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I basically started studying Unreal Engine 5 because it has a really nice Navier-Stokes solver. However, it was not clear to me whether or not they allowed you to report collision data for things other than rendering purposes. That was a big disappointment for me, because I would have had to pay some major cash to get official support on the subject.So I decided to see how far I could get using Claude AI. After some alterations, the code that I got from Claude is at:

In 2022, Zach Barth announced that his studio, Zachtronics, was closing. The team, which had built a reputation for beloved puzzle games like SpaceChem and Opus Magnum, and had released critical-favorite visual novel Eliza, was ready to try new things.We felt it was time for a change, Barth told Kotaku in 2022. This might sound weird, but while we got very good at making Zachtronics games over the last twelve years, it was hard for us to make anything else.Since then, Barth and other former Zachtronics team members have formed Coincidence, a flexible business framework thats produced card games, an educational math-themed racing game, and announced today a new puzzle game that will look familiar to Zachtronics fans. Not that were complaining!Kaizen: A Factory Story is an open-ended puzzle automation game set in Japan in the 1980s. Youll spend time designing, building, and optimizing production lines in factories to build calculators, camcorders, arcade machines, and more as you attempt to rise through the ranks, according to a press release.Weve always wanted to make a game about the heady days of the Japanese bubble economy, said Barth in the release. With Kaizen: A Factory Story, were aiming to bring the open-ended design were known for to a broader audience without compromising on depth or complexity.Kaizen will be released on Windows PC later this year.

Good news: Monster Hunter Wilds is finally out. Bad news: It runs like garbage, especially on PC.Its so bad that, for some players, the graphics have reverted to 1996. Reddit user Impressive-Cry-3448 posted screenshots of blurry, polygonal characters who look like they came from a Nintendo 64 game. Many of the graphical issues that were present during the beta playtests are still present in the final game, and players arent happy about it.On Steam, where the game reached over a million concurrent players just hours after its release, the user reviews are flooded with low scores due to the performance problems. If it isnt blocky characters, its crashes or single digit frame rates. Out of over 16,000 reviews, there are enough poor scores to give it a Mixed rating.Very immersive game, wrote Sgt. Walker Rhymes in one of the most upvoted Steam reviews, You can cook a well-done steak on your GPU while you play, and the hot blasts of air from your PC fans truly make you feel like you are in the desert.My air fryer is more optimized than this, wrote Steam user WaterBottle.There are several posts on the Monster Hunter subreddit discussing similar problems, and people are trying to troubleshoot them in the comments. Some players have seen improvements by turning frame generation off or updating the games version of Nvidias DLSS upscaling tech to the latest one with a tool called DLSS Swapper but your mileage may vary. Officially, Capcom says players should update their graphics card drivers and make sure their version of Windows is up to date.Console performance is reportedly more consistent, but plagued with stuttery frame rates and low-resolution textures. Digital Foundry did a preliminary performance analysis on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S versions and said all of them feel undercooked for a modern game. Even the PlayStation 5 Pro version struggles to run well.Its a shame that so many players are stuck fighting performance issues instead of monsters in a game that theyve been waiting years for, and one that had multiple beta tests where these issues were reported. Despite the troubles, the concurrent player count on Steam hasnt dipped by much, hovering around 700,000 at the time of this writing. Dragons Dogma 2, another Capcom game rife with performance issues, has significantly improved on consoles and moderately on PC since its launch last year, so hopefully Monster Hunter Wilds will get the same if not better treatment in the coming weeks.

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication.QLED TVs are a step above budget LEDs and a step below premium OLEDs. One example is the 65-inch QLED Samsung TV Q60CB, which sits at a surprising price of $492.68 (originally $947.99) after a nearly 50% discount. This is the lowest price this TV has been since its release according to price tracking tools.ok! SAMSUNG 65" Class Q60CB QLED 4K Smart TV Screen size: 65 in, Platform: Tizen Resolution: 4K, Display: QLED, Refresh rate: 60 Hz, Aspect: 16:9 $492.68 at Walmart $947.99 Save $455.31 Get Deal Get Deal $492.68 at Walmart $947.99 Save $455.31 For those who are willing to pay a bit more than a budget LED but don't want to spend a ton, the 65-inch Q60CB is a perfect middle ground. Like all QLED TVs, you'll notice a difference in colors compared to budget TVs, with deeper blacks and a wider range of colors. However, this TV won't have local dimming technology you'll find in Hisense U7N or the TCL QM7, but that's why you're saving money.Some other things this TV will lack compared to newer or higher end QLEDs are HDMI 2.1 bandwidth (if you're not a gamer this won't make a difference) and variable refresh rate (VRR) supportagain, mainly for gamers but also for streaming content with inconsistent frame rates. Gamers will be happy to know that this TV has a low input lag of 9 ms.Because this is a smart TV, you'll have the Tizen smart platform to download apps. If you're going to watch SDR content, the peak brightness on the Q60CB will be strong, making it able to handle viewing in bright rooms, plus the screen has good reflection handling. HDR content won't look as bright because of the lack of local dimming, but in dark rooms you'll still be able to enjoy the QLED picture quality.

Prime Video has new installments of two familiar series coming in March. First up is season three of The Wheel of Time (March 13), an adaptation of Robert Jordan's fantasy books of the same name. Rosamund Pike stars as sorceress Moiraine Damodred, a member of the powerful Aes Sedai. The season opens with a magical battle between members of the orderviewers will get a three-episode premiere with five weekly episodes to follow. Also in its third season is Bosch: Legacy (March 27)also an adaptation, this time of Michael Connolly's crime novels. A sequel to Prime Video hit Bosch, the series was originally canceled after its second season but was revived for a third and final installment. Titus Welliver reprises his role as former LAPD detective Harry Bosch working to solve his final case. Prime Video is also releasing Holland (March 27), a mystery thriller starring Nicole Kidman as a teacher and homemaker in an idyllic Michigan town, where mysteries and secrets begin to unravel her life. The film also stars Matthew Macfadyen (of Succession) as Kidman's husband and Gael Garca Bernal as her close friend. Here are all the originals coming to Prime Video in March.Whats coming to Prime Video in March 2025Available March 6For the Win: NWSLPicture ThisAvailable March 13The Wheel of Time S3Available March 20Tyler Perry's DuplicityAvailable March 27Bosch: Legacy S3Holland

AMD's decision to start off with midrange RDNA 4 GPUs now seems prescient. NVIDIA's high-end RTX 5090 and 5080 are already selling well beyond their absurdly high prices, if you can find any in stock at all. And while the RTX 5070 Ti impressed us, it's already selling for close to the 5080's $1,000 launch price. Now AMD's Radeon 9070 and 9070 XT, which are set to arrive on March 6, have the chance to swoop in and deliver some serious competition.Based on early briefings from AMD, which include some impressive benchmarks (still untested by us), the RDNA 4 GPUs appear to be compelling 4K and 1440p for discerning gamers who aren't ready to drop four figures on a video card. The Radeon 9070 starts at $549, but even more impressive, AMD managed to keep the 9070 XT at a very reasonable $599 launch price. Naturally, those prices will rise based on demand and the whims of card manufacturers, but they're still impressive compared to the RTX 5070 ($549 MSRP) and 5070 Ti ($749 MSRP).XFXOn top of the usual raw performance upgrades, the major selling point for these new cards is AMD's Fidelity FX Super Resolution 4 (FSR4) upscaling technology. Unlike previous iterations, this time around it's powered by machine learning, similar to NVIDIA's DLSS. According to AMD, that allows for better image quality while upscaling from lower resolutions, as well as low latency and frame generation.AMDSo what does that mean in action? AMD claims the 9070 XT can run Space Marine 2 at an average of 53 fps in 4K, but with FSR 4 running that jumps to 182 fps. That's similar to the leap in performance we've seen on NVIDIA's RTX 50-series GPUs, which can generate multiple frames. FSR 4 is supported on more than 30 titles at the moment, but for other games like Star Citizen and Forza Horizon 5, AMD claims its HYPR-RX driver-level upscaler can also improve performance by up to 3X.While both the Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT come with 16GB of VRAM (unlike the 12GB the RTX 5070 is stuck with), the latter card will likely do a better job driving 4K 240Hz screens. The 9070 XT sports 64 RDNA 4 compute units, 64 hardware ray tracing accelerators and 128 hardware AI accelerators, while the 9070 includes 56 compute units and RT accelerators, as well as 112 AI units. The 9070 XT can also draw significantly more power 304 watts instead of 220W and has more than a 500MHz boost clock lead. The standard 9070 will likely be better suited for players who game in 1440p most of the time, but who may occasionally dabble in 4K.AMDCuriously, most of AMD's benchmarks compare the new cards to the $549 RX 7900 GRE, a slightly under-specced card originally meant for China. But the company did make a handful of comparisons to other cards: For one, it claims the RX 9070 XT is on average 51 percent faster than the Radeon 6900 XT across 30 games while playing in 4K with maximum graphics settings. It's also reportedly 26 percent faster than the RTX 3090 across those same 30 games. As for the RX 9070, AMD says it's 38 percent in 4K/max settings than the RX 6800 XT and 26 percent faster than the RTX 3080. Surely AMD could have compared these cards to the RTX 40 lineup and newer Radeons, but then those gains wouldn't be as high.AMDBeyond gaming, AMD says its new RDNA 4 media engine will be able to encode H.264 with better image quality, and it'll support up to 8K/80fps encoding and decoding. As for AI, the 9070 XT is 34 percent faster than the RX 7900 GRE while using Davinci Resolve's Magic Mask Tracking Tool, and it's 70 percent faster while using Procyon SD XL for generative AI.If AMD can manage to keep the Radeon 9070 and 9070 XT in stock, and also hold prices close to their $549 and $599 launch figures, I wouldn't be surprised if some NVIDIA diehards jump ship. And if you're looking for something even cheaper, AMD says its RX 9060 cards will be coming in the second quarter.AMDThis article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/pc/amds-radeon-9070-and-9070-xt-are-gunning-for-nvidias-mid-range-throne-130016775.html?src=rss

First up, an apology. In Tuesdays newsletter, I laid out how to watch (and what to expect from) Amazons Alexa press event. But aside from unveiling what Alexa+ will be capable of, there was no silly hardware and no upgraded Echos, but lots of demos. We learned Alexa+ will be included with an Amazon Prime subscription, and the company will also offer the enhanced digital assistant separately, for $20 per month. At the moment, Prime costs $15 per month in the US. So that's weird.Meanwhile, Apples new entry-level iPhone, the 16e, launches online and in stores today. The $599 phone is arguably $100 too expensive, but it packs a processor that can deliver Apple Intelligence to the masses. It has a gorgeous screen, with a notch if not a Dynamic Island and a long battery life. Thanks to that A18 chip, it is as powerful as iPhones, which cost several hundred dollars more.This is a phone for people who dont upgrade every year (or two). If youre coming from an older iPhone, say an iPhone 11 (like my mom), youll be treated to a brighter screen, improved image processing and, heck, 5G. Apple says the newer process will ensure the 16e is 80 percent faster than the iPhone 11. You are going to see the difference. Oh, and you get an action button.Our biggest concern is the single-camera situation. Its a great camera, but we already miss the versatility of optical zoom that goes beyond the digital cropping that the iPhone 16e uses. Check out our full review right here. And if youre OK not staying with an iPhone, were moving into the mid-range smartphone season so stay tuned. Mat SmithHow to get MagSafe charging on an iPhone 16eA $599 iPhone 16e is a cruel jokeThe biggest tech stories you missedEverything announced at Amazons Alexa+ AI eventEA releases source code for four Command & Conquer gamesThe best laptop you can buy in 2025Gmail will stop using SMS for two-factor authenticationGet this delivered directly to your inbox. Subscribe right here!What to expect from Samsung, Nothing, Xiaomi and more at MWC 2025Nothings new devices might be the headline grabbers.NothingThe worlds biggest smartphone event (after iPhone launches, lets be real) returns to Barcelona. While its no longer the heyday of Mobile World Congress, smartphone challengers from China love to reveal technically accomplished devices, and were expecting delights from the likes of Xiaomi, Honor, Huawei et al. Except maybe not Oppo its done its thing already.At MWC 2022, Nothings Carl Pei showed off a prototype of the companys first handset, the Nothing Phone 1. It looks like its ready to reveal its third-gen phone, with the companys usual drip-drip of specs, features and hyperbole already in action. Nothing already revealed the design of one phone, the 3a Pro, in a nearly 11-minute video. Notably, a big ole camera bump to accommodate a periscope telephoto lens.Xiaomi is also teasing some heady camera hardware: Its 15 Ultra will be a photography powerhouse, rumored to pack a 1-inch main sensor and 200-megapixel periscope telephoto lens.Will Samsung show off the slimline Galaxy S25 Edge? Perhaps. It might also be time to reveal an update to its A-series mid-range devices. Perhaps the company will do both.Continue reading.Sony cuts the price of PS VR2 to $400Add the price of your PS5 too.EngadgetSony is permanently reducing the price of the PlayStation VR2. Starting in March, the headset will cost $400, down from $500. It still costs more than the Meta Quest 3S, a standalone headset, but is obviously capable of a richer graphic experience. That said, where are the AAA games? Even Sonys own PS VR2 website struggles to offer anything particularly exciting.Continue reading.Youre never finding those lost wireless earbudsIts time to let go.I have misplaced my Beats Fit Pro buds. Wherever I set them down, I recall thinking, youre going to regret not putting them back into the charging case. And I was right. Two weeks on, I have the charging case, open and ready, but the buds have been translocated to another dimension. I tried Apples Find My app, which says theyre somewhere in my apartment.That doesnt help me enough. I use them for workouts, so I checked jacket pockets, gym shorts, the bathroom, windows, the sides of my couch and even my inner ear canal. But no.I have held out hope for two weeks, but its time for me to let go. Fortunately, I work here, so I have three standby options for gym listening. But they didnt fit as well as the Beats Fit Pro. I will hold onto the charging case, just in case they magically appear in my detergent box or somewhere else completely arbitrary, but mentally, I know I will never find them again.Goodbye, my waxy, sweaty buds of joy.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/general/the-morning-after-engadget-newsletter-121514554.html?src=rss

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