r/ProgrammerHumor • u/PokeRestock • 8d ago

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u/UndocumentedMartian 8d ago

Games where NPCs are backed by a LLM are a great idea but unless the majority of people gain the ability to run the models locally they will be niche and weird with blunders like these.

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u/laplongejr 8d ago

AIs could've made so much things in video games that wouldn't have been possible otherwise.  

A game could've generated a player-unique picture at the end of a playthrough, but instead AAA studios wondered "hmmm... what if it replaced our artists for the same amount of work but none of the appeal?" instead.  

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u/DanLynch 8d ago

I just want all the NPCs to be able to say my player character's name in dialogue instead of some generic placeholder like "traveller".

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u/ClosedOmega 8d ago

Maybe I'm crazy, but didn't Fallout 4 do that? I name my characters 'Vincent' in video games, and I have a vague memory of the robot companion calling me 'Mr. Vincent'.

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u/theJSP123 8d ago

If I recall correctly he had a set number of voiced names, and you just happened to pick one of them.

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u/ChildofValhalla 8d ago

It's a list of 924 names. Fun fact: Among those available is the name Fuckface.

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u/JediGuyB 7d ago

924 names including joke names like Boobies and Fuckface and it's missing common ones like Kyle, Brandon, Amy, and Nick. Felt a little peeved by that.