You would be surprised how much you can communicate by just pinging stuff. I’ve had many missions with randos where a single word wasn’t spoken, but we were all actively pinging high priority targets and putting markers on the map for our intentions.
Just off the top of my head: Noita, Battlezone Gold Edition, and Risk of Rain 2
FTL: Faster Than Light
By the same people, and the same vibe: Into the Breach
It’s also very easy to run an AI image generation tool locally using open source models.
Yet another thing I love about Helldivers 2. The sound track is fantastic.
Just the song: A cup of Liber-Tea - Wilbert Roget, II
I could see that, with the horde shooter aspect; but you can’t call in airstrikes and orbital bombardments on top of the horde (and your friends). The missions in L4D are also linear, compared to the open area/extract method of HD2.
The launch trailer is pretty good, though I honestly feel like the actual graphics at launch turned out better than the trailer showed.
In short, on one side of the war it’s Starship Troopers. On the other side, it’s the Terminator Wars. There is a developer assigned to act as a DM of sorts, and they influence the way the war unfolds while the entire community fights to achieve the goals of said war.
The game is both very fun and very challenging. It has a good balance of making you feel completely badass one moment, and then absolutely humbling you moments later. The missions can get very intense at a moment’s notice. I’ve also had a pretty good time playing with randoms, and toxicity is incredibly rare (I have yet to encounter any, myself).
Too many AI language models are just word salad. It will spit out very long responses that add nothing of substance. Sometimes it’s kind of like a high schooler desperately trying to reach the paragraph requirement on an essay.
It’s still a much better experience when pirated, since there’s no DRM. Also, it’ll make you feel glad you didn’t pay for it when you learn they wasted the entire budget for C&C4 on a movie set and an “unbreakable” DRM that someone cracked within a few hours after the launch. They also killed the series with a very cheesy “and everyone lived happily ever after” with that one, and I never forgave them for it.
Considering that writer is pumping out multiple articles a day, they most likely are to some extent.
Just unplug them? Most appliances still draw some electricity (i.e. phantom load) when turned off.
Yes, but I like gaming without having to tweak things for every game. Proton is looking pretty good thanks to the Steam Deck. Hopefully it’ll be a very solid option when it comes time for me to make a decision.
Unfortunately, a lot of my music software and hardware is incompatible with both Linux and W11
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But in this case, they’re not. Plus, the crew are going to be the ones determining if their VOR/DME makes sense or not.
I had it on my wishlist for a couple of years and never saw it go on sale. I can now say it’s well worth the price.
I’ve blown up multiple steam engines, flung myself into a valley after spending too much time reviewing my paperwork, crashed into a line of tankers after assuming a main line would be open for me (causing a chain reaction if explosions), and blown out my drivetrain from hauling too much ass down a steep hill and keeping the gearbox engaged. Great times.
The career building system is good, too. You start with a little diesel electric shunter, and can work your way up to the big boys, hauling long trains with dangerous freight. The routes are interesting and keep you on your toes, too.
I’ll definitely check that out!
First, they have to align on the ground. You initialize them with your current known position (usually by GPS or your known airport/gate spot). Then, you wait for them to synchronize with the Earth’s rotation. If you’re far north, like in Alaska, this could take half an hour. If you’re close to the equator, it could take 5 minutes. Once they’re ready, from that point, any movement you make, it will know where you are and where you’ve been.
If you spin up a gyro and begin moving around, it will maintain it’s starting position. You can use this deflection to calculate direction. If you know how fast you are going and for how long, you’ll have your position.
Mechanical gyros drift. It’s the nature of a world with friction. Newer IRUs use laser gyros, so the only real drift they have comes from extremely minute rounding errors.
If it’s a smaller plane (such as a CRJ / ERJ) with only one IRU, it will not be able to determine if GPS is valid or not, so the drift correction gets spoiled.
Large commercial aircraft are using 3 IRUs, with newer aircraft using ADIRUs. If GPS does not agree with the three IRUs, the GPS data is thrown out. If the GPS is within tolerance, correction is applied. You could build up very small errors over a long distance, but you should still be pretty close to the airfield when you get there.
ADIRUs will throw out bad GPS data if it disagrees with multiple IRUs, hence why there’s usually 3 on the aircraft. That being said, if the GPS is close enough to the three, then correction will still be applied.
If they’re using the older IRUs, the drift is corrected via redundancy and not GPS. Usually pilots will report drift based on their final IRU coordinates compared against GPS. Even then, they should still be checking their course with VOR.
I have yet to encounter any toxicity, but I’m sure it’s out there somewhere. For reference, I’m lvl 40.