https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/discover/The Dark Mod Forums - All ActivityenI’m tired of looking at the design of my PCCooler PC case and my sister's BeQuiet! PC case. I think I want to go back to a PC case that’s all silver, like the ones from early millenium or one with a design that doesn’t get boring. It’s a shame I threw away all my old metallic gray PC cases 6–7 years ago It’s really hard to find cases like Apevia X Cruiser, RAIDMAX Scorpio ATX-868WBP, and Cooler Master Wavemaster in blue. I’ll pick up anything at a flea market that resembles those cases (a few months ago at a flea market, I saw a few silver ones) The side panel design of those cases iq quite different compared to modern caseMon, 05 Oct 2026 12:24:44 +0000the 9800x3d is still faster but not as much as you might believe . it generally does better in the 1% lows but the 5800x3d is not that far behind. im seriously considering it though the 12 cores on the 5900x are nice as well. still wainting on my argb splitters but the supply chain is kinda fubared atm so earliest i will see them is in 3 to 4 days. the liquid freezer III is humming along in the meantime as i cure the thermal paste. its pretty silent unless i crank the fans to 11 so i barely notice it running in the background. the lighting is more distracting tbh . found a 4 stick set of 32 gb cl16 3600 mhz ram at a nice price though i cant afford it atm so it will have to wait. the current ram are probably better suited for my broadwell as the default is 2133 mhz cl14 and the old board not liking 3200 mhz sticks unless i use the xmp profile in which case it would be overclocked anyway. found an adapter from one of the internal usb 3.1 connections to usb C so i can get that cable mounted as well in the lancool III where my developer machine is currently residing. at some point and if prices dont go nuts on used hardware i might invest in a 299x board and cpu for the developer machine. should match the capability of my 3070 a little better as right now i dont get any use out of rebar since my old board does not support it and i had no luck with the bios hacks that should enable it.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:55:44 +0000The 5800X3D will be "good" for at least the next 6 years.Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:35:42 +0000I think I already used it in dos, but it's so long ago I'm not sure. It doesn't matterSun, 04 Oct 2026 17:44:23 +0000Thank you so much for playing!!Sun, 04 Oct 2026 14:43:46 +0000oh yes it is! Sun, 04 Oct 2026 14:42:35 +0000Finished (although I'll return in future to find more loot and secrets, or just to enjoy a quiet drink while browsing in the beautiful old library). As everyone's been saying, a truly splendid mission that oozes atmosphere and artistry. One of the very best.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 14:32:32 +0000hmm i might actually go with an argb fan hub next time around. bit overkill maybe but it makes cable managment a bit easier as i can place it centrally in the build. something like the asus TUF hub should be fine for this. my board actually has a connection for an asus node hub but there is no such device... it was newer built and the one from the x299 boards does not work for this one wtf asus ?!?.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:13:37 +0000Well here it is the cabinet is btw not black despite it looking that way (must be because of the light angle ). had to skip the front dustfilter cause it gets sucked into the fan sigh. still not 100% done. more lights to connect . the button to the right of the headphone jack lets you skip through several light modes or if held for 3 seconds it lets the mainboard controller do it. right now it is using the aura controller on my mainboard. my developer machine is also up and running again though that one allmost made me pop a bloodvessel. seems my ram in it have developed an aversion to overclocks and refused to show more than 8gb despite it having 32 gb unless i turn off all overclocking eh ???. strangely afterwards i can overclock it again no problem. what is even more strange is that im only overclocking the cpu (unlocked multiplier) not the ram. this has worked fine for years and years but after i recently pulled it apart it started with this crap sigh. guess the oldie will die in that cabinet cause im not sure if it will survive another trip on the working bench .Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:59:03 +0000Never mind, found it. Sat, 03 Oct 2026 14:28:10 +0000many good ideas that were scrapped at the time people got them due to the technology to take advantage of it was not there yet. sounds a bit fun to have a resonator in a cmos but i bet people will complain if it starts to sound like coil whine . had been up for two days yesterday so i did not quite finish up my project, but despite not having the argb splitters yet i did some housekeeping by adjusting a few things in the build. the AIO was as said mounted in the front cutout but i arranged it so that the tubes are at the bottom. this is because otherwise the air inside the AIO would move towards the pump and that would destroy it pretty quickly. only downside is that the hoses kinda bump into my gfx card but mechanically it is sound. i also had to reverse the top fans due to how the fan outlets are arranged on my board (at the bottom) otherwise i had to use an extra cable because the one on the fans are to short when arranged like i did previously. i also did some housekeeping on the cables in the back especially the arbg cables so now they are ready for when i get the splitters. my board actually has a pretty funny feature where if you have a mechanical harddrive you can cache the command queue which makes it just as fast as an ssd unless the cache gets emptied to quickly. this depends on how much ram the board is currently holding (supports up to 128 gb) i use about 15% of my 32 gb as cache and it runs cyberpunk 2077 from that drive without a hitch . all the lighting stuff is really not me i have to admit, but the cabinet came loaded with it and the board supports it so i thought what the heck. ill take some pictures when it is done Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:16:17 +0000Somehow missed this mission but I'm playing it now and enjoying it, but I'm stuck fairly early:Sat, 03 Oct 2026 10:54:25 +0000unfortunatly those kinda trolls just tend to double down on the crap . bit like the MAGA cults allthough i think they spelled that one wrong it's MAGGIA.Sat, 03 Oct 2026 09:43:18 +0000RetroSpace does look pretty darn cool. I think I might just get it this weekendSat, 03 Oct 2026 03:28:09 +0000It's curious, I'm in a social network (Lemmy), there are a lot of threats with security and privacy as main theme and everybody using all kind of privacy tools, VPN, I2P, TOR... claiming agains big corporations because surveillance advertisings, etc. and seem to forgot all in the gaming world, despite that the behavior of Steam is worse as a lot of the soft companies which are criticized. I'm not wearing a tin foil cap, but for me online privacy is a basic right, because in many cases it is synonymous with security. I imagine it would happen that other services or software that we use requires an account in a third-party company and requires a desktop client to be able to use this software, the protests would be epic, but this is exactly what Steam and others do and no one bothers. I just don't understand it and I don't find it desirable either, even if I'm not a fan of privacy beyond reason, simply I don't like that someone breath in my neck when I want relax and playing a game or whatever I do in my PC.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 20:20:20 +0000Bounty Train 100% off on GOG https://www.gog.com/en/game/bounty_train https://www.gog.com/giveaway/claimFri, 02 Oct 2026 20:13:40 +0000I've been experimenting with different markups (and corresponding conversion code), trying to balance readability in all.lang and in poedit. I have one now that seems good enough, so I'm applying it throughout all.lang[English]. Details later.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 20:00:26 +0000Note that that is a feature which many people actually want. GOG Galaxy does the same, by the way.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 19:31:33 +0000Yes, but anyway I don't see the reason why I need an account in a third party and his desktop client,who logs my activity, to play an game. Even when I can use the game without launching the desktop client in GOG, it's not so by default, I have to search the executable of the game first for this. In Steam this isn't possible, without it's client the game don't work. This is why I like Itch.io, there isn't needed an account (except when you want to buy there a agame). There you enter search a game to your like (most are free), download it or play it right there in your browser without any clients or other crap (maybe a good site for TDM, instead of Steam).Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:32:40 +0000Yes, this is really a problem. Do you have ideas how to make outdoor mapping easier with respect to performance?Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:30:38 +0000Out now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2067820/RetroSpace/ It has it all: System Shock, Bioshock and Prey, but it does not take itself too serious... Now I know why they called the song "Staying Alive!"Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:08:30 +0000The title is personal for me. So I am launching a full attack on you now. I really enjoy The Citadel Project and hope for more updates soon! Ran extremely well on my 2023 laptop. BOOOM Destroyed you Jokes aside its actually a really strong first demo!Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:07:14 +0000Another one for the wish list. BTW, as it was too much for your rig, I assume it's Unreal Engine 5? Edit: Quick Google revealed that it's probably Unreal Engine 4.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:19:24 +0000Yes, that was my first thought as well.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:13:07 +0000yeah, that would probably be a good idea. If it doesn't work for that then there's an issueFri, 02 Oct 2026 14:18:53 +0000