I mean that's true, but what what I was specifically referring to was those using top-of-the-line hardware, which you can't properly utilize on those systems because the CPU scheduler isn't optimized for modern CPUs and you can't really make good use of the GPU either due to the lack of DX12. With that hardware you need Win10+ or a somewhat recent version of Linux.
It's almost certainly a very small percentage of the already small percentage of people still running Win7/8, but I'm just stunned everytime someone brags about such a crappy setup.
it is kinda wild that people abandon Windows 7 because of Steam
There's this certain subsection of Win7/8 diehards that absolutely confuse me. It's one thing to keep using them on old systems, but I've seen a few people posting about their brand-new PC, equipped with RTX 4090s and 13th gen I9 processors, who are adamant on running those outdated operating systems as their only OS. Such a waste of money.
Yup. Maybe even just pure coincidence. People are very susceptible to confirmation bias and, as an extra spicy hot take, people in communities like this one even more so.
There are a few good answers here already, so instead I'll go ahead and ask: Why a GC controller in the first place?
This is just my opinion, but unless you're going for absolute authenticity over any kind of comfort, I'd just use any modern controller instead. Unlike the Wii Nunchuks, the layout maps to modern controllers pretty well, particularly to Xbox-style controllers. The GC doesn't have that many exclusives either that would make a purchase worthwhile, since many of them got ports/remasters/remakes over the years.
So my advice would be to start emulating using a regular controller first, and only grab a GC controller after a while, if you still feel the need to get one at that point.
I would agree that a reasonably locked down device helps certain audiences stay secure, but to me that always sounds like a convenient excuse. Surely they could at least implement some way to regain control, even if that meant having to unlock the boot-loader and flashing the device, which is not something your average person would/could do.
Same. I'm sitting here with a RTX 3080, so upgrading makes even less sense. I haven't really encountered many problems, at least on X, but Wayland support is still a mess and I'm really missing VRR, which isn't really a thing when using a multi-monitor setup on X.
Given how things have been increasingly picking up speed lately I'm hopeful that it'll only take a few more months until I can say goodbye to X and hello to Wayland and VRR.
Seems like they won't release it before it's in a state where it'll "just work" on about machine, which makes sense, since that's the thing that helped the Steam Deck to success.
To that end it'll probably be a while before they can get there, particularly for machines with NVIDIA GPUs, assuming stuff like multi-monitor VRR and bug-free Wayland support is on the list of requirements.
Yup. Small Intel NUC, Linux, and one of those Air mouse remotes are all I need.
It's hard not to be that guy and mention how neat such a setup is every time I have to watch someone else fumbling around with the horribly designed and ad-ridden UI of their "smart" TV.
Personally I hate these tools with a passion as every single one I've seen goes overboard and disables potentially wanted features or straight up breaks stuff in its default configuration. It's always fun to figure out what's wrong with a machine only to eventually figure out that the owner used one of those tools a few months ago.
IMO people should either do these changes themselves or use another OS, though ultimately there needs to be legislation against this to help the non-technical people.
Annoyingly, this doesn't mean that you can register without a phone number. I hope that this is only the first step towards making that happen and not some sort of compromise of the original goal.
I still use Signal because I think it's still the best tool so far (that has people I know using it), but I'm always iffy about services using phone numbers as their primary identifier.
Helck is simply continuing from last season, so it's neither new nor a sequel.
Other than that I agree. I was initially sceptical if something with such a simple premise could hold my attention beyond a few episodes, but the show has evolved so much that that worry seems silly now. Great anime.
First up, meshes and textures are two different things. The former, what this is about, is the 3d model, the latter is the the paint on them. The resolution of the texture usually has no impact on performance as long as you don't run out of VRAM.
On to the actual question: To a certain degree, yes, there's usually a settings that changes how aggressive the LOD system is at reducing and what's the max level of detail is. However, even on ultra most* modern games will still employ some sort of LOD, because rendering everything at max is just so ridiculously for almost no benefit, that it's just wasteful.
*: Some games can get away without a LOD system, for example a top-down game with a fixed camera distance. There you can directly optimize the meshes based on how far they appear from the camera.
Yup. I'm just a hobbyist gamedev, but the way they handled these new features made me wary of Unity as a whole, even before their recent licensing fiasco, although that one was the last straw for me.
Every time I checked out a new feature it was barely working and badly documented. Worse yet, these things often didn't change even after they've moved on to the next shiny new thing, leaving the old thing in development hell.
So yeah, in hindsight it's shouldn't be surprising at all that even one of the biggest Unity devs have fallen into that trap and botched one of their releases at least partly due to Unitys behaviour.
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I mean that's true, but what what I was specifically referring to was those using top-of-the-line hardware, which you can't properly utilize on those systems because the CPU scheduler isn't optimized for modern CPUs and you can't really make good use of the GPU either due to the lack of DX12. With that hardware you need Win10+ or a somewhat recent version of Linux.
It's almost certainly a very small percentage of the already small percentage of people still running Win7/8, but I'm just stunned everytime someone brags about such a crappy setup.