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[zkylon]

ok, i've found an environment thing about the witness that's pretty cool that makes alt tabbing during boat rides kinda dumb i guess, and also starts giving a bit of meaning to the tire piles or whatever those things are called

nothing amazing but it was cool

also finished the greenhouse and realized i only have 4 lasers instead of 5 cos one's pointing wherever, so gotta see wtf is going on with that

this might be the xenosaga of puzzle games, you have to play it for 20 hours before something happens

 

[ExoSoul]

Money. Dont ask me. Oculus develops some games themselves, so they dont want those to appear on other VR devices.

Its actually pretty stupid, because Palmer said, at the beginning that such a move would be bad for the VR-market, then they were bought by Facebook.

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[shortsFortallPeople]

Dark Void seems to sometimes crash when I change resolutions, sometimes not, but regardless always crashes if I try to load it again, forcing me to restart my pc.

They really outdid themselves with this pc port

 

[AbundantChoice]

Then comes the question, Vive or Oculus?

It depends.
- Vive is built for room-based stuff out of the box, Oculus isn't quite there yet, but it's not clear how popular room-stuff is ever going to be.
- Oculus has a slightly narrower field of vision, but slightly less screen-door-effect potential.
- Oculus is *slightly* more comfortable (just in my experience).
- Oculus is $200 cheaper, but the motion controllers won't be available at launch so you're stuck with a X1 controller for the first few months, which is a major bummer, and you'll need to shell out the extra cash once they do come out so that may eat up the cost differential. VR w/o the motion controllers just isn't the same to me, they should be considered a "must buy"
- I think the Oculus motion controllers are a bit better than the Vive's, but it's not a huge difference.

I think there is *zero* harm in taking a "wait and see" attitude with this first round of VR if you're not totally sold on it yet. Especially if you haven't had a chance to try it out personally. If you're not sure, just wait, give it some time to mature, see which platform becomes a bit more dominant, wait for Gen 2 hardware, etc. But if you decide to dive in, either headset will probably serve you fine for a few years. The differences aren't that major beyond the Vive's explicit focus on room-tracking.

 

[Chairmanchuck]

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The thing is that now Oculus fanboys on GAF defend that move. Its totally stupid and goes against what Palmer said at the beginning that exclusives would actually hurt the development/acceptance of VR.

Bought by Facebook, developing their own games and so now it is:
"We are developing it. We choose where it ends up."

And then you see people on GAF, that preordered the Rift, that he is right...

 

[tmarg]

It's weird because the only way they make money is with a massive expansion of the market, fighting over market share at this point is almost pointless. Also, the idea of FB getting into an exclusives arms race with valve is laughable. Especially targeting the extreme enthusiasts that will be buying vr sets.

 

[dex3108]

If an overclock doesn't pass my 4 hours of full AVX Linpack OCCT tourture then I don't consider it stable. Hence why you never hear me going on about doggey overclocks in any PC Perf threads

4GHz for my CPU is nothing based on other clocks i saw. Also i don't have time to leave my PC for 24h test so i am risking with short tests and real life usage So we will see, i am playing with CPU when i don't have money to buy GPU that i need. What could go wrong?

 

[freshVeggie]

if your using the steam version turning off the steam overlay

I did that very first thing after reading PCGW and googling. Hmm, this blows. I disabled Uplay overlay as well. Restarted clients and PC several times.
It sometimes doesn't do anything when starting the game, sometimes the splash screen shows up where it crashes, rarely the game starts and at the initial loading screen it crashes. I've made it once in the menu and started a new game. It worked exactly once. Here a WebM showing the erratic behavior of the crashes.
Makes no sense. This is not fun. It's not an old game to have these extreme crashes justifiable.

 

[Ucchedavāda]

Finally decided to try Wolf TNO for real, and got past the prologue.
Nice twist and all, but (end of prologue spoiler)

Spoiler

the choice between Fergus and the wide-eyed newbie there I sacrified, does it matter in the enjoyment of the game? I mean, did I choose wisely?

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You'll be meeting the person you saved later in the game, and they'll be playing a role in the story-line, so just pick the character you'd rather interact with later (*cough*Fergus*cough*).

 

[ashecitism]

Actually Oculus made the exclusive deal with CCP before FB bought them and a lot of people were okay with it, because the Rift seemed like the only noteworthy HMD for the PC. After FB bought them, they doubled down on doing them and build up the Oculus store.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Spoiler

You'll be meeting the person you saved later in the game, and they'll be playing a role in the story-line, so just pick the character you'd rather interact with later (*cough*Fergus*cough*).

You should do the opposite actually. Otherwise the penultimate payoff is horribly lackluster.

 

[Saucycarpdog]

Google already won the VR war guys. Pack it all up, we're done.

 

[Sch1sm]

Google already won the VR war guys. Pack it all up, we're done.

I know this is a joke and all, but...


they gave that shit away for free.

 

[dex3108]

I know this is a joke and all, but...


they gave that shit away for free.

Not to me! I made my own!

 

[salazar547]

On this week's Excellent Adventures of Gootecks and Mike Ross they had Combofiend on and he said league rankings go up to Grand Master but it's based on proportionate player position rather than solely the amount of League Points. So the barriers for each league tier are always changing depending on how many people are on the leaderboards. So it might be something like the bottom 10% of the leaderboards are considered to be the Rookie league while the next 10% is Bronze and so on but it might be more complicated than that.

thats not true actually , it really is like SF4 ranking system , in this case it has been like this:

0 lp : novice
500 lp : bronze
1000 lp : super bronze
2000 lp : silver
3000 lp : super silver

the only difference with SF4 is that if my points are below the minimun of my current league i go back to the previous one

 

[pantsattack]

Hello deeries~

 

[Jawmuncher]

So what does happen if you mess up the thermal paste on a CPU? The CPU goes bad or does the whole motherboard crap out?

 

[dex3108]

So what does happen if you mess up the thermal paste on a CPU? The CPU goes bad or does the whole motherboard crap out?

Usually you get higher than normal temperatures. And in worst case scenario PC should shut itself down if CPU reaches critical temperatures (temperature depends on your CPU).

 

[CheesecakeRecipe]

So what does happen if you mess up the thermal paste on a CPU? The CPU goes bad or does the whole motherboard crap out?

It won't cool nearly as efficiently, which will lead to sub-optimal performance and can shorten the lifespan of your CPU. Which could, in turn, lead to other parts running hotter as the ambient temps will increase. I'd highly recommend redoing the application of thermal paste if you somehow messed it up.

 

[Copons]

Spoiler

You'll be meeting the person you saved later in the game, and they'll be playing a role in the story-line, so just pick the character you'd rather interact with later (*cough*Fergus*cough*).

Heck yeah, I choose wisely then!

 

[Dr Dogg]

thats not true actually , it really is like SF4 ranking system , in this case it has been like this:

0 lp : novice
500 lp : bronze
1000 lp : super bronze
2000 lp : silver
3000 lp : super silver

the only difference with SF4 is that if my points are below the minimun of my current league i go back to the previous one

Huh I wonder why he said placement rather than points then? Unless I'm having. A funny 5 minutes.

So what does happen if you mess up the thermal paste on a CPU? The CPU goes bad or does the whole motherboard crap out?

Well instead of acting like a conductor it can act like an insulator. Some types are electrically conductive too which can be trouble if you get it on a PCB. You don't need a lot and if you think you've messed up some TIM cleaner or iso alcohol will clean the stuff off fine if you use a lint free cloth or something cheap skate like coffee filters.

End of the day less is more and a small amount in the centre is fine for pretty much all modern CPUs due to their die size and position, and the let the presure of the heatsink spread it out.

If you cracked the IHS off you'd see how the actually CPU die only takes up a small portion of the PCB. A small blob over that and then spread out so the heat sink and IHS can transfer heat adieu ally is fine. DO NOT follow any of the loopy guides out their spreading it out with credit cards or your fingers in a plastic bag as you're going to get stuff like air bubbles in there which impede addiquate heat transfer.

 

[morningbus]

This is why I always recommend anyone wanting to build a pc watch that 96 hour stream of a guy throwing his computer together.

Just don't do anything he does and you'll be fine.

 

[WinterDemons]

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Stop Online: Battle of Words -- MB-C02BFAA0DE9B4BA1 - Taken by fuzzy123 Trivia Question: Pick a number between 1 and 10?

:V

 

[Afro]

This is why I always recommend anyone wanting to build a pc watch that 96 hour stream of a guy throwing his computer together.

Just don't do anything he does and you'll be fine.

link!?

 

[uncredited male]

Make sure you change out your thermal paste every 6 months Jawmuncher.

You can trust me, I am allowed on the Internet.

 

[ashecitism]

This is why I always recommend anyone wanting to build a pc watch that 96 hour stream of a guy throwing his computer together.

Just don't do anything he does and you'll be fine.

lol, at PC Gamer's upcoming event they're going to hold PC building seminars

 

[kagamin]

First time building my computer it only took me about 3 hours not including breaks, mostly because I fumbled on a few things and had to switch a bunch of stuff around.

 

[Kriken]

Well I haven't posted anything in a few days, let me fix that

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Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc -- MB-8782304E3FAF17FE - Taken by the_firewithin. 84 entrants total.

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PLAY THIS GAME

 

[morningbus]

link!?

I don't think this is all of it, but it's this:

Twitch Builds a PC: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL81WNlKQ9d3EooFUEKalBF9TUQRMDIOb6

And the playlist is over 20 hours.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Thanks for the info everyone. My friend is bringing over a build he did that he apparently messed up on. Since he said he might have ruined it up at the thermal paste.
So I wanted to see if that was an actually possibility.

 

[cyba89]

this might be the xenosaga of puzzle games, you have to play it for 20 hours before something happens

No it's not.

You either "get it" in the first three hours or the game is just not for you (nothing wrong with that). The game

Spoiler

doesn't change dramatically later on and it also does not have a Braid-like twist.

 

[Saucycarpdog]

I know this is a joke and all, but...


they gave that shit away for free.

Benevolent Google!™

 

[Chairmanchuck]

Well I haven't posted anything in a few days, let me fix that

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PLAY THIS GAME

Thats a cool giveaway for those who dont have it yet.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Just some music to listen to while browsing this thread.

 

[Soulflarz]

Well I haven't posted anything in a few days, let me fix that

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PLAY THIS GAME

eee

 

[InfiniteNine]

I don't think this is all of it, but it's this:

Twitch Builds a PC: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL81WNlKQ9d3EooFUEKalBF9TUQRMDIOb6

And the playlist is over 20 hours.

I remember that crunch. RIP mobo.

 

[GaussTek]

So, I decided to grab Danganronpa right now even if I have a huge backlog...

Spoiler

just because I want Zero Escape on Steam soon

 

[Haunted]

Anyone know if there are any plans to bring The Room 2 and 3 to Steam? I know the sequels haven't been as well received as the first one, but it'd be nice to be able to get the complete trilogy on PC.

Steamspy says the game has sold around 100k units, which seems like a decent amount.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Good god, though, the trials in Danganronpa are long. I have stuff to do today, but this game is so good, and I get sucked in for hours at a time.

 

[someguyinahat]

Anyone know if there are any plans to bring The Room 2 and 3 to Steam?

Wiseau made sequels? Who the fuck is backing him?

 

[Haunted]

Wiseau made sequels? Who the fuck is backing him?

 

[Kriken]

Just some music to listen to while browsing this thread.

I like this one a bit better

 

[Endruen]

Just some music to listen to while browsing this thread.

I like this one a bit better

My favourite.

 

[Jawmuncher]

My Favorite.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

My Favorite.

Why did you post the theme music to Dino Crisis?

 

[crazyrabbits]

Best jam of the year, easily.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

My favourite.

Correct answer.

Also, i don't know why but I love the way they say Danganronpa in this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6ZFTgG5yXU

 

[zkylon]

No it's not.

You either "get it" in the first three hours or the game is just not for you (nothing wrong with that). The game

Spoiler

doesn't change dramatically later on and it also does not have a Braid-like twist.

oh well

it's unfair to compare any game to xenosaga i guess :>

 

[Kurt Russell]

We are doing best jams?

 

[crazyrabbits]

We are doing best jams?

I'll allow it.