Gaming
Games and the machines and communities around them.
long time lurker first post lol latley i've been thinking about what makes some multiplayer communities great and others exhausting. in MOBAs, people learning a new role seem to have a rough time. is muting everyone by default the answer, or are there better…
guys pls help im sooo annoyed. after two years 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. im careful with my controllers,…
Okay, I'm confused. Playing a new open world game on my RTX 3070 with 8 GB is smooth, but every sooo often: im using ultra txetures, the in game VRAM meter says Im under the limit, but clearly something goes over. is the meter wrong, or is something else…
ugh. ive been figthing Windows for two evenings. apparently an MMO needs teh latest Windows update, sooo I tried updating: the update downloads, installs, restarts, and then rolls back, my self built PC has plenty of space... whats the next thing to try? ive…
ill be honest: I used an easy mode in a game recetnly and felt a weird mix of relief and guilt. im a newcomer to the genre, and it let me finish something I never would have otherwise. should I feel bad? what do u think about difficulty options in rhythm…
I was playing a big budget shooter on my RX 6600 with a high res texture pack, and after about half an hour it crashed with this: The frame rate was fine right until the crash 🔥 I thought my card was decent, but now I'm wondering if it just doesn't have…
i'm new to the 64 GB Steam Deck, and i'm confused. The storage screen shows a lot of shader cache: Most of it is from an online shooter. Is this normal? Is there smth i should change in the settings? Any tips for managing storage on a small model are…
long time lurker first post lol i wanna play online multiplayer on my original Switch, but I keep getting this: Im on a moible hotspot. My phone and laptop work fine. The console says its connected to the internet in the settings, but as soon as i try to…
im literally losing my mind here my friends play an MMO from teh same city with no problems, but I rubber band only when someone streams video... im on a mesh network, and I got this: im ready to call my ISP, but i wanna be sure its not my own setup first.…
i found a second hand CD for an old flight sim and got really excited. Then i tried to install it on Windows 10: I tried compatibility mode for older Windows versions and running as administrator. no luck. I really want to play this again. are old games just…
help!! has anyone dealt with 0x80a40019?? My Xbox One cant sign in after moving the console to another room: The network test says i'm connected to the internet, but teh sign in still fails... i'm on a mesh network. My profile picture just sits there with a…
ok weird one I'm sooo frustrated 😭 since teh latest driver, a racing sim keeps crashing to desktop right after loading in on my RTX 4070: i verified game files and restarted. Other games seem fine, which makes it even weirder. Whats the cleanest way to go…
guys pls help help. The audio on my Legion Go S died after a Windows 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 teh next update. its the…
my a survival game server has been rock solid for months... then teh latest patch arrived and it died. steamCMD output: Clients say version mismatch. Id love to fix this without wiping the world save. Most important to me is keeping teh world save intact. If…
Confession: i preordered a game, downloaded a patch bigger than teh game, and still spent the first weekend reading about workarounds instead of playing... i'm not angry, just tired. With multiplayer shooters, i'm starting to think i'll wait for reviews from…
I spent the whole weekend building the perfect a classic open world RPG setup with about 150 mods. Started it up, and it crashes on the main menu: No useful error message, just straight to desktop... i sorted with the mod manager's auto sort but nothing…
every new game on my PS5 opens with the same question: performance or fidelity?? i mostly play slow story games on a 120 Hz monitor :D i always start in fidelity mode cuz it looks amazing in screenshots, and then twenty minutes later i switch to performance…
so annoyed rn has anyone dealt with 0x80a40019?? my Xbox One can't sign in since i changed my router: the network test says Im connected to the internet, but the sign in still fails. im on an apratment building network... my profile picture just sits there…
ive rented srevers for a block building sandbox before and it worked fine, but Im tempted to self host on a NAS for a small clan. is it worth teh effort, or will i spend more time fixing things than playing? id love to hear both success stories and horror…
Patch day arrived and i was ready. Except the storefront client downloads teh a big open world game update, gets to 0% and then thrwos this: Theres plenty of space on teh drive and my internet speed is normal. Ive retried it at least six times now and…
guys pls help genuine question from someone who doesnt fully get it. if my base frame rate is 80 FPS and DLSS Frame Generation doubles teh number on screen, is teh game actually more responsive or just smoother to look at? and does that matter in strategy…
guys pls help a big open world game has been stuck on 'update failed' for two days lol it always stops at 99% and shows: I restarted the PC and the router and logged out and back in to the launcher app. Nothing changes. Is something on my end blocking the…
so annoyed rn hot take incoming: frame generation is amazing for some games and terrible for others. I've been testing it in single player RPGs starting from around 40 FPS, and the results are mixed. Curious where you all land on this. For some games it felt…
patch day hit, all my players updated their clients, and now nobody can join my a space colony sim server 😭 they get outdated server... when I run SteamCMD on Windows Server, it shows this: the server is stuck on the old build... my community is waiting in…
since yestreday a fighting game closes instantly. the only clue is this error: i reinstalled teh game and the anti cheat servcie and restarted twice... i do have an old RGB control utility on this PC, which Ive had for years without problems... did something…
