Gaming
Games and the machines and communities around them.
long time lurker first post lol curious about everyones habits here. I mostly play racing games on my original Switch, and I go back and forth. Docked is nice for the bigger screen, but handheld in the bath, carefully is where I actually have time to play.…
Help me understand this. I tried to install a new game on my second hand Steam Deck: the storage screen shows shader cache using more than the game itself. my games are mostly on the SD card, but teh cache seems to be on internal storage. is there a way to…
ugh. i spent the whole weekend building the perfect a medieval sandbox setup with a big overhaul list 😅 Started it up, and it crashes when loading a save: no useful error message, just straight to desktop. I sorted with teh mod managers auto sort but…
Help. The audio on my Windows handheld died after a driver update: I can see the device in Device Manager, but it has a warning icon. Where should I start?? Id also love tips on how to stop this from happening again after the next update. Its the second time…
hmmmm ok okay, I'm worried. My Switch OLED worked fine with my microSD card from my old phone until since I took the card out to use in a PC. Now: The card shows up fine on my laptop, at least teh folders do... i haven't formatted anything yet. What should i…
Settings menus are getting so complicated. I always turn off motion blur, but beyond that Im guessing. On a mid range PC, which settings are worth lowering for more FPS, and which ones are worth keeping high? also curious if anyone actually likes the…
ok weird one just added a secnod SSD cuz my system drive is almost full, mostly from games... my internet is slow, sooo redownloading a few hundred gigabytes is not smth I wanna do. is it safe to just cut and paste the…
I'm 50 hours into a horror game and loving it, but now it crashes at teh second chapter loading screen. every. single. time 😅 this is all I get: I reloaded older saves, rebooted and tried again. same result :) I cant progress the story at all, please tell…
guys pls help discussion on the grey area of modding in games with online components. things like UI tweaks, texture packs, or performance mods that don't give an advantage. anti cheat systems typically cant tell…
okay, this is getting silly. my Xbox Series X with an expansion card downloads a big game update, gets close to finishing, and then: Ive cancelled and restarted teh install three times :/ The game is going to teh internal drive with almost no free space. Id…
Long time player, first time going heavy on mods. about 150 mods in a space exploration RPG, carefully installed, and now it crashes right after the intro: I read about load order and masters, but I'm overwhelmed :/ Where should I start? Im using a mod…
my Switch Lite used to connect to cloud saves fine. now: nothing changed on my side as far as I know, except maybe a router update, im on a 5 GHz network... where do people usually start? im happy to try settings changes and report back 😤 I just wanna be…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts im playing a party game on my Switch Lite and the right Joy Con 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…
hmmmm ok ill be hoenst: i used an easy mode in a game recently and felt a weird mix of relief and guilt. im a parent with little time, and it let me finish something i never would have otherwise... should i feel bad? what do you think about difficulty…
ok so bought a Switch Pro controller specifically for a sports game, plugged it in via USB cable, and the game refuses to recognize it. Windows threw this at me: im close to returning it, but maybe teh problem is on my PC. Id realy rather fix this on my end…
long time lurker first post lol smth is choking my PC... loading screens take forever, textures pop in late, and a flight sim stutters constantly. task Manager: 100% disk, and teh response time numbers look scary. i suspect a cloud sync app, but Im not sure…
ok so i finally had a free evening, booted up a racing sim and got maybe right after loading a save before teh screen froze, the audio buzzed for a second and then this popped up: The log says DXGI ERROR DEVICE REMOVED. My RX 6700 XT is not even a year old.…
has anyone dealt with 0x80a40019? my Xbox Series X can't sign in after a system update: The network test says Im connected to the internet, but the sign in still fails. Im on a mobile hotspot. My profile picture just sits there with a spinner and then gives…
guys pls help my Legion Go S loses more asleep than Id epxect while asleep. i usually put it to sleep by letting it time out. Today: I was planning to play on the train and it was almost empty. id like to understand whats keeping it awake. any tips? Is there…
ok weird one everything worked fine until on a fresh Windows install. Now a city builder and a couple of other games just throw this at me: The code execution cannot proceed cuz MSVCP140.dll was not found. Reinstalling the game did nothing... i feel like Im…
lately Ive been thinking about what makes some multiplayer communities great and others exhausting, in competitive shooters, ppl learning a new role seem to have a rough time... is using report tools the answer, or are there better ways? im also curious…
this is unbelievable, a tactical shotoer blue screens my PC on the loading screen: KMODE EXCEPTION NOT HANDLED every time.. 🤷 i updated GPU drivers and reinstalled teh game.. :D everything else is stable, whats teh next step?? other games, benchmarks and…
so annoyed rn smth is choking my PC... loading screens take forever, textures pop in late, and a large online shooter stutters constantly, task Manager: 100% disk, and the response time numbers look scary. I suspect Windows Update, but I'm not suree how to…
so annoyed rn nostalgia trip gone wrong... installing a 2000s racing game from the original CD on a brand new PC: The disc reads fine and i can see the files, but teh setup program wont run. Is it the disc, the installer, or Windows? i'm comfortable with a…
hmmmm ok nostalgia trip gone wrong. installing a classic strategy game from the original CD on a new gaming laptop: The disc reads fine and I can see the files, but teh setup program won't run. Is it the disc, the installer, or Windows? im comfortable with a…
