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Mars Exulte

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  1. Not that anybody cares what I think, but I'd rather a Cobra than the Apache, personally. Any variant with a 20mm
  2. Considering the number of VR companies imploding right now, I'd hold off until the dust settles. HP, Google, Meta, and a bunch of others appear to be either moving away from gaming or closing their VR divisions, and several others are conducting layoffs (like Pico among others). Too many companies and products for too small a market, basically. Valve is probably the best longterm bet, being focused on gaming, tbh. I'm waiting to see what their next headset offering is, hopefully ditching those base stations.
  3. Technically ''zoomed in'' is what gives you realistic scale. Being able to see your whole cockpit on a 24'' screen three feet away is waaaay ''zoomed out'' and makes it a lot harder to spot anything.
  4. China has it's own kettle of issues with all of this, I'm sure. Yep, very true. Also completely irrelevant unless they also make up significant numbers of DCS purchasers. The world also does not revolve around you, ffs. This stuff isn't that complicated and I don't get how you consistently keep buzzing the proverbial tower. I don't need stats, Razbam and ED have the stats, and presumably said stats drive their decisions on what markets to operate in. Nobody has polled me for what I think they should do, we're discussing general principles and likely reasoning for the decision you're bitching about. Again, 30% to ED, 30% to Steam, on top of a 30% discount, doesn't leave much left for the people making the game. So in your own hypothetical, if those sales numbers combined with the increased profit margins = more than the other, then it is of net benefit to the developer. Which is a very simple concept you are consistently missing, and is all I'm saying. You're basically screaming ''Won't somebody PLEASE think of the children'' and I'm saying ''What if there aren't enough children to matter?'' If it's something significant, yes, and more to the point this sort of thing is utilitarian in nature and easily used for more than one thing. Whether it's worth it or not is up to the individual, and whether it's worth it or not to care for the developer is up to them and their projected profit margins. Probably? Depends on currency conversion and relative economics of the people involved. $25 a year isn't noteworthy for me to even consider, might be for somebody else. Individual decision there. Not really something a foreign developer is likely to care about though. They're concerned with like... THEIR monthly bills and economics. Alright, so we've established you are just some guy that harrumphs in the corner by yourself while shaking your fist at clouds. Glad we got that settled @@ Tell me you lack reading comprehension @@ Nothing I've said, not a single bit, has anything to do with how ''the world works'' in or outside USA and everything to do.with trying to get you to understand nobody is pissing on your country just because a decision has a tangentially negative/inconvenient effect on you by explaining possible considerations a FOR PROFIT BUSINESS might take regarding where and how to deploy products and how those decisions can affect their profitability in a way potentially very significant to small developers. If the number of people gained by providing an option does not offset the cost of reduced margins by providing it, it can result in a net loss DESPITE a net gain in number of sales. This is not a difficult concept to grasp, and it is the reasoning behind their decision, whether their decision is accurate or not is debatable, but the idea behind it is pretty simple. I think it's really funny that you complain about me ''making up numbers'', which I literally haven't done anywhere in any of this, while doing so yourself and in your own example proposing numbers that would absolutely be relevant to making financial decisions. You strike me as the kind of guy who has never run a business but absolutely would run one into the ground given half a chance (and blame it on how nobody wants to work!) lol You totally have a future as a Twitter executive
  5. My ''bubble'' probably includes the majority of online commerce and the bulk of the people who actually fund the game @@ Depends on whether I want what's in that store? Would you get in a taxi and ride an hour out of your way to go to ONE MALL?! Probably, if there was a reason to. I'm not insensitive to it persay, I *am* saying that not every business is going to care if you do not make up a significant portion of their income. If the sum total of them being on Steam results in a net loss compared to NOT after accounting for both ED and Steam taking their cut, then no, 99% of people are going to opt for the method that... doesn't screw them irrespective of how many people feel ''offended'' by it. I'm first in line to throw molotovs at corporate hqs, but expecting them to shoot themselves in the foot so ''some people'' feel included is unreasonable, too. Whether I encountered it is irrelevant. It's simple math : If decision = business make more money, decision good. If decision = business make less money, decision bad. That's what has driven this process. They expect it to cost more than it is worth at this time. That's it. Nobody is pissing on your nation and circumstances, it just doesn't necessarily benefit anybody but you to care. And unless those whole countries make up enough sales to make up for the cost of it all, it's a net loss, and nobody cares. I don't care one way or the other.
  6. There's some ''special'' individuals around here that don't get outside much and spend their days obsessing over how other people play ''their'' video game. Fortunately, 90% of the bs they want won't ever make it past this stage :p
  7. There's always a unicorn exception, but expecting the world to stop turning and people to cater specifically to *insert unique situation* is unrealistic. The majority of people around the globe are literally not affected by these ''special circumstances'' and most businesses are going to opt to do what's best for them regardless of whether a few hundred isolated individuals are put upon by it.
  8. More along the lines of ''don't fix it if it ain't broke'' unless there's specifically something in the update you want. I don't scour anything, I just rarely update without cause. Maybe 1-2 times a year, 3 tops. For example, because of you, I now know not to let Windows or Nvidia update for a while until it's been determined whether or not this is a problem and a follow up patch provided In the meantime my computer continues to run perfectly fine.
  9. They're a business, ffs, that just invested a great deal of time and money in a product. The sheer mind numbing idiocy exhibited in this thinking makes my face tingle. They are understandably not interested in heavy discounts or losing an extra 30% on top of the cut ED takes. It's not that complicated, and nobody cares about the handful of snowflakes acting all uppity over the choice of marketplace. The world is not going to end and nobody is going out of business because a 133764M3R is walking away @@
  10. No, that's an unrealistic approach and obviously not what I meant. The way I do it is block auto updates (plenty of utilities available to do so) and monitor the relevant forums. If an update causes problems, it will typically provoke a lot of tears. Doesn't matter if it's Windows, DCS, or GPU drivers. It was just a general advice since you initially mentioned ''Windows updates'' and ''the last few days'' implying you allow it to update whenever it's available, which is, generally speaking, unwise. If you think it's pointless and impossible to do it in a reasonable fashion, can't help you.
  11. Obligatory disable auto updates and only update periodically when you're certain it won't break anything. Your computer will not get hacked or killded if you delay an update.
  12. I won't say this is the dumbest thing I've seen on these forums (I wish) but it's definitely an honorable mention. Also, thanks for selecting my post. I feel appreciated... well, not appreciated but noticed at least. You know what they say, no such thing as bad publicity unless you're Kanye West.
  13. With that system I would stop worrying about it altogether. DCS' issue is not hardware related, it's software. It's not going to get better, and doesn't matter how much raw power you throw at it, until they update the engine (hopefully coming soon).
  14. Didn't even come to forums. Went straight to store, bought. Didn't even notice the stuff people are now melting down over. Vidya games. It's sireeus bidness.
  15. That's the only kind even on the table, and yes, I know people love to count the rivets around here. Improvised is not necessarily exclusive of realistic. The capabilities can be realistic, if not 100% accurate in fine details. Believe it or not, that basic principle applies to literally EVERYTHING WE HAVE. None of these things are 100%, and huge sections of them are either completely abstracted (radar, iff, rwr) or sometimes entirely absent. I see a few very vocal people wheezing violently about a video game, while the majority of people appear indifferent. True They literally make up a lot of this. They use references when able, but yeah. Lots of absolute ''pulled out of their ass'' stuff, too. Like RCS values. No, they're not, but then I'm not trying to be pedantic, either. The approximate capabilities of GPS navigation, mfds, etc, are going to be relatively similar. Details and methodology vary, but an engine page is going to display the usual suspects, a stores page will be approximately similar. You literally can when people don't have a reference to know whether it's right or not. It's the literal point. There isn't enough to do it 100%, so you fill in the gaps. Jesus forgive them for not getting the nerd cred spot on. That's because a vocal minority are wheezing tryhards that give themselves waaaaay too much credit and take their video games (like this one) waaaaay too seriously. I'm largely indifferent to the whole thing, but no it's not a cardinal sin, it is the only way, literally ONLY way, anybody will get the ''equal footing OpFor'' they want, and entirely feasible to do. A relatively accurate systems model with a good flight model will get you 80-90% of the way there. And that's the important part, you're not ACTUALLY flying a fighter jet, you're flying a detailed approximation of one and experiencing the core aspects. The fine details enhance the accuracy of the super specific aircraft, but have little to no bearing on the actual core experience. And 99% of these people can't tell the difference without a direct 1 to 1 comparison handy, and 50% of them just make complaints up on the fly based on their ''feels'' anyway.
  16. The timing of the trailer has exactly zero to do with the last few years of actual coding and work.
  17. You're doing God's work. Good Weasel *pats head*
  18. I dunno *shrug* OpFor planes are pretty heavily requested....not to mention a lot of them are really iconic aircraft. Should be a no brainer. The only possible reason for objection I could see would be an early model when our primary BluFor planes are all 2000s+. You can gimp Blu to make them more competitive, but IMO, they should just swallow the bitter pill and improvise functionality. They have enough experience and knowledge to create feasible systems, and realistically the specific details of the UI and functions may vary, but any modern glass cockpit aircraft is going to have approximately the same things in them, plus or minus. If more detailed info becomes available later, they can always adjust it to be more accurate, ala RazBam and the Mirage 2000, which was clearly ''improvised'' a certain amount then improved with AdA participation later. All assuming even an improvised plane won't piss off the government of course, if it will, then best to not bother.
  19. Well yeah, we've had first delays, but what about SECOND delays?! A fine omen if ever I saw! Swimmingly!
  20. It's a fan page, at a glance. Random tiktok polls and ''hashtag like my plane'' isn't really their style. Yeah, totally legit reasoning @@
  21. No idea. I'm still waiting on details. I have the option of extending it to a 40 minute flight, which is a given, obviously.
  22. Some of you may even have been competing against me for the prize I won the raffle I'm actually trying to convince my wife to go in my place, but if she refuses I'll force myself to do it. I'll take pics
  23. Joooooiiiiiiin uuuuuuuuuuuuussssssssss
  24. The primary criteria all along is whether or not there is enough available data, a professional team actually capable of doing it, and somebody who wants to. In the example of the F-20 mentioned above? Is there enough data? If so, then it's feasible to do, is their a team available and capable? If so, then it's feasible. Does that team WANT to do it? If not, then the other stuff doesn't matter. Just because something is a popular wishlist item doesn't mean it's feasible or that anyone who does this for a living WANTS to. I see the COMMUNITY pitch bitch fits about certain models and whether somebody ''should or shouldn't'' but ED is generally pretty openminded to aircraft, including civilian or non-combat, if somebody wants to and can. No matter what gets built, nobody is forced to buy it or use it in their missions, and a team making ''*insert plane I don't like because reasons*'' isn't necessarily ''wasting resources'' because by doing something they WANT to do. The ''view endorsed by certain vocal segments is not indicative of the reality which is readily observable''
  25. You needed your own thread? With all the obvious answers repeated just for you? Everytime somebody places the three letter semantics bs, a puppy somewhere in the world starts crying. Seriously, everytime I see this nonsense, I want to You're playing a videogame, just like the screeching twelve year olds on Xbox, it doesn't matter some of us spent $3000 on peripherals, it's still a videogame. We need to have a weekly Eagle Dynamics Bingo card
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