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Edit: Since I don't in any way routinely buy from these guys, there's no way I can possibly let y'all know later, when the supply is in no noticable way diminished by this.

New Evercade Update Includes A "Hotly Requested Feature" | Time Extension by MajorHavoc in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The exciting thing about this is just being able to reuse more USB controllers that happen to be lying around available.

The vast majority of the Evercade catalog has no particular use for Analog controls, but it'll be nice to be able to plug in and use a controller that happens to have analog sticks.

It's also worth noting that none of the games that do support Analog actually expected the player to have analog sticks. I've played most of those either on PS1 or Evercade, and they're winnable without analog sticks.

Analog sticks for PS1 were available, but most folks didn't have them.

There's a reason we aren't as harsh on the Steam Deck. Actually, a couple. by MajorHavoc in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yeah. If Valve releases a remotely viable desktop console OS, I'll immediately build one for my living room. If for no other reason, to keep the rest of the family away from my SteamDeck.

There's a reason we aren't as harsh on the Steam Deck. Actually, a couple. by MajorHavoc in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

As in if you live in a state with sales tax but down the road is a state without sales tax- why ever shop in your state?

Mostly the states are quite big, so it's not worth the trouble. But along various state borders, it distorts the shopping experience in odd ways.

I've been towns that are missing common retailers entirely, because everyone drives to the next town over (in another state), to avoid a tax.

We also have a rich history of driving across state lines to purchase stuff that's illegal in our own state. It's also illegal to bring it back, but the borders aren't patrolled, so the only way to get caught is to have a traffic violation while doing it.

Or so I've heard. I never break any laws, myself.

There's a reason we aren't as harsh on the Steam Deck. Actually, a couple. by MajorHavoc in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

Cool chart.

It really makes the point to me that the PS1 and PS2, when adjusted for inflation, and for relative compute power, were just such a fantastic deal.

I was recovering from some serious console-purchase fatigue, when I bought my PS1 to replace my garage sale purchased Super NES. It was a big deal to me.

I've paid PS5 prices (inflation adjusted) for a game system a few times (my first Switch and SteamDeck), but they've been a lot more mind blowing than what appears to be on offer today.

Disclaimer: My favorite game is 8-bit, anyway.

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A Pipeworks Crash Course (github.com)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Since I couldn't find it, here's a bare minimum guide to starting using the Pipeworks mod.

This recipe builds a trivial item sorter.

Mods you need:

Pipeworks
Mesecon
I3 Inventory (optional, strongly recommend)

Resources you need (if building this in survival):

24 wood planks for 4 chests
a lot of leaves (for plastic for tubes and for the injector)
a lot of mese Crystals (for the injector and the sorting tube segment and the blinky plant)
3 saplings (for the blinky plant)
2 iron for the injector

To build the parts - look up the part recipes in I3 Inventory, or the MineTest wiki.

The Build:

In this order, place, on flat ground, in a straight line:

A chest
A stack wise filter injector
A pneumatic tube segment
A sorting pneumatic tube segment
A final chest

Now place the last two chests on the ground on either side of the 'sorting pneumatic tube segment'.

Now place a 'blinky plant' beside the 'stackwise filter injector', to get it running. Yes, it must be a blinky plant.

Now throw some crap in the first chest and watch it get moved randomly to the other 3 chests.

Now, grab an item you want sorted, say 'dirt block'. Left click on the 'sorting pneumatic tube segment'. Put the dirt block next to one of the colors. Put more dirt blocks into the first chest.

Watch the dirt blocks follow the color you chose.

Repeat with more item types.

Now your inventory is sorted, kind of.

Finally, add additional chests and sorting tube segments, as needed, to suit your personal play style.

Edit: Of course now I found a decent wiki page that has more detail, so I put that in the URL.

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PSA - MineTest on SteamDeck (blog.rubenwardy.com)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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MineTest on a SteamDeck is so fun, y'all.

(Edit: MineTest is a free and open source game engine that started as a clone of Minecraft, and has grown to be that, and much more.)

I would have tried it sooner, if someone had mentioned it to me, so I'm mentioning it to you.

Edit: Disclaimer, I'm not the author of this blog. It's the walkthrough I followed to start playing.

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Newbie Lessons (programming.dev)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Here's things I learned, so far, as a new player of Minetest. I'm new at this, so I'll gladly update this post with any corrections.

Mineclone2 is a great place to just start playing!
When confident enough to choose my own plugins, I switched back to MineGame/default, for the bigger library of available plugins.
Mesecons is redstone, but looks way nicer. Insulated wires alone look like a huge sanity saver.
The world is dramatically taller and deeper, so you're going to want a teleporter or elevator plugin. I found Travelnet a practical option.
if you're coming from Java edition Minecraft, you may be pleasantly surprised how much faster, lighter and more efficient Mineclone is.
The hang glider plugin is a giggle and a half.
Building a Cotton farm was a quicker path to beds and hang gliders, for me, than searching for sheep.