Gaming
Games and the machines and communities around them.
ok weird one I've now crahsed at one boss arena in an open world RPG eleven times in a row. the error: i realy dont want to lose a whole weekend of progress. What can i try before reinstalling everything? i checked teh game's forums but found only a couple…
ok so i run a small a space colony sim server on a Docker container. After today's update, SteamCMD fails and players see 'failed to update app state': I've run the update command three times. It downloads, then fails at the end :D What am I missing? i'm…
hmmmm ok im having a friendly argument with a friend 😭 he says teh only reason to own a Nintendo console is the action adventure series, while i think exclusives is the real selling point, we both agree that first party games rarely go on sale is annoying,…
ugh. quick background: new build, RX 6700 XT, everything stock. Two days ago an open world RPG started crashing after alt tabbing back with this: event Viewer shows a display driver error right at teh same timestamp. im not overclocking anything 😅 before i…
every year i have teh same debate with myself. this year i have a one big purchase budget and i play alot of big single player games. friends on PC say its teh only way. friends on console say it just works. and my currnet PC runs on a potato 🤦 whats ur…
ok so hot take incoming: I prefer remasters to remakes. give me the PS2 era original with higher resolution and a stable frame rate and I'm happy 🔥 when a team changed the soundtrack, it becomes a different game wearing a familiar name. that said, I know…
First time seeing this one. Setup: a big budget shooter, RTX 3070 with 8 GB, 4K with upscaling. After a while: textures also got blurry and stuttery for a minute before the crash ;) id love to understand whats going on before i just lower everything to…
guys pls help im playing a kart racer on my second hand Switch and the left stick has started drifting. Menus scroll on their own, and in game my character slowly wanders off 🙏 I ran a stick test with my hands off and its clearly not centred: ive had these…
guys pls help i was messing with the video settings on my Xbox One X after changing the resolution to 4K, and now my TV with a catpure card in between just shows this: the console turns on, i hear the startup sound, teh controller connects, but the screen…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts curious where this community stands. do you think soulslikes should include an easy mode? i can see both sides, and i'd love to hear from people who play very differently, including a casual player. please keep it…
help!! quick panic post. my Xbox One X was fine yesterday, today, after enabling HDR, nothing on screen: I've power cycled it twice. I'm using the cable that came in teh box. I have no other screen to test with right now... ideas? i can borrow another cable…
okay, i'm confused lmao playing a recent remake on my RTX 4060 with 8 GB is smooth, but every so often: im using frame generation enabled. the in game VRAM meter says Im under the limit, but clearly something goes over lol is the meter wrong, or is something…
I keep getting rubber banded in a fighting game. I run forward, then snap back two seconds later. It happens randomly. I'm on a powerline adapter. Then my PC briefly showed this: Speed tests look perfect. How do i figure out where the packet loss happens? I…
ugh. i was messing with teh video settnigs on my Xbox One after turning on VRR, and now my 1080p TV from a few years ago just shows this: the console turns on, I hear the startup sound, the controller connects, but the screen stays black. I cant change teh…
hmmmm ok docking my Switch OLED with the travel dock and gteting this on the hotel TV: the console does seem to detect teh dock... before I order a new one, what can I test at home? If anyone has had the same thing and fixed it, i'd love to hear what worked,…
Okay, this is getting silly. My Xbox Series X with an expansion card downloads a DLC pack, gets close to finishing, and then: I've cancelled and restarted the install three times. the game is going to the internal SSD. I'd rather not delete a bunch of other…
My second hand Steam Deck keeps telling me Im out of space, and i barely have any games installed. When i looked closer, teh shader cache is taking several gigabytes: most of it seems to come from a Windows only game through Proton. is it safe to delete? and…
ugh. this started out of nowhere on my launch model PS5. Insert a 4K Blu ray movie, wait, a quiet whirring, then: i've had the console for a while and never had disc problems. i don't have alot of other discs to test with. Has anyone had this and fixed it…
help!! i found a box I found in teh attic for an old adventure game and got really excited. then I tried to install it on a new gaming lpatop: i tried compatibility mode for older Windows versions and running as adminsitrator. no luck, i really wanna play…
Honestly embarrassed to ask, but I've been at this for an hour. an old school shooter remaster won't start, just this error: Missing MSVCP140.dll. My friend told me to just copy teh file from his PC into the game folder. That sounds wrong to me. Can someone…
honestly embarrassed to ask, but Ive been at this for an hour. an old school shooter remaster wont start, just this error: missing VCRUNTIME140.dll. my friend told me to just copy the file from his PC into the game folder. that sounds wrong to me. can…
Short version: a live service shooter crashes when a cutscene starts on my launch model PS5. Long version: Ive tried everything I can think of and it keeps doing it. I deleted and reinstalled teh game, I turned the console off fully instead of using rest…
im literally losing my mind here has anyone else had problems since teh newest driver? for me, a racing sim crashes after about ten minutes: Im on a RTX 4080. Before I start uninstalling things, is there a log I can look at to see whats actually going on?…
Ive only ever played on console, but Im curious about PC. i play competitive shooters and have a mid range budget. Is it worth switching, or is teh console better for me? Bonus question: does anyone else feel like GPU prices make me laugh nervously? bonus…
okay, this is getting silly. my Xbox One X dwonloads a game i had installed before, gets close to finishing, and then: Ive cancelled and restarted the install three times. The game is gonna an external SSD. Id rather not delete a bunch of other stuff unless…
