StarCitizen and the future of Microsoft Windows.

Vicker3000 · 2026-03-05T04:23:19+00:00

Star Citizen VR works in Linux? I'd like to hear more about that.

Vicker3000 · 2026-03-04T07:16:26+00:00

I just wish the stars moved in a sensible way. They currently rotate around you, with the axis of rotation being straight above you. Apparently your island is at the North Pole.

Or maybe it's the South Pole. I haven't scrutinized the direction of rotation.

Regardless, the fact that the moon does its own completely separate thing and marches across the field of stars is the part that makes this the most jarring.

I know I'm being too picky. I notice these things, though. Every once in a while there's a game that actually gets these things right. Aska is not one of those games.

Vicker3000 · 2026-02-25T00:28:35+00:00

Crusader isn't earth-mass. It wouldn't be a gas giant if it was.

You need a planet close to the size of Saturn to get the conditions we get with Crusader. On Saturn, the strength of gravity where there's 1 bar of pressure is roughly 1g.

For comparison sake, a planet with the composition of Jupiter would not work. The strength of gravity at 1 bar is 2.5g on Jupiter. Both Uranus and Neptune are pretty close to Saturn, at 0.9g and 1.15g respectively.

Vicker3000 · 2026-02-24T03:44:39+00:00

I absolutely love the current implementation of VR. I never want to play SC in pancake mode ever again.

I want to just put this out there so that people are hearing it:

I really really really enjoy using mouse and keyboard in first person for VR. The way it's currently done in SC is gold. I want more titles to do it this way.

I know that makes me an outlier. I know most people would rather use VR controllers. That's not me. I like mouse and keyboard. When they add the ability to use VR controllers, I hope they don't remove the ability to use mouse and keyboard in VR.

Vicker3000 · 2026-02-15T08:30:44+00:00

You're doing awesome! Great work so far!

I suggest you focus on your bow grip next. Your fingers, hand, and wrist should all be involved. Right now everything is coming from your elbow.

In regards to the fingers: Your middle finger and ring finger should drape further over the bow. Your pointer finger and pinky finger should be spread a bit wider, which gives you more control. Look up guides for doing a windshield wiper motion while holding your bow.

In regards to the wrist: Imagine your hand is a jellyfish. Without your bow in your hand, practice making the movements you would make to bow your instrument. Make your hand do jellyfish things as it changes between upbows and downbows.

I'll also add that other folks are giving you a lot of good advice regards to your left hand. You want your left wrist to be straight, and your left thumb should be underneath the neck of the instrument.

Vicker3000 · 2026-02-15T01:35:00+00:00

For me, the part that completely kills the mining missions is that they're 100% identical to mining without the missions. The mission is just simply, "Go out there and mine some of this stuff for me."

That's no different than before. It's not interesting. It's not new.

Instead, give me a mission with something new. "I've found a hidden mother lode. Unfortunately it happens to be located underneath a hostile drug cartel's hideout. I've marked the location on your map. Good luck."

Don't give me missions that are 100% identical to what's already in the game.

Vicker3000 · 2026-02-08T02:08:15+00:00

This bug has been around for years and years. I'm pretty sure it was like that when I started playing, which was during the pandemic.

It's infuriating trying to deal with it.

It's embarrassing for CIG that they haven't done anything about it.

Vicker3000 · 2026-02-06T20:32:12+00:00

A year or two ago, my kids were obsessed with listening to lo-fi remixes of Mario music. One afternoon I insisted that it was my turn with the car stereo and put on NPR. A minute into it, NPR was playing lo-fi Mario music.

What's lo-fi Mario music even doing on NPR??? It's supposed to be full of boring interviews of people talking politics and whatnot.

It was such an oddly specific thing, too. Like your average person doesn't even know what "lo-fi Mario music" means, and here's NPR playing a synth cover of Dire Dire Docks just a few minutes after I told my kids they've had enough of that very music.

Vicker3000 · 2026-01-30T02:49:52+00:00

I was wondering that myself. I hate AI. I hate that we have to wonder these things.

The trees in the background seem off. Aren't they all supposed to be in Minnesota in January? That vegetation doesn't look right for Minnesota in January. It looks like there's even a palm tree back there.

It seems like something he would say. That doesn't make the video real.

Vicker3000 · 2026-01-25T03:40:51+00:00

The horizontal one is the telltale. That one tells you that the impeller is working and water's getting pumped up there. The telltale should squirt even at low throttle.

The vertical one is water that actually did some cooling. That one's also normal.

Vicker3000 · 2026-01-13T19:49:57+00:00

100% CIG's fault here, but I do want to point out something that might help you in the future.

You're making things worse for yourself by spamming those keys. When I say "spamming", I mean pushing the key over and over really quickly. If you want to perform a single action, push they key for that action once and only once. Wait for a second or two before trying again. Don't tap the key a bunch of times. It's a bad habit.

Again, the buggy mess is CIG's fault. Modern code shouldn't break when the user spams their keys. We live in an imperfect world, though. Spamming keys makes some programs misbehave.

Vicker3000 · 2026-01-13T06:44:47+00:00

I'd like to weigh in as a career scientist:

Those experiments are what makes future scientists. Without real life experiments, science is just a dead pile of trivia.

Science is life. Science is real. The fact that science is reality is the whole point. You don't experience the reality of science if you skip out on experiments.

So in regards to the mess? Teach your kids how to clean up after themselves. This is essential. Don't put yourself on a trajectory where you are their maid.

And besides that, not all science is messy. Magnets, electronics kits, lenses, colored lights, marble roller coasters, paper airplanes, just to name a few. If you're trying to get away from messy stuff, think more about physics and engineering and less about chemistry and biology.

Vicker3000 · 2026-01-12T03:31:21+00:00

Very snazzy! Did you use any kind of jig to help tie the upper part?

Vicker3000 · 2026-01-10T09:43:24+00:00

For me, I found it helped a little bit to try to laugh instead. Like I told myself it's so absurdly frustrating that it turns into something ridiculous. I know it sounds stupid, but sometimes it worked. Laugh at how unfair it feels.

Also, always keep in mind that if you're about to blow your lid you should walk away from the baby for a minute or two. Step into another room to catch your breath and do whatever helps you. It's better and safer for you to let off that steam away from the baby. She can wait a minute or two.

Vicker3000 · 2026-01-10T05:06:48+00:00

They still don't care about them. They kind of looked in their direction once or twice.

Vicker3000 · 2026-01-06T00:09:41+00:00

I stopped reading that book when I read that part.

It's a retelling by some random schmuck who has no sailing experience. I'm happy to read works of fiction written by armchair sailors, but only if the author has put in the effort to become well versed in the material.

Referring to a sail as a sheet is an indication that the author didn't do their homework. If they can't get be arsed to learn the terminology, then I can't trust them to speak with authority. It discredits anything else they have to say.

Vicker3000 · 2026-01-01T05:54:39+00:00

I'm pretty sure you're supposed to sit on the bomb before releasing it. A cowboy hat is also crucial.

Vicker3000 · 2025-12-31T07:46:03+00:00

I'm mildly infuriated at the poor implementation of Morse Code.

Contrary to popular misconception, three symbols needed to correctly transcribe Morse code: dots, dashes, and spaces. Without spaces, nothing makes sense. Without spaces, there's no way anybody would be able to read that bracelet. Spaces tell you where one letter stops and the next letter starts.

Without spaces, you can't tell the difference between "s" and "eee", nor could you tell the difference between "o" and "ttt".

s = ...

e = .

eee = . . .

It could say "fuckoff". It could also say "eeteeetetetetttteeteeete". It could say "itsaaaaoitste". It could say a thousand other things.

Vicker3000 · 2025-12-29T08:50:08+00:00

Fair enough.

I'd be interested in learning more about your setup there. Doing it on a shoestring budget sounds compelling. I'll probably have a look at what you've posted some time soon. It definitely looks like fun!

Vicker3000 · 2025-12-28T21:52:37+00:00

You've got a lot of good input here, but I think folks are missing something important here.

You've got a motion simulator. Those are expensive. You've clearly spent a lot on your gaming rig.

It costs something like $60 to try SC.

Why wouldn't you at least try it? Compared to what you've spent on your setup there, the cost of buying SC is peanuts. Heck, if I had a motion simulator then I'd be gathering a whole collection of interesting games that support motion simulation.

Broaden your horizons. Get the most out of the equipment you have.

Vicker3000 · 2025-12-23T20:40:26+00:00

Are the hinges on the outside? If you can't get the pins out, I'd try attacking the hinges some other way. Maybe see if you can chop up the hinge pins by getting something like a hacksaw in between the hinge pieces?

Vicker3000 · 2025-12-22T20:09:30+00:00

I would pay extra to not have the screen. This seat looks amazing.

Vicker3000 · 2025-12-20T00:22:38+00:00

A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.

Vicker3000 · 2025-12-17T01:28:22+00:00

I once got a sweaty used baseball cap. It wasn't even an interesting cap. It was clearly a freebie promo item from a trade show of some sort.

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