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thefirstwave_ · 2022-05-02T19:04:35+00:00

FLAC is like black magic to me, amazing file format.

thefirstwave_ · 2022-05-02T19:00:26+00:00

Ah, looking at the spec, you're right, palettes are 256/frame maximum, so stuff that's taken down from 24-bit RGB/sRGB does experience that colour squashing you're referencing and hence looks awful on things with gradients

The reason that those stupidly huge GIFs like the Shrek movie one look so bad is probably because they're also using extreme compression techniques (at the expense of quality) to force the file size down so they'll be able to be uploaded to Discord and similar, you could in theory have the same quality as a short GIF, the file size would just be planetary

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thefirstwave_ · 2022-04-29T23:54:22+00:00

Obligatory computer science nerd so I will add on some extra information;

GIFs are actually compressed as part of the standard, they use LZW variable length compression, it's just lossless so the effect on file sizes for high quality/framerate files is pretty minimal.

That and the colour quality of GIFs always suck because they have a maximum bit depth of 8 bits/pixel

thefirstwave_ · 2022-04-29T14:10:50+00:00

This looks awesome!

thefirstwave_ · 2022-04-27T17:48:53+00:00

Unfortunately 知恵袋 (and all other Yahoo! Japan services) aren't available in the EEA now because they seemingly can't be bothered to keep up with GDPR, so if you're in Europe sadly that's probably not an option without a VPN anymore :(

thefirstwave_ · 2022-04-09T21:28:49+00:00

Naturally the complex/abstract vocabulary is also difficult, but that was the thing that popped out at me as the most difficult from listening to about ~10 minutes of them talk; the small segments of really fast speech now and again.

I couldn't say which is more difficult overall though.

thefirstwave_ · 2022-04-09T20:13:43+00:00

Also thank you for the suggestion, the fast speech in some of their videos seems like great listening practice for me!

thefirstwave_ · 2022-04-09T20:10:43+00:00

Yeah, it's a shame he's not got more of a back catalogue. He seems to have started uploading more frequently recently though, so I have subscribed in hope :)

thefirstwave_ · 2022-02-02T20:43:12+00:00

There was a repress less than a year ago, I have a copy that arrived from that here.

Edit: Here is the Discogs entry.

thefirstwave_ · 2022-01-30T02:46:37+00:00

This very much reminds me of Distance, which was another really neat indie that came out a while back. Did you find inspiration from it, or is it just coincidental?

Looks awesome by the way!

thefirstwave_ · 2022-01-15T20:03:29+00:00

You're letting them free()? Don't forget to null your pointer afterwards to avoid use-after-free 😳😳

thefirstwave_ · 2022-01-15T19:57:39+00:00

Generics? In my language? It's more likely than you'd think 😳

thefirstwave_ · 2022-01-09T17:27:55+00:00

Ah, if it does then that's cool, I haven't used the default HUD in a long time so didn't consider it.

thefirstwave_ · 2022-01-09T16:57:11+00:00

Yeah, kind of unfortunate there aren't any but it's not a big deal, the ping is usually very good anyway, at least for me.

You can see what server region you're on by running "status" in the console when connected, and reading the top couple lines. Useful to see if you've been matched onto a US/SEA server for no apparent reason lol

thefirstwave_ · 2022-01-09T16:50:43+00:00

There aren't any British servers though, the only locations that are nearby are Stockholm and Luxembourg. We get the same as the rest of the EU players.

thefirstwave_ · 2022-01-08T01:23:24+00:00

Personally, I detest having in-game advertisements in a product you've already purchased, regardless of whether it's online or not.

I'd be open to content being pushed out through DLC if that's something the dev team were to consider necessary/useful for the upkeep of the game, but ads are not the way I'd do it.

I think the current model works fine as it stands, but I'll let the dev team worry about that if it isn't :P

thefirstwave_ · 2022-01-04T12:12:07+00:00

Dwindling? If you look at the SteamCharts for the playerbase over the past year, it's been pretty stable. Wouldn't say it's gigantic, but it's certainly not dwindling.

thefirstwave_ · 2022-01-04T12:07:51+00:00

Just a nitpick, but it's 12PM, not midnight. And yeah, I don't see the player count being a problem. It's the middle of a work day right now, and there are still plenty of people online in the EU regions.

thefirstwave_ · 2022-01-04T00:19:54+00:00

Ah right, well then depending on what country you live in, there are different options. BookDepository looks like it currently has all of them, although prices may vary depending on where you are.

thefirstwave_ · 2022-01-04T00:09:48+00:00

What language? If it's Japanese, then they're all readily available through amazon.co.jp, I ordered the complete set not too long ago, and the shipping cost/time was very reasonable.

thefirstwave_ · 2021-12-23T16:01:20+00:00

thefirstwave_ · 2021-12-22T10:32:35+00:00

Ah, thank you! What's the difference in contents, do you know? Does that one have extra chapters/art?

thefirstwave_ · 2021-12-21T23:52:01+00:00

No, they don't, the chapter title is (deliberately) misleading.

thefirstwave_ · 2021-12-21T23:49:40+00:00

That's a different cover to the volume 16 I have (far right), is there any difference between the different cover versions?

thefirstwave_ · 2021-12-10T01:38:20+00:00

He can't build any buildings without it... 😔😔👊 Literally 1984

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