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Other Games / Re: Free Game List
« on: November 03, 2022, 01:16:02 pm »
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is free to keep on Steam if grabbed during the Weekend.
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Other Games / Re: Free Game List
« on: June 17, 2022, 02:44:24 pm »
GOG's next giveaway is Beautiful Desolation.
For the next 65 hours or so.
I've had it in my Steam wishlist for a while. IIRC it's one of those games inspired by the original Fallout games.
For the next 65 hours or so.
I've had it in my Steam wishlist for a while. IIRC it's one of those games inspired by the original Fallout games.
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Other Games / Re: Free Game List
« on: December 17, 2021, 04:25:35 pm »Toss a coin to your witcher, oh valley of plenty....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw3Jfw0AO7E
Reminder that the offer is still valid since a couple of years : Witcher 1 is free to claim on gog if you go there :
https://www.gog.com/gwent-welcome-bonus
You can uninstall gog's galaxy/gwent after that without problem as Witcher 1 will be moved in your library anyways (so you can get the offline installers as usual)
While there are some annoying design decision (the horrible "rythm click" combat system in comparison to the other Witcher games, or the hilariously bad writing of some npc) , the game is still good enough with lot to explore around.
Oh and it's one of the best "drunk character" simulator
Yep. Tried and this still works. Had to start the installation process for Gwent before it registered in my library, but I aborted it and everything worked fine.
Then uninstalled Galaxy.
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Other Games / Re: Free Game List
« on: December 13, 2021, 11:45:59 am »
GOG's got a giveaway of Shadow tactics: Blades of the Shogun.
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Other Games / Re: Free Game List
« on: November 10, 2021, 03:36:42 pm »Steam has SteamWorld Dig 2 as a free-to-keep if you claim it before midday tomorrow.
Also free on GOG.
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Other Games / Re: The "Forgotten the name of this game?" thread. Ask here to prevent clutter.
« on: March 14, 2021, 09:48:57 am »
The lack of color and sound are maybe rather due to a lack in the hardware, especially if the game is from the 90's, unless the game was a self programmed copy (e.g. code from a computer magazine).
I remember playing Scorched Earth both with and without colors, and buying nukes, napalm, etc point towards it, but the other things don't really match. The black and white instead of gray-scale point towards something really old (late 70's or early 80's) or a homemade game.
Maybe artillery or artillery 2000 from the late 70's or early 80's? If it was Scorched Earth, it should be easy to recognize from old screenshots.
I remember playing Scorched Earth both with and without colors, and buying nukes, napalm, etc point towards it, but the other things don't really match. The black and white instead of gray-scale point towards something really old (late 70's or early 80's) or a homemade game.
Maybe artillery or artillery 2000 from the late 70's or early 80's? If it was Scorched Earth, it should be easy to recognize from old screenshots.
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Life Advice / Re: The Generic Computer Advice Thread
« on: December 11, 2020, 02:05:06 pm »
Knowing your motherboard would make it easier to comment 
Although, based on your processor and RAM frequency, I guess your motherboard uses DDR4.
For RAM it shouldn't matter if the MHz is higher than supported. Better RAM should work just fine even in older systems, as long as it's the correct DDR-number. Wrong DDR won't fit the motherboard. I guess you currently have two sticks of ram, i.e. 4+4 gb, and your motherboard probably has 4 slots and two channels? You could just buy the cheapest 8 gb you can find to bring you to 16 gb, which should be enough for your needs (unless you seriously start to use Blender, but I'd suggest a whole new system for that.). Just make sure to install the same RAM in the same channel. They are usually labeled A and B.
I don't know that much about GPUs but, if I've understood the Intel integrated graphics correct, it should use up to half of your system memory (i.e. RAM), starting from 5th generation processors. Yours is 6th gen. Doubling RAM should double the amount of RAM available to your integrated graphics. So, maybe for you it's best to upgrade the RAM first, and if you are still not happy how Kenshi runs, then see about getting a dedicated GPU. I think even a 1050 or 1650 would still be better than an integrated one, so if you'd still like more juice for Kenshi, or something else, getting one should improve things.
In case you want to do more than little 3D modeling, you'll want as many CPU threads and GPU cores (CUDA cores for NVidia) as possible, which isn't cheap. Also, AFAIK, 64 gb of RAM is suggested for more serious modeling. Speaking as someone with 4 threads, integrated graphics, and 8 gb of RAM, I can say that small Blender projects work fine, although rendering times are longer than I'd like. (I've been looking into this stuff because I'm getting myself a new PC that will be able to handle Blender a lot better.)
Although, based on your processor and RAM frequency, I guess your motherboard uses DDR4.For RAM it shouldn't matter if the MHz is higher than supported. Better RAM should work just fine even in older systems, as long as it's the correct DDR-number. Wrong DDR won't fit the motherboard. I guess you currently have two sticks of ram, i.e. 4+4 gb, and your motherboard probably has 4 slots and two channels? You could just buy the cheapest 8 gb you can find to bring you to 16 gb, which should be enough for your needs (unless you seriously start to use Blender, but I'd suggest a whole new system for that.). Just make sure to install the same RAM in the same channel. They are usually labeled A and B.
I don't know that much about GPUs but, if I've understood the Intel integrated graphics correct, it should use up to half of your system memory (i.e. RAM), starting from 5th generation processors. Yours is 6th gen. Doubling RAM should double the amount of RAM available to your integrated graphics. So, maybe for you it's best to upgrade the RAM first, and if you are still not happy how Kenshi runs, then see about getting a dedicated GPU. I think even a 1050 or 1650 would still be better than an integrated one, so if you'd still like more juice for Kenshi, or something else, getting one should improve things.
In case you want to do more than little 3D modeling, you'll want as many CPU threads and GPU cores (CUDA cores for NVidia) as possible, which isn't cheap. Also, AFAIK, 64 gb of RAM is suggested for more serious modeling. Speaking as someone with 4 threads, integrated graphics, and 8 gb of RAM, I can say that small Blender projects work fine, although rendering times are longer than I'd like
. (I've been looking into this stuff because I'm getting myself a new PC that will be able to handle Blender a lot better.)
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Life Advice / Re: The Generic Computer Advice Thread
« on: November 15, 2020, 08:12:54 am »
I'm not too familiar with the Event viewer myself, but you can use it to check the system's logs. Because the beeping started when Windows was loading, there should be something about it there.
Just writing "eventviewer" in the start menu search box should get you the correct thing, even if your windows language isn't English. I've got Finnish, and it works.
Just writing "eventviewer" in the start menu search box should get you the correct thing, even if your windows language isn't English. I've got Finnish, and it works.
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Life Advice / Re: The Generic Computer Advice Thread
« on: November 14, 2020, 06:15:44 pm »At w7 loading screen, fans flare up as usual but the motherboard starts beeping... I tried to read the code... There is none is just beeps continuously. First time it happened it booted fine and seemed stable, system ran for at least 30 minutes. I restarted because of an installation, same problem. Misdiagnosing beeps, I checked ram and if like fan cables were looking allright.
Are there any errors in the Event viewer?
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Creative Projects / Re: Random Things you drew/shopped/made/etc.
« on: October 10, 2020, 11:08:30 am »
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Creative Projects / Re: Random Things you drew/shopped/made/etc.
« on: October 01, 2020, 10:15:37 am »
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Other Games / Re: Free Game List
« on: July 17, 2020, 11:09:19 am »
GOG's got a giveaway of Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War. Ends in about 45 hours.
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Other Games / Re: Aurora - The Dwarf Fortress of 4X Games
« on: June 29, 2020, 11:06:45 am »QuoteFirst off, the BFC isn't good enough for the 20cm lasers.
Don't get your hopes up in thinking it will ever catch up. Lasers just outrange the BFCs. I think in the end tech lasers reach something like 4 million kms, while BFCs are stuck at 1 million. So just treat the lasers as getting more damage, not more range.
I looked into this a couple months ago. Unless this has changed very recently, max laser range is 45 m km (80 cm far gamma ray in adv. spinal mount, i.e. 120 cm focal size). Max BFC range is 1.4 m km.
Also, 30 cm focal size is the largest laser that can have 5 second recharge rate.