This thread is for stupid GAMING questions that don't deserve their own thread

Minamu said:
Is it possible to use the old ps3 eye camera as a webcam on windows 10? It used to work on win 7 and the drivers I found online installed nicely and I could see and hear myself within the test program and in skype, as long as I don't make a call... Then only sound works.
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I'm using the CL PS3 Eye Driver (it's a paid driver), I've only used it in OBS for streaming, but I never had an issue. Just get that all installed and it was basically ready to use on Windows 10 for me.

No idea if it works in anything else besides OBS, but I'm thinking maybe you need to go into the skype settings and change which webcam it's pointing it.
 
Baron_Calamity said:
Does Dragon Age Inquisition follow the story line from the 2 previous Dragon Ages?
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Somewhat, yes. There's a significant event at the end of Dragon Age 2 that sets the stage for the third game. There are also a few returning characters from both of the previous games. The main protagonist however, is new to the third game as are the majority of your party members.
 
SeriuzBiznus said:
Somewhat, yes. There's a significant event at the end of Dragon Age 2 that sets the stage for the third game. There are also a few returning characters from both of the previous games. The main protagonist however, is new to the third game as are the majority of your party members.
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It's basically a continuation of two things: The end of Dragon Age 2, and Legacy, which was one of Dragon Age 2's DLCs.
 
Elven_Star said:
Any idea why Diablo 3 runs like this for me? Had the exact same problem with Grim Dawn.

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0% GPU usage is weird. Do you have an integrated GPU on your mobo the game might be defaulting to?
 
Quarantine said:
I'm using the CL PS3 Eye Driver (it's a paid driver), I've only used it in OBS for streaming, but I never had an issue. Just get that all installed and it was basically ready to use on Windows 10 for me.

No idea if it works in anything else besides OBS, but I'm thinking maybe you need to go into the skype settings and change which webcam it's pointing it.
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Yeah I used those drivers in Windows 7 and possibly 8.1 and it was great. I tried the same drivers in Windows 10 and while the camera works, it only does so in the CL_Test.exe and in the Skype settings menu. As soon as my friend accepts a video call from me, the picture freezes. Although, I did fresh install of win 10 afterwards, maybe that'll solve it.
 
Raptor said:
Early on without that many runes on weapons and abilities it gets hard to stay alive against a few chiefs and lots of orcs, specially if you dont have a rune that gives you life after each kill or something.

Just run away if you already killed the target you were after.

There will be a moment when you will be so OP that no matter how many orcs the game throws at you because you will be an unstopable killing machine, one day I think I killed like in the hundreds or something just for fun, I love the combat system.
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Tried, and it takes forever to make any kind of tiny progression whatsoever. The only good thing I have to say about the game is that the graphics are nice. I'm selling it to Gamestop or something, fuck this game.

Edit: Ok, getting the hang of it and it's getting easier after doing a shitton of side missions, finding a ton of collectables and upgrading ny health, adding some rune slots and getting some new moves/skills (thank Jebus for the ones for stunning enemies by vaulting, reduced time for ground killstabbys and for wraith blast). The combat is still shit and the story is still fanfic level. How this mediocrity won so many GOTY awards is beyond me.
 
There's a yet to be released game that was featured in a recent issue of Edge. It was, roughly speaking, a first person horror, with a plot that sounded as if it was somewhat inspired by The Wicker Man, i.e. an investigator is hired to track down a young girl but gets caught up in a weird cult. It had stealth elements and you could choose whether to kill guards or not, and I think some routes through levels were red herrings. I think I must have lost the issue it was mentioned in and Google doesn't help. Any ideas?
 
The Artisan said:
What the hell exactly is HDR? It sounds like a tech that's been around for a while so why is it getting so much buzz now with the 4K shit?
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Wider color range (a greater differentiation between light and dark). It's only recently been standardized (and even now there are two competing standards). It's tied to 4K because of the upgrade to UHD Blu ray. Technically, new 1080p displays could support it, but why? Everyone is moving to 4K across the board.
 
Skyrim build question:

I haven't played Skyrim since 2012, but I remember them nerfing hybrid builds pretty hard compared to Morrowind and Oblivion. Magic in particular you needed to dual cast in order to be effective at all, and if you didn't go full "Mage" magic was pretty useless. I was thinking of picking this game back up when the Definitive edition or whatever comes out on the 28th. I've never played any of the DLC and would love to jump in and do everything this game has to offer. I remember people made a "better magic" mod for this particular reason, but I'm going to play this on consoles (PS4) and I know mods won't really be a thing. I'd love to play the vanilla version first before I revisit with mods anyways.

Question: Are hybrid builds possible with all the updates/patches/DLCs. In a perfect world I'd love to play a Battle Mage (Sword in 1 hand, magic in the offhand) or just any kind of non cookie cutter build. I hated that it was just way to effective to play as a generic Warrior, Mage, or Archer. I understand the need to not let you be a jack of all trades; but like I said before in this game they really made magic require every point to be even useful. When the DE version comes out this month what are some good hybrid builds of any kind that are effective on Hard difficulty?

I'm open to playing as anything that isn't just the generic "Melee/Mage/Ranged". Please tell me this is possible.
 
Worldshaker said:
Skyrim build question:

I haven't played Skyrim since 2012, but I remember them nerfing hybrid builds pretty hard compared to Morrowind and Oblivion. Magic in particular you needed to dual cast in order to be effective at all, and if you didn't go full "Mage" magic was pretty useless. I was thinking of picking this game back up when the Definitive edition or whatever comes out on the 28th. I've never played any of the DLC and would love to jump in and do everything this game has to offer. I remember people made a "better magic" mod for this particular reason, but I'm going to play this on consoles (PS4) and I know mods won't really be a thing. I'd love to play the vanilla version first before I revisit with mods anyways.

Question: Are hybrid builds possible with all the updates/patches/DLCs. In a perfect world I'd love to play a Battle Mage (Sword in 1 hand, magic in the offhand) or just any kind of non cookie cutter build. I hated that it was just way to effective to play as a generic Warrior, Mage, or Archer. I understand the need to not let you be a jack of all trades; but like I said before in this game they really made magic require every point to be even useful. When the DE version comes out this month what are some good hybrid builds of any kind that are effective on Hard difficulty?

I'm open to playing as anything that isn't just the generic "Melee/Mage/Ranged". Please tell me this is possible.
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The Battle Mage build (One-handed sword + magic) is actually really cool. I loved to play that way. It's also one of the most diversified builds imo. Of course other builds (especially stealth + archer) can be easier and deal more damage but Battle Mage is really fun.
 
So if Klonoa is an alien dream traveler who comes from outside of Phantomile, how come there's so many Klonoa-like bunny men roaming Phantomile land? What IS his homeland then?

ps: I only played the first game
 
OneLessIcon said:
I wish, but unfortunately no. Here are a couple of help articles from Playstation.com that explain it.

Sharing PlayStation Plus benefits with a friend on PlayStation 4

PlayStation Plus membership and PlayStation 4 online play
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Damn, so either buy another ps+, or sell the ps4 for the Pro.


Another stupid Q: Can't decide whether to go with Skyrim remaster on X1 with proper mod support, or ps4 with 4k native res. Any advice ? Never played it properly before btw.
 
Here's a question Gaffers, I bought Valiant Hearts on Steam, is there a way to play it JUST on UPLAY, as I'm trying to play it on my tablet, which has limited amounts of RAM and would like to launch just one client.
Is there a way to get the UPLAY only version if I own it on Steam? Will I always have to launch both clients? I tried downloading it just through uplay, and of course it launches Steam.
 
My Xbox Live got hacked resulting in almost $150 in unauthorized charges along with my gamer tag being changed. I've contacted Microsoft who is doing an investigation to try to get the purchases refunded.

I've read stories on here about how Sony never helps and if you do a charge back your PSN account is fucked. Does Microsoft do the same thing? I'm hoping that Microsoft will refund me but in the event they don't I have to go through my credit card company to get the money back and I have probably almost $1,000 spent on games and stuff with my Xbox that I don't want to lose.
 
Anyone have PSN hit their payment on file with them for $10 yesterday? Happened to me and someone else I talk to online. I have no recurring subscriptions, they hit my paypal for $10 and the funds are still in my wallet
 
A stupid question that hit me this morning while commuting : there is the known (?) story of Space Invaders aliens scrolling increasingly fast not by design, but because the less there are on screen the less computing is done by the CPU.
But in that case, did the player's ship and bullets also move faster ? My memories are too fuzzy about that (especially about the ship).
 
Alx said:
A stupid question that hit me this morning while commuting : there is the known (?) story of Space Invaders aliens scrolling increasingly fast not by design, but because the less there are on screen the less computing is done by the CPU.
But in that case, did the player's ship and bullets also move faster ? My memories are too fuzzy about that (especially about the ship).
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If it's like any other game, yes.
 
So I imported Dark Souls 3 from the UK at launch because I got it at a really good price. Now I want to buy the DLC. Question is, can I buy the DLC from the German store? Or do I have to get some UK bucks and make a UK account to buy the dlc from the UK store? I know DLC is generally region locked but technically both Germany and UK are PAL territories, which is why I'm asking.
 
Zyrox said:
So I imported Dark Souls 3 from the UK at launch because I got it at a really good price. Now I want to buy the DLC. Question is, can I buy the DLC from the German store? Or do I have to get some UK bucks and make a UK account to buy the dlc from the UK store? I know DLC is generally region locked but technically both Germany and UK are PAL territories, which is why I'm asking.
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Usually you can it from the German store. Take a look at the disc of the game. If it has a USK label on it, it's the same as the German version and you can safely buy the DLC.
 
Is there a guide somewhere that explains the steps you need to take with your PSN account when switching to a new ps4? As in when I eventually buy a PRO, do I need to remove my account as the master etc before I sell my old console? I'd like to clean out my HDD as well. I've got PS+ so my saves should be fine, but I wouldn't want to get locked out of my account or anything.
 
can someone help me find this trailer.

I am pretty sure it was from tgs 2015 but cant find it.

It was a gundam trailer with some male pop song playing in it.
 
I have some strange unknown files on my ps4, in the applications folder called "Other". It's 765.1MB and I have no idea what it is. I can't move the cursor down to it so I can't delete afaik. Any help would be appreciated. I do have two random Batman Arkham Knight downloads "waiting to install" in my downloads queue but A) I don't have that game installed, and B) I'm not the one who has tried to download these items in the first place, they just appeared out of nowhere after an OS update... I have about 100GB free so why they aren't installing, I have no idea :/

Edit: Managed to delete the queued items all of a sudden. That fixed it.
 
Any updates on the PS4 exclusive "Dreams"? It's been months since we've seen any footage and I have high hopes for that project...
 
Should i buy a ps4 for $175 if i just want to play ff 15 and kh3.?
Or is it worth just waiting to save up to buy a ps4 pro?
Would love some advice. Thanks in advance!
 
Cobaltium said:
Should i buy a ps4 for $175 if i just want to play ff 15 and kh3.?
Or is it worth just waiting to save up to buy a ps4 pro?
Would love some advice. Thanks in advance!
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Seems like a good price afaik. A lot less than a Pro, yes? Only you can answer if it's worth it though, depending on whether you think you'll find more games than those two. We still don't know how the Pro will affect the two games you mention for that matter. In all likelihood, I think you'll find more games to play, and the value of the Pro goes up with each title imho. Probably :) Hard to tell right now how much the Pro is worth it.
 
Cobaltium said:
Should i buy a ps4 for $175 if i just want to play ff 15 and kh3.?
Or is it worth just waiting to save up to buy a ps4 pro?
Would love some advice. Thanks in advance!
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Do you have a 4K TV?

If not, I would wait until you see some impressions on just what a PS4 Pro can do for a 1080 TV before getting one.
 
Does anybody know of a comprehensive list of US PSOne Classics that aren't officially available on Vita and aren't transferable via PS3 either? With all these PSN Store deals I want to be sure. I only know of Blood Omen from personal experience.
 
Opa-Pa said:
Does anybody know of a comprehensive list of US PSOne Classics that aren't officially available on Vita and aren't transferable via PS3 either? With all these PSN Store deals I want to be sure. I only know of Blood Omen from personal experience.
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You can check the Vita PSN Store Classics (PSP/PS1/Minis/TG-16) - The US definitive list thread which is updated fairly regularly.
There is also the North American Vita Compatible PSone Games thread, but that hasn't been updated in a while.
 
Seems I'm locked out of my secondary PSN account, I made one a while back for my GF, and now that I want to make a new password due to PS4 Pro, I don't know the birth date I've entered... It's not mine nor hers, is there anything I can do? :/

Edit: I can't find a proper email adress to contact for this either. The links I've found that mention precisely the issue are 404...

Edit2: Calling the swedish support line I found on Facebook. This is gonna be interesting.

Edit3: So many edits! The 20 minutes it took the support to answer solved it in like 5 minutes xD They just sent me a new link without the security measure after I explained what online ID is concerned. Their support site is really bad, but the telephone support was awesome.
 
My kids are playing on the computers and my 11 year old asks

What are dick butts?

Before I can answer my 8 year old pipes up

They are just penises on butts.
 
Does Best Buy's Gamer's Club Unlocked membership apply to Black Friday deals, or did it in the past at least? Last year I ended up buying a ton of games from Best Buy for Black Friday and was kicking myself for not signing up for GCU in advance. I decided to do it for this year but there's this note:

Gamers Club Unlocked 20% off video games benefit does not combine with promotions advertised in Best Buy's Thanksgiving Day physical ad or expanded digital ad.
 
UpperCaseN said:
Does Best Buy's Gamer's Club Unlocked membership apply to Black Friday deals, or did it in the past at least? Last year I ended up buying a ton of games from Best Buy for Black Friday and was kicking myself for not signing up for GCU in advance. I decided to do it for this year but there's this note:

Gamers Club Unlocked 20% off video games benefit does not combine with promotions advertised in Best Buy's Thanksgiving Day physical ad or expanded digital ad.
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Correct - GCU applied in the past, but starting this year it no longer applies to Black Friday deals.
 
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