#game: the arcane files

[acircusfullofdemons]

💫. ┊    two dead girls and one demonic kitty. AKA I finally drew Blair & Kelly after fucking ages!!! & Emory’s human forms, left is him during The Arcane Files, right is him normally. but most of the time he's a cat.

💫. ┊    Blair & Kelly were my original "haunting the narrative" ocs....actually they were my first ever ocs! Them + Rowan are my OG OC Trio. I couldn't decide Blair looked better in green or yellow (her og dress was green but yellow is her associated/assigned color) so uh. I guess both are canon now idk.

#paraportal #art #character design #luka.txt #console: phantasmagoria #game: im not the one #blair ceres #kelly cooper #emory warwick #game: the arcane files #game: as the world falls down #luka.png #lukas circus oddities

[isa-belle1367]

Dean: Maybe in another universe, I won't be used as a human weapon

Bucky Barnes: Not this one.

Percy Jackson: Try again.

Desmond miles: sorry man

Bruce Wayne: *shakes his head*

Harry Potter: ...

Harry dresden: damn

Jinx: idk why you're looking at me

Katniss everdean: not me either

Joel: *disappointed dad sigh*

#wow im really busting out all my hyperfixations #supernatural #dean winchester #marvel #bucky barnes #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson #assassin's creed #desmond miles #dc universe #bruce wayne #batman #arcane #jinx arcane #harry potter #harry dresden #the dresden files #the hunger games #katniss everdeen #the last of us #joel miller

[arachnophobic-larantula]

ten characters ❧ ten fandoms ❧ ten tags

tagged by @thegreatdivide, @dani-the-goblin and @luvwich. Thank you so much 😊

Judy Alvarez - Cyperpunk 2077

2. Ellie Williams - The Last of Us

3. Vi - Arcane

4. Max Caulfield - Life is Strange

5. Don Karnage - Tale Spin

6. Dana Scully - The X-Files

7. Leliana - Dragon Age: Origins

8. Oberyn Martell - Game of Thrones

9. Mr. Davis (Henry Fonda) - 12 Angry Men

10. Éowyn - The Lord of the Rings

Thank you for tagging me <3

Gonna tag a few of my lovely mutuals, NO PRESSURE, NO EXPECTATION: @jlovely913, @deadletterpoets, @emstefani, @moonbiscuitsims, @moonlovingbutch, @haveyouseenmymarbles, @wtfjd95, @retinalense51515fps, @jimitherainbow, @peaches-n-screem, @therealemilyalter, @7bethblackheart9, @pholcidae3

#tag game #mutuals #tysm <3 #cyberpunk 2077 #the last of us #arcane #life is strange #talespin #x files #dragon age origins #game of thrones #12 angry men #the lord of the rings

[truefandemonium]

UPDATE: I got my six!! Thank you to everyone who dropped suggestions! 🙏🥳 I will be working on these for the next week or so and will be sure to post when I’m done! Thanks again!

PLEASE someone give me this challenge

From the following fandoms I’ll do any character: Evil Dead (OG trilogy only), Ash vs The Evil Dead, X-Files, Arcane, Black Mirror, The 10th Kingdom, The Last Kingdom, Encanto, Zootopia, BBC Ghosts, Yonderland, Harry Potter, The Quarry, What We do in the Shadows (movie), Gravity Falls, AMC Preacher, Netflix’s One Piece, Detroit Become Human, Lunatics: A Love Story, Ravenous, Hunger Games (OG trilogy)

And if you have one you think I’ll like or want to draw, let me know!

First 6 to reply will be picked! 😁

#fandom #ash vs evil dead #ash williams #arcane #evil dead #bruce campbell #harry potter #hand drawn #travis hackett #the quarry #the tenth kingdom #the last kingdom #what we do in the shadows #bbc ghosts #one piece #netflix #the hunger games #preacher amc #gravity falls #ravenous 1999 #zootopia #encanto #black mirror #x files #movies #tv shows #yonderland #detroit become human #six fanarts #fanart

[tykobrian]

I am the monster you created.

#puppy and meow meow #both also looking at the same person #THOSE WHO HAVE STARTED APPROACHING ME WITH LIL PITCHFORKS #TO TELL ME OFF ABOUT CALLING VI A MONSTER #LISTEN - GO READ UP HER COUNCIL ARCHIVES FILES #CAN'T WAIT FOR JAYCE TO READ HER FILES AND GAWK AT CAIT'S DECISION TO JUST LET HER FREE #MEANWHILE HOW WE SEE POWDER BECOMING THE MONSTER TO DRIVE THE ONES THAT HAUNTED HER BEFORE IS JUST #chefs kiss #ARCANE #ARCANEEDIT #ARCANESOURCE #LOLEDIT #ANIMATIONSOURCE #FILMTVDAILY #GAMINGEDIT #DAILYNETFLIX #NETFLIXEDIT #LEAGUE OF LEGENDS #RIOT GAMES #FORTICHE PRODUCTION #GAMINGWOMEN #my gif #my post #VI ARCANE #ARCANE VI #VI LOL #vi league of legends #JINX ARCANE #ARCANE JINX #JINX

[antitheticallyargumentative]

I was tagged by @jamietarttdodododododo share 10 of my comfort shows and then tag 10 people, thank you !

1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer

2. Ted Lasso

3. The X Files

4. Derry Girls

5. Killing Eve

6. The Good Place

7. Arcane

8. Lost

9. Survivor

10. The Last Of Us

this was actually surprisingly HARD. i do not watch as much TV these days as I thought.

tagging @sighonaraa @halinski @flyingcoffeemugs2 @asteria-argo @mr-ghost-face @whimsical-roasting @abby420 @jamiesfootball @catalogercas @harrumphingtons and anyone else who wants to do this! as always no pressure <3

#tag games #tv #tv shows #comfort shows #buffy the vampire slayer #ted lasso #the x files #the last of us #killing eve #arcane #derry girls #lost #survivor #the good place

[cobwebinthegamingchair]

Thinking of quitting the Pokémon binge and all the storylines. I just wasn't having fun with it anymore and it felt more like a chore to me. The only real fun I had with it was the battle scenes, and even coming up with those started to get a little bit tedious. Maybe creative writing just isn't for me.

On a more positive note, I have been brewing a NEW project for a little while now(one that doesn't involve RPing, thank god): a Mystery Game Binge! Anything with intrigue, murder, sleuthing and/or general crime-solving, I'll be attempting to play it! I've got a whole bunch of games and series I'm planning on playing through and I'd love to have you here to witness my LIVE reactions and thoughts on everything going down in them!

I'd also love for more recommendations! I'm already gonna be doing this for a long time with the games I currently have planned; but what the hell, the longer we can keep this going the better! In fact, just recently, I was able to add another game to the list with the unannounced release of The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog. If this takes as long as I expect it to, I might even be able to add Professor Layton and the New World of Steam and Detective Pikachu 2 to the list later on!

This is the current list of games/series:

Ace Attorney series (main series, Investigations, TGAAC, PLvPW:AA)

Professor Layton series

Danganronpa series

AI: The Somnium Files series

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

Detective Pikachu

The Murder of Sonic The Hedgehog

Master Detective Archives: Rain Code

Tyrion Cuthbert: Attorney of the Arcane

Again, any and all recommendations are appreciated! I'd love to discover more mystery games, especially some more obscure ones!

#cobweb plays vidya games #ace attorney #ace attorney series #professor layton #professor layton series #danganronpa #danganronpa series #ai: the somnium files #ai: the somnium files series #ghost trick: phantom detective #detective pikachu #the murder of sonic the hedgehog #master detective archives: rain code #cobweb mystery games binge #mystery games #tyrion cuthbert: attorney of the arcane

[l33tsaber]

I made a woof. :)

#i still have to rig him so i can make a few different poses before i export him as a few .obj files to use in rolling line #because toy train game needs some woofs #learning how to rig is a challemge though #inverse kinematics are an arcane mystery

[actual-lea]

So who wants to hear about the stupid stupid way I'm playing Baldur's Gate 3?

I made it to Act 3 on my first (original character) playthrough like a week before Patch 5 came out, and after finding it absolutely unplayable (on the PS5) decided it was time to go ahead and start an origin character run for the funsies while waiting on the new patch to fix the Lag Hell. Naturally, I picked Gale. Since this was mostly just for fun/to hold me over until I could continue my other file, I decided it would be a nice time to see what happens if you just refuse to consume any magic items. Of course, if you are not playing as Gale and ignore his Orb Problem, he will apparently eventually leave your party, but what if you ARE Gale? I couldn't find an answer with a minimal amount of Googling SO

There are three stages to his Arcane Hunger, each of which give you increasingly debilitating debuffs: Arcane Hunger, Greater Arcane Hunger, and Severe Arcane Hunger. It seems the triggers for progressing to the next stage are the same as the triggers where he would start needing an item in my other file (i.e. that bridge next to the Blighted Village, entering the temple at the Goblin Camp, the Hag's Lair, etc.) which obviously makes sense. I figure with the amount of contingencies in this game for incredibly specific situations, surely there is some kind of unique dialog or fun cutscene that will play if I ignore the Arcane Hunger long enough and just play through the debuffs.

I played Act 1 completely normally, doing a lil quicksave every time I was about to Long Rest just in case the game gave me a cutscene of the big explosion upon waking up (I thought maybe it would be time-based, similar to the game over you get if Gale dies and you leave him for 3 days (? I think?) which does not seem to be the case). I made it through basically everything without anything odd happening besides the aforementioned debuffs. The Severe Arcane Hunger is where things get really sloggy, because Gale can only move at half speed.

I have been slowly trudging EVERYWHERE since the Goblin Camp.

I eventually started going out of my way to make sure I hit all the Arcane Hunger triggers I know about, to see what would happen, and the answer is nothing, aside from Gale occasionally reminding me that he's wracked with terrible pain.

So, surely, the game will certainly not let me into the Mountain Pass without SOMETHING happening, right?

WELL

That's surprising, but whatever, at least now I have the chance to see what happens if you go meet Elminster without having consumed any magic items,

Except

He wasn't there.

I went to the area in the Mountain Pass where the cutscene is supposed to start, and it just. Didn't happen. Nothing happened. I could walk right up to the entrance to the next area.

But SURELY, the game won't let me into the gotdamn Shadow-Cursed Lands without saying SOMETHING about the fact that the orb has been starving for several weeks at this point, right? The game isn't going to let me into Act Freaking 2 without at the very least giving me a game over to tell me I'm not allowed to do this and make me reload and actually feed this poor starving wizard, right?

RIGHT?

WELL

WELL

Here we are. I'm at the Last Light Inn, I'm at the Taco Bell, I'm at the combination Last Light Inn Taco Bell with a bag full of delicious Cheesy Gordita Magic Boots that I refuse to eat.

SO LIKE. How far does this go??? Am I gonna be able to infiltrate Moonrise Towers without ever speaking to Elminster? Am I gonna trudge all the way to Ketheric at half freaking speed and fight him with Disadvantage on everything?? Am I gonna make it all the way to goddang Baldur's Gate with a Netherese orb that is long overdue to explode???

Like I said, I did not find an answer on what happens if you do this on a Gale Origin playthrough, and at this point, I don't even want to, I just want to see how far I can take this.

I already know I'll have to do another normal Gale playthrough where I actually FEED HIM after this, because I'm sure I've missed out on a ton of dialogue and whatnot, especially from Tara who only ever has this to say when I speak with her in camp:

I am genuinely beginning to wonder if there is actually nothing in place to stop me from doing this. I am wondering what the dialogue options will look like when I get to the "Heart of the Absolute" where Gale would ordinarily want to blow himself up, if Elminster had ever shown up to tell him to do so. Maybe the devs just didn't bother, and figured that no one would be stupid and stubborn enough to play through the whole dang thing while so severely debuffed.

Joke's on them, Disadvantage means NOTHING to Magic Missile Machine Gale Dekarios.

#baldur's gate 3 #poor gale #this man is having the worst time of his life #long post #gale dekarios #no gale dinner

[acircusfullofdemons]

╭──→ 💫 ──  EMORY'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL

│ 🕹 NAME ❞ kristillian library archives

│ 🕹 SUBSCRIBERS ❞ 106

│ 🕹 VIDEOS ❞ 34

│ 🕹 PLAYLISTS ❞ 5 (The Universe Without You [7 videos], Star Sentinels [5 videos], Eternal Labyrinth [3 videos], & others i can't think of names for)

│ 🕹 INFO ❞ I'm torn between this being in-character for him or not. On one hand, Emory likes teaching people (especially if it's about the multiverse). On the other hand, he hates technology. And is also a talking cat. But like I can see him dabbling in it if Vincent offered to help him or something like that.

│ 🕹 CREDIT ❞ YouTube Template by @/fiveorfour [source]

╰──────────── 🤍

#paraportal #luka.txt #emory warwick #lukas circus edits #console: phantasmagoria #game: as the world falls down #game: the arcane files #important question would you sub to his yt yes or no #I personally would but vinny is my paraself & he would help MAKE the vids so. i would be part of it actually. #also he def has a vid titled ''how i got turned into a cat: storytime (not clickbait)'' that vinny forced him to make lol

[avalon-of-babylon]

CHEST OF HOLDING

This is inherently improper use so do this at your own risk and please report any problems with me and Larian for everyone's sake.

Preliminary findings/Original post

So I've been collecting pretty chests in case there's housing later and one of the chests I've kept is the Chest of the Mundane from the Arcane Tower in the Underdark because it's pretty and I think it's funny sticking stuff in here. Well because of all that I've been putting my chest collection in there and a minute ago I picked it up. Completely full of over a dozen other chests I was still able to pick it up. It's magic not only makes things look like mundane items it also gives them their weight, making the Chest of the Mundane is the closest you can get to a bag of holding. It has a base weight of 20lbs meaning the 227 loot items in there with over a 100lbs of weight was reduced to 36lbs.

"Proper" Use

Be careful when moving items. I have accidentally lost items while doing this and because it makes things things mundane they become hard to find after so be careful.

Save often. You don't need to save every time you use it use it but because of bugs I've discovered it's best to save regularly.

Don't be worried when selling. All the items in the chest should appear in the holder's inventory with the value of what it's disguised as, just moving them to the sell area will remove the enchantment and give them back their true price.

Recommended for Karlach. Because the chest has a base weight of 20 and will go higher I recommend having our girl Karlach or another character with a high carry capacity hold it.

Sell often. Because the weight will slowly go up as you loot sell when possible to keep from things getting out of hand.

Read and mind the warnings below. The warnings below are serious and there for a reason.

WARNINGS MUST READ

DO NOT EVER LOOT THE ENTIRE CHEST AT ONCE. This will at best bug out your inventory and as worse crash the game.

I fully believe Larian did not expect anyone to use the chest like this making any use of it in this way is inherently improper.

Do not fuck around with the chest. I do not know what will happen if you throw, destroy, sell, place or move the chest when full of random crap.

The chest isn't always right. Because this is inherently improper keep an eye on numbers like carry weight and mundane item value. These can be a warning that the chest might start bugging your inventory.

Verify file integrity. If things start acting weird don't be afraid to put the game down for a bit, verify your files, and take a break. Verifying takes 10-30 minutes for me, just make dinner, do your laundry, take a shower, clean your desk, it'll be ready when your done.

This has not been tested in multiplayer. I'm trying to talk my cousin into testing how it for me but until them it's a mystery.

Consider the risk. Cheesing the game like this is not without problems. Personally I'm a dumbass who sees this on the same level as modding outside Vortex or CursedForge when you have no fucking clue what your doing.

Soooo I started a new game a turns out the chest isn't doing the thing.

It will still bug out your game if you loot all so don't bother doing anything with it but going "hehe the sword is now a cup"

#baldur's gate #baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate iii #larian studios #lae'zel #laezel #astarion #gale of waterdeep #bg3 gale #bg3 tav #bg3 #wyll #tav #baldurs gate #shadowheart #baldurs gate 3 #bg3 astarion #halsin #karlach #loot goblin

[linnaealyn]

Old mod page, abandoned 3/2/24; New mod page @ Godsibb

Finally, after 2 years of work, it is complete. -But still being updated.

There's a Japanese version of the mod now!

今は日本語版のMODがある！

This is a mod for Xenogears using Retroarch's Beetle PSX HW core real-time texture replacement feature. (It requires the Vulkan driver, so make sure your graphics card supports that.) (Duckstation doesn't have a similar option, unfortunately.)

It replaces every single character dialogue portrait, menu portrait, & (almost every) battle portrait (looking at you, Yggdra officer Gear pilots) with high quality, cleaned up artwork, as well as recreated high quality UI while keeping it as close to the original game as possible.

And best thing about it is, if there's anything you don't like about it, like certain aspects of the UI, you can locate and delete that file from the folder. Everything is optional. (if you have any questions as to what's what, drop them into my dms)

Current version: 1.4

現在の日本語版: 1.4

(More screenshots below download info and UI changes.)

Being a real-time texture replacer, it should work with any English version of XG, both base-game and modded/patched. Any fan-translated patch using the US version as a base should display correctly.

There's a separate version for the Japanese version of the game. May need some editing still with other characters' UI ("Ether"/"Spells"/"Arcane"/etc) but for the most part its good to go in terms of battle UI. Let me know if you find any errors.

(I've been using it with the Perfect Works Build mod. Highly recommended!)

(Note!!: If you use PWB mod, don't use its "readjusted portraits" patch when patching your rom, as that patch interferes with this mod's portraits texture replacing.)

(It works on Steam Deck... but don't ask me for details in setting that up in particular, I don't own one 😅)

~~~

Download/ダウンロード

I recommend reading the instructions txt files I included in the DL.

This includes information such as how to set up .cue and .m3u files, swapping discs, renaming the texture folder, Retroarch settings and Beetle PSX HW Core settings to get the mod working, settings suggestions for making a cleaner looking and faster playing XG (YMMV), and settings to fix certain emulation issues Ive come across (freezing on fast-forward, crackling audio during 3D/effects-heavy cutscenes/gameplay, blank screen during Rico flashback, etc).

~~~~~~~~~~

-Changes made to the UI include:

Menu UI:

selection triangle, Walk/Gear icons

menu portraits

▲ ■ ● ✖ button DeathBlow menu icons

ABXY button DeathBlow menu icon- alternate textures

Battle UI and on-foot specific battle UI:

Circular battle palette and tags behind text

Battle palette text, "Combo", "Return", "Enter", "Miss", "EP", & HP/DMG/heal/AP numbers

HP/AP bars

"Time", "fuel", "total damage", AP numbers, "1/2/3 point(s)", "cancel end"

battle portraits

▲ ■ ● ✖ button DeathBlow icons

ABXY button Deathblow icons- alternate textures

Bottom screen mid-DeathBlow ▲ ■ ✖ icons (unfortunately, there's no way to change the other mid-DB quadruple-button icons)

Combo 1-7 and Accept icons

In-Gear specific battle UI:

"fuel" and fuel numbers

"Fuel" (when using boost)

fuel bars (top and left)

All Gear status menus' green text/numbers

Attack level numbers and ∞

Gear menu backgrounds

Gear "power shut down", "camera damaged", "out of fuel", etc, statuses

background UI elements, runes, triple red triangles, Gear lock-on UI (unfortunately, there's no way to change the circular part of this UI)

Misc UI changes:

Red/grey spheres (in the menu and loading screen)

All instances of selection diamonds, both horizontal and vertical

Load/save screen "CARD 1"/"2" text, memory card icon, load/save bar/text

Disc 1 and 2 maps (with alternate color versions; makes the enterable area indicators harder to see though)

NESW compass letters (unfortunately, there's no way to change the circular compass texture)

~~~~~

-Screenshots (before & after and alts):

And Japanese version's (日本語版) UI:

⬇!!Spoilers in images further down!!⬇

--

I won't be showing all portraits here; only the ones worth mentioning.

Portraits created for the mod that have no artwork equivalent:

Portraits to match their sprites vs official unedited artwork:

(default on left, alt on right)

Roni/Medena/Erich edited sprite equivalent vs their official PW art

Citan edited unsmiling (dialogue-only) sprite equivalent vs official smiling art)

Krelian(s) edited sprite equivalent vs official art

Portrait alts created for fun:

Both sides of scar-eyed Bart

Two-eyed Bart

Kim lab coat with glasses

Fei-colored Id

Fei-colored Id with Id's yellow eyes

Fei-colored young & older Emeralda

(might add to this list later. have any suggestions? fun ideas? lmk. It doesn't have to be canon-compliant.)

Screenshots of alt portraits in-use:

I'll continue to update this and subsequently reblog it as new versions are released.

With any new updates, just DL and replace/overwrite the old folder.

In-progress tumblr post of the past as a bit of a time capsule for myself 😄

#Xenogears #Xenogears modding #Playstation modding #modding #texture pack #Playstation classic #my mods #Xenogears texture pack; PAW #long post #image heavy #Last edited: Feb-19-24

[daemonhxckergrrl]

Getting Linux-y (for Windows refugees)

a casual users' GUIDE to the basics

Linux ? isn't that for nerds ??

yes. no. we're breaking down stereotypes here !! this post is aimed at casual users who care about freedom + privacy, are sick of the direction Windows is heading, or just curious c:

i'm talking social media, email, web browsing, online shopping, pdfs, document writing, funny meme edits, youtube/netflix/plex, spotify, dvds + cds + mp3s etc.

i'll mention gaming and running specific Windows-only software briefly, but that's outside the casual scope i'm going for d:

Arm thyself ! and decipher !! arcane secrets be upon ye !!

it's key knowledge time !! ^w^

Linux isn't Windows, but it's not completely alien :o

much like Tumblr, one curates their Linux experience. there are flavours of Linux (terminology: distribution/distro) aimed at power users who like to DIY, and there's ones aimed at normal folk that are ready to go. for the sake of this GUIDE i'm recommending Linux Mint:

its interface is similar to Windows,

it's popular as a user-friendly choice

and it has both excellent support and software

(note: i ran Mint for years, and when coming back to Linux i chose it for my gaming pc because it's easy to set up and well-supported)

key information:

Linux doesn't use drive letters :o

your C: drive is / (terminology: root directory)

your personal files (C:\Users\Username) live under /home/username (terminology: home directory)

other drives (internal and USB drives) live under /mnt/drive-label or /media/username/drive-label (terminology: mount point)

Technical Note: all hard drives and SSDs, before they get a mount point, are referred to as /dev/sdX (eg /dev/sda, /dev/sdb etc.) for HDDs and SATA SSDs (partitions are /dev/sda1, /dev/sda2 etc.), and /dev/nvmeXn1 (/dev/nvme0n1, /dev/nvme1n1 etc.) for NVMe drives (partitions are /dev/nvme0n1p1, /dev/nvme0n1p2)

however, Mint manages all this for us and stuff just shows up in your File Manager much like they do in Windows Explorer c:

Software is typically managed similar to the way App Stores work; Mint has Software Manager that lets you install common programs

the only wrinkle here is Mint supports both Mint-specific sources and a thing called Flatpak, which is like a universal App Store for all Linux distros

the Update Manager keeps both your core system and your programs up-to-date. unlike Windows, by default it will only update when you tell it to ! no more rebooting into Windows Update and waiting 10 years ^w^

it's possible to have both Linux and Windows on the same laptop (terminology: dual-booting); you choose which one each time you turn your laptop on

the Linux Mint Forums are a good place to ask questions, seek advice, and maybe even offer your own !!

additional places: Official Community Website, community-maintained subreddit, community-maintained Discord Server, Official Troubleshooting Guide

i think that's the basic info taken care of.

Let's start with the preparation, or PRE-paration

for this GUIDE you'll need:

a USB drive (4GB+)

Linux Mint ISO file

Balena Etcher (to put the ISO file on the USB drive)

i recommend reading through the info on the Mint homepage and following their installation guide for good step-by-step guide w/ screenshots ^^'

we're gonna make a 'Live Image' on our USB drive - this means we can testdrive the system before we install it. try before you buy !! wait, it's free -- uhh.. walk before you run ??

Download the ISO file using the above link. i recommend the Cinnamon Edition, unless you have a very old PC, in which case pick XFCE

Download Balena Etcher

Plug in your USB drive and open Etcher

Follow the onscreen prompts to select the ISO file and your USB drive

Alright, let's fire her up ! ^u^

now we have our USB drive it's time to boot it. because Windows is, well, Windows, you may need to disable Fast Boot in order to access the BIOS/UEFI. :c you may also have to disable Secure Boot in the BIOS/UEFI depending on your computer. this is usually found in the Boot, Security, or Authentication tab.

now we're ready !!

Power on your computer and press F1/F2/F6/F10/F12/DEL to access your BIOS or Boot Menu

Select your USB drive

A screen will come up where you can select Linux Mint (or will say Automatic Boot in X seconds)

You shall be greeted by a desktop that looks something like this

have a look around !! there's a menu in the bottom left that has programs and system settings and logout/reboot/shutdown options. the taskbar at the bottom displays icons of running apps (and pinned ones). the bottom right has your clock and system tray w/ network, audio etc.

this is a great time to get a feel for how everything works ! open some programs !! investigate the System Settings. connect to your WiFi (in the system tray next to the sound and clock).

when you're ready, double-click the "Install Linux Mint" icon on the desktop. the installer will walk you through setting everything up. i recommend following the official installation guide's walkthrough as it explains everything from setting your timezone to installing Mint by itself or alongside Windows, with screenshots showing each step. it also has an important section on installing drivers. the slideshow during installation also does a good job at showcasing the available software.

Welcome Screen

after installing and rebooting, a Welcome Screen pops up that offers a nice interface for picking a system theme/colour, installing drivers, and setting up backups etc.

Let's talk software !! :D

Mint comes with some software pre-installed. these are probably the main ones:

Archive Manager (like 7-Zip or WinRAR)

Celluloid (a video player; VLC is available to install if you prefer)

Drawing (an image editor similar to Paint)

Document Viewer (PDF viewer)

Firefox (Tumblr's favourite web browser)

LibreOffice (like MS Office - it even supports MS Office file format !)

Rhythmbox (like Windows Media Player or iTunes)

Software Manager (like the Microsoft Store/App Store; GET OTHER PROGRAMS HERE !)

System Monitor (like Task Manager)

System Settings (like Control Panel)

Terminal (like Powershell/Command Prompt; outside the scope of this post but good to have)

Text Editor (like Notepad)

Timeshift (like System Restore points, or macOS Time Machine)

Web Apps (similar to an old iOS feature - make Netflix.com into an app etc.)

Update Manager (manages updates)

Available in Software Manager:

Audacity

Discord

DOSbox

Dropbox

OBS

Spotify

Transmission (torrent client)

VLC

and much more ! these are all official apps !

How's that checklist ?

i mentioned some casual tasks at the start of this post. let's work through them !

Social Media, Online Shopping, Youtube/Netflix/Plex and general Web Browsing

Difficulty: easy Windows Similarity: identical Method: open Firefox. browse to your_site.com. note: i recommend the web version of Plex as the app can be buggy

Email

Difficulty: easy (webmail), medium (mail client) Windows Similarity: identical (webmail) or similar (mail client) Method: webmail - open Firefox. browse to your_email_site.com. sign in client - open Software Manager. search for Geary (similar to Mac Mail), Evolution (similar to Outlook), or Thunderbird (same as on Windows). click Install. open Geary/Evolution/Thunderbird, follow the first-time setup.

PDFs

Difficulty: easy Windows Similarity: similar Method: open Document Viewer from the application menu. File -> Open, browse for your PDF. OR, open File Browser, browse for your PDF, double-click to open

Document Writing

Difficulty: easy Windows Similarity: similar Method: open LibreOffice Writer from the application menu. on first launch it may ask if you want a traditional (Office 2003) or Ribbon (Office 2007 onwards) layout. use it as you would MS Word. there's also Calc (Excel), Impress (Powerpoint), Draw (Publisher) and Base (Access)

Funny Meme Edits (aka MS Paint level of image editing)

Difficulty: medium Windows Similarity: similar Method: open Drawing from the application menu. File -> Open for your image. the left toolbar provides options to resize, add text, crop etc. pro tip: remember to click the tick button on the bottom right when you do anything !

Spotify

Difficulty: easy Windows Similarity: identical Method: open Software Manager, search for Spotify, click Install. then open it from the application menu.

DVDs

Difficulty: easy Windows Similarity: similar Method: insert your DVD. Mint may ask what you want to do (choose play/open with Celluloid). if it doesn't, then open Celluloid from the application menu, click the + icon in the top left, click "Open Disc" and choose the DVD you inserted.

CDs and MP3s

Difficulty: easy Windows Similarity: similar Method: CDs - insert your CD. Mint may ask what you want to do (choose play/open with Rhythmbox). if it doesn't, then open Rhythmbox from the application menu. it should automatically see your CD. MP3s - double-click your MP3 file.

Gaming and Windows-only programs

i said i'd briefly mention this (probably good bc the post is getting loonnggggggg), so here we go.

gaming on Linux has come a long way. Steam can be installed from Software Manager and supports a few titles natively, as well as the option to run some Windows-only games using compatibility software called Proton. the website ProtonDB is very handy for looking up compatibility for specific games. i'll drop a proper GUIDE on Linux gaming another time.

Windows-only programs. sometimes you need specific software and it only has a Windows version. it happens. there's similar compatibility software that allows eg Photoshop to run, called WINE (Proton is actually based on this). again, this is outside the casual scope of this post, but i'll drop a GUIDE on this too (as i use the same software to manage both my Windows-only programs and my Windows-only games).

Finale !! FINI !! Fuck me that's a lotta words !!

okay, we got to the end ! you should have Linux Mint installed, you should have your basic programs ready to rock (and know where to get more !!), and know where to get help from official Linux Mint sources as well as community-run ones <3

please drop any questions in the notes, or as an ask. i shall tag those asks #DATA_REQUESTS/GUIDES/LINUX in addition to my usual #DATA_REQUEST tag

i'll also provide the following GUIDEs/REPOs as i have time:

Flatpak (that universal App Store i mentioned earlier)

Gaming (including using Proton + Bottles for Windows games)

Windows software (using WINE + Bottles)

and if there are any specific GUIDEs (eg terminal basics, how to configure xyz in System Settings etc.) or REPOs (eg links to other people's GUIDEs, software recs, screenshot galleries etc.) i'm happy to provide those as and when i have the time !! have fun !!~

#daemon.md #GUIDES #GUIDES/LINUX #linux mint #linux #free software #foss #open source #this post is like 5x the length i expected it to be bc brevity ain't my style #oopsie #i know i should provide more screenshots but i'm tired after writing this #so i'll include some in a reblog ??

[sheegons]

Wait where is the 2nd picture with Damian in an Arabic mansion come from? (or is it AI? Because its looks like AI)

it isn't AI it's actually from "infinite crisis - fight for the multiverse" which is a tie-in for a game called "infinite crisis." a moba that ultimately flopped and got shut down 6 months after release.

Damian isn't exactly a main character but he's part of the main team. Half vampire damian who is the grandson of ra's (Dracula) al ghul and son of the bat, working with nuclear post apocalyptic wonder woman, arcane magical green lantern (hal), gotham by gaslight catwoman and, because we can never have enough of him, prime earth bruce.

The story of the comic follows a basic infinite crisis storyline, it's about 36 issues digitally and 12 physically (same amount of story thought ones just split up very weirdly)

In the actual game damian has three skins:

Default

Arabian Assassin (unreleased but in the game files):

and Crimson Dusk

these were all from 2016 so before the rise of any competent AI, though I'll admit i don't know the actual artist of these by name

I know you didn't ask for this much information i just like rambling

#damian wayne #batman #dc comics #damian al ghul #batfam #damian robin #dc #dc robin #robin damian #batfamily #comic #batman comics #comic books #comic blogging #dc characters #dc games #sploinksers

[aureoboros]

so i'm a bit late to the game, but i finally got to start baldur's gate recently !! here's my tav and durge

on the left is adriel (any pronouns), a dark urge paladin, who's desperately trying to be good

on the right is oleander (they/he), they're a mephistopholes tiefling, an arcane trickster rogue, and chaotic good - he used to run an antique shop, filled with totally not (stolen) cursed artifacts he'd gathered over the years, as well as any other interesting items they could get their hands on - at least until they got snatched up by the mindflayers

i'm not very far into either save file, but the game has been super fun so far !!

#bg3 fanart #bg3 tav #bg3 durge #bg3 #tav #dark urge #baldurs gate #baldurs gate 3 #artists on tumblr #digital art #oc tag #tw blood #cw blood

[gant-eyed-warden]

I know a lot of people have religious trauma and a general dislike of the social/political impacts of modern Christianity and whatnot that reflexively extends to the faith as a whole, which is completely reasonable. Americans in particular have a specific perception of Christianity and Christian culture that bears very little resemblance to other strains of the religion, especially historical ones. I imagine this leads to both confusion and distaste when those elements crop up.

With that said, the rage I've seen people have about a game set in Victorian-era London featuring recurring references to Christianity and church politics is genuinely baffling. I saw a complaint that the arcane academic in Mask of the Rose is associated with the church, as if Christian mysticism wasn't one of the cornerstones of nearly every western magical/occult tradition of the period. (You might think Kabbalah is a noted exception until you realize just how much Christian mysticism is parts of Kabbalah with the serial numbers filed off, but I digress.)

All this to say, it's cool people can do a secular stronghold instead of a church for Burrow-Infra-Mump now, because more options is better and people can and should absolutely play their characters as they please. But man, FBG aren't bad or whatever for including so much church stuff in the game, and it would actually be pretty glaring if those parts didn't exist. Bad writing would be never including or acknowledging it at all.

#fallen london #mask of the rose #failbetter games