Quoting: Sputnik_tr_02

Quoting: TheSHEEEP396.24.02 for NVIDIA?
Oof... the one currently in the packages is 390.48.
Trying to install more recent drivers from NVidias website has always resulted in completely messing up the graphics drivers - aka nothing works anymore until you repair the X configuration files, etc. Extremely bothersome, so I've stopped using anything that's not in the official packages.

I am using this [External Link] ppa, never had issues with it on my system, you may want to try.

Thanks, but that is what I have already, and the latest one available on that (at least for Ubuntu 18.04) is 390.

Edit:
Nevermind that, it's late and I am blind. 396 is indeed there.

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396.24.02 for NVIDIA?
Oof... the one currently in the packages is 390.48.
Trying to install more recent drivers from NVidias website has always resulted in completely messing up the graphics drivers - aka nothing works anymore until you repair the X configuration files, etc. Extremely bothersome, so I've stopped using anything that's not in the official packages.

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Quoting: TheRiddickyeah well simulator turn-based? I dunno any more.

RTS = Real Time Strategy and usually implies something like Command & Conquer, Warcraft, Dawn Of War, etc.

This is a turn-based strategy game.
Though I think the overworld view might be in real-time if it is like the original X-COM - but that is only a small part of the game.

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Quoting: TheRiddickNot like ultra high framerate will be needed for a RTS, if its above 60fps then it should be fine.

It is not an RTS.

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Quoting: Alm888

Quoting: TheSHEEEPI really don't get this.

Why would you replay a game that doesn't even offer replayability?

And how about "Why would you reread a book that doesn't even offer rereadability?" :P

No book does, which is why it seems so strange to me to do that.

Quoting: Alm888Different people have different tastes. You do not need to "get" their reasoning on this, just take for granted some actually enjoy replay the games of youth.

Oh, I certainly don't need to, but what exactly is the harm in trying to understand?

I always find it a bit lazy if people cannot even explain why they do or not enjoy something.
I was able to explain why I find no enjoyment in replaying most games - so it really doesn't seem far off to me that someone should be able to explain why they do.

And thankfully, some actually tried to explain:

Quoting: hummer010I do this all the time. I've read Lord of the Rings at least a dozen times. And I do it for the same reason I replay games.

I'm not very patient. When I read a book, or play a video game, I always start out planning to experience it all. Inevitably, I get impatient, I skim what I'm reading. I ignore side quests or speed through things. I get to the point where I'm speeding to the end.

Then, I play / read it again, and pick up more of what I missed the first time around. And again. And if I really like it, again and again and again.

I can get the reasoning behind this to some extent.
If you missed something due to rushing to the end (or forgetting, the human brain certainly is a sieve), then next time you'd maybe rush through the beginning but get the end. But only if it was an enjoyable experience to begin with. Makes sense.
And if you are a completionist of the Nth order, you'd probably do it again and again and again until you really saw every placed plant.

When I skip something in a game or some other media, I usually realize that it is because that content wasn't enjoyable to me to begin with. I am usually not impatient about finishing games, though.

Quoting: HamishEven if this were true, and there really was nothing you might have missed, someone spent days, weeks, months, or even years building that world for you, and for me that craftsmanship can still be worth revisiting.

Hold your horses. Your due to the creators/authors/whatever was paid the moment you laid cash on the table. You do not own the creator of any media anything more than that.

However, I do get the reasoning behind simply revisiting something you already know just to appreciate the craftmanship. It's not something I would do if there is instead something new to discover (and considering the speed games come out, there usually is), but I can understand that.

See? I already learned two new things about my fellow human beings!

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: TheSHEEEPI'm not trying to offend anyone (for once ;) ), I am just

bragging.

Nothing wrong with that, as long as you do have something to brag about and do it in moderation.
However, I don't see how I was bragging in this case.

Bragging that I don't see the point in replaying most games? Huh?

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I will start using itch.io once they finally add tag filtering.
It is basically impossible to browse games on itch.io other than by browsing specific genres. The "top sellers" or "popular" tags are just filled to the brim with Visual Novels (which I don't like) and ... well... stuff that looks like it came from a games jam...
As soon as the store adds a way for me to easily add certain tags to a globally applied blacklist, I'd be happy to use it more. And there are already issues for this on Github - since months, however, and not resolved yet.

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Quoting: razing32That tornado in the trailer seemed to be homing in on the houses. :huh:

God has reached lvl 2 and unlocked the "homing" disaster branch.

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Quoting: Hamish

Quoting: TheSHEEEPLet's be honest, over 90% of games you play exactly once, what good does it do you to own those after that? Nothing.

Not really, no. Almost every game I have ever played in my life I have come back to play again at some point later on. And for those few that I have not, I still very much value having the option to do so. I have never understood how people can find media to be a disposable as they do. Yes, I do find myself going back to old favourites way more often than I end up trying something new, but because of that I end up getting way more value out of the games and media that I do choose to engage with. Gaming for me is not about having one night stands.

I really don't get this.

Why would you replay a game that doesn't even offer replayability?
If you know the story, you know everything that will be coming, there will be nothing surprising or interesting.
If you have beaten the game, there will not be any new challenges to put yourself against.
If you have seen the world of the game, there will be nothing new to see.
Or, I don't know, maybe my memory is just better?

To me, replaying a game despite it not offering anything new would be like visiting the same holiday location every year.
Or reading the same book dozens of times.
What's the point? What new knowledge or skill is being gained?
I'm not trying to offend anyone (for once ;) ), I am just really irritated.
I play games to discover new worlds, new gameplays, improve my knowledge and my skills.

I'm like Captain Picard, discovering new worlds, expanding boundaries. I would wither inside if I was visiting the same planet every time like a freighter captain.

Obviously, there are games offering more replayability value, some you can go to almost endlessly (like EUIV, Mount & Blade, ToME4, etc.) but most really don't.
Or so little that it is barely worth another playthrough (like Pillars of Eternity - I can see trying out more than one character class, but certainly not all of them as the rest of the game will be identical).

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I'm a bit confused.
Are there any people? Or just empty buildings in a landscape?

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