Oh for sure, I’m just complaining about this from an envrionmental perspective.

A complex farmed product from a small region on earth maybe shouldn’t be nearly universal in western society???

It’s rough out here

That’s a very fair point on the graphical quality! From my pov it seems like epic should needs to make it easier for developers to optimize their projects, given the number of games that haven’t had a lot of that work done. I’m sure that’s easier said than done though.

It really is strange to me that ue5 is being used for games given there are other raster rendering engines that are designed for better image quality. I’m assuming here that part of the benefit the studios are looking for is the speed increase from not having to prerender scenes on larger server farms, and the flexibilty they get from systems like Disney’s “the volume” system.

The problem isn’t just the performance, but UE5 doesn’t look very good - especially given the amount of hardware that’s needed. Some of the biggest problems in my mind are the bluryness of the image (apparently due to lots of temporal techniques) and the UE5 lighting which gives the games a very distinct and unrealistic look, when compared to other engines. Further, the vast majority of skin in UE is terrible.

Me ngl. I love T’lyn

NEW STEAM CONTROLLER AMERICA IS BACK BABYYYY

There’s a remaster mod that is quite good. It definitely can be done.

Getting treatment for my chronic health issue was as significant on my mental health as getting psychiatric medication. People just don’t understand how much work living with an illness, or unexplained symptoms, really is.

Idk if I set it up wrong or it’s just my oldish computer but I can’t get more than 20-25 fps. It’s the one thing keeping me from finishing the game.

Holy shit, welcome back soviet union!

Damn, I wanna work at Tsinghua. I’d happily be a spy or whatever for the chinese government if I got to work there.

Hey! You write those degoogle guides right? Thank you! They are very helpful.

Other countries recognition of your government is one of the key parts of having a government be the government of the place and not a band of dudes in charge. International recognition has long been used as a bargining token by most countries. It wouldn’t be used if it wasn’t incredibly valuable. Want to join the un? Be recognized by other un members. Want to be able to sign treaties and deals? Need recognition that you’re a real state.

As always, I will be hawking polytopia, a light civ builder that is very fun in pass and play.