#stardock

[piccogirl]

Hey...sshhh... I try to give Jerath a face. You know? That blinded Githyanki from Crèche K'liir. That one, which is playing the lute!

[moonage-gaydream]

The 2024 Presidential Election if America didn't hate minorities, specifically black people and women

[bisquid]

I've been using Stardock which has a whole tranch of ways-to-make-windows-usable software

A boy can dream, can't he?

[savingcontent]

Dyson spheres make their way to Galactic Civilizations IV in new Megastructures expansion today

Continue reading Dyson spheres make their way to Galactic Civilizations IV in new Megastructures expansion today

[brutalgamer]

Acclaimed strategy game Sins of the Solar Empire returns this summer for part II

Publisher Stardock’s sci-fi strategy series is back. Sins of a Solar Empire II arrives on the PC this summer.

[irodethecyclone]

I LOVE SPACE I LOVE SPACE 💯 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[tamara-kama]

This custom computer desktop is so early 2000's! 😂😅💜

2007-11-01

[secretgalaxyhologram]

Stardock Start11 1.4.7 Crack is software to customize the start menu and the taskbars of windows, especially for Windows 10 and Windows 11.

[spicyraeman]

You can't convince me lae'zel never once got caught up looking at Toril from the docks of k'liir, that she never sat there in awe looking at a sea of stars and Toril front and center after weeks of training in the dark caverns of Stardock

[jettsecret]

So, I make all of my devices look like old windows operating systems, usually Win7 cuz I'm a big fan of Aero Glass. I've got my Win11 laptop looking like XP, My Linux Dual Boot on pink Win7, My Linux Tablet on Blue Win7, and now my Win 11 desktop on pink Win7.

Here's how I do it.

For windows 10/11 there are a few ways. WindowBlinds 11 (WB11) is a good resource for this, but it's a paid program. Which kinda sucks. If you can't afford it you can find my sympathies in a button on my neocities. In an unrelated note, there's a github user named Discriminating who does some pretty cool windows styling programs. WB11 is how I style my two windows devices. The aero glass styling is done through WindowBlinds and also Start11, another Stardock program. The style I used for that is Aero 11 (set to blush :3) For the XP system (and older if you want it) I use RetroBar to style the taskbar and OpenShell to style the start menu. The WB11 style I use is eXperience11, but there are others as well. Of course, for MSN/Windows Live Messenger I use Escargot but if you're more into AIM or Yahoo! Messenger then you can check out their companion project Nina. You'll of course have to fiddle around with settings but eventually you'll get it looking good. If you want to go crazy with customization there is also Customizer God, however I've had no success getting it to work on Windows 11.

Linux is the easiest to configure to make look retro. Specifically you want to use some kind of KDE Plasma version of Linux. I use Kubuntu. Basically all you have to do for these is dig around in the app store for themes relating to "aero" "aero glass" and "windows 7" and apply them until you're happy. I don't really have any specific suggestions for that but it's very easy to do if you install Kubuntu or any KDE Plasma Linux. Basically you can find anything and everything you need in it.

There's one other thing I've not yet been able to set up but it's on my radar for my campus computer: ReactOS. ReactOS is another Linux OS dedicated to a retro UI/UX. I'll make another post when I'm able to try it out but if you're curious go nuts, install it in a virtual box or on a usb or directly over your main drive. God is your oyster.

One last thing, Space Cadet Pinball still runs perfectly on Windows 11

Edit: Suggested by @tetrachromacy4 (thx~!!!) GadgetPack offers a windows 7 sidebar. It is listed as 7/8/10 compatible so it will likely work on windows 11 but I have not yet tested it.

[piccogirl]

[riobhca-of-the-north]

Some more datamined cut content from BG3 :D Digging through the dialouge files is fun. This bit of dialouge was from Raphael. The Monitor/Monitor was his name during development. There's still some flags associated with Raphael that are still called Monitor like this line from Korilla when you get drugged by Priestess Gut and she saves you:

Korrilla: The honourable Raphael. He's terribly excited about you… and your condition. (GLO_TheMonitor_HasMet_TheMonitor)

This particular line of dialouge I think was supposed to play in Act 1 - from the tone the placeholder dialouge has it looks like Raphael was trying to stir division in the party while it was still new.

Raphael would try and reveal each of the Origin companions' secrets: Shadowheart: worships Shar Astarion: vampire Wyll: warlock cast out by his father

Gale: Netherese Orb Karlach isn't mentioned here, and neither are the cut Origins Helia/Minsc.

The only one I can't figure out is Lae'zel's. Out of all the Origins, her and Karlach don't really have a deep secret like the others. Maybe it's her expressing doubts about Vlaakith? Might make sense since she's from Stardock - Creche K'liir was led by Urlon, who was a member of the Sha'sal Khou. (https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Urlon) The Sha'sal Khou was a organization dedicated to reuniting the githyanki and githzerai into one Gith people. Urlon helps to kill Al'chaia (the previous leader of Stardock/K'liir) and sets about turning Creche K'liir into a base where both githyanki and githzerai can live in peace. Doesn't this sound like what happens to Lae'zel if she completes the game on the Orpheus path? She goes and tries to make an alliance between the githyanki rebels and the githzerai. And Orpheus does make a lot of points that agrees with the Sha'sal Khou in the Epilouge, if he survives - The First Protocol (https://bg3.wiki/wiki/The_First_Protocol) states that "All who call themselves gith shall unite under one sky." Also, when you meet Vlaakith in the creche, she mentions Urlon by name as well as his predecesor, Al'chaia. They're never mentioned again through. Would they have been more important to the story? Or were they turned into what the Orpheus path is in the final game? This is pure speculation on my part, but could Lae'zel's secret be that she was part of the Sha'sal Khou? Or at the least symphatic to their cause? I'd be interested in knowing your thoughts. I think if I was right about the Sha'sal Khou thing, it would make the whole 360 from Vlaakith to Orpheus make more sense to me. Thanks for reading folks! I should have some more stuff uploaded soon. Hope you all have a wonderful day, whereever you may be! :D Filename: Campfire_Moments/CAMP_Monitor_AvD_RevealPartySecrets

[vintagerpg]

Well that sure is a butt-tastic cover, huh? Struggling to not make a “dying from exposure” joke. More than the general lack of clothing, I think the most troubling thing about this painting, by Stephen Venters, is that fellow’s metal loincloth. That thing looks deeply uncomfortable with or without the frigid wind of a mountaintop.

Anyway, this is Pinnacle (1986) and we’ve reached the last batch of Role Aids adventures. That might be for the best? After this it’s…all down hill. Ugh, I hate me, too, don’t worry.

But yea, this is about a race to climb to the top of an unclimbable mountain. It immediately reminds me of Fritz Leiber’s “Stardock,” but also the recent RuneQuest adventure “Pegasus Plateau,” which I feel must be inspired in some way by this. There is more to the mountain than punishing elements and weird magical storms, though. There’s an ancient ruined city and a dreaming titan thing and a secret assassin factory? I really didn’t see one of those things coming. The whole mountain is hollow, too. Players are gonna be so pissed when they get to the top, wander inside and find the elevator.

There is a whole lot of intrigue too. The sponsors of the climb have hidden motives, the assassin factory folks have secrets that they wish to keep secret. There are rival climbers, too — the reward is 100k gold pieces to whoever reaches the summit, so expect lots of bedchamber scorpions ahead of the climb.

The investigative system is really just a set of rumor charts, so that’s a little underwhelming. Otherwise, a solid adventure. The climb is a pretty unique character test, and the subsequent encounters, while over the top (there is an assassin in a cake!), should be satisfying. A top shelf Role Aid.

[savingcontent]

Sins of a Solar Empire II roadmap updated outlining FREE content for the rest of the year into 2025

Continue reading Sins of a Solar Empire II roadmap updated outlining FREE content for the rest of the year into 2025

[jvluso]

Does House Baenre have a spelljammer? The only time in the game when Lae'zel refers to Creche Ka'liir as Stardock is when talking to Minthara, and I have no clue why.