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Skyrim Special Edition gets new HD Texture Pack, overhauling all creatures | DSOGaming
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this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2023
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I am NOT playing this game again! I already bought it like 3 times and sunk like 1000 hrs in it. My backlog needs to be cleared first.
I just need to finish playing Morrowind and I'll get right on Oblivion. But I hear there's no rush. ES VI is still like a decade away.
LoL I finished Morrowind and Skyrim, but never finished Oblivion.
I got stuck in that island portal with that crazy daedric Prince where everyone is insane.
Wholly recommend going back to it, even if at a lower difficulty. Shivering Isles was a great dlc and imo better than the base game. Main issue with Oblivion was that the levelling was really messed up, similar to Morrowind but without the transparency and with many more issues with enemy-scaling. Keeping a low level means you can enjoy the story without having to deal with the levelling system issues as much
Didn't this happen several editions ago too?
I haven't played Skyrim since it came out. Actually, what's the special edition entail?
Its 64 bit instead of 32 bit (better for modding), has better graphics and all the dlc included. Overall the same as old skyrim with the right mods.
Oh, cool, I only got into modding a couple years ago replaying Morrowind/oblivion/fallout 3, how is 64bit better for modding?
I'm guessing it's because 64-bit means mods can use more memory, which means you can have larger, more intense mods.
You mean compared to the 4gb limit of 32-bit systems , right?
I'm aware of that limit, but I'm not clear on exactly how that affects modding.
Like the mods they make don't have to be limited to using 4 gigabytes of memory?
Yup. It could be limited to 2GB depending on the software (e.g. some programming languages/platforms need the top bit to be clear, which halves the 4GB limit). I don't know about Skyrim in particular, but 2GB and 4GB are both quite limiting for the game+mods.
With 64-bit, the game+mods can use basically as much memory as it wants.
That's super interesting. So as all of our computers have been kind of switching over to 64-bit, has the whole modding community been moving over to 64 bit as well? Well they must be.
I've been blown away by some of the mods I put on the elder scrolls and fallout games, far grander and expansive than I would expect a mod to be able to improve a game, so maybe some of those are 64-bit.
I think I'm going to look into that. Thanks again
It depends on the game of course. 32-bit games restrict mods to 32-bit address space because they share the same process. Modders don't really get to choose, unless they do something funky like start a separate process to hold memory or something.
Got it, makes sense. That is such an interesting world, all these people devoting so much of their time and energy to these projects that must be almost unanimously passion projects
Yup, which isn't that different from Lemmy and adjacent apps.
Oh yeah that's a damn good point. I had never heard of the fediverse until Reddit shut down third party apps, then I left that day and I like this place much better, but I still don't understand pretty much anything about it.
It's both simple and complex.
Think of each instance as a service like Reddit. Each has its own users, communities, admins, etc. If you want to look at a community on another instance, you can ask your instance to start listening for new posts and whatnot, and then your instance will have a copy of that community. If you then post to that copy, your post will be sent to the original community so other people can see it.
Anyone can make their own instance and access all of the content across all of the lemmy instances. Think of it like making your own cable TV service, where you can access all of the channels available and even make your own channels to share with others. A lot of people aren't willing or able to make their own, so people in the community make some available for others to use. But someone has to pay for all of that server space, so some instances ask for donations, and others limit how many users can use their instance.
And then you get to apps. There are several mobile apps, like Jerboa, Thunder, and others, and these are by and large passion projects. If you wanted, you could get involved and submit changes that the maintainer could accept and include in the next build of your favorite app (I've done that). Or if there's a core lemmy feature you wanted, you could contribute to that project.
It's a cool project where anyone can help out, and success or failure of the project doesn't depend on a company finding a way to profit from it, but from people being interested in working on it.
Thanks for the breakdown, I understood the basic structure all right, although I didn't really understand how the communities were able to see each other across instances, but thinking about it is public broadcast channels. Makes sense.
I think my brain gets it, but I have to just internalize it for a while until it makes intuitive sense to feel comfortable floating out here in the fediverse.
I appreciate the explanation, it does help me kind of pull things together from the hints I've been getting from context clues as I read posts and comments and updates here.
Yeah, it's certainly a very different concept vs other social media apps.
The coolest thing, imo, is that it's all open source software, so if you ever wanted, you could mess with it and host it yourself. The biggest benefit is that other people can review the code, so nobody is going to be able to add in malicious code like spyware, ads, trackers, etc, without someone noticing, assuming you trust the instance you're on. Many of the apps are also open source. The downside is that since it's a community driven project, unless you build it, you'll just have to wait until someone picks up whatever feature you request.
One thing to be aware of is that all the data is open, including votes, so if someone can tie your Identity to your account, they'll be able to know everything you've contributed and voted on. And if someone sets up an instance, they can have it never delete anything. That's a double edged sword, so just be careful.
If you have any questions, I'm happy to try to answer them.
Yea, I think the open source thing is what hooked me. I moved over to Linux years ago, then my office programs, then most of my programs became open source, and while open source projects have their drawbacks, I'd much rather be on an open source network or use an open source program than centralized.
I'm the same way. I've been using Linux for ~15 years, and I generally prefer open source when deciding between options. I'll make exceptions (e.g. I love Steam because of good Linux support), but most of my software is open (Blender, Firefox, etc).
I admit to a dual boot just so I can easily use windows for games. But for animation and literally everything outside of gaming on a computer, I use. Linux. Just makes more sense. Is blender specifically for 3D modeling or does it have animation capabilities as well? I've seen people make amazing things with it, but I like tinkering with 2D animation so I haven't touched blender yet.
Yeah, Blender can do animation too, they even made a short film all within Blender (Big Buck Bunny).
I don't know if it can do 2D animation though.
Oh cool, I'll go look up the bunny flick
I feel like "Skyrim gets HD texture pack mod" isn't news. Is it because of the AI?
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