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How to fix a Bethesda game.

2 hours ago, endgameaddiction said:

I don't think it's the way you seem. I've had a feeling ever since realizing that Chesko hasn't updated Frostfall for about a year now, I bet he's part of Survival Mod. I'm not surprised if so. I mean he was in the bandwagon for paid mods. And so was Isoku who did INeeds. It's all coincidental to me. I think they are hiding behind the curtain and don't want to be acknowledged for their own safety from what happened in 2015's paid mods with all the threats.

If that's the case then Bethesda has still broken one of their 'rules' since the content already exists in a free state.  And I wouldn't doubt that Bethesda is trying to recruit popular modders to fill their servers (and coffers) with content (and money).  Your scenario is probable, but then so is mine.

• Bethesda stakes claim on IP they don't own; very possible.
• People like Chesko and Isoku whore themselves for paid mods; very possible.

Yeah, saw that earlier today.

Skyrim Survival Mode:  Let's steal Frostfall, INeeds and Campfires and put them all into one mod and then pretend it's Bethesda IP...and never acknowledge the real mod authors or the original work.  I'd like to see Pete Hines double-speak and weasel his way out of giving a valid explanation for that shit.  AND Bethesda already broke its own 'rules' about not taking other people's work and uploading it to the Creation Club, or the rule about a mod being released for free and then uploaded to the Creation Club.  Skyrim Survival Mode is just that.  Bethesda didn't come up with the ideas and scripting, they stole them.

I know enough about Skyrim papyrus scripting to understand there is only ONE ROUTE from point A to point B in a script.  It's not like how things were for Oblivion, FO3 or NewVegas; where there were any number of scripting possibilties to accomplish the same result.  Skyrim scripting doesn't work that way since there is only one way.  I've been saying for long fucking time that Bethesda thinks they own anything made to work with their games, and Survival Mode on the Creation Club proves it.

What's sad at this point isn't the Creation Club or the Bethesda fanboys still defending their bullshit.  What's really SAD is Bethesda itself.

Bethesda is trying to say Survival mode is worth one quarter of the price of the base game.  Think of 1/4th of everything in Skyrim.  If aftermarket Survival Mode is equal to that amount of content it's ONE BAD BITCH.  Too bad that isn't case...too bad for Bethesda anyway.

People had better get used to the idea of a new $60 Bethesda game having $30 worth of content, because that's the market model they're aiming for.  Single player action adventure games with a few RPG elements and LOTS of 'dlc' microtransactions.  I guess MMO style loot boxes are next.  Note to Bethesda: YES, please do that too....you assholes.

The thing is, their games aren't good enough to follow 'the money' like they want to.  But at least we have their older games so we can reflect back on when Bethesda was a gaming company first and a greedy corporation second.

And Bethesda breaks Skyrim64bit just like the did for FO4.  Glad I never updated my somewhat reliable Skyrim32bit.

Watched that video yesterday.  It just made me sad.

2 hours ago, Doublezero said:

Unfortunately there's no way to hide or opt out of the leaderboard without disabling it completely. When the developers dream up a big new idea that they feel gives them the upper hand over the competition they rarely give users the option to opt out. Having said that I'm willing to disable it if no one interested in it. It doesn't provide anything that's absolutely needed.

My vote is to leave it in place.  It isn't hurting anything and it's not being abused.  If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I don't know if that feature can be hidden or not.  I'm on the Moderator control panel and I can't see anything about hiding it.  DZ might be the only one who can enable/disable/install a widget like that.

I don't think anyone really cares about the rankings one way or another.  Like RC said, they are meaningless BUT I think they should stay in place provided they are not listed on the main forum page.  And it's not like the site is ran like an extension of social media with the fanboy cool kids and SJWs stroking their egos.  IF that ever becomes a problem I'm sure DoubleZero will address it IF it happens.

Being how I am (a dick) I decided to do some real time number crunching and analytics on Bethesda's performance.  The litmus test I chose was STEAM since that's where the majority of people get Bethesda games and STEAM/Valves tracks users.  Aaand here we go...

Over the last 30 days:

FO4 down -0.46%
Skyrim down -7.57%
New Vegas up +9.68%
FO3 up +3.11%

So, according to THE MARKET (not my spin on things, critical thinker 'hate', or any other excuse the fanboys at Nexus and LL want to pull out of their asses) FO4 is a SHIT GAME and has been tanking for over a year.  And that was BEFORE the Creation Club, which was intended to give the game a longer life span...and make money with microtransactions in the process.  The numbers for Skyrim aren't much better BUT that player base is holding somewhat steady at around 27,500 active players each month (over the last 6 months).

What I find interesting is the renewed player base for New Vegas.  Looking at the percentages, people have already turned their backs on FO4 and are returning to New Vegas (a game that's 7 yrs old and running on a dinosaur engine).  That IS my spin on things since I'm not omniscient.

My point is Bethesda is worrying about the wrong thing.  The are trying to make money off of microtransactions for a game people aren't playing.  And it won't be any different when they roll out the Creation Club for Skyrim64bit.  No one's fucking playing it and that means modders aren't making content for it like they are for the 32bit version.

I guess I need to dust off my unreleased NV/FO3 stuff and submit it....NAH.  Fuck Bethesda.

The left eats its own.  Straight black men are the new 'white people' in the Oppression Olympics.  Seems they have more 'privilege' than other blacks.

It must be Common Core Math.

2 hours ago, Doublezero said:

They really blew an opportunity for some positive press if they had allowed season pass users to download mods for free. Instead they showed everyone how greedy they are. Good going Bethesda.

Yeah, that would have been the kind of good PR you can't buy and it would have probably salvaged their reputation.  I'm glad they didn't think of it.

And it would have also been a great marketing ploy for their next game and season passes; people would have bought them assuming they would get free Creation Club content.

This is GRAND!!!  Whadda hoot!  FINALLY someone is saying 'Hey, your license says this but you're saying something else.  This shit is not what I agreed to.'

If you posted anything at LL about mod theft or them using assets without permission the staff there won't do anything about it; especially if it is a CBBE mod.  They have entire threads devoted to 'look what I stole from this Asian website and converted with OutfitStudio'.  The staff knows, Ashal knows...and they don't fucking care.  And if CPU sees your post he'll delete it.  He's cool like that.

Tombstone
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Slap Shot (1977)
Dr. Strangelove
The Big Sleep (1946)
Full Metal Jacket
Zardoz
Quintet
Yojimbo

The means highly suggested.

Jannet Vinogradova.  She's a cosplayer and a phenomenal one.  She's also gorgeous.

That swf file is proprietary to the game.
The FO4 EULA
Read the LICENSE CONDITIONS
(g) Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise modify the Software, in whole or in part;
(h) Remove or modify any proprietary notices or labels contained on or within the Software; and/or

If you use a flash decomplier to access locked assets of the game (like proprietary notices) them you've just violated the limited software license.  Not that I really care since ALL of this involves a website owned by a cunt, a greedy company that makes shit games, and a game I hate.  They all need to keep churning and burning.  *takes selfie with the carnage in the background*

TOO FUNNY

The only instance I've ever seen of that in a Bethesda game is when using furniture.  Characters will pass through one another while entering/exiting furniture classified as beds or chairs.  Special furniture (forges, tanning racks, etc.) will leave the collision on.  Sitting/sleeping also affects the hit boxes, but special furniture doesn't.  Skyrim is fucked anyway since a chicken can push the player out of the way.

Boston Antifa....XD