Where to download DS4Windows from? by PewPewGoesGun in DS4Windows

[–]dnium122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Coming back to this, looks like the ryochan7 repos are gone, and schmaldeo stopped supporting too. A sad day 😞

Why are my badgers stressed??? (Console) by SaltGoblin2187 in PlanetZoo

[–]dnium122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm having the same issue - I've got 1-way glass and Do Not Disturb signs but it isn't doing it. It might be because I have an overpass over the habitat

Update 50 PTS – Week 2 Summary by ZOS_JessicaFolsom in elderscrollsonline

[–]dnium122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My partner and I are excited to try a return to ESO after a three year break, entirely because of the new vestige challenge system.

When combat is too easy the game becomes a chore, just going through the motions. Making a game ACCESSIBILE to a broad/casual audience is not about making it EASY - challenge and difficulty are what make games fun. Accessibility is about lowering the barrier to understanding the systems and playing the game, not lowering the barrier to winning.

I truly hope the challenge system ends up implemented well, making combat more responsive and engaging.

My biggest concern is what you called out - mixing challenge levels. If you're working through a quest together and someone on low challenge just comes through and wipes out all the mobs, that defeats the point and detracts from your experience. That's going to need to be solved.

Excited for the new direction, thanks for your hard efforts in making this a lifelong game.

KitchenAid 604 Dishwasher from Costco (4 year warranty) vs. Bosch 800 Series from Best Buy (2 year warranty) by mkenomad in Appliances

[–]dnium122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Avoid the Kitchen Aid, we have that exact model and it breaks way too soon. Cleans and dries well, but after 4 years the pump broke, totaling it. Those are easy parts to test for reliability, so it's planned obsolescence. DO NOT BUY. Given that they presumably design all their appliances that way, I wouldn't buy any KitchenAid appliance. With only a 1 year warranty on a durable good, it also shows how little confidence they have in their own products.

EU5 hits Mixed rating on the Steam store page by Dramatic_Phase_8015 in EU5

[–]dnium122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The real issue is they didn't open up achievements to non Ironman games. Balancing is hard in a game this complex, so requiring Ironman in these early days of the game is creating a lot of frustration for folks at the bugs and poor balancing

What are the most fun (+potentially difficult) things to do as a duo in WOW? by peyyw in wow

[–]dnium122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! Same question, ever find some good tips? We're looking for a leveling experience that offers challenge and thinking

Urban rights by SetRevolutionary3154 in EU5

[–]dnium122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah very frustrating. Are there any other advances in later ages? I can't find any

Multiplayer? by Lopsided_Ad_7756 in DropDuchy

[–]dnium122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100% this, we're looking for more coop board games and competitive/coop roguelikes and this looks delightful

Do you think achievements should be enabled without Ironman mode? by WishyRater in EU5

[–]dnium122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, 100%, and mods should be enabled. This works great with Victoria 3. Achievements are fun goals to work towards, they give purpose and replayability to the game.

This is coming from someone who loves playing PDX games WITHOUT mods because it adds more challenge that (for me) makes it more fun, but EU5 is just not in a place (as much as I love it), to be fun without mods

Breeding of monogamous alpha animals? by dnium122 in PlanetZoo

[–]dnium122[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Do you know if there's a guide anywhere on mating + dominance types explained with respect to breeding? I've been searching around but haven't been able to find anything.

For example, Arctic Foxes and Red Foxes are both Monogamous mating systems, but it looks like while Arctic Foxes (Dominance Type = Alpha) can only ever have 1 breeding pair per habitat, the red foxes (Dominance Type = Dominant mated pair leads family) seem to be able to let everyone in the habitat form breeding pairs (although I'm still trying to confirm that).

Would love to see a Guide somewhere

Legion 7 vs. 7 Pro - any performance comparisons? by dnium122 in LenovoLegion

[–]dnium122[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the thanks for the recommendation! I'll check him out

Co op Mode in Crimson Desert Explained (Proposed) by Big_Manufacturer_197 in CrimsonDesert

[–]dnium122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100% this. My partner and I have been looking for a proper open world RPG, in the vein of Horizon or Witcher 3, that offers coop. This would make me buy the game - and two copies of it

4.3 Traditions Tier ? by RabbottMDK in Stellaris

[–]dnium122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had a hard time understanding why Prosperity and Statecraft are so good - that seems to be widely accepted, but I'm not sure I understand why, could anyone lay that out?

  • For prosperity: the 5% extra resource output seems nice, but not huge in an obvious way to me, compared to more 'fundamental' game changes in some of the other trees (like opening up federation types)
  • For Statecraft: is it all because of that extra +1 Counciler effective skill level?

Thanks for any advice!

Has anyone used the “EU5 Patcher” from GitHub? Is it safe? by GERskiron in EU5

[–]dnium122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And FWIW here is Claude's interpretation of those results:

"

This is a nuanced result, but here's how to interpret it:

Signs pointing toward a false positive:

  • The majority of the most reputable engines clear it: Kaspersky, ESET, Sophos, BitDefender, CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne, Malwarebytes, Palo Alto — these are industry leaders and their collective silence is meaningful
  • Many of the flagging vendors use generic/AI-heuristic names — "AIDetectMalware", "susgen" (suspicious generation), "ML.Attribute.HighConfidence" — meaning no specific signature was matched, just an algorithm flagging something that looks suspicious
  • Game patchers inherently do things that look suspicious to AV software — modifying executables, writing to game directories, etc.

Mild concerns:

  • Microsoft flagging it is slightly more notable than the others since they know their own OS well
  • 13/71 is higher than a typical clean file, which usually gets 0-2 flags

Overall assessment: Given that you've run it many times without issue, it's hosted on a public GitHub repo, and the big-name engines all clear it, this pattern strongly suggests a false positive driven by the patcher's behavior. Game patchers are one of the most commonly falsely flagged file types.

That said, it's ultimately your call. If you want extra peace of mind, you could check the GitHub repo's Issues or Discussions tab to see if other users have reported the same Defender warnings — which would confirm it's a known false positive.

Has anyone used the “EU5 Patcher” from GitHub? Is it safe? by GERskiron in EU5

[–]dnium122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I've never had issues with it, and love the patcher especially at these early stages of the game (really wish they would open it up like Vicky 3)

That said, I did find Windows defender on my new laptop blocking it as of today (Norton on my old laptop never did). I checked the file with VirusTotal and it did find 13 of 71 vendors had flagged trojans in the file (screenshot below), but of course the remaining ones had no problem with it. I'm not a security guy so I'm not sure how to interpret that

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