6:12:05
gingerale
Well that was an odd dream.
6:12:29
gingerale
You know Robespierre? In my dream my aunt had dedicated him a small toilet. She was quite excited about it.
6:14:34
gingerale
You know Robespierre? In my dream my aunt had dedicated him a small toilet. She was quite proud of it.
7:26:25
gingerale
Good morning, Pincers
7:27:27
gingerale
My ISP wants to sell me a gaming chair, it seems.
7:29:02
gingerale
I think they sponsor some esports so they also sell equipment for esports.
7:33:43
shinmera
Is esports even a thing in finland
7:34:42
PincerAttack
Why wouldn't it be?
7:36:33
gingerale
Sure. It's mostly CS:GO. And we do have a Star Craft 2 world champ or something.
7:37:59
shinmera
PincerAttack: yeah but big enough of a thing for an isp to sell gear to random people
7:39:03
PincerAttack
In Eternia, how do I stop making the buttons focused after saving or opening a menu?
7:39:17
gingerale
The ISP has a store for all sorts of things like phones, computers, gaming equipment, and IoT stuff.
7:39:39
shinmera
PincerAttack: what do you mean? Do all buttons stay highlighted or only the last one you hovered over?
7:40:59
PincerAttack
Since I use enter to go through the text this prevents me from using anything but the mouse
7:41:14
shinmera
ah, that's an interesting point
7:41:43
shinmera
I guess you could use the gamepad. With that you can unfocus the buttons.
7:42:21
PincerAttack
Gamepad isn't something I would think using for a VN
7:42:48
shinmera
And I didn't think of using the keyboard :)
7:43:08
shinmera
actually you should be able to use the arrow keys to switch the buttons
7:43:16
shinmera
and thus deselect it, too
7:44:16
PincerAttack
Oh yes, now I see I can do that. My bad.
7:44:42
PincerAttack
I didn't try going beyond the last button
7:44:51
shinmera
no no, you're right, it's bad UI.
7:45:56
PincerAttack
But now I see minimizing the window makes all the graphics except for the background disappear
7:46:28
shinmera
does resizing the window fix it?
8:02:58
PincerAttack
Didn't know wain't was a word
8:14:49
shinmera
Yeah I gotta get Tim set up with a constant spellchecker lol
8:45:03
suntmc
shinmera: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-05-08-modders-nier-automata-hd-texture-pack-finally-complete-after-four-years-of-development
8:45:04
Colleen
www.eurogamer.net/articles/... Website (HTML), Title: Modder's Nier: Automata HD texture pack finally complete after four years of development • Eurog
8:45:04
Colleen
www.eurogamer.net/articles/... Website (HTML), Title: Modder's Nier: Automata HD texture pack finally complete after four years of development • Eurog
8:45:50
shinmera
I had a previous version of this already
8:49:12
suntmc
yeah, it's been the goto for a while now
8:49:37
shinmera
gingerale: you up to play some stardew later?
8:52:20
shinmera
in the meantime make some lunch
8:52:51
gingerale
It's too early for that and I just need to reheat it
8:53:06
shinmera
By the time you're done it'll be 12 'o clock for you, I already know it.
8:57:30
gingerale
Microwaving food takes three minutes.
8:57:54
gingerale
Also it's already 12 o'clock.
8:58:15
gingerale
Lunch is not for at least half an hour.
8:59:18
gingerale
Though I suppose I might as well have it early. I'll get to heating it in five or ten minutes.
9:03:21
PincerAttack
Well, I finished it
9:03:29
shinmera
Nice! Thanks a lot!
9:04:10
shinmera
Pincers steam review: "buttons didn't work, there were typos, but it was a video game I guess"
9:05:58
gingerale
Can't wait to see Steam rate it as overwhelmingly positive.
9:06:28
PincerAttack
Do you want a positive or a negative review?
9:07:12
shinmera
I mean, positive reviews are better for me of course, but I don't actually want to influence what you write.
9:07:35
shinmera
I'm not so shameless that I would want you to change your opinion.
9:07:51
shinmera
gingerale: overwhelmingly positive requires hundreds of reviews.
9:12:10
PincerAttack
One last thing I noticed is there are a few errors with who is supposed to be talking
9:16:45
shinmera
Fix for your text issues is pushed. :)
9:19:17
shinmera
pushing content fixes like that is really easy and fast, I like it a lot
9:21:34
gingerale
Finally heating that meal. I thought I'd connect my new short HDMI cables to the splitter and the HDMI switch. Turns out that the switch just doesn't work. And Nintendo Switch doesn't like HDMI cables with a thick part along them, as these for some reason have on both ends.
9:22:14
gingerale
Got the splitter set up and to work at least for the future. Now I'll be able to stream Splat for you and you'll get to see how bad I am.
9:26:56
gingerale
I really hate how many cables there are behind my PC and the monitors.
9:46:30
PincerAttack
I suck at writing reviews
9:46:42
shinmera
It'll be fine, don't overthink it.
9:54:38
shinmera
I'll be done with the monthly soon I hope
9:54:44
shinmera
maybe half an hour
9:54:49
PincerAttack
I spend two sentences saying how nice it is and then immediately switch to talking about the flaws
9:55:48
shinmera
Why do you think that's bad?
10:06:34
PincerAttack
Dunno. I should try to make it more even, right?
10:07:10
shinmera
Well, it depends on how technical you want to get. Typical essay style is "overview, argument, counterargument, conclusien".
10:08:10
shinmera
there's lots of ways to make a review. if you really want to get into the technicality of it you'd have to look into what others do and see if you find review styles you like and all then replicate that.
10:08:19
shinmera
but then again, it's just a steam review so I wouldn't worry too much.
10:23:00
PincerAttack
Think this will be enough?
10:23:57
PincerAttack
The bit about the price might be too mean
10:24:16
shinmera
Nah, sounds fair to me!
10:24:35
shinmera
It doesn't read as a diss to me, more like "oh yeah you definitely get something good for that dollar!"
10:24:43
PincerAttack
Alright. Well, I tried.
10:24:52
shinmera
Thanks a lot! I really appreciate it :)
10:26:38
PincerAttack
Shame some of the routes were a bit short
10:27:13
shinmera
Yeah, it could definitely use expanding.
10:27:23
shinmera
We had more pets we wanted to do, and cross-interaction between pets
10:27:28
shinmera
also reaction portraits for them
10:27:31
shinmera
but all that had to be cut
10:27:49
shinmera
Link me the steam review when you post it
10:31:43
PincerAttack
shinmera: How do I do that again?
10:33:47
shinmera
Oh, it showed up now. nvm
10:33:56
PincerAttack
So it takes some time, alright
10:34:20
PincerAttack
Figured it shows up on the page at the same time as my profile
10:35:52
shinmera
Apparently not. It can even take days between it showing up on the store page
10:44:46
shinmera
gingerale: ok took a bit longer but it's done now
10:44:51
shinmera
gingerale: up for that stardew?
10:50:02
gingerale
Ah, just a few minutes
10:52:13
shinmera
PincerAttack: you don't have stardew, right?
10:52:41
shinmera
oh, wait, gingy, can you upload your gog copy to the nas so pincers can play with us?
10:55:50
gingerale
Sure. It just needs the installer, right?
10:56:19
shinmera
I think so. Just make sure it's the latest version
10:56:50
gingerale
Well, it doesn't let me download the older versions anyways.
10:58:09
gingerale
I'll put both Windows and Linux versions there
10:58:41
shinmera
Yeah just meant in case you had an older version already dled
10:59:20
gingerale
Hm.. VPN is not connecting.
11:00:47
gingerale
Just keeps restartting after a timeout.
11:00:58
suntmc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROqjR8b_HvQ oh nice
11:00:58
Colleen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROq... Website (HTML), Title: LA Punk Show - YouTube
11:00:58
Colleen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROq... Website (HTML), Title: LA Punk Show - YouTube
11:01:01
gingerale
TLS handshake keeps failing.
11:03:13
shinmera
gingerale: you were using this just like... yesterday or something right?
11:03:57
gingerale
Oh, it connected finally.
11:04:00
shinmera
the cert is self-signed anyway so idk
11:09:33
gingerale
The Windows version is up.
11:09:39
gingerale
Still uploading the Linux one.
11:10:56
shinmera
Get on mumb in the meantime
11:12:18
gingerale
If you haven't tried Stardew yet, just a warning. The controls are awful.
11:12:30
shinmera
I've played before, yeah
11:12:55
PincerAttack
You're gonna have to be my tutorial
11:13:11
shinmera
It's not hard to figure out, just annoying.
11:13:20
gingerale
It's chill enough that there's no rush to do things. Unless you want to minmax income or something.
11:13:34
gingerale
Linux copy is up as well.
11:26:44
shinmera
https://www.nexusmods.com/stardewvalley?tab=popular+%28all+time%29 https://smapi.io
11:26:45
Colleen
www.nexusmods.com/stardewva... Website (HTML), Title: Stardew Valley Nexus - Mods and community
11:26:45
Colleen
www.nexusmods.com/stardewva... Website (HTML), Title: Stardew Valley Nexus - Mods and community
11:26:45
Colleen
smapi.io/ Website (HTML), Title: SMAPI - SMAPI.io
11:26:45
Colleen
smapi.io/ Website (HTML), Title: SMAPI - SMAPI.io
11:33:04
shinmera
https://filebox.tymoon.eu//file/TWpNd01nPT0=
11:33:04
Colleen
filebox.tymoon.eu//file/TWp... Application (ZIP)
11:33:04
Colleen
filebox.tymoon.eu//file/TWp... Application (ZIP)
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