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Linux will never become more widespread untill they make it more plug-and-play in c/unpopularopinion
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

With Linux you just open the software manager and search for it with effectively 0 chance of your grandma downloading a virus.

The app store model is the Linux model. Linux just doesn't have paid apps in said stores.

KDE spotted in Dexter! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I kinda felt that way about the entire show... Some people really loved that show and I watched it just to know what they were talking about... But for the most part I kept wondering what I was missing.

I watched all of the seasons and ultimately felt like it was a good time passer but not a particularly captivating show.

Patch notes for 8 Nov 2024 in c/brightershores
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

For sure! I changed my map keybind to tab and oversized the minimap into a full map. I've been making heavy use of the "minimap" for quick navigation

I keep hearing that the Democratic Party should've paid more attention to the young white American demographic. Does this mean there was a point to the "All lives matter." movement? in c/nostupidquestions
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The problem is we had a car salesperson selling us a genuinely nice comfortable, reliable, family car vs a car salesperson selling us a "sports car" from some unknown decade with a number of questionable but loudly expressed selling points we don't understand "IT'S GOT A TURBO BOOSTMAX 9000! THAT OTHER CAR DOESN'T HAVE THAT! IT MIGHT EVEN INTENTIONALLY KILL YOU WITH ITS SO CALLED SAFETY FEATURES" belittling us for even considering taking the family car.

... we bought the "sports car."

There is a point where the salesperson is not the one responsible and the buyer is just genuinely stupid.

I keep hearing that the Democratic Party should've paid more attention to the young white American demographic. Does this mean there was a point to the "All lives matter." movement? in c/nostupidquestions
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

This is a very popular thought in the "leftist" and/or "progressive" space. However, what's your explanation for West Virginia?

I can't tell you how many people I've argued with that said "get rid of Manchin, run a real progressive."

https://web.archive.org/web/20240930203241/https://www.elliottforwv.com/issues/

Democrats are going to lose their Senate majority in no part because people decided it was better to harass Manchin into not running. Elliott is definitely much more progressive than Manchin ever was.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/west-virginia-senate-results

Elliott lost by a LANDSLIDE. How do you rationalize that? Shouldn't it have at least been close? Was he just not "progressive enough"?

I keep hearing that the Democratic Party should've paid more attention to the young white American demographic. Does this mean there was a point to the "All lives matter." movement? in c/nostupidquestions
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Because as much as Palestine is supported on lemmy there's a lot of support for Israel within the party as well.

Part of what the Trump campaign did successfully was make both of those caucuses believe that Democrats can offer them nothing while Trump might offer them a solution.

In practice, I would be surprised if Palestine isn't leveled under the Trump administration with prejudice. Trump hasn't been particularly kind to Muslims from what I've seen.

I keep hearing that the Democratic Party should've paid more attention to the young white American demographic. Does this mean there was a point to the "All lives matter." movement? in c/nostupidquestions
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Obama in his book says similar things about the filibuster. It's his major regret, not ending it when he had the chance so that he could've done more.

I keep hearing that the Democratic Party should've paid more attention to the young white American demographic. Does this mean there was a point to the "All lives matter." movement? in c/nostupidquestions
[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I think all three of those groups are in for a pretty bad wake up call regarding what their protest vote bought them...

What positive things do you expect from Trumps upcoming four years? in c/nostupidquestions
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

That's just it ... He's heavily invested in alternative energy...

Tesla makes electric cars, home and industrial battery packs, and rooftop solar. It's in his interest for Republicans to believe in climate change.

At the very least it's in his interest for Republicans to not squash electric cars and solar power.

What positive things do you expect from Trumps upcoming four years? in c/nostupidquestions
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Yes, there are a lot of them still lurking...

Liberty Tabletop, American Blanket Company, American Giant, Craftsman, etc

What positive things do you expect from Trumps upcoming four years? in c/nostupidquestions
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Republican voters

Is there a bug with knowledge? in c/brightershores
[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

You have to spend it before you can gain progress towards a new knowledge point.

I'm not sure it's a bug, but it's something they presumably might change in the future.

It's basically trying to stop you from wasting effort doing stuff ... because you won't get progress towards an additional point until you spend your current point.

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Brighter Shores Released! (social.packetloss.gg)
 

Brighter Shores has released!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2791440/Brighter_Shores/

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Hunt: Showdown 1896 Harvest of Ghosts Survey #1 (surveymonkey.com)
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Bounty Clash | Limited Time Game Mode | Hunt: Showdown 1896 (www.youtube.com)
 

One compound. One Bounty Token. Plenty of bullets.Bounty Clash, a brand-new way to play Hunt: Showdown 1896, is coming. Jump straight into the deadly action ...

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Hunt: Showdown - Update on our anti-cheat strategy (www.huntshowdown.com)
 

Hunt: Showdown is a competitive first-person PvP bounty hunting game with heavy PvE elements. Set in the darkest corners of the world, Hunt packs the thrill of survival games into a match-based format.

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Valve's Deadlock lets you turn cheaters into frogs (www.engadget.com)
 

The anti-cheat system Valve added to Deadlock allows opponents of a detected cheater to turn them into a frog.

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Hunt Showdown: 1896 Feedback Survey (www.surveymonkey.com)
 

This is Crytek's latest survey asking for feedback on the update and future game direction.

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Hunt Launch - One Month Update - Stillwater Bayou Return (social.packetloss.gg)
 

Crytek posted a status update today on Reddit.

Stillwater Update 2.0.1 – PC Steam, Ps5, Xbox Series – week of September 16th-20th

  • Visually enhanced Stillwater Bayou map returning to rotation.
  • Fixed bugs that could cause dedicated servers to crash.
  • Resolved additional infrequent crashes possible during gameplay.
  • Fixed an issue where a black screen might appear when launching the game for the first time on Windows 10

UI Specific Changes coming with Stillwater Update 2.0.1 – same as above

  • Clicking on Bloodline Info above the hunter in the lobby now opens the player profile.
  • Currencies in the menu header (top-left) now display in their respective colors.
  • Streamlined 'Quit' button interaction for keyboard and mouse users.
  • Updated 2D icons.
  • Added a shortcut command for 'Inspect Equipment' in the Lobby screen.
  • Favorite filter improvements.
  • Owned items will always appear first in the inventory.
  • Removed Gear from the Top Navigation.
  • Removed the 'Sell' confirmation popup window from the Gear screen.
  • Blood Bond prices are now more prominent when purchasing skins.
  • A distinct gold popup added for items requiring Blood Bonds to purchase.

And because of the clear emphasis on the need for reworking and improving the UI we also have this list of in progress changes targeting release in our October Update. Some fixes may arrive earlier, but it is important that we now shift to blending the work of bug fix patches with previously planned content updates.

Update 2.1 (incomplete list, this partial list focused on UI specifically) – All platforms, TBD October

  • Hunter paper doll loadout slots available in the Gear screen.
  • Dedicated play button in top nav.
  • Full shortcut button & key binding pass for clarity, consistency, and ease of use.
  • Filters and sorting remembered between games.
  • KDA shown in player details from Lobby.
  • Individual charms attached to any number of weapons again, no single application restriction.
  • Teammate's hunter level shown in the lobby.
  • Affordable and unaffordable traits are easier to visually differentiate.
  • The Grid View is set as the standard view for Recruit Screen.
  • "Show 3d item" added to the contextual side panel.
  • 280+ assorted minor bug fixes

Beyond the near-term updates above, our Road Map goals from last year continue with improvements and features still in development but not yet ready for release such as new ping limits, improved team chat functions, trade window improvements, and third slot matchmaking for duos wanting to add a random teammate. More details on those improvements will come as they approach release readiness in specific updates.

Thank you all again for your patience, your support, your feedback, and your criticisms. All of it is vital to improving the live service experience. We are mindful of both our successes and our shortfalls, and we are focused on the strongest future possible. We will not achieve any of it without a supportive and dedicated player base.

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Inside Hunt: Showdown 1896 - The CryEngine Evolves - Crytek Developer Interview - YouTube (youtu.be)
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Hunt Showdown: 1896 Community Survey (www.surveymonkey.com)
 

Originally posted to Twitter:

Hunters, we'd like to invite you to particpate in our first Community Survey since the launch of Hunt: Showdown 1896.

Take a moment to share your thoughts with us: https://surveymonkey.com/r/6PZ5DJC

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Brighter Shores Release Date Interrogation (x.com)
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Valve finally unveils Deadlock on Steam, access is still "limited to friend invite" via playtesters (www.videogamer.com)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/deadlock
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Valve has finally made the Steam page public for Deadlock, its upcoming third-person shooter / MOBA mashup.

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Updates from Crytek on Ongoing Issues & Feedback (social.packetloss.gg)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/huntshowdown
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Thursday, an update will go out to fix the following on the back end:

  • Loadouts: fixing several bugs, most notably an issue where attempting to save stacks of 2 Consumables into a loadout fails to equip them.
  • Game Lobby: fixing an issue where under specific conditions during high load, attempts at connecting to Dedicated Servers sometimes fail.
  • General stability and system resilience improvements.

Next week they're hoping to deploy client hotfix #1 which should fix the following issues:

  • The game can sometimes hard lock when opening the map during active banishment in Bounty Hunt.
  • Occasionally, the Mission Summary is unavailable after Soul Survivor or Bounty Hunt Missions.
  • Scope views are sometimes rendered with heavy blur.
  • Players can select and apply a region even when the ping limit is above maximum.

They've acknowledged the following issues and intended to address them on a weekly or bi-weekly patch basis as work progresses:

  • Game crash on consoles when adjusting the HDR setting
  • Potential crash when too many light sources are triggered simultaneously
  • Potential game stutter when entering Dark Sight
  • Hunter recruitment issues when dismissing a Hunter and changing regions
  • Performance drops when encountering the Hellborn
  • Specific compound-related performance drops
  • Infrequent game stutter and render delay when your Hunter is downed
  • Red menu cursor remains on screen in-Mission
  • Windows 10 issue with black screen on launch due to fire wall focus and Windows Security Alert
  • KDA and KD stat misrepresentation in the UI for Statistics and My Team
  • Menu preferences for filters and sorting are not saving properly
  • Bandwidth issues with News Feed updates

On the black shadows some have experienced:

The AMD RX5xx class of cards are considered below spec for Hunt: Showdown 1896 but we've seen the number of machines (roughly 3% of players attempting to play) with that class of card and are investigating an engine change to lower the requirement of dx12_1 so that dx12_0 cards are able to run without the offending shadows, we will update when one of the Hot Fixes are confirmed to be ready with that change.

On the UI feedback ... their internal testing showed it as being better for new players but moderately disliked by veteran players. They did test it but did not get this level of visceral feedback and are basically saying "we're very sorry. We'll be improving it as fast as we can."

They've also acknowledged the store skins showing up in the page to equip skins and have apologized:

  • Undisputed full refunds if you send a ticket to customer service when you make an accidental purchase. Apologies this shouldn't be needed.
  • Hot Fix in works that fixes remembering your filters and you can filter them to not show up in your menu. Apologies again, should not have shipped this way.
  • Even if you leave them visible the iconography should be more clear and confirm to buy should be a hold button not a press.

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