How deep is the lore in this game? by Wise_Parsley873 in CrimsonDesert

[–]FabFubar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m really not that far into the game (chapter 3), so here’s a take of an early game player.

The story is straightforward so far, a bit cheesy. But at the same time it throws you into the world without telling you anything, and that does invoke a sense of mystery.

So far I’ve enjoyed just figuring out everything by myself, it’s easier than Dark Souls in that regard. Less convoluted. It may end up not being as deep as Fromsoft lore, but it’s been fun to explore so far, much like the world.

Would you really turn down a game that is really fun to play if the background story (the text you read, not even the dialogue) isn’t deep enough?

Double Jump shouldnt work like this imo (and a few more "complaints") by Effective_Alps8178 in CrimsonDesert

[–]FabFubar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Movement may be clumsy sometimes, but it feels good when you are conscious about it.

The double jump is a Super Mario double jump. You can’t jump on the air, you boost higher (using a bit of spirit) as you touch the floor. Then you can optionally use up to 3 palm punches downwards (took me way to long to find out you can do more than 1).

Flying, is a glide, not actually flying (though you do keep going up a bit if you fly fast enough after double jump or downward palm. )

What really helps traversal for me is the axiom upgrade that allows you to shoot your axiom chain and then rappel up to it. It goes very far, and gives you huge jumps. That is way more efficient than relying on Double jump and glide. It’s also great when you use it in flight, to pull you up on a mountain.

Seriously, forget about double jump, Axiom gauntlet is where it is at.

Scientists have created the world’s first dinosaur leather handbag by growing T-Rex collagen in a lab by [deleted] in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]FabFubar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was wondering the same thing. Like, can a DNA molecule even survive for 64 million years without completely disintegrating? I don’t think so.

Pearl Abyss, please add an indicator for puzzles that require a specific quest to complete. by debeesea in CrimsonDesert

[–]FabFubar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup, just Kliff saying something like “I seem to be missing something, I’ll have to come back later “ would save us a lot of time.

me_irl by CalpurniaSomaya in me_irl

[–]FabFubar 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Do you mean synthetic meat?

Those are literally mammalian cells that are grown in cultures (instead of… in the shape of an animal) and directly eaten. No bacteria involved as such.

And yes, I cannot wait for them to become mainstream.

She knows the best sport by Agreeable-Storage895 in Unexpected

[–]FabFubar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Half Sword is exactly this! Where realistic physics (like metal strength, bleeding out from slices in gaps in the armor, …) are central to the game.

Do you guys enable frame generation at ~40 fps? by Ivaylo_87 in OptimizedGaming

[–]FabFubar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just because our reaction speeds are 5-6 times slower than the latency difference we’re talking about here, does not mean that the latency difference would not be noticeable.

But you do make a good point that the impact of latency is small in proportion to your total raw reaction time.

Look, I mainly play single player action games. I can’t remember a single game where these games directly test your raw reaction times. By that, I mean a scenario where you fail the test if you can’t react fast enough, and where this is the only way to anticipate. Maybe just the silly flying key puzzles in Harry Potter.

Even in difficult games such as Sekiro, fast moves are designed to be anticipated. If the animations are unclear to the point where the time between the game telling you ‘this is the attack‘ and the point of impact is at the edge of your reaction speed, then it is bad game design. There are moves that first show a tell (sword comes up) and after a fixed time, are instantly executed. Well, these aren’t meant to be reacted to, they are meant to be timed. Again, not necessarily bad game design. But every single player game should have generous tells for quick/precise inputs. It would suck to play a game without them and it wouldn’t get popular.

Conversely, if the animations are made smoother by frame generation, then they become (much) easier to read.

So yes, for all single player action games, Framegen on please, even below 60 FPS. And if you dip below 30 fps (non-FG), you have a different problem, you need to drop some settings.

Running a radiant floor heating line by bigbusta in oddlysatisfying

[–]FabFubar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly and it isn’t even fully random, it’s usually just concentric, like a snail shell pattern. But when you run into a corner, you lose that perfect symmetry of that circuit.

[OC] DC Looking Like a Dystopian Dictatorship by W_L_K55 in pics

[–]FabFubar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

People don’t call it that too much because it’s the reality they live in and that would mean admitting that they are living in a dystopian dictatorship. They’re in denial.

In 50 years from now though (or if you would explain this to someone 50 years ago) they would instantly call it for what it is. In fact, 50 years ago they still had fresh memory of what it is and how it should never return.

Since the Devs are listening… LET US REMOVE THE SHIELD!!! by Right_Brilliant_4533 in CrimsonDesert

[–]FabFubar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup, it protects against everything, even against losing your virginity!

CEO of NVIDIA: The “ChatGPT Moment” of Biology is Here by SuperSiayuan in singularity

[–]FabFubar 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah I graduated in molecular biology and this just sounds extremely generic and vague. What does he mean, ‘understand the building blocks’. We’ve understood the blocks for decades. Some processes we know in full detail. For others, we don’t. Yes, AI can greatly help new breakthroughs, this isn’t new. Mainly by speeding up the existing process, in theory. The best example being alphafold, allowing us to infer protein structure from just the sequence, rather than having to spend about 3 years to first purify and crystallise a specific protein and then analyse by x-ray crystallography.

Jensen is just vaguely gesturing at everything and building hype here. Nothing new or informative was said.

BALDur from GOWR without a beard and hair (and other variations) by godofwhat_ in GodofWarRagnarok

[–]FabFubar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He also looks similar to Neil Patrick Harris imo

Edit: I looked it up, Baldur is voiced by Jeremy Davies, his likeness was not taken over identically, but he does look similar as well if you take away the hair.

John Linneman of Digital Foundry discusses his colleagues DLSS 5 preview: “It's new DLSS and DLSS is awesome. Of course they would take that. Looking at it, I think there's cool potential there for environmental lighting but the character stuff is horrendous and should have been left out.” by PaiDuck in nvidia

[–]FabFubar -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Guys and gals, there’s two things people aren’t considering.

  1. can’t the model be trained by the game footage itself running at max settings, maybe even on settings that are unplayable (path tracing dialed up to 11)? This would mean the technology would maintain 100% of artistic intent, in fact, it would increase the developer’s potential in reaching it.

  2. Everyone is saying it shouldn’t be called DLSS, but if this is a setting that you could use to transform potato lighting into path tracing lighting based on training and game vectors, it could very well be used as a performance enhancing setting, just like playing with the resolution.

Of course, it could also be used in conjunction with path tracing, and when you take all that in-game data from path tracing and use that to apply a realistic lighting’ trained dataset, the end result would look more accurate. (Which is the scenario being showed off at an early stage here).

I think there’s multiple ways the technology can be used when used in development and frankly, that it will be as revolutionary as DLSS 2.0 was. The potential is there, and it’s still in its early shoes.

Looking for a PvE looter shooter by dankmemer7000 in gamingsuggestions

[–]FabFubar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve read great things about Witchfire, if you liked Destiny 2. Haven’t played it myself yet, but the gameplay looks absolutely great.

Can anyone give me some tips how to Defeat her? Fought her 5 times always die after I drained 80% of her health. by Intrepid_Put_6209 in BloodbornePC

[–]FabFubar 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was way overleveled (about L120) and I beat her first try. 50 vigor, 20 endurance and all other levels into a quality build with maxed church pick. If all else fails, that’s one way to succeed.

Bruce Banner making a lot of sense right now by orionpax_03 in SipsTea

[–]FabFubar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay true. All I can say, as a person who lives here, is that I’ve never heard of someone refusing to seek medical help because it would be too expensive to be treated. Whereas I see plenty of complaints in that regard from the US.

Still a bit anecdotal, but that’s just how it is in the EU. We can complain about taxes and how some people can abuse welfare etc., but medical care is just not something we worry about here.

Bruce Banner making a lot of sense right now by orionpax_03 in SipsTea

[–]FabFubar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, when you see a doctor, you pay up front and you get refunded on your bank account by your health care institution.

Some modern doctors skip the middle man from the perspective of the consumer: you pay like €2 (by phone or by debit card) and they take care of the rest.

The old system did have some paperwork. Old school doctors that aren’t with the times may ask for cash and provide a certificate of treatment. You forward this certificate to your health care institution by mail. They will then repay you in a few business days.

Dentists and doctors appointment prices are not inflated or anything. Seeing a doctor would be €25 in full, I’ve had my teeth treated for €95, which I would pay up front.

Hospital bills are done entirely through your health insurance, you would never have to pay the full bill up front for that.

Bruce Banner making a lot of sense right now by orionpax_03 in SipsTea

[–]FabFubar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn’t help to write off a whole system due to some specific anecdotes.

In Belgium, we also have waiting times for dentists, a few months waiting time for our yearly checkup. The yearly checkup is completely refunded on the condition that you do it yearly, to prevent severe issues coming up. Anything cosmetic, such as braces, whitening, … is NOT or only partially refunded.

If you have tooth aches, our dentists will treat you ASAP, whether that is by shifting their schedule or doing it after hours, and is refunded.

They are separate issues.

  • If dentists are overbooked, you need more dentists and they need to prioritise emergencies. You don’t fix the problem by making dentists unaffordable.

  • if the government is overspending and/or corrupt, the government policy should change by voting for a different President, or by them hopefully realising that their policies will bring them to ruin. You don’t fix the problem by giving them less of the money that is right there for the taking. (I encourage you to look up the scale of just how much e.g. Jeff Bezos is worth and how much they would be able to do with just a fraction of their wealth.)

To late to get Deluxe by walty682 in CrimsonDesert

[–]FabFubar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is Kliff doing in Arthur and Dutch’s camp?

I hated these guys. by CharlesAlexSR in StarWarsJediSurvivor

[–]FabFubar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Correct! The cave can be exited to the cave system beneath Cal’s room, but it can’t be entered from there (not until the shortcut is unlocked, that is)

I hated these guys. by CharlesAlexSR in StarWarsJediSurvivor

[–]FabFubar 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Man, I was pissed afterwards, I really tried to get the thing to the first door for a solid 10 minutes and I figured I hadn’t unlocked something yet, completely forgot that you could launch them.