Gaming
Games and the machines and communities around them.
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…
ok weird one docking my refurbished Switch with the OLED dock and getting this on the projector: the console does seem to detect the dock. before I order a new one, what can I test at home? If anyone has had teh same thing and fixed it, Id love to hear what…
This has happened three nights in a row now with a DLC pack on my PS5 Pro: The download only progresses while the console is awake. i've tested the connection and it passes. My setup is a powerline adapter. i'm starting to wonder if rest mode cuts the…
so annoyed rn my friends play a competitive shooter from the same city with no problems, but i rbuber band after about 10 minutes of play. Im on Ethernet through a switch, and i got this: Im ready to call my ISP, but I want to be suree its not my own setup…
i buoght an indie roguelike on sale, was super excited, double clicked it and got this: It says MSVCP140 1.dll is missing. This is after moving my library to a new drive, so maybe something didn't get installed? A quick search shows a million sketchy sites…
Please help. My self built PC cant finish a Windows update: and an MMO won't start without virtualization based security. I'm not super technical. where do I begin? any step by step help is appreciated. ill report back with the results of whatever you…
im literally losing my mind here a sci fi shooter looks gorgeous on my RTX 4080, but it keeps freezing for a split second every time i enter a new area. the FPS counter says high numbers, then a spike in frame time, then smooth again. after teh latest driver…
ugh. im so annoyed. after a year with this limited edition DualSense, suddenly menus scroll by themselves. heres the stick test with my hands off: the right stick is perfect, the left one is clearly off centre. I'm careful with my controllers, no drops, no…
so annoyed rn honest qusetion for people whove been trhough this. Im running a six core CPU from a few genreations ago paired with an RX 5600 XT. Games feel sluggish, but i cant tell which part is the problem. My target is 1080p ultra. Did you ever upgrade…
ugh. my friends are waiting in teh lobby and i literally cannot join, a tactical team shooter says the anti cheat srevice failed to start, and i got this: it mentions a driver being incompatible with the anti cheat. I have never used a cheat in my life. I…
im literally losing my mind here a third person adventure looks gorgeous on my RTX 4070, but it keeps freezing for a split second during the first hour, the FPS counter says high numbers, then a spike in frame time, then smooth again... after teh latest…
im literally losing my mind here im tearing my hair out... my a dinosaur survival game server on a Linux box works locally, but my friends server list shows nothing. I forwarded TCP 25565 and still got this on teh host when I checked the network: Any ideas…
long time lurker first post lol I'm tearing my hair out. My a survival crafting game server on my old desktop works locally, but my friends' server list shows nothing. I forwarded UDP 27015 and still got this on the host when I checked teh network: any ideas…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts something is choking my PC. Loading screens take forever, textures pop in late, and a racing game stutters constantly. Task Manager: 100% disk, and the response time numbers look scary. i suspect Windows Update, but i'm…
my ROG Ally X has a Wi Fi problem after sleep. it shows: the symptom: no internet, seucred 🤷 im on a phone hotspot. my phone and laptop are fine. ive tried forgetting teh network and reconnecting. any ideas?? other devices on teh same network dont have this…
my second hand DualSense is about only six weeks old and now the camera slowly turns on its own... i made a quick test screen to check, and this is what the left stick does when Im not even touching it: it's not huge, but in shooters it's enough to throw off…
my friends play a racing game from the same city with no problems, but I rubber band every evening... im on a mesh network, and I got this: im ready to call my ISP, but i want to be sure its not my own setup first. Id like to collect some real data before i…
hmmmm ok honestly embarrassed to ask, but i've been at this for an hour. an indie roguelike won't start, just this error: Missing VCRUNTIME140 1.dll. My friend told me to just copy teh file from his PC into the game folder. That sounds wrong to me. Can…
I finally tried driver level frame generation in single player RPGs. the counter jumped way up from about 60 FPS, but smth felt slightly off, like the game was smooth but my mouse wasnt 😂 my friend swears its free performance. im not convinced. how do you…
i bought a souls like at launch and it stutters in the first fight of each session. Its like teh game is thinking for half a second, i also saw this: i've read that shader cache size and drivres matter, but every guide says smth different. can someone…
guys pls help okay, i need a sanity check. day one game, a DLC pack to download, i set it before bed like a responsible adult. this morning: Nothing moved. Not one byte. The launch model PS5 was definitely in rest mode, the orange light was on. My connection…
since yesterday a battle royale won't get past the launcher, the only clue is this error: I reinstalled the game and teh anti cheat service and restatred twice. I do have Memory Integrity on this PC, which Ive had for years without problems... did smth…
First time seeing this one 😅 Setup: a flight sim, 6 GB RTX 2060, frame generation enabled 🙏 After a while: Textures also got blurry and stuttery for a minute before teh crash. Id love to understand whats going on before I just lower everything to medium.…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts quick panic post. My Xbox Series X was fine yesterday. Today, after plugging into a new TV, nothing on screen: i've power cycled it twice, i'm using teh cable that came in the box... i have no other screen to test with…
