I’m a support engineer for dental software. So difficult issues won’t get immediate resolutions, and instead development will actually have to fix things because offices will be crying at them for a fix instead of at me....
With last week's Starfield launch slowly simmering down, Bethesda has started to cast its gaze forward, confirming a number of "community requested" features are on the way, including Nvidia DLSS support on PC, an FOV slider, and more....
I had been wanting to learn how to play the guitar for years, but laziness, i guess, kept me from it. I picked it up with moderate seriousness and am very greatful i did. I wish i would’ve started sooner.
When I lie, it’s most often a lie of omission. Are you more of a falsehood teller? Or do you lie out of ignorance? Or is there a particular subject you’re likely to lie about? Or a person who you tell most of your lies to?...
Finally the game is playable on my 3080, nearly doubled my FPS in places. Went from 60-80 to capping out at my monitors 100 in most places I just ran around to test....
I read somewhere that Spock is wrong like 75% of the time in the original series. He’s really just there to make us feel good about going with our gut.
So I have an ulcer. I dry heave at least once a day and I haven’t eaten in 21 days. (Please do not give me advice, I hate it, I don’t want medical advice from people over the internet. At best, if you do, I’ll respond with a “thanks.”)...
There are small pockets where it doesn’t suck. My current company has amazing benefits where my youngest had to have major surgery and it literally cost $100. My previous company however my wife had to have minor surgery and 6 years later we still owe them $23k. We’re paying it off slowly…
It’s almost that time! With the Apple event happening tomorrow, we’ll use this mega thread to talk about expectations, predictions, and anything else related to the big event....
If it has USB C and a 10x optical zoom I’m almost guaranteed to swap from Android to Apple finally. Google’s BS around making ads part of DRM or whatever was the last straw.
I thought of that and looked through the steps to do it and I’m pretty sure I’m past the age of me wanting to try. There was a day it would have been something I couldn’t wait to do but I’m pretty sure I’m ~10 years past that day.
I’ve heard that about the browser, and does give me pause. I use Firefox on all my devices these days. But GrapheneOS and the like are beyond my desire to try to make work and maintain.
For anyone who hasn’t yet checked out the Nexus since the game’s release, an inventory UI replacement mod has already been out for some days. It gives you a way more compact and useful inventory interface with clickable columns that you can sort by, and most importantly the value per mass column. The most important item stat...
I am envious of all y’all enjoying the game, but after 3 nights of constant crashing, I am putting the game on ice for a while. I have scoured the Internet for fixes but nothing seems to work. I have a Ryzen 5 2600x, RTX 2060, 16 GB of ram and an M.2 SSD. I realize this isn’t the best PC but meets minimum specs so should be...
I saw in another thread that when the CPU is near the lower requirements that getting the game to use like 97-95% of the CPUs maximum output solved a lot of problems like this and freezing.
No idea if you’ve tried it or even how to configure anything to do this, but maybe it’ll help? I mean not having a game too conflict with what little time you have left is un American…?
Google is gradually introducing a new method for delivering targeted ads in Chrome that aims to bypass the controversy surrounding cookies by using browsing history instead. This...
Seriously this is a lot of fun. It is absolutely a Bethesda game through and through. Not sure what people were expecting. I’m glad it’s not like No Man’s Sky because that game bored the shit out of me almost immediately....
I’m a Bethesda hoarder and a crazy person, so I made a spreadsheet. I know there’s a mod if you’re on PC, but I’m on Xbox so I needed some help. Thought you might be interested. I got the data from Starfield Wiki and just added simple functions for the ratios.
I put 22 hours in over the weekend and the travel is the least satisfying. Much of what is described can be mitigated a bit by walking back to your ship and so on.
I am able to fly away from a location every time but sometimes my ship doesn’t “land” I just load in front of a door and I’m not sure why yet.
That said in the first ~10 hours the gameplay loop wasn’t my jam and I wasn’t sure if I’d even like the game. The last 12 hours have been fantastic and I’m hooked!
I have modded the game a bit though. Here is what I’ve modded.
There is a green tint I removed
I darkened the gamma as the darks were not very dark and the whole game was too bright
I modded damage from all weapons to be increased, people and ships were too spongy for the guns to feel real. And I die a lot more now which is fun!
The UI runs at 30fps no matter what so I modded it to run at variable to match my current FPS
I added in DLSS for a bit more performance (about 10fps it seems)
I also gave vendors unlimited money because I’m a dirty cheater and I was literally piling up crap on the floor of my ship because I didn’t have enough room and I didn’t want to just leave it on the planet
A little different, I’m running a 10700k with a 4090. All desktop versions.
I’m going to install it on my laptop which is a Ryzen something with a 3060. I hope to get it to 60fps at 1080p but I’m not sure I can get there. My desktop gets to 90fps at 4k.
Lol! With object permanence (or whatever it’s called) everything was right where I left it. But the AI people as they boarded my ship would kick shit all over the place. It was getting intense.
Can anyone explain what voodoo magic Bethesda used to make Starfield, a game that usually runs below 30fps on my pc, feel like it’s running above that? I mean, not even Nintendo on their own console has achieved this feat.
Midnight in Chernobyl was so good! Worth every minute I spent reading it. Books like this are why I no longer find books by the likes of Stephen King and others to be scary. The real world is actually scary, clowns in sewers not so much.
I would also argue the HBO mini series is every bit as good. They nail in tension and how it must have felt to be there.
Hey all - the consensus seems to be that HDR simply isn’t there which is a HUGE bummer for a space game, and especially strange since it’s listed on the store page. No man’s sky and the mass effect series (especially andromeda for this specifically) look STUNNING on an OLED with HDR....
Helldivers 2 - Bile Titan Liberation Gameplay | PS5 and PC (www.youtube.com)
Includes the release date for PS5 and PC: February 08 2024...
Everyone with your exact job title in your industry vanishes, how long until awful things happen?
I’m a support engineer for dental software. So difficult issues won’t get immediate resolutions, and instead development will actually have to fix things because offices will be crying at them for a fix instead of at me....
Starfield getting DLSS support, FOV slider, HDR calibration, and more (www.eurogamer.net)
With last week's Starfield launch slowly simmering down, Bethesda has started to cast its gaze forward, confirming a number of "community requested" features are on the way, including Nvidia DLSS support on PC, an FOV slider, and more....
What hobbies did you pick up during the pandemic and have you been able to keep them up?
I had been wanting to learn how to play the guitar for years, but laziness, i guess, kept me from it. I picked it up with moderate seriousness and am very greatful i did. I wish i would’ve started sooner.
Which book is your personal bible?
Reading Antifragile by Nassim Taleb was eye-opening for me. I turn to the concepts of the book whenever I feel unsure about a decision or opinion.
What type of lie do you tell most often?
When I lie, it’s most often a lie of omission. Are you more of a falsehood teller? Or do you lie out of ignorance? Or is there a particular subject you’re likely to lie about? Or a person who you tell most of your lies to?...
New Nvidia Drvers!
Finally the game is playable on my 3080, nearly doubled my FPS in places. Went from 60-80 to capping out at my monitors 100 in most places I just ran around to test....
Wouldnt have it any other way (startrek.website)
Can we talk about how much the American healthcare system sucks?
So I have an ulcer. I dry heave at least once a day and I haven’t eaten in 21 days. (Please do not give me advice, I hate it, I don’t want medical advice from people over the internet. At best, if you do, I’ll respond with a “thanks.”)...
Is Firefox browser's password manager safe? If not, Are there any other free safe alternatives?
thank you.
Apple Pre-Event Mega Thread
It’s almost that time! With the Apple event happening tomorrow, we’ll use this mega thread to talk about expectations, predictions, and anything else related to the big event....
Time to horny mods: 1 week (lemmy.world)
Can’t play the game without booba
What is one show you wish wouldn't have gotten cancelled when it did?
Thank you all for the show recommendations
Letting the world know you (startrek.website)
StarUI, a must-have mod to replace the bad inventory UI (www.nexusmods.com)
For anyone who hasn’t yet checked out the Nexus since the game’s release, an inventory UI replacement mod has already been out for some days. It gives you a way more compact and useful inventory interface with clickable columns that you can sort by, and most importantly the value per mass column. The most important item stat...
Constant crashing so im gonna wait it out
I am envious of all y’all enjoying the game, but after 3 nights of constant crashing, I am putting the game on ice for a while. I have scoured the Internet for fixes but nothing seems to work. I have a Ryzen 5 2600x, RTX 2060, 16 GB of ram and an M.2 SSD. I realize this isn’t the best PC but meets minimum specs so should be...
Google Chrome now targets ads based on your browser history, here's how to turn that off (www.techspot.com)
Google is gradually introducing a new method for delivering targeted ads in Chrome that aims to bypass the controversy surrounding cookies by using browsing history instead. This...
Starfield players pirate the DLSS mod after the developer locks it behind paywall (www.gamescensor.com)
Anyone Else Having a Blast?
Seriously this is a lot of fun. It is absolutely a Bethesda game through and through. Not sure what people were expecting. I’m glad it’s not like No Man’s Sky because that game bored the shit out of me almost immediately....
First finished paint job: D&D Spectator (imgur.com)
What are some (realistic) things you wanted to get for a while, just for fun?
I’ve got 3 on my list....
Starfield Item Value Spreadsheet (docs.google.com)
I’m a Bethesda hoarder and a crazy person, so I made a spreadsheet. I know there’s a mod if you’re on PC, but I’m on Xbox so I needed some help. Thought you might be interested. I got the data from Starfield Wiki and just added simple functions for the ratios.
The #Starfield gameplay loop (mastodon.social)
😱 I hope it’s not like that…
Starfield and Bethesda Tomfoolery
Can anyone explain what voodoo magic Bethesda used to make Starfield, a game that usually runs below 30fps on my pc, feel like it’s running above that? I mean, not even Nintendo on their own console has achieved this feat.
What we'll be reading in September
We have a discord server with ten book clubs. discord.gg/lighthouselibrary...
me_irl (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Deport is something I still struggle with.
Any tweaks to get HDR running on pc?
Hey all - the consensus seems to be that HDR simply isn’t there which is a HUGE bummer for a space game, and especially strange since it’s listed on the store page. No man’s sky and the mass effect series (especially andromeda for this specifically) look STUNNING on an OLED with HDR....