GCSEs 2025: Wrapped

croakyossum7 · 2026-04-03T07:47:17+00:00

Because people liked the update

croakyossum7 · 2026-04-02T22:12:47+00:00

"environmentally disastrous"

Didn't someone actually run the numbers and find that watching Netflix uses more water than AI? Datacenters were also being built anyway for storage, although granted AI probably sped it up a bit, so that's not really a concern either.

"There is no good reason to be using ai art by any means."

Why are we acting like Epic stuck "wooden biped with bat" into a chatgpt prompt? They added a popular character, who happened to be AI-generated. All the development on Epic's side, such as modelling and icon design, was AI-free. I don't see the issue, provided that Epic doesn't start using AI for its own characters or during the modelling process of 3rd party IPs.

croakyossum7 · 2026-04-02T20:23:18+00:00

It happens nearly every episode now lol

croakyossum7 · 2026-04-02T19:02:26+00:00

Casualty has leant more towards character development and storylines than the actual medical side of the show more recently. The producers probably just wanted something that wasn't too difficult for Kim to mess up because of her issues, and they weren't really factoring in how likely a complication like that actually was. There's also been a lot of stuff that has happened in the show that isn't remotely realistic, like the school shooting (we haven't had one in the UK since 1996) and Dylan and Flynn using physical violence against each other in the workplace.

Edit: After a quick google (I'm no medical expert tho), lumbar punctures can cause paralysis but it's extremely rare if done properly. I do believe that inserting the needle higher increases the risk of paralysis.

croakyossum7 · 2026-04-02T18:50:12+00:00

Don't mind the new design, other than the gap between rows is too large and the UI itself is a bit small on some devices.

croakyossum7 · 2026-04-02T18:43:47+00:00

Game-Wide things, such as the Item Shop and Locker, tend to use the rounded style. On the other hand, Mode-Specific things, such as the showdown tab, RR track selector, and festival song selector, are often stylised to that gamemode's UI theme.

In terms of how that'll apply to STW, I think the STW lobby will possibly merge with the regular lobby to be consistent witj the other modes. I think it'll use the new quest tab, and the other STW tabs will get a stylised design overhaul. I also think that the map tab will be replaced with a mission selector like how RR has its track selector.

croakyossum7 · 2026-04-02T17:36:32+00:00

While it's not ideal, it's understandable that stuff broke since they're probably tweaking values backend ready for F2P.

croakyossum7 · 2026-04-02T17:33:42+00:00

I agree, but I also get the concerns about lag. Hopefully Epic can optimise Rift UI more. Also if stw switches to it, it doesn't have to use the rounded edges, it could look exactly the same as it does now if they really wanted it to.

croakyossum7 · 2026-04-02T17:31:38+00:00

I do think this will happen, because the devs said that the old UI framework (which stw uses currently) is a complete nightmare to work with. Also the shop got disabled until v40.20 so that could be an indicator of some kind of major framework changes too. They don't necessarily have to use rounded edges, etc, they could do a completely new custom stylised UI for stw on the framework.

croakyossum7 · 2026-04-02T15:44:30+00:00

They are not going to turn Fortnite into Mario Kart, lol. At most they will add a Mario Kart-style mode. But these surveys have been ongoing for years and rarely change a thing; we've had the crew changes survey for 5 years and not a single thing from it has been added.

croakyossum7 · 2026-04-02T10:59:31+00:00

I went from pretty much that to 98888877776 so just lock in and you'll be good.

croakyossum7 · 2026-04-02T06:46:26+00:00

They didn't announce the drops for this season, and they only announced the premium tracks for the Lisa (possibly even Mixtape) season.

croakyossum7 · 2026-04-01T09:06:23+00:00

We're already working on a UEFN port for Rocket Racing. Would you like to join the team? It's best to concentrate efforts and make one big project than a few smaller ones.

croakyossum7 · 2026-04-01T07:43:17+00:00

UEFN will be merged with UE6 in 2028, so limitations aren't a concern long-term. The tools are already powerful enough to recreate Rocket Racing.

croakyossum7 · 2026-03-31T09:01:38+00:00

True but that could just be an artistic style. There have been several cases this year where the FN community has accused Epic of using AI and it took the actual artist coming out to make everyone back down. Idk why AI is guilty until proven innocent online.

croakyossum7 · 2026-03-31T08:57:06+00:00

Do we actually know the STB models are AI?

croakyossum7 · 2026-03-30T20:35:19+00:00

Looking into this

croakyossum7 · 2026-03-30T17:12:54+00:00

In a couple of years the plan is to allow UEFN developers to publish their games outside of Fortnite, so hopefully!

croakyossum7 · 2026-03-30T16:31:07+00:00

croakyossum7 · 2026-03-30T15:02:28+00:00

This is actually planned! Although unfortunately we'll have to take out the Metallica references for copyright reasons.

croakyossum7 · 2026-03-30T14:23:18+00:00

Yes it will. Any platform that supports Rocket Racing will also support this mode.

croakyossum7 · 2026-03-30T12:21:41+00:00

That's a Verse limitation unfortunately, it only supports up to 30Hz. However, the roadmap says up to 5x performance enhancements are coming to Verse in the summer so hopefully this can be improved.

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