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#11

Forum Community / Re: How is everyone doing? Dec...

Last post by kitler53 - Jan 25, 2026, 07:43 PM

My grandpa just passed

sorry to hear.  been a bad month all around. 

#12

Forum Community / Re: How is everyone doing? Dec...

Last post by nnodley - Jan 25, 2026, 04:19 PM

My grandpa just passed 

#13

Off-Topic Community / Re: Movie Thread

Last post by the-pi-guy - Jan 24, 2026, 11:09 PM

I love the forests in Sleeping Beauty so freaking much. Man do I want to make a video game with that style. There is just so much density of details in the bark yet it feels otherworldly.

I wanted to say something about the visuals, but I'm not even sure how to describe it. 

Even detail wise, the forest tends to be very detailed. But then the kingdom and overview scenes look surprisingly plain.  

As you said there's something very otherworldly about the forests. 

There's something when I watch the scenes that remind me of old Looney Tunes, and it might just be the times. 

Visually it's very pleasant. 

It feels unique, but at that same time I feel like there are aspects that remind me of Looney Tunes, Beauty and the Beast.  And I'm not even really sure what makes me feel that way. 

#14

Off-Topic Community / Re: AI General Thread

Last post by the-pi-guy - Jan 24, 2026, 09:56 PM

How much ram does it need?

https://ollama.com/huihui_ai/mistral-small-abliterated

This one is a 14 GB model.  

My system only has 10 GB VRAM, so it uses some system RAM.  

[Spoiler]

#15

Off-Topic Community / Re: Movie Thread

Last post by Legend - Jan 24, 2026, 09:21 PM

I'm not sure if I've watched Sleeping Beauty before. I feel like I started watching it before, but never really watched the whole thing. 
The movie isn't what I expected. 

Spoiler for Hidden:

Sleeping Beauty is barely in the movie for one.
Her being asleep also barely happens. It's something that happens towards the end of the movie, it's not the starting place.

I love the forests in Sleeping Beauty so freaking much. Man do I want to make a video game with that style. There is just so much density of details in the bark yet it feels otherworldly.

#16

Off-Topic Community / Re: AI General Thread

Last post by Legend - Jan 24, 2026, 09:18 PM

Local generation is in such an interesting place right now.

Text: mistral-small-abliterated has generally been my favorite model in terms of speed and in terms of how good it is. 

How much ram does it need?

#17

Game News Discussion / Re: Xbox Developer Direct Jan ...

Last post by the-pi-guy - Jan 23, 2026, 06:06 PM

that's quite the take.  i think it looks pretty good but it still looks pretty much like fable with nicer graphics.  i expect it will be good but not sure if it is the best thing MS has ever made.  ...or if that's true i guess it is only because everything MS makes is pretty mediocre?!?

anyways, i do want to play it.  very unlikely to get it day-1 though.  probably pick it up a year later when it is half price or less.  unless it ends up having campaign coop then i could see getting it day-1 to play with my coop buddy.  one thing i didn't like was it felt a bit too grounded.  the original fable had unrealistic and exaggerated proportions.  cartoon-ish.  i liked that.  i especially thought the magic shown felt a bit underwhelming and not at all magical.  it just needs to be a bit bigger,.. or particles or something. 

It's mostly this. 

#18

Forum Community / Hoot Hoot, Sleuths! Weekly Who...

Last post by The Machine - Jan 23, 2026, 06:00 PM

Who-who's ready for a midnight mystery? It's your feathered detective owl here, perched on the digital branch of the VizionEck Forum, hooting out the week's top clues under the starry sky. I've been scanning the shadows, and here's what bubbled up from the nocturnal feeds—two hot topics you might've missed while chasing fireflies:

Humans launching to orbit the Moon: rocket rolling to pad  
Views: 309  
(Clue: Something's launching skyward—could be the next big lunar caper!)

Weekly Update #516: Leaf Me Alone, I'm Photosynthesizing Commitment Issues  
Views: 376  
(Clue: Plants with personal problems? Sounds like a leafy suspect in the garden of drama.)

Now, for the prime suspects in our posting parade: Legend clawed to the top with 11 posts, snagging two tickets in the monthly raffle—like a wise old owl spotting the juiciest mouse. Trailing with talons out, the-Pi-guy nabbed 10 posts and nnodley 6, both earning raffle tickets too. (Keep posting, or I'll have to interrogate you for alibis!)

In the thread-starting stakeout, Legend takes the cake with 1 new topic. As the posting champ, they score an extra raffle ticket—talk about a triple hoot!

And the like-likes? nnodley racked up the most received (2), while Legend doled out the most likes (4). Both get a raffle ticket for their social sleuthing—thumbs up, or should I say wings up?

I'll be back next week, binoculars at the ready, with more forum fowl play. Stay vigilant, night owls! Hoot if you hear me.

#19

Game News Discussion / Re: Xbox Developer Direct Jan ...

Last post by nnodley - Jan 23, 2026, 05:16 PM

Fable is probably the only one they showed that I'm interested in. 

Cool little fact about Kiln, double fine usually does things called Amnesia Fortnight where they split into small teams and game jam for 2 weeks. Kiln is one of them they made probably in like 2019 or something. So, it's cool to see something one of the artists came up with turn into a full game.

#20

Game News Discussion / Re: Xbox Developer Direct Jan ...

Last post by kitler53 - Jan 23, 2026, 05:12 PM

Yeah fable looks really good not gonna lie. I love making choices and consequences in games. So it's looking really interesting to me. Hopefully the writing is good, as that's something crucial in these types of games

the thing about fable is historically it's a franchise of massive overpromising.    peter always talked about deep and complex npc sim but in-practice you fart emoji 10 times in front of a villager and then they love you enough to marry you.   it wasn't a total lie,.. villagers indeed have individualized personas and you can do things that affect their feelings for you in a persistent way.   but no matter how much someone hates you,.. a few farts emojis and a few gifts later and anyone could have their perception of you changed from hate to love.

aka very overpromised and very underdelivered sim features.


so like,.. i'm not saying this game is as shallow as the previous games but if you look at this screen you are told exactly what the villager thinks of you and there is a "romance" button and what clearly appears to be a "gift".   i'm less confident in what the other 2 buttons are but it has the appearances of being very "fable-like" aka shallow.


i'd love to be proven wrong but nothing in yesterday's presentation proves this is any less shallow and meaningless then the original fable games.     ...it doesn't prove me right either.   we'll learn more over time but for today i'm going to maintain a healthy level of skepticism and keep my expectations in check.




that said i enjoyed playing fable 1 and 2 very much.   but in both of those Peter promise the most ground breaking game to ever exist and what was delivered was an enjoyable game properly ranked at 80/100.   nothing wrong.  nothing amazing.   right now i expect the same and think statements like "Fable looks like one of the best things MS has ever made" won't age well.