• SaltySalamander
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    96 months ago

    because entire earth is too big for your drive

    You sorta glossed over this part.

      • Gamma
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        56 months ago

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

        • @helenslunch@feddit.nl
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          16 months ago

          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.

          • Gamma
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            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
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              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.

              • Gamma
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                46 months ago

                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.