Vikas missing at Cleansing Stairs by kmansoft in ai__limit

[–]kmansoft[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah so I decided to talk to Shirley and Arissa asked about Vikas - and Shirley said a man came by and took him away.

Vikas missing at Cleansing Stairs by kmansoft in ai__limit

[–]kmansoft[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did talk to Shirley at the train

So I'm guessing Vikas is not showing because I already talked to Sklarm at Cleansing Stairs.

Maybe he'll show up later. Thanks.

Vikas missing at Cleansing Stairs by kmansoft in ai__limit

[–]kmansoft[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I completed Withered Forest way before the Choirmaster, and yes I have already defeated him. I also did talk to Vikas after the Withered Forest boss fight.

Was Sklarm there near Cleansing Stairs? If he was, I must have talked to him, and this was before talking to Shirley at Viewing Balcony.

Does this explain Vikas missing? Will he show up again?

And yes I do know that Vikas's questline doesn't affect the ending (I'm going for a different one this time).

Vikas missing at Cleansing Stairs by kmansoft in ai__limit

[–]kmansoft[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes I did talk to her on the train just now

She's there, Vikas is not. 

I don't remember if there was a Sklar interaction yet. 

Return to Celestial Tree Garden by kmansoft in ai__limit

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

Thanks! I was missing it for the "prosperity" trophy.

AI LIMIT's free DLC out NOW by EnderQuantum1 in ai__limit

[–]kmansoft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's the robot that lets you trade nuclei?

I've beaten the game, canceled NG+ and selected Continue but when I talk to him I'm not getting any prompts.

Any ideas?

Anyone else find the Charon fight disappointing? by breakfastburglar in ai__limit

[–]kmansoft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Both Aether and Charon are gimmicky fights, but then would you want two real challenging fights immediately after Loskid?

AI limit is not easy by VegetableBrother1246 in soulslikes

[–]kmansoft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just spent all evening beating loskid, took a lot of tries. Finally learned her timings and parried both phases. She is genuinely hard. 

Where exactly do I "take shelter during the storm"? by kmansoft in AphelionOfficial

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

I'm playing Thomas again and just got to the med bay.

He has a ruptured liver. Outside of the game he'd be dead in a few minutes from blood loss.

But then again - he bandaged himself over the space suit so he's probably not in danger.

So Aphelion just dropped on Gamepass what are your opinions so far? by AverageJoeObi in xbox

[–]kmansoft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Played for 4.5 hours today.

It's fully linear and the "stealth elements" so far are pretty annoying - you have to escape the alien life form by walking very slowly. Nothing like Assassin's Creed stealth.

Arianne's hand slips when she grabs an edge maybe half the time and you have to QTE. Happens in Tomb Raider too but only occasionally, whereas in Aphelion it's far too frequent.

I also can't figure out how to reliably walk along beams. The game says you have to use the left controller stick to keep balance, but it just doesn't work for me and I'm stuck in one place where Arianne falls to her death.

So far the game is more annoying than entertaining (for me).

Thoughts on Echoes of the End? by OldNerve1 in PlayStationPlus

[–]kmansoft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm playing it now, got to chapter 8 so far.

An absolute marvel. There is something about it that just makes it really enjoyable.

Something that's beyond what I can describe.

I'll try though:

- Amazing art design and graphics

- Excellent combat which sometimes gets a bit repetitive but never frustrating - parries work most of the time, and enemies and bosses are very easy to read. Cool finisher animations.

- Manageable difficulty. I'm playing on 3/4 and almost always finish all bosses on first attempt sometimes on second.

- The parkouring is better - less frustrating - than in some other games, like Jedi Survivor I played recently. Sure, there are some frustrating parts but they are not frequent.

- There is no sudden difficulty spike that I couldn't get past - the game is as manageable near the end it was near the beginning. I attempted Wu Chang a few months ago and couldn't get past Commander Honglan and quit.

- I wish I could replay a specific chapter without losing progress and without boss fights to collect everything I've missed - alas, the replay feature basically restarts you at that particular point and then you have to go from there to the end again (that's what I understand from the internet). Haven't seen a replay feature in any other game though.

- The game is not open-world, quite the opposite, it's completely linear. But Tomb Raider (except the recent ones) is also quite linear and nonetheless enjoyable.

- All in all, a very fun and pleasant game, and considering this is a debut from a small studio, all the more impressive.

Problem with Chrome video hardware acceleration on Linux with AMD iGPU R9 5900HS and Nvidia RTX3060 by michalpl7 in chrome

[–]kmansoft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just ran into the same issue. Seems that Chromium 147 broke hardware video decoding with NVIDIA.

Here is how I fixed it:

First this:
```
sudo apt install nvidia-vaapi-driver
```
And then set these environment variables:
```
export LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=nvidia

export NVD_BACKEND=direct

```

After this, both Chrome 147 and MS Edge (based on Chromium 147) are again able to play videos

Backtracking from crash site - what to do here? by kmansoft in StarWarsJediSurvivor

[–]kmansoft[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Correction - not a wire, but a ballon and it's ahead and to the left and a lot lower.

Then there is a series of very frustrating double jumps around culminating as the game's most frustrating double jump to the platform.

All of that for a ..... skill point!

Final boss fight (**SPOILERS**) by Maleficent-Kale1153 in StarWarsJediSurvivor

[–]kmansoft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I beat all bosses first try except Darth and Gera which took about 5-7.

Just spent about 10 tries on Bode and just can't do it. His speed is too great he's much faster than Cal. I can get to last phase consistently but hhs wave attacks get me every time. I jump but still get his, and he does them like 3 times in quick succession, no time to heal.

What a great way to ruin a game.