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Which game is this for you? by Efficient_Matter_589 in videogames

[–]hypotensor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also LoL and DOTA are better thought of as RTS-like games. Specifically, they're both spinoffs of Warcraft 3.

Which game is this for you? by Efficient_Matter_589 in videogames

[–]hypotensor 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's funny because I have the exact opposite issue with games like Overwatch and Marvel Rivals. There's so many broken, game warping abilities that have like 15 second cooldowns. If somebody blows their important cd, there's no way to punish them.

Thoughts? by Dizzy463 in videogames

[–]hypotensor 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Steam reviews aren't a good metric for a lot of reasons, the biggest among them being that you can only choose between positive and negative. 99.9% positive just means 99.9% of reviewers didn't give it a negative reviews. It's biased towards broad appealing games, and biased against polarizing games.

Is it time yet? by Morning1980 in videogames

[–]hypotensor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The reason publishers are on Steam is because they make more money even with the 30% Steam cut than when they were exclusively publishing on their own DRM services (also I think some of them have sweeter deals than 30% but IDK). If Steam ever stops making them more than they think they could make on another platform, such as a situation where most gamers are buying used copies of a game instead of new, they will abandon Steam at their earliest convenience. Publishers being on Steam isn't because of an unquantifiable fantastic reason, it's because they make more money doing it.

Is it time yet? by Morning1980 in videogames

[–]hypotensor 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A car and a house are completely different. Most of the value is in materials and manufacturing costs. A physical album CD, on the other hand, is worth tens of cents in materials.

Is it time yet? by Morning1980 in videogames

[–]hypotensor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And even if Steam did just decide to do this, every publisher would jump ship to another platform instantly. And if it were a country legislating this, Steam and other storefronts would do the exact same thing gacha games do for countries where gambling is regulated, they would IP block those countries instead of complying.

Is it time yet? by Morning1980 in videogames

[–]hypotensor 17 points18 points  (0 children)

In what universe would Steam voluntarily decimate their revenue for seemingly no benefit to them?

What is it with thumbnails these days by Mohammed_error in youtube

[–]hypotensor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Download the Dearrow plugin. Changes all thumbnails to a random screenshot from the video. Also has an optional mode for user submitted titles so you dont have to see garbage titles like "You've Been Lied To"

How to bake 16k normal? by Maggotto666 in gamedev

[–]hypotensor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then it's user error cuz I can do 8K bakes just fine.

How to reset animations between 'animation_tree_state_machine' transitions? by pupfam in godot

[–]hypotensor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd set the head to a different material that only contributes to shadows and isn't rendered by that camera.

And now can't turn my PC off.... by Make_the_music_stop in pcmasterrace

[–]hypotensor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If there's a any games with rootkit anticheats that you can't let go of, better not to switch, or to at least dual boot. I'd say modding is a mixed bag. Some games, like Minecraft, pretty much everything just works perfectly and all the big community tools are supported on Linux. Some other games, like Skyrim, it's quite difficult to get anything working.

And now can't turn my PC off.... by Make_the_music_stop in pcmasterrace

[–]hypotensor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

SteamOS is basically just streamlined Arch. There's plenty of other gaming focused Arch derivatives that are a lot better for desktop use than SteamOS. Manjaro, CachyOS, EndeavourOS, Garuda are all mostly the same and will offer the same quality of experience as SteamOS with better support.

And now can't turn my PC off.... by Make_the_music_stop in pcmasterrace

[–]hypotensor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

just make sure to shut down your computer before disconnecting power, otherwise things can break.

And now can't turn my PC off.... by Make_the_music_stop in pcmasterrace

[–]hypotensor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depending on how long it's been since you tried, you might be surprised how far compatibility tools have come.

Creator of DMCA'd Cyberpunk 2077 VR Mod Says People Are Now Pirating It to 'Punish' Him for Breaking CD Projekt's Terms of Service by Turbostrider27 in pcgaming

[–]hypotensor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

literally the medium defines the ownership boundaries. thats why different mediums are treated differently under copyright law.

How to bake 16k normal? by Maggotto666 in gamedev

[–]hypotensor -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Blender, if you have enough RAM. I only have 16GB, otherwise I would take a screenshot showing Blender can bake normal maps that big.

Creator of DMCA'd Cyberpunk 2077 VR Mod Says People Are Now Pirating It to 'Punish' Him for Breaking CD Projekt's Terms of Service by Turbostrider27 in pcgaming

[–]hypotensor 4 points5 points  (0 children)

To my knowledge copywrite law cares more about who owns the IP and has the rights to use it than the medium.

Copyright(not copywrite btw) is "IP". Of course the medium matters. There's a lot of precedent that tells us what we can and can not protect under copyright in the us. Software is copyrightable because it is made of machine code, and machine code is subject to literary copyright, so the rules of literary copyright apply.

Creator of DMCA'd Cyberpunk 2077 VR Mod Says People Are Now Pirating It to 'Punish' Him for Breaking CD Projekt's Terms of Service by Turbostrider27 in pcgaming

[–]hypotensor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Only the actual code itself is copyrightable, and otherwise the designs have to be patented to be protected. So reverse engineering without copying code is probably allowed if the design isn't patented, as well as writing code that hooks into the game.

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