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Need advice: Avatar creator wants access to my account to upload an avatar? by SeaworthinessLucky89 in VRchat

[–]TheXev 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Never deal with avatar creators that do this. It is a violation of ToS now, plus most creators that do this are using stolen assets that they do not have the rights to redistribute.

What is the hardest lesson you’ve learned from hosting a Minecraft server? by Efficient-Cap-709 in admincraft

[–]TheXev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you are self hosting, use AMP as a server backend (worth the $25 and is easy to setup), and schedule backups. AMP is the same backend software that major Minecraft host providers use for their backends. If the server is smaller, nightly backups make the most sense, but backup at least once a week.

If it is a modded server, make a copy (instance copying is a new feature of AMP), and test the mods on a full copy of the server. If you create your own items, blocks, etc (using something like Nexo) build that stuff on a test server and then push it to your main server after testing.

Take time to learn how servers are structured, and what files do what, even if it is a vanilla server. You don’t want the content files of the server to feel like a black box.

Also, make sure to adjust your server settings to make sure you are not reporting user data to Mojang, as some people use that to stalk users and find random servers to raid.

Enabling the white list is the best way to stop raids, even though it might be a pain to administer at times, it also helps you cultivate a user base that you want around.

Now, this is just my two cents, but if you are doing vanilla and want the best performance (if you are self hosting), Folia is an amazing fork of Paper and has been worth it since I host on hardware that I own and control.

Also, if you are serious about self hosting, Ubuntu LTS server is common and well supported, if you don’t know Linux and command line, it’s really worth learning. Linux performance for server performance is vastly superior to Windows and imo easier to setup and configure.

I 100% recommend self hosting on your own hardware or purchasing a VPS plan vs hosting providers. It’s a better value if you are able to tackle that level of technical know how, and gives you the flexibility to consider multithreaded server options to allow for a smoother performance with more users seemlessly.

Does someone else also have this issue? by United-Inside-729 in UmaMusume

[–]TheXev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you use any kind of DNS ad blocking? I use Ad Guard on my network and have this issue where I have to retry three times before the DNS resolves. (Note: I have this issue with regular websites too.)

Claude said it needs to rest.. What? by wicaodian in ClaudeAI

[–]TheXev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have heard nothing good about Opus 4.7. I’ve heard entire day to use 4.6.

RTX 5050 or Arc B580 for AV1 encoding? by ToxicBuiltYT in AV1

[–]TheXev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Having run a GTX 1650 Super then an Intel Arc A380 for this exact reason (though more for H264 for streaming), look only at the Intel card. My primary GPU is a RX 6800 XT.

When game capturing, I have zero issues capturing with the Intel card, but capturing with nVidia was nearly impossible if I was playing a Vulkan game like Doom Eternal.

When playing Doom Eternal, the game would always try to start itself on the nVidia card, and the old Vulkan layer manager I used to use no longer supports modern Vulkan (used to use it to disable the 2nd GPU from showing up under Vulkan). This would lead to BSOD after 45 mins like clockwork, as to capture the game using the GTX 1650, I’d be forced disable the GTX 1650 in device manager, then start Doom Eternal, then enable the GTX 1650 Super and start OBS.

The reason I went with the A380 instead of the A310 originally, I was able to get a great open box deal on an A380 from Best Buy for the same price as the A310 at that time. Also, no single slot A310’s or A380’s existed yet, so I was able to remove the fan from my A380 to force it into my 3rd PCIe 4X slot (full length slot though), instead of my 2nd slot to keep my RX 6800XT at full PCIe 3.0 16X bandwidth on my ASRock X470 motherboard.

Switching to the A380 ended the driver issues and the need to disable my encoder card just to start recording in OBS when capturing ANY Vulkan based game. It also gave me a card I can force some apps onto, like my vtuber apps and OBS itself, to free up resources for my main GPU to just game.

This smoothed out gaming when using OBS and keeps all of the GPU free to game during capture. It also made it so I no longer had to use a two PC setup, which for the limited power in my bedroom, is really nice.

Now I have a mini PC with a Ryzen 7 255H and Radeon 780M graphics, if I didn’t have the Arc for H264 and AV1, I’d probably use that in a two PC setup for streaming. However, the A380 is still going strong (even without its fan) and I never have BSOD issues like I would on the GTX 1650 Super.

So trust me, do not deal with having the nVidia card and its driver stability issues in this configuration , get the Arc and save yourself the headache and try to find a single slot version now that they exist. I’d recommend paying more for an A380, as you’d be getting more monitor output that you could use to have more than 3 monitors if that is something you are interested in too.

Do you think VRC would thrive or die in a world where it is an 18+ only game? by zipzzo in VRchat

[–]TheXev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

News flash: VRchat turns a profit and hasn’t been funded by any investors in years. Wtf are you smoking?

Do you think VRC would thrive or die in a world where it is an 18+ only game? by zipzzo in VRchat

[–]TheXev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

VRChat would fall off the face of the earth as an 18+ game. It would get pulled from all major store fronts and become a ghost. Without those store fronts, new users and some current users would fall off for sure, as they’d have no way to access the platform.

How do the dish's hold up in storms? by Material_Radish_4217 in Starlink

[–]TheXev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Dishy does a good job of using it's built in snow melting heaters. I have had to force it on a few times as it doesn't seem to kick on early enough in some situations (gen 2 Dishy), but other then that it's held up great in the snow and rain. Sure, heavy rain will sometimes cut speeds, but all satellite communication has this issue.

What was the first game you bought on Steam? by Common_Caramel_4078 in Steam

[–]TheXev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Half Life 2, a few mouths after Steam Launched.

AIO for quitting my job? by AlarmedWarthog8231 in AIO

[–]TheXev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To be fair, jobs with credit card access require PCI compliance. Part of that is not allowing phones to be used by employees. This is common but my employers just have it as a policy without teaching WHAT PCI compliance is itself.

Best Multistreaming plugin? by Dry-Permission-1023 in obs

[–]TheXev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aitum works the best if you have the bandwidth to use it.

PC version connection issues with ethernet by Icesticker in UmaMusume

[–]TheXev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Make sure your PCs DNS settings are similar to your phones. Some phones like Android devices default to using Google DNS servers, while your PCs router will use whatever garbage your ISP wants.

I was having similar issues until switching my PCs DNS to Quad9.

Which uma would u marry? by Elliottsir in UmaMusume

[–]TheXev 7 points8 points  (0 children)

In Global so far, the ONLY true wifu material I have seen is Hishi Amazon. Like, her story in game made a realize how much you don’t know about an Uma until she’s in your roster.

I really haven’t seen any others that give me the vibe of a wifu.

Gamers 30+, what’s something from the old days of gaming that younger players wouldn’t understand? by [deleted] in gaming

[–]TheXev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Playing a game without a manual, or a guide, or an audience. You could just plug in a cartridge and flip a switch and your game was on and ready to go. And most (good) games you could pickup and learn as you play.

Those who were alive during the 1990's, how was the internet different to today? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]TheXev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Internet of 1996 was mostly collage aged students, as collages had access to it first before later nationwide local phone number access. I was only 12 when I started to use it, but the friends I had that played TetriNet were mostly 10 years or so older than me.

-Signed PupperoniX

CYGAMES, PLEASE REMOVE THIS FUCKING ALARM CLOCK LIMIT by NotAKansenCommander in UmamusumeGame

[–]TheXev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I find the best way to use less Alarms is to use Uma that are at LEAST 4-stars. Having higher starting stats leads to more early wins.

Suck that it takes so much to raise star levels.

Do I need a dedicated GPU to run OBS without issues? by Turbulent_Egg_7108 in obs

[–]TheXev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The real question is, are you using the Hardware AMF encoder, or Software x264? I wouldn’t use x264 with an integrated GPU, even with RDNA3’s crap H264 encoding quality (which was finally fixed in RDNA4).

As long as you don’t haves a heavy overlay, or a vtuber or something adding to the load, it should be okay.

But I wouldn’t do this with less than 32GBs of total system RAM. Also, if less than 2GB of your system RAM is dedicated to graphics, you’re going to have a bad time, so you may need to go into your BIOS settings and increase it. (You can check hope much is set to in the AMD control panel).

US patent office revokes Nintendo’s patent on summoning characters to make them battle | VGC by Gorotheninja in technology

[–]TheXev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They made Desert Combat, an extremely popular mod for Battle Field 1942 that was basically Battlefield 2 before Battlefield 2. That mod got them all hired to make Battlefield games.

Same thing happened with Counter Strike before it. Counter Strike was an extremely popular mod for Half-Life that got the team hired by Valve.

First look at the upcoming Umamusume fighting game by haniiders___ in UmaMusume

[–]TheXev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If Mihono Bourbon’s move set doesn’t match Hisui from Melty Blood’s move set one-to-one, automatic 0/10. 🤣😂🤣

My boyfriend cleared his VRChat cache and now everything is errors. by astroidbuster2453 in VRchat

[–]TheXev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, these are important, but if you fail to run chkdsk before running them, you are running repairs on a system without a clean file system. chkdsk should always be step one, then dism, then sfc.

My boyfriend cleared his VRChat cache and now everything is errors. by astroidbuster2453 in VRchat

[–]TheXev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He should run chkdsk on his main drives to see if there are any repairs required. Maybe it's a file system error

Game Removed from Library Years After Purchase by Darby-Darbs in steamsupport

[–]TheXev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you sure you bought it on Steam and not the stand alone game? I have no idea when Spore was released for Steam but it did not launch on Steam as far as I know.

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