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[–] SaltySalamander@fedia.io 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

because entire earth is too big for your drive

You sorta glossed over this part.

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I didn't gloss over anything. It simply makes no sense. The Earth is not a digital object.

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How… do you think we represent physical objects digitally? Vibes?

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No one said anything about a digital representation. I can draw Earth in MS Paint and it's like 1mb.

If your point is that it has a high resolution digital image of the Earth, just say that.

But my point still stands. I'd still rather have a 500GB local install instead of all the problems that come with game streaming.

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

We shouldn’t have to say that at this point, my initial reply already conveyed that information.

I understand the gripe with it though, they have the option to download areas ahead of time.

(Though it’s probably a one-time download, with models and textures cached for later use)

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

We shouldn’t have to say that at this point, my initial reply already conveyed that information.

You sorta glossed over the part where I described how and why your reply was nonsense.

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My first reply said it was streaming high-res data from the cloud. Considering it’s a flight simulator advertising to cover the entire world, most people would intuit that would include textures and 3d models.

I’m not going to sit here and argue with you, have a nice day.