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hi it's me again with another random pc gaming question
Is it possible to eliminate screen tearing and also not have a laggy mouse at the SAME TIME in Dead Space? I've read triple buffering will solve that problem, but there's no option in-game and nHancer tells me the forced triple-buffering works only for OpenGL! Which Dead Space is, I assume, not, because Steam installed DirectX when I started it up for the first time half an hour ago.
Is it possible to eliminate screen tearing and also not have a laggy mouse at the SAME TIME in Dead Space? I've read triple buffering will solve that problem, but there's no option in-game and nHancer tells me the forced triple-buffering works only for OpenGL! Which Dead Space is, I assume, not, because Steam installed DirectX when I started it up for the first time half an hour ago.
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Twig said:
Install Rivatuner and give it a profile in D3Doverrider, that program will let you force Triple-buffering on any DirectX game.
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Orellio said:
Not really, triple-buffering can still lead to input lag that is really irritating in FPS.
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Orellio said:
It does hold it back from being critical for use in games though.
Spotless Mind
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Thankfully i have no desire to play any of those Sega games. I would maybe consider Sega All-Star Racing if it was really cheap, but the lack of online is so insulting.
I have no real desire to make every game look absolutely perfect these days because I don't have the hardware for it, so something like D3DOverrider isn't really necessary, but the tearing in this game is exceptionally bad when lights are flickering, so yeah!
Do I need to install D3DOverrider separately from RivaTuner?
Do I need to install D3DOverrider separately from RivaTuner?
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It comes with RivaTuner, no separate install. You can completely ignore RivaTuner. It's definitely worthwhile for Dead Space, but if you are fine with a game, don't bother adding Triple-Buffering (FPS mostly... RTS work great with it).Twig said:
chixdiggit
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Psy-Phi said:Did not know that...I was preparing to buy when it inevitably went on sale but with no online, no thanks. Have to get it on a console.
It's only $30 on PC to start with. So if it's 50% off I think I'll bite. I could pay more and get it on console but I probably wouldn't play it online much anyway.
Peronthious
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Anksta said:
One of the better 4X games this generation. I only have the first expansion since I don't play the game all that much any more and I've heard that the second pack breaks bits of the game, but even vanilla it's well worth getting. It's a very macro and slow paced game; most of your time will be spent optimizing your economy and waiting for combat ships to get to the different planets. The most you'll get involved in combat is managing the rock/paper/scissors orientation for each individual planet.
Schmattakopf
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Sins is amazing and the expansions are worth it. They will probably be on sale in the future. I know Entrenchment has been on sale for $5.Anksta said:
Anarchistry
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I'm new to Steam, as I just got into via the Mac update. Anyways, I bought Torchlight on launch day and i've enjoyed the hell out of it so far. However, i've run into an incredibly maddening bug. When I reach a certain point in a quest, a dialog box pops up thanking me for "trying the demo". Anyone know what's up?
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Anarchistry said:
Try verifying the game cache.
Anarchistry
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I'm embarassed...how exactly do I do that?
Psy-Phi
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Anksta said:
I would say that Diplomacy (or Sins Trinity) feels necessary. Because without it, the diplomatic options are very limited. Entrenchment (which is in Trinity, and Diplomacy if you own it separately) makes for some better defense research and options so you don't have to keep your a fleet near by. Seems a bit more realistic (in a scifi world) than just a few defense hangars that were in the original game. It adds large Star Bases, mine-fields, better point defense laser turrets etc.. so you're better able to defend your planet(s).
Really, anybody interested in Sins now should just go ahead and buy Trinity (it's all 3, vanilla, entrenchment & diplomacy), because once you start playing Vanilla sins, you'll probably wish for the things that the expansions add.
But if you're on a budget, tens of thousands of people played it without the added stuff and loved it prior to the expansions releasing. So it's not really necessary, just provides the player with more choices and options.
Psy-Phi
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Trinity's out alreadyAnksta said:
. It's just the all in one pack (trinity...three, Sins original, Sins Entrenchment, & Sins Diplomacy). Diplomacy and Trinity are almost interchangeable terms however since people there ubiquitously have all three.Think of Trinity as a GotY edition.
BudokaiMR2
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beaten epic style but whatever
Fuck off steam and sega. fuck off.
Fuck off steam and sega. fuck off.
Red Scarlet
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So it costs twice as much to buy the package than the games separately?
Red Scarlet
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Oh, it looks like this on mine:
So they only sell 3 games in the pack in Japan?
So they only sell 3 games in the pack in Japan?
brain_stew
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Twig said:
D3DOverrider, see my thread:
http://neogaf.net/forum/showthread.php?t=366413
It still probably won't be perfect though, so I'd recommend just using a 360 pad.
brain_stew
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Spotless Mind said:
Meh, no one would be playing it by now anyway. The inclusion of full 4 player splitscreen support more than makes up for it.
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John said:
No LAN, so no.
BudokaiMR2
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honestly the package for japan is just kind of insulting. It shouldn't even fucking be there.
I was planning on buying the package too after hearing about it at work today.
I was planning on buying the package too after hearing about it at work today.
i think the package stuff is automated and they just don't bother checking that it makes sense outside the US, rather than that someone actually made that page by hand and thought 'yup that looks like a good deal'.
they give weird packages in europe all the time that get fixed once they notice the percentages they end up with after the currency conversion don't match up with the PR. (like when they were effectively paying people to take TRU or whatever it was in that eidos deal).
they give weird packages in europe all the time that get fixed once they notice the percentages they end up with after the currency conversion don't match up with the PR. (like when they were effectively paying people to take TRU or whatever it was in that eidos deal).
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brain_stew said:
Some of us don't rely on pubs to play online. My gaming group usually all buys the same games so we always have someone to play with.
slidewinder
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Today's Sega specials:
Space Siege - $5
Universe at War - $5
Stormrise - $7.50
Or all 3 in a "sci-fi" pack for the above-mentioned penny savings.
Universe at War at least looks decent. Worth the $5?
Space Siege - $5
Universe at War - $5
Stormrise - $7.50
Or all 3 in a "sci-fi" pack for the above-mentioned penny savings.
Universe at War at least looks decent. Worth the $5?
ClovingWestbrook
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Himajin said:Fantastic value on the Sega pack if you live in Japan like me. Thanks for looking after your home market, Sega! :lol
Get someone to gift it to you.
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