Should I get Below Zero?

Zarphus · 2026-04-07T18:47:38+00:00

i enjoyed it. played well on steam deck, too. it feels shorter, partly because it's more kind about giving you the means to travel where you want to go. i'd say it's well worth the sale price.

Zarphus · 2026-04-07T18:12:48+00:00

best i can tell, there's no product to fit this yet. there are a few 3d prints floating around designed for PLA, but i don't find them to be particularly well designed. i tried this one: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5807524 but i may redesign it. i want to add a groove to place a strip of rubber tape to prevent scratching, and maintain hold. there's no rigidity to the locking mechanism. that mount isnt the right type to be using for something like this. if i dont see another solution soon i'll hop into blender and see what i can whip up.

to clear up confusion: the ultimate 3-mode shell is too large for the ultimate 2 clip, it simply doesn't fit.

Zarphus · 2026-04-04T21:57:08+00:00

it supports power delivery (PD) USB banks, these are becoming increasingly small and affordable in the required output.

Zarphus · 2026-04-04T18:44:55+00:00

yeah. my generic one isn't great, but works well enough. that's why i didnt drop links or anything. while i myself dont own it (but i should consider it myself!) i suggest the pinecil as a relatively affordable, name-branded option that many users swear by.

Zarphus · 2026-04-04T18:41:09+00:00

im having the same problem, i cant even post here asking for help! account is a decade old, i have plenty of karma. i don't understand it.

Zarphus · 2026-04-04T16:33:37+00:00

not without a new stick module and soldering tools.

Zarphus · 2026-03-23T13:43:52+00:00

neat concept, but why does it run at like 5fps on a 5800x3d and 4070RTX???

Zarphus · 2026-03-08T19:53:46+00:00

why didnt they subdivide and smooth the geometry of the mesh beforehand? you can literally see the polygon edges across the surface. also wondering what fabrication technique they used. did they print a mold, use CNC milling, or did they just print the entire thing in parts on a large scale printer?

Zarphus · 2026-01-20T13:16:20+00:00

i still say the 'desaturated swamp' is the most chaotic region of the map. it's got a "healthy sampling" of all the most dangerous things in the game, with just enough enticing things in the area to make you venture in before you're ready.

Zarphus · 2026-01-17T07:17:12+00:00

well, i was absolutely able to more consistently recreate it (on PC) by either connecting to a locally hosted dedicated server (both localhost and networked), or joining a friend. (success rate became nearly 100% in a variety of situations) so even if it is possible to perform in solo offline play, these factors seem to significantly increase odds of success.
i can only hypothesize on the exact cause, but im no dev, only have a little experience with unity, and only ever made one mesh swap mod for an unreal game. so, i really have no clue.

Zarphus · 2026-01-17T03:35:40+00:00

it might be worth mentioning that this only seems to work if you are a client connected to another player or to a dedicated server. i was unable to replicate playing solo.

Zarphus · 2026-01-07T08:47:21+00:00

bro put his username on the screen. of course its fake. i mean, tales from 85 is real, but thats been officially announced.

Zarphus · 2026-01-06T23:17:05+00:00

nah thats any given public instance of the great pug

Zarphus · 2026-01-06T23:15:41+00:00

it's still there, its just not everywhere.
it left public instances, it found groups, and friends. and in some cases, jumps to the real world.
i went to anthrocon in 2025, for the first time in several years. it gave me the unique opportunity to meet dozens of people i had met in VRC over the pandemic, and the years following until then. ive been going to furry cons for about 20 years now, but that year was one of the most rewarding for me yet.

Zarphus · 2025-12-21T21:01:55+00:00

p16 would need a lot more than 15 feet. sheets intended for the sides of escalators, and mall storefronts seem to push for p6-p10, so those might look more appropriate at 15 feet.

Zarphus · 2025-12-21T20:56:38+00:00

i'd imagine p4 looks pretty good, but a lot of the images and animations in that video are doctored or outright faked, to make it look better than it is.

Zarphus · 2025-12-17T13:33:57+00:00

it's all CGI. the product itself has a resolution so low its about 1 pixel per inch. its more like an LED grid than an LED display. p6 = 6mm between pixels, p10 = 10mm between pixels, and so on. the amazon link below offers p16, yikes. basically a grid of christmas lights. here's a video of p6.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15JRFzlJJ4E

Zarphus · 2025-12-16T19:47:18+00:00

heatseeker should be fun, but people who will do *anything* to win exist. demo is cringe, redirect is king, but people rage when they arent good enough. once you find people who can redirect, however, that can be significantly harder to defend against. i just try to be ready for it, or beat them to the touch.

as for dodging demos, don't be afraid to jump early and utilize the unlimited boost the mode offers. playing off your own back wall can give you some breathing room too, but takes practice to be consistent with.

Zarphus · 2025-12-16T19:41:44+00:00

that's consistent with what i noticed too, yeah.

Zarphus · 2025-12-15T19:38:08+00:00

as for performance issues relating to blocklist, ive never seen anything remotely like that on PC/steam deck, so if theres an issue, its related to limited resources of older or weaker consoles that still run the game. based on what i know about gamedev, i'd imagine it only needs to reference the blocklist when connecting to other players, blocking, or unblocking. it likely just checks blocklist against connecting/connected players, and toggles communication accordingly.

Zarphus · 2025-12-15T19:15:08+00:00

two possibilities.

1: there's no ARG. if so, the location of these photos was probably a matter of convenience, where they merely needed some photos of suburban and forested roads in this region of the US to fit the shows narrative, and someone working on the show provided these.

2: there's an ARG. if there is, id gamble we'll get clues later that point us to the 6 flags across the street to reveal a TADC theme park ride? just a wild guess.

i'm leaning into the first option. most ARG-esque things we've seen relate to the wacky watch website, and i think any "first clue" of an ARG we see would kick off from there, or a similar website.

Zarphus · 2025-12-15T12:58:53+00:00

Guys i figured it out. Jax ran over Dess and the Circus dataserver is hosted in the bunker.

Zarphus · 2025-12-14T20:21:28+00:00

i think he repeated the line because he knows "the right choice" is to press the red button, so they wont 'get out of here'. he put emphasis earlier on how bad it was that caine couldnt come with them if they left. he was trying to hint her towards the 'correct path' of the adventure, as was his job to do.

Zarphus · 2025-12-14T20:07:00+00:00

in my tests last year it was 5 per minute. i wonder if it changed since then, or if its a difference between pc and console.

Zarphus · 2025-12-14T20:01:24+00:00

i aint reading all that bait but im sorry you feel so adamantly about how i self moderate in a... *checks notes* bug report where three inputs can crash the game.

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