themselves and you either need to escape or continue to the next area (more dangerous zones can also start collapsing right when you enter), so saves wouldn't be useful for anything other than resource scumming once you get to the actual runs.