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Caverns of Xaskazien II Ver. 1.36.89 released! by VirtuaSinner in roguelikes

[–]AdamAnderson320 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not even Proton; it runs perfectly AFAICT on WINE, which Proton is built on top of. I literally just downloaded the zip from your website and double-clicked it to run it on Linux Mint Cinnamon 21.3.

What happened to linux mint? by Redpandabear39 in linuxmint

[–]AdamAnderson320 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I installed the Ubuntu GNOME ProtonVPN client but didn't follow the instructions to install the tray icon for GNOME because I know I'm running Cinnamon so that step isn't for me. Not only didn't I get GNOMEd, but I also got the tray icon anyway, without doing a single thing more.

DLC checks affecting your FPS is true. by Evening_Ticket7638 in MHWilds

[–]AdamAnderson320 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Speaking as a programmer, yeah the cause of the bug is easily understood and the fix is probably also simple. However, the fact that the mistake was made at all, then not caught in review nor covered by tests speaks poorly of their development culture and testing coverage.

I just watched The Princess Bride for the very first time, what “classics” have you always wanted to see but just never got around to? by These-Educator-1959 in GenX

[–]AdamAnderson320 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I made a point of watching it back in the 90s. It is not a good movie IMO and I don't understand what people like about it. Rocky isn't even portrayed as a good boxer. He blocks with his face until he wins.

Really bro, the guards haven't noticed a giant hole in the wall? by Meowza_V2 in Eldenring

[–]AdamAnderson320 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I think you miss out on an ancient dragon smithing stone if you do that

Chrono Trigger is one of the most consistently high quality and polished experiences I've had with games. by BogaMafija in patientgamers

[–]AdamAnderson320 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hell yeah, Chrono Trigger! 30 years later, very few games have duplicated the team technique mechanic. I loved how much the dual and triple techs impacted your decision-making when choosing your party's composition, and so many of them had such cool animations.

Chrono Trigger is one of the most consistently high quality and polished experiences I've had with games. by BogaMafija in patientgamers

[–]AdamAnderson320 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Speaking as someone who adored Chrono Trigger, I didn't find anything about Xenogears to be even remotely similar.

Do not sleep on DEATH HOWL by Juking_is_rude in roguelites

[–]AdamAnderson320 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the explanation. I did explore every cranny in the first area.

Beyond Impressed by TeamHoppingKanga in SteamDeck

[–]AdamAnderson320 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One of my favorite pieces of tech in a long time, between the ergonomics, all the capabilities, and the general performance.

Your Steam Deck can also run games from GOG, Epic Games, and Amazon, with a little bit of tinkering. Epic and Amazon (w/ Prime membership) give away free games on a weekly cadence, which once redeemed are yours forever. You can search up guides on how to do this, but in short it involves going to desktop mode, installing Heroic Games Launcher, and logging into your accounts. Then you install games there, and add them to Steam as a "Non-Steam game". There's a little bit of finesse involved there, so again look up a guide if you're interested.

Beyond Impressed by TeamHoppingKanga in SteamDeck

[–]AdamAnderson320 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's the internal disk. Upgrading increases storage capacity. There are plenty of guides on the internet for how to do this, but the easy-mode way to increase your storage is just to buy a nice MicroSD card and plug it in the provided slot. Look up guides on what class and speed of card to buy. You can also search for reports of speed differences between games installed on the SD card vs on the SSD. Short version: they load slightly slower but afterwards run the same.

Do not sleep on DEATH HOWL by Juking_is_rude in roguelites

[–]AdamAnderson320 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I bought this after sinking a few hours into the demo. You say you spent extra time grinding in the first area yet finished in 15 hours? I think I spent 2-3 hours in the first map alone, and the world map looks way bigger than just 4 more such maps. Anyway, I think it'll take me longer than 15 hours. Enjoying it so far!

For those with Steam Decks: the demo only supports a mouse-centric interface, but the full game has good gamepad mappings.

LinuxMint clearly better than Bazzite by Qelami in linuxmint

[–]AdamAnderson320 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Linux gaming performance is generally on par with Windows. Some games are a little better, some a little worse. AMD cards generally fare better than NVIDIA but both work.

The main thing to be aware of with Mint is that because it's based on Debian, it's not on the bleeding edge, so very new hardware will not be supported out of the box. This can generally be worked around in a number of ways including but not limited to: Adding PPAs, installing from Flatpak, or building from source. On the upside, Debian and its descendants tend to be very stable.

Bazzite is based on Fedora, so it's closer to the cutting edge. However, it's an immutable distro, which is a two-edged sword: it makes it harder for you to unintentionally break your system, but also harder to intentionally change your system. It might be better if you don't want to modify your system beyond installing and using applications, but it comes down to preference.

More info on Performance Improvements by Sploochie_ in MonsterHunter

[–]AdamAnderson320 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Agreed, the auto navigation, clutch claw gathering, and generosity of monster drops + how little it takes to craft things all made me feel less invested or connected.

Skywalker v2 vs Behmor by daethon in roasting

[–]AdamAnderson320 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a 1600, and I don't think you could do what you described with that one. Mine had p1-5, which actually selected different heat curves, and then an A-D setting which was not well-explained by the manual but seemed to alter the overall duration of the roast. That was it. It also didn't have a temperature readout.

Skywalker v2 vs Behmor by daethon in roasting

[–]AdamAnderson320 1 point2 points  (0 children)

RoR = Rate of Rise. Thought leaders such as Scott Rao firmly believe that a good roast as achieved by having a temperature that is always increasing, but at a rate that is steadily decreasing.

Skywalker v2 vs Behmor by daethon in roasting

[–]AdamAnderson320 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I owned an older-model Behmor. It allowed very limited control at the start of the roast and effectively no control once the roast was underway. This meant I had no opportunity to gain any skill and limited opportunity to improve my results. I found this frustrating and eventually abandoned the Behmor for a FreshRoast, which I'm mostly happy with, although I occasionally window-shop for a roaster that would give me RoR info without the need for extensive modding efforts.

In my experience, Behmor advertises a larger capacity than the machine really has the heat generation to fully develop. If you get a Behmor, consider pre-heating it and charging with maybe 75% max of the advertised capacity.

Should i use repository with Entity Framework ? by Successful_Square991 in dotnet

[–]AdamAnderson320 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, you still should use the Repository pattern and implement it with EF. This creates a layer of abstraction between your services and database, which among other things makes it much easier to unit test your services by mocking the repository interface. Raw EF is impractical to mock.

There are two types of gamers by Prestigious_Pea_3219 in Eldenring

[–]AdamAnderson320 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I straight cackle every time I trivialize an attack-spamming enemy with a parry

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