solarknight

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[–] solarknight 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, when you live in huts like cavemen and your population is very spread out, of course you’re going to be less impactful. Shrinking the population WOULD help, no matter how much you scream about eugenics and fascism. Gonna be downvoted for this, but it’s just my opinion at the end of the day. No need to get butthurt, keyboard warriors.

[–] solarknight 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

K-40 isnt fissile AFAIK

[–] solarknight 1 points 1 year ago

The bombs aren’t important what makes fallout Fallout is the struggles to rebuild

The whole theme is how nobody wins in war. There can’t really be any rebuilding in south america (which is what you argue for because you live there) because there were no bombs. The interesting technology core to the series like fusion wouldn’t even take place in SA due to lack of american militarism.

Countries not Canada/USA were:

Not bombed during the great war Not in an arms race leading to development of fusion tech They have no power armor, mutants, or recognizable villains No reason to rebuild other than scarcity (excluding europe and middle east)

In an earlier comment you described south/latin america as possibly an NCR trade route. I believe FO4 source code has unused data for a mutant whale, implying the existence of mutated sea creatures. It would take several centuries for the NCR to build a nation large enough to have international trade.

[–] solarknight 2 points 1 year ago

I mean…

This would require a complete overhaul of the franchise’s most recognizable enemies/factions, would need entirely different theming and ideas compared to the base games that would likely be better off as an entirely different series set in the same universe. Even then, you ask for less amerco-centric games/ideas and yet america was really on the world stage with their bombs in WWII. The whole theme of the series is chinese/american nationalism and globalization breaking down as each country vies for control of the last natural resources. AFAIK the bombs were only exchanged between china and america with europe and the middle east glassing each other earlier. The soviets also engaged in the exchange (?) and south america/latin america, australia, and antarctica were relatively intact (save for the nuclear fallout). I really think another west coast fallout taking place after FO4 would be great to see more of the NCR.

TL;DR: American nationalism is a core identity of the series and other NEARBY countries like mexico and canada should be reserved for DLC.

[–] solarknight 1 points 1 year ago

Looks awesome!

[–] solarknight 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry, meant Patra

[–] solarknight 5 points 1 year ago

Looks amazing! I have to get one sometime, the screen quality is amazing!

[–] solarknight 2 points 1 year ago

It's a gameboy screen. Not good, but it works.

[–] solarknight 5 points 1 year ago

not too hard really, practicing on smaller and smaller is the key. i started with your standard amazon capacitor resistor kit and some perfboard, then moved to ICs, then to SMDs (surface mount device). The hardest i had to do was a picoboot, which is still pretty challenging. honestly it's pretty easy with flux and a good soldering iron. Buy a cheap amazon one and try it out!

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Gameboy repair (i.imgur.com)
 

Absolute nightmare. Not just leaking batteries but several components had to be replaced on the front. Ridiculous amounts of contact cleaner in the card slot. Copper plate ground so corroded I could peel it off like wet toilet paper. Removed it and soldered all the contacts together. Bought for 5 bucks, only took about an hour to fix.

 

Took 5 hours 49 minutes, enjoyed every second of it! Played with a friend and 100% completed.

 

Particularly the AES, but if you had other experiences, share them below!

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Pico boot? (self.retrogaming)
submitted 1 year ago by solarknight to c/retrogaming
 

Who here loves to solder? I've already done 2 mods for friends and a few custom paint jobs.

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