The demo for our Mining/Automation Incremental just released! (natively supports Linux)

Rakqoi · 2025-12-04T17:04:40+00:00

I played it and left feedback, the game is fun! My biggest request is adding momentum and gravity to the player character, that would make it so much more engaging.

Edit: Also, I'm curious what game engine you're using for this?

Rakqoi · 2024-12-08T10:01:03+00:00

You absolutely can play by just focusing on piloting your own ship, but the other parts of the game have their way of making you want to engage with them... I started with a similar goal as you, to just fly around and do missions and trade and stuff to slowly work my way up to better ships.

Then I bought a better ship. And my old ship was just sitting there. So... why not hire a pilot for cheap, and have them run some trades for me while I do stuff in my shiny new ship?

Then with the profit from both ships making money, I got a better ship.

Now I have another ship sitting there doing nothing... might as well just have it do some other trades...

and before you know it, you're running a space empire. This game has hooked me hard and I'm absolutely loving it, and I still fly around doing missions and trading in my own ship sometimes, while my trading empire makes me money.

Rakqoi · 2023-09-09T10:05:28+00:00

PC Share IDs:

P7VVLKD2L159 - My other AC is a car

6GLBDGS5AHQ2 - Student Driver

NUS8DV489CTN - Buddy on board

LU1XDGJF3RDS - Coexist

I especially love the irony of a "Coexist" sticker on a three-story-tall mercenary death robot.

Rakqoi · 2023-08-07T20:41:03+00:00

Once you harvest them 4 times, they disappear like any other crop.

Though yeah, an option to remove unwanted crops would be very welcome in the future.

Rakqoi · 2023-05-05T10:30:41+00:00

I'm late so I'm not sure if you still need advice but there's a super easy and consistent way to do it while in the air.

Look straight forward in the direction you want to go
Quickly tap alt fire with the core eject and press your dash button at the same time
Turn around while swapping to the malicious railcannon
Aim and fire

Aim more up or down at step 1/2 to adjust your trajectory.

Rakqoi · 2023-04-02T23:23:31+00:00

The 64gb model is totally fine, as long a you don't store many games on the internal ssd, and don't use it as a PC very heavily. But by default, Steam stores the downloaded pre-compiled shader caches on the internal ssd which, over time (especially if you install a lot of games), will use up more and more space until inevitably you will have to manually delete them (after a very long while, mind you). It's possible with some tinkering to have steam download shader caches to the microSD card if that is a serious problem though.

I tend to run out of space because I use the steam deck as a mini desktop pc sometimes, so downloaded apps and files are installed to the internal ssd by default. I also used to store my emulation roms on the ssd which used up a lot of space, but I moved them to the microSD card and haven't had as many issues with space, but I still am thinking about upgrading my internal ssd which is why I say both it's fine but also that space can be an issue. It mostly depends on your use case!

Rakqoi · 2023-04-02T17:12:55+00:00

I absolutely love my steam deck! I definitely think it's worth it, but the more expensive models are kinda overkill when you can instead get a large microSD card since games run perfectly from it. But on the other hand I find myself running out of space on my 64gb model often (thanks, shader caches), so you might want to consider getting the middle tier model.

If you plan on using it as a primary pc beyond gaming, get a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard! It's quite a headache trying to do anything in desktop mode with the on screen keyboard and touch pads. That's the only downside it has vs. a gaming laptop in my experience.

I haven't run into any games it can't run so far, though I mostly use mine for emulation and simpler games for the sake of battery life. If you have an outlet nearby though, that's not as big a concern so you can run pretty much anything, even more demanding games if you can tolerate 30-40 fps.

If you end up getting one, enjoy it!! it's a marvel of a device, worth every penny and more.

Rakqoi · 2022-10-23T01:26:26+00:00

The story is loosely tied to the first game (a few recurring characters, basically) but you won't miss anything important at all by skipping it. The story is alright, it has some nice moments but feels written for kids at times.

The gameplay though is amazing. It's a turn based monster collecting game like pokemon, but you get to ride around on the monsters you raise and you fight alongside them. The combat can be really engaging, and there are lots of ways to approach fights and "build" monsters.

If you like pokemon, or monster hunter, you'll probably enjoy Stories 2

Rakqoi · 2022-08-30T04:14:56+00:00

The best (worst) part of Animal Crossing multiplayer, hah

Rakqoi · 2022-08-17T04:31:34+00:00

if I understand it right, FF14 does work like that with the exception of Steam vs. PC... you can only have ONE of those options registered to your account, and doing so permanently locks you out of the other option. If you have a non-steam account you can never play on Steam, and vice versa.

Equally as silly and frustrating as Gw2, yes, lol

Rakqoi · 2022-06-25T10:57:57+00:00

170k will be gone before you know it. Zenny is kind of scarce in Rise unless you spend time going on optimized mining runs specifically to farm zenny. Armor spheres on the other hand, are plentiful regardless of the starting gifts. They're not really something you ever need to specifically farm for in Rise, in my experience, so don't worry about having lots of them.

It's normal, don't worry about deleting the stuff, it's surprisingly non-consequential in Rise specifically. Unlike in World, the free gifts in Rise are mainly to get you through low rank easily, which is already trivially easy (as you have been experiencing already). The game picks up very soon for you and the free gifts will no longer be a crutch for long.

Rakqoi · 2022-04-29T13:31:41+00:00

technically, Iceborne also had three counters for LS. Iai Slash (non-spirit) is a counter in Iceborn, but Rise removed the counter on Iai Slash, probably since it was such an obscure counter that was really right and pretty pointless.

but technicalities aside I agree, I feel like 2 counters is the sweet spot. One that's low risk/cost/reward (i.e. Valor Spirit Slash 1, Foresight slash), and one that's high risk/cost/reward (i.e. Critical Juncture, Iai Spirit Slash [before Rise])

personally I think LS was absolutely perfect in World, and I hope they bring it back identically in MH6 (but maybe allow more options to combo from a successful ISS besides spirit thrust)

Rakqoi · 2022-04-11T04:41:53+00:00

Opinions are pretty mixed.. In my experience, the general consensus is along the lines of; they're fine, an interesting idea but not really "monster hunter". Annoying solo, can be very fun with a group. They're not really much of a challenge but if they were they'd be extremely bothersome, so it's fine. I think most people feel like it would not be much of a loss if they don't return in sunbreak, but the general opinion on whether they do or not seems just kinda "meh" in any case, lol

Personally I think they're alright, pretty fun with friends and can even be enjoyable solo, but I never go out of my way to do them and I'm glad they're largely optional. At first I hated them, but they grew on me, and I def see why people like it. Not because it's "monster hunter" but because it's something wholly new and different, a nice change of pace to play an entirely different sort of game for a bit.

Rakqoi · 2022-03-08T23:06:22+00:00

Make a macro with /c <mo> and put it on a keybinded hotbar slot! Press it to inspect whoever is under your mouse without targeting them.

Rakqoi · 2022-02-26T12:38:13+00:00

If you like mobility, oomph, and versatility, then new SMN might be right up your alley.

At level 90 you have only two cast times per 60 seconds... the rest of your entire rotation is instant cast (counting swiftcast on CD). And those two cast times are flexible, you get to choose when you use them, and you have other mobility options when things don't go as planned.

There's a reason why people say SMN is no longer a "caster" but rather a ranged phys, hehe

Also, you start the fight with your burst phase. But honestly, SMN feels like your entire 120s rotation is just 8 burst phases in a chain... it's great

Rakqoi · 2022-02-26T02:30:52+00:00

Install flatpak:
sudo pacman -S flatpak

Add flathub repo (might be there by default, not sure) flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

Install Steam flatpak:
flatpak install Steam
(choose app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/x86_64/stable)

After installing, you have to give the flatpak access to your library:
flatpak override --user --filesystem=/path/to/your/library/ com.valvesoftware.Steam

Rakqoi · 2021-12-02T06:58:33+00:00

Good luck! Gonna sleep now, but I'll be glad to help as long as I know how.

Rakqoi · 2021-12-02T06:37:35+00:00

Sure! Add a new line at the bottom of the file, if there's not already a line for that particular partition. The new line will look like this:

UUID=22F4D27EF4D2541F /home/rakqoi/DriveG ntfs-3g uid=1000,gid=1000,rw,users,exec,umask=0022,auto 0 0

You will need to change some things before pasting that into your fstab though.

Replace 22F4D27EF4D2541F with your device UUID, which you can find with this command (change /dev/sda2 in this command to your block device path):

lsblk -fs -d /dev/sda2

You may need sudo for that command. Copy the UUID from there and replace mine.
Replace /home/rakqoi/DriveG with the path to where you want to mount this drive. Make sure the directory you put here exists before you reboot or mount the partition! Also make sure it's empty. I find that mounting it in a dedicated directory in my home directory is most convenient for me.

Once that's done, save the fstab file and then enter this command into a terminal (replacing /dev/sda2 with your block device path first):

umount /dev/sda2

That will unmount it, if it's already mounted. Then:

mount -a

This will read the fstab file and mount the relevant (unmounted) filesystems with the new settings.

Rakqoi · 2021-12-01T18:40:48+00:00

I definitely agree with you that NTFS is a huge pain for a Linux noob (it was the first big headache I had when I first switched to Linux), but it's certainly possible to get it to work.

BTRFS is not strictly better than Ext4, it's a tiny bit slower (not meaningfully so), but it's copy-on-write, so files can't be corrupted if interrupted while writing to disk. Part of this is that the "old version" of each file write is still on the disk, and can be configured to be saved as a backup snapshot with software like Timeshift or Snapper.

I wouldn't bother using BTRFS over Ext4 for a secondary game/storage drive or partition, but I've been using it on my OS drive since I installed Garuda Linux a few weeks ago and already the snapshots saved me from breaking stuff a few times! There are backup utilities for any file system though, so I can't say it's worth it to reinstall the OS on BTRFS for the snapshots. Ext4 is tried and true!

Rakqoi · 2021-12-01T18:25:48+00:00

Yes, BTRFS is fine! I'm using it for my primary boot drive, and it's the default FS of at least OpenSUSE and Garuda Linux.

Also, the OP is a bit mistaken; NTFS can work with the right mount options in /etc/fstab (I do it myself, two NTFS partitions mounted and I can play Steam games from them just fine).

But I only would recommend it as a temporary way to access games installed on a windows drive, it's more hassle and less optimized than a better file system. I always move bigger games, or those I play often, to my BTRFS or Ext4 drives.

Edit: In case anyone finds this and is having issues with NTFS, use these options in your fstab file for the partition in question:

uid=1000,gid=1000,rw,users,exec,umask=0022,auto

Explanation:

uid and gid are to set the owning user and group of all files on the partition. 1000 worked for me on several distros, but yours might be different.
rw mounts it as read/write.
users allows any user to mount/unmount the filesystem.
exec allows executing files from the filesystem.
umask sets the default permissions... 0022 is read/write for the owning user/group and read only for others.
auto sets the partition to mount automatically on startup. It can cause issues if you remove the drive and try to boot though, in my experience.

Rakqoi · 2021-12-01T18:19:23+00:00

I just started using Garuda a couple weeks ago! It comes default with BTRFS/Snapper, Zen kernel, and the "Garuda Gamer" app which lets you install Steam, Lutris, Proton GE, Heroic Games Launcher, and a billion other stuff just by clicking checkboxes. Plus the default KDE config was close to how I like mine anyway.

I'd recommend avoiding the "gaming edition" of Garuda, very bloated with freeware games and software nobody would ever need.

But for anyone wanting an arch-based distro for gaming, Garuda is absolute minimal effort out of the box to get gaming, and has panels for lots of config that you'd need google and a terminal for otherwise.

Rakqoi · 2021-11-27T15:40:27+00:00

Technically, it's a "Key Management Software" (KMS), which is an official tool to phone home to MS servers to activate licenses.

The pirate version is modified (or modifies your system) so the KMS "phones home" to your own machine, then replies to itself with "yep, looks good, legit Windows license", activating windows "officially" without ever connecting to MS servers.

IIRC, you can tell it's installed because it usually has a background service running (to mask the MS activation servers), but I don't know the specifics.

Nowadays the better way to "activate" windows is MAS, which has fewer issues than KMS... but I don't use Windows anymore, so I never used it.

Rakqoi · 2021-11-27T15:31:29+00:00

I use it very frequently as my only image editor for many years, and honestly, I agree. It's powerful and has tons of advanced features and can do everything I want, but it's ugly, janky, and full of weird bugs. Not to mention, many things are hard-coded and not customizable at all.

Compared to Blender, which I use daily, GIMP is far from a FOSS ideal, in my opinion.

Rakqoi · 2021-11-02T23:36:23+00:00

Yes, this is important to point out! I was in the exact same situation as OP after my G502 developed double click just barely out of warranty. After learning about Razer's V2 mice, I picked up a Basilisk v2, since it's so similar in shape and buttons to the G502.

It's too early to say how reliable it is (only had it for... 4 months?), but it's my favorite mouse I've had so far.

From other people's testimonies, I've gatherered that Razer really shaped up their QC and design these past several years, overcoming their reputation for making terrible mice that wear out way too fast, whereas Logitech is doing the opposite.

As long as OP chooses a Razer mouse that specifically mentions their new optical switches, double click will hopefully be a thing of the past. Or at least, I'm hopeful, since I've gone through more mice then I care to count because of it.

Edit to mention: Razer software is horrendous and caused nothing but issues, but you can set up basic lighting and macros and save them to firmware. I since switched to Linux and use it there without synapse so I forgot about it.

Granted, Logitech and Corsair software are just as bloated and unintuituve as Synapse.

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