That would be a 3D engine thing not a social media thing
But depending on both of the instances with different software (a game and a forum platform, in this case PieFed if they both support OAuth (the stack that lets the users sign in on one platform with an account on the other)) you can sign in with that PieFed account
Yeah, either unified login. Like, you only need one place where you enter your user credentials, and you use the self-same credentials to log into any server out there. Guess it’s a convenience thing, now that what feels like 90% of all people online have no access to hardware keyboards or screens larger than 6.5".
Or, going beyond that, something like OpenSim’s Hypergrid: You have a player character on one server, and you can teleport to a wholly different server, any server, inventory and skin and all.
I guess we can all imagine how that’s going to be horrible: N00b makes new player character on a non-creative survival server, can’t be bothered to mine or grow or craft or even look for anything, teleports to a creative server, stocks up their inventory with all kinds of stuff and goes back to the non-creative survival server, decked out like a god.
Okay. So what does federation mean in the context of a videogame? Will I be able to craft an iron toothpick from my piefed account?
That would be a 3D engine thing not a social media thing
But depending on both of the instances with different software (a game and a forum platform, in this case PieFed if they both support OAuth (the stack that lets the users sign in on one platform with an account on the other)) you can sign in with that PieFed account
I’m glad someone knew, thanks ^^
Yeah, either unified login. Like, you only need one place where you enter your user credentials, and you use the self-same credentials to log into any server out there. Guess it’s a convenience thing, now that what feels like 90% of all people online have no access to hardware keyboards or screens larger than 6.5".
Or, going beyond that, something like OpenSim’s Hypergrid: You have a player character on one server, and you can teleport to a wholly different server, any server, inventory and skin and all.
I guess we can all imagine how that’s going to be horrible: N00b makes new player character on a non-creative survival server, can’t be bothered to mine or grow or craft or even look for anything, teleports to a creative server, stocks up their inventory with all kinds of stuff and goes back to the non-creative survival server, decked out like a god.