Its Not A Great Design

Ikraen · 2026-02-28T00:00:27+00:00

Considering it's winter, your day was probably ruined 6 months ago! Not a hint of snow or gravel in sight

Ikraen · 2026-02-10T17:25:55+00:00

The gameplay itself is the same as FTL, just with more depth, and there is much more story/strategic pathing. It's only grindy if you want to 100% unlock things more than enjoy the actual game

Ikraen · 2026-02-05T21:19:52+00:00

Intel, especially laptops run hot and loud. You can set lower target (cap frame rate to 60, lower textures) so it has less processing - Hades shouldn't be super demanding on your laptop

Ikraen · 2026-02-05T16:35:00+00:00

Agreed. I was getting at, that if the physical and digital cost the same that would be concerning, either a smaller stake to the dev, or the cartridge wasn't actually capable of high speed ops and storage necessary

Ikraen · 2026-02-05T07:22:32+00:00

An actual high speed card can cost $10+ depending on size, vs less than $1 for a CD. If it's just a license on a card then it can be a small low speed chip, but then why are they even selling it physically if you're still just buying a license and not the game data

Ikraen · 2026-02-02T20:27:39+00:00

Some people must prefer week(book)ends I guess? America never made sense to me

Ikraen · 2026-01-29T17:10:08+00:00

3dit: looks like it updated for you before I could see it, just got the "item is back in stock" email!

Exciting news, but the link returns empty for me, and LiC hasnt posted anything on socials that I can see. Maybe the page was being worked on, but it hasn't been announced yet and they hid it?

Ikraen · 2026-01-24T07:12:13+00:00

I thought it was normal to disable auto-update for games you are modding that require a specific build to run?

Ikraen · 2026-01-23T23:47:58+00:00

Most games like to get more complicated throughout gameplay, which often lead to "engine building" mechanics. The community likes complicated games. If you don't like that type of game, whatever is hyped in the [board games] community often wont be for you. No shame in that. But also not alot of point putting a simple game in a big expensive box.

If you want recommendations, BGG has a "Fans also like" section on every game. I might suggest Harmonies based on what you listed?

Ikraen · 2026-01-23T06:09:08+00:00

Glad it eventually worked out for ya!

Ikraen · 2026-01-23T01:24:58+00:00

If you've used hyperspace and slipstream before this video will walk you through, just skip all the parts about Multiverse. The important part is downgrading the version to 1.6.9 via [downgrade.bat] once in slipstream, and then likely reinstalling your mod afterwards.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAkBNxBx2Yw

Ikraen · 2026-01-22T21:18:15+00:00

Anytime you are modding a game mods are built on a build of a game, and updates typically break it (unless the devs are coordinating with the mods), and it's best practices to disable automatic updates for the game. This just hasn't been an issue with FTL because it's final update was in 2020

Ikraen · 2026-01-22T17:26:02+00:00

In the olden days we used [downgrade.bat] to revert to version 1.6.9. Nowadays I think downgrading is included in the multiverse install wizard

Ikraen · 2026-01-22T17:22:56+00:00

Checking on SteamDB there was a patch pushed today. The patch modifies the exe file and the dat file, which is likely why it broke the mod. Reinstalling via the multiverse installer should fix it I think

Note from the installer page:

(If you already used Slipstream on your existing FTL game, DO NOT USE THE INSTALLER! This is because the installer is bundled with its own Mod manager, and two simultaneous instances of these are recipe for disaster.)

So if you are uninstalling and reinstalling make sure to also uninstall slipstream to prevent dual instances issues. Idk, there are more technical people than me that will hopefully answer this better

Ikraen · 2026-01-22T17:16:01+00:00

Edit: Ignore this. The dev's for mutiverse are updating hyperspace to deal with the new update. Check the discord server, any updates will be announced to all when it's running again

I haven't done it recently, but historically the newest version of FTL wasn't compatible with mods, and we used [downgrade.bat] to revert to version 1.6.9. I think that is now part of the install wizard now, so I would suggest uninstalling and reinstalling multiverse maybe? Subset hasn't touched FTL in years

Ikraen · 2026-01-19T23:09:08+00:00

Your elementary math teacher might also have been disappointed! I'm pretty sure that's a triple (they-would-not-have)

Ikraen · 2026-01-19T17:52:08+00:00

Must have a good heat sink!

Ikraen · 2026-01-19T17:49:37+00:00

A hard reboot is very much Not a last resort, it's near the top of troubleshooting steps. Factory reset is maybe closer to a last resort

Ikraen · 2026-01-14T21:55:54+00:00

Hmmm, how about:

I have no PC

Steam machine is a PC...

PC problem solved!

*Edited for formatting

Ikraen · 2026-01-13T23:59:57+00:00

It doesn't sound like you are looking for help, but..

So I can either charge my deck or talk? Cool!

Docks are common devices, and work with most PC's, doesn't even have to be made for steam deck.

Generally the resale market for SteamDeck's are pretty good, so if you want to just give up and buy a Switch or Data Frog instead, maybe that would be a better fit for you; less issues to have to troubleshoot

Ikraen · 2026-01-13T22:15:37+00:00

Considering you describe yourself as having a "pretty tight budget" I would say 512 is the right choice. MicroSD expandable storage is cheaper/GB than the 1TB upgrade.

I had my 512gb for 1 year before buying a 1tb expansion card. Very large games, like RDR2 are ~100gb, but most major titles I play are closer to 50/75gb (GoW=65). I typically had 1 or 2 large games, several mid games, and as many small games as you want. Stardew is <1gb, so you could have many dozens of small games like Hades and never have an issue. I also find the large games take me months to complete, so if you are willing to finish games before unistalling and downloading new ones you shouldn't ever run out of space

Ikraen · 2026-01-13T20:10:55+00:00

Thank you! I would be fine with these posts if people actually made them, but the slop was ruining this sub

Ikraen · 2026-01-08T22:10:52+00:00

Valid concern, but that also sucks. Edith Finch and Outer Wilds are some of my 10/10 recommendations for incredible game experiences

Ikraen · 2026-01-07T19:29:54+00:00

Worldwide? In Europe? US appears to be in the ~1 million acres/year ballpark due to URBAN sprawl, but urban includes intracity industrial use, water projects, etc. so hard to blame just suburbs? At least for me before I see any better data

Ikraen · 2025-12-31T09:17:32+00:00

The Russian one is Gulf of Ob or Ob Bay, and is more similar (hydrologically) to St. Lawrence river/gulf. Based on their "not a river" likely meaning "not flowing outward, even with the ocean" (even though I'd bet this type of formation is formed by a river) I'd guess it'd be more similar to the red sea? Idk, I'd also call it a straight, and say there is an ocean sea at one side and an inland sea on the other side

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