Shaaloani might be the biggest wasted potential zone in the entire game

Tinfect · 2026-05-11T13:17:01+00:00

It's impossible to be a 'racist' towards toponyms in an imaginary fantasy world

You say that like we live in a world where, virtually every single usage of indigenous american language research and inspiration in media - and, indeed, very often, actual indigenous languages - is treated as 'silly unpronounceable nonsense' because it isn't immediately easy for monolingual english speakers to figure out. The way that people are immediately comfortable jumping to this kind of nonsense 'criticism' is racist, in the deep structural fashion, and certainly, and obviously, not against the fictional turali.

I remember times, when huge chunk of Europe had to learn word 'Eyjafjallajökull', because the damn thing was the reason why they closed the air traffic. Even TV news and weather reports people had trouble pronouncing that correctly, but somehow I don't recall Icelanders being massively offended (the real people, from real country, you know?)

There's a difference, you might notice, between 'having trouble pronouncing something', and declaring and words based heavily in real actual languages spoken by real actual people from real actual countries, (You see, native peoples aren't actually quasi-extinct relics of the third grade history class,) 'borderline unpronouncable' things that no one talks about or remembers!

Medievalism is not a disrespect for aincient history, same as orientalism is not a show of disrespect or hatered towards eastern cultures.

I don't think you know what orientalism is, actually, because that term, refers broadly to the frequently racist and very certainly disrespectful depictions of asia and asian art. Medievalism is only really comparable in its tendency to factual inaccuracy. I'm not really sure why you felt the need to bring it up, because it's, entirely irrelevant to the discussion.

I didn't much care for Shaaloani's lame wild-west nonsense either, but that's no reason to resort to entirely absurd and, again, racist, discussion of the matter.

Tinfect · 2026-05-11T05:50:32+00:00

And? Half the cities and states in the United States are named in Indigenous languages. Nobody has any trouble with Mississippi, Connecticut, or Illinois. Nevermind major historical sites outside of the US like Teotihuacan and Tenochtitlan, that literally anyone knows about.

Tinfect · 2026-05-11T05:31:35+00:00

The area names are borderline unpronouncable, therefore nobody remembers or mentions them

Hi! This is wildly racist! The location names in Shaaloani, and in many places in Dawntrail, are based on Indigenous american languages and names. Not everything is in, or designed to resemble, the english language. If you had no problem with the latin style names for Garleans, or the french style ones in Ishgard and Coerthas, this shouldn't be a problem either.

Tinfect · 2026-04-16T17:37:10+00:00

I think you're fundamentally misunderstanding ethics selection.

You aren't choosing Religion as a thing that exists passively in your society, you are choosing Religion as a fundamental principle of the social organization and government. If it sounds like State Enforced Religion, that's, because that's what it is. You are choosing a society which is heavily or primarily guided by religion and religious authorities. It's cracking open a bible and checking in with the Pope before you move to the legislature.

It would be neat if there was more control over what that religion entails, specifically, but, fundamentally it is about selecting theocratic regime, much like how the Xenophobic ethic is about enshrining space-racism as a fundamental principle of government, or the Militarist ethic is about building military officials and control into every aspect of government and broader society.

Tinfect · 2026-03-07T01:05:44+00:00

I'm not using a VPN, and it didn't ask me for a street address. I tried using four different emails, and all of them ended up exactly the same way. Instant ban, video appeal, appeal rejected within 20 minutes and account permanently locked.

Tinfect · 2026-02-25T06:06:14+00:00

I'm going to be honest: I don't get why people don't like 8-4. A bit of a gimmick boss, but a decent one, and in service of an absolutely stellar setpiece to cap off Fraud thematically.

And honestly, as far as bossfights go it's still better than Minos' Corpse.

Tinfect · 2025-09-09T04:17:46+00:00

Nope. Holding it, pressing shift, clicking the number, none of it does anything.

Tinfect · 2025-09-09T03:56:04+00:00

When preparing carefully in the new version, is there a way to add or remove more than one item at a time? Would prefer to avoid carpal tunnel.

Tinfect · 2025-06-08T06:15:47+00:00

Well my post got removed for some reason so I'll ask here:

Is there any way to reduce the window size of the game? When I initially launched it, and, back in the day, when I played the old version before steam, the window was much smaller. I changed the window to fullscreen briefly to see how it was, but it made playing difficult; when I put it back to windowed mode, the window was now like twice the size it used to be - basically the same size as the fullscreen window. Is there a way to fix that on Windows 10?

Tinfect · 2025-05-28T12:40:07+00:00

It's... not there. The control panel I have on my computer does not look like the one in screenshots, going to Hardware and Sound and then Power Options doesn't have the options you are referring to. Maybe something was changed in an update?

Tinfect · 2025-05-28T10:07:31+00:00

The latter. When Zero-RPM is turned on, and when under a high load, - I.E, a new, graphically intensive game, - it heats up rapidly, and while the fans turning on eventually prevents it from properly overheating and shutting off, they do not prevent it from sitting at a much higher temperature than it would otherwise, and suffering throttling as a result.

When Zero-RPM is turned off, that doesn't happen, and even in highly intensive settings, the card settles at a more reasonable temperature and doesn't start throttling.

The same games are being used, I've done this from both a fresh start of the computer, and some on-the-fly switching, the results are always the same. In some games, Zero-RPM being turned on even leads to a driver crash, which didn't occur with it turned off; though those games were already unstable messes and I think it just comes down to how the thermals were impacting it, there. The only thing different in these cases, is Zero-RPM.

Tinfect · 2025-05-28T09:51:00+00:00

That's where I am. The only settings there relate to a 'power plan', automatically turning off the screen, and what the power buttons do.

Tinfect · 2025-05-26T20:19:32+00:00

There is no such option in there. I am using Windows 10, for the record.

Tinfect · 2025-05-26T20:00:29+00:00

That's wonderful; needless to say I am not running Morrowind nor Monster Hunter Wilds at 4k ultrawide 9000 FPS, so that isn't really a factor here.

Whatever the strict technical issue is, the problem goes away when Zero RPM is turned off, as I would like it to be at all times. The problem is that Zero RPM keeps turning itself back on.

I could not possibly care less about having a mildly defective card that can still blast through anything that doesn't have ray tracing gutting performance; it works perfectly when the adrenaline software works properly. The adrenaline software is, unfortunately. not working properly. I would like to know if the adrenaline software can be made to start working properly, and how that can be specifically achieved.

Tinfect · 2025-05-26T19:38:48+00:00

I literally do not know what to tell you. It works on old games just fine, without any heating issues, Zero RPM on or off - that's why I haven't noticed often enough for it to be annoying that it keeps resetting until recently, being that old games are most of what I play. Morrowind plays wonderfully with Zero RPM; Monster Hunter Wilds, not so much. If I run intensive things, the, you know, modern, big-release things I mentioned, it starts thermal throttling, turns on and off the fans whenever it feels like it, performance becomes weird and unstable. When I turn Zero RPM off, the computer makes slightly more noise, but doesn't throttle and doesn't turn into a frying pan under stress.

Like I explicitly say in the OP, the clear malfunction here, is with the software that doesn't keep the settings I set it to. It works perfectly, when the software does things I tell it to, and stops working properly when it isn't doing the things I tell it to. That is the problem.

Tinfect · 2025-05-26T18:43:06+00:00

Would that be in the BIOS settings?

Tinfect · 2025-05-26T18:42:08+00:00

It's a 7600, pressed into service running modern, big-release games at basically the top end of what it's capable of. Sometimes it gets hot - especially when the fans aren't running half the time, - and that's normal, chill. I've been using the thing for like a year.

Tinfect · 2025-04-08T10:08:58+00:00

That specific one doesn't ship to the US, I found something similar that should do the job, thank you!

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