DarkMetatron

@DarkMetatron@feddit.de

IT-Nerd, Systemadministrator und Rollenspiel-Fan. Teilzeit Retrogame-Streamer

I use Arch by the way šŸ˜‚

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DarkMetatron,

Why spent huge amounts of time and money with a physical presentation in a far away land at GamesCom when a online show (and maybe some demos) works fine too?

DarkMetatron,

The new LEGO game and the Palworld update. The rest was, for me and in my eyes, ugly, boring, the wrong genre or all together.

DarkMetatron,

Sounds like something politicians would say: ā€œLong term? That is for after the next electionā€

DarkMetatron,

The next gen update used a completely different compiler, and that created a highly different executable, thatā€™s why the update for script extender took so long and thatā€™s why the script extender for next gen edition is unable to load ā€œoldā€ script extender mods.

It is the same that happened with Skyrim Anniversary Edition.

DarkMetatron,

Yeah, Minecraft updates break mods all the time but there it is just something the community accepts as normal and lives with. The huge update rage is something I only see with Bethesda game modding.

DarkMetatron,

So you say that you want the gog.com version of the game then?

DarkMetatron,

That is true, but it is also true that the script extender (and that is all that broke) is literally hacking and forcing itā€™s code into the game. And modern code and compiler is built to resist such attacks, if only by randomizing the needed jump addresses with every compilation.

All changes to the exe will break script extender, there is nothing that can change that. Well nothing but, maybe, a official deep plugin API for the exe and it is very unlikely that Bethesda will provide something like that.

DarkMetatron,

I have not seen the video but I think the correct modern answer nowadays is: ā€œboomer shooterā€

DarkMetatron,

ā€œThe term boomer shooter has a rather nebulous origin, and it likely started as a joke. Online pedants often point out that the original first-person shooters were developed by Gen-Xers like John Carmack (born 1970) and John Romero (born 1967), not Baby Boomers. However, ā€œboomer shooterā€ uses the slang version of the term boomer, as a stand-in for any older person who is closed-minded and out of touchā€”so please, direct those complaints elsewhere.ā€

Source: ā€¦epicgames.com/ā€¦/a-beginner-s-guide-to-boomer-shoā€¦

DarkMetatron,

There is a DLC where you go up into space, due to this Fallout already had left the United States once.

DarkMetatron,

Even if space is US of A, then the Mothership Zeta is a extraterritorial location like an embassy. Commie always win šŸ˜„

DarkMetatron,

There is already an AI to put ā€œdecent clothingā€ on women. dignif.ai

www.indy100.com/ā€¦/dignifai-ai-covering-up-women

DarkMetatron,

To be honest, I think the changed clothes and less splatter looks even better but maybe that because I really like lace lingerie and adding it to the outfit is therefore a huge plus in my eyes.

DarkMetatron,

It ā€œkind ofā€ was with the Super Gameboy allowing for Gameboy games to run on the SNES. Buy yeah, more like a sideways compatibility

DarkMetatron,

And the GameCube compatibility of the Wii was just original GameCube hardware inside of the Wii doing all the work. Same with PS2 hardware inside the PS3.

Having dedicated hardware inside for compatibility is not uncommon

DarkMetatron,

Well, and the Gameboy is not the ancestor to the SNES so backwards compatibility is out of the window completely. Yes, I know that the Super Gameboy is only a unfitting contender, thatā€™s why I said ā€œkind ofā€ in my post.

DarkMetatron,

Yes and no. The latest released Wii (the Wii mini) lost GameCube compatibility due to hardware changes.

DarkMetatron,

That is great to known, I never had a Wii Mini and lot of the information on the web regarding this seem to be outdated or wrong. Last information I had was that backwards compatibility is completely missing with the mini. Thank you for clarification

DarkMetatron,

That is great to known, I never had a Wii Mini and lot of the information on the web regarding this seem to be outdated or wrong. Last information I had was that backwards compatibility is completely missing with the mini. Thank you for clarification ā˜ŗļø

DarkMetatron,

This gets done with FPGA systems like the MiSTer and there are N64 and PSX Cores for the MiSTer, a Saturn Core is in development.

DarkMetatron,

I really like Fallout 3 but the ton of invisible walls and the shitty metro tunnels turn it into a game I often hate to play.

Original Fallout lead Tim Cain loves the new show, but remains baffled by how 'destructive' fans can act toward 'people who are trying to create things' (www.pcgamer.com)

Cain appreciated the performances and storytelling, but singled out how the show nailed the Fallout ā€œvibeā€ as its biggest achievement. ā€œI was just looking at all the props,ā€ he said of one scene. ā€œI realized after a few minutes went by that I had not followed the dialogue at all, because I was so engrossed by it...

DarkMetatron,

It is not the same engine but a ever evolved one. Saying that it is the same engine would be like saying that UE5 is the same engine as UE1

DarkMetatron,

It is from the show but it was part of every single trailer, not much to spoil in that regard.

Gameplay mechanics were also a lot better with more replayability. (lemmy.world)

Ignoring the lack of updates if the game is buggy, games back then were also more focused on quality and make gamers replay the game with unlockable features based on skills, not money. I canā€™t count the number of times I played Metal Gear Solid games over and over to unlock new features playing the hardest difficulty and with...

DarkMetatron,

Comparing modern game with games from the olden days is a little bit like comparing a savery steam pump with a modern internal combustion engine. Sure the general principles are identical but the complexity of the system is a manifold of the other.

I really love retro games, i have very fond memories of the C64 and SNES, but i am not a fan of the glorification of those games. Only a small part of the old games are still fun today and lots of them have bugs. Secret of Mana on the SNES for example has a fun bug where leveling all weapons and spells to max can create a overflow error in the final fight of the game, which removes the mana hero completely from the game, rendering the last fight impossible because only the mana hero can damage the mana dragon significantly.

DarkMetatron,

It is not only Onlyfans whole deal, but that is how all celebrity worship works.

gmr_leon, to games
@gmr_leon@mstdn.social avatar

Which video games have been trapped on a hardware platform (console/handheld/headset/etc.) that you wish would be ported well?

I was reading about Oculus accounts that haven't been assimilated into Meta accounts being erased, & it got me thinking about games trapped on hardware platforms again. What are some of the games you wish would have good ports across different hardware?

@games

DarkMetatron,

Xenoblade Chronicles X

I own it on the WiiU and yes I can use an emulator but a proper port which better integrates the content from the second screen into a one screen interface would be great.

DarkMetatron,

Well, yes and he even explains all that in the beginning of the video.

DarkMetatron,

Well, the title is a question and the answer is: Not quite but near enough.

A title has to catch interest, and in this case I would not say that it is click bait because in the end he kind of put a ā€œLinuxā€ on the ā€œNESā€.

I tend to be forgiving when the content behind the click bait title is good, like it is here.

DarkMetatron,

Having Aphantasia doesnā€™t mean that a person has no imagination, he just has no inner eye, no way to see the imagination in his mind.

I know that because I have lots of imagination but have Aphantasia. World building for roleplay and stories is where I am really good, as long as I donā€™t have to do anything with a visual component like drawing

DarkMetatron,

Yeah it is, like most stuff with the brain, a spectrum from low to high Aphantasia.

I canā€™t visualize anything in my mind, I can describe what I know or what I make up but thatā€™s it a list of information or details, when it comes to world building highly imaginative details and information, but I have no clue how it really looks like. Thatā€™s why I love AI art generators, I can input all my imaginary details into the prompt and it then emulates my missing inner eye. Something I never could on my own, how should I draw something when I have only words to describe it? For me AI Art tools are a godsend, a pacemaker for my inner eye so to speak.

DarkMetatron,

To be honest the guns come relatively late in the tech tree of the game, bows and crossbows are used most of the time.

DarkMetatron,

The one thing that connects all those points and examples is that Nintendo has not sued anyone, non of that was ever taken to a court. Because in a lot of this cases the chance to loose was substantial bigger then zero and a ruling against them would have had major implications.

So yes, they bully, they use the tools like DMCA (and EUCD in Europe) claims and takedowns, and stern letters from their lawyers but only when the chance for winning is really high they will go to a court to sue. Why go to a court when you know that the person on the other side will cave in, not because you are right but because the costs for them to get right would be way to high.

The chance for loosing in this case is really high and the last Nintendo/PokĆ©mon Company wants is a judge to rule that the designs are not that distinctive or ā€œoriginal worksā€ at all.

DarkMetatron,

Lots of Palworld, it really is fun to grind XP, complete Towers and Dungeons or to create your perfect forced labor camps for your mindbroken pals.

DarkMetatron,

I have no issues with the sex cards as such, but in the game the sex scene are often at the stranges and dumbest times. It breaks the tone and pacing of the story all the time, if they cut those it will make the game a lot better, in my opinion.

DarkMetatron,

Well, that is then only another addition to my list of reasons not to read those books.

DarkMetatron,

I donā€™t fear sexual content, on the contrary, but often it is added in a very bad and inopportune manner. There is a time for sex and that is not in the middle of a bloody battlefield or in a cave while outside a mob prepares to kill the witch inside.

DarkMetatron,

You are free to see it that way and I accept that, but I am also free to have a different opinion on that matter.

DarkMetatron,

I donā€™t really like Geralt as a character, because most of the time he is a huge pile of šŸ’©, a grim dark anti hero. I liked to play Witcher 1 because of his lost memories he was a much nicer and reasonable character, unlike his self in Witcher 3 which I only played for maybe six hours and put then away.

I have seen 2 episodes of the series, no interest in seeing more.

DarkMetatron,

I never really got into 3D Zelda (but had some fun with most of them) and Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom are a absolute low for me mostly because of the ugly as hell art. Both games have the worst cell shader look I have seen in a very long time and it makes both games unplayable for me. I get kind of sea sick playing them (I tried at a friendā€™s place who loves both games).

DarkMetatron,

I canā€™t stand Witcher 3 but played Witcher 1 not long ago and I really loved it. It is very oldcore and the controls are a b***h sometimes but it is a really great game with a great story. I hope Witcher 2 is as good too, it is on my next to play list very high.

DarkMetatron,

It looks great but unfortunately it is free to play. Micro transactions will ruin this game

DarkMetatron,

Well, Minecraft marketplace for example shows that paid mods can work and be accepted by customers.

I am not a fan of paid mods but there are examples for it working.

DarkMetatron,

For me it reads as typical boilerplate text, that can be seen in responses from so many companies.

Not really better then ChatGPT but at least there are humans involved in that mindless task.

DarkMetatron,

In german this differentiation is only valid for furniture (and sometimes clothing), everything else is always just Retro. šŸ˜®ā€šŸ’Ø People are unwilling to change their minds on that. I had that discussion often enough to give up and just accept it. Sometimes neo-retro is used for inspired new stuff, seems to be easier to create new words the to use the correct ones it seems. šŸ˜«

DarkMetatron,

Some people worship the turd products released by Apple, some the perfect games from Bethesda šŸ˜‰

TIL that there's a FOSS Tomb Raider engine that can run on a web browser (lemmy.world)

The name is OpenLara (github.com/XProger/OpenLara ) and you can try out the WebGL build directly on your web browser on: xproger.info/projects/OpenLara/ . The web version works amazingly well on my Pixel 7a with touch controls (you have to click on the ā€œgo fullscreenā€ button) using Firefox as a browser.

DarkMetatron,

Thatā€™s true!

DarkMetatron,

I can check and validate the code I download from GitHub before I compile and run it. And I can be sure that the binary I compiled will always be the same. All that is not true with web apps, I canā€™t check the code before running (maybe I could with JavaScript but not with WebASM) and as the code gets delivered on the fly it always could be changed either on the server or by a third person in transit (TLS is not a impenetrable barrier, not with a default trusted authentication provider list that huge in all browsers).

That alone puts browser based application in a much higher risk category.

And when it comes to binaries: I can analyse those before running if I wanted to, again something I canā€™t with dynamic delivered code in the browser.

DarkMetatron,

Yeah, Man in the middle attacks are completely uncommon and have never happened. You donā€™t need vulnerabilities in TLS itself but there are plenty of those, check the CVE list for 2023 alone: www.openssl.org/news/vulnerabilities.html#y2023

You only need a access to a valid certificate authority, no issue for any state actor for example, to interrupt the chain. Yes, there are mechanisms against that but those are so far not really common yet unfortunately.

And I never said that I do code audits, only that I have the possibility to do it.

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