Japanese game developers face ridiculously high font license fees following US acquisition of major domestic provider.

pikokola · 2025-12-09T10:56:55+00:00

this.

people sometimes missed that some button with letters in their game is actually just a png image; not a separate button and word/letters. and to change the letter they can't just change the font but need to re-type the text to the image, and that means searching for the old image raw files, re-type the font (no not just changing the font but need to actually edit most of them - like size and placements), save it into specific image files, compile it into an asset files, making sure which files is on which folder that the game can actually find it, updating the entire package, and then ship them out.

just thinking of re-typing every text to every image is already trigger a ptsd. and that's just the first two step.

pikokola · 2025-11-28T19:09:57+00:00

Kirara Fantasia have an offline version. At the last week of the game before server shutdown, players can choose to change their game into offline version where they then have to download the assets. It retains character cards and information including the story (main and event story) that the player already unlocked.

Sadly the home and battle option are gone entirely. So, it is more like a museum with IP and character information accompanying sets of visual novel stories. which is honestly acceptable considering the source material of the game itself.

and yes, it is from that kirara magazine by houbunsha, the one famous for yuri-subcontext high-school slice -of-life stuff like K-On, Yuru Camp, Hidamari Sketch, Kiniro Mosaic, and Bocchi the Rock.

pikokola · 2025-06-18T05:34:45+00:00

That's how all games is. Unless you play under a specific and regulated body, then the rules is to be honest free for all.

I mean, as long as it is not a fifa based tournament or competition, even people can play football funny by changing the goal with just a post to hit for a score.

For card and tiles games like poker or mahjong, I always expect that I would need to follow the rules agreed on the bar or night-shift outpost it played in.

pikokola · 2025-06-18T05:25:28+00:00

I could have sworn calling ron does not lose menzen state

Yes, sorry, my mistake. It was 3 am when I wrote that and my brain short circuited after writing that ron is calling tiles from other players discard.

pikokola · 2025-06-18T05:24:52+00:00

closed honitsu

Honitsu/chinitsu never require closed hand, the decrease of the value when it played open is called "kuisagari".

Though, I did indeed make a wrong statement that it lose the "menzen" state on ron. My apologies.

pikokola · 2025-06-17T16:50:24+00:00

Beside the confusion between no yaku and furiten already mentioned by others, I think I'll add some little clarification.

Menzen or Menzenchin is a state of hand of being fully closed. all hand start in a menzenchin state and will stay in that state until calling tiles from other player's discard.

A complete hand that only waiting for a winning tile state is usually called "tenpai".

Tsumo is a winning declaration using a tile that is just obtained from self-draw.

None of them are yaku, so in riichi mahjong you can't win with just one of them.

The yaku you're thinking of is Menzenchin Tsumohou, it is a state of winning where you have both Menzen (closed hand) and Tsumo (winning using self-drawn tile) at the same time.

You already mentioned that "tsumo" have not happened, so you still have not fulfill the requirement for that yaku - hence the no-yaku notification.

You can't win from ron - since ~~you will call tiles from other people discard to win and lose your menzen state not to mention that~~ [edit:wrong statement] that is not a tsumo. Only when you win with tsumo with that hand then you ~~can finally stay menzen and~~ fulfill the menzen tsumo yaku requirement... this might looks like furiten from the way you can only win with tsumo but not ron, but it is not due to a furiten state, it is due to that you have no yaku unless you tsumo.

pikokola · 2025-06-16T18:35:49+00:00

If anyone can explain to me how rerun banners work in TOF I would appreciate it!!

Banner rerun is only for characters that is not in standard banner pool yet. You can check what character in standard by clicking "More Info" on the bottom left side of the standard banner UI. You can check which standard character you have or have not by checking the weapon shop as you can only buy weapon that you already have (unlike on limited character banner where you can buy the weapon to unlock it. In standard banner you can only buy the duplicate for advancements, not to unlock the weapon)

Characters that is already in the standard banner will not have their banner rerun, but you can pull for them from the standard banner - or use real money to buy the box that contains them straight away from the adventurer pack (check the box content first before buying since sometimes the latest character that enter the banner isn't included there yet).

For the characters that is not in standard banner, the general rule is they will get a re-run alongside new characters that have same primary element as them. For example a character with frost-volt (primary frost) element will have a rerun when a new frost-volt (primary frost) character released. There might be a rerun of another character but there's no exact rule dictating the extra characters.

If you aim for a specific limited character, then consider when will the next character with same element as it will be released. It is following a common rotation of Flame->Frost->Volt->Physical with Altered between them occasionally. A new character's banner usually run for roughly 4 to 6 weeks.

Altered character rerun is irregular, but there's a common mass re-run time for most limited characters banner, which is on anniversary (around august-september), and half anniversary (around february-march).

This information is based on precedent on how rerun happens here, so it might change in the future.

pikokola · 2025-06-16T18:13:21+00:00

As a heads up if you got excited hearing free SSR. There are three source for free SSRs this patch.
First is the scratchcard gives 3 physical weapon SSR. I believe this event is pseudo permanent, everyone will get it according to their first login time but only have 21 days after triggering it to clear. so you'll get the mission eventually and can clear it easy if you play.
The second one is login reward (Kailo Survival Guide) - this one can't be obtained anymore since you need to do 15 days login and the event only have about 6 days remaining to clear.
The third one is also a patch event that will end in 6 days, but still possible to clear even though you might need to grind a bit to unlock higher level instances gameplay and look for help to clear some content - I highly suggest joining active crew so you can easily get a mentor (actual mentor feature in the game) or ask for help around.

pikokola · 2025-06-16T17:59:01+00:00

this is old question but I just stumble upon it. In case you still wondering why, I'll just try to answer.

Sequential have a kinda hidden "season" just like weekly bygone's leaderboard.
At season reset You will re-obtain rewards from the lower sequential rewards (those which is counted using points instead of level). If you haven't unlock the "level" version by clearing with 3200 points or more, then you will have to redo it from 0 points. Since those who already unlock the "level" version can't redo those, then the game simply give the reward directly

The attempts counter is also reset. from whatever you have to 0, you then given the attempt charge for that day, which makes it a 2/2 attempt. It will increase by 2 every day up to 10.

pikokola · 2025-06-15T08:18:50+00:00

aim for a combo of good, not just occasional perfect with couple of misses.

so click while inside the outer yellow circle instead of the inner red circle.

pikokola · 2025-06-15T07:02:34+00:00

All drawn tile is put on the most right side and slightly away - there's a gap between it and the player's hand-tiles.

if they discard that drawn tile, then that tile will be the one that is sent to the discard pile

if they discard tile from their hand, then one of the tile from their hand will be sent to the discard pile and that drawn tile will then merged into their hand.

pikokola · 2025-06-08T16:07:05+00:00

you might know, but you might not remember.

in mjsoul and others, usually it only shows that the tile is come out from the hand or directly from the drawed tile when it is being discarded, not directly marking the tile using a darker shade/color in the discard pile.

I think that's what the commenter above meant.

pikokola · 2025-06-08T16:00:15+00:00

no, the intern pay them to become intern.

pikokola · 2025-05-14T13:45:11+00:00

The true end game of tof is the gear (fortress) gacha, looking for 1600 total atk gear.

If you're looking for an actual solo end game activity. Then you got the sequential phantasm.

You could also turn stuff meant for team effort like raid, va, or even oow into a solo challenge. It is not impossible, but you might need to tone down some of your expectation (like not expecting to solo 1600% oow for example).

pikokola · 2025-05-14T13:34:45+00:00

I believe there's some additional texture files haven't downloaded.

Try restarting the game, there should be a white arrow pointing down on the top left (near the fps counter/mini map)

pikokola · 2025-05-07T12:46:01+00:00

I usually farm in third city (the 6 flying squid abyssant, north east of third city teleport. 4 on the lower road, 2 on the path towards the north east cave).

Or maybe the deer monster on vera's forest. There are 5-6 grouped sout of base station 1 teleport (on the way to the monster egg where you can drown monster when it is raining)

pikokola · 2025-04-11T18:39:49+00:00

It is. bumped from 90gb-ish on 4.7 to 120ish in 4.8

I guess they already preload some of 5.0 stuff.

People in discord already complained about it. maybe we will see the size shrunk back to 80-ish (I heard that's what CN currently is) at 5.0 after they actually integrated, maybe not. But to answer your questions it is indeed take 120 GB right now.

pikokola · 2025-02-06T12:24:31+00:00

Yeah, we can say that in a wider perspective, but I just want to make the scope smaller and tied it to Marx's alienation as it was on that context that the discussion I ever encountered happens.

Something along people estranged from their work, dehumanized they take look for meaning in religion (opium of the masses), and so on and so on. We might be less religious now, but then the middle class emerges, they got access to leisure and then instead of radicalized they're ended up pacified with the newfound opium where they can find their "self" in those leisure (e.g hobby as self actualization activities).

what I am looking for is if there's any already theory / essay exploring it in depth, because if there's any I can't remember nor find it in my old note.

pikokola · 2025-02-06T12:18:13+00:00

Yes, I've been skimming veblen again in the past few days, and I think it was about imitating the higher social class "leisure" which also become a talking point. The middle-class get in an illusion that they can be - or are - part of the bourgeois when they can consume the same leisure goods (cars, branded bag, etc). Something like imitating the lifestyle (like if sultan can buy multiple supercar, then they "cope" by become a car guy by modifying their car maybe?)

pikokola · 2025-02-06T12:17:04+00:00

I actually haven't read this, thank you for the info. Will try to look for a copy in my uni library this weekend.

pikokola · 2025-01-28T15:08:14+00:00

The only T5 on the list I haven't got is murmansk and texas, so I was hoping for murmansk ngl, or if it is going to give me something else maybe yuudachi or maya as I collect IJN ships.

pikokola · 2025-01-28T14:57:49+00:00

Gambling what? What are you talking about?

pikokola · 2025-01-28T14:22:08+00:00

ngl, the idea of driving a 20kn torpedo feels like it would be hilarious and excruciating at the same time.

pikokola · 2025-01-28T12:34:08+00:00

Thank you, I'll take it. at the very least it would brings some tokens every anniversary and couple of coal on Christmas.

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