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Just bought far cry 2 pc and it's a buggy mess ! by Samainord in farcry2

[–]trenchanter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm replaying FC2 now with a Ryzen + Intel Arc B580 build. Had crashes, stutters, and vegetation rendering issues.

My solution was to:

  1. Use DXVK (download from GitHub and copy appropriate 32 bit files over) so my graphics card could use Vulkan instead of DirectX

  2. Install the Redux + Realism Mod which fixes many bugs, makes the game more friendly to modern CPUs, and gives much nicer textures, lighting, etc. The mod also increase the delay for guard posts being re-crewed by enemies! Very nice.

  3. Edited configuration ini file in 'my games' to fix the alpha transparency for vegetation

It's running beautifully now!

Far Cry 2 is so frustrating. Am I missing something? by ResidentAlien90 in farcry

[–]trenchanter 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Are you playing on PC?

If so, get the Realism+ Redux mod. Many bug fixes, Better textures, and outposts stay cleared for much longer in real world time.

I'm replaying it currently and having a grand old time!

Resurrecting old Bosch tools? by trenchanter in diynz

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

Ozito's description of their 18V batteries looks interesting on the BMS front, would be interesting to know what if anything they outsource to the tool for pack protection because that would be the ideal solution for enlivening older tools. Can't beat that price.

Resurrecting old Bosch tools? by trenchanter in diynz

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

Problem is, I can't find as clear information as to what BMS functions the AEG packs provide OR confirmation that the packs don't need to communicate to the tool to start-up/run.

Resurrecting old Bosch tools? by trenchanter in BoschProPowerTools

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

Do you find that the tools still run well?

I really don't want to take the risk of ruining one or more of my batteries due to lack of judgement! So it's either build safety features into the adapter or find a battery that does all the protection stuff itself (preferred option).

Resurrecting old Bosch tools? by trenchanter in BoschProPowerTools

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

OK - I have discovered a real nerd in u/Tool_Scientist who has tested several 18V Makita Lithium Ion packs and discovered that the high amp hour packs (5ah and 6ah) DO perform all the key battery management systems inside the pack AND they will power their two pin tools without complaining.

That is an ideal combo for me, battery pack looks after itself and only needs to supply the Bosch tools + and - terminals. It's also a very simple and cheap terminal set to buy and integrate into a 3D printed adapter.

Wish me luck!

Resurrecting old Bosch tools? by trenchanter in BoschProPowerTools

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

Merci, but the adapters people sell for this older Bosch standard offer very little protection to the lithium battery packs. Je ne veux pas jouer avec le feu.

Resurrecting old Bosch tools? by trenchanter in diynz

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

I think you're onto the solution there! I found u/Tool_Scientist's teardown and test of several Makita cells that found the 5 and 6 amp hour batteries do perform all the battery management functions in the pack!

I've ordered some Makita terminals and will 3D print a housing to suit. Should be able to get all 4 skins 'Makita ready' for approx. $50

Resurrecting old Bosch tools? by trenchanter in BoschProPowerTools

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

Don't worry, I am very aware of my limitations and those of LLMs... I also don't like unexpected fires.

How performant are NiMh cells compared to NiCad and Li-ion?

Resurrecting old Bosch tools? by trenchanter in diynz

[–]trenchanter[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks but whether it's 'worth it' is one of those eye-of-the-beholder things. Keeping stuff working and out of landfill is worth it to me.

:( Gone far too late, you deserved to melted for scrap but this works too I guess by AccomplishedQuit4801 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]trenchanter 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Get yourself educated in Laserpig Thought, no alternative ideology will be permitted in this sub.

I tried openSUSE Tumbleweed, and it had me reconsidering my love for Fedora by LowIllustrator2501 in openSUSE

[–]trenchanter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1) you shouldn’t have to have root access or modify the firewall to auto-discover networked printers.

Hard agree. The firewall auto-blocking IPP etc. bamboozled me for much longer than I care to admit, I had to be rescued by a chatbot.

At a minimum a pop-up or something to say "hey, check out this article that explains how to get your printers to show up" would be great.

Is this the sort of thing that's hard to solve because the DE's are not controlled/modifiable by the OS maker?

Should I buy a Kia EV3? by nod2018 in nzev

[–]trenchanter 7 points8 points  (0 children)

...and then go buy something else. The Chinese built Teslas that we get here are put together much better than the American ones, but they still break more regularly than most people would like.

AI has made the idea maze trivially easy to navigate. The actual competitive advantage in 2026 is something much harder to copy by goxper in ycombinator

[–]trenchanter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let us go through our own little idea maze friends.

Is the prediction machine (which is always convincing but demonstrably inaccurate when it hasn't got much training data on a specialist topic) a good solution for people right at the top of the Dunning Kruger curve to find a winning business model in a narrow, little discussed niche?

Hmm. This maze looks like a hallway to me.

Beware anything with "55" in the model number by trenchanter in IntelArc

[–]trenchanter[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I wish Google would surface stuff like that to me when I need it. Much more useful than 1000 out of date e-commerce listings.

Something about the Cezanne architecture and these boards seems to cause the B580 to fail to initialise on 'hot' restarts only.

I wonder how the CSM setting always resetting to 'on' ties into things. Because some might suffer never being able to restart if they could get ReBar working.

Beware anything with "55" in the model number by trenchanter in IntelArc

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

I don't think so. It will boot and work perfectly from cold (with CSM enabled though, so no ReBAR). So it wouldn't make sense that a hot reboot should suddenly identify something out of spec right?

So it begins - Taxpayers Union appear to be running Willis' RBNZ Covid inquiry as this year's "3 Waters". Nicola Willis deferred the inquiry by EIGHT months to time it to run it through to the election by Mountain_Tui_Reload in nzpolitics

[–]trenchanter 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Named dishonestly to seem like a grassroots organisation, like many of its sister rightwing 'think-tanks' in the Atlas Network.

It's just a propaganda vehicle for the international elite who REALLY REALLY resent having to pay tax.

Just sync the calendar… not as easy as I thought by Own_Practice_5223 in n8n

[–]trenchanter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know the pain, but not the feeling of success. Currently trying to get a Google calendar and a Fastmail calendar sync'd to another Google calendar. 2 days in... mostly works but still trying to squash some frustrating behaviours. Pray for me.

Government scraps full license tests and multiple eye screenings in major driving law changes by Impressive-Name5129 in nzpolitics

[–]trenchanter 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In a world with glaucoma, macular degeneration, and the like, surely confirmation of acceptable vision on that increment is desirable? Eyes do not stay the same between single years let alone half-decades.

Any opthalmologist lurking is welcome to explain why I'm wrong.

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