cameron

joined 1 year ago
sorted by: new top controversial old
Every game developer company should be like this in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] cameron@compuverse.uk 20 points 1 year ago

I would like games to arrive as a single complete package, but I was relatively fond of expansion packs from games like RollerCoaster Tycoon.

They took the game you already had, and pretty much doubled it, they were fantastic!

Far better than any modern DLC for sure.

14
WARN: Error encountered while processing the incoming HTTP request Spam (from lemmy.world & lemmy.ml) (compuverse.uk)
 

Hi, I run the Lemmy instance over at https://compuverse.uk I seem to be getting spammed with literally thousands of incoming activity requests (primarily coming in from lemmy.world and lemmy.ml). (I measured about 1 new request ever 0.01 -> 0.02 seconds)

The error message in the Lemmy logs is very unhelpful, giving 0 detail about the actual error itself.

The UUIDs in the activities seem to be all unique, rather than duplicates. Does anybody have any idea what's going on and why there is such a large torrent of requests coming in?

This was so bad it essentially caused a DoS attack on my instance, and brought it down. I have had to move the PostgreSQL server onto a more powerful machine in order to keep up with the request rate!

Any help or advice is greatly appreciated :)

Thanks,

Cameron

7
Ubisoft Forward June 2023 | Ubisoft Official (US) (www.ubisoft.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://compuverse.uk/post/3922

I know many people don't like Ubisoft, but for those of you who do enjoy their games (including myself), they have an event going on here today at:

  • 10:00 (AM) PT (West Coast United States)
  • 13:00 / 1:00 PM ET (East Coast United States)
  • 17:00 / 5:00 PM UTC (GMT +0)
  • 18:00 / 6:00 PM BST (Most of the United Kingdom)
  • 19:00 / 7:00 PM CET (Most of West Europe)
  • 2:00 (AM) JST (Japan)
  • 3:00 (AM) AEST (Oceania)

You will be able to watch the event on:

What service/site would you like to see a fedi version of? in c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
[–] cameron@compuverse.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Whilst not directly intended for gaming, my instance is targeted specifically for technology, of which PC Gaming would definitely come under!

You're more than welcome to join and create communities for AMD, Nvidia, Intel etc. if you so wish!

We already have !gaming@compuverse.uk and !retrogaming@compuverse.uk communities.

But you're welcome to make more specific communities if you so wish!

Real Trucking Company Is Buying Billboards In American Truck Simulator To Help Recruit Staff in c/gaming@beehaw.org
[–] cameron@compuverse.uk 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Coleman is a real brand!? I legitimately had no idea 😂

I loved FFXV, the only advertisement I outright noticed was Cup Noodles, but that was a SUPER egregious one!

Own posts aren't viewable from profile? in c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml
[–] cameron@compuverse.uk 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Technically the domain of this instance didn't change. This instance was setup from scratch, under compuverse.uk.

However, a different instance did run under the same domain for a brief period of time, which was removed, and completely replaced by a brand new fresh instance.

Own posts aren't viewable from profile? in c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml
[–] cameron@compuverse.uk 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

👋 I'm Cameron, the Admin of the instance in question.

It's a very odd situation, I'm entirely new to this whole Fediverse thing myself, but, trying my best!

I noticed in my log, literally just after @TopHat@compuverse.uk posted their comment, this popped up:

I'm unsure as to exactly what this is referring to, as the comment was made from my instance, but it appears the instance believes it came from elsewhere?

It's very odd and I can't really explain it I'm afraid.

Halo - The Master Chief Collection 75% Off (All-Time-Low!) in c/gaming@beehaw.org
46
Halo - The Master Chief Collection 75% Off (All-Time-Low!) (www.reddit.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://compuverse.uk/post/453

This is the lowest price the collection has ever been! Well worth grabbing if you can :)

9
Aqua - Barbie Girl - Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Soundfont (www.youtube.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://compuverse.uk/post/309

Why does this work?

1
Federation Query (compuverse.uk)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by cameron@compuverse.uk to c/lemmy_admin@lemmy.ml
0 comments fedilink
 

Hi all, I'm very new to this fediverse thing!

I've recently setup my own instance of Lemmy which I've called "CompuVerse".

This seems to be going quite well, the instance is setup, I seem to be able to view content from other instances and even comment and such!

However, I'm noticing a few oddities. I'm not sure if I'm just misunderstanding something about how the fediverse works, but I don't seem to be able to see my comments and posts from other instances.

~~For example:~~

~~lemmy.ml: https://lemmy.ml/u/cameron@compuverse.uk Shows no content for my account~~

~~beehaw.org: https://beehaw.org/u/cameron@compuverse.uk Shows comments, but no posts~~

~~However, if I view other users' profiles from my own instance, I can see both their posts and comments.~~

~~Is this normal or have I managed to mess something up with federation?~~

Scratch that, upon making this post I've realised what's happening.

It would appear that I can't see any content that I posted to my own instance from other instances such as lemmy.ml and beehaw.org.

Does anyone have any tips at all?

Much appreciated,

Cameron

Dozens of popular Minecraft mods found infected with Fracturiser malware in c/gaming@beehaw.org
[–] cameron@compuverse.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Most of the mods that were infected were projects specifically designed to host the malware. From what I've read, only one legitimate user's projects were affected, and like yourself, I'd never heard of the mods personally.

So, this is a dangerous bit of malware for sure, with the potential to spread quite badly, but so far I believe it's had quite a limited reach due to not actually infecting anything super popular.

Dozens of popular Minecraft mods found infected with Fracturiser malware in c/gaming@beehaw.org
[–] cameron@compuverse.uk 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This situation is potentially a little overblown.

A very specific subset of mods were problematic.

The real worry is that the malware can automatically spread itself into all the other .jar files on your device!

CurseForge have a disinfection guide here: https://support.curseforge.com/en/support/solutions/articles/9000228509-june-2023-infected-mods-detection-tool/

So I highly recommend you give that a check through if you've downloaded anything from CurseForge recently.