The Mind Of OverlordTomala
Gaming

I’m not sure if I’m really good or if everyone else is really terrible

Yes… I’m one of those weird people that can fit every single game on their computer.

I’m running the latest Steam Client beta, and if you haven’t heard they’re beta testing an all new design to get with modern times. One of the things I do like about it is the additional stats on each game page in the library. I was glancing at the new achievements and couldn’t help but notice the percentage of players that got said achievements. They’re much lower than I would expect… I mean how many people actually bought this with the intention of playing it? Or did that many people give up on it due to the difficulty curve?  I mean, while I might be getting my ass handed to me around every other corner I am at the very least continuing to progress through the game. So this is kind of interesting to me given that the PC port was released back in 2017, one would think more would have finished it.

Or maybe some of Bayonetta’s moves were a little too much for people. I have to admit I’m still getting used to killing people with magic Umbra Witch Magical Body Hair. It just isn’t something I see everyday in video games. :zorak:

Gaming / Open Threads

Saturday Night Open Thread

I’ve been meaning to send some birthday presents off for a couple of you, but between work and ailments (and a vacation) I haven’t had a chance to send a couple packages out. This seems to be my problem every year… I always get the gifts way ahead of time, but when it comes to actually shipping them it almost always seems like I hit a snag. If everything goes well I’ll ship them off Monday or Tuesday. Maybe I’ll do better at Christmas time if the Black Friday anxiety doesn’t entirely consume my psyche.

Between some BS at work, some stress caused by a new computer customer, and ongoing issues trying to get my webhost to get my mumble server back up and running just to name a few items… I haven’t been in the best of moods lately. I don’t think I’ll be doing much tomorrow apart from maybe yell at my webhost again about another issue that I don’t even feel like going into detail right now, as it’s so ridiculous that if I talk to them right now I’ll probably end up verbally severing their head. I’ll wait until tomorrow. Hopefully I’ll be calm enough by then to talk to someone and resist the urge to randomly yell about lamb sauce.

I played more Bayonetta this evening, figured I’d kick off the weekend and relax by playing a game that often kicks my ass. I’ve been having issues taking screenshots of the game, might have to see if there’s a fix or something in my spare time. That game is all kinds of Japanese weirdness, perhaps if I can master it I’ll livestream the game. I’m too terrible at it right now to want to do a public shaming of myself, there are other excellent game candidates to choose from! :trollface: I did manage to get a couple achievements, as well as unlock a couple new abilities. I can now take the form of a wildcat to sprint or a crow to fly.

I hope everyone else is having a good weekend. :melon:

Gaming / Technology1

Local CoOp Over The Internet

Steam had an update recently to the public beta branch that allows you to play local couch co-op games with friends even without them owning the game! So say for example I want to play one of the Mortal Kombat games with a friend, but they don’t own any of them. I can launch the game and play it with them as if they were next to me on the couch! I haven’t had a chance to test it yet, and from what it sounds like it’s still not working with quite a few titles. But I do intend to check out this feature! This opens up some new possibilities with games that have no online support, and I might even have to purchase some digital board games when the kinks are worked out.

Now it’s just a matter of what to play first? :melon:

This post is brought to you by a company that has made fewer mistakes in over a decade than Bethesda has made in less than a year.

Gaming1

$100 Well Spent

As usual, Bethesda doesn’t disappoint with disappointments.

Update: Fallout 76 players who have signed up for Fallout 1st report that Private Worlds have dead NPCs and looted areas in them and can get invaded by other players Also, some say that the Scrapbox has eaten up all their materials, removing them forever

Just think… they could have bought a couple games with that money, ones that actually work properly and don’t have more Fallout 4 content than Fallout 4. :trollface:

Gaming1

You Are Not Hallucinating: Fallout 76 Has Private Servers For $100

I was forced to check my calendar today to see if it was April Fools day, as that would be the only day news like this should ever be allowed to be announced:

There’s never a dull moment in the world of Fallout 76, the online multiplayer game of post-apocalyptic survival and adventuring. Last week, publisher Bethesda announced that the game’s much-requested addition of computer-controlled characters was delayed until next year. Today, the publisher said that it will be selling premium subscriptions that will provide players with access to private servers at a cost of $13 a month or $100 a year.

In such a short time this game and other things surrounding it have garnered quite a bit history! I mean going all the way back to launch they’ve:

  1. Shoved an unfinished multiplayer game out the door for $60 USD
  2. Stiffed fans that purchased the Power Armor Edition of the game with nylon bags instead of promised canvas ones
  3. Put Nuka Dark Rum up for pre-order for $80 and shipped it 4 months later due to delays, eventually receiving a low quality product that didn’t quite live up to the ticket price.
  4. Produced Nuka Cola themed helmets that had to be recalled due to high amounts of mold
  5. Announces they will release it on Steam later on after all
  6. ???
  7. PROFIT!

Now you might be wondering “What will the cost of what is essentially two AAA title games net me over the peasants that paid full price? (assuming there’s a store still selling it for anything above $24 at this point).” Well, it gets you:

So not only do they expect you to dump money on the base game, spend money on cosmetics, and essentially pay $100 for a private server that can only fit 8 people on it while being showered with imaginary currency. Oh, and icons and emotes?! That makes it fucking worth it! Alongside the exclusive outfit that tells other users that you’re a tool that spent $100 to rent what is essentially your own dedicated server, which used to be something game developers offered users to make for themselves… For fuck’s sake GTA5 allows you to choose if you want to play in a public/private or friends only mode, and that’s just playing the damned game! What’s next? Super Ultra Premium Servers that offer you 12 slots, two outfits and an autographed love note from Todd Howard? I have to hand it to them, they really know how to make people stretch out their wallets on a game that has essentially been a living clusterfuck.

Rants

A Heads Up Would Have Been Nice…

Right when I think about going to bed my mumble server decides to go offline. Upon opening my BlueHost cpanel I’m greeted with an oversimplified version of the cpanel. I try to launch the server via a cronjob, nada. I try to find the process manager to see if it’s even running. They replaced it with an application manager that only deploys Ruby Applications. Trying to search the help center leads me to old instructions for the old cpanel. If I wasn’t obligated to go to work tomorrow I’d stay up and try to fix this, but it’ll have to wait until tomorrow…. I didn’t even get an email about these changes.

This pisses me off. I’m not feeling well, and this is literally RIGHT when I have go to fucking bed.

Gaming

The Darkness II Has An Air Vent Issue

There’s an air vent that you have your Darkling buddy climb into, and he uses his powers so you can see from his perspective. You use his tiny body to traverse through the vents, but the game won’t let you walk past an invisible wall. This is caused by a similar issue that I found in the PC version of Killer Is Dead, an issue tied with framerate. If your game is getting more than 60 frames per second you’ll be stuck until you enable V Sync. I tried enabling it in game but it only seems to work when running in windowed mode, and setting V Sync through my Radeon Software (Windows) doesn’t seem to help. But switching it to Windowed, getting through that area of the level, and switching back to full screen seems to have worked. I’ll have to try this on Linux to see if Proton will make it run any better, just as an experiment. I might also try tweaking the configs to see if I can get it to enable V Sync in fullscreen mode by changing some convars in one of the ini files, or running a borderless window program. If you’re reading this and have had similar issues check out this link.

Other than that particular snag I’m really enjoying the game! I survived the interrogation scene and have chosen that as my stopping point until I pick up the game again; Hopefully I don’t run into anymore issues.

Gaming

I RETURN!

Sorry for not posting. It’s been a rough week between work and home, and I don’t want to go into detail on it right now. I’ve contemplated making a thread inspired by current events, but I’m not the mood to put it into words right now. I’ve been in my own world pretty much since I got home from work yesterday, even had the longest stream of over five hours so far. As soon as I’m in a better mood I’ll come out of my Cardboard Box and become a semi-regular member of society again.

I’ve spent today playing some different games. Like Bayonetta, a bit of Dark Souls and picked up Darkness II again. I managed to get a couple achievements, basically an FPS type game where you can not only kill people with guns but you can also kill them with your dark hentai powers and improve them with various skill trees. If I keep playing it I might have to do a write up about it.

Gaming

The Forest Of Zombie Ghosts + Open Thread

We did another livestream last night, this time a co-op of a Left 4 Dead 2 campaign. It was fun despite what Left 4 Dead 2 wanted to throw at us.

I spent today tidying up my desk area, giving myself a good breakfast for today and probably the rest of the week (do ahead breakfasts are my favorite lifehack), and I did a little shopping on Amazon. I’m putting together a new ensemble for my Red Raidenhood Costume. I have other shopping plans for after work as well, and possibly maybe even during my lunch break.

Other than that I’ve relaxed for most of the evening, just finished playing a bit of Dreamfall The Longest Journey… I had to start over for whatever reason, this time I made sure there was a save in place. I also played a tiny bit of Duke Nukem and Commander Keen… emphasis on the tiny. I guess I just wasn’t in the mood for whatever reason. :melon:

I’ll be starting up again on the animated SFM intro for one of the Skyrim videos sometime after work if nothing else crops up. I probably won’t be showing much in the way of WIP photos until sometime late next month.

I’m ending the evening by drinking a nice homemade infusion of white tea and the watermelon tea I got for my birthday; that has been my all day elixir. It will most likely help fuel my imagination for future nightmares to come. :melon:

Gaming

My Spyro Is Simple Fabulous

I played around a bit in Spyro today, and figured why not look into some mods? Sure enough the nexus already has 4 pages worth to choose from, though most of them are texture swaps. I figured I’d go for a gay pride look, maybe even check out the dark reskins for a Halloween vibe, I found out it even has support in the Nexus’s latest mod manger; Vortex. It’s pretty easy to use, though the interface still takes a bit of getting used to compared to Nexus Mod Manager or Mod Organizer. If anyone else wants to have a look at modding their game there are quite a few selections to choose from.