halcyoncmdr

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone Hiring?⁩ ⁨⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I wouldn’t say a red flag at this point, every fucking company says it now, regardless of size. But it is something to take note of and watch closer. Just wait until you see what kind of family before really committing.

  Is it a dysfunctional family that expects everyone to go above and beyond for nothing on return and punishes you for not? Or is it a family that pays attention to when things are happening outside work to help in any way because they actually get that happier employees work better?

  I’ve worked for both personally.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Even Starfield's community patch modders are growing 'disenchanted' with the sci-fi RPG, as volunteers depart in droves: 'If nobody comes forward, we may have to retire the project'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No it’s exactly the same, you just notice it more because of the different context of a limited fantasy realm versus open stellar exploration.

  Oblivion and Skyrim also have a bunch of procedurally generated content. But it is more easily ignored, because these are dungeons and caves and not numerous planets where you are walking for upwards of 15 minutes or more across open terrain to visit the same dozen locations. And having dozens of loading screens to stitch each small segment together.

  Starfield as a concept doesn’t work with the engine, because the engine is incapable of adequately creating an open environment at that level. If it could, they would have given it to us instead of Skyrim in space. We got Skyrim in space because that’s the limit of the engine. Bethesda’s insistence of continuing to use it, and claiming that it’s not an issue, despite the clear deficiencies in the released product, is a slap in the face to every player. It’s the definition of “You’ll take what we give you, and like it”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Even Starfield's community patch modders are growing 'disenchanted' with the sci-fi RPG, as volunteers depart in droves: 'If nobody comes forward, we may have to retire the project'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The graphics aren’t the problem. The Creation Engine is not just graphics, it handles everything about how the game works. How the AI works and responds to events, how NPCs handle tasks even when not actively interacting with the player, etc. Graphics is only one part of a game, and that’s not the source of the issues.

  Oblivion Remastered still uses the Gamebryo engine from Oblivion for everything with one exception, Unreal now handles the graphics. That’s why the game is nearly identical to the original in every way except graphics, it is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Medal of honor on the PS1⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My strongest memory of Medal Of Honor is the undercover missions. Flipping the ID badge out over and over again like an idiot because the animation was funny.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Even Starfield's community patch modders are growing 'disenchanted' with the sci-fi RPG, as volunteers depart in droves: 'If nobody comes forward, we may have to retire the project'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s Skyrim with a coat of lead paint.

  It’s been clear for over a decade that the Creation Engine (let’s be honest it’s still Gamebryo) has run its course. It is not a viable option for a modern game anymore. It has architectural limitations that simply prevent a modern gaming experience.

  There have been so many Creation Engine apologists since Oblivion trying to justify its continued existence through multiple new Fallout and Elder Scrolls games, always trying to say that it’s fine. Starfield was the chance to prove that the limitations aren’t actually architectural and that it could be used for a modern game. Clearly that’s not the case. Taking just about any other modern open world RPG to directly compare, Starfield feels like crap in comparison. Hell, even the launch version of Cyberpunk felt better than Starfield.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google will pay a $1.375 billion settlement to Texas over privacy violations⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a settlement… Meaning that Google figures not that this amount is less than they would pay if it went to court and they lost. Since there is no way they’d be spending a billion dollars on defending this in court, they know they would definitely lose, and paying an insanely high penalty is the best outcome for them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic reduce their cut to 0% for the first $1 million in revenue for devs on the Epic Games Store⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A physical storefront has to deal with asset depreciation however. A product can sit on the shelf and reduce in value as it ages, there is no such thing with digital distribution.

  Based on estimates, and various reports, leaks etc. since they aren’t a public company… Steam makde an estimated $10.8 Billion in 2024. They made $780,000 per employee as of 2018 based on an internal report, more than nearly every other company on the planet. They’re not spending anywhere near that on operations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic reduce their cut to 0% for the first $1 million in revenue for devs on the Epic Games Store⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Eh, I would argue that the expansion of broadband internet and the increased expectation of instant gratification by consumers made it a perfect time for Steam’s expansion. The death of physical media is a side effect of the ability to near instantly download anything you want.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic reduce their cut to 0% for the first $1 million in revenue for devs on the Epic Games Store⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Didn’t Steam essentially create the “standard” for 30% price point for digital distribution in the first place? While a 30% margin makes sense for physical retail, it’s never made sense for digital distribution.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  FYI, this is one of the major reasons to use digital wallets. Like Apple Pay and Google Wallet. They don’t use your actual card info when paying, but a generated virtual card instead.

  Likewise one of my accounts provides both a physical card and a separate virtual card, so that’s what I enter whenever making online purchases. Easier to cancel and reissue a virtual card if there is fraud.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oblivion remake is... really making it apparent how outdated Bethesda is in its approach to making games⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re fine paying $50-60 for what amounts to a community graphical overhaul mod that’s fine. I expect more from an actual developer with access to the source code.

  A remaster should be releasing Oblivion with an updated engine and graphics, and bringing in some gameplay enhancements from newer games. Technically this meets those requirements, but only by the bare minimum and all of those can be achieved with community mods for free.

  A remake would be completely abandoning the decrepit Gamebryo/Creation Engine that’s clearly dragging all of their games down now, and has been for over a decade, and actually giving us something that doesn’t feel like it came out 20+ years ago.

  I love the Elder Scrolls, Oblivion is one of my favorite games of all time, and the only one I ever bothered to get every achievement for back on the 360. But I won’t accept a half assed remaster for nearly full price just because it’s what Bethesda wants to distract everyone from the fact that Elder Scrolls 6 isn’t coming out anytime soon and they couldn’t just release Skyrim for the 12th time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oblivion remake is... really making it apparent how outdated Bethesda is in its approach to making games⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  More than a coat of paint. The modding community could have done this year ago if that’s all they wanted to do. Skyblivion is more of a remaster than this official one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oblivion remake is... really making it apparent how outdated Bethesda is in its approach to making games⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not even much of a remaster. They just slapped a coat of paint on it.

  The Gamebryo/Creation Engine is still there running the game, it just uses Unreal 5 for the graphical elements. And they updated some of the levelling to work more like Skyrim, because the Oblivion system sucked in comparison.

  It’s still the same 20 year old Oblivion under the hood.

  Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but calling it a remaster is a bit disingenuous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's an example of a TV show that came out at before its time, or just at a bad time?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That first season really was amazing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo apologizes as Switch 2 demand overwhelms supply in Japan⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nintendo, like many Japanese companies, only produces what they know with 100% certainty they can sell. They purposely underproduced the Wii so it constantly sold through retail and absolutely no stock stuck on shelves for long. They don’t actually care about complaints of supply issues, that is intentional.

  As a side effect they also get to constantly stay in the headlines as their constant lack of supply keeps being reported. So they get free marketing as well, just by operating as they always have. And with current global supply chain conversations, they get a free smokescreen with the general populace going out of their way to blame someone else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨are my friends looking out for me or just ableist?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  These are classic signs of abusive relationships, regardless of autism.

  Trying to control and limit your interactions with others. Convincing you to abandon other friendships because those relationships pose a threat to their control over you. Preying on your own insecurities to further increase their power.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨4chan Is Dead. Its Toxic Legacy Is Everywhere⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s entirely likely. That site hasn’t changed a bit in over 2 decades. .

  While publicly known external security vulnerabilities may have been found and patched over the years, having the source leaked means a look behind the hood at new weaknesses and a field day with exploiting them.

  If 4Chan does come back, I think it will look significantly different.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hottest Star Trek character?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The answer is of course Neelix. That’s just objectively obvious.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maryland Senator Meets With Wrongly Deported Man in El Salvador⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Same. The random comment from the administration that he was alive brought that general assumption, and combined with not allowing anyone to see him, it really started to look like he died in custody and they were trying to hide it as long as possible or cover it up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WTF is the teacher doing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “You can’t put your hands on the students”

  “Okay”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you think are some strategies trumps Russian handlers use to get that bafoon to do what they want?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They just tell him what Putin would like to happen. No leverage necessary. Trump admires dictators, it’s clear he wants their approval.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨James Cameron Says Blockbuster Movies Can Only Survive If We ‘Cut the Cost in Half’; He’s Exploring How AI Can Help Without ‘Laying Off the Staff’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s exactly most likely an example of my last point. CG can look perfectly real. If you have the tools and references needed, or the time to do everything manually frame by frame, which adds up extremely fast.

  Based on the result in The Thing, CGI team almost certainly had no references from actual shooting apart from the bare footage, and even composited shots were inconsistent from each other.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨James Cameron Says Blockbuster Movies Can Only Survive If We ‘Cut the Cost in Half’; He’s Exploring How AI Can Help Without ‘Laying Off the Staff’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This 100%. CGI should be used to enhance traditional special effects, not replace them entirely.

  Also, planning properly for CGI can dramatically reduce both the cost and quality of CG. For instance, recording reference lighting to provide the CG team so they can more accurately make any fully-rendered elements. Don’t just say “they’ll fix it in post”. That’s where CG cost skyrockets.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wall Street Bursts With Anger as Trump Tariffs Cause Wild Stock Market Swings⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  But, I thought they were so happy with their businessman Messiah. It was gonna be the greatest economic boon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chipotle offering a discount, while warning they may also inflate prices and delivery fees simultaneously⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t understand how it’s so popular in border specifically. Like Taco Bell I understand, that’s not Mexican food, they don’t claim to be Mexican food, it’s gringo food, half the people I see at Taco Bell are Hispanic because that’s a specific type of food different from everything else… But there’s a Mexican place of some kind on nearly every corner in AZ. There’s no reason to ever even consider Chipotle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chipotle offering a discount, while warning they may also inflate prices and delivery fees simultaneously⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t understand how it’s so popular in border specifically. Like Taco Bell I understand, that’s not Mexican food, they don’t claim to be Mexican food, it’s gringo food, half the people I see at Taco Bell are Hispanic because that’s a specific type of food different from everything else… But there’s a Mexican place of some kind on nearly every corner in AZ. There’s no reason to ever even consider Chipotle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stardew Valley Baldur's Gate 3 mod back online after D&D owners "mistakenly" send a copyright strike⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the type of thing that law firms will send without consulting their client first as soon as they were made aware as a default response, without considering any context to verify proper action. Which in most cases would be fine, but in this particular genre, because of shitty companies like Nintendo, can cause direct reputational harm.

  It is Wizards of the Coast though, historically they’re not much better, so this would be 100% believable coming from them on purpose.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GeoGuessr is making its way to Steam next month after almost 12 years of sticking it out as a browser game⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They already added a subscription.

  Up front cost cannot cover the ongoing API costs they must be paying for Google Maps. So either this has to be free and just a front end for the same shit, or they’ll still end up net negative.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GeoGuessr is making its way to Steam next month after almost 12 years of sticking it out as a browser game⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fable delayed to 2026⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Mumblings originally in 2017, job openings at the studio in 2018, officially announced in 2020. October 2022 Andrew Walsh, a senior writer from the Horizon Forbidden West team joined the Fable team. June of 2023 had an in-game trailer.

  To be honest, that seems to be a reasonable timeframe, especially given the pandemic in the middle, if you aren’t following the “rush it out the door ASAP, fix it after release, if you ever do” approach.