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[–] pory 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Native 4k output instead of a crappy upscaler or a RetroTink which costs more alone than this Analogue product. N64's native composite is laggy and hideous on a flatscreen TV, you need something like this or a retrotink or a CRT to make the games look good. Even if the Analogue couldn't play ROMs off an SD card (it can, if Analogue's previous products are any indication), you could just stick a Summercart in it.

I personally am a ride-or-die CRT player for my retro consoles, but big CRTs are getting rarer and living rooms less accommodating. And N64's library has a ton of absolutely killer party games that are best experienced on a big TV with your friends, not a dark retro cave on a 20" CRT the way SNES RPGs are. If someone I knew wanted to go a "step past" emulation, I'd absolutely recommended this thing as the second shopping list priority. In order (imo):

Real N64, Real CRT, Summercart/ED64X7 (most authentic, and also cheapest if and only if you can source a CRT that fits your needs)

Analogue 3D, HDTV they already have

Real N64, RetroTink, Summercart/ED64X7 (more expensive than option 2 even if they already have the console and summercart lol)

Real N64, RetroTink or CRT, buying real copies of games at jacked-up collector prices

[–] pory 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Balatro Mobile Maker works because the game's engine (LOVE 2D) is designed from the ground up to be multiplatform. It's trivial to "port" compared to other engines.

[–] pory 1 points 1 month ago

There is a constitutional amendment that protects porn though. The first. What's changed in Texas isn't porn's legality, but restrictions on distribution (though yes, Texas's law is useless and completely misunderstands the internet's dynamics)

[–] pory 1 points 1 month ago

You can use pinchflat or tube archivist to "self-host" youtube as well. It still obviously gets the content from Google's servers but lets you manage the videos locally (and even apply Sponsorblock if you like)

[–] pory 1 points 1 month ago

Work required for ROA1 level of "workshop characters" is exponentially higher in the new art style and engine. When/if this game gets Steam Workshop, it'll probably end up with more "tweaked/cloned" characters than totally new wacky MUGEN stuff like ROA1.

[–] pory 1 points 2 months ago

Nintendo's stuff is free on day 1, or a few years after release if it's their Wii U stuff. I think the first Wii took a year before the Twilight Hack happened.

Let's hope they fuck up again on the Switch 2!

[–] pory 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Any bot that doesn't actually use lemmy's "I'm a bot" protocol (so I can hide it completely) gets downvoted. It's the only thing I even bother downvoting on Lemmy.

[–] pory 2 points 5 months ago

TTW needs an installed copy of Fallout 3 to rip assets from (it's a New Vegas mod).

[–] pory 4 points 5 months ago

Well, there's an oddly existential argument to be made that "funny" AI answers like this or adding a pot of Elmer's Glue to pizza sauce to get the cheese to stick are valued. Simply because those are the posts I've seen from Google AI, and I've never touched the feature myself.

By letting a language "speaker" learn from Reddit and forums, we created an approximation of "that guy who thinks he's a comedian" because that guy is always there and always drowns in upvotes. Clearly, he's a valuable part of the discourse!

[–] pory 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Reminds me of Heretic's Fork.

[–] pory 9 points 6 months ago

Right? Training data is an absurd blob of everything the algorithm can get its hands on. It's like trying to assure that there's no alcohol or coca-cola in a lake.

[–] pory 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah, waiting on Hades 1's full release was easy since it was EGS exclusive for the entire early access phase. This one's gonna be harder to dodge until it's done.

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This post is the work of /u/DarkstarChimera on Reddit, not me.

https://youtu.be/RIvWB6qfs3w

What has ANet done?

Build/Gear

Builds: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PagAsilJwOYIMK2IO2WfxCA-zRJYmRDfZEZCkbB49BIQNwDA-e

DPS: Strength of Shadows grandmaster trait, +100 condi / +70 expertise food, master tuning crystal or tuning icicle

Alac: Shadestep grandmaster trait, +15% poison / +70 condi food, toxic focusing crystal (use tuning for 2 less condi)

Rotation

DPS https://dps.report/X4Cl-20230627-195822_golem

Alac https://dps.report/HlyP-20230627-191453_golem

Rotation: basically identical, base off the existing DPS rotation.

For Alac you need to go into shroud immediately to start pumping Alacrity. As a result, you trigger Quick Pockets and Doom early and waste the Initiative. To fix this, I manually weapon swap outside shroud in between the first and second shroud.

  • Exit shroud
  • Twilight Combo
  • Siphon
  • Twilight Combo x4
  • Shadow Bolt, Double Bolt
  • Weapon swap

After this, manually weapon swap off cooldown. If you're too slow, or you start doing shorter shrouds (to "catch" the cooldowns of your utility skills), then your enter-shroud will align with this manual weapon swap. In such case, stop weapon swapping and just let Enter-shroud trigger QP and Doom.

I will experiment with Shroud 3 casts for the Alac build to provide more barrier to allies, but it should be a DPS loss on golem. If you interrupt the target you'll get a modest DPS increase.

Ally-targeted autos aren't worth it for DPS, because we now have a 1-second cooldown on giving allies Rotwallow Venom. You can still share 1 stack to 4 allies at once via Consume Shadows or Scepter autos, which is nice, but it's not optimal for DPS. I like that—targeting allies for optimal DPS leaves a bitter taste in my mouth since this game really isn't designed for such a thing. It also means the build applies less "free" barrier, which reigns in the power creep.

I advise you not run Consume Shadows. That trait nukes your Shadow Force every loop, preventing you from building up a healthy force meter. You will provide healing (and barrier if you push shroud 3) to your allies via Shadestep and Shadow Shroud skills.

If you do want to run Consume Shadows then I suggest you just run full Ritualist gear, to increase your Vitality for a stronger Shroud and larger Consume heals.

The Alacrity build has 120% uptime with 0% boon duration. You might want to use some Ritualist gear in certain encounters with high incoming damage, which might kick you out of Shadow Shroud, but this should generally be unnecessary with good play.

DPS Losses

I'll bench the DPS loss of using a pistol in the offhand, preventing manual weapon swaps. Probably around -1,000

Thieves Guild is worth about 1,000 DPS.

Misc.

I'm benching with 5 accounts because Thieves Guild has boon priority above allied mesmer clones—if the summoned Guild Specter gets Alacrity from me, there's a chance it will cast Well of Sorrow twice, inflating the skill's DPS contribution.

If you have any questions leave them in the comments or join the Snow Crows Help Desk Discord server: https://discord.gg/qTs63YH

Nerf ideas

Any of these. Don't take em too seriously.

  • Cut the base alac duration of Shadestep, requiring the same boon duration overload gear as last patch
  • Move the Torment damage modifier out of Larcenous Torment and into Strength of Shadows
  • Cut the base alac duration a lot, or make autos not trigger it, and put alacrity onto Well of Bounty to stop us from running 3 very strong DPS utility skills
  • Make Shadestep reduce your initiative further lol
  • Saving this one for the end of this bulleted catalyst, put a % damage penalty onto Shadestep lol imagine that
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