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averyminya

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I like playing devils advocate (for reasonable things) and enjoy vaporizers, video game metas, and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia!

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gmr_leon, to gaming
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Does Proton for games on Linux work without using Steam? 🤔

I know vaguely of stuff like Lutris, so I'm still wondering how gaming on Linux looks if you're not completely bought into Valve's pseudo-monopoly. That should be in line with Linux thinking, right?

If it does, hell yeah. Then the other trick might be controller stuff outside of Steam, but one step at a time.

averyminya,
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@gmr_leon I personally would stay far away from anything Epic, I hestitated to even use Lutris for the free games.

averyminya,
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@gmr_leon Phew! Not suggesting that you specifically were, but there have been many times where Lutris + getting away from Steam tend to result in the "Thank Goodness for Tiny Underdog Epic".

Every once in a while I forget that Lutris supports more than just EA/UBI/Epic because of it. No harm meant!

punkrockvader, to LEGO
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Lego Star Wars Ewok Attack (7956) from 2011! and

video/mp4

averyminya,
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@punkrockvader Nice! I just heard about this one, although it was being compared to the same era's Hoth Generator Battle! The Rebel Alliance and the Empire both have a very interactable play scene where launching a unique missile and hitting a target will "explode" the other players base. Really fun!

renolc, to gamedev
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Continuing on project whatever-it’s-called.

It took me an embarrassingly long time to get this working, but I now have some basic context steering implemented. Still somewhat jank under certain conditions, but I can at least see the feasibility on the horizon now.

Here I have some debug visuals turned so you can see what it's thinking.

2 trolls in a test level. They have colored arrows around them to indicate their desired movement, what directions they should avoid due to obstacles, and what their final computed velocity is. They avoid each other and environmental obstructions as they make their way towards the player.

averyminya,
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@renolc The Superhot-Crypt of the Necrodancer style (real time action turn based) is such a vibe

Gwendolyn, to gaming
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Hrm.
I've avoided Nier: Automata because of the fanbase/fanart, but I just got curious and actually looked up a short video and... it kind of looks like what I wish Bayonetta 3 had been.

Anyone have any experience with it? How open is this? Hub based? JRPG styled? Level based with larger stages?

averyminya,
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@Gwendolyn The game has a very wide range of genres by the time you'd played through it a few times.

That said, it's primarily an open area 3rd person action JRPG. Maybe a bit like Xenoblade Chronicles, map wise, there's a few areas you revisit as "home" but they're not really "home" if that makes sense.

I feel similarly as you do about the art and the fan base. Rest assured, the game itself is pretty separate from that and quite good. Definitely worth replaying a few times.

averyminya, to random
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@game_music you are one of my favorite things to see on the fediverse. Whether you were a written script or a dedicated person, thank you!

averyminya, to VideoGames
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The fact that Tetris Block never became a playable character in Super Smash Bros. is a disservice to the gaming community.

dfx, to retrogaming
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Back in the day, game developers needed to explain and justify each and every file that came with a game. The user was respected as the local system administrator and owner of the computer.

averyminya,
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@dfx But think of how much money they could have saved by not including this! Think of the profit margins!

greene, to gaming
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I mostly game using my Switch, but I do own two PC games on Steam (Firewatch and Transistor). My issue is that I absolutely hate playing with keyboard/mouse. Is it possible to get a controller that connects to PC and works with Steam?

averyminya,
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@greene You can connect your Nintendo controllers via bluetooth using Steam! I personally LOVE the Steam Controller, but that's not widely available anymore and can take some getting used to. I love mouse and keyboard for games that need precision, but sometimes you do want to sit back, or the game doesn't need to be as precise. It's a great medium!

But, you'll probably stick with your Switch stuff :D It's all ready for you to pair!

averyminya, to linux_gaming
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in 15 years from now are going to have a reckoning when the IRS audits me because I (and many others) put our address as McDonalds in Japan in order to buy Japanese Region games...

averyminya, to VideoGames
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, here is my Liberty ID, by the way!

fell, to linux
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Today was a bad day for Linux Gaming, at least for me.

  1. I wanted to play DCS: World with head teacking like always
  2. My system stopped recognising my Oculus Rift CV1 sensors, throwing all sorts of USB errors in dmesg
  3. I switched to the linux-lts kernel, which caused even more problems with the GPU. The graphical environment never showed up.
  4. Back on the regular linux kernel, I settled for a phone strapped to my head for head tracking.
  5. After two hours of gameplay, KWin crashed and failed to restore my open applications including the game.

I'm done for tonight. 😩

averyminya,
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@fell nore than I could say in 500 characters, that's for sure!

The most common one in my life is the USB port getting shorted, effectively killing it? But it still half-functions, just with inconsistent data delivery - I'm thinking it comes closer to a 2.0 and so any possible 3.0 protocol stops it?

All kinds of weird quirks. When it works it's great. When it doesn't work, it still kind of works? And if you expect it to work, it means that it's definitely NOT going to work...

averyminya, to gaming
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, are you missing the feeling of crushing steel beneath your feet? Try your hand at clearing bug holes! With a simple loadout you can increase your nest-clearing speed tenfold!

If you miss the thrill of being surrounded, give this a go!

@games @gaming @gaming @pcgaming @pcgamer

averyminya,
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@littlebluespark A gatlin sentry is a great addition to this toolkit! I'm a fan of the Gatlin Barrage and the Orbital Airburst myself! I am the sentry!

averyminya, to gaming
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, The Harvest is upon us! Pave the way for the new E-710 Production lines!

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averyminya, to gaming
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! A new Major Order has been received from Super Earth! We have just over 24 hours to Liberate the 3 Terminid planets, Estanu, Crimsica, and Hellmire! However, the forces on Hellmire are currently impeding on the rapid spread of Liberty to Estanu and Crimsica.

Consolidate your forces, Helldivers! Remember the beginning of Phase 4!

@games @games @gaming @gaming @pcgaming @pcgaming @pcgamer

averyminya, to gaming
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Late night get to your post and liberate planet Maia! 1.5% Decay means Consolidation is the only way!

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SomeGadgetGuy, to tech
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I'm no fan of Meta/Facebook, but it is a little irritating listening to some of the Quest 3 reviews out there. That injection of a line like "Well, we KNOW the Quest 3 won't be as powerful or as sophisticated as the Apple Vision Pro!"

Sure. I guess. Vision Pro isn't out yet, but I get that tech journalists make more money hyping up Apple.

I just wish there was more categorizing on that point. Where a headset that isn't out yet, and will likely only sell around 100,000 units over 2024, and costs SEVEN TIMES MORE than the Quest 3.
Well, we would expect that headset to be a bit fancier right?

Maybe chilling the VR market to wait for Apple to catch up, is NOT the most responsible advice we could be giving consumers interested in VR?

#tech #technology #geek #vr #virtualreality #quest3 #visionpro #apple #meta #facebook #mixedreality

averyminya,
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@SomeGadgetGuy especially since Deckard is coming anytime now. That sweet, sweet SteamVR home update

absolutspacegrl, to space
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Trying to get all of the website access that I need before the government shuts down so that I can continue to work on my essential project of certifying spacecraft to carry humans after the government shuts down. 🤦‍♀️

It’s fine. Really. It’s all fine.

averyminya,
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@absolutspacegrl there's an extension called Monolith of Web that allows you to backup a website using the Rust tool Monolith. You'll have to go through each article and click the extension to save them all one by one, but it's a way to get them available locally offline for you.

gmr_leon, to gaming
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since free in video games has come to mean more like heavily monetized, predatory business models, and even being rife with ads, what's another word or way to describe games that are free but without all that noise?

averyminya,
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@gmr_leon that's an interesting one. I think I'd want to push all monetized F2P games into the "freemium" category. The only other thing I can think of is not very succinct - along the lines of non-monetized F2P? lol

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