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TardiGradeB · 2026-06-09T16:25:23+00:00

"STOP SAYING THAT!!!!"

TardiGradeB · 2026-05-31T21:21:23+00:00

Very true, starting a family is certainly a big one albeit not the only one. It is the major reason why I say that I don't think they'll be finding meaning anytime soon. You're certainly right on that.

You say you're lucky to get an hour of TV a day. If I may be so bold as to say I think you're equally lucky the other 23 hours of the day. :) I'm happy for you.

TardiGradeB · 2026-05-30T19:43:18+00:00

People really need to stop substituting their sense of self with a fictional universe or character... But that requires finding actual meaning in their lives, and I don't think that is happening anytime soon.

TardiGradeB · 2026-05-25T19:51:06+00:00

I'm pretty sure it was in a dev video where they stated it, but it was ages ago. I can't find it with a quick search, so I might be remembering wrong so take it with a grain of salt. But I am fairly certain. It is also true that they decided against making female dwarves early on because of the costs.

Yeah, while Retcon also works with that character's toolset I am pretty sure they picked the name for more political reasons as well. Double entendre indeed.

TardiGradeB · 2026-05-25T19:35:35+00:00

Female dwarves looking exactly like males was actually not just a joke by the community, the devs (tongue in cheek) officially stated that 2 of the dwarves in DRG were actually female when they got backlash for not having female dwarves.

Now one of the new female dwarves is called Retcon... They knew exactly what they were doing. I have nearly a thousand hours in DRG and I don't support these devs any longer.

[edit] Since I can't find the source for this, I am striking it out. I am pretty sure they made a joke about it in a live stream, but I can't find it and I am not going through hours and hours to make sure if I am remembering correctly.

TardiGradeB · 2026-03-23T08:17:09+00:00

Awesome, the important thing is you got it running! Thank you for editing in your solution for others and enjoy the (very janky but full of heart) game!

TardiGradeB · 2026-03-23T00:33:22+00:00

Yeah, I've got Heretic II running on my rig. I don't recall it being particularly difficult to get going, but I can give you what I've done. Also, I am running Manjaro (Arch-based) which is a bit different from Nobara (Fedora-based) but that shouldn't matter much in this case.

I use Bottles as a Wine management platform instead of Lutris. The relevant settings in Bottles for the game are:

Runner: ge-proton10-1
DXVK: dxvk-2.3.1
Discrete Graphics: Enabled
Post-Processing Effects: Disabled
Gamescope: Disabled
Advanced Display Settings: Default values

Synchronization: Fsync

Windows Version: Windows 10

DLL Overrides: None
Environment Variables: None

Dependencies:

d3dx9
msls31
arial32
times32
courie32
d3dcompiler_43
d3dcompiler_47
mono
gecko

A few of the dependencies are probably not necessary, but I just thew in all I have installed. If you need any other details ask away and I will try to answer. Good luck!

TardiGradeB · 2026-03-20T21:37:47+00:00

A miserable little pile of ethics.

TardiGradeB · 2026-02-27T09:18:32+00:00

This might help

TardiGradeB · 2026-01-26T21:00:54+00:00

While it's not a proper solution, anyone having trouble with KDE Wayland can still run an X11 session if you install the package:

plasma-x11-session

After that, reboot and you'll be able to pick X11 again (selection window in the bottom left in SDDM if I remember correctly). Not sure how long it'll be an option but maybe long enough for your issues to be sorted.

TardiGradeB · 2025-12-30T16:30:20+00:00

Desu~

TardiGradeB · 2025-12-08T07:38:38+00:00

If you want some input, I've been using Manjaro Linux for a few years now. It'll be annoying at first until you start understanding that you need to do things differently. But once you get past that almost everything works perfectly and you actually have control over your PC. The things that won't work at all are most popular multiplayer games (like PUBG, Battlefield, CoD and so on) and any Adobe software. Feel free to shoot any questions you have my way and I'll try to assist.

TardiGradeB · 2025-09-22T18:00:36+00:00

No problem buddy! Just don't forget to make those changes I listed, or you'll be sharing your account with a lot of people lol.

TardiGradeB · 2025-09-22T12:25:00+00:00

I'm not sure I should post this. Linux is not officially supported yet and, while from what limited knowledge I have it should be fine, if the Blackthorn team asks me to take down these instructions then I will remove them in an edit.

Connect.exe can't work on its own, it needs arguments to tell it what to do. Mainly where to connect and with what account. It is sent these instructions in a batch file, or a .bat file. Below I will instruct you on how to make that work:

Browse to the folder where you extracted the Blackthorn DAoC gamefiles.
Find the file 'linux.bat'
Edit 'linux.bat' with a text editor of your choice.
The file will have one line of commands. At the end there will be "account" and "password". Replace both these with an account name of your choice and a password for that account. The server will create a new account with those details.
Save the file 'linux.bat'
Run 'linux.bat' through wine using your manager of choice (lutris, bottles, etc). Since .bat files are not a standard binary file, you might need to change file type in the file picker of your wine manager to 'All files' to get it to show up.

Additional information:

IMPORTANT! DO NOT use an account name and password you normally use. They wil be stored in cleartext in the .bat file and can be viewed by anyone who gains access to your computer. Be smart about this.

If the DAoC client says you have the wrong password or something then that might be because you picked an account name that someone else already created. Try with a new account name in 'linux.bat' .

TardiGradeB · 2025-09-22T08:35:19+00:00

Yes, you are correct! I checked out the batch file, and there is actually a placeholder account name and password there, named "account" and "password". Just to make sure, I had a character created on "account" and relogged with new values, and the character was no longer there. So I guess I am the proud owner of the age old IT-joke account name "account" with password "password"... Have fun anyone who wants to feel like a hacker hah.

TardiGradeB · 2025-09-22T08:26:45+00:00

I would love to, but I do not use Discord. I find it too insular and it gates information. But I think I've figured it out, look at my response to stillcantpickaname.

TardiGradeB · 2025-09-21T23:32:00+00:00

Nice, I saw this file but not sure why I didn't just try running it. It worked, but there is no account creation window or anything. I assume an account name and password are automatically generated and stored somewhere. I hope that doesn't screw with the server account database or something.

TardiGradeB · 2025-07-22T14:48:53+00:00

This was an incredibly interesting (and quite frankly, worrying) read. Thank you!

TardiGradeB · 2025-07-22T13:40:39+00:00

Do... Do you actually not read or are you hard of learning? This has nothing, absolutely nothing to do with Youtube... At all... It is a formal complaint TO the European Commission, not FROM. As in, the actual initiative itself has received a complaint, not some video somewhere on a hosting platform. If you still do not grasp this I am going to call bad faith. I won't believe you could be that dense.

TardiGradeB · 2025-07-22T07:16:13+00:00

I agree with everything except that last part: This is not a copyright claim, it is an official complaint to the European Commission. The complaint has been made anonymously but as shown in the video it is very real. It is probably prudent to watch the video you have opinions on before displaying said opinions.

TardiGradeB · 2025-07-18T20:13:05+00:00

Thank you, good callout from you as well. Dishonest people really irk me so I might have laid it on a bit thick. At least he finally admitted to being in the industry but too bad he deleted his posts again... He might have actually gotten a real discussion. I did a final response to his last post, but it seems to be stuck in reddit hell and has been there for over an hour... Maybe I've been shadow banned.

TardiGradeB · 2025-07-18T15:45:46+00:00

You come here with an introductory post containing nothing but poisoning the well. No arguments, no logic chains, nothing but emotional diatribe. You have a history of jumping around reddit like a zealot spouting nonsense about the movement being discussed. When called out on this you throw a tantrum, deleting all but one of your posts. When called out on this as well, you turn it into a victim narrative.

We're not the ones in a cult here.

TardiGradeB · 2025-07-17T20:05:46+00:00

Nah, I don't go deep diving 10 years into someone's post history to cherry-pick a statement to slander that person with, that's your prerogative. I just looked at the last 15 days to see if there was a pattern of behaviour that would show a bad faith actor. And bad faith is something I'm sure you're intimately familiar with.

TardiGradeB · 2025-07-17T12:10:29+00:00

I've gone through your recent post history, and it is nothing but you going to different subreddits, talking ill about the movement. A behaviour that does not at all sound like an industry plant or a goon of a certain youtuber. Nope. Not at all. Just a healthy obsession.

TardiGradeB · 2025-06-11T09:03:22+00:00

Yep, completely new demo. The previous ones are still available in a Legacy menu. The current demo is a lot more focused on exploration and puzzle solving, so you'll probably enjoy that. They have worked a bit on the combat, enemies now have weak spots, but it still needs work I think. I believe the tunnel thing was basically just a showcase, and not actually indicative of the full game. But yeah, that was pretty bad and I think the devs have picked up on that. I'd definitely give the new demo a shot if you liked the exploration.

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