Tech has advanced enough to no longer justify making dedicated game boxes with locked down software that become e-waste. From a price perspective the games will cost more, not to mention the lack of access to the many marketplaces that include plenty of free ones, fan creations, or ones without DRM.

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I was wondering when the next milestone was going to be covered. 5K markers are nice. I'm excited for the rest of 2026!

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Quoting: scaine12. Impact on website scraping from multiple companies building genAI models. Wikipedia in particular has had to actively block enormous ranges to prevent the scraping from leading them into financial run. Again, can't be bothered to find the link, but there's a Wikimedia blog talking about it.

Wikipedia recently signed API access deals for AI training, so I guess getting paid for the training data is preferable to it just getting scraped.

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Quoting: spoon-curveIt would be lovely if someone took the opportunity to launch an alternative to Nexus Mods.

Quoting: TheSHEEEPSome mods are only available from there.

Requiring an account to simply download the mods manually is a big nope from me. Any justifications are silly, it is antithetical to the idea of modding being made easily available, and other mod sites don't have the same restrictions.

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Gen AI isn't used in our products (meaning currently). We're only making an AI studio, which would then lead to gen AI being used in our products :(

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First impressions have been incredible! After installing the launcher on my Deck and logging in (I tried to log in to the launcher on Fedora but it for what ever reason would not open the pop up link, maybe you've got some ideas) I got 2+ hours to just immerse myself in the exploration and foundation of a house.

Some time after that I tuned into Kweebec Corner's stream on the side. Him and his co-creators in voice call gave what I consider a good representation of everyone's experience. Everyone is clueless about the mechanics, things different from a Minecrafter background, and surprised by some of the wilder features like what happens when you drink Mosshorn milk, or that trees regrow. Finally getting to experience cluelessness for the first time again is delightful.

I picked up a few valuable tips while viewing the stream, like how you absolutely MUST enable health bar visuals in general settings, unless you like testing your luck on who will die in combat first. Dagger spamming is also THE movement strategy.

Bugs I've encountered are the rendering of water freaking out and flashing, and maybe some mob AI jankiness. The visual map is another case where the behavior is weird. It should retain any chunks that have been explored, but it seems to either remove them from cache on death or only show chunks that are currently rendered which makes the feature far less useful. A few players mentioned respawn points at beds not working, which got annoying fast, but I didn't face that bug. What to take away from this is that the bugs do not significantly take away from the game, more significant are the rougher edges of the mechanics that make it feel like the pre-release it is.

Timed crafting is odd, stack sizes need improvements, and movement in some places needs work, but what we have right now as of day one release is very good, and this is the worst state Hytale is ever going to be. The 2 years of development funded by the pre-orders alone, added to Simon's 10 year pledge, ensure the game will become stronger in updates. After 8 years in development hell, cancellation, and revival, we're only now just beginning!

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It's nice to put a face to the name! These are some very hopeful predictions, especially the idea of an anticheat focused kernel. I'm glad to see it finally getting the respect it deserves when it was previously ridiculed. Nick I recognize, but the other two hosts are new to me. Nice introductions.

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I love winning! :grin:

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It has been a wild few months for Hytale. I'm glad this game was able to come back from the ashes!

Quoting: 1xokWill it run on Linux?

It will be Windows exclusive on release, but Linux and MacOS will get builds afterwards, according to the latest info.

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Okay okay, I still have one I got from the last sale that I've still yet to open. Now is as good of a chance as ever to get one if you missed it, unless you're waiting to see the prices of their new toys next year.

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