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Phantom Dust |OT| Out of the ashes, into the Dust

Download went smoothly, game seems to run fine here. I did have to 'rebuy' the multiplayer starter pack in the in-game store, but that might be by design.

I was willing to buy skill unlocks to support this game, but at $5 a school and only one school available at a time I'm thinking I won't. I'd pay money for everything, but I don't want to just have Optical skills to play around with right now.

Searched in the store and all I see is a Multiplayer Starter Pack. Guess I'll need to wait until tomorrow night to play this now.

Other people have mentioned this, but from the Starter Pack you should be able to select the actual game itself.
 

arhra

Member
Searched in the store and all I see is a Multiplayer Starter Pack. Guess I'll need to wait until tomorrow night to play this now.

If you go into the store page for the multiplayer pack you should be able to get a link to the main game page. That's how I got it earlier.

Although that didn't do me much good, as the download just doesn't seem to want to happen.
 

op_ivy

Fallen Xbot (cannot continue gaining levels in this class)
Anyone else's download stop and won't resume? Happening to a friend and i
 

QisTopTier

XisBannedTier
Please play single player if this is your first time with the game, the tutorial missions are helpful. The game can be rather daunting if you don't understand the things it expects you to know.

It's literally an action card game so learning the rules is important
 

Hexer06

Member
So jealous of you all that are playing already!!! I sure wish I had better Internet. I won't be getting to play this for another 4 or 5 hours at the rate it's going. ;(
 

Big_Al

Unconfirmed Member
Please play single player if this is your first time with the game, the tutorial missions are helpful. The game can be rather daunting if you don't understand the things it expects you to know.

It's literally an action card game so learning the rules is important

Fully intend too :) Never got to play this back in the day so really looking forward to it. With this and The Surge I'll be set for a while for games to play when I get a chance.
 
That was fun for 5 minutes to bask in some nostalgia. Don't think the game has aged well so I'm just not going to continue and ruin some of my fondest memories of OG Xbox.
 

Fox Mulder

Member
Anyone else's download stop and won't resume? Happening to a friend and i

My Xbox is running like shit since I started the download. Menus are slow, YouTube won't load, and theres stuttering music in a game. I have fast internet and other devices are having no issue on my network.
 

kogasu

Member
Playing on X1. Only got one multiplayer match. Tried again and it says no matches going. Hmm...

edit: Ok I found more but I wanna use my arsenal lol!
 

Sinatar

Official GAF Bottom Feeder
Please play single player if this is your first time with the game, the tutorial missions are helpful. The game can be rather daunting if you don't understand the things it expects you to know.

It's literally an action card game so learning the rules is important

Yup, the campaign is pretty fun though so it's definitely worth a play through.
 

Tain

Member
Still downloading on my PC but I tried it on Xbox and I'm surprised at how well the visuals hold up at 1080p. The environments are busy enough that I'm not constantly distracted by how sparse everything is.
 

kuYuri

Member
For anyone curious, PC graphics options are very limited indeed. There is no arbitrary resolution support, it's just "Best", which seems to set the resolution to the max resolution of your monitor in windowed or fullscreen mode. The full screen mode does not seem to be completely fullscreen either, as I still see the border of the game window on my end, it stops at just above my taskbar and I can see minimize and close game options like other Windows 10 games. The other option is Original, which basically sets it to 480p output like the OG Xbox version.

The only other graphical options are Glow and Shadow options, which you can toggle on and off. That's all.

Framerate is locked to 30fps as mentioned before.

It still looks much better and cleaner when using the higher res mode compared to original.
 

eggandI

Banned
Anyone having trouble joining matches on PC? I see a bunch of lobbies up but when I try to join one it says Could Not Find a session
 
Man, that opening cutscene looks so good now. Its 480p origins remain obvious, but it's still a massive upgrade over what the released version looked like.

It's obviously an Xbox game, but it still looks quite nice.

L4FLhJ4.jpg

The full screen mode does not seem to be completely fullscreen either, as I still see the border of the game window on my end, it stops at just above my taskbar and I can see minimize and close game options like other Windows 10 games.
I'm not sure why you're having an issue, but I am running it completely fullscreen, no start menu or anything.
 

hwalker84

Member
For anyone curious, PC graphics options are very limited indeed. There is no arbitrary resolution support, it's just "Best", which seems to set the resolution to the max resolution of your monitor in windowed or fullscreen mode. The full screen mode does not seem to be completely fullscreen either, as I still see the border of the game window on my end, it stops at just above my taskbar and I can see minimize and close game options like other Windows 10 games. The other option is Original, which basically sets it to 480p output like the OG Xbox version.

The only other graphical options are Glow and Shadow options, which you can toggle on and off. That's all.

Framerate is locked to 30fps as mentioned before.

It still looks much better and cleaner when using the higher res mode compared to original.
Having the exact same fullscreen issue.
 

AdamT

Member
I wanted to see if there were any other graphics options that could be modified. I think I found the config file in the WindowsApps folder(Microsoft.MSEsper.... Assets > Data > Setup > Configdata.dat), however, I lack the knowledge to make any sense of it.
 

wwm0nkey

Member
For some reason I can't download anything from the Windows 10 Store, including this. I keep getting an error code that tells me there's something wrong with my internet connection but there obviously isn't. Anyone else having the same thing?

What is the error code?
 
Played through the first chapter. Miss this. I'm getting some performance problems here and there though (on PC). Not sure if it's the game, or me having too much shit open though. Doesn't seem to be consistent with anything I'm specifically doing in game.
 

Hexer06

Member
Great... well for some reason around 50%, the "Installation Stopped" and when I went to install it again, it's starting all over at 0%. This is not a good day. :(
 

FyreWulff

Member
not really a complaint but I notice Phantom Dust is just like all the other OXbox ports in that it doesn't have the bloom effect of the Xbox version, just like Halo PC, etc. Guess it's just hard to translate that effect.
 

Tain

Member
Ishmae1:

Any chance for getting the "real" maps in split screen? Surely all modern hardware can handle it, right?

I'm not sure if that would be a relatively simple patch or not, but it would rule. Don't wanna be using telekinesis in a map like this, lol:

MGOEVlz.jpg
 
For some reason I can't download anything from the Windows 10 Store, including this. I keep getting an error code that tells me there's something wrong with my internet connection but there obviously isn't. Anyone else having the same thing?
Is your clock/date correct? Are you running the latest version of Windows? Are you running the latest version of the store?
 
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