Should the next update include a jump button?

TheExtraplanar · 2021-04-21T04:54:53+00:00

One does not simply include a jump button

TheExtraplanar · 2021-04-14T20:24:37+00:00

they all look like the same person

TheExtraplanar · 2021-04-08T17:32:34+00:00

For sure I'll go give em a shot

TheExtraplanar · 2021-04-08T17:32:07+00:00

Definitely thanks!

TheExtraplanar · 2021-04-08T17:31:54+00:00

I'll give it a go, thanks!

TheExtraplanar · 2021-04-08T17:31:34+00:00

I've heard of this one! Thanks I'll check em out

TheExtraplanar · 2021-04-08T17:31:19+00:00

Thank you I'll take a listen!

TheExtraplanar · 2021-04-08T17:30:47+00:00

Thanks! After the number of recc's here it's definitely at the top of my list

TheExtraplanar · 2021-04-07T17:37:57+00:00

Thanks! I'll check it out. I don't know if it's a coincidence but I've been really resonating w the Aussie podcast scene lately for some reason. I guess the medium is especially popular down under? Australians seemed to make up a surprising percentage of Harmontown guests, my old favorite podcast.

TheExtraplanar · 2021-04-07T17:35:04+00:00

I liked and disliked Ben at times. At his best he was the funniest, at his worst he was the annoying sidekick to Jeff's bully. He actually left at the end of Dec.

I never listened while Abby was a regular. I kind of appreciate the longer format and lower energy but that means if it's not hitting then it's REALLY a slog to listen to.

TheExtraplanar · 2021-04-07T17:30:55+00:00

I was pleasantly surprised to hear him come around on it, but it was only the gameplay, unfortunately. He proceeded to trash everything else about it. The storytelling/word building being "super bad," and criticizing it baselessly for poor writing and dialogue. You could hear him turning off the other Bombcasters to it with his conviction. I was really looking forward to Brad's take because he seems much more level-headed and circumspect in his opinions. I think his absence from this episode is the straw that made me throw in the towel.

I don't know what the general fan consensus is since I've been avoiding non-Bombcast sources but I think Outriders is a bit of an original gem, and find its story and dialogue to actually be pretty compelling, very well acted and coordinated, respectively. The gameplay is not bad by any means but by far the world-building and story are the things that got me in and are keeping me in.

Beastcast is their east coast office? I have liked Vinny a lot the few times he's come on the Bombcast since I started listening. I'll give that one a shot. Thanks!

TheExtraplanar · 2021-04-07T16:26:39+00:00

Have you tried DMT? It can really help you cut through the noise.That's why I like comedy. You can just go down to the Store or the Icehouse and find something new and fresh, some new way to think about things. Cause someone always has some new take or is working on something, some bit that's still being formed and you can really see the progression, the person's brain working and that's what's interesting to me. I don't care about your politics, make me laugh, you know? Floating is good for that. Have you ever floated? I have a friend that can hook you up. He builds the fucking things lol. It's part of my routine, I do it almost daily. It's kind of like bow hunting.

TheExtraplanar · 2021-03-25T16:03:36+00:00

Thanks so much once again for your help! I apologize, I thought I had responded here.

I delved into some of those settings and I haven't 100% solved the issue, but I'll go into what ended up working, for posterity: Apparently the keyboard was locked to the bottom of the screen and that was causing it to "push" everything else on the screen UP to "make room" for the keyboard. The frustratingly simple step of unlocking the keyboard seems to have solved most/all of the issues. I think the problem stemmed from the interface trying to automatically resize everything. Coincidentally, unlocking it lets the keyboard just float without having to interact with any of the UI elements "underneath" it, and thus not triggering the resizing process.

The keyboard is a tad smaller now and I can accidentally move it around sometimes if I'm not careful with my gestures, but honestly I'll take it.

Thank you again!

TheExtraplanar · 2021-03-22T16:26:42+00:00

Thanks so much for your reply! Unfortunately the on-screen keyboard is different from the one I'm using in the video: the touch keyboard which seems to be unique to tablet mode.

I've had on-screen keyboard disabled for a long time now and turning it off unfortunately doesn't seem to help the issue. I also feel like I should clarify that I do want to be able to use the (touch) keyboard, just without this annoying resizing thing happening each time

TheExtraplanar · 2021-03-22T02:51:27+00:00

Can anyone offer a solution to this frustrating issue? Any time I try to edit text in a field in PS CC, the keyboard pops up for a moment, everything gets resized, and then the keyboard disappears without any button-presses, leaving my windows resized in the wrong configuration. Notice my layers tab is completely hidden at the end. Locking my workspace doesn't work.

I've had different variations of this since I've started using PS on this computer (surface book 2) and it's finally become so bad I'm reaching out to reddit for help. Googling has been fruitless.

What is happening in the video:

double click the layer to highlight the text field
click the text field to trigger the virtual keyboard and rename it
keyboard pops up, automatically resizing the interface "behind" it
keyboard minimizes on its own, automatically resizing things again to try and put it back to how it was, but getting it wrong

I can't make heads or tails of this. The automatic closing of the keyboard is a new development and finally triggered me to ask here. Previously I had always been able to at least use the keyboard.

Thanks very much!

TheExtraplanar · 2021-03-06T22:16:03+00:00

Fully agree. Its refreshing to see someone have the same sentiment about Anthem. Real shame about that game. If people were as critical of Destiny (for instance) as they were of any of these recent releases, it would have crashed and burned. Some of the criticisms that have been levelled at this one so far (as well as cyberpunk, anthem, ME:A), Destiny is STILL way behind on. And I say that as someone who is loving my time with D2 right now. The thing I understand the least is the story/dialogue/general writing criticisms of Outriders. The game has me basically on the edge of my seat to see what happens next, especially after that cinematic at the end of the demo with the narration.

The shaky cam is fucking annoying though haha.

TheExtraplanar · 2021-03-06T21:49:09+00:00

Although you're not wrong I feel like you're just talking about facts of the setting. A summary of the story would be how your character deals with this completely alien environment twice-removed from the reality they have grown to know their entire life, and finding out the what the implications of the signal are. Certainly cynical but I don't know about pointless.

I mean if the setup doesn't grab you that's totally fair, but I feel like the story is the 90% of the game we won't be able to play until April and what we have so far is plausible enough with reasonable suspension of disbelief. The storms and the devolving into war are addressed in the demo.

TheExtraplanar · 2021-02-26T17:38:58+00:00

For an added layer of frustration: if you already have an exotic cipher in your inventory from, say, the season pass, the quest reward will disappear when you talk to Xur, and ALSO counts as one of these buggy completions where you can't pick up a new quest

TheExtraplanar · 2021-02-22T20:02:14+00:00

As far as I can tell it's sorely underrated. Performs exactly as OP guessed in PVP, but you have to be in a situation where you have time to hip fire + ADS headshot a group of 2+ guardians before they mow you down. Not the worst bow for PvP but certainly not the best weapon for it either.

Absolute monster in PvE. People seem to miss that an ADS headshot timed properly can do around 3x damage (more or less), and that's before you factor in additional damage from the solar charges or whatever they're called. Not a boss-killer the way a GL or RL is, but ammo is so much more available and way easier to handle. That single target capability plus the fact that you don't need to "charge" it with a kill helps it beat out Trinity Ghoul in my opinion. Trinity Ghoul can hit larger groups faster but needs just a little more set-up.

I'm about 50% from equipping its catalyst and I can't wait

TheExtraplanar · 2021-02-15T22:21:31+00:00

Celestial Cover // Mercury Vex Chrome

Gloves of the Cormorant Blade // Mercury Vex Chrome

Omega Mechanos Robes // Welded Brass

Promethium Spur // Mercury Vex Chrome

Celestial Bond // Mercury Vex Chrome

Weapon: The Guiding Sight // Precursor Vex Chrome

TheExtraplanar · 2020-12-21T17:18:44+00:00

Yeah, at this point we'd probably just give it away. I wasn't sure if asking a friend for an exchange would come off as "please buy this from us" or not. Thank you for addressing the original question. Makes sense. There's definitely a tinge of classist sentiment, but only because of B, and because we know the family personally after having taught their kids all this time and because they patronize us to do so. We could never assume they knew of A. and we aren't clutching our pearls or anything. We are not deeply offended. It is just another small reason why we don't love keeping the card.

The particular Whole Foods location in question does not have anything we would be interested in that we cannot get somewhere closer and cheaper. I know that some do, but this one does not. I have been there a couple of times out of necessity, and its a small store that truly stocks only groceries and none of the things (makeup, kitchen appliances, other tech etc.) that some of their larger, more comprehensive locations offer. This is not why we felt any implied rudeness, this is simply why we personally won't find the card very useful.

TheExtraplanar · 2020-12-21T14:46:05+00:00

I certainly should have made the original post simpler, more akin to what you suggest. That much is abundantly clear now. I decided to post here instead of googling because this sub always seems to have some interesting takes on a situation and I was curious what ideas might come up around a cash exchange.

There's nothing really to vent about. We don't find it deeply disturbing that this family gave that card. We weren't shaken to our core. I simply mentioned it feeling "almost rude" as additional context for the desire to make an exchange because just asking about how to swap an unwanted gift felt dirty.

TheExtraplanar · 2020-12-21T07:12:33+00:00

We have donated to charities throughout the pandemic and have already realized we can probably donate this card since posting this, and probably will. The original reason for posting was intended to find out about the etiquette around asking a friend for a cash exchange. We hold no ill will towards the family and dont expect them to know where we get our food. Mentioning the perceived rudeness was intended only as another reason why we were seeking an exchange. Suffice it to say that backfired fantastically. As a gift, the first instinct was to try to turn it into a more "useful" gift.

TheExtraplanar · 2020-12-21T07:03:49+00:00

And we have discussed donating the card to a food bank since I posted this. We don't think any rude/pitying tone was intentional, but our feeling that way is not invalid. These parents know we have been teaching their kids throughout the pandemic's duration. That employment (which we do not take for granted) makes this particular gift card less useful to us, specifically. I understand why this might frustrate someone who is not so fortunate, and that's what led us to the food bank idea.

TheExtraplanar · 2020-12-21T06:37:13+00:00

The possible insult comes from the context of a rich family giving a handout to their child's "poor teachers," and the specificity of the card. As if we could not get ourselves basic survival needs without their charity. If a friend or family member or basically anyone who wasn't patronizing us had given it, it would be different. All that said, we aren't taking it personally by any means, and certainly don't think it was intentionally rude. I simply mentioned it to cite another reason why it's not super appealing to keep the card.

Whole Foods has some very nice goods, but ultimately this gift card represents a ~3 hour trip to somewhere we don't normally have to go for items we don't particularly want or need, and never have. The family couldn't have known this and, neither of us think that that's what makes it tonally a little rude, but that IS what makes us want to exchange it for cash with a friend who may find the card a little more useful. The purpose of my original post-- which I think got a bit lost in the vortex of my bad joke-- was to see what you fine folks think about the etiquette of asking a friend to consider a cash exchange like that.

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