I could always go out and buy a keyboard and have to rearrange the entire layout of my living room to really get the most out of KSP. Even in Sandbox mode, where my wildest ideas begged to be carried out, I grew more and more frustrated with each passing moment the engines didn’t line up or my failsafe parachute just disappeared because it wasn’t where I thought it was on the lander. However, all of those positives are offset by a nearly insurmountable control problem. The added streamlined game modes are bonuses, letting me scratch whatever itch the game may give me. The amount of options to build your craft, the variety of things you have to do to maintain your space program, the charming Kerbs you blast into a million pieces, and the feeling of accomplishment when you reach a new milestone are the kinds of things I look for in a simulation. In the end, Kerbal Space Program: Enhanced Edition is potentially the type of game I could definitely lose myself in. Without the scream-inducing controls hindering me, how far into the cosmos could I have made it? On the flipside of that, if the controls had been better, I wonder how much more I could have gotten done in my time with KSP. Had it not been for doing a review, I would have given up on it far more quickly. I stuck with KSP for as long as I did simply for the purpose of this review. The polar opposite of intuitive, the controls seem purposefully unresponsive, and honestly just a headache to do anything with. While I managed to get slightly used to how it worked, it was still incredibly and constantly frustrating. I was surprised to find that using the PlayStation 5 DualSense controller with the game is painfully difficult. While it’s still a game very grounded in physics, you can really let yourself off the chain and see what wonders your mind can create… and how long it takes for them to explode. Meanwhile, Sandbox unlocks everything, allowing you to put your mind to work on truly whatever you want. Balancing books have never been my strong suit. The Science tree allows you to focus on developing your scientific development without all the budgets and side duties, so this was where I spent a good chunk time. reward is usually offset for me by the frustration of failure, but KSP gives you such a level of satisfaction with each successful launch, it has you looking at every new record with glee and you keep going. It limits your choice of parts, so this is, by far, the most time-consuming. Kerbal Space Program Enhanced Edition Now Available New console version of critically acclaimed space sim built from the ground up for PlayStation ® 4 system and Xbox One NEW YORK (BUSINESS WIRE)-Jan. ![]() ![]() Career is where you can spend most of your time as you balance budgets and gain reputation. There are three different game modes – Career, Science, and Sandbox.
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1/26/2024 0 Comments Character hyper light drifterMikami's sterile blaster boldly focuses in on the awkward moments of combat and charges you with making them sing. Most people have not actually played it, mind. Still! P.N.03! Not widely regarded as one of Shinji Mikami's better works by most people. (In fact, I emailed the developer, and I now know it isn't intentional.) I don't think this similarity is intentional, of course. I suspect there's a touch of Hyrule in the wider structure - and there's certainly something of Navi to the weird emoticon teapot who flits around you, popping up to open doors - but the game the whole thing really reminds me of - and I can't fully contain my joy at typing this - is P.N.03, the Capcom Five shooter that sold so badly it remained exclusive to the GameCube. In truth, I couldn't have been more wrong about that part. I knew little of Hyper Light Drifter before I wandered into the demo dungeon, but I was aware that it was good-looking, all Topshop pink and turquoise, and I gathered that the whole thing was a bit like The Legend of Zelda: sweet and delicate and perhaps dreamily keen on puzzles. The latter needs three stages of preamble before it's at full power, and the former takes a wonderfully agonising few seconds to reload. That teleport's a violet blur accompanied by the flutter of the protagonist's prog-rock cape, the swordplay is sheer Errol Flynn, a flickbook transition from one heroic pose to the next, and the blaster is soon joined by a charge-up sniper rifle. As I test the boundaries of my starting moveset, what excites me isn't the fact I've got a teleport dash, a sword swing, and a sort of space blaster to mess about with, but that they're all delivered with such light-fingered style. Characters are tiny, but combat delivers a real sense of force.Īnd yet, so pretty! It's a prettiness that extends to the actual business of playing, too. The doors have faces like Transformers and there are the dark, gloopy remains of experimental life floating, dead, in the crimson fluid that fills a handful of specimen tubes. The stones here are battered cubes, riddled with traces of primeval machinery. I begin the current backer demo - popular demand has extended its run for the entire length of October, but it's only available on PC and Mac - in what can only really be described as a glade, and how many of those do you see anymore? A temple's gaping entrance beckons. This is one of those games about exploring a broken and ancient world, rooting around in the debris and discovering its awful secrets. ![]() ![]() The whole thing's been given a crunchy megalithic weight, too. Heart Machine - the name of the developer - is also the phrase that ultimately seems to get at it most precisely: messy life meets cold hardware. Grottoes and forests and shattered twists of circuitry thread together and entangle. The world of this action RPG is organic and day-dreamy, but it's also tartly technological. What's the best way to describe Hyper Light Drifter's art style? It's the art, after all, that immediately excites. 1/26/2024 0 Comments Ultimate demon wolf formsThis reasonably substantial book is a mixture of stuff which should really have been in the core book and stuff which, whilst, less essential, still presents a range of useful expansions that most Demon campaigns would be enriched by.Īfter some game fiction, the supplement kicks off with an extended meditation on Demon character creation, of the sort usually included in the Player’s Guides to the various World of Darkness games. Luckily, DriveThruRPG ended up doing a sale of Demon stuff a while back, so I was able to pick up the supplements I was interested in and see for myself. Still, the game has its advocates, and part of me wondered whether the subsequent supplements released in 20 (prior to the Classic World of Darkness being shut down in 2004) did anything to resolve the muddle of the core book. ![]() Frankly, if this isn’t true, then it’s kind of embarrassing for everyone involved, because only an awful crisis like that could possibly excuse the state the core book is in. I hear tell that the lead developer actually had a health crisis during the making of the game, making them unable to complete the manuscript by the deadline and forcing White Wolf to make someone else step in and fill out all the Lores in a hurry. So when something like this eventually happens, the dwarf form better not be an effing ram.I’ve reviewed the core book of Demon: the Fallen elsewhere, and come to the conclusion that it’s a fun game weighed down by a horrendously rushed core book with a terrible signal-to-noise ratio and rules which clearly weren’t finished when the game went to press (to the extent that they actively contradict one another at times). I don't want to argue though and now the more I think about it, the less I like the dwarves having a spirit wolf form. You don't have to agree though and I am fully aware of the fact that the game is full of crybabies that will make blizz balancing always everything. ![]() And that's also another reason why I would like to see some races to actually keep sharing their spirit animal (or druid) forms. ![]() I know this is another thing that most players probably won't agree on with me, but I don't think that balancing or equalizing all aspects of the game should be a thing. That's why I kinda liked the troll (and now with the allied races maybe some other) spirit form being unique. But are there other animals that would maybe be more fitting? Yes, I just don't think it would be a ram or a plainstrider.Īlso the constant demand from players of the opposite factions (and also players of different races) for receiving something just because the other faction (or a race) has it is just. So I think it's totally possible for the Azeroth shamans to simultaneously "adopt" the spirit wolf form for themselves. Why would a Dwarf randomly utilise a wolf spirit instead of an animal spirit that actually means something to them? A bear like you said would be appropriate.I never said that I have a problem with it or don't understand the fact. What is so hard to understand about this? You may aswell ask why Zandalari Druids turn into Dinosaurs or why Blood Elf Paladins use the Light of the Sunwell. because that's why the Orcs use wolf 's culturally relevant to them. Once again I could only close the program with Task Manager. While it was frozen the Task manager registered ' very high' power usage. Nothing in the program would respond to mouse clicks. However, when I then clicked on another folder in the C drive, the program froze once again. I also made changes to images in a sub-folder without any problems. I then began to browse through folders on my 'C' drive to look at photos and adjusted a couple of images in a particular folder. All this time I checked the Task manager and saw that it was recording 'low usage' for power. Initially it seemed to have worked as I could open the program and move from Welcome to manage to Edit. I did as you suggested and held the Shift key as I clicked on the PSP icon and I was indeed given the option of a reset which I did. Peace of mind as far as that's concerned. ![]() Thank you too for the info regarding the two desktop icons. Hi Ken and thank you for your welcome to the forum. TM also says that there is very high power usage for the program. Big mistake! Now the program simply freezes every time I try to use it and I can only close it with Task Manager. Before it froze I went to ‘Preferences’ and made the 'Manage' page the default opening page. On one of my attempts to use the program I was able to open the Welcome page and click on ‘Edit'. One is for Paintshop Pro 2019 (64bit) and the second is just Paintshop Pro 2019. (Before purchasing the full version I uninstalled the trial version.)įollowing the download of the program I noticed that two shortcuts had been created on the desktop. Prior to purchasing the Full Version program today, I had downloaded the 'Trial Version' and I had no problems with this. (The Task manager indicates that the program is using 'very high' power consumption.) I've tried numerous times to open the program without success. ![]() ![]() I then opened the program to the 'Welcome' page but when I tried to navigate to the 'Manage' page the program froze and I had to shut it down using the Task manager. This morning (23rd November, 2018) I purchased the 'Paint Shop Pro 2019 Ultimate' program online from the Corel website and followed the download instructions. 1/26/2024 0 Comments Unbeatable th8 war base![]() Place air defenses strategically: Air attacks can be devastating at TH8, so it’s important to place your air defense in a location that provides maximum coverage. Start with the most important ones, such as air defense, wizard towers, and tesla towers. Prioritize defense upgrades: Upgrade your defenses to protect your base from attacks. Here are some tips for designing a top-performing TH8 war base: This layout is effective against both ground and air attacks, but it requires careful placement of traps and walls to be effective. Symmetrical Base: This base layout has a symmetrical design that provides an equal distribution of defenses around the base. The air defenses are placed in a way that provides maximum coverage of the base, while also providing a funnel for your clanmates to attack from. The defenses are placed in a way that makes it difficult for Hog Riders to path around the base, while also providing a funnel for your clanmates to attack from.Īnti-Dragon Base: This base layout is designed to counter Dragon attacks, which are a popular attack strategy at TH8. Here are a few popular TH8 war base layouts:Īnti-Hog Rider Base: This base layout is designed to counter Hog Rider attacks, which are a popular attack strategy at TH8. The layout should prioritize defense and resource protection, while also providing an opportunity for your clanmates to defend against enemy attacks. One of the most important aspects of a TH8 war base is the layout. It’s designed to make it difficult for enemy attackers to 3-star your base, while also providing an opportunity for your clanmates to defend against attacks and win the war. A war base is a base layout that is optimized for defending against enemy attacks during clan wars. Having a well-designed war base is essential to protect your clan’s resources and trophies. ![]() Importance of a TH8 War BaseĪt TH8, players unlock new defenses, such as the Bomb Tower and Air Sweeper, that are crucial for defending against both ground and air attacks. In this guide, we will explore the best TH8 war base strategies, layouts, and tips to help you defend your clan in battles. At TH8, players can access stronger defenses and troop upgrades, which makes it an exciting time to focus on war base design. In Clash of Clans, the TH8 level is an important milestone for players as it unlocks several new defensive structures and upgrades. From the visual aspect the roof of the Town Hall will transform into the entire tower and there will be a small red flag near the entrance of the building. The Town Hall upgrade till the 8th level costs 2,000,000 gold coins and will take 8 days. As you can see, there are no pretty new constructions.Īfter upgrading the Barracks, P.E.K.K.A. Elixir Storage, Dark Barracks, Archer Tower, Mortar, Air Defence, Wizard Tower and Hidden Tesla.Īlso you’ll be able to construct another 50 additional Wall units, 2 Spring Traps, Giant Bomb, 2 Air Bombs and Seeking Air Mine. On this level you’ll get 8 additional constructions: Dark Elixir Drill, Gold Storage. TH8 war Base Clash of Clan Base Layouts with links. 1/26/2024 0 Comments Football management ultra kody![]() Enjoy realistic Premier League and cup competition structures ![]() Come up with your own unique soccer tactics and winning strategies Trade players in a real-time dynamic fantasy soccer market Train your players to play like real-life pro soccer players Keep your Chairman happy, expand your stadium & get more supporters as you build your fantasy soccer team. Just like real soccer games, a big part of your club’s revenue is generated via sponsorships and VIP deals at the stadium on game day. MANAGE SOCCER STADIUM FACILITIES AND SPONSORSHIPSįMU brings real game aspects to your fantasy Soccer club. Take advantage of different soccer tactics in training, go over your soccer stats and surprise your opponent in this exciting multiplayer game. Work your way up the local league to qualify to play in the Champions League. Bring your players’ soccer skills to perfection as you train them to be the best in their division. Train your players to play like real-life pros from Premier Leagues around the globe and win fantasy soccer trophies.ĭevelop your players’ skills by using Football Management Ultra’s soccer training system. Put your tactics to the ultimate test against other soccer managers worldwide and constantly improve your football skills!Ĭreate the ultimate soccer team by hand-picking your top eleven players, while massively climbing the fantasy soccer rankings. In this interactive multiplayer soccer manager game, you will have the opportunity to manage a soccer team like a pro. Win the Champions League and master your country’s Premier League. Are you the next Mourinho or Guardiola? Play FMU and find out if you have what it takes to manage your own soccer team. ![]() Wasn't this a fancy image viewer a few years ago? Apparently it's now a RAW developer.Īllegedly super fast, with great sharpening and noise removal.Īnother new developer, borne out of a dedicated noise reduction tool, and with an emphasis on “intelligent” tools. ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2020 13.0 ( $9/month or $150).This one works straight on files in the file system, though, which is highly attractive to me. Not exactly what I'm looking for, but we'll see about its “normal” RAW development chops.Īnother highly regarded developer with rather traditional tools. Allegedly extremely high image quality, but no local adjustments whatsoever.Ī rather new developer, with fancy AI features such as automatic sky replacements. Allegedly the best default color rendition, particularly for Fuji cameras.įree, works on Linux. Capture One 20.0.4 ( $29/month or $350)Įnormously expensive, even with the educational discount.Currently only available at a subscription price, but there is a “free” version available through my university. Adobe Lightroom Classic CC 7.5 ( $10/month).Allegedly, not particularly fast, with a confusing user interface. That said, I will leave all other adjustments on their default settings, to still get an impression of the general look of the programs.įree, works on Linux, very familiar to me. By limiting myself to these edits, I hope to get an unbiased idea of the various RAW developer's implementations, without needing to ask the endless “what if” of what else I could have done. But for this test, I'm explicitly not doing anything particularly artistic merely some highlight recovery, shadow recovery, and local white balance adjustments. Obviously, I am a lot more proficient in my current tool, Darktable, than in any of the others. I would prefer a file-based workflow with edits stored alongside the RAW files 2, and I would prefer a perpetual license instead of a rental contract, but I'm willing to compromize on both if it's worth it 3. I have yet to see a photograph that was ruined by them, and most RAW developers seem to do a sufficient job at them. In contrast to most other comparisons on the 'net 1, I won't concern myself too much with sharpness and noise reduction and demosaicing. Must support my past and present cameras (Fuji X-E3, Ricoh GR, Pentax Q7, Nikon D7000).Must run acceptably with files on a network share.Must run acceptably on my Surface tablet.And they all have rabid fan bases, and apparently unique rendering. There are so many RAW developers out there. The manual is terrific and it's easy to go back to for a brief explanation for a particular control.Choice. The post isn't as long or as detailed as the RawTheapee manual, "RawPedia," but it explains why that manual is required when you might not have needed a manual to understand some simpler to use application. My most recent explanation was when version 5.7 of RT came out: ![]() The rationale for so many different controls is easy to explain and so is the solution for how to go beyond it to use the great power of RT. That conclusion is based on misunderstanding the reason for all the controls and an assumption that one must use them all and really mess up the photo in the process. The complaint is that there are so many different controls that deal with similar photographic issues making the program confusing and too complex to be useful. OK, a continuing complaint about RawTherapee over the years is one that I've posted about several times. RawTherapee 5.8 can be downloaded for Windows, Mac and Linux from the software's website. Those two features aside, the new update brings various improvements to camera models, optimizes tools, speeds up the application, improves its memory management and fixes a number of unspecified bugs. Though it's not explicitly stated, it appears the team plans to add metadata support for these files in the future. The team says that at this point in time, RawTherapee can decode the image data so that users can process these image files it cannot, however, retrieve the metadata. In addition, RawTherapee 5.8 adds support for Canon's CR3 raw image format. The RawTherapee team explains that Capture Sharpening can be used with Post-Resize Sharpening in order to produce 'detailed and crisp results.' The tool is found within the 'Raw' tab. RawTherapee 5.8 brings a new tool called Capture Sharpening that automatically recovers the detail lost due to diffraction/lens blur. This is a relatively small update, at least as far as general users are concerned. Free, open-source software RawTherapee has been updated to version 5.8, the team behind the product has announced. For when kings clash, the whole land trembles. Martins internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of. Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory may go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel.and the coldest hearts. HBOs hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R. Here a princess masquerades as an orphan boy a knight of the mind prepares a poison for a treacherous sorceress and wild men descend from the Mountains of the Moon to ravage the countryside. It is a tale in which brother plots against brother and the dead rise to walk in the night. Six factions struggle for control of a divided land and the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, preparing to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war. The Iron Throne once united the Sunset Lands, but King Robert is dead, his widow is a traitor to his memory, and his surviving brothers are set on a path of war amongst themselves. Martin ( Series: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1) 5: A Clash of Kings by. Now a major Sky Atlantic TV series from HBO, featuring a stellar cast. This library of audio books and poetry features digital recordings and MP3s. And from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns. This second volume of A Song of Ice and Fire is unabridged and split into two parts. A Clash of Kings transports us to a world of revelry and revenge, wizardry and warfare unlike any you have ever experienced.Ī comet the color of blood and flame cuts across the sky. Martin has created a work of unsurpassed vision, power, and imagination. In this eagerly awaited sequel to A Game of Thrones, George R. ![]() Some of the books have been adapted into a series of Graphic Novels. Intended to be complete in seven volumes, the author has stated it could go on for longer. THE BOOK BEHIND THE SECOND SEASON OF GAME OF THRONES, AN ORIGINAL SERIES NOW ON HBO. A Song of Ice and Fire Series 7 primary works 15 total works The series comprises one epic story that is still being written. 1/25/2024 0 Comments Marty stuart midland tx2005: Badlands: Ballads of the Lakota (Superlatone).With Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives 1997: A Night of Reckoning ( Dead Reckoning).1986: Live from Austin TX ( New West) released in 2004.Stinson co-wrote " Let It Be You" for Ricky Skaggs, " Wild Angels" for Martina McBride, "You Give Me Love" for Faith Hill, "It’s All Up To You" for Steve Earle and " Where Was I" for Ricky Van Shelton.ĭiscography Solo albums Stinson was a member of TNN’s American Music Shop house band, with Mark O'Connor, Jerry Douglas, Brent Mason, Glenn Worf, John Jarvis, and Matt Rollings. Stinson appeared in Bette Midler’s film The Rose as part of Monty's Band. Stinson has worked with Jimmy Buffett, Jay Ferguson, Al Stewart, Etta James, Peter Frampton, Juice Newton, Elton John, Bob Seger, Leon Russell, Corb Lund, Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle, Bette Midler, Faith Hill, Patty Loveless, George Jones, Nicolette Larson, Neil Diamond, Lyle Lovett, and Earl Scruggs. The band has been an anchor of The Marty Stuart Show on RFD-TV. In 2002, Marty Stuart formed the Fabulous Superlatives, including Stinson, Kenny Vaughan, and Paul Martin. Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives Stinson also helped form Kevin Welch's band, the Overtones, with Mike Henderson, Glenn Worf, and Kieran Kane. He also performed live with The Dead Reckoners. In the mid-nineties, Stinson founded Dead Reckoning Records with Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch, Tammy Rogers, and Mike Henderson. Stinson toured and also played on Earle's first few albums. In 1985, Stinson moved back to Nashville, and spent two years as a member of Steve Earle's band, the Dukes, along with Bucky Baxter, Richard Bennett, Ken Moore, Emory Gordy, Jr., John Jarvis, Steve Nathan, and Paul Franklin. Silver had one top 20 hit in 1976 with " Wham Bam." Silver recorded one album, but broke up before recording another. Then Stinson moved to California, where he joined the band Silver with John Batdorf, Tom Leadon, Brent Mydland, and Greg Collier. In 1974, Stinson substituted for Willie Leacox for the band America's tour. In 1970, Stinson first worked professionally in Dottie West's band the Heartaches, touring with Red Sovine and Don Gibson, and appearing on the Grand Ole Opry. ![]() He was in a high school band with Morris West, son of country star Dottie West. Stinson grew up in Nashville, where he grew to love country music. Harry Stinson is an American multi-instrumentalist, noted as a session drummer and vocalist in the Nashville music community. 1/25/2024 0 Comments Arcadegeddon steam![]() Posts must be about or related to the Steam Deck Posts must be on-topic and relevant to the Steam Deck (not just vaguely or tangentially related). Make it fun! However, the mod team reserves the right to remove Deck Flex posts at their discretion or change this rule at any time. But if you don't like this rule, please feel free to suggest other ideas rather than trolling the sub through harassing and ridiculous reports). Remember: Everyone is excited about their deck! But no one wants to see your confirmation email, shipping tracker, turned-off deck on a table, or a box literally ever. ![]() Show your deck in a unique setting, get creative with the photo, or add a funny/interesting caption. You CAN show off your deck (any time)!! 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