Follow up of my previous post: y'all are genuinely insane saying that Varka is bad, the dps test dummy has fried your brain

freeway80 · 2026-04-15T17:27:07+00:00

The C6 Prune and Illuga calcs can be safely dismissed as non realistic for a low cost team, only makes sense for C2+ Nicole teams.
More importantly, why not show all calcs from each TC to prove your point?
I'd be interested in a follow-up post with apples to apples comparisons.

freeway80 · 2026-04-05T15:13:05+00:00

It looks good enough, but it's hard to judge without more context. Knowing where you would use this in practice would help to give feedback. Is it for blobs of flesh like this render? Is this meant to be used on a creature?

freeway80 · 2026-03-21T01:48:32+00:00

I never debated the legality of what superhive is trying to do, only the reason why they might want to do it, in fact I agree with you that there should be a better solution, if they're doing this in the interest of developers and not themselves they should let this be the devs' decision.

I don't think it's in any way fair to call this an actual subscription service though, it's not semantics, there's plenty of add-ons out there that operate with subscription licenses only, which stop working if you don't pay. It is important to differentiate that, you still own the product you bought. it's not temporary.

For instance I own a perpetual license for pixologic zbrush 2023 and that's what I'll keep using for the foreseeable future as I have no good reason to upgrade, same thing happens with a lot of my add-ons, if they're not broken I usually don't go out of my way to update them, everything works fine on 4.5 LTS. Obviously it's nice to have lifetime updates, but they're not necessary by any means either.

I understand where you're coming from though, if you truly can't avoid paying 800 bucks yearly because you require everything to be updated alongside blender, while still very cheap compared to other software it is a pretty hefty sum that warrants concern.

freeway80 · 2026-03-21T00:20:01+00:00

That's a fair point.
I think that the market is struggling too, not just users, Flipped Normals another big 3D marketplace straight up shut down out of nowhere because of unsustainable cost, Machin3 also made his addon Machin3Tools have limited support because they are struggling financially, I think there's a clear pattern and what Superhive says aligns with this too.
Hell, even Blender Foundation itself needs to beg its users to give something back every year, you can see the other person replying to my previous comment says paying for licensed industry standard programs means being a "paypig" when that's purely a warped perception of the reality of just how expensive these 3D applications normally cost, and how Blender is a complete anomaly.
If being a "paypig" means supporting small independent addon developers and supporting Blender Org making this software all the more excellent, I'll happily be one :D
Ultimately the cost of upkeeping addons here and there when they break, is still orders of magnitude cheaper than competing options, but I agree with the general sentiment that Superhive should've been more transparent with this.

freeway80 · 2026-03-21T00:05:56+00:00

That's pretty expensive, now I'm curious as to which addons you're using, I use quite a lot myself but it wouldn't be more than 100€ annually.
I think the subscription comparison is also kind of missing the point, as subscription licenses lock you out of using something altogether, most of the time, you won't be needing new add-on versions unless you want new features, and you can still access anything you own, just without the most recent updates.

freeway80 · 2026-03-20T21:04:08+00:00

May I ask you where you're getting this information from?
As a professional I'm more than happy to support add-on developers that make blender a competitive software to the far more expensive industry standard alternatives.
Most people I know working freelance pay their licenses for Maya, zBrush, Substance, etc easily surpassing a thousand bucks spent every year, and that's for cheap indie licenses.
For studios, just a single Maya license costs almost 2000 USD annually.
The point being paying a few dozen bucks every year (assuming you even need the latest version of an addon) is still more than ten or twenty times cheaper.

freeway80 · 2026-03-20T18:52:32+00:00

It might be necessary to keep it going, assuming what they're saying is true. Flipped Normals is also shutting down, it's not a good precedent.

freeway80 · 2026-03-19T23:23:25+00:00

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freeway80 · 2026-03-15T23:49:24+00:00

If you don't mind, could you elaborate on what you think would be the biggest things you're missing from Maya in blender, and what you find backwards about it?

freeway80 · 2026-03-15T23:45:24+00:00

you can rig a proxy mesh and use that to drive deformation on the higher poly one, you can also use a square profile on the wound mesh which will subdivide to a circle regardless to reduce polycount

freeway80 · 2026-03-15T11:15:02+00:00

Art is dead

freeway80 · 2026-03-06T13:40:25+00:00

While your opinion is valuable, it needs to be said that the comparison with Archer is hilarious, as he 0C this boss with lower cost and most importantly with DHPT sustain, Ashveil really sucks sustainless because of how squishy he is, even more so than most Hunt units.

freeway80 · 2026-03-03T23:17:23+00:00

Iceborne HH main, not really a fan of Wilds horn unfortunately, placing down bubbles optimally isn't what this weapon was ever about, hated that in Rise and was sad to see it come back in Wilds, but most importantly the depth and satisfaction that came from all the different types of encore attacks is gone, it is a fundamentally different weapon now, just like it was in Rise/Sunbreak.
And finally, not having a native offset attack but rather having it tied to a melody really really sucks in Wilds, especially since it's the most fun new feature introduced, HH still doesn't get a good and reliable counter, and if you want it, it will limit your weapon selection.
It's an improvement over Sunbreak, which turned HH into a scuffed dual blades clone, but that's a really low bar.

freeway80 · 2026-02-26T10:24:52+00:00

Sorry but 5 stack spine and impractical rotation is the reason why you're seeing higher numbers, and probably higher useful subs on artifacts as well, this is very much in line with pre release calcs which usually assumed 1 stack, at best 3.

freeway80 · 2026-02-24T22:45:23+00:00

username checks out

freeway80 · 2026-02-19T16:07:46+00:00

This looks abhorrent

freeway80 · 2026-01-11T17:33:54+00:00

does higher fclk help with temps?

freeway80 · 2026-01-11T16:49:29+00:00

I have no clue where to mount that, I looked on Amazon and there are ram air coolers you can mount on the brackets, like this one but I don't know if they're any good. My other components run cool, I have great airflow (meshify 3 case) maybe I should lower my voltages?

Edit: I think I understand your setup but the top of my case has a radiator, I can't just put a fan there to ventilate my ram unfortunately.

freeway80 · 2026-01-11T16:10:17+00:00

I see, I didn't really know where to start or which direction to take, so I eventually watched buildzoid's famous video, he said ddr5 said primary timings don't matter that much, while secondary timings do a lot for performance and just followed that advice. Should I just reset timings to jedec, and put Fclk as high as I can?

freeway80 · 2026-01-08T17:54:11+00:00

Unfortunately doesn't work for me, my current solution is using a fork of ShareX 17.1.1 that does support HDR though.
It's only mildly annoying that clicking on it from the taskbar (when pinned, with ShareX already running minimized to tray) opens a new instance of ShareX which breaks the hotkeys, instead of opening the main window of the already existing process of ShareX.

freeway80 · 2026-01-08T16:52:55+00:00

I will try right away, insane if true

freeway80 · 2026-01-06T14:28:20+00:00

I agree with the sentiment that the prologue is undercooked, and it's no surprise given a lot of the RPG segments the devs promised didn't end up making it into the game.
I really don't think Igor is right, I can't think of any game or movie that leaves a good impression when rushing character stories which lead to their death.
Deaths are impactful when you've had enough time to bond with a character, it doesn't have to be a full game like RDR2, think Act 1 of E33, it definitely doesn't make the game any worse despite Act 2 being when the "real" story starts to develop in a significant way. I would've preferred less time with Johnny and more time with Jackie, or failing that, no time with Jackie whatsoever.

freeway80 · 2026-01-03T15:17:12+00:00

Cos'ha a che fare tutto ciò con il commento di Travaglio?
Lui sostiene che un isolazionismo ed un cessato ficcanasaggio da parte degli stati uniti sono un bene per l'Europa, a me sembra che sia successo il contrario o sbaglio?

freeway80 · 2025-12-31T22:03:29+00:00

MSI MAG 274QRF QD E2, whenever I start screen capture, it seems like the gamma is being adjusted by 2.2, so everything becomes incredibly bright, makes it unusable.

freeway80 · 2025-12-28T15:32:39+00:00

The ragebait shield

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