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On 5/8/2025 at 8:04 AM, Doublezero said:

Welp, too early for a congratulations.  

It was indeed trying to phone home. I missed the FlexNet licensing folder and the registry settings. Installing that fixed the error, but I still couldn't get past the splash screen.

Enough of my hardheadedness. I just installed a Windows 7 virtual machine. It's time for me to get back to modding.

That just proves that many, even complex programs such as this can run on Linux and that the companies are actively trying to prevent it. Not because of security issues but because they don't want it on Linux. Likely due to some back room bullcrap from Windows. Just like the online games anti cheat. Can work easily. Hell if it doesn't there is an army of people willing to assist. They likley would sign a NDA just to get it to work. They can give binaries no problems that is done with other sources as well. Purist won't be able to use it but the common person would be able to.

On 5/1/2025 at 6:48 AM, Doublezero said:

In April, Linux approaches 5% of the U.S. desktop operating system market.

https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/united-states-of-america

Windows keep on doing what they do. It will go up.

7 hours ago, Doublezero said:

This video is over a week old, but this is the first time I've seen it. After watching it, I can't understand all the praise for this game.

The studio that worked on Oblivion remake.

"Hey, Bethesda, what you want us to do. ?"

Bethesda

"Make an awesome remake of Oblivion"

Studio working on the remake.

"What you expect is impossible. This is what we expect will be the result of what you are telling us to do"

Bethesda

"Awesome. We will charge the same amount of money as a full game and the customers will eat it up and praise us again"

Looks like any Bethesda game I have played in the past.

9 hours ago, Doublezero said:

Everything is brown and it's ugly. It's like there's a wildfire burning out of control in Elsweyr, and all the smoke and haze is moving north into Cyrodiil.

But it is beautiful!  That is what people are saying!  The whimsical coloring and ethereal architecture was bad. The massive amount of green was bad. Brown is good!  Haze is good.  We just don't know what we are talking about.  

Give it a bit and people will start to seriously see the flaws and problems. It is sad, but understandable. The underlying story was from a time when real RPGs were made by Bethesda. Bethesda which WAS a company that set the standards for RPGs. Them along with Bioware were blowing customers away with their games. People were fond of those games and once they saw what looked like a great re-release they got excited and carried away. I admit, I got carried away as well. It looked good at first and thoughts of perhaps they actually released something decent. It isn't horrible but it isn't the re-release that we deserved. They should have just took everything and put it on Unreal Engine not just the graphics. It would have took a bit longer but it would have been very likely much more solid and much better. Especially if they weren't going to release their dam store and support mods. The whole reason to use Gamebro is for modding tools and flexibility that they had since way back in Morrowind days perhaps even earlier.

Talking about mouths and faces... How about

At first glance, the new "remastered' version looks quite good. However, It might be me, but the OG version looks pretty spectacular. With added mods and upgrades for looks, It can be quite satisfying as far as I am concerned.

I am honestly concerned about the Unreal Engine tacked on the Gamebro system. Gambro was fragile as it was. That combined with the refusal to support mods in any way makes me very concerned. Perhaps they seriously thought mods would overwork the system? This is considering how much they love their mod stores, after all. Added review for essentially free and they are giving that up.

1 hour ago, Doublezero said:

I think they animated the faces with good old weights and bones instead of using tri files like Bethesda did in previous games. The studio probably just forgot to make drinking animations or something is broken.

What else did they "forget".

Quality control was lax IMO.  Let's see how long before they patch that. If it is fast, then they are doing a good job. It shouldn't be hard to fix if it was forgoten.

21 hours ago, Kendo 2 said:

They need to beg that 'modern audience' they love so much, not gamers.

If they were providing quality reporting, they wouldn't have a problem getting a job. They wouldn't need to worry, They could group up and create their own reporting themselves (even with a non compete since they were terminated).

People with skills in demand will always have a job. Will always land on their feet. They were never really in demand, and definitely not now. The only demand they might have had was with Sweet Baby inc or the like. Not the public. Likely  DOGE removed their paycheck and now these companies are failing and failing bad.

It is amazing that some good is already coming out in movies and games. Even if they are still shit. They aren't as shitty as they have been. (not looking at you, Snow White. ) Sure some of the turds were backed up for quite a bit waiting to come out (like Show turd). Hopefully this trend continues.

They can have a good job if they can stop drinking the Kool-Aid and actually report without the SJW or whatever other bullshit agenda they have. REAL reporting. This will likely never happen, as they have been lobotomized and can't imagine that THEY are wrong. That NOBODY wants to listen to their crap. Entertainment should be ENTERTAINMENT FIRST.  Everybody hates diversity. NOPE. They hate FORCED DIVERSITY without any meaning or purpose.

An example is from as far back as 2005 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Feet_Under_(TV_series)

Critically acclaimed series. Covering all the key bases that many of the SJW would love to see on the screen. They were critically acclaimed because they created ENTERTAINMENT. Every character and what they did had PURPOSE and MEANING.  There are many other examples where such things have been included, and the consumers LOVED IT.  Their agenda failed because it was MEANINGLESS drivel. Forced bullshit where it wasn't needed to cover checkboxes. Talentless individuals (like those that were recently fired from Polygon) who couldn't or just wouldn't create entertaining and engaging content.

I don't want or wish anyone to be jobless. It sucks. It really does. However, in this case, they are in desperate need to change careers, or at a minimum wake the fuck up and realize that what they were doing isn't marketable. They need to make major changes and really bring real changes in their work, or continue to be jobless. Crying and petitioning people to support them for the crap they create isn't going to work. Think of it this way. A murder claiming that he was defending himself is getting hundreds of thousands of dollars, and they got fired and nobody wants to hire them.  How far off the mark can you be before you understand what is going on?

Well thank you and not, it is time to get off my soap box. LOL, Have a great day!

So the remake couldn't even get the  mouth to move? Wow.

14 hours ago, Doublezero said:

We would need to solve space travel. Seamless travel from planet surface to space and back would make or break the project imo. I believe it can be done and have ideas on how to go about it, but I'm not a programmer and will leave that to more knowledgeable members.

The biggest time sink would be world building. Tamriel Rebuilt has been going on for almost 20 years and that is just for Morrowind. Building multiple worlds with civilizations, nations, cities, towns and communities would take a long time unless we can use AI to help generate them.

But I'm crazy enough to give it a try. But we would need a lot of help.

you can use a "stargate" like structure. It can have an opening to the space you want and your NPCs and player can just walk through. If your game has that level of technology. Or you could go the way of something created by a previous race that nobody really understands. 

You could use some of the tricks that Fallout did with Zeta. The scene where you start to be abducted.

Those should be easier to do. As far as my limited understanding takes me. lol. Just depends on your story.

7 hours ago, Kendo 2 said:

Indeed. These reprehensible and sorry excuses for human beings losing their phoney-baloney jobs is karma.

 

the sad things is they think they were doing a great job.

8 hours ago, Kendo 2 said:

heh-heh

Whatever company bought this company is doing Hero's work lol 

22 hours ago, Doublezero said:

Better than Starfield though. I watched an old Starfield video again yesterday and couldn't believe how bad they were in comparison. Well, not this one. 

 

Oh hell yea it is better than Starfield. This was when Bethesda had skilled people that both wanted to create good games and was allowed to make good games. Not the whatever it is now.

22 hours ago, Kendo 2 said:

Over it too.

I"ve been over Bethesda games since Fallout 4. The game was still good enough to be satisfied with it (after they decided to roll out modding support) but nothing really after that. IN fact very few games after that were decent for me to even consider paying full price for it. Funny most channeled the games of 20 or more years ago.

17 minutes ago, Doublezero said:

 

Is it me or does these elves look like they had a botched eye lift?

Wow that was an old post! lol.

 I have a gaming computer now. Let me know how it goes. I might install it as well. I like the fact that it works on Linux as well. If there are some sources on how to set it up also let me know.

Apparently there is a new game in town that is getting great reviews. Thoughts?

3 hours ago, Doublezero said:

More full screen popups for Windows 10 users, even at startup! I'm glad I switched to Linux, these popups are frustrating. They seem desperate to get Windows 10 users to upgrade.

 

My employer has one of those subscriptions for commercial 365. You know, the one where they roll it out to all the people in their organization that needs this.

Well, apparently I and several others are being prompted to pay for a 365 as ours is no longer valid. They give a doom date and pop that motherfucker up near full screen at least 2-3 times a day. With constant bar present telling us that our subscription no longer is valid and we need to pay for another one to continue the service.

Our Help Desk has no clue why it is happening to people. At least none that they will tell the employees that are being hit with this. They confirm that we are on the list (still) and our subscriptions are still valid. That is about all they can do.

Just another crappy thing Microsoft is doing to their customers. It is either crappy or incompetent. Which ever you want to think it is. In both cases, totally unnecessary and uncalled-for.

I leave work and come home to my Linux machines with some free office option and a little minor notification from time to time telling me I have some updates available and get right to whatever I want to do without any bullshit. Continue doing what I want until I decide to update. The free office products are about as good as Microsoft Office, and when you consider the cost and not having to deal with Microsoft bullshit... WAY more valuable.

I am so glad I pushed myself to use Linux more and more and even more glad when I decided I was going to use it 100% for day to day stuff (minus games). Wish I started this sooner. Next step is getting a decent computer and passing through a graphics card and whatever else I need and virtualizing Windows so that I can treat it like the bitch it is. With zero worries (snapshot) knowing I can roll back whatever bullshit update they send or the like.

5 hours ago, Doublezero said:

That's a hard pass. The biggest redeeming factor for this game is the mods and the ability to remove the unnecessary changes. Besides, mods are the only reason I want to play it. I'm just salivating at the prospect of installing Lovers with PK and wreaking havoc in Imperial City with tentacle monsters. 

As I understand it the script extender isn't up to the task yet to even port Lovers over. Much less if someone would.

The more I see what is happening. The more I think why?  You can add your own graphic upgrade. There are only a few game play changes. Pretty much the same as the old game. Pay >50 dollars for a reskin of a game? Just stick to the OG version and wait until this version is <10 dollars on sale. If that. By that time any mods that would be created would likely have been created.

7 hours ago, Kendo 2 said:

Nancy the Nipper 

She sounds like she caught whatever Biden had. lol

8 hours ago, Doublezero said:

I still want to play the game, but I refuse to give Bethesda my money, and then I see stuff like this that makes me not want to play it. Was it necessary to re-record this line?

 

If you have Xbox you can get it through game pass (included) Not moddable but playable. However it does mean you would have to pay for at least one month's worth. Fortunately you can cancel anytime

9 hours ago, Kendo 2 said:

Gamers in Asia consume mods from a wide range of sources; blogs, western sites, Russian and 'westerners-not-welcome' Asian websites, etc.  They don't limit themselves to sites like Nexus.  Several years ago a Japanese modder named MunkeyFinger told me that his circle of friends HATED Nexus and refused to use it or allow their mods to be uploaded there, and that was before Dork0ne blew his cover about being a greedy prick and went buck-wild knob-licker woke.

A Russian modder pointed me to some of the Russian sites. They got some shit! lol Of course I download it in LInux and scan the living fuck out of it. (however, I do the same for Nexus. ) Funny story. Only mod site I ever had any flags or issues with regarding any virus notifications or warrings etc. Guess which one? If you guessed Nexus, you'd be right.  You'd think when I point exactly where the source is they would do something about it. Well. you would guess wrong. I pointed and gave them the exact ad that was causing this issue and they stated they don't have anything to do with the ads. I kid you not. So they don't have a choice in having ads? They can't change the ads? They can't t ell the ad company to not use that or report they have a hacked ad? For Nexus, this is the case. Their hands were tied. 

It may be trying to check its status and phoning home. 

However, congrats.

1 hour ago, Doublezero said:

I had to install FNIS in a separate bottle. It needed it's own set of dependencies.

How do these bottles interact? Aren't they virtual machines or are they more sandboxed apps. Sorry, having a time wrapping my mind around these. I remember you mentioning these a bit ago but never followed up. Watched a few videos and looked at some of the information.

Sounds cool none the less

20 hours ago, Doublezero said:

I installed everything with Bottles. SKSE, BodySlide, FNIS all worked. I could have used Mod Organizer 2, but I prefer to install mods manually.

The only problem I had was the way Kubuntu handles folders. Kubuntu (and other Linux distros I assume) allows two folders to have the same name if the first word in one folder is uppercase and the first word in the second folder is lowercase. This broke some mods, but once I realized what the problem was, I moved all the files to the appropriate folders and the rest was smooth sailing.

Unix not only Linux allows a name to have the "same" name provided that you have different characters in it. For example

Doublezero

DoubleZero

dOublezEro

Are all the same "name" but Linux sees it as different and will treat it as a different folder name.

Everything installed in one Bottle? Or different bottles.