Recent content by EvilPolygons

That's not a big problem compared to the weird RoadExit terrain issues, or roads just plain failing to generate and connect at all to some RoadExits. Those are the worst. There's also the old issue of roads cutting completely through really huge wilderness POIs, but it sounds like that will be...

I was thinking about how wolves in The Long Dark are affected when the Aurora Borealis flares up. Something like that would be really cool in 7DTD. Storms could have a chance to supercharge zombies somehow. Different storms could have different effects. That's a great idea, though, storms...

First off, I'm sure some folks already know about this fix, but I've only just discovered it and want to share the knowledge. My load times were starting to get ridiculous because of the number of mods I have installed. Specifically, the "Loading Blocks..." part of the process was hitting 2...

There's a leveling tool mod for that. But it's probably something TFP should officially add to the game.

There's a lot I'm looking forward to in 2.0, but improvements to wilderness road generation are at the top of the list. Probably because I'm weird, or OCD, or whatever. But those ugly, buggy terrain malformations at POI RoadExits have kinda ruined RWG for me lately. I really hope those are gone...

Yep. It's a bit fiddly but it does work.

It's a bad idea for several reasons, but performance is the biggest. We've all played those extreme, custom made POIs where all the sleeper volumes are set on group zero with no regard for performance. Having your FPS drop into single digits is not fun. Beyond just performance considerations...

I posted relevant legal precedents previously in this thread. Software copyright does not extend to user generated content unless the software does the vast majority of the "creative" work, with minimal input from the user. Lawyers can put anything they want into a EULA. But the courts have...

Okay, but no zombie opossums. They're immune!

I've been on the same save file since the Foundations patch back in 2017. I do the expeditions, though, so that sorta kinda gives me the "from scratch" experience. Don't even want to admit the insane number of hours I've got in NMS because it's just embarrassing. Same goes with 7DTD at this point. 🤓

Yup. It's basically Hello Games' entire business model with No Man's Sky and has netted them tens - dozens - of millions of dollars. Every time they release a new major update, players come flooding back and their sales numbers jump right back up. Even after 7 or 8 years! It's just wild.

Correction: Everyone loses except for the lawyers. They get paid regardless of the enforceability of their EULA or the merits of their case. Interesting you mentioned POI creation and blocks, because that's something I've been musing about lately; US copyright protects artistic designs and...

Yes, EULAs are valid in determining whether companies can terminate their users licenses or go after them for monetary damages for product misuse. That is a completely different animal than what we're talking about. The topic here is whether EULAs can circumvent US copyright law, most especially...

Corporate lawyers can put whatever they want in a EULA, but historically the courts have held a pretty narrow view of what a EULA can actually enforce. TFP could sneak language in demanding you name your first born child "Pimpbot 5000," or demanding access to your private porn stash. But it...

No EULA has the power to override your country's copyright laws, generally speaking. Licensing laws are different from country to country, but in general EULAs cannot grant a company the legal right to "take ownership" of an original work of art -- especially if that art is already owned by a...