How the hell..

do I stop getting stuck on the enviroment, especcially in Velmore ( fuck Velmorne )? With all those teleporting or jumping enemies that I should evade I constantly bring myself in situations where I get stuck and pummeled to death ( looking at you great executioner ). I know the answer is most likely get better, but I just needed to rant, especially about Velmorne ( fuck Velmorne ) because it not olny has the worst set of enemies ever in combination with small streets.

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u/Unlucky-Mud-8115 — 11 days ago

Slower paced big scale rts

I got back into RTS lately, replaying many campaigns and old favourites. And as much as I like the classics I came to realize my favourites are slower paced, more tactical lange scale games like SupCom or Cossacks. So I am looking for some other games in that vein, I already own Ashes of Singularity and Sins of a Solar Empire in addition to the above mentioned games.

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u/Unlucky-Mud-8115 — 16 days ago
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AoW 4 suddenly laggy?

After a bit of a hiatus over the last few months I wanted to start a game of AoW 4 again today. It always ran without a hitch in fullscreen on max settings, so I was a bit surprised when it started in a window today and was so laggy already in the menu that is was basically unplayable. I verified all files, un- and reinstalled it, deactivated all my mods, to no avail. The graphics settings did not change, it still showed "exclusive fullscreen" although being launched in a window. My system specs are AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 6 cores, 32 GB Ram, AMD Radeon 9700 X 16 GB, Samsung SSD 990 Pro 2 TB. I also checked my other games to be sure, but nothing unusual there, for example Manor Lords on max settings runs absolutely smooth. Any idea what could cause this?

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u/Unlucky-Mud-8115 — 24 days ago

I love and hate this game

Bone Courtier dodging five attacks in a row? Check! Three of four enemy attacks are crits? Check! Occultist healing my Bounty Hunter at Deaths door for zero and aflicting him with bleed? Check! The most hurt and stressed out member steps into the trap? Check! I know its not really stacked against you, but I will be damned if it does not look like that often. And still I come back, just like in a toxic relationship. And my Team crits away a whole enemy group in two rounds and all is well again. Until the next misstep.

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u/Unlucky-Mud-8115 — 1 month ago

Finally

I finally got my little group of four Bolivian rams yesterday and I am really glad to see that they seem to be settling in well already! They have taken a liking to the overgrowth of kongofern on my driftwood and seem to like hiding in there between exploration.

u/Unlucky-Mud-8115 — 2 months ago

Favourite survival game of all time?

What is your favourite Survival game ever? The ine that you would olay if you could play only one game for the rest of your life? For me I think it would be Dont starve. Its was an challenge to find stuff out, it zhrows some weird stuff at you that actually fun to find ( like building an effigy out of pig meat and beard hair for another life ). And I am one of those strange people that thinks the permadeath actually added some much needed tension to the game.

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u/Unlucky-Mud-8115 — 2 months ago

Gestern beim Spaziergang gefunden

Gestern beim Spaziergang in der Au gesehen, tatsächlich meine erste Gottesanbeterin in 44 Jahren.

u/Unlucky-Mud-8115 — 2 months ago

Games with in depth building mechanics

I am a weird one. I love building mechanics that other would deem tedious. And by building mechanics I dont necessarily mean what you can build like in Icarus or Enshrouded, its more HOW you have to build it. I want to carry every log to the building site and put it in place. Games like Aska, Sons of the Forest, Chinese Frontiers or The Last Blight come to mind. I want to craft the beams I have to put in place. Do you know of any other games that are like this, maybe lesser known ones?

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u/Unlucky-Mud-8115 — 2 months ago

NRW tankmates

15 Pseudomugil gertrudae have arrived today and are already enjoying the waterflow. Very nimble and pretty hard to film!

u/Unlucky-Mud-8115 — 2 months ago

How much co2 do you add?

Title. I am adding 3 drps/sec atm, but some plants, especially the more colourful ones ore those I added later, are not doing so hot, sobI thought to go up to 4/sec. On the other hand I dont want to kill my fish. Its a 300 l tank, no soil, using rootcaps.

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u/Unlucky-Mud-8115 — 3 months ago

Help me decide

Please help me decide between two different species for my tank. I have a 300 l (100cm long) that houses corydoras, three panda garras and 6 Melanotainia praecox. The plan is to add a school of 12 either Melanotainia maccullochi or Kali tawa, but I cant decide on one of the two. Kali tawa look a bit similar to praecox, thats why I am a bit hesitant as I wanted something a bit different. Maccullochi on the other hand look different but a bit less attractive imho ( although I know pictures can be misleading with rainbows as they get more colourful the older they get). I ruled out other bigger species because of my tank size and pseudomugil because they seem to jump and my tank does not have a lid. Do any of you kerp those species and have some info for me that would make the desicion a bit easier?

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u/Unlucky-Mud-8115 — 3 months ago

Sanctuary Shattered Sun demo

Tried the demo out for a bit today and I have to say that I am pretty hyped. As someone who loved the slower more strategic pace of SupCom 1 I think this xould turn out to be SupCom 2 we never got (and I dont even necessarily think SupCom2 is a bad game per se, it just never lived up to the first one). I love this style of game and since the first one there was never a game that really scratched that itch. Ashes of Singularity was somehow weird and I never really got into BAR. But this could be really good. Want to sink more time i to the demo, but the mechanics seem to basically pretty much SupCom 1. It also seems to have the mechanic where the battlefield opens up as the Mission goes on, which I really like because you can build up your base before you tackle the next objektive and I loved that in SupCom 1. As someone who basically almost stopped playing rts as I got older and Rts got ever faster this could really be up my alley and bring me back. Hoping for the best.

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u/Unlucky-Mud-8115 — 3 months ago

Getting a bit disheartened

For a bit of context, I am one of those weird people who dont want to look up youtube tutorials and find out most stuff for themselfes. My problem is that I get a bit dishearted by this game. I am ptetty good at establishing a running base, but as soon as I hit late early or mid game I get stuck not knowing on ehat to focus. All those posts on this sub with the incredibly intricate stuff that is being built dint help with me feeling like a toddler playing with his first Legos. Any tips on how to progress a bit smoother without me having to look up stuff?

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u/Unlucky-Mud-8115 — 3 months ago

Hygrophila pinnatifida

What is my Hygrophila pinnatifida missing? I add co2 ( approx. 3 bubbles/sec ) and iron and potassium over the water collumn in small doses ( 4ml) daily. It sitzt on my driftwood. All the other plants, even those that are on the driftwood too like kongofern, are growing pretty great, its just this one plant that Shows severe lack. Lighting is a Chihiros WRGB 1000 that runs on 80/50/30/30 from 9:00 to 19:30. My thouht would maybe PO4 as my water out of the tap (I do treat it and use half/half tap and reverse osmosis water thst I buy at my store, I dont have the place to store water sadly) has really high PO4 content so I treat to remove it and I maybe overdid it.

u/Unlucky-Mud-8115 — 3 months ago

Bacterial film/corys

For around two weeks now I can see a noticable bacterial film on my water surface (tank is running since beginning of may). My surface agitation is good, so its never really a full on film but more of a noticable oily sheen, as well as some co2 bubbles on the surface. I got a 300l tank with 12 corys, 6 praecox rainbows, 1 old pearl gourami, 3 panda garras and a few amanos, so I dont think overstocking is the problem. For my plants I only use rootcaps and I add potassium and Fe in small dosages (2,5 ml) daily. I changed my canister filter two weeks ago from a small one to an oase 850, but I put some old filter material in it to avoid a no2 spike. Which gets me to overfeeding. I try to feed in small dosages and try to monitor as good as I can to not overfeed. And I do think the main issue is that my corys and pandas often push their pellets around, which leads me to believe they often push them into spaces where they cant reach them anymore and they are left to rot. Would you agree? How do I deal with it? Maybe get some big glass bowl in which I can feed them and nothing can rot in the soil?

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u/Unlucky-Mud-8115 — 3 months ago

Favourite colony sims

I am a big fan of smaller scale colony sims, so I am really interrested to know what your favourites are (although I know that there will be many Rimworld posts ) amd which ones you are looking forward to. Mine would be Oxygen not Included. I got a bit of a love/hate relationship with this game as I really like it but I am pretty terrible at it. I do manage to get to a stable colony of 5 and then thats it. Next would be Clanfolk and Space Haven. Especially space haven is a vibe imho. Honorare mention to Mind over Magic, its not a 10/10 bit a really Solid game with good artstyle and I love the theme. I never got into Rimworld, dont know why. I am looking forward to Romestead, early access was pretty promising. Also love the concept of Dungeon Settlers, hope they can pull it off. If you have any lesser known ones please let me know, I do have all the bigger ones in my library.

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u/Unlucky-Mud-8115 — 3 months ago

Do not save money in the wrong places!

This is meant as a little heads up to all the newbies or people who look to get into the hobby. Save yourself some headaches later and dont try to save money in the wrong places, specifically your filter. The filter is arguably the most important piece of tech for your tank. Always try to get a good quality, and always buy a bigger filter than you think you would need. Better save than sorry. I had a Tetra filter up until beginning of this week, and it was okay but not great. I knew I wanted a better filter because I set up a 79 gal tank in the beginning of may. So with my holiday bonus I got a Oase Biomaster 850. It may seem way overtuned for my tank, but you can always ajust speed of your flow. It os running for only two days now and my water is crystal clear. Some other great filters would be Aquael or Eheim (an all time classic, been around for ages).

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u/Unlucky-Mud-8115 — 3 months ago

Bolivian rams

I wanted to get Bolivian rams for my new 79 gal tank (100 cm long). The question now is if it would support two pairs or if it would be better to stick to one pair? I worry mostly about thr fact that it may be not structured enough if aggression occurs (the picture taken is after cutting back some plants, mainly the limnophila in the back). Stocking atm is 6 praecox, 1 pearl gourami, 12 corydoras venezuelanus, 3 panda garras and some amanos and nerites.

u/Unlucky-Mud-8115 — 3 months ago

Raina/Macy 10 heart Event not unlocking?

I got 10 hearts with Raina and Grace, but the 10 heart Events are not unlocking. I am pretty bummed out because I specifically heald out on marrying to wait for Raina. Is there something I am missing? Is it a bug?I completed everything except the Arcade and the dino holograms.

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u/Unlucky-Mud-8115 — 3 months ago

Plant recommendation

I am mostly happy how my new tank is coming along after 1,5 months. Some things will change a bit over time, but my main problem atm is the right side is a bit too open for my taste. I wanted to add some smaller plants to basically hide the stalks of my aponogeon as seen on the second pic. I know the easiest way may be some crypts, but the last time I had some they completely took over my tank. I wanted something with a bit more colour to have a contrast to the green. I had a look at bucephalandra, but I mostly know them for putting them on driftwood and I do not know how well they would grow in substrate. They also seem to be slow growers, and the problem is I got some fast ones and I fear they use up all the nutrients and the new plants just die. Would you have any other suggestions?

u/Unlucky-Mud-8115 — 4 months ago