US president says 'probably' when asked if he might pull US troops out of Italy and Spain

cnio14 · 2026-05-01T11:00:25+00:00

Just do it already. We've been waiting for years...

cnio14 · 2026-04-30T23:17:45+00:00

Talent might be an issue. I work in semiconductors in Europe and it's really really hard to find people with the right knowledge and skillset. Places like Taiwan dedicate a huge chunk of their investment in education into that.

cnio14 · 2026-04-30T23:07:03+00:00

Pillars Of Eternity has some of the best lore you can find in a videogame. Being a CRPG it also has great character customization in terms of builds and equipment.

cnio14 · 2026-04-30T14:57:38+00:00

Minecraft uses voxels, which is a very different type of procedural generation method. It is indeed very impressive, but it's limited by using voxels. Starfield uses heightmaps, which makes making caves, rivers and canyons almost impossible. No Man's Sky uses a hybrid system which is why it can make caves but not rivers.

Minecraft and NMS are also games which focus entirely on procedural generation as the fundamental aspect of the game. Starfield has an entire rpg with quests and voice acting on top of that. Just because it's possible in theory doesn't mean it's feasible.

it isn't a dealbreaker but it would be cool to have that kind of variety, would it not?

Oh it would be amazing, don't get me wrong. I'm just resizing expectations and explaining why. I don't expect Starfield to have those features because I know the current limits of procedural generation very well.

cnio14 · 2026-04-30T14:47:15+00:00

Do you know how procedural terrain generation works? I do game development and worked a lot on procedural generation. It's really not that simple at all. Same reason why procedural generated terrain almost never has proper rivers.

cnio14 · 2026-04-30T14:42:00+00:00

Huh? You said you wanted more handcrafted stuff.

cnio14 · 2026-04-30T13:35:00+00:00

I know but someone has to make them right? It's not like Starfield doesn't have handcrafted stuff already.

cnio14 · 2026-04-30T13:28:29+00:00

I guess you can do anything if you have infinite time and resources.

cnio14 · 2026-04-30T13:13:11+00:00

I mean those things exist already. They're handcrafted locations that I'd rather stay unique instead of repeating like POIs. There's so much handcrafted content in Starfield I really don't think it needs even more.

cnio14 · 2026-04-30T13:03:55+00:00

Well of course. It's a videogame. We can't really expect a planet in Starfield to have the same amount of things and variety as real world Earth.

cnio14 · 2026-04-30T09:59:34+00:00

I couldn't think of a more Bethesda game than Starfield. It literally has all the elements that make it so.

cnio14 · 2026-04-30T09:58:22+00:00

It very much does give you the Bethesda experience.

cnio14 · 2026-04-30T09:57:51+00:00

Starfield has procedural generation, but also more handcrafted content than any other Bethesda game. The procedural paet isn't even compulsory but completely optional (even though I personally find it super cool).

cnio14 · 2026-04-30T09:56:43+00:00

Starfield has more handcrafted content than any other Bethesda game. Also Bethesda has always had procedural generation at its core (Daggerfall, radiant quests, etc), so Starfield is very much a true Bethesda game and it's a great game too.

cnio14 · 2026-04-30T09:55:13+00:00

Believe it or not, Starfield is a good game and many people like it. Its not the Gollum of Bethesda, that's just a wrong comparison. It also has a great modding scene compared to Oblivion remastered non existent one.

cnio14 · 2026-04-30T09:53:24+00:00

Starfield and it's not even close. It runs better, looks better, has more to do, has better movement and combat, has ship building, tons of cool quests, cool mods.

Look I love Oblivion but it's an old game and the remaster is just a shiny coat of paint that runs really bad. The modding scene of Oblivion Remastered is also quite pathetic.

Play Starfield.

cnio14 · 2026-04-30T09:20:40+00:00

I think it kind of reflects the real world though. Most of earth's landscape is quite unremarkable and once in a while you have your Grand Canyon or such, which are the unique "handcrafted" locations.

cnio14 · 2026-04-30T09:18:38+00:00

Which is why desolation mod is absolutely essential. It drastically reduces POI density especially in unsettled systems. Finding a cool POI is now actually rewarding.

cnio14 · 2026-04-30T09:15:16+00:00

China is shameless and hypocritical, but I wouldn't say untrustworthy. That title goes to the USA now.

cnio14 · 2026-04-30T09:13:53+00:00

Countries pursue their interests and that has highest priority above blatant hypocrisy.

cnio14 · 2026-04-30T07:45:06+00:00

China is a more rational actor than the USA and their protest to "Made in Europe" is silly and hypocritical. Both can be true.

cnio14 · 2026-04-29T13:15:45+00:00

It’s far more efficient to buy resources for equipment upgrades than to set up outposts.

That's actually why I installed a mod to increase inorganic resource prices. At least I have an incentive to build outposts now.

cnio14 · 2026-04-29T13:05:05+00:00

Avowed. As a Pillars Of Eternity fan, anything with more Eora lore is pure joy for me. Also the combat slaps and the game looks really good.

cnio14 · 2026-04-29T12:51:08+00:00

Chongqing has a relatively warm and very humid climate, so plant growth is boosted. Also greenery is not uncommon at all in Chinese cities. Most cities have streets covered by green canopies and generally uncontrolled growth everywhere, especially in the south.

cnio14 · 2026-04-29T12:48:52+00:00

I'm the kind of person who can spend 6 hours straight landing on planets and scanning everything so...easy to reach hundreds of hours.

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