InFerNo

@InFerNo@lemmy.ml

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Statement on Stop Killing Games - VIDEOGAMES EUROPE⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, of course and it’s a lot better than what we have at this point, it’s a great first step. I still remember the days of Id Software releasing their game (logic) under the GPL.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Statement on Stop Killing Games - VIDEOGAMES EUROPE⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  What “online only” means is the need to authenticate to a proprietary server. After logging in, you are then (potentially) directed to a random server to play on.

  If you are not online, you cannot authenticate and therefor not be directed to a server. This means you cannot play the game. When the authentication server and infrastructure behind the game is taken offline, the game becomes unplayable, because it is online only.

  If a final patch were to be made where either a private authentication server would be made available for you to self-host, or authenation to be completely removed, you could play the game either offline on your device locally or LAN, or online by anyone who cares enough to host a server with the game logic. It would no longer be “online only” since you would have a choice. You can choose to play offline, or choose to play online.

  If a game actually needs servers beyond the authentication part, then those should be made available too, so that anyone, again, can play locally or online.

  It’s logical that if game servers are made available, a game can never be “online only” again, because you could host the server on your pc and connect to localhost.

  Your whole argumentation about “online only” game design falls completely flat. You are mixing concepts that have nothing to do with one another.

  A game can be a battle royale by design, gameplay wise, and have the ability to host your own servers by design, technical architecture wise.

  Quake Live used to be online only. You could not host your own servers. They released for steam and made it possible to host your own servers. The old authentication system was taken down, logins are no longer required, and now you just launch the game and pick a server in a built in server browser. It should be the standard and Quake Live should serve as an example of how it should be done.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Statement on Stop Killing Games - VIDEOGAMES EUROPE⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This is short sighted. Architectures can and will change in the future. I’m running game servers on my aarch64 devices, if I wasn’t able to compile, and sometimes even edit, the code I wouldn’t have been able to run these servers. Emulation isn’t always ideal, janky or even non existent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I want these walls back⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, they were probably completely transparent colorless glass 😂😩

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What the fuck⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Prrrrrrrreganté

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Baldur's Gayte⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Definitely wheels. All that machinery with wheels for the belts, all transportation, toys, … I can’t fathom there being as many doors.

  Unless I’m wooshed :D

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's going on with Borderlands 2? Steam is giving it for free, but the game has 23% positive recent reviews.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Some software installers still ask if I want to install for all users, which require elevated permissions, or only for me, which don’t. In that last option it will not prompt for elevated permissions as it will use one of my user’s folders which I have already all permissions for, obviously.

  It’s a security measure that’s half assed. People are so used to it they just click allow but don’t actually look at the prompt anymore. Like I see a lot of people do with cookies on websites.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's going on with Borderlands 2? Steam is giving it for free, but the game has 23% positive recent reviews.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thats a windows thing so it can put files in “protected” folders like program files

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This seals it for me. They aren’t using version control but are making copies of the working directory with this result.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  These answers to a question why the task bar can’t be moved to the side anymore.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨who are you?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not going to magically be super bad when it’s the BB date +1.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palworld confirms ‘disappointing’ game changes forced by Pokémon lawsuit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  What about the birds in quackshot? That game is from the 90s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Asking the important questions⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this copied from somewhere? I read this exact reply before on a similar Forest Gump post.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Harassed by Assassin’s Creed gamers, a professor fought back with kindness⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Random capitalization of nouns

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Liquid Trees⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The roots destroy sewer systems etc too. There’s a bike path I take to work where the pavement is all distorted by the roots, making it very unsafe, but I still prefer that the trees are there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What would this list look like for your generation?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  NANI!?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ingenuity⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My cat does this while I cook. I play with those dangly legs all the time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vintage⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Survivorship bias

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon uses Windows⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also me whenever a new version of windows came out or I just to reinstall for some reason. It never felt the same as it was.

  I’ve switched to Linux a long time ago. You’ll get used to it and it will be the new normal if you give it a chance and understand that it is different.

  People worry too much about it, just give it a spin.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An oldie but a goodie⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  One of my kids does this so I don’t think it’s that weird

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I can't believe it let me do that⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Convenient to leave out Apple it’s working on AI (Apple Intelligence) too. I don’t think any big company is safe from the hype train.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨use it on strangers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Fill in the gaps with frog DNA

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just No⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “just no” as if you didn’t ask it to answer just yes or no

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google will develop the Android OS fully in private, and here's why⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The problem is software. The ecosystem of android is gigantic. Every business, big or small has an app.

  Microsoft tried and failed. No users, no apps. No apps, no users.

  Google actively worked against Microsoft and got what they wanted: no competition.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨3's grip looks the most comfy⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I use a Lamy Studio to write, so close to a 6.

  Also in my arsenal is a Parker Jotter and a Moonman C1.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FREE HIM!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the death animation in Sonic 1

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That won’t stop anyone. Just spin up 50 instances and let them sit for a while until they’re not so new anymore.

  Then when you need one, grab one off the shelf that’s been riping for a while.

  It’s only a bump when they get started.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨fuck this asshole⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You guys need to go hang with Hawaii. Alaska can come too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨gigachad⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Only 1GB. A lot of the good old games fit on a CD and had enough space left to have a full album of red book music!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It was an accident, I clicked the Later button so hard it pierced the gas main.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Understandable, have a nice day.