I haven't played in ~a year, but afaik yes! The benefits of selfhosted servers. I think there were 3-4 servers going strong on the weekends. Unfortunately, a lot of those players were the... worst kind. Hyper competitive, 10k hours, surrender the second something goes wrong types. (Edit- this might have been because my own ELO was super high, so different levels might vary)
Still amazing to see any activity this long!
My understanding of the situation was one of the creators/founders/idk said they don't want to do anything more with guns. Hence why subnautica has no "real" weapons and no NS3. This was a long time ago with some old tweet(?). I don't know if a community-funded thing would get support from the original creators.
The whole ordeal with the game engine is so.. ironic. They opt'd for it because they wanted the infestation to spread dynamically and it wouldnt work with existing engines... so one whole custom game engine later... the infestation feature they desperately wanted was scrapped anyways.
At least it benefited from being easy to mod... the modders are the real MVPs. Kept the game alive with everything from performance, to matchmaking, to balancing.
I'd absolutely support a crowdfunded ""NS3"".. but I don't know if that's feasible without the official company's sign off? Like it couldn't just copy the core gameloop/aliens because of copyright? I can't imagine it feeling the same without Skulks, Gorges, Lerks, Fades, Onos. The way they traverse the map and fill a niche would be hard to beat.
Let me preface by saying NS/NS2 are my all-time favorite games
NS2 had a terrible launch.* It was unstable, terrible performance, limited to no tutorials, and no match matching system. The game has an intense learning curve, and players who had thousands of hours from NS1 / Early Access. It's also a game where cooperative play was imperative, so the matches really stink for everyone when teams are unbalanced / one guy curbstomps the other team.
It did eventually address those things, but much of it came too late. I so desperately want NS3 to bring it new life... but that doesn't ever seem to be coming. I want more games where I get to be the alien/creature/monster!
My desperation hit an all-time high when I started making a game in Godot... ;-;
*To be fair, they also needed to launch ASAP because they needed the money to stay afoat
In written text form? Absolutely. It's easy to adjust sentences/correct details before hitting submit.
Verbal conversations? I don't think it's fair to say it takes no effort... maybe it's from ADHD, but simply using they/them reliably took an embarrassingly long amount of time. Neopronouns are a whole different challenge for my ADHD-autopilot'd mouth that's already struggling with forming coherent sentences.
Of course I'm not saying we shouldn't respect their preferences...I just wanted to add my perspective on the 'no effort' part.
If this was the expectation, then it should have been a checklist and/or had N/A available. I don't think your data for this section will be accurate since myself/others replying did not use it this way.
I used "disagree" as "I am using a non-self hosted service for this," the middle as "N/A" and the agree as "I am hosting a service for this"...
I'll post some of mine to start. My favorites are mostly fun/decorative.
Fun
I'm a sucker for anything dinosaur. The original Flexi Rex was one of my first prints! I absolutely adore the art style of AndreasJoskaSutanto's flexi dinos. My favorite is the Flexi Raptor
Most of the models are for paid members
Notable mention to this (free!) Flexi Dimetrodon by DirkvK that's excellent too!
Decorative
I've been trying to fill the empty spaces on my walls. I printed a bunch of butterflies and bent the wings using a candle. I love how they've turned out! I'll link to some of the ones I've found, in no specific order.
I feel you, and agree with most of it.... buuutttt I think it's even more frustrating to know you had a good reference that was closed and then spent a stupid amount of time to find again.
It's a combination of things... I'm a software developer, so I'll often end up with 20+ tabs open while resolving a problem.
I don't want to bookmark them because I don't need them when I finish the task.
I can't close the tabs until I'm sure everything's working because Google sucks these days and who knows how hard it'll be to find the source again.
Relying on browser history is like finding a needle in a haystack. Tasks can take multiple days and 100 different entries in history.
I might have "finished" a task that still needs tested and I know it's a bit shaky; I'll want to move onto a new task but keep the most useful references until I no longer need them.
I only bookmark pages that I'll need long-term or multiple times. It's already hard enough to keep those organized...
My tab hoarding has only gotten this bad because search engines are terrible now and the amount of AI garbage to sort through makes finding anything useful a pain in the ass the first time; let alone trying to find it a second time.
Has Jellyfin improved its subtitle fetching?It's been awhile since using Jellyfin. I stayed with Plex because downloading subtitles on the fly wasn't available in Jellyfin, and no extensions for it either.
Personally, I don't have the energy to go to such lengths. My "good enough" has been using AdGaud Home as a network-wide DNS blocker and connect my smart TV to it. It's been great so far.
Plus, I get the bonus of seeing how much gets blocked.
Not disagreeing, but at some point this won't be enough. Assuming companies aren't already, "offline" devices will get shipped with the ability to utilize unsecured networks and/or other devices. Better hope any neighbors are privacy conscious too.*
This might depend on the version the OS is. I have an LG that's been great for years, then it got a ""fresh new look"" that featured a giant banner for "recommendations."
I had auto-updates off, too. Thankfully, they still had an option to revert to the previous menu - but who knows how long that'd stay an option? It pissed me off enough to finally setup AdGaurd Home on my home server.
Fun Fact: It's increased my phone's battery life by ~48 hours (excluding the rare occasion where its being actively used all day).
I'm on EndeavorOS, but I basically use Arch's wiki for any troubleshooting/guidance. I wanted Arch with an easy installation and I got just that.
No huge issues gaming-wise, but you do need to be comfortable referencing Arch wiki as needed regardless of your installation. My installation defaulted to the on-biard graphics processor instead of the gpu, so I had to install the proper stuff manually.
If you need help in the future, feel free to reach out.
Oh god, yes this too. All the sponsored location spam drives me crazy. I love when I zoom in to a location and it doesn't mark ANY of the shops besides STARBUCKStm
It has definitely been getting worse over years, but I specifically meant the last couple of weeks. I could still find what I needed between all the garbage.. now I can't even find it after adjusting the search multiple times.
I haven't played in ~a year, but afaik yes! The benefits of selfhosted servers. I think there were 3-4 servers going strong on the weekends. Unfortunately, a lot of those players were the... worst kind. Hyper competitive, 10k hours, surrender the second something goes wrong types. (Edit- this might have been because my own ELO was super high, so different levels might vary)
Still amazing to see any activity this long!
My understanding of the situation was one of the creators/founders/idk said they don't want to do anything more with guns. Hence why subnautica has no "real" weapons and no NS3. This was a long time ago with some old tweet(?). I don't know if a community-funded thing would get support from the original creators.