can anybody give me the tldr on what they do?
They take cracked games and compress their size down so that shipmates with low bandwidth can download them easier.
nice.
I only just noticed that they don’t work if you are offline so they are worthless. It means it’s connecting to a server that could disappear at any moment and make your downloads useless.
That is not true. I use Fitgirl repacks regularly and you can definitely install them while offline. You probably just accidentally checked (or didn’t uncheck as I believe they are checked by default) the option to download additional files (see the three examples in the screenshot below).
Yeah, the downloads are coming from Microsoft, and they would be required by the game no matter how you install it.
Kind of a nitpick, frankly. A piece of third-party software that is required for the game to run is hardly FitGirl’s fault. And if you already have it installed, then you are not required to download it in the launcher. You can proceed to skip that part & install the game without any Internet connection whatsoever.
(Also, if you didn’t have access to the Internet at least SOMETIMES then you wouldn’t be able to have gotten the repack downloaded in the first place.)
And if you’re transferring it to a PC without internet access, the repack pages have the info of what other packages are needed and where to download them.
Packing games for fellow shipmates.
They don’t do crack only repack
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Just would like to say that if you get $3000 in free games over the past 3 years, $5 is nothing.
Without money, piracy sites shut down. Then everyone cries.
It’s not a bad thing to throw them a few bucks every few years if you want them to survive.
Price of a cup of coffee.
We all know this is a side hustle. No one pirates or repacks as a main source of income, donations are way too volatile for that.
So no, I won’t tip someone for their hobby.
We all know this is a side hustle.
I don’t. And I’ll be wary about assuming that. If they devote their time and effort to one thing, they’re sacrificing being able to do other things. Idk why there is a need to explain that
Welcome to the real world where primary income doesn’t come from donations.
Sounds like you’ve failed at monetizing your hobbies tbh
You sound miserable if you need to make everything about money, even outside of work.
You sound privileged.
“world economic crisis” what?, she is in russia?
I mean, she’s never tried to hide the fact that she’s Russian. And she also hasn’t hidden the fact that she dislikes Putin. But lots of Europe is struggling right now. For instance, the farmers protesting across many parts of Europe, as a result of the war and Ukrainian exports.
farms are angry because of cheap grains in the market no because of the war
Take it a step farther. Why is cheap grain available on the market? Because European import regulations were relaxed to support Ukrainian grain exports.
In case you weren’t aware, grain is one of Ukraine’s largest exports.
I thought most of those grain exports go to Africa and the Middle East though? Like didn’t the war and initial export blockade cause the famine in Yemen to get worse?
In case you weren’t aware, grain is one of Ukraine’s largest exports.
yep i knew, i didn’t knew that regulations were relaxed to ukraine tho
She called him an old madman in the link posted. She’s one of the good ones
Ooo, can I be that too? I would use bad words for these people when I was a kid in 2007, you know, when it wasn’t mainstream, but everybody wanted to believe that Russia just has a flawed democracy.
What’s her super secret method that she can’t share? Doesn’t sound very open to me.
Why would it be open? The whole point is that this is the service they provide.
Is there an alternative to fitgirl that doesn’t have the long uncompress / unpack times? I love that fitgirl has everything and is a trusted source, but the decompression takes too long and sometimes doesn’t even work on Linux.
Isn’t that like 90% of the point of the repack? To heavily compress things and drastically reduce the download size of a game?
Then I suppose I am looking for a download resources that aren’t repacks, or at least aren’t so heavy and convoluted on the way they pack.
What I liked about fitgirl is the reputation. A resource I can trust and quality is consistent.
I thought 90% was defeating DRM and 10% was reducing download size. Doesn’t matter how quick the download is if DRM blocks you from running the game.
I don’t pirate games (any more) but my understanding is that FitGirl is one of the few crackers who can defeat denuvo, which means the only choice for pirates is repack.
That’s just downloading the game and getting the crack.
You are mistaking Fitgirl (generally seems to be a pretty cool person) with Empress (transphobic shitbag but puts the time in to remove denuvo). Fitgirl repacks are generally more about massive compression and dealing with the mess that is (generally nintendo and) emulators for modern platforms. Like, I allegedly grabbed my copy of breath of the wild out of one of her repacks because I could not be bothered to figure out how to get all the DLCs set up.
“allegedly”? Lol.
Thanks for this, I was confusing them with Empress (which probably should be an additional crime)
I am also looking for this. I default to fitgirl because its the only trustworthy source in the scene that i know.
Oc i can just try and find a torent myself but with so many fakers out there, people uploading game files even if there is no working crack available, it feels like gambling.
DODI also has good repacks (has worse compresion but faster unpacks so is better on faster vpns)
Is fitgirl even a girl?
The real question is: is she fit?
That’s absurd, the name clearly come from her deft skill at fitting games into compressable packages.
Her photo implies that she is at least lean.
She uses photos of Audrey Tatou, a French actress.
Fitgirl presents as a woman therefore she is a girl. I don’t walk by people on the street and wonder what’s in their pants all day.
But is fitgirl one person?
The plumbing also doesn’t define which pronouns someone prefers.
I sure do that. Hope it’s a big meaty hog
thanks for sharing
Hogs are for everyone
!THE_PACK@lemmy.world HELL YEAH SIBLING OF UNKNOWN GENDER! HOGS ARE TO BE ENJOYED BY EVERYONE, AROOOO
Had anyone seen Empress and Fitgirl in the same room at the same time?
actually after empress went crazy,fitgirl pledged that she wouldn’t reoack empresses games
Who cares?
Edit: I was wrong. Dismiss the comment!
Was’nt this person transphobic? To me that’s relevant. I wouldn’t like people giving them support in that case.You’re likely thinking of Empress who has a number of personality issues… transphobia definitely being one of them.
Wasn’t that one called Empress?
Was Empress also the one who did the unhinged “you are all my simps now” rant thing?
Using my girl, Audrey to draw my attention works every time. 😍
Calme-toi, elle n’appartient à personne.
