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STiFU

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  1. I basically agree. However, if I remember correctly the filesystems of both DR and TDM do not actually know where a file came from, i.e., which pk4 (or mod folder), does it? Also, you usually don't have to write full parsers for applications like this. Here, it suffices to identify the name of an entity / material / whatever and delete its full definition if you cannot find that name referenced anywhere else. Repeat a couple of times and you got yourself a clean folder.
  2. Checking for unreferenced assets in an FM package is something that could be achieved fairly easily with a python script. Checking for duplicates with core-mod would be a little more advanced in python, but of course also possible.
  3. The size of the Painter's Wife does not just come from the map format, but from the massive amount of custom assets and there is no way to decrease their size without sacrificing quality.
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    Free games

    Dandara is free on Epic and I can totally recommend this game, if you like innovative game concepts. It is a souls-esque metroidvania with an interesting control concept that could be just a little more precise every now and then. You only move forward by jumping from surface to surface. There is no clear up or down in this world as it rotates frequently around you, which makes navigation challenging, but interesting. The difficulty is relatively high and cranks up quite a bit towards the end, especially at the final boss.
  5. Ah ok, sorry. I just based my assumption on that article you cited, which explicitly named Poland as one of the contries whose keys were geo-blocked. Didn't mean to be offensive or anything.
  6. I wonder how that will affect video game pricing here in europe, as they will have to equalize prizes accross the Europe. Considering how Germany yields the highest video game revenues in Europe, I don't expect they will lower the prices here much. Consequently, they will probably raise the prizes in eastern Europe quite a bit. So, sorry peter, I guess you'll have to pay more in the future.
  7. I have just tested it. It's really cool. All my games from GOG, Bethesda Launcher, Origin, Epic, Uplay, Battle.net and Steam under one hood. The only feature I am missing right now is "sort by date of purchase" because I usually want my most recent purchases at the top.
  8. We probably need @cabalistic here.
  9. As the title says! I am just curious. The answer doesn't necessarily have to be your all-time favorite game, because I would argue that some games even get better after the first playthrough. Obviously, all answers without major spoilers, please. So for me, it would be the Outer Wilds and the Splinter Cell Series. Outer Wilds, because it is an unbelievable intense experience to explore the physically simulated cold outer space and unravel the secret about that innovative 22-minute supernova timeloop that leads to some very interesting gameplay ideas. Sadly, it will never be the same as in the first playthrough, so this ist definitely my 1st place in this category. I learned about this game on this very forum and after Marc Brown (Game Maker's Toolkit) explained in one of his videos how this game works, I just tried it eventhough I thought that these types of games were not my cup of tea. And I say the Splinter Cell series, because there is just nothing like it and I am hungry for techy espionage stealth thrillers.
  10. There are no third world contries inside the EU and EU-rules only apply to EU-members, i.e., when you sell a product in EU-contries, so your whole argument is moot. That being said, yes, not everything the EU does is fantastic, but there are tons of really good things that the EU made happen and the British government are utter dumbasses for their Brexit and many many Brits and other Europeans will now suffer the consequences. But wow, the next topic derailed into a political discussion. Maybe we should start enforcing stricter on-topic rules.
  11. Using the fragment shader to render a fake sphere on flat surface. https://bgolus.medium.com/rendering-a-sphere-on-a-quad-13c92025570c
  12. I would even go so far to say that it's actually annoying due to those frequent unwanted viewport animations.
  13. It was not meant as trolling. Just wanted to point out in a funny way that there are tons of games exclusively being published on Steam and the same goes for Battlenet. This used to be true for Uplay and origin as well, but both can now be accessed through Steam as well. Admittedly, most exclusive Steam games are from indie devs that likely couldn't find a better publisher, but there are also AAA-titles, like Alyx or Left 4 Dead for instance. The only difference here is really that Epic pushed comparatively aggressively for exclusiveness in a time where people are used to buying almost everything from Steam. If Steam hadn't such a dominant standing in the PC-Gaming community, I bet nobody would really care about the couple of exclusive deals by Epic.
  14. I get that argument. So, consequently, you obviously are also not buying those tons of games released on PC only, exclusively via Steam, right?
  15. Oh really???? That's amazing, thanks! Gonna have to check that out!!
  16. All that hatred towards epic launcher, I don't get it. You get good sales there too and they frequently give you a 10€ coupon as well. What's bad about giving Steam some competition and paying devs more money while doing so? Then, there is also the fact that they give away games for free. Back when Steam was released, everybody was like "nooooo I don't want it, I don't want some company tracking all my games". Nowadays, nobody wants anything else than Steam. How times have changed... The only downside I see is that I never know under which service I own a specific game I want to play, but that problem had existed long before Epic Launcher, with Battlenet, Origin, Uplay etc.
  17. Yeah, and there is also that mostly rectangular level design, which just doesn't look very natural in a medieval context. We are not designing modern north american cities here afterall. Obviously, those rectangular designs are due to the usage of brushwork instead of models and I actually don't mind it at all, but it does reduce realism.
  18. A more descriptive term for pupil detection is probably pupil localization: You have a calibrated camera setup and try to locate the pupils in 3d space with that. This task can usually be performed fairly accurately. Eye-tracking on the other hand usually refers to detecting what you are looking at, so you can control the mouse with your gaze for example. Pupil detection is actually one of the required steps in optical eye tracking. After the pupil center has been detected, the eye ball center also has to be estimated. Then, a ray is shot from the eye ball center through the pupil center and intersected with the display plane to get the display coordinates you look at. As you can imagine, estimation errors add up in these various steps, which makes eye-tracking a rather inaccurate technology, especially when free head movement and uncalibrated scenarious are involved.
  19. Bummer, not on youtube. Would've gladly checked it out...
  20. Kind of weird to ask for restaurant recommendations on an international forum... So, I'd say Bissmark 92, it's a small premium burger restaurant in Herne, Germany, which only serves local bio beef. This way, you don't have that much of an invironmental bad conscience, when you eat that beefy burger! You should try it, it's only about 7000 km from where you live. Practically next door! ;-D
  21. I know there are a few VR fans here, so: https://www.ign.com/videos/hitman-3-sandbox-vr-trailer?sf135661317=1
  22. Here is to hoping for a Silent Hill 2 Remaster!!
  23. I mean, regardless of the rules, you are still supposed to socially isolate, instead of throwing a big party, but I don't want to start another Corona-discussion So, my woman and I have spent the evening in front of the TV and went to bed at half past 12, because our little one would awake at 7 am, regardless of whether we partied or not.
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