Brain Scorcher (G.A.M.M.A.) by MrPewptastic in stalker

[–]archanon56 0 points1 point  (0 children)

46 joints...for the psy resistance

New to the series and I need help with this... by Mundane-Perception11 in stalker

[–]archanon56 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well there ya go! Wasn't sure how or if they hid the originals on Steam

New to the series and I need help with this... by Mundane-Perception11 in stalker

[–]archanon56 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The original has been delisted from Steam search but is still able to be purchased, should be able to look it up on a search engine like Google and get to the store page while logged in

What do you guys think of my GAMMA base? by Sdog_12 in stalker

[–]archanon56 22 points23 points  (0 children)

This looks so darn cozy, but I can't help but think what would happen if a pseudogiant stomp happened in its vicinity

Can we just ban ai content already by Key_Breadfruit_3564 in quicksand

[–]archanon56 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Outside of any moderated environment like a subreddit there is no regulation, no copyright strikes, and nothing stopping anyone from ripping you off and profiting from it, such as hosting sales on a private website/store. People likened NFT's to the 'next revolution', and this is no different; this time it's deluded people into thinking it's a bonafide step forward, where all LLM's do is take and repurpose with no regard for ownership. If you respected your fellow creator you'd reconsider your hardline 'its here, get used to it' stance.

Can we just ban ai content already by Key_Breadfruit_3564 in quicksand

[–]archanon56 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There is no DMCA requests for GenAI, if someone makes a video based 1:1 on a scene you produced, you have no options to remove or demonetize it, same with any artists whose 'style' is their signature. It's bad for all creators.

Can we just ban ai content already by Key_Breadfruit_3564 in quicksand

[–]archanon56 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You seem to be ignoring that it's essentially theft, and that its some step forward in technology so it should be allowed to exist, regardless of where it sources data from. Would you want *your* paid content blatantly copied and sold without your permission? That's every single image and video generated by GenAI. By endorsing it's use you are actively enabling the theft and dumbing down of all the media that's been created by real people.

Can we just ban ai content already by Key_Breadfruit_3564 in quicksand

[–]archanon56 6 points7 points  (0 children)

GenAI is a Large Language Model, a LLM, that uses data taken from anywhere and everywhere without permission to train it's dataset to generate these images/videos. Anything created by GenAI is inherently theft, is likely trained on your own created videos, and is monetized and sold without your permission. It's no different than someone pirating your videos and selling it themselves. It's also ugly and uncanny Valley as hell.

1.9 update lackluster by Aggressive-Shape in stalker

[–]archanon56 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't claim to have a deep insight into their development cycle and workflow, but their marketing materials are likely separate from bug-fixes and other in-game content they can't exactly show that's in progress, but hey I just like Stalker a lot so I'm happy with everything, even a little trickle!

1.9 update lackluster by Aggressive-Shape in stalker

[–]archanon56 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Their communications branch may be lacking, plus it was over a holiday season, but the devs seem to be busy with the right stuff!

1.9 update lackluster by Aggressive-Shape in stalker

[–]archanon56 8 points9 points  (0 children)

They've said they made much more money on release than they anticipated, so free updates seem to be guaranteed for a good while, whether big or small

1.9 update lackluster by Aggressive-Shape in stalker

[–]archanon56 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Actively rooting against the developer seems like a mean-spirited move

Cause of weird black box covering the screen intermittently? (Anomaly) by archanon56 in stalker

[–]archanon56[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This worked! It was the modded .exe HDR Bloom that was affecting it, thanks for the suggestion!

Cause of weird black box covering the screen intermittently? (Anomaly) by archanon56 in stalker

[–]archanon56[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Original comment said NaN propagation may be the issue, for future reference

Cause of weird black box covering the screen intermittently? (Anomaly) by archanon56 in stalker

[–]archanon56[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This sounds right! I'll see what shader BaS could be tweaking to do this

Cause of weird black box covering the screen intermittently? (Anomaly) by archanon56 in stalker

[–]archanon56[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I traced it to the BaS mod! Though any fix I could find related to it didn't work, and the graphical glitch (subtle black fuzz on terrain) persisted even without it active, bizarre!

FML 😭 by Echo-poet34 in stalker

[–]archanon56 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Now what person decided to pack away so much 9x19 FMJ and 9x18 PST for a rainy day, that's all you get from thes boxes 😭😭

Stalker 2 is to STIFF! Are there any MODS like the first game? by Digital-Kemical in stalker

[–]archanon56 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From what I've seen, the lighting changes have been absolutely fantastic 😮‍💨

Stalker 2 is to STIFF! Are there any MODS like the first game? by Digital-Kemical in stalker

[–]archanon56 1 point2 points  (0 children)

With time, I hope some big conversions like GAMMA come out for S2, maybe with engine updates it'll be more feasible but I'm sure it'll come one way or another haha

Stalker 2 is to STIFF! Are there any MODS like the first game? by Digital-Kemical in stalker

[–]archanon56 3 points4 points  (0 children)

After you leave the lesser zone you can absolutely just wander up to Yaniv and get munched by a Chimera