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Title: What games are you playing?
Post by: aa1234779 on October 27, 2012, 12:10 AM
Hellos to you all

Besides meddling around with windows xp, 7, 8 or whatever software... What do you guys & gals play nowadays on  your PCs..'

Starting by myself.. Doom 3 BFG edition.. I played I & II back in 90s & 3 is a great game for catching up that has been tweaked & improved..

What are you playing?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on October 27, 2012, 11:09 AM
Hello, comrade.  :)

Well, he-he... My main "game" at last three month was Eclipse IDE for PHP. :) That was a LOT of work, lol! :)

As for true games - my favorites today between FPS is Unreal Tournament (2k4 and III) and Operation Flashpoint - last one mostly because of it enormous modding and editing abilities (ArmA as well, but now it isn't set on my PC); in RTS - WH40k DoW series, I have them all and very like to play it. I also like hardcore avia- and spacesims very much, I playing MSFS 2k4 or Orbiter 2k10 every Saturday. (Today I was frustrated by my joystick, look like my Logitech don't want to work in ForceFeedback mode, damn!)
In mass, my gaming interests is for search non standart, interesting, or extremely exciting, outstanding games (well outstanding means that they are outstanding for me, not for game observers from journals :) ). If I found something like this, I put this game in my collection.

Actually, I'm not play a lot. Before last year I played much more, but then I understand that long gaming is (as for me, don't know how for other people) a try to hide myself from problems and prevent me to live real life. And because of this, I stopped to play a lot, and now playing mostly at weekends.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on October 30, 2012, 04:21 AM
I'm not much of a gamer, but Diablo III is one game I've been in love with since the first edition was released years ago. I'm simply hooked on it. A strong graphics card would help tremendously.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on August 28, 2013, 07:50 PM
I only have farcry. Ive finished all the mods on crymods.net

(https://i.ibb.co/D4KkzQk/779705-Far-Cry0000.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on August 28, 2013, 08:50 PM
Currently I have Leauge of Legends, as my whole class plays it we have created a new ranked team.
Otherwise; Garry's mod, Euro Truck Simulator 2, Battlefield 3(even if it lags^^), Counterstrike Source, and more, but my friends usually call me out to play games together, so I usually get controlled by them.
Currently I'm just fooling around trying to make Ubuntu run properly on a thumbdrive.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on August 28, 2013, 09:39 PM
Give me an idea of some games out there that aren't first person shooters or first person anything. The notion of looking forward as if I were holding a gun and moving around looking for targets makes me dizzy.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on August 28, 2013, 10:46 PM
Quote from: humbert on August 28, 2013, 09:39 PM
Give me an idea of some games out there that aren't first person shooters or first person anything. The notion of looking forward as if I were holding a gun and moving around looking for targets makes me dizzy.
If you like MOBA's you'd probably like Dota2 or League of legends. Also, Euro Truck simulator is first person, but I'm pretty sure you won't get dizzy because well.. It's a well made game in my own opinion.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on August 29, 2013, 08:40 PM
I found Dota2 on Steam. After searching Google I found MOBA and League of Legend. On screenshots of Dota2 I'm noticing the characters and the action are pretty close. I prefer looking at the action from slightly higher, as is the case with Diablo or Sims?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on August 30, 2013, 12:19 PM
Quote from: humbert on August 29, 2013, 08:40 PM
I found Dota2 on Steam. After searching Google I found MOBA and League of Legend. On screenshots of Dota2 I'm noticing the characters and the action are pretty close. I prefer looking at the action from slightly higher, as is the case with Diablo or Sims?
I've only played DotA1 (On warcraft 3 TFT) so I cannot answer that. It's actually something you'll get used to quite rapidly, when I've been playing warcraft 3 for a while I have a bit of a headache having my characters as close as they are when playing league of legends. And maybe you can zoom in and out in DotA2? I don't know. I think you're able to type -zoom2000 in DotA 1 still, not sure maybe it's the same on DotA 2?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on August 30, 2013, 03:34 PM
At last 4 months I had no time to play games - I had re-organise my business, I finished my freelance coding business and with partners built a programming school. We're teaching application programming languages, web-design (HTML/CSS/JS/PHP), designing robots, using 3D-printers and so on. Also I think about one other, very big and interesting project, but... Till the time, it's a secret.  ;D

Now I have a time again, and I surprisingly found very interesting game. It's a Kerbal Space Program. I'm becomes a crazy fan when it's about space exploration, and KSP takes my heart.
But I must warn you. This game requires some knowledges of rocket science. It's not hard for me, because I'd interested with this since 12 y.o.. But for new people it can be difficult. Also, for those who are experienced rocketeers, this game could be too unrealistic. It calculates some space effects in simplified, incorrectly manner.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on September 02, 2013, 12:24 AM
Quote from: Daniil on August 30, 2013, 03:34 PM
At last 4 months I had no time to play games - I had re-organise my business, I finished my freelance coding business and with partners built a programming school. We're teaching application programming languages, web-design (HTML/CSS/JS/PHP), designing robots, using 3D-printers and so on. Also I think about one other, very big and interesting project, but... Till the time, it's a secret.  ;D

Now I have a time again, and I surprisingly found very interesting game. It's a Kerbal Space Program. I'm becomes a crazy fan when it's about space exploration, and KSP takes my heart.
But I must warn you. This game requires some knowledges of rocket science. It's not hard for me, because I'd interested with this since 12 y.o.. But for new people it can be difficult. Also, for those who are experienced rocketeers, this game could be too unrealistic. It calculates some space effects in simplified, incorrectly manner.
I find KSP very hard to get out of space, So instead of normal things I make it do cool loops and such :P (Good thing about the game is that it is fully functioning in ubuntu)
Also I'm taking courses in IT - Data, meaning I will get to know HTML/CSS/JS/PHP/MySQL/Linux/Windows/Android etcetc..
3D printers can print guns, can you do that with the one you have available?? Would be super cool if you could  8)
If you're interested in super cheap games, check out humblebundle.com now and then, they sell tons of games super cheap. I paid 1â,¬ for like 7 games. 1-2 weeks ago they sold mirrors edge BF3 burnout paradise sims 3 etc, for 4.6â,¬ or $ cant remember. I bought the last bundle (weekly) which contained; War of the roses, Warlock - master of the arcane, the showdown effect, Leviathan Warships, Europa Universalis III Dungeonland. It's plenty for so little. If you added like 3â,¬ you'd get 2 other more expensive games. And it all goes to charity or to humblebundle to keep giving cheap games. Also, on sale on steam there's a game called Gnomoria I'd suggest, and Euro Truck Simulator 2 for some relaxation, it's a really chill game.
If anyone wants to add me on Steam; spore_lol_spore, on origin; CenoX5 (Me and my cousin when playing BF3 he calls himself GenoX5, so people mix us up^^)
If anyone wants something hard to beat, or rather stimulating for the brain; Portal, 1 and 2, they're great games.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on September 02, 2013, 12:38 PM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on September 02, 2013, 12:24 AM
I find KSP very hard to get out of space, So instead of normal things I make it do cool loops and such :P (Good thing about the game is that it is fully functioning in ubuntu)
Also I'm taking courses in IT - Data, meaning I will get to know HTML/CSS/JS/PHP/MySQL/Linux/Windows/Android etcetc..
3D printers can print guns, can you do that with the one you have available?? Would be super cool if you could  8)
If you're interested in super cheap games, check out humblebundle.com now and then, they sell tons of games super cheap. I paid 1â,¬ for like 7 games. 1-2 weeks ago they sold mirrors edge BF3 burnout paradise sims 3 etc, for 4.6â,¬ or $ cant remember. I bought the last bundle (weekly) which contained; War of the roses, Warlock - master of the arcane, the showdown effect, Leviathan Warships, Europa Universalis III Dungeonland. It's plenty for so little. If you added like 3â,¬ you'd get 2 other more expensive games. And it all goes to charity or to humblebundle to keep giving cheap games. Also, on sale on steam there's a game called Gnomoria I'd suggest, and Euro Truck Simulator 2 for some relaxation, it's a really chill game.
If anyone wants to add me on Steam; spore_lol_spore, on origin; CenoX5 (Me and my cousin when playing BF3 he calls himself GenoX5, so people mix us up^^)
If anyone wants something hard to beat, or rather stimulating for the brain; Portal, 1 and 2, they're great games.
Well, KSP is just realistic. You should low your speed before you can dig in athmosphere, and, because of this, you should corretly calculate fuel mass before you start the mission (fuel mass in orbital vessel must be enough to lower its speed in bounds of 1,25-1,5 km/sec. i.e., from 2250m/s to about 1100m/s). Then your vessel will start to loose height and falls on planet via ballistic trajectory.

As for 3D-printers - yes, we can create guns, but this is not a good guns. Well, it's not serious - it's one-timed and very fragile, you can't be trusted in its barrel. Also after a first shot plastic from barrel insides will burned out, you can't shot again.
3D-printers indeed a cool thing, but it's cool for fast-prototyping, or for creating arts, for example, anime action figures.
We can built other guns using a processing machinery, that's much better choice. Gauss-rifle, powered with condensators from PC power blocks, EMP mine, based on tesla coil and cell phone battery,  microwave gun (big reflector+mangetron from big microwave used in shaurma (kebab) fastfood)... Also, classic SMG for 9mm Makarov shell is much better choice than 3D-snotted gun. Or, to be absolutelly correct - we could built, but our lathe was broken two days ago because of one idiot.  :)

I'm not interested in cheap games - I downloading games from torrents, check them, and then buy games if I like it. For example, I did that with WH40k series (except the "SpaceMarine", I not bought it yet), or selected Tomb Raider games (except the last, I don't like how Lara in last TombRaider looks), or Armed Assault (I'm its fan since the first Operation Flashpoint  ;D ) Also, I'll buy KSP when mexican guys will finish it.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on September 03, 2013, 02:48 AM
@Daniil - I am firmly convinced 3-D printers are the thing of the future. This technology is barely in its infancy, and yet I read once that surgeons saved a boy's life by printing a trachea for him. Mark my words - this thing will be as important as the invention of the wheel.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on September 03, 2013, 09:00 AM
Yes, comrade, you're correct. I can agree with you that 3D printers is the future of local production. But there is some restrictions of this technology, which must be noticed:
-3D printers can't be used in a mass production, because of slow production speed (we had calculate speed of creating a box for bycicle electric system, and while printer prints 1 box, matrix press makes about 100 boxes)
-3D printers can't use wide range of materials. Yes, it can print plastic, even metal, but it can't combine. And, for example, car engine parts created from about 5 different metals. So, you can't print it whole thing, you need to assemble it from parts.

The main achivement of 3d printing is creating things directly from 3d models. It's fascinate.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on September 04, 2013, 04:51 PM
Quote from: Daniil on September 03, 2013, 09:00 AM
Yes, comrade, you're correct. I can agree with you that 3D printers is the future of local production. But there is some restrictions of this technology, which must be noticed:
-3D printers can't be used in a mass production, because of slow production speed (we had calculate speed of creating a box for bycicle electric system, and while printer prints 1 box, matrix press makes about 100 boxes)
-3D printers can't use wide range of materials. Yes, it can print plastic, even metal, but it can't combine. And, for example, car engine parts created from about 5 different metals. So, you can't print it whole thing, you need to assemble it from parts.

The main achivement of 3d printing is creating things directly from 3d models. It's fascinate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZRUpmMIQy8
I watched the whole documentary, you CAN do it, but it will be hard to make a gun shoot many guns. And as said some pieces might not be able to be printed out
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on September 05, 2013, 12:00 AM
That's a bit stupid documentary, dear Shadow.
Take a look - they prints only a pistol grip and that lower part where magazine reciever exists. But! As I know, in real M-16 this parts is also made with plastic! All other parts - barrel, springs, gas tube, and other and other - is a "stock" metall parts, created on a generic factory. And of course it can endure only 600 shots. Because of "default" plastic for this parts is much, much stronger than plastic from 3D-printer.
So-o... That "3D printed AR-15" looks like a dumb joke.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on September 07, 2013, 01:50 AM
@Daniil - you keep forgetting that 3-D printer technology is barely in its infancy. Believe this: as time goes by, this technology will improve exponentially and the 3D printer will end up being one of the greatest inventions in history. As a quick analogy, computers built before 1990 did not even have the processing power to play an mp3 song. Technological history is full of similar examples. Wait and see.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on September 07, 2013, 11:30 AM
I don't forget about this, dear humbert. I agree with you that 3-D printer is greatest invention of our days.
I just said, that in case of this AR-15 this was a stupid usage of 3-D printing.
To make good things with it, designer must know strength of materials very well, and he must calculate each printed parts very well (especially how it will resist loads). As I can see in our lab, many guys who use our printer, printed very fragile details. For example, last week they printed propeller for boat motor. Propeler looked very good, very simple and effective... But... Two days ago they comes back to us, and showed remains of propeller. The blades was cut out by incoming water flow. There's also a marks of cavitation effect on a rests of blades. I took a look - that's all was expectable, because this students made blades for plastic propeller like for a steel one - very thin at a root. Plastic blades must be much wider at a root, almost as wide as propeller hub.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on September 10, 2013, 05:52 AM
@Daniil - you are absolutely correct that anything made by a 3-D printers must be done correctly and with all important details taken into account. I also strongly agree that at this point in time the technology is not perfected, and the proper "inks" and ways to use them don't exist just yet. Believe this: this situation will change, and much faster than people anticipate. Just to give you an idea, I read that Windows 8.1 will now support 3-D printers. This opens the door to all these scientists and engineers to begin creating better ways, and this technology will rival the wheel in its benefits to humanity.

If you could travel back in time only 5 years and told somebody that printing a gun in your home would soon become possible, would they have believed you?

Did you know that a year before Viagra was accidentally discovered, the best scientific minds truly believed that creating such a drug was not even possible?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on September 10, 2013, 09:07 AM
@humbert: Yes, shure. If Windows began to supporting 3D-printers "by default", it would be greatest Widnows doing ever.
I want to print new handle for my air pistol on 3D-printer. BTW, 3D-printers doesn't use simple 3D-models, like you can create in 3DMax, for example. It uses formats for solid-body modelling, for example, .stl.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on November 03, 2013, 02:27 AM
to daniil: what does the last line mean?
(https://i.ibb.co/9cWpQPz/301654-Far-Cry0000.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on November 03, 2013, 05:36 PM
All objectives:
1) Clear control posts on the road to military base
2) Steal a car from military base
3) Go to the sea port (bay, harbor)

Is this a mod for FarCry?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on November 03, 2013, 07:01 PM
yes it is. Link here: http://www.uloz.to/xodVXB7/fcironwinds-rar
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on November 03, 2013, 10:59 PM
massive attack is very good too.
here in the bar with the terminator music:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x883b8_terminator-2-scene-du-bar_fun
(https://i.ibb.co/jH24n0b/569734-Far-Cry0008.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on November 06, 2013, 06:15 AM
Is massive attack a first person shooter? I hate these types of games.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on November 06, 2013, 11:19 AM
to humbert
Massive Attack is a mod (an add-on) for first-person shooter FarCry.
Why do you hate FPS so much? ;D
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on November 08, 2013, 05:23 PM
Scar, you're damn Mephisto.  ;D I fight with myself for a while, then install FarCry.  ;D

By the way, did you ever try to make a mods for it?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on November 09, 2013, 05:31 AM
Quote from: Daniil on November 06, 2013, 11:19 AM
to humbert
Massive Attack is a mod (an add-on) for first-person shooter FarCry.
Why do you hate FPS so much? ;D

For starters they make me a little dizzy, as if the image on the screen was moving around all the time. I also don't like the fact that you can only see forward. In [for example] Diablo III, you look at your character and your enemies all from above and get a clear picture of where everything is.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on November 10, 2013, 10:04 PM
No I just test them.
The link I gave above is not just a mod, it doesnt require the game to be installed.
Try these ones too:
This one contains very good landscapes (Egptian). Its not very hard.
http://crymods.net/e107_files/downloads/SHADOWMAN.exe
This one is much harder, some level are hard to finish without devmode:
http://crymods.net/e107_files/downloads/Catalyst%20Aftermath.exe
(https://i.ibb.co/sP78j0q/618368-Far-Cry0005.jpg)
In this level after having put the bomb in the vessel you have to go out and hide in the water in a small creek, however I didnt find the path, I used devmode.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on November 11, 2013, 04:13 AM
This is a good example of why I don't particularly like first person shooters. Notice there is only one view angle - you have no clue about what's behind you nor any other direction. How do you even find that enemy ship if it moves away from your viewing angle? Do you just pivot again and again?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on November 12, 2013, 09:36 AM
Scarface, thanks, I'll try them. I like FarCry (maybe not so much as ArmA and STALKER, but objectively FarCry is better than this two, it has easier gameplay than ArmA and almost no glitches in difference with STALKER).
Humbert, I never even thought about a problem you said. It's easy to turn left and right up and down with mouse, so I turns from side to side and watch around. Yes it's sometimes difficult when you can't watch to sides, but in most cases it's no matter.
BTW in ArmA you can watch to sides, but this feature has almost no use.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on November 13, 2013, 12:09 AM
Quote from: humbert on November 11, 2013, 04:13 AM
This is a good example of why I don't particularly like first person shooters. Notice there is only one view angle - you have no clue about what's behind you nor any other direction. How do you even find that enemy ship if it moves away from your viewing angle? Do you just pivot again and again?
Tri monitors?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on November 13, 2013, 01:47 PM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on November 13, 2013, 12:09 AM
Tri monitors?
Too expensive, bro.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on November 14, 2013, 04:36 AM
I've seen people with 2 monitors, never 3. I currently have a 24" 1920x1080 monitor, and frankly I don't know how I could install a 2nd one. Not only is there no space on my desk, but I feel my head would constantly be moving right-left-right like watching a tennis game or constantly saying no. Even worse for a 3rd one.

Speak of the devil - in order to set up a 2-monitor display, do you need a 2nd video card or can you do it with just one if it supports SLI or Crossfire? My board supports a 2nd video card, but the data bus is cut in half (i.e., x16 for one card becomes 2 × x8).
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on November 14, 2013, 08:09 AM
I have 2 monitors - main 19" 1440x900, second 17" 1024x768. I use 2 videocards. It's not  for gaming (I playing games only on main monior, very rare on all two) - it's very usefull for programming (you have IDE on one monitor and language documentation on another).
Yes, bus cuts in half but in practice I don't feel this - 8x is enough for any games which can run on my PC. But modern videocards can support dual monitors even on one videocard.
In order to set 3-monitor you need 3 video-outs or very expensive box for convertation signal from one video-out to three monitors.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on November 15, 2013, 12:35 AM
Quote from: humbert on November 14, 2013, 04:36 AM
I've seen people with 2 monitors, never 3. I currently have a 24" 1920x1080 monitor, and frankly I don't know how I could install a 2nd one. Not only is there no space on my desk, but I feel my head would constantly be moving right-left-right like watching a tennis game or constantly saying no. Even worse for a 3rd one.

Speak of the devil - in order to set up a 2-monitor display, do you need a 2nd video card or can you do it with just one if it supports SLI or Crossfire? My board supports a 2nd video card, but the data bus is cut in half (i.e., x16 for one card becomes 2 × x8).
Ehm, what?
I got my AMD 280X today,(huge bottleneck I know) And it is supposedly be able to run 6 monitors, (With lag probably)
But I've ran 3 monitors on my old graphics card which was far worse.(GeForce 320GT)
Anyways, it's really fun to play games like battlefield 3 on ultra :) 17 - 0. Can't touch this!
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on November 15, 2013, 08:14 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on November 15, 2013, 12:35 AM
Ehm, what?
I got my AMD 280X today,(huge bottleneck I know) And it is supposedly be able to run 6 monitors, (With lag probably)
But I've ran 3 monitors on my old graphics card which was far worse.(GeForce 320GT)
Anyways, it's really fun to play games like battlefield 3 on ultra :) 17 - 0. Can't touch this!
How did you ran 3 monitors on your card, bro? As I know, typical card have 2 DVI output ports. Where did you connect the third?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on November 17, 2013, 02:38 AM
Quote from: Daniil on November 15, 2013, 08:14 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on November 15, 2013, 12:35 AM
Ehm, what?
I got my AMD 280X today,(huge bottleneck I know) And it is supposedly be able to run 6 monitors, (With lag probably)
But I've ran 3 monitors on my old graphics card which was far worse.(GeForce 320GT)
Anyways, it's really fun to play games like battlefield 3 on ultra :) 17 - 0. Can't touch this!
How did you ran 3 monitors on your card, bro? As I know, typical card have 2 DVI output ports. Where did you connect the third?
My current card supports up to 5 cards if  I remember correctly, use a divider on the displayport (external source, don't take my word for it)

I also have nvidia 9200 onboard graphics which I obviously don't use.

Also, does anyone of you use Raptr?

Been playing dirt 3 tons lately and Euro Truck Simulator 2, Battlefield 3, almost quit League of Legends now when I've rediscovered some great forgotten titles that I have.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on November 17, 2013, 04:44 AM
This is interesting. I have an nVidia GT-640 which runs OK. What I didn't know what that on this card I can run as many as 3 monitors (according to Shadow) by connecting one of each of its ports (HDMI, DVI-D and VGA).

Also - did you say that if you ran a game using 2 or more monitors, you can have a 180° or higher view of what's happening? For example, if you're running a first person shooter, you can see to the right and left without having to move your character's field of view? Or is it that the game has to support this sort of thing?

@Shadow - I just had a look at your new video card (AMD Radeon R9 280X). Why do you say there's a huge bottleneck? According to the specs this thing is cutting edge. It's also expensive as hell. I'm wondering how you hook up 5 monitors to it when it's got only 4 ports.

You know something? I have an old LCD monitor sitting back there in my garage and I'm thinking what if I hooked it up as a 2nd monitor? My 1st question is about resolutions. Can my 1st monitor continue to run at 1920 x 1080 while the 2nd one runs at less than that?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on November 17, 2013, 01:54 PM
Quote from: humbert on November 17, 2013, 04:44 AM
This is interesting. I have an nVidia GT-640 which runs OK. What I didn't know what that on this card I can run as many as 3 monitors (according to Shadow) by connecting one of each of its ports (HDMI, DVI-D and VGA).

Also - did you say that if you ran a game using 2 or more monitors, you can have a 180° or higher view of what's happening? For example, if you're running a first person shooter, you can see to the right and left without having to move your character's field of view? Or is it that the game has to support this sort of thing?

@Shadow - I just had a look at your new video card (AMD Radeon R9 280X). Why do you say there's a huge bottleneck? According to the specs this thing is cutting edge. It's also expensive as hell. I'm wondering how you hook up 5 monitors to it when it's got only 4 ports.

You know something? I have an old LCD monitor sitting back there in my garage and I'm thinking what if I hooked it up as a 2nd monitor? My 1st question is about resolutions. Can my 1st monitor continue to run at 1920 x 1080 while the 2nd one runs at less than that?
If you only use 2 monitors it can be hard to get it fullscreen or you will most likely get the crosshair in the middle that will say between the monitors. You could potentionally have an 8K resolution screen and a 300x400 resolution screen.

It is a huge bottleneck my CPU cant hold the latest games.  (BF4 for example) on high / ultra settings. In BF3 I run at ultra except Anti alicing which is X4 and it only runs on 40 fps in avarage. Feels smooth though.
Another thing I wouldn't suggest you hook up screens of different height as it is annoying when moving cursor across the screen.

There is a thing I think you would like it is a 1920x1080 but double width on a single monitor. I dont know what they are called though.

The top port of the graphics card allowes a cable splitter. A cable that splits 1 cable to 2 and aparantly you can have different images on them
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on November 20, 2013, 08:15 PM
@Shadow - why would you run out and buy a top-of-the-line video card knowing full well you were going to have a mismatch with your current CPU?

So basically when running multiple monitors, your best bet is to have them the same size, or at least the same height? Also, for games preferably use 3 keep the crosshairs in the middle? Do you get good side views on 3 monitors?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on November 20, 2013, 08:18 PM
Quote from: humbert on November 20, 2013, 08:15 PM
@Shadow - why would you run out and buy a top-of-the-line video card knowing full well you were going to have a mismatch with your current CPU?

So basically when running multiple monitors, your best bet is to have them the same size, or at least the same height? Also, for games preferably use 3 keep the crosshairs in the middle? Do you get good side views on 3 monitors?
Planning to upgrade CPU soon, but it still almost maxes out everything so I'm happy.

Also, yes, it's the best, but you can place the monitors sideways, so that they are portrait to get same resolution/size.
Yeah, if you got 3 monitors it's in the middle.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on November 25, 2013, 04:07 AM
@Shadow - I'm curious about something if you don't mind telling us. The video card you bought is expensive. I'm pretty sure the CPU you're planning to get isn't cheap either. We're talking some heavy money. Given your chronological age and the fact that you're in high school, do you work? How do you manage to pay for all this?

If you think the question is a little too personal, OK, I respect that. Pls accept my apologies for asking. My curiosity got the best of me.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on December 15, 2013, 08:36 PM
Past attacks is a new mod for farcry, quite original:
http://crymods.net/e107_files/downloads/PastAttacksEP1.exe

(https://i.ibb.co/PNY6CFY/442163-Far-Cry0023.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/hmGXcqp/131774-Far-Cry0029.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on January 13, 2014, 01:33 AM
Hello, guys!
Working as an employee has its specific profits, unlike the business - you have a time for your hobby. :) Before the beginning of the session in the university and while it's cold and windy out at street, I spent this day playing modded ArmA Cold War Assault (ex Operation Flashpoint).
It's my own "mod", mixed from many mods for this great game. A background is, well... Somewhere in the Baltic Sea there is four islands, and on this isles from time to time ignites a wars. There was a local war between USA and USSR (it was described in default campagin of Operation Flashpoint) on isles, now there is a local war between USSR and Imperium from Warhammer40k universe.
(Yes, I'm crasy, I know. ;D But I like a WH40k game series, and there is a WH40k mod for Operation Flashpoint, and I like Operation Flashpoint and I'm interested in military history of my country, in specific, military history of late-USSR period, so-o-o-o-o...)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on January 13, 2014, 06:01 AM
@Daniil - you who like military games, I think there's one out there called America's Army. The US military uses it to train soldiers and, I believe, is a free download. Check it out at http://americasarmy.com (http://americasarmy.com). As you correctly said, war is war, but in this one the Commies are the good guys or what?

The one you posted pictures about is basically a first person shooter, right? It's not like Starcraft where you are basically a general commanding an army but not part of it.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on January 13, 2014, 09:59 PM
Quote from: humbert on January 13, 2014, 06:01 AM
@Daniil - you who like military games, I think there's one out there called America's Army. The US military uses it to train soldiers and, I believe, is a free download. Check it out at http://americasarmy.com (http://americasarmy.com).
Already. That's a good shooter, and for a time we with friends played it (about 3-4 years ago). But it's much simplier than OFp/ArmA series. It's too... shooter. (But it is very good propaganda, there isn't shown grim sides of war, such as suspense, indeterminacy and so on. There is mostly acts of bravery, shown very tasty.)

Quote from: humbert on January 13, 2014, 06:01 AM
As you correctly said, war is war, but in this one the Commies are the good guys or what?

The one you posted pictures about is basically a first person shooter, right? It's not like Starcraft where you are basically a general commanding an army but not part of it.
Things are more difficult and complex, comrade. :) In fact, here is no "good side" or "bad side", there is East and West sides. So it's relative from mission to mission. In default campaign (so called "Cold War Crysis" the bad guys is communist renegades, betrayed the USSR and engaged the islands in the north Europe). In user created campaigns the bad guys variations is outnumbered - from Confederates (from US Civil war) to Empire from StarWars (it's mad but for OFp exists also the StarWars mod, yes. :) )
It is, at the first glance, a first person shooter, yes, but in fact you are able to command 12 units in your squad, and command other squads over the radio, travel around big (12x12 km) islands, also you are able to drive a cars, APCs, tanks, fly on choppers and planes, creating you own missions and planning a large military operations.

That is because the Operation Flashpoint (other name - Armed Assault) isn't just a shooter (like an America's Army). It is full-scale military simulator, created in two versions - one for a private users, and one for NATO as a combat simulator for training junior officers and special forces. Military version is called VBS (Virtual battlespace) or JCOVE for operators in Europe. You can download official british version of JCOVE Lite (for free) here (http://www.jcove-lite.co.uk/). Civilian version called Operation Flashpoint (also called Armed Assault 1. There also exists ArmA 2 and 3).  Differences between the versions are very small - military version has much better (correct) models, some additional commands for AI and special security for save classified content.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on January 18, 2014, 04:49 AM
@Daniil - we have a slight misunderstanding. Here in America, "good guys" means you, "bad guys" means the enemy. That's all, nothing more.  :)  This could be in a game or in real war, it doesn't really matter.

It makes perfect sense that America's Army glorifies war and plays down the many other grim consequences. If you use it to train soldiers you can never mention the bad things in war. Who will want to fight if you do? And of course, if a government wrote it, you can believe it'll be full of propaganda.

There is no question that many of these games are useful for training military officers, and possibly soldiers of lesser rank.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on January 18, 2014, 11:46 AM
Quote from: humbert on January 18, 2014, 04:49 AM
@Daniil - we have a slight misunderstanding. Here in America, "good guys" means you, "bad guys" means the enemy. That's all, nothing more.  :)  This could be in a game or in real war, it doesn't really matter.
Oh, you're right, comrade Humbert, now I understand you. :) I was under the influence of Hollywood stamps - in most of US movies shown here, "good guys" means in most cases US, and "bad guys"==="communists (mostly russians)". I thought, that in US it's an identical concepts. ;D

Quote from: humbert on January 18, 2014, 04:49 AM
It makes perfect sense that America's Army glorifies war and plays down the many other grim consequences. If you use it to train soldiers you can never mention the bad things in war. Who will want to fight if you do? And of course, if a government wrote it, you can believe it'll be full of propaganda.
That's relative, comrade. There's may be a mistake. Soldiers must be trained not only to run and shoot well, but also for psichological thoughness, to endure the privation of war. All of us here (in ex-Warzsaw Pact countries) raised in such doctrine. Chzech game developers well passed it in the OFp.

Quote from: humbert on January 18, 2014, 04:49 AM
There is no question that many of these games are useful for training military officers, and possibly soldiers of lesser rank.
I think that it's mostly for officers. Soldiers must trained firstly physically, and OFp/AA is for training well interaction between squads and "the sence of landscape".
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on January 27, 2014, 07:24 PM
Quote from: usmangujjar on January 27, 2014, 03:45 PM
which win is better for gaming on too older pc, choice is between win 7 x64 & 8 x64?

pc details are here:
-  hp workstation xw6200
- single Intel xeon processor 2.8GHz.
- 4GB RAM.
- Total available Video Memory=2048 MB (dedicated Video Memory=265MB, shared system memory 1792MB).
I've found that games run best under Ubuntu as long as you don't need to use an emulator. I actually don't know which OS suits your computer the best. Good luck in the search though :)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on January 28, 2014, 01:13 AM
@shadow-> Give me some examples of a few games available for Linux. Also, did you pay for them? I realize today it's hard to get games you don't pay for because with many you have to log into a server, be it Steam, Uplay or whatever else. I agree that emulation is garbage for games and many other things. I've noticed that under Wine the only Windows apps that run OK are portable ones.

@mangujjar -> Microsoft keeps saying with 8 and 8.1 are less taxing on older systems. I've run both on my old laptop and frankly I'd have to agree. For that reason I honestly believe that for games on a Windows system, you're better off with 8.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on January 28, 2014, 01:48 AM
Quote from: humbert on January 28, 2014, 01:13 AM
@shadow-> Give me some examples of a few games available for Linux. Also, did you pay for them? I realize today it's hard to get games you don't pay for because with many you have to log into a server, be it Steam, Uplay or whatever else. I agree that emulation is garbage for games and many other things. I've noticed that under Wine the only Windows apps that run OK are portable ones.

@mangujjar -> Microsoft keeps saying with 8 and 8.1 are less taxing on older systems. I've run both on my old laptop and frankly I'd have to agree. For that reason I honestly believe that for games on a Windows system, you're better off with 8.

First; Euro Truck Simulator 2, I love that game.
Second; The Counter strike series.
Third; Portal 2.
Fourth; Warcraft 3(Must be used with emulator what I am aware of)
Fifth; Europa Universalis IV
Sixth; Minecraft
Seventh; Rust
Eighth; Starbound
Ninth; Terraria
Tenth; Metro Last Light
Eleventh; Garrysmod/TF2 and all of those.
Twelfth(?); Amnesia
Thirteenth; DotA 2
Fourteenth(?); Trine 2
Fifteenth; Quake live
Sixteenth; Crusader Kings II

The list goes on and on :) There's alot of games for linux, the problem is, do you like them enough to pay for them?(Some are free though)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on January 30, 2014, 01:36 AM
@shadow â–¼ I saved the list of game you told me about. Thanks! Just a quick question - just for me to run a test, can you provide a download link for 1 or 2, preferably one where I don't have to pay since I'm just testing the game?

How do you install them? With Linux sometimes this is tricky unless you're downloading straight from a repository.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on January 30, 2014, 01:50 AM
Quote from: humbert on January 30, 2014, 01:36 AM
@shadow â–¼ I saved the list of game you told me about. Thanks! Just a quick question - just for me to run a test, can you provide a download link for 1 or 2, preferably one where I don't have to pay since I'm just testing the game?

How do you install them? With Linux sometimes this is tricky unless you're downloading straight from a repository.
I personally don't know how to crack games for Linux. All games I've really played on Linux is purchased.
And the counterstrike series is a bit lame in my opinion if you can't play on the real "official" servers. Never got that worked cracked on windows, so I only played it legally. Sorry. I can't really help.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on January 31, 2014, 03:35 AM
That's the big problem with games nowadays. Almost everywhere to play it you have to log into some server with an account. And just about everything out there is MMO or with some multiplayer thing. You're the odd one out if you like to play with yourself.  (¿)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on February 08, 2014, 07:18 PM
Quote from: usmangujjar on February 08, 2014, 04:23 PM
if any one have torrents of old bike racing games please send me.
i checked some new games system requirements, my pc is not suitable for heavy games.
specs of my PC here:
intel xeon 2.8ghz cpu
4gb ram
256mb nvidia quadro graphics
Do you think your computer can run a playstation/xbox emulator (first gen)? If so there is alot of fun old games to play.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on February 09, 2014, 03:24 AM
Quote from: usmangujjar on February 08, 2014, 04:23 PM
if any one have torrents of old bike racing games please send me.
i checked some new games system requirements, my pc is not suitable for heavy games.
specs of my PC here:
intel xeon 2.8ghz cpu
4gb ram
256mb nvidia quadro graphics

Your system isn't as bad as you think it is. It's your lousy graphics card that's got to be replaced immediately. How long has it been since anyone's made a video card with 256mb?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on March 18, 2014, 02:58 PM
@usmangujjar
There's lack of motorbike racing games at all. I never heared about good bike racing games ever.

@Shadow97
Comrade, you can add to your list a Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe (http://www.openttd.org/en/). Very nice game, works fine on Ubuntu (Warning! Mighty time-eater, highly addictive! ;D)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on March 26, 2014, 09:45 PM
Is anyone here going to play Wildstars? Personally I think I'll get it, it seems like a nice game, and alot of my friends are getting it. Hopefully it wont be a disappointment like Guildwars 2.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on March 28, 2014, 03:04 AM
@Shadow -> I was looking at Wildstars in another tab. I like the fact that it's not a first person shooter - you can see your character from above just like in Diablo (my favorite game). It this an MMO like Guildwars?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on March 28, 2014, 03:19 AM
Quote from: humbert on March 28, 2014, 03:04 AM
@Shadow -> I was looking at Wildstars in another tab. I like the fact that it's not a first person shooter - you can see your character from above just like in Diablo (my favorite game). It this an MMO like Guildwars?
I have actually no idea about anything about wildstars. Just seen the hypetrain. I'm going to  wait and see how the "late game" is when you hit level cap.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on March 28, 2014, 03:20 AM
It's 1:20am over there as of this writing. Shouldn't you be asleep? Don't you have school tomorrow?  :)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on March 28, 2014, 03:24 AM
Quote from: humbert on March 28, 2014, 03:20 AM
It's 1:20am over there as of this writing. Shouldn't you be asleep? Don't you have school tomorrow?  :)
Yup! It's not uncommon that I stay up to 5/6am, just to skype with my friends from USA. Alot of nice chicks over there ;D(on school days)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on March 29, 2014, 01:35 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on March 28, 2014, 03:24 AM
Yup! It's not uncommon that I stay up to 5/6am, just to skype with my friends from USA. Alot of nice chicks over there ;D(on school days)

So there are days (or nights) where you shut the computer off at 5:00am-6:00am and then wake up an hour later to go to school? You must be sleepy as hell! I betcha anything the following night you're asleep by 9:00pm or 10:00pm.

With Skype and a nice webcam you probably have a nice bunch of sexy babes lined up!
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: aa1234779 on April 01, 2014, 12:20 AM
Playing Bioshock on new i3 laptop..
Intel HD 4000 gpu not that bad after all.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on April 01, 2014, 11:11 AM
Wow!
Bioshock was a heavy game for gpu. I'm impressed that onboard gpu can carry it fine. What's the fps rate?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: aa1234779 on April 01, 2014, 02:47 PM
It runs Dead Island too.. I'll check the fps when I'm off tonight..
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: aa1234779 on April 02, 2014, 09:05 PM
It runs 60fps but goes a bit lower on low graphics options.. And a steady 30fps on high.. I'm surprised myself.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on June 18, 2014, 04:29 PM
I'm playing grid2,kotor 1,kotor2,spiderman WoS,spiderman FoF.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on July 19, 2014, 08:18 AM
playing new games thief 4 & murdered:soul suspect
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on September 10, 2014, 07:26 PM
I have a Dendy. It's like 8-bit Nintendo Famicom (for many western forum members name "NES - Nintendo Entertament System" is better known), but it's Dendy. ;D
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Dendy_Junior_with_cart_and_joypads.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Dendy_Junior_with_cart_and_joypads.jpg)

To explain what I meant - Dendy is chinese pirated clone of Famicom, created for Russia at mid 90-th, and was selling in Russia as truly licensed registered (c) (r) (tm) and so on western game console. Nintendo many times tried to sue with company "Steepler" (which sells Dendy and mighty bunch of pirated game cartridges), but always had failed because of no laws was in 90-th. Also, Steeples, while it was selling pirated consoles and pirated games for pirated consoles, registered its trademark, and sues all other companies, which was dare to pirating Nintendo games in Russia. :) Well, we had very many fun in our country at 90-th... ;D

So, Dendy == Famicom == NES. I repaired my Dendy and play on it from time to time.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on September 14, 2014, 08:25 PM
to daniil: you can find some emulators for nes too. I remember the game ninja turtles. I never defeated the technodrome though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMEs2IwEgJM


Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on September 15, 2014, 07:41 PM
Quote from: scarface on September 14, 2014, 08:25 PM
to daniil: you can find some emulators for nes too. I remember the game ninja turtles. I never defeated the technodrome though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMEs2IwEgJM
Oh, TMNT!  :D Yes, that was great. But that wasn't my favorite. My favorite NES game was Ghostbusters II
BTW, here is new one:
(https://i.ibb.co/YDLNFRh/81-Pzene-RI4-L-SX466.jpg)
Already want. :)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on January 04, 2015, 03:31 AM
Here are a few mods for Farcry:

http://crymods.net/e107_files/downloads/PastAttacksEP1.exe
http://crymods.net/e107_files/downloads/SHADOWMAN.exe

Undoubtedly one of the best mods ever:
http://crymods.net/e107_files/downloads/Catalyst%20Aftermath.exe
(http://crymods.net/e107_files/downloadthumbs/Catalystaftermath_logo.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on January 04, 2015, 12:17 PM
Scarface-> How to create a setup files or msi files.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on January 04, 2015, 05:39 PM
QuoteHow to create a setup files or msi files.
it can be done with insted (free) or orca.
It's quite easy to modify them and rebuild the cabs. At least for Farcry it is.
Ive tried with office 2007 too but for some reasons when rebuilding the cabs in the media tables, makecab is failing. Since there is a digital signature in the original cabs, I don't know if it would work anyway.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on January 04, 2015, 07:19 PM
Quote from: scarface on January 04, 2015, 03:31 AM
You know that I only have one game on my computer, which is farcry. I downloaded it when it was released in 2004 and I never threw it away. However, I was a bit disturbed because this game was taking too much space on my ssd, that's to say 2,7 Gb not counting 200 mb of patches.
With the Greeks in europe, and now with more and more Syrians, we know that we can't keep everything, it's obvious. Nowadays, having space is without doubt a luxury.

You're still playing a game written in 2004? I just looked at a video of Farcry 4 on Steam's web site. I'm assuming the graphics on your game are terrible by comparison. Also - 2.7 GB is not too much space. I don't think anyone is making HDD's less than 1 TB, nor SSD's less then 128 GB. You can even get 128GB USB 3.0 flashdrives for a reasonable price.  And of course don't forget prices are dropping almost by the day.

Where are these Greeks and Syrians other than on the news? Are they all over Paris taking over what little space there is or what? Also, as you're aware, Europe has always been plagued by a lack of space. There are more people in the EU countries combined that there are in the USA, with probably 25% of the physical territory.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on January 04, 2015, 08:14 PM
I'm still playing games dated from 1995-2014.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on January 07, 2015, 07:36 AM
Quote from: Vasudev on January 04, 2015, 08:14 PM
I'm still playing games dated from 1995-2014.

Newer games make more sense. For older games it's ridiculous. Many still ask for a resolution of 1024 x 768 or even 800 x 600. Are you old enough to remember that?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on January 07, 2015, 04:11 PM
Quote from: humbert on January 07, 2015, 07:36 AM
Quote from: Vasudev on January 04, 2015, 08:14 PM
I'm still playing games dated from 1995-2014.

Newer games make more sense. For older games it's ridiculous. Many still ask for a resolution of 1024 x 768 or even 800 x 600. Are you old enough to remember that?
Yes I remember. There are hacks which can be employed to the ini file which gives option for higher resolution, but need to download new updated audio files, HD textures and more, quite tiring job of downloading couple of Gigs over the net.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: doomcake on January 07, 2015, 11:18 PM
Wolfschanze II (uses fear 2 game engine)

i'm hoping it turns out to be better than Wolfschanze I  :)

also PLAYING Red faction Armageddon ,though i can't seem to get "path to war dlc" to show up in the menu :(
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on January 08, 2015, 07:27 PM
Another mod for farcry, called "deadly contract"
It's very good, albeit a bit difficult.
http://crymods.net/e107_files/downloads/Deadly_contract.exe

(https://i.ibb.co/1ZmxRs2/672325-Far-Cry0095.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/bdt0qPx/534760-Far-Cry0091.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on January 10, 2015, 05:23 AM
Just about all these games are first person shooters, right? Is there any good game that isn't? I hate first person shooters, they make me dizzy.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on January 12, 2015, 08:39 AM
I've only liked playing thief (2014). CS was tough for me as I was shot right between the eyes on my first LAN play attempt.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on January 13, 2015, 11:46 AM
Well, "old school" games sometimes better than new. Modern game industry transforms to a Hollywood-like industry, where under bright cover and fluffy fluff hidden nothing. I mean, many modern games have too primitive and straight gameplay, and they are too easy. Many old games also primitive, but in difference from new, they was difficult.

(http://lurkmore.so/images/4/42/FPS_then_and_now.jpg)

BTW, кomяades, how you imagine a game of your dream? What it should be? What it must have and what it must not contain?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on January 13, 2015, 06:40 PM
Quote from: Daniil on January 13, 2015, 11:46 AM
Well, "old school" games sometimes better than new. Modern game industry transforms to a Hollywood-like industry, where under bright cover and fluffy fluff hidden nothing. I mean, many modern games have too primitive and straight gameplay, and they are too easy. Many old games also primitive, but in difference from new, they was difficult.

(http://lurkmore.so/images/4/42/FPS_then_and_now.jpg)

BTW, кomяades, how you imagine a game of your dream? What it should be? What it must have and what it must not contain?
Thief also has similar maps you've mentioned.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on January 13, 2015, 09:47 PM
Thief isn't FPS, кomяade.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on January 14, 2015, 06:33 AM
is there difference between fps & stealth games.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on January 15, 2015, 05:31 AM
I agree that today's games have a lot of "smoke and mirrors". But they're certainly more complex than they were 20 years ago.

And speaking of games, let me ask something. I just took a look at some screenshots of Thief on Steam's web site. If you wanted to buy the game and install it, would you first have to download and install the Steam launcher and use it to load the game? Could you get it elsewhere and not use Steam? Do all games force you to use some sort of launcher?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on January 15, 2015, 11:39 AM
@ Humbert
To buy and install the game you should use Steam app. I.e., you buying apps through the Steam. After you bought it, you can download it and it will automatically installed in a folder for steam applications (it's a subfolder of a Steam app folder, so if you have lack of space on C:\, install Steam on other disc.). Inside the folder of a game all is the same as when game installed from CD or p-rated image. 8)

Also, some thoughts about p-rating. Don't feed the monopolies, but support the developers. Relic studio (guys who made WH:Dawn Of War, WH:Dawn Of War 2 and WH:Spacemarine) was closed because they had not enough income - because all their games was p-rated and didn't bring them money. So, we never see WH:Spacemarine 2. And I feel sad and ashamed, because I also used p-rated copy of DoW...  :-\ So, continue p-racy, but if you find a game as jewel, support the guys who wrote it.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on January 16, 2015, 04:21 AM
Pardon my ignorance but what is "p-rating". I couldn't find it on Google or elsewhere.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on January 16, 2015, 09:27 AM
"p-rating" == "pirating" :)

Euphemism for prevent detecting you as user of unlicensed software by the government search engines (Yes, we despise them, but caution can not hurt.). Or, if you wish, a word of secret language of new pirates.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on January 16, 2015, 12:55 PM
Quote from: humbert on January 16, 2015, 04:21 AM
Pardon my ignorance but what is "p-rating". I couldn't find it on Google or elsewhere.
Humbert -> How can a pirate can't recognize his secret code word?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on January 16, 2015, 01:27 PM
Quote from: Vasudev on January 14, 2015, 06:33 AM
is there difference between fps & stealth games.
As for me, there IS difference.
Firstly, stealth action is most for stealth. FPS must be more for shooting (but, ofcourse, with stealth elements, or, if to say more correctly, it must allow you to use variety tactics).
Second, it must contains big battle scenes. Without this shooter isn't shooter.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on January 17, 2015, 05:45 AM
Despite all the p-rating you hear about, monopolies such as Microsoft are still making billions in profits. What's more, Bill Gate$ perfected the notion of actually using the pirates get Windows to where it is today. This idea has trickled down to all software no matter who writes it. Accordingly, any developer who believes he's going to make money on his product is living in a world of fantasy. The hard fact is that 99.9% of people who get their hands on their product will not pay for it. As I see it, if developers can't live with reality this then don't write software.

Something else. Governments really don't care all that much about piracy. They're too busy chasing terrorists and other more dangerous criminals. They only act when entities such as the MPAA start complaining, and even then it's just to get these guys off their backs. Here in America there are NO internet restrictions at all - I can get on any site and download anything without using a VPN. They've talked about it many times but the government really has no interest in doing much of anything.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on February 01, 2015, 07:06 PM
I suggest googling for 'play msdos games online free" then pressing the link to archive.com . my phone wont allow pasting into this textbox
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on February 02, 2015, 03:41 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on February 01, 2015, 07:06 PM
I suggest googling for 'play msdos games online free" then pressing the link to archive.com . my phone wont allow pasting into this textbox

I was looking at this. How do you make your characters move around? I tried using the arrow keys and spacebar but it doesn't seem to work, and neither does the mouse.

The graphics look so archaic it's unreal. No need for SLI here  :)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on February 03, 2015, 03:29 AM
I looked at the Machinarium web site. I was looking to see what the game was all about and didn't find any information. Basically what's the game about and what are you supposed to do? Also, how much is it assuming you want to buy it?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on February 03, 2015, 11:47 PM
Wow! That's very interesting. Looks like a synthesis of a grim french decadence and bad dream after Stanislaw Lem's "Tales of Robots". Is that a puzzle game or it's more quest?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on February 04, 2015, 03:08 AM
I looked at the trailer and I'm not too clear on what the character is trying to do, or for that matter what the object of the game is.

Of course I don't like to buy software, and especially if it comes from a greedy monopoly like Microsoft or Apple. A lot of these games have no copy protection at all, BUT you must be online and have an non-free account to play it. I'm thinking maybe this game works that way too.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on February 23, 2015, 04:05 PM
for those who loved dos games like wolf3d, prince of Persia etc visit this site : https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_games
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on March 30, 2015, 04:21 AM
To vasudev: here is a link for wolfenstein 3D (to play online). In 1995 it was a good game, but it's a bit outmoded now.
http://wolf3d.atw.hu/

(http://www.wolfenstein3d.co.uk/odds005.gif)

If you want a more modern game of the same kind, there is return to castle wolfeinstein. It was released in 2001.
It's one of the last fps I played with farcry 1 and call of duty 2.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/it/f/f0/Return_to_castle_wolfenstein.jpg)

call of duty 2
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/138159-call-of-duty-2-windows-screenshot-you-must-defend-the-crossroads.jpg)

Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: CPP_GEEK on April 08, 2015, 08:02 PM
I still play old games NFS Carbon, and NFS U2 (Both Cracked)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on April 09, 2015, 03:24 AM
Currently;
Dirt 3 Steam edition.
Counterstrike Global Offensive
Warcraft 3
Battlefield 3
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: amon93 on April 15, 2015, 12:11 AM
im playing currently:
World Of Warcraft
Battlefield 3
Dragonball Xenoverse
Kritika (on my Tablet )

and when i realy realy get bored  i watch some series of Anime
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on April 16, 2015, 05:50 AM
@shadow - last I heard Warcraft from Blizzard was a subscription service. Is that still the case?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on April 16, 2015, 12:47 PM
Quote from: humbert on April 16, 2015, 05:50 AM
@shadow - last I heard Warcraft from Blizzard was a subscription service. Is that still the case?
[/quote
World of Warcraft, Yes.
Warcraft 3, No :)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on May 15, 2015, 12:53 AM
Just today finished "Ghostbusters - The Video Game".

It's awesome!
I'm Ghostbusters fan since childhood, "Ghostbusters" was first western film I saw, and "Ghostbusters 2" on NES was first video game I owned.
So, after I reset my file server, first game that I download was Ghostbusters The Video Game.
And - it was THE REAL Ghostbusters, but not even close to funny film or nice and fluffy NES game.
Ghostbusters grown up.
Graphics is good. It works great on SLI, and show very nice picture. (Note, that engine eat a lot of recourses of PC!) Ghosts and characters modeled very well.
Sound and actor voices is fascinating. They are true Ghostbusters, which I remember from childhood!
But - the game isn't funny and fluffy - the story is more grim and dark, the jokes is more adult (more about money and human weaknesses). And that's great!
Models of ghosts isn't so good, mostly they are not so memorable, but battles with them are very hard and difficult. Some places are almost impassable, you need not only agility and good mouse, but also attention and ability to think out fast.
Some places cannot be passed without applying your brain.
The best in the game is an atmosphere - locations is crazy and grim, they looks like a places from H.F.Lovecraft novels. It's great!
Greatest fail of the game - it's too short. Only 7 missions, that's not enough! 2-3 additional missions could save the situation, but without them after final battle remains the feeling of incompleteness.
But, anyway, it's a great game, I was glad to play it.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on May 23, 2015, 07:33 PM
Quote from: scarface on May 23, 2015, 06:44 PM
A game with cars will be presented soon. We know that humbert dislikes fps, but he might appreciate this one.
I suggest Project Cars. It's very expensive, but also very realistic. Another game I suggest is Euro Truck Simulator, I got about 90+ hours in it, which is quite good for a driving game.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on May 23, 2015, 08:56 PM
Tonight, I'm going to present the game "Need for Speed Rivals", released in November 2013.
This game inserts gamers behind the wheel of both sides of the thin blue line, daring them to cross that line as either a cop or racer in order to gain any advantage in the street’s ultimate rivalry. Players decide between two distinct career experiences, each with its own set of high-stakes challenges, rewards, pursuit tech and cars. The intensity of the action is enhanced as a result of AllDrive, a feature that destroys the line between single player, co-op and multiplayer. Through AllDrive, friends are connected to one racing world where their races and chases can collide at any time.
I have not tested shadow.97's games but they are probably good too.

Some screenshots:
(http://cf.shacknews.com/images/20130820/need_for_speed_rivals_gamescom_1_wm_26879.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/zX0Hw3w/NFS14-x862013.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on May 23, 2015, 11:45 PM
Quote from: scarface on May 23, 2015, 08:56 PM
Tonight, I'm going to present the game "Need for Speed Rivals", released in November 2013.
This game inserts gamers behind the wheel of both sides of the thin blue line, daring them to cross that line as either a cop or racer in order to gain any advantage in the street’s ultimate rivalry. Players decide between two distinct career experiences, each with its own set of high-stakes challenges, rewards, pursuit tech and cars. The intensity of the action is enhanced as a result of AllDrive, a feature that destroys the line between single player, co-op and multiplayer. Through AllDrive, friends are connected to one racing world where their races and chases can collide at any time.
I have not tested shadow.97's games but they are probably good too.

Some screenshots:
Is it worth testing?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on May 24, 2015, 01:18 AM
Yes, it's worth testing, if you have a decent graphic card.
But the game is a bit difficult. I wasn't brave enough to complete the game to have every car, so I found a .sav with all the cars.
There is one more car to unlock I think.
http://www.filedropper.com/12345678_1

A preview with The mclaren P1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3hr39AS2H4
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on June 18, 2015, 03:33 PM
Quote from: Fuj on June 18, 2015, 12:57 AM
I'm playing a game from 1993 (yes, 1993, go ahead and laugh) called Master of Orion. It's a turn based, SF themed strategy game. "The purpose of the game is to lead one of ten races to dominate the galaxy through a combination of diplomacy and conquest while developing technology, exploring and colonizing star systems." I was never a huge fan of strategy games but I dimly remembered this one from a friend's PC when I was a kid and I knew it's still considered one of the top titles of the genre, so I looked it up and found there's a GOG release. When I tried it, I wasn't super impressed. I decided I don't really feel like learning the game and abandoned it. A few days later I was bored and decided to give it another chance. A few hours later I was completely hooked. I can't remember the last time I was so captivated by a game. I played it on Simple (easiest difficulty), which makes it too easy to defeat your opponents, but it's perfect for learning the game when you're a first-time player. Now I'm playing on Average and it's more challenging; you need to calculate your moves from the beginning and not waste turns. And there are lots of random variables in this game so it has a good replay value. Graphics is as what you might expect from a 1993 title, but I don't mind, eyecandy doesn't play a big role in this one. Strategy games age far more gracefully than action titles, that's for sure.

I made a light and portable repack of the game if anyone wants to take a look:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/85ajqmo9woqmmob/Master_of_Orion_1.3.zip

(https://i.ibb.co/mzD5qfK/9zuw5.png)

(https://i.ibb.co/ZfJvNHM/4mt6u55.png)
I never understood how to play this. I got it on Origin I ended up uninstalling it. It reminded me a lot of spore!
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on June 18, 2015, 07:40 PM
QuoteI never understood how to play this. I got it on Origin I ended up uninstalling it. It reminded me a lot of spore!
So did I.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on June 18, 2015, 07:57 PM
If you are interested, here are good roms of neogeo, CPS2 & CPS1.
link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_JBYCVlNKj5uYrCDAk6_hz-0u5TpcLb7

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/be/Final_Fight_gameplay.png)


If you have good roms to add, you can upload them too.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on June 18, 2015, 10:13 PM
there are several versions for the neogeo games and some are not compatible with kawaks... Upload them and I'll look at them.
There are only 12 games in my upload, but all of them are detected and playable. It's obviously compatible with win 7 and 8, it was working on xp too. For information, I downloaded these games 14 years ago, lately I just added the 2 metal slug roms to test them, and updated winkawaks to 1.63...
To be frank, I never play these games, but I keep them somewhere in the computer.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Yoda on July 24, 2015, 12:34 PM
Quote from: Fuj on June 18, 2015, 12:57 AMI'm playing a game from 1993 (yes, 1993, go ahead and laugh) called Master of Orion.
Master of Orion is one of my favorite games ever! I still have it installed in one of my laptops (together with Civilization) and playing occasionally.

Right now I am playing Diablo 3 and Settlers Online
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Yoda on July 24, 2015, 10:42 PM
Quote from: Fuj on July 24, 2015, 05:34 PM
Wargaming acquired the rights to MOO franchise and they announced they're working on a remake.
Thats really good news!

Quote from: Fuj on July 24, 2015, 05:34 PMBtw, have you played Pizza Tycoon?
Yes... The first one only... It was awesome for its age...
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on July 26, 2015, 04:11 AM
@Yoda - I also play Diablo III. I play it for a while almost every night.

@Scarface - Where did you get your copy of Wolfenstein? Do you have to go through a launcher like youdo with Diablo III? Incidentally, does Steam work the same way, i.e., you open an account and download a free launcher, then from there you get your games and start them?

@Scarface - That video you uploaded is just people dancing and a painting talking. What's it got to do with Wolfenstein?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on July 27, 2015, 09:26 PM
Do you remember if you got the "Platinum Edition PC Resource" or another, smaller file? I just want to be sure I get one that actually works.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on September 12, 2015, 09:21 PM
The graphics certainly look pretty nice. And speaking of graphics, when is DX12 due out and/or when are the different games going to start supporting it? NVidia has already said that all cards series 600 and higher (I believe) will work with DX12 - it's just a matter of writing drivers and software.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on September 13, 2015, 09:22 AM
There is one I think: Ashes of singularity alpha version.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on September 16, 2015, 04:45 AM
Does anybody know what the deal is with DX12? Is there any game out there that supports it? Also, if you have a relatively new card that's work with DX12, will the game work in DX12 or have NVidia and AMD not released the updated drivers?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on September 16, 2015, 03:51 PM
Few games are working with dx12 currently, as Vasudev said. It will work if you have a high-end graphic card and windows 10. My own graphic card doesn't support dx12 completely, the geforce 800 series only supporting a few features of dx12.


PS: I'm not seeding win7 lite anymore. Only yoda has been interested. If some want it, send a pm.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on September 16, 2015, 04:08 PM
Quote from: humbert on September 16, 2015, 04:45 AM
Does anybody know what the deal is with DX12? Is there any game out there that supports it? Also, if you have a relatively new card that's work with DX12, will the game work in DX12 or have NVidia and AMD not released the updated drivers?
I've bad news for Humbert, Nvidia does not support ASync shaders which is equivalent to AMD GCN. Without Async Shaders dx12 games run like hell on Nvidia. If you want to play games at HD  res just stick with dx11 games for now.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on September 18, 2015, 03:51 AM
Quote from: Vasudev on September 16, 2015, 04:08 PM
I've bad news for Humbert, Nvidia does not support ASync shaders which is equivalent to AMD GCN. Without Async Shaders dx12 games run like hell on Nvidia. If you want to play games at HD  res just stick with dx11 games for now.

I did a Google search and found that while many NVidia cards do support DX12, for now they're not as good as AMD. I even read someplace that AMD's R9-290 performs better on DX12 than NVidia's GTX-980 Ti. I will bet borrowed money this situation will not last and NVidia will catch up before DX12 goes mainstream. It's not that I'm an NVidia fan, it's that I've seen this sort of thing happen so many times before.

To analogize, 4K is also slowly moving forward. I intend to wait a while before I upgrade my TV's and monitors. In fact, I'd have to check the specs but there are still many devices that don't even support HDMI 2.0.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on September 18, 2015, 10:19 PM
Quote from: humbert on September 18, 2015, 03:51 AM

To analogize, 4K is also slowly moving forward. I intend to wait a while before I upgrade my TV's and monitors. In fact, I'd have to check the specs but there are still many devices that don't even support HDMI 2.0.
You do already have the latest HDTV available in the market, right? Have you heard about Quantum Dot TV, couple that with 4K which would be promising tech I suppose. Samsung's Curved HDTV is very good and you get the feeling you're inside TV.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on September 20, 2015, 01:46 AM
Quote from: Vasudev on September 18, 2015, 10:19 PM
You do already have the latest HDTV available in the market, right? Have you heard about Quantum Dot TV, couple that with 4K which would be promising tech I suppose. Samsung's Curved HDTV is very good and you get the feeling you're inside TV.

As you know 4K is already out. In fact, today I had to go to a store to get something and they had an 80" 4K-TV. The picture is absolutely stunning and the details are incredible. However, I do believe this isn't the time to buy one. Almost all programming is in either 1080p or 1080i, not to mention 4KTV's are notoriously expensive. The one I was looking at sold for $3700. 55" 1080p TV went for as little as $500. Mark my words: 4K pricing WILL come down and more programming will be available. Let's be patient.  :)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on September 23, 2015, 04:04 PM
Quote from: humbert on September 20, 2015, 01:46 AM
Quote from: Vasudev on September 18, 2015, 10:19 PM
You do already have the latest HDTV available in the market, right? Have you heard about Quantum Dot TV, couple that with 4K which would be promising tech I suppose. Samsung's Curved HDTV is very good and you get the feeling you're inside TV.

As you know 4K is already out. In fact, today I had to go to a store to get something and they had an 80" 4K-TV. The picture is absolutely stunning and the details are incredible. However, I do believe this isn't the time to buy one. Almost all programming is in either 1080p or 1080i, not to mention 4KTV's are notoriously expensive. The one I was looking at sold for $3700. 55" 1080p TV went for as little as $500. Mark my words: 4K pricing WILL come down and more programming will be available. Let's be patient.  :)
I didn't understand "programing" part. Are you referring to assembly level code used for targeting chipsets directly say, for example Ras. Pi.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on September 26, 2015, 08:09 PM
Been playing Runescape for about 14 hours lately. Hella relaxing. Had to decrease my monitors refreshrate from 144 to 60 because my eyes got strained.
I live of noodles and milk.
I play durings lessons, breaks and everytime I can.
It's a very afk-able game, so I do a lot of stuff at the same time. That is what allows me to do it during lessons etc. I do still study fully. It just keeps my mind off depressing and anxious subjects.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on September 26, 2015, 08:40 PM
Tonight, I’m going to present the game Metro Last Light, released in 2013. It is one of the best fps of 2013.
The game now takes place in 2034 in Moscow, essentially in the subway but it’s not really the adaptation of the book Metro 2034 by Dmitry Glukhovsky. Indeed, Metro Last Light develops an original story which is a direct continuation of the first game and in which we find Artyom in pursuit of the last dark, a humanoid creature with psychic powers, having escaped the destruction of the nest in 2033. Dark corridors, crowded dormitories stations or an area trapped in the nuclear winter, Artyom will again see a lot of countries throughout his adventure. A journey that will still remain mostly underground but however not redundant. Each place has a meticulous care and an atmosphere and peculiarities of its own; some sets are breathtaking. It welcomes back the heavy and filthy atmosphere which gave the game its first interest.

The feeling of being an isolated prey in a hostile place or, conversely, being choked by overpopulation of the last bastions of humanity is perfectly rendered by effective staging and particularly flattering graphics rendering on PC. If some details are a bit out of place (eg sparse vegetation or certain textures), the title is based on the effects of lights and a controlled artistic direction. Despair literally oozes across the screen but also in all the little details of the background. From dialogues between the fighters to individual micro dramas through many references to the historical background of Russia (Stalinist communism, corruption), each element of Metro Last Light seems to naturally articulate with others to offer us a especially rich and coherent universe.
We have seen that humbert was pretty demanding concerning games, and despite the interesting story I don’t know if this game would match his expectations. Obviously, this game does not support dx12.

This game is only suitable for those 18 and over.
Here are a few screenshots. Warning: the ones deemed unsuitable will require you to click if you want to see the picture.

(https://i.ibb.co/3yPRbNf/423936-Metro-LL2015092222240891.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/zG2vCPq/972034-Metro-LL2015092222384271.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/YX5ZRzG/749260-Metro-LL2015092222424855.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/mB6VRgp/672389-Metro-LL2015092223040596.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on September 30, 2015, 11:36 AM
I gave the game psycho pinball made by Fuj to sb who was eager to play pinball.
http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg18638#msg18638
Let's thank Fuj for his work.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on November 30, 2015, 02:51 PM
Great that comrade scarface doesn't forget about this topic!
I read Glukhovsky's "Metro 2033" novel when it wasn't yet printed (it was published freely at site of author, before he decide to print it). I don't played the game yet, but I will - I want to add it to my "post-apocalyptic" collection with Fallout series and new Mad Max game.

I can tell you about other game, game which seemed to me absolutely CRAZY! ;D

It is FACTORIO.
http://www.factorio.com/ (http://www.factorio.com/)
Factorio is a game in which you build and maintain factories. Looks pretty simple and boring, huh? Oh, no, you don't even imagine, what you will face in a game! You are colonist from Earth, arrived to far, unknown planet. You have some tools, knowledges and a goal to build a support for a new colony for people of Earth. And you begin to build an infrastructure.

You build a mine, an ovens, dig coal and iron, build electric generators, belt transporters, robots, optimize production rate, research new technologies... The game is highly addictive - I started it at the end of Friday... And stop it at end of Sunday, when my friend call me and said that I'm idiot and forgot to bring him one important thing for our project.
I tell him about FACTORIO... And he himself lost there for three days.
The game has hidden philosophical meaning - when you achieve main goals of the game (create infrastructure and build and launch the rocket with transmitter, which send signal about new colony to Earth), you stay alone in poisoned, toxic wasteland, covered with concrete, transporter belts, pipes and robots, in the center of giant factory, which works by itself without your control, and you, as a slave, only supports it and repairs it.
It makes you wonder.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on November 30, 2015, 08:31 PM
I'm happy to see that Daniil is back on the forum. He always has interesting things to say.
If you play fallout 4, you can try to do a review. That's the game I wanted to test, but I don't feel like it.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on December 02, 2015, 03:44 AM
I suppose the only bad thing about Daniil is he can't log in more frequently. :(  He is an asset to our forum.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on December 16, 2015, 09:30 AM
Quote from: scarface on November 30, 2015, 08:31 PM
I'm happy to see that Daniil is back on the forum. He always has interesting things to say.
If you play fallout 4, you can try to do a review. That's the game I wanted to test, but I don't feel like it.
Thank you, comrade. When I download Fallout4, I'll for sure post here a small review.

But now let's talk about another very good game - "Carnivores: Dinosaur hunter reborn".
The main idea of the game is very simple:
1) All of us likes to kill. ;D
2) Also, all of us likes dinosaurs.
3) So, let's kill some dinosaurs! 8)

This game is a remake (or a next part) of game "Carnivores-2", which was made at year 1998 (? I'm not sure) by small Ukrainian game development studio. I liked that game very much, even despite it was hardcore and unbalanced like hell.
"Carnivores-2" was a hunting simulator, where you can hunt herbivorous and carnivorous dinosaurs on a wide islands covered with forest. It had very beautiful graphics (for y. 1998), bad, flat sound, and was absolutely frightening and horrible, because it was not clean, who is the prey (i.e., it was difficult to understand, you hunting dinosaurs or dinosaurs hunting you). On the maps besides dinosaurs, you select to hunt, was unmarked dinosaurs, mostly carnivorous... And they was very hungry!

Today that studio was re-organized, and they made a next part of "Carnivores". Graphics becomes truly fascinating - they use modern engine (probably Havoc). Sound is also good - you can determine, where is a carnivore, which hunting you, and that gives you a miserable chance to hit it. They also add a correct "radar" - a device which you can achieve inside a game, which shows positions of any big dinosaurs on map. It is good countermeasure against sence of smell of dinosaurs. Unexpected carnivores on the map also exists, and they are more intelligent than before. There is only 3 types of weapons - "elephant" rifle, big crossbow, sniper rifle. (But more weapons is not required!)
So, if you tired of modern city life, you can plunge into the primal and hunt some dinos in this game.

Video from the game (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ1_ogs5bJw)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on December 16, 2015, 10:04 AM
Unlike wolfenstein new order, codaw, or metro last light, I didnt find fallout 4 interesting. In this game, a nuclear bomb is exploding, and then you are playing as a woman, only wearing panties, and wandering amidst the rubble. I stopped playing after one hour.
clearly, dont waste your time with this one, instead, you could review call of duty black ops3, I didnt play it, but it may be better.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on March 08, 2016, 07:36 PM
Here are a few photos of a good game, the sequel of Metro Last light.
Like its predecessor, Metro 2033 redux takes place deep into the tunnels of Moscow's Metro. The world above is terrifying, but the sad truth is it's not much worse than life below.
In Metro redux, there are improved graphics and a new gameplay as well as totally different sequences.
Subtlety is what makes Metro 2033 and Last Light such exceptionally immersive games. They nail the core tenets of a shooter, then force you to react to enemies in ways outside of simply taking cover.

(https://i.ibb.co/jw95R6F/Metro2033-Redux.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/CMqy9vm/metro-redux-screenshot-6-1920x1080.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/K9FBS20/Metro-Redux-20140831153517.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/1LtNsjZ/metro-redux-preview-3jpg-dcfff1.jpg)


Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on June 06, 2016, 05:58 AM
How many of these games support DX12? I bought myself a 4K monitor and NVidia GXT-970 video card so I was wondering. My favorite game (Diablo III) has no DX12 but it does support 3840x2160 @ 60 FPS. It looks absolutely stunning on my new system.

BTW - I do not have plenty of money. I have good credit. :)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on June 06, 2016, 07:05 PM
Quote from: humbert on June 06, 2016, 05:58 AM
How many of these games support DX12? I bought myself a 4K monitor and NVidia GXT-970 video card so I was wondering. My favorite game (Diablo III) has no DX12 but it does support 3840x2160 @ 60 FPS. It looks absolutely stunning on my new system.

BTW - I do not have plenty of money. I have good credit. :)
When did you ditch 660 SLIs? Planning to buy Pascal GPUs in near future? Hitman Absolution, Far cry primal uses dx12.
Do you own a bank yourself?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on June 08, 2016, 05:48 PM
Quote from: Vasudev on June 06, 2016, 07:05 PM
When did you ditch 660 SLIs? Planning to buy Pascal GPUs in near future? Hitman Absolution, Far cry primal uses dx12.

I put the 2 old cards away. I'm not familiar with Pascal GPU. Let me check and see what games I get.

Quote from: Vasudev link=topic=833.msg26726#msg26726 date=14652
Do you own a bank yourself?
/quote]

I wish! Here credit isn't too hard to get. Naturally if you take care of your credit the way I do, it's much easier when you buy stuff.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on June 09, 2016, 06:40 PM
Quote from: humbert on June 08, 2016, 05:48 PM
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I wish! Here credit isn't too hard to get. Naturally if you take care of your credit the way I do, it's much easier when you buy stuff.
I wish! I could get the same facility here too.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on June 14, 2016, 07:55 PM
Quote from: Vasudev on June 09, 2016, 06:40 PM
I wish! I could get the same facility here too.

How hard is it to get credit in India?

When I've traveled outside the USA, some of the reasons I've found is (1) lack of economic solvency by the borrowers, (2) many people who don't pay their bills, (3) the high rate of inflation for that country's currency. Is this what happens in India?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on June 17, 2016, 05:43 PM
Quote from: humbert on June 14, 2016, 07:55 PM
Quote from: Vasudev on June 09, 2016, 06:40 PM
I wish! I could get the same facility here too.

How hard is it to get credit in India?

When I've traveled outside the USA, some of the reasons I've found is (1) lack of economic solvency by the borrowers, (2) many people who don't pay their bills, (3) the high rate of inflation for that country's currency. Is this what happens in India?
You said it. Unless you're Vijay Mallya(I hope he has enough credits to pay his phone bills!) or Ambani's you're not getting a credit card from banks.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on June 27, 2016, 06:45 AM
what games are available in 4K and/or DX-12? Is there a reliable link with this information?

With my new monitor/video card combo I'm running Diablo III a 3840x2160 @60FPS. It looks incredible! Maybe there are other games that support this.

Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on June 27, 2016, 05:29 PM
Quote from: humbert on June 27, 2016, 06:45 AM
what games are available in 4K and/or DX-12? Is there a reliable link with this information?

With my new monitor/video card combo I'm running Diablo III a 3840x2160 @60FPS. It looks incredible! Maybe there are other games that support this.
Probably all games of 2015 and 2016 incl. Witcher 3, Watch dogs, sleeping dogs definitive edition, AOTS benchmark etc
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on June 29, 2016, 03:32 PM
Quote from: humbert on June 27, 2016, 06:45 AM
what games are available in 4K and/or DX-12? Is there a reliable link with this information?

With my new monitor/video card combo I'm running Diablo III a 3840x2160 @60FPS. It looks incredible! Maybe there are other games that support this.
You should put a 660 as a slave card to calc PhysX
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on July 01, 2016, 03:12 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on June 29, 2016, 03:32 PM
You should put a 660 as a slave card to calc PhysX

I'm not too clear how that arrangement works. According to Nvidia, you cannot connect or more cards in SLI unless they have the same GPU and the same amount of RAM. I'm thinking this might not SLI. Can you install 2 card without SLI and have the 2 GPU's perform some sort of parallel processing?

Another benefit of using a single GTX-970 coupled with a Core i7-4770K is less power usage. The case no longer blows hot air when I play my game. Also, my 550VA UPS doesn't kick out when running the system at full load.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on July 01, 2016, 04:10 PM
Quote from: humbert on July 01, 2016, 03:12 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on June 29, 2016, 03:32 PM
You should put a 660 as a slave card to calc PhysX

I'm not too clear how that arrangement works. According to Nvidia, you cannot connect or more cards in SLI unless they have the same GPU and the same amount of RAM. I'm thinking this might not SLI. Can you install 2 card without SLI and have the 2 GPU's perform some sort of parallel processing?

Another benefit of using a single GTX-970 coupled with a Core i7-4770K is less power usage. The case no longer blows hot air when I play my game. Also, my 550VA UPS doesn't kick out when running the system at full load.
Not sure if it requires a SLI bridge, but well basically, go into the Nvidia control panel -> Set 3d Preferences -> Set PhysX Configuration, and select the older card to calc physx.
(https://i.gyazo.com/a88267df407380ce9b710b13945f7f55.png)
Will most likely not look the same for you, because I'm running my Intel cpu as gfx card at the moment because I'm not having any games up
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on July 04, 2016, 04:14 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on July 01, 2016, 04:10 PM
Not sure if it requires a SLI bridge, but well basically, go into the Nvidia control panel -> Set 3d Preferences -> Set PhysX Configuration, and select the older card to calc physx.
Will most likely not look the same for you, because I'm running my Intel cpu as gfx card at the moment because I'm not having any games up

Did you ever run this test yourself? I'm asking because, as I recall, the first time I ran 2 video cards instead of 1, even before booting up I got a warning message that no SLI bridge was connected. In my case an SLI bridge is out of the question, Nvidia says a GTX-970 and GTX-660 won't mix.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on July 04, 2016, 11:27 PM
Quote from: humbert on July 04, 2016, 04:14 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on July 01, 2016, 04:10 PM
Not sure if it requires a SLI bridge, but well basically, go into the Nvidia control panel -> Set 3d Preferences -> Set PhysX Configuration, and select the older card to calc physx.
Will most likely not look the same for you, because I'm running my Intel cpu as gfx card at the moment because I'm not having any games up

Did you ever run this test yourself? I'm asking because, as I recall, the first time I ran 2 video cards instead of 1, even before booting up I got a warning message that no SLI bridge was connected. In my case an SLI bridge is out of the question, Nvidia says a GTX-970 and GTX-660 won't mix.
No, but according to several causes you can use a seperate gpu as physx.  How come an SLI cable is out of question?
http://www.volnapc.com/all-posts/how-much-difference-does-a-dedicated-physx-card-make
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/how-to-install-and-configure-a-dedicated-physx-video-card/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbww3dhzK0M - Linus tech tips. This is not the case for you though, because you have a much better card you would use for physx.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on July 06, 2016, 04:46 AM
Regarding the use of a 2nd video card for PhysX, of all the links the video is most informative. For starters, there is no need for SLI. With my setup SLI is not possible. According to NVidia SLI will work only if both cards have the same GPU and the same amount of RAM. The GTX-970 has a GM-204-200 with 4GB RAM, the GTX-660 has GK-106-400 with 2GB RAM i.e., they're SLI incompatible.

Another important observation in the video is that when the guy ran the GTX-580 with the old GT-6600, PhysX ran slower because the old card was a bottleneck. I his case only by running a GTX-550Ti or higher could it be faster. I'm assuming this precisely my situation. The GTX-970 is much faster than the GTX-660 which would create a bottleneck. Add to this that the GTX-660 is a power hog and runs very hot under load. The GTX-970 is much more efficient and runs very cool. Reinstalled the 550VA PSU with no problem.

I might add that D3 is a heavy PhysX game and even gives you the option to disable it in its configuration (for those with slower cards). I have PhysX enable with everything set to maximum and the game runs great, extremely realistic - and this is at 3840x2160 60FPS!
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on July 06, 2016, 04:49 AM
Quote from: humbert on July 06, 2016, 04:46 AM
Regarding the use of a 2nd video card for PhysX, of all the links the video is most informative. For starters, there is no need for SLI. With my setup SLI is not possible. According to NVidia SLI will work only if both cards have the same GPU and the same amount of RAM. The GTX-970 has a GM-204-200 with 4GB RAM, the GTX-660 has GK-106-400 with 2GB RAM i.e., they're SLI incompatible.

Another important observation in the video is that when the guy ran the GTX-580 with the old GT-6600, PhysX ran slower because the old card was a bottleneck. I his case only by running a GTX-550Ti or higher could it be faster. I'm assuming this precisely my situation. The GTX-970 is much faster than the GTX-660 which would create a bottleneck. Add to this that the GTX-660 is a power hog and runs very hot under load. The GTX-970 is much more efficient and runs very cool. Reinstalled the 550VA PSU with no problem.

I might add that D3 is a heavy PhysX game and even gives you the option to disable it in its configuration (for those with slower cards). I have PhysX enable with everything set to maximum and the game runs great, extremely realistic - and this is at 3840x2160 60FPS!
Doesnt hurt to try though :b
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on July 06, 2016, 04:55 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on July 06, 2016, 04:49 AM
Doesnt hurt to try though :b

I guess running a test never hurts :)

What are you doing awake at this ungodly hour? According to several weather sites it's raining over there. Go to sleep!  :) ;)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on July 06, 2016, 05:09 AM
Quote from: humbert on July 06, 2016, 04:55 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on July 06, 2016, 04:49 AM
Doesnt hurt to try though :b

I guess running a test never hurts :)

What are you doing awake at this ungodly hour? According to several weather sites it's raining over there. Go to sleep!  :) ;)
Been feeling really down lately. Family is stressing me out, so its honestly just a way to avoid the family.
It's been raining heavy rain drops (like, small amounts, but loud big drops)
Been really nice weather without heat the last days. Its much better than having to sweat and feel miserable haha!
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on July 08, 2016, 05:48 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on July 06, 2016, 05:09 AM
Been feeling really down lately. Family is stressing me out, so its honestly just a way to avoid the family.
It's been raining heavy rain drops (like, small amounts, but loud big drops)
Been really nice weather without heat the last days. Its much better than having to sweat and feel miserable haha!

Is it so bad that it keeps you awake at night?

I'm also a heat hater. Sadly here during summer it's from 35° to 40°C every day. In the morning about 26°-28°C (the lowest during these months). My electric bill is though the roof, the A/C is on almost all the time.  :(
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on July 08, 2016, 07:51 PM
Quote from: humbert on July 08, 2016, 05:48 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on July 06, 2016, 05:09 AM
Been feeling really down lately. Family is stressing me out, so its honestly just a way to avoid the family.
It's been raining heavy rain drops (like, small amounts, but loud big drops)
Been really nice weather without heat the last days. Its much better than having to sweat and feel miserable haha!

Is it so bad that it keeps you awake at night?

I'm also a heat hater. Sadly here during summer it's from 35° to 40°C every day. In the morning about 26°-28°C (the lowest during these months). My electric bill is though the roof, the A/C is on almost all the time.  :(
Yes, it keeps me awake alot ^^

Anyway, have you invested in solar?
If you have a basement, try spending time there, the below-ground will automatically cool it down. Thats what I do.. :b
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on July 11, 2016, 05:24 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on July 08, 2016, 07:51 PM
Anyway, have you invested in solar?

I've looked at that and it's not viable. The cost of installing 5kW panels is about $10,000 or more - I will take maybe 20-30 years to pay it off with electric power savings. Chances are I won't be around 30 years from now.

Quote from: Shadow.97 on July 08, 2016, 07:51 PM
If you have a basement, try spending time there, the below-ground will automatically cool it down. Thats what I do.. :b

No basement. The house is built on a concrete slab. Come to think of it, one thing I've observed is that there are rarely any basements in places where is doesn't snow. It seems the further north you go, the more basements you see.

Have you ever been to a place with a tropical climate?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on July 13, 2016, 08:32 PM
Quote from: humbert on July 11, 2016, 05:24 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on July 08, 2016, 07:51 PM
Anyway, have you invested in solar?

I've looked at that and it's not viable. The cost of installing 5kW panels is about $10,000 or more - I will take maybe 20-30 years to pay it off with electric power savings. Chances are I won't be around 30 years from now.

Quote from: Shadow.97 on July 08, 2016, 07:51 PM
If you have a basement, try spending time there, the below-ground will automatically cool it down. Thats what I do.. :b
No basement. The house is built on a concrete slab. Come to think of it, one thing I've observed is that there are rarely any basements in places where is doesn't snow. It seems the further north you go, the more basements you see.

Have you ever been to a place with a tropical climate?
Uh.. Crete, and islands to the west of Morocco.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on July 14, 2016, 05:09 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on July 13, 2016, 08:32 PM
Uh.. Crete, and islands to the west of Morocco.

Crete's not exactly tropical, although it can certainly warm up there during the summer months. With respect to the islands west of Morocco, I assume you mean Spain's Canary Islands. I believe they have a sub-tropical climate. :)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on July 17, 2016, 03:08 PM
Quote from: humbert on July 14, 2016, 05:09 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on July 13, 2016, 08:32 PM
Uh.. Crete, and islands to the west of Morocco.

Crete's not exactly tropical, although it can certainly warm up there during the summer months. With respect to the islands west of Morocco, I assume you mean Spain's Canary Islands. I believe they have a sub-tropical climate. :)
Haha Yes. You're correct. But for me, these are tropical places. ^^
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: anilrajj71 on October 03, 2016, 04:06 PM
Counter strike and also love playing crysis 3
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on October 04, 2016, 08:25 PM
Welcome to the forum anilrajj71.
These are good games indeed. I never played counter strike, but I finished Crysis 3 a few months ago.

I made some research and found out you were from India (with such a nickname that's what I was expecting). Well, don't hesitate to give us photos of your town or talk about your hobbies on the forum.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on October 15, 2016, 01:28 PM
Today, I'm going to present the game Battlefield 3, released in 2011.
This game has astonishing graphics and an excellent single player campaign.

Here are a few shots:
In NY
(https://i.ibb.co/93qD47F/499463481.jpg)

In Iran
(https://i.ibb.co/2dVXx5L/673006776.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/TPpnwWm/1786972412.jpg)

In Paris
(https://i.ibb.co/qgpnJ3F/2397461915.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/Qkr4rXw/6193045214.jpg)


Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on October 16, 2016, 11:44 PM
Quote from: scarface on October 15, 2016, 01:28 PM
Today, I'm going to present the game Battlefield 3, released in 2011.
This game has astonishing graphics and an excellent single player campaign.

Here are a few shots:
BF3 is a game I hold close to my heart, I have around 300-400 hours ingame of it. It's a fantastic shooter, however the developers gave up on balancing it, and instead released BF4 which is more balanced but not as good air maps.
The game is one of my alltime favorites. I would buy BF1 but I just dont feel like it at the moment.

Scarface, do you like games such as Fallout 4, or perhaps Starcraft2 ? I didn't like fallout 4, it's not my type of game. However Starcraft 2 is fantastic, especially the HotS campaign. (But I'd recommend playing them in order..) I'm currently in the LOTV campaign, but I'm having a pause from it. Since you have a car, do you like driving games? I'd strongly recommend Dirt 3 if you want a casual racinggame, or Dirt if you want to go hardcore.. :p It's a stunningly beautiful game and you'll have to grind to get any progress at all.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on October 17, 2016, 12:13 PM
I'm currently testing Grid 2.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on October 18, 2016, 03:53 AM
Not that it has anything to do with this topic, but I'm responding to your sig. Scarface or Vasudev: you may move this post to another topic as you see fit. I'm just too lazy to do it myself :)

In any case, regarding please check out my speeds as monitored by testmy and speednet:

(https://i.ibb.co/c6cmGCD/544721speedtest.png)

These tests were done one after another on separate tabs. Notice how horribly inaccurate testmy is! They were off by a full 200+ mbps! This is inexcusable!

As much as you may hate flash, there is no point in using testmy.

Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on October 19, 2016, 01:51 AM
Quote from: humbert on October 18, 2016, 03:53 AM
In any case, regarding please check out my speeds as monitored by testmy and speednet:
(http://i.imgur.com/NjYXRUM.jpg) I was looking at the Performance -> WiFi tab on windows, and it reported speeds of around 150~mbit down. However, the testmy.net did not reflect this in the result. I've never reached any "reasonable speeds" on testmy.net.
(http://i.imgur.com/jVpv5Ba.jpg)
However, speedtest reflects my speed with around 4~mbit loss (if you compare it to the WiFi adapters tab in the Task Manager.

Perhaps its more correct on lower speed connections..? What do I know.. I don't have a low speed connection available..  ::)

The best way that I've used to test the internets connection is to rent a server from i.e amazon for 1 hour, and do an actual upload of a larger sized file, and also a download of it.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on October 20, 2016, 07:32 PM

(http://www.speedtest.net/result/5731196739.png) (http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/5731196739)

Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on October 20, 2016, 07:40 PM
Quote from: Vasudev on October 20, 2016, 07:32 PM
Testmy results for Singapore Server.
http://testmy.net/Svb6WXeKu.6cpPOF9JH.png

(http://www.speedtest.net/result/5731196739.png) (http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/5731196739)
For me, TestMy gives precise results and speedtest speeds are given by MTS based on best ping which is little hard to believe for me, since my speeds are inconsistent.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on October 21, 2016, 01:38 AM
to Vasudev: at least you don't mind showing you have quite a low connection speed. Besides me, humbert and shadow.97, few users without fiber-optic connection have already showed their speed tests. Most probably we are hardly representative of the forum. Actually those who are "geeks" often have good connections, and those who have slow speeds don't care about it. Well, in fact you have a internet speed close to the one of my father who is living in a rural area (not in Bangalore, India)- and who is paying practically the same as I pay, but he doesn't really care.

(http://www.speedtest.net/result/5732015546.png)


Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: jacobcarl on October 21, 2016, 08:48 AM
Hi. now i am playing GTA V game really interesting. Anyone tried this game ?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on October 21, 2016, 06:59 PM
Quote from: scarface on October 21, 2016, 01:38 AM
to Vasudev: at least you don't mind showing you have quite a low connection speed. Besides me, humbert and shadow.97, few users without fiber-optic connection have already showed their speed tests. Most probably we are hardly representative of the forum. Actually those who are "geeks" often have good connections, and those who have slow speeds don't care about it. Well, in fact you have a internet speed close to the one of my father who is living in a rural area (not in Bangalore, India)- and who is paying practically the same as I pay, but he doesn't really care.

(http://www.speedtest.net/result/5732015546.png)




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xPcFyNpFJY
@scarface: So, Humb, you, shadow97, Danil aren't on FTTH and getting these speeds? Today at my college, we got an amped up data limit to 4GB( from 512 megs and <50KBps speed limit) and 30MB down and 100MB upspeeds and I had to download some updates and drivers and finished the whole thing in under an hour. I missed my Visual Studio IDE download when my data limit was reached.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on October 21, 2016, 11:45 PM
Quote from: jacobcarl on October 21, 2016, 08:48 AM
Hi. now i am playing GTA V game really interesting. Anyone tried this game ?
I played this quite a bit. Last played 2 days ago with a friend online. I have 170 hours on record :)

Quote from: Vasudev on October 21, 2016, 06:59 PM
Quote from: scarface on October 21, 2016, 01:38 AM
@scarface: So, Humb, you, shadow97, Danil aren't on FTTH and getting these speeds? Today at my college, we got an amped up data limit to 4GB( from 512 megs and <50KBps speed limit) and 30MB down and 100MB upspeeds and I had to download some updates and drivers and finished the whole thing in under an hour. I missed my Visual Studio IDE download when my data limit was reached.
I am not entirely sure if I currently have FTTH. I do believe I have, because Sweden has done massive investment in FTTH. I am very certain I have Fiber to a very very close point anyhow. Becuase I currently live in an appartment, they could have pulled fibre cables to a box right outside the appartments, and then pulled copper the last bit without huge speed/ping losses.
My parents house down south has FTTH.
About mobile deals. I paid around 16 USD for 20GB data, with a speed of around 40-80Mbit depending on the area. Ofcourse, within 4g range. Although sweden has really good 4g/3g coverage.
I changed my deal though, because I've started doing calls.. (Mainly telephone queues ripping me off) I used to pay around 1/10th of a dollar per minute. Now I pay around 25$ for infinite calls, text(including image texts) and 20gb data.
I use around 7GB each month with normal usage. (Videos, maybe a few pdf's, forgetting to turn on Wifi and such)
I'd be fine on 5GB, but I like having the freedom of not caring if i forget my 4g on. It's also nice knowing that if I want to, I can connect my pc anywhere(Because I got extra simcards that use the cellular data, and I have it in a 4G dongle).
It works superb.

It's facinating though, today alot of the web was down. (because of Dyn). This is why we need local backups. My friend had a local DNS that he allowed me to use to look up IP's. I was rescued.  ::) But still, exams in a week and the schools webpage for login was down. Meaning, no internet at school and also no network for a majority of pages at home. I ended up doing around 3 hours studies and then play some Counterstrike and League of legends with friends. Yesterday, it was 3 months since my last game in League of legends. I really don't like that game anymore, they havnt stepped up to the competition.

TALKING ABOUT GAMES!
Macs. Macs cant game? Right?
They do play games, but most of them can be run just as well under Ubuntu.
I recently traded an old laptop(I dont remember if I told the forum about this) for a macbook pro mid 2010.
The harddrive started clicking after around 2 days of usage. So I replaced it with a preowned ssd for 20$.
The laptop starts fast now, and so does it shutting down. But there is no noticable gain inside of the OS.
Opening apps, such as Firefox, safari or texteditors are not noticably faster. Perhaps its because of the ssd's age.
I don't know. I dont care, I just didnt want a laptop with a dying harddrive.

Things I hate so far:
The keyboard layout is not the same as on Windows. (fn, ctrl, alt, option etc. are in the wrong location.)
No option to allow the pc to keep running with a closed lid. You'll have to download an application online to do that.
To connect remotely through Mac OSX's native remote desktop on a windows machine, you'll have to use VNC. The password will be sent encrypted, but not the session itself. Security flaww!
You can not disable mouse acceleration(Perhaps you can with a 3rd party app but... Yeah..)
The 2010 model does not allow 1333mhz ram, it causes Bios Panic. You'll have to have atleast one stick of 1033mhz ram. This means, that I have to run the laptop with 5GB ram. (Instead of normal 2gb). I've hit 3.5 gb 2 times so far.

What I love:
It's alot like Ubuntu visually.
Somehow it feels unusually smooth.
It's hard to mess up some critical component by accident.
I find it easier to understand what the functions do. (In the settings panel)
Installing apps. Wow, no clicking Next, Next, accept, Next Install. Yeah..

In 10 years I'll be running linux as primary OS.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on October 24, 2016, 06:23 PM
I know its a little off-topic, but this is important.  Does anybody has an idea on how to mantain co-existenance of different OpenCL ICD on Ubuntu,  I'm unsuccessful with intel OpenCL and NV CUDA to get working together. Tried every methods, but no success. So, I'm thinking of trying it on W10. Currently, downloading VS 2015, so far only 1.5GB download since 4-5hrs. Bad connection and bad timing.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on October 25, 2016, 04:59 AM
Briefly going back to the subject of speeds.

Vasudev -> Clearly testmy.net is only useful if you're stuck with very low bandwidth, which is your case. As you can see for yourself, when you've got fiber testmy.net is all but useless. The massive differences you saw are inexcusable. These people need to modernize their service fast, every day that passes you'll see more and more fiber.

I'm assuming FTTH means "fiber to the house". This isn't exactly my case. There's fiber to the node, and from there it's a coaxial cable to the modem. Google is in the process of constructing an all-fiber system here.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on October 26, 2016, 06:48 AM
Quote from: humbert on October 25, 2016, 04:59 AM
Briefly going back to the subject of speeds.

Vasudev -> Clearly testmy.net is only useful if you're stuck with very low bandwidth, which is your case. As you can see for yourself, when you've got fiber testmy.net is all but useless. The massive differences you saw are inexcusable. These people need to modernize their service fast, every day that passes you'll see more and more fiber.

I'm assuming FTTH means "fiber to the house". This isn't exactly my case. There's fiber to the node, and from there it's a coaxial cable to the modem. Google is in the process of constructing an all-fiber system here.
FTTH= Fiber to the Home, so very close!
Personally, Fiber to the node, then Coaxial or other method to the house is my currently prefered method because it's cheaper per meter. The disadvantage is that houses far from the node will suffer from worse response times.

In games, speed does matter, but not alot. on a 1.5Mbit down 0.5 mbit connection you will be able to play alot of games. I can't come up with a game on the spot that requires higher speeds, unless you're the lobby host.
If you play over 4G networks, you'll likely see response times from 30, to 100ms. Most often these will have jitter. The jitter will cause issues in games that you play online.
A while ago when I was searching for a place to live, I stayed at a hotel with horrible wifi. (connection drops, too many users on one network) 4G was the only option. I got speeds from 10mbit to around 30. It depended on the time and wheather. I played some Counterstrike (Global Offensive). It theoretically worked, but in practice the bullet registration was a mess. It was very hard to hit any bullets. Enemies popping up from behind walls and instantly killing you, before you get to see them. (Note, I'm used to 5MS ping in CSGO.) I've played alot on American servers (Westcoast 230ms~). I'd say that the 4g network brings around the same disadvantage as 230ms ping. Just because of the heavy jitter. When I play on the north east US server (Sterling) I do notice that there is some lag, but it is playable and enjoyable.
Here's a server map for Counterstrike's servers. I am quite sure that GTA5 uses the same servers. Or atleast the same IP ranges.
(http://i.imgur.com/4RB2Khy.jpg)

For the average internet user, FTTH is a waste of money. Except for computer geeks and gamers(and some others ofcourse...) 50/10Mbit is sufficient with a responsetime of 20ms to the closest node.
I was thinking some a few days ago, i saw that some US company has datacaps on Fiber. It got me thinking. I would hate a cap on download, but I could accept a cap on upload. That could be used to prevent DDoS, seedboxes etc.
I got around 400GB uploaded data the last month. A cap on 100GB would get me on my knees. But the average Joe would not notice such a cap.

Talking about Battlefield 3 & 4. I definately agree with Scarface. Battlefield 3 has something that brings spirit to the game that Battlefield 4 is missing. I would buy Battlefield 1. But it's a damn ripoff to get the full version with the future DLCs.

If you want to try a game that is alot like Sims, but for computers.. I would really suggest Software inc. It is quite cheap on Steam. It's currently in Alpha but is very playable. You are the CEO of a company, and you make the company grow. (or shrink) You build the buildings, and make people make software for you!

Fun fact, I currently have these games installed on my computer:
League of Legends
Minecraft
Battlefield 2
Battlefield 3
Battlefield 4
Overwatch
Starcraft 2(Triology)
Counterstrike 1.6
Counterstrike Global Offensive
Dirt Rally
Dirt 3
Fallout 4
Software inc.
Minesweeper(XP Edition)
Runescape
Grand theft Auto 5
Spyro Year of the Dragon (PS1 emulator)

That said. These are all decent/good games.

I hope you're all doing good. University is stressing me out, and I have my final exam this Friday.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on October 26, 2016, 07:55 PM
Quote from: humbert on October 25, 2016, 04:59 AM

I'm assuming FTTH means "fiber to the house". This isn't exactly my case. There's fiber to the node, and from there it's a coaxial cable to the modem. Google is in the process of constructing an all-fiber system here.
They're marketing terms, but pure fiber cables are costly and infrastructure is complex. To be precise FTTB/C is the correct one.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on October 27, 2016, 05:15 AM
@Shadow -> If all you do is play games and download a large file every now and then, clearly anything over 100 Mbps is overkill unless there is no other way to get good ping times. This isn't my case. I have had at the same time 10 large torrents downloading, 2 TV's streaming 4K video, and other 20 clients on my router doing all sorts of other things. In a month I usually bring down 400 to 500GB of data.

@Vasudev -> FTTH might be costly, be here in the USA 2 companies (Google and AT&T) are installing it meter by meter. Hopefully one of the 2 companies will reach my neighborhood in the coming year. I recently visited a friend in Mexico. Her apartment already has it. I looked at the modem which said "optical" and the company's cable to the modem is a thin cable with a piece of glass at the end where the connector is.

Bottom line - this is the future.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on October 27, 2016, 07:54 PM
Quote from: humbert on October 27, 2016, 05:15 AM
@Shadow -> If all you do is play games and download a large file every now and then, clearly anything over 100 Mbps is overkill unless there is no other way to get good ping times. This isn't my case. I have had at the same time 10 large torrents downloading, 2 TV's streaming 4K video, and other 20 clients on my router doing all sorts of other things. In a month I usually bring down 400 to 500GB of data.

@Vasudev -> FTTH might be costly, be here in the USA 2 companies (Google and AT&T) are installing it meter by meter. Hopefully one of the 2 companies will reach my neighborhood in the coming year. I recently visited a friend in Mexico. Her apartment already has it. I looked at the modem which said "optical" and the company's cable to the modem is a thin cable with a piece of glass at the end where the connector is.

Bottom line - this is the future.
@humb: How many people are there in your house? 20 clients??? At my place, 4 clients connected to the dongle gives sluggish speeds. Do you still get access to torrents, I was unsuccessful till very end in finding some torrents in TPB.
Recently, my classmate is studying in the US, IIRC he's in Georgia using VZW with 1Gbps downlink & 100-200Megs uplink.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on October 28, 2016, 05:34 AM
Quote from: Vasudev on October 27, 2016, 07:54 PM
@humb: How many people are there in your house? 20 clients??? At my place, 4 clients connected to the dongle gives sluggish speeds. Do you still get access to torrents, I was unsuccessful till very end in finding some torrents in TPB.

This is not an exaggeration. Currently the following devices are connected to my router:

1) My desktop
2) My phone
3) My tablet
4) My lady's desktop
5) Her phone
6) Her laptop
7, 8, 9) Roku streamers - 3 of them
10, 11) Smart TV (2 of them)
12) Xbox belonging to a family member here temporarily

There are times when family visits for a day or so. All those people have phones, tablets and/or laptops, and they always ask me to put their devices on the network. This is in addition to what's already on there.

To deal with the load I have a Netgear CM500 cable modem. This is connected to an Asus AC-3200 router, which is heavy duty. You already know my speeds.

Regarding torrents, don't search the Pirate Bay. Download and install Torrent Rover (Google for the link). It's excellent, you'll find just about anything.

Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on October 28, 2016, 12:52 PM
Quote from: humbert on October 28, 2016, 05:34 AM
Quote from: Vasudev on October 27, 2016, 07:54 PM
@humb: How many people are there in your house? 20 clients??? At my place, 4 clients connected to the dongle gives sluggish speeds. Do you still get access to torrents, I was unsuccessful till very end in finding some torrents in TPB.

This is not an exaggeration. Currently the following devices are connected to my router:

1) My desktop
2) My phone
3) My tablet
4) My lady's desktop
5) Her phone
6) Her laptop
7, 8, 9) Roku streamers - 3 of them
10, 11) Smart TV (2 of them)
12) Xbox belonging to a family member here temporarily

There are times when family visits for a day or so. All those people have phones, tablets and/or laptops, and they always ask me to put their devices on the network. This is in addition to what's already on there.

To deal with the load I have a Netgear CM500 cable modem. This is connected to an Asus AC-3200 router, which is heavy duty. You already know my speeds.

Regarding torrents, don't search the Pirate Bay. Download and install Torrent Rover (Google for the link). It's excellent, you'll find just about anything.
I'll try Torrent Rover in windows.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on February 01, 2017, 10:53 AM
@scarface: Do you buy the games after testing?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on February 01, 2017, 07:16 PM
Quote@scarface: Do you buy the games after testing?
I never implied I was doing so.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on February 04, 2017, 03:41 AM
Quote from: Vasudev on February 01, 2017, 10:53 AM
@scarface: Do you buy the games after testing?

We're pirates. Buying games is immoral and is grounds for expulsion.  ;)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on February 05, 2017, 05:36 PM
Quote from: humbert on February 04, 2017, 03:41 AM
Quote from: Vasudev on February 01, 2017, 10:53 AM
@scarface: Do you buy the games after testing?

We're pirates. Buying games is immoral and is grounds for expulsion.  ;)
But here we would face strict actions and an hefty fees if found guilty. That's why I went into a low profile and download only 2-3 movies, rarely I download games because of being blocked by ISP, I found a workaround but its illegal. Not so big thing use prefix https://.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on February 10, 2017, 07:17 AM
Quote from: Vasudev on February 05, 2017, 05:36 PM
But here we would face strict actions and an hefty fees if found guilty. That's why I went into a low profile and download only 2-3 movies, rarely I download games because of being blocked by ISP, I found a workaround but its illegal. Not so big thing use prefix https://.

You're reading too many newspapers. The only people who can really get in trouble are those who are stupid enough to host warez on local servers and make themselves very public. If it were as bad as the government tries to portray then there simply aren't enough jails for 1.2 billion Indians.

As a safety precaution I use Torguard for my torrent downloads. It gives those in the swarm a fake IP address, making it virtually impossible to track me down.

Before I forget, be sure to install the HTTPS Everywhere Firefox addon. It even comes pre-installed on Tor, which shows how important it is.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on February 10, 2017, 08:23 AM
Quote from: humbert on February 10, 2017, 07:17 AM
Quote from: Vasudev on February 05, 2017, 05:36 PM
But here we would face strict actions and an hefty fees if found guilty. That's why I went into a low profile and download only 2-3 movies, rarely I download games because of being blocked by ISP, I found a workaround but its illegal. Not so big thing use prefix https://.

You're reading too many newspapers. The only people who can really get in trouble are those who are stupid enough to host warez on local servers and make themselves very public. If it were as bad as the government tries to portray then there simply aren't enough jails for 1.2 billion Indians.

As a safety precaution I use Torguard for my torrent downloads. It gives those in the swarm a fake IP address, making it virtually impossible to track me down.

Before I forget, be sure to install the HTTPS Everywhere Firefox addon. It even comes pre-installed on Tor, which shows how important it is.
Installed HTTPS Everywhere. What is Torguard? Is it an add-on? I just googled up Torguard, it isn't freeware. Just bad luck!
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on February 17, 2017, 04:58 AM
Quote from: Vasudev on February 10, 2017, 08:23 AM
Installed HTTPS Everywhere. What is Torguard? Is it an add-on? I just googled up Torguard, it isn't freeware. Just bad luck!

Pardon me for not explaining. Torguard is a paid VPN or, in my case a proxy server. I pay $5 a month. My torrent traffic goes through their proxy, so that anyone in the swarm who looks at me will see a nonexistent IP address. I signed up after getting an email from my ISP telling me they got a complaint from someone who saw me downloading a movie. Since I signed up the problem has disappeared completely.

Their service is great. Fast as a bullet and it never fails. I check using this site: http://ipmagnet.services.cbcdn.com (http://ipmagnet.services.cbcdn.com)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: DeenaJoshi on February 18, 2017, 08:36 AM
hi,

My most favorite game is Bike Racing 3D, apart from that I also play hill climb racing, Real racing 3,cars 2, the crew and many more.

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Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on May 10, 2017, 08:31 PM
Currently playing Witcher 3 with all DLCs.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: aa1234779 on August 24, 2017, 02:33 PM
Have fun..  8)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Murtlap on August 28, 2017, 11:35 AM
Currently, I started to play small flash games like Fruit Ninja, Bad Teeth and Gangnam style Dance, usually on http://www.friv5online.com/ . These games are funny and really addictive. Perfect to relax at work for a while.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on September 05, 2017, 06:56 AM
Is anyone familiar with Gears of War 4? I heard about it by accident. I like the fact that it's a 3rd person shooter. Not only that, but it's DX12 only and 64bit only - DX11 and 32bit are not supported. It also eats 80GB of disk space. I'm thinking if I get it to put it on my 2nd HDD drive so as not to eat too much space on my 1st SSD drive. Screenshots look impressive. Any reviews?

I also like the fact that it's not backward compatible. Sometimes I think the only way people will upgrade is to force them to. Everyone takes the path of least resistance and want to stick to what they know, regardless of how old it is.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on September 19, 2017, 11:36 AM
Quote from: humbert on September 05, 2017, 06:56 AM
Is anyone familiar with Gears of War 4? I heard about it by accident. I like the fact that it's a 3rd person shooter. Not only that, but it's DX12 only and 64bit only - DX11 and 32bit are not supported. It also eats 80GB of disk space. I'm thinking if I get it to put it on my 2nd HDD drive so as not to eat too much space on my 1st SSD drive. Screenshots look impressive. Any reviews?

I also like the fact that it's not backward compatible. Sometimes I think the only way people will upgrade is to force them to. Everyone takes the path of least resistance and want to stick to what they know, regardless of how old it is.
I heard it was one of the best dx12 games around. If you're downloading repacks from CPY or Fitgirl, I recommend putting the downloaded game onto a SATA SSD or PCIe to get it installed fast as possible.Otherwise on a HDD, it would take a long time and installer will stall if it takes more than 3 hours.
I'm playing Witcher 2 AoK and Witcher 3 is almost finished except exploring Skellige.
Also ROTR is one the best look games I've seen. Grab the fitgirl version with selective downloads.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on September 23, 2017, 05:48 AM
Quote from: Vasudev on September 19, 2017, 11:36 AM
I heard it was one of the best dx12 games around. If you're downloading repacks from CPY or Fitgirl, I recommend putting the downloaded game onto a SATA SSD or PCIe to get it installed fast as possible.Otherwise on a HDD, it would take a long time and installer will stall if it takes more than 3 hours.
I'm playing Witcher 2 AoK and Witcher 3 is almost finished except exploring Skellige.
Also ROTR is one the best look games I've seen. Grab the fitgirl version with selective downloads.

Currently I have a 256GB NVMe M.2 SSD for C: and a 1.5TB mechanical drive for D:. Currently C: is about 50% full and Gears of War takes up 80GB of space, which is why I was looking to put it on D:. It seems this isn't a good idea, especially for a game like this one.

The games you mention. Are they DX12 also? I've seen some video of DX12 games. The characters are virutally indistinguishable from human actors, even down to the emotions displayed on their faces.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: PANZER24 on November 01, 2017, 10:09 PM
I play Vice City Multiplayer currently but I played all Half life series and I played counter-strike and NFS 2005 :P
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on November 01, 2017, 10:27 PM
Quote from: PANZER24 on November 01, 2017, 10:09 PM
I play Vice City Multiplayer currently but I played all Half life series and I played counter-strike and NFS 2005 :P

I remember I played nfs 3 hot pursuit and Gran turismo 2, But since I stop playing racing video games.
I don't do Multiplayer, because I would be bad, and I'm too old to play against school boys anyway.
Btw, I will upload a few games in the days to come, repack by me, if you need games.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on November 02, 2017, 03:24 AM
Quote from: scarface on November 01, 2017, 07:30 PM
Tonight, the users of the forum are very lucky: the game Wolfenstein II : The new colossus is available.

The screenshots are very nice. Is this a DX12 game? Certainly looks like it, the level of detail is impressive. If so, as you guys know the game requires Windows 10 and minimum Nvidia GFX-970 video card. I'm not too clear what AMD card will work.

If you have an SSD and you're a gamer, you're going to fill up the drive in no time. I realize this can be offloaded to a secondary mechanical drive, but that'll slow down your access time. Not something you'd want in a game.

How do you open .bin files. Will Winrar work or do you need something else?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: PANZER24 on November 02, 2017, 10:27 AM
Quote from: scarface on November 01, 2017, 10:27 PM
Quote from: PANZER24 on November 01, 2017, 10:09 PM
I play Vice City Multiplayer currently but I played all Half life series and I played counter-strike and NFS 2005 :P

I remember I played nfs 3 hot pursuit and Gran turismo 2, But since I stop playing racing video games.
I don't do Multiplayer, because I would be bad, and I'm too old to play against school boys anyway.
Btw, I will upload a few games in the days to come, repack by me, if you need games.
Well I dont need some, I'm busy with my youtube channel
Check it out it is about games!!: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-2Wlridhk4qKSGjkERVXcQ?view_as=subscriber
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on November 04, 2017, 02:26 AM
Quote from: scarface on November 01, 2017, 10:27 PM
I remember I played nfs 3 hot pursuit and Gran turismo 2, But since I stop playing racing video games.
I don't do Multiplayer, because I would be bad, and I'm too old to play against school boys anyway.

C'mon Scarface! When you play multiplayer games you're behind a monitor where chronological age is meaningless. Now, if you don't play MMO games because you just don't like them, that's another matter entirely. That's why I don't play them.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on November 05, 2017, 03:08 AM
Quote from: scarface on November 04, 2017, 02:51 AM
I don't think age is meaningless. Mostly because when you are young you have more time to play and then you have sufficient practice.
Here is an example: look at the ones who won prizes last year, at the Paris games week: a bunch of school boys.

I you mean that people under [for example] age 18 generally play better, then I agree. At that age they learn very fast and rapidly master all the secrets to the game. Other than that it doesn't matter.

Quote from: scarface on November 04, 2017, 02:51 AM
10 months ago I weighed 94kg because I was eating too much. Food had become a way to forget everyday worries. I used to drink a lot of Soda too. But I stopped that altogether.
Now I weigh 85 kg, it's better. I don't look like a pregnant man any longer.

How tall are you? I'm 1.83m, I weigh 91kg and I look generally trim. I used to weigh around 98, then I adjusted my diet a little. I also walk about 4½ km every morning. It helps keep me in shape and clears my head.

Quote from: scarface on November 04, 2017, 02:51 AM
But, I take antidepressants. And I'm likely to experience side-effects. You might be wondering why I'm telling you all this, well, I think I don't have the mental capacities I used to have 15 years ago. It's clear. And I'm sure I'm not an exception.

So do I, plus some other pills. What are you taking and how effective is it?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on November 12, 2017, 06:51 PM
Quote from: humbert on November 05, 2017, 03:08 AM
I you mean that people under [for example] age 18 generally play better, then I agree. At that age they learn very fast and rapidly master all the secrets to the game. Other than that it doesn't matter.

10 months ago I weighed 94kg because I was eating too much. Food had become a way to forget everyday worries. I used to drink a lot of Soda too. But I stopped that altogether.
Now I weigh 85 kg, it's better. I don't look like a pregnant man any longer.

How tall are you? I'm 1.83m, I weigh 91kg and I look generally trim. I used to weigh around 98, then I adjusted my diet a little. I also walk about 4½ km every morning. It helps keep me in shape and clears my head.

Quote from: scarface on November 04, 2017, 02:51 AM
But, I take antidepressants. And I'm likely to experience side-effects. You might be wondering why I'm telling you all this, well, I think I don't have the mental capacities I used to have 15 years ago. It's clear. And I'm sure I'm not an exception

So do I, plus some other pills. What are you taking and how effective is it?

I'l l reply later
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on December 30, 2017, 08:31 PM
Quote from: Fuj on December 29, 2017, 01:51 AM
Metro 2033 / Last Light are among my favorite games. I should point out there are GOG versions available on torrents. Whenever there's choice I go with GOG because they are commercial DRM-free releases and you know you're getting the full, untouched game with clean & hassle free setup.


Following the message of Fuj, I made another installer based on the 2.0.0.2 Gog version of Metro last light redux. The installer was improved too.

Update: Since Metro 2033 is somewhat better than Metro Last light, Metro LL was deleted, and a repack of Metro 2033 Redux is available here: http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg30063#msg30063


Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on December 31, 2017, 01:04 PM
Quote from: Fuj on December 31, 2017, 12:38 PM
Question: when I made my previous post, I deleted it. Then a little later posted again but somewhat changed. But now it's gone and my original post, the one I deleted, is up instead. You wouldn't happen to know anything about this mysterious phenomenon, would you scarface?
I did that mysteriously.
When I saw scarface deleted your post, I restored it and realized you double posted and deleted the duplicate one.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on December 31, 2017, 03:06 PM
Quote from: Fuj on December 31, 2017, 01:10 PM
No, I deleted my own post, sorry for the misunderstanding. Happy New Year to everyone!
Thanks.
Happy New Year to everybody.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on January 30, 2018, 09:55 PM
As promised, tonight, I’m putting a few new upload links for some games.

These repacks, made by me, are brand new. They are smaller and faster than the ones I previously uploaded. For these repacks, the same algorithm as the one in fitgirl’s repacks was used.



Astray â€" 1.04 Gb
Astray is a first-person horror/puzzle game set in an abandoned museum based on unusual cultures, legends, and supernatural themes; but something more sinister lurks beneath the surface..

Playing as the nephew of the museum’s missing curator, you must survive as you make your way through the abandoned building, interacting with objects, and completing puzzles along your way to unravelling the mystery of what lies beneath the museum.

Link: https://mega.nz/#F!JJ1mhS4I!_ojQ9FGeeD7V4lp2QB99sw (https://mega.nz/folder/0MlQEIoC#Aq1wLyIfHHNSj98LUXH1Eg)

(https://i.ibb.co/QDr1zdN/Astray.jpg)




Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on February 11, 2018, 07:55 PM
Tonight, another game is available on the forum. It's a small but interesting game, called Layers of Fear - Inheritance.
Only 1.32 Gb (the repack is smaller than Fitgirl's but the content is the same).

Lately, many people registered on the forum, because they probably noticed the users of the forum are spoilt children, with the recent numerous releases.


Link: https://mega.nz/#F!fQpkDazL!csbetf5D4lNjOWe-QsECEA (https://mega.nz/#F!fQpkDazL!csbetf5D4lNjOWe-QsECEA)

(https://i.ibb.co/J2XBZ94/Layers-of-Fear-Inheritance-Logo.jpg)

(https://gpstatic.com/acache/29/82/1/fr/s3-dcd96a52ed63b68bb71833cab1fd5bb3.jpg)

(https://www.planete-aventure.net/shot/backfutureep103-pc_09.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: aa1234779 on February 26, 2018, 10:42 PM
Has anyone played Hunt Down the Freeman?

As a hardcore Half-Life series fan, I wasn't expecting a sequel.. The trailer looks like crap.. If anyone tried it, is it worth the download?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: certvalue111 on March 01, 2018, 09:14 AM
hello... I'm currently playing Monster Hunter: World and fc 5..both the games are amazing
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Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on March 30, 2018, 08:41 PM
Quote from: scarface on March 30, 2018, 07:16 PM
Today, the game Dishonored, released in 2012, is available.
If you don't have the necessary configuration for Dishonored 2 or the appropriate ADLS line to download it, maybe you can try this one.
If you are interested in this game, take it since I won't keep it and renew the link, Dishonored 2 is much better, graphically speaking.

Only 4.3 Gb (smaller than fitgirl's repack).
Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GzyJYdZ_oHHJT6p8BXETBQPJXIErIdtf

(http://i44.fastpic.ru/big/2012/1022/0c/00b35bce09b8bff558a21784a3ca1d0c.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/8M77B9w/695799640.jpg)
I will download Dishonored 2 since I have lot of data left.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on April 05, 2018, 07:14 PM
Quote from: humbert on September 05, 2017, 06:56 AM
Is anyone familiar with Gears of War 4? I heard about it by accident. I like the fact that it's a 3rd person shooter. Not only that, but it's DX12 only and 64bit only - DX11 and 32bit are not supported. It also eats 80GB of disk space. I'm thinking if I get it to put it on my 2nd HDD drive so as not to eat too much space on my 1st SSD drive. Screenshots look impressive. Any reviews?

I also like the fact that it's not backward compatible. Sometimes I think the only way people will upgrade is to force them to. Everyone takes the path of least resistance and want to stick to what they know, regardless of how old it is.
Try Hitman 2016.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on April 08, 2018, 09:19 AM
Thanks for Dishonored 3 setup files. I have imported it to my mega account. It seems my sis's Win 10 has been eating the bandwidth. Yours is really smaller than FG repacks.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on April 10, 2018, 03:24 AM
Quote from: Vasudev on April 08, 2018, 09:19 AM
Thanks for Dishonored 3 setup files. I have imported it to my mega account. It seems my sis's Win 10 has been eating the bandwidth. Yours is really smaller than FG repacks.

For Dishonored 2 I deleted shared_2_3.sharedrsc, a 8Gb file. Otherwise, my repack would be slightly bigger than fg's repack. This file is a mystery, apparently on the forum zenhax they couldn't extract it they said it was shared...Well I tested the game and didn't encounter any problems.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on April 15, 2018, 06:39 PM
Quote from: scarface on November 12, 2017, 06:51 PM
Quote from: humbert on November 05, 2017, 03:08 AM
I you mean that people under [for example] age 18 generally play better, then I agree. At that age they learn very fast and rapidly master all the secrets to the game. Other than that it doesn't matter.

10 months ago I weighed 94kg because I was eating too much. Food had become a way to forget everyday worries. I used to drink a lot of Soda too. But I stopped that altogether.
Now I weigh 85 kg, it's better. I don't look like a pregnant man any longer.

How tall are you? I'm 1.83m, I weigh 91kg and I look generally trim. I used to weigh around 98, then I adjusted my diet a little. I also walk about 4½ km every morning. It helps keep me in shape and clears my head.

Quote from: scarface on November 04, 2017, 02:51 AM
But, I take antidepressants. And I'm likely to experience side-effects. You might be wondering why I'm telling you all this, well, I think I don't have the mental capacities I used to have 15 years ago. It's clear. And I'm sure I'm not an exception

So do I, plus some other pills. What are you taking and how effective is it?

I'l l reply later

congrats on the weightloss!
I am myself; around 185cm, 50kg.
I could make a massive list of antidepressants I've taken; but I actually never felt any effect(positive or negative) from them.
The only ones I felt helped me are the ones that put me to sleep and anxiety reducing ones.
Talking about health: I've stopped drinking milk for almost 2 weeks now; and I've noticed a great reduction in tonsil stones.(Something that made me feel very uncomfortable around others.)

Back on topic:
Been playing a lot of VRChat lately, as I picked up a used Vive. It's a nice way to socialize without the pressure of talking, or just sitting down and listening to others. Would love to listen to all you forum members on there.
When the controllers have been charging I've played Fallout 4. (No mods, except unlock fps and bugfix mods).

Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on April 22, 2018, 06:32 AM
Paroxetine and Pristiq are SSRI and SNRI type antidepressants respectively. Psychiatrists love them and prescribe them constantly. They don't dop much for me. I take Parnate which is an MAOI and it works much better. Unfortunately many of these antidepressants, especially SSRI's, lose their efficacy after a while. No point in taking it if it's not helping.

I can't wait for the day edible marihuana products are available for sale in Texas. They're available in Colorado and (I believe) California.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on April 27, 2018, 12:21 AM
Today, a new repack is available on the forum and it's the game outlast 2, released in April 2017.

It's smaller than the previous repack: 9.54 Gb (vs 10.2 gb). For a faster launch, the intro is skipped at startup. You can test it and tell me if it works.


Link: https://mega.nz/#F!GQAkzaAB!5I-buaz8ak5UTllOPrX61w



(https://image.ibb.co/dPE8xn/Outlast2_2017_05_04_22_07_50_90.jpg)

(https://image.ibb.co/bQiqA7/Outlast2_2017_05_05_23_03_19_66.jpg)

(https://image.ibb.co/exZ8xn/Outlast2_2017_05_06_15_47_25_05.jpg)

(https://image.ibb.co/kpQFcn/Outlast2_2017_05_06_17_46_37_78.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on April 28, 2018, 04:55 PM
Note that I deleted files like Textures-SM4.tfc and lighting-SM4.tfc in Outlast 2 to obtain such a size (Textures-SM5.tfc and lighting-SM5.tfc were needed).
Since the game was working perfectly without them I made my own research: It seems SM4 and SM5 stand for shader model. And wikipedia says: SM5 is a feature of dx11 while SM4 is a feature of dx10. It means that if you computer only has dx10 (I think it's the case for vista, or xp), or if you have an old graphic card, the repack as it is may not be compatible with your computer. If some of you want to download it, you won't be surprised if it doesn't work on your computer.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on May 02, 2018, 06:55 PM
Quote from: scarface on May 02, 2018, 01:05 AM
A new version of Dishonored - death of the outsider is available tonight.

If you are interested, here are the download links.
Note that the videos were re-encoded and that a few soundtracks were removed. You will probably not notice the difference with the original game.

Old version
in 3 parts:
https://mega.nz/#!8JNyxYqT!6IcZxTPAoaUDHZeu2tk31oEwLJ-ky6vt4oB5t2eNH9E
https://mega.nz/#!EFlmGYwL!ZLjZIQLwRt3wG88H9d5N566Gj51wt2lavwf4w3UY5hE
https://mega.nz/#!NZcH0apA!q___Vdssb6IrZ9Orr3zidp5aRBQd8L0_ObZXrd0VAHw

New version (13,6gb), update 2 is included.
https://ufile.io/ofzyn
https://ufile.io/s3j27
https://ufile.io/v305n


(http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/614570/header.jpg?t=1506697185)
Great work but I'll pass this one since I have yet to install it on my PC. I'm busy with work from Monday to Saturday. Anyway, I'll give it a go.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on May 04, 2018, 12:03 AM
Maybe some users of the forum are eagerly waiting for new repacks. In the meantime maybe you can try to find Waldo in this picture. I'm sure it will be difficult for usman and humbert.

(https://whereswaldoemotionally.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/waldo10.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on May 15, 2018, 12:56 AM
Note that I'm probably going to release a new, smaller repack for Battlefield 3. If some of you can't download with uploadfile.net, I can also upload to transfernow.net. It seems the download speed is better (but the file is only available for 6 days). Vasudev told me a few years ago he had frequent power outages, and in spite of his good connection he can't download the files I put on the forum.
Besides, if some of you, like Usman or aa1234779 have interesting photos, comics, or anything else, you know you can upload them here. For the moment the administrator Maher accepts them. It's not the case on many forums. On darkumbra.net there are many programs, but most of them are useless. For information that's where I found the latest edition of virusscan enterprise, I couldn't find it anywhere else (but nobody talks). And for those who want games there is the site of fitgirl (I made few repacks - because I only have a dozen of games), but mines are probably better.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on June 13, 2018, 11:42 PM
A new repack is available on the forum, call of duty modern warfare 3.

Sp only, English only.
The progress bar is now working during all the installation.

The game is not available any longer.


(https://image.ibb.co/cnSgZd/Callof_Duty_Modern_Warfare3_Multi_Editeur_011.jpg)

(https://image.ibb.co/hdQ1Zd/Callof_Duty_Modern_Warfare3_Multi_Editeur_016.jpg)

(https://image.ibb.co/ijmrZd/Callof_Duty_Modern_Warfare3_Multi_Editeur_006.jpg)

(https://preview.ibb.co/kunFud/Callof_Duty_Modern_Warfare3_Multi_News_005.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: aa1234779 on June 14, 2018, 04:31 AM
Quote from: scarface on June 13, 2018, 11:42 PM
(https://preview.ibb.co/kunFud/Callof_Duty_Modern_Warfare3_Multi_News_005.jpg)

I'd hate to see that in reality  ;D
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on June 15, 2018, 09:33 PM
Well, I' going to answer aa1234779.
This picture could have been taken in the flat of abaaoud with a member of the GIGN (I'm not sure he had a view of the Eiffel tower though).
But we are probably facing some crisis even if we are not aware of that yet. As far as France is concerned, there is a deteriorating social climate in Paris. There is also a migrant crisis (they are "expelled" by the police and they come back a few hours later). And above all, even if we are stopping pollution in the world altogether, the 2 degrees temperature rise is now unavoidable, maybe 4 or 5 by the end of the century according to the forecasts of the IPCC. And the average is not important. Weather and climate are chaotic systems. If temperatures are rising, it means that extreme temperature will be more frequent. Imagine that by the end of the century, we have regularly 2 days with temperatures above 50°C in France (45 degrees are frequent, in summer). Nothing can withstand such temperature. So agriculture would be dead. Most of France would become a desert. That's what a few specialists are now saying.
If you can try to go to a place where there are animals, like goats, birds, fishes, baboons...It means there is food. It's the case in Palestine, Papua, and probably in a few regions in Africa like Senegal or Egypt.
If you see some imbeciles with big cars, it means that this society is superficial and highly dependent on oil, the economic collapse will be all the more significant.



Note that an updated, lite (reduced with rebase by harkaz) version of windows 7 x64 sp1 will be released soon.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: aa1234779 on June 16, 2018, 02:30 AM
Quote from: scarface on June 15, 2018, 09:33 PM
Well, I' going to answer aa1234779.
This picture could have been taken in the flat of abaaoud with a member of the GIGN (I'm not sure he had a view of the Eiffel tower though).
But we are probably facing some crisis even if we are not aware of that yet. As far as France is concerned, there is a deteriorating social climate in Paris. There is also a migrant crisis (they are "expelled" by the police and they come back a few hours later). And above all, even if we are stopping pollution in the world altogether, the 2 degrees temperature rise is now unavoidable, maybe 4 or 5 by the end of the century according to the forecasts of the IPCC. And the average is not important. Weather and climate are chaotic systems. If temperatures are rising, it means that extreme temperature will be more frequent. Imagine that by the end of the century, we have regularly 2 days with temperatures above 50°C in France (45 degrees are frequent, in summer). Nothing can withstand such temperature. So agriculture would be dead. Most of France would become a desert. That's what a few specialists are now saying.
If you can try to go to a place where there are animals, like goats, birds, fishes, baboons...It means there is food. It's the case in Palestine, Papua, and probably in a few regions in Africa like Senegal or Egypt.
If you see some imbeciles with big cars, it means that this society is superficial and highly dependent on oil, the economic collapse will be all the more significant.



Note that an updated, lite (reduced with rebase by harkaz) version of windows 7 x64 sp1 will be released soon.

I agree although I would add that I see both pictures are wrong in the first place.. Anyone who  perpetrates such horrible acts on humanity is a criminal no matter the ideological background nor race.
It's always right for nations to decide on what is deemed necessary for our lives in real referrendums and elections and the rule of just laws and not have any ideology enforced on them and their kids whether right or left, religious or secular.
People of the world can work out great solutions for our race and win the race between us and looming destruction if we don't reform in unity the ideals that all nations hold dear without exceptions like as you said for example better laws & enforcement globally for saving the environment, protecting what's left and hopefully reversing the harm done to our earth.. Many other things should follow in a global rights unity movement that will not be loved by big imperialist corps for sure among many.
It's better to search for good common grounds among nations and people to take it upon themselves to save our planet.
The environment and human dignity are red lines in many decent cultures around the world I don't claim it as an invention of my religious teachers but a reafirmation of previously known facts by teachers of the same 'good' pattern.
To go further, people could look onto calling for a global minimum wage that states and companies cannot go below in wages.

Shame how many Noble prize winners would not be involved in such a global effort by the people and for the people.

Heck.. a reader could say "these are definitely the writings of a madman"  ;D
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on July 04, 2018, 01:48 PM
Quote from: Vasudev on July 04, 2018, 08:53 AM
Downloading it right now.  Thanks. My second SF repack download.
happy to be useful for at least one user.



Note that I've one more game I'd like to repack. It's Crysis 3. Another FPS, but it's original.
The problem is files are encrypted and the compression is poor. I will see what I can do.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on July 05, 2018, 09:08 AM
Quote from: scarface on July 04, 2018, 01:48 PM
Quote from: Vasudev on July 04, 2018, 08:53 AM
Downloading it right now.  Thanks. My second SF repack download.
happy to be useful for at least one user.



Note that I've one more game I'd like to repack. It's Crysis 3. Another FPS, but it's original.
The problem is files are encrypted and the compression is poor. I will see what I can do.
No available data for game downloads since W10 eats up majority of bandwidth.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on July 06, 2018, 01:50 AM
Quote from: Vasudev on July 05, 2018, 09:08 AM
No available data for game downloads since W10 eats up majority of bandwidth.
I don't understand what you mean. Is bandwidth a byword for RAM?. But maybe you should install windows 7 since there is no big difference between the 2 Os. I remember that Vista was pretty bad as far as RAM management is concerned. I don't have such problems with windows 10. But I have a pretty good configuration too. It would be probably slower than windows 7 if I had only 2 or 4 Gb of RAM, since there are always more -useless- features.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on July 06, 2018, 08:58 AM
Quote from: scarface on July 06, 2018, 01:50 AM
Quote from: Vasudev on July 05, 2018, 09:08 AM
No available data for game downloads since W10 eats up majority of bandwidth.
I don't understand what you mean. Is bandwidth a byword for RAM?. But maybe you should install windows 7 since there is no big difference between the 2 Os. I remember that Vista was pretty bad as far as RAM management is concerned. I don't have such problems with windows 10. But I have a pretty good configuration too. It would be probably slower than windows 7 if I had only 2 or 4 Gb of RAM, since there are always more -useless- features.
I really meant Data balance. I only get 70GB, half of it are used up by OS updates, remaining for web browsing, downloading files etc.. Until 100GB is affordable I have to limit game downloads or even Visual studio IDE downloads.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on July 17, 2018, 01:52 PM
Well, I remember I checked this game and the installer worked. Guess what, I tested it and I had the same error, stuck at 80% (the end of the extraction of setup1.bin, see code below).
Then, I switched the names of setup1.bin and setup3.bin...it worked till the end. You can do that too, the installer can extract the files in any order. But the progress bar will be a bit broken (If you are switching setup1 and 3 names, you have 2% for the biggest file of the game. Doesn't really matter though, it was a question of minutes on my computer).
Srep 3.9 is randomly causing errors. I'm not sure it's always stopping well once the files are extracted. And then it seems the installer is not extracting the following bin files. (that's why when I can I don't use it, in this game it's only used in the 1st bin file, the others are using a powerful LZ based archiver, adding srep was not giving a better compression (usually the case for standard files such as dll or exe). I had the same error with the evil within2, if you are switching names you can install the whole game. And sometimes it works without that. But for sure the bin files aren't corrupt.

if not ShowChangeDiskWindow ('Please Insert Disk 1 To Continue..', ExpandConstant('{src}'),'Setup-1.bin') then break;
if not ISArcExtract ( 0, 80, ExpandConstant('{src}\Setup-1.bin'), ExpandConstant('{app}'), '', false, '', ExpandConstant('{tmp}\arc.ini'), ExpandConstant('{app}'), False) then break;
if not ShowChangeDiskWindow ('Please Insert Disk 2 To Continue..', ExpandConstant('{src}'),'Setup-2.bin') then break;
if not ISArcExtract ( 0, 18, ExpandConstant('{src}\Setup-2.bin'), ExpandConstant('{app}'), '', false, '', ExpandConstant('{tmp}\arc.ini'), ExpandConstant('{app}'), False) then break;
if not ShowChangeDiskWindow ('Please Insert Disk 3 To Continue..', ExpandConstant('{src}'),'Setup-3.bin') then break;
if not ISArcExtract ( 0, 02, ExpandConstant('{src}\Setup-3.bin'), ExpandConstant('{app}'), '', false, '', ExpandConstant('{tmp}\arc.ini'), ExpandConstant('{app}'), False) then break;
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on July 18, 2018, 12:06 AM
I could install successfully the version I have. Check if you have the same, I remember I did a version with 5 bin files.
(https://preview.ibb.co/nveqwy/disdoto.png)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on July 18, 2018, 06:24 PM
Quote from: scarface on July 18, 2018, 12:06 AM
I could install successfully the version I have. Check if you have the same, I remember I did a version with 5 bin files.
(https://preview.ibb.co/nveqwy/disdoto.png)
Nightcry installed fine. But DOTO didn't. I believe I downloaded the very first version you linked with mega.nz.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on July 18, 2018, 07:43 PM
If it's this one, it's probably the latest version.
http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg29126#msg29126
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on July 18, 2018, 11:26 PM
Well Vasudev, forget Night Cry, I will probably release the game "Bring to light" soon.



If you are getting bored, here is a link for a little video made by me, in Paris.
Without oil, we understand with this video that there would be practically nothing any more in the towns as we know them.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DruLnMSaIUjCT4bc_KK1RyKbEXEto8JW



and here are a few good videos:

The man who lived in a sandcastle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEnehFGA6Gg

The magician
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-Q1tlHBNVI

Death Jump off the Eiffel Tower
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6YGLpzN7bE

before going to bed with the kids.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHmSI_1-p98




Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on August 13, 2018, 09:18 PM
Quote from: Vasudev on July 18, 2018, 06:24 PM
Nightcry installed fine. But DOTO didn't. I believe I downloaded the very first version you linked with mega.nz.
To Vasudev: I tested the version in this message, it's indeed my latest version (http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg29126#msg29126 (http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg29126#msg29126))
(the 1st version didn't include update2). And I had no problem during the install.

(https://image.ibb.co/juwt5p/doto.png)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on August 14, 2018, 09:50 AM
Downloading Bring to Light as we speak.
I will uninstall NightCry if I can't pass first level.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on August 14, 2018, 12:04 PM
Quote from: Vasudev on August 14, 2018, 09:50 AM
Downloading Bring to Light as we speak.
I will uninstall NightCry if I can't pass first level.
You can find a walkthrough if you are stuck somewhere during the game on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUIdfW3UVQo
if you can't get away wih nightcry, try astray, it's much better anyway (http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg28755#msg28755 (http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg28755#msg28755))
And as far as Bring to light is concerned, I did not test it. But I read positive reviews. Note that in the installer, I chose the design, it's not the official logo of the game.


Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on August 14, 2018, 07:01 PM
Quote from: scarface on August 14, 2018, 12:04 PM
Quote from: Vasudev on August 14, 2018, 09:50 AM
Downloading Bring to Light as we speak.
I will uninstall NightCry if I can't pass first level.
You can find a walkthrough if you are stuck somewhere during the game on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUIdfW3UVQo
if you can't get away wih nightcry, try astray, it's much better anyway (http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg28755#msg28755 (http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg28755#msg28755))
And as far as Bring to light is concerned, I did not test it. But I read positive reviews. Note that in the installer, I chose the design, it's not the official logo of the game.
Same thing for the game Sonic mania (http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg29339#msg29339 (http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg29339#msg29339))
Installation completed within 3 mins.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on September 12, 2018, 12:05 AM
Slime rancher is a happy little game that I suggest. Quite regularly on sale.


https://store.steampowered.com/app/433340/Slime_Rancher/ (https://store.steampowered.com/app/433340/Slime_Rancher/)
(https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steam/apps/433340/ss_ff0317116fc7f39aa3279637523d68920eb243d8.600x338.jpg?t=1536178428)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on September 26, 2018, 02:17 PM
Maybe some of you played Crysis 3, available on the forum.
My latest repacks are quite good. I didn't think I would be able to get such sizes, will making reliable installers.

(https://image.ibb.co/j9VGSU/4_of_course.jpg)

(https://image.ibb.co/coSKgp/Ceph_Inconnu.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on October 09, 2018, 05:51 AM
I'm curious about something. These games you guys talk about. Are any of them in DX-12 and, if so, how do they look assuming some of you have the hardware that supports DX-12? I'm not too clear what the requirements are.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on October 09, 2018, 11:40 AM
Quote from: humbert on October 09, 2018, 05:51 AM
I'm curious about something. These games you guys talk about. Are any of them in DX-12 and, if so, how do they look assuming some of you have the hardware that supports DX-12? I'm not too clear what the requirements are.
all the ones I tried were dx11 ports to dx12. so no difference. the dx12 version jjst crashed more
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on October 09, 2018, 02:04 PM
Quote from: humbert on October 09, 2018, 05:51 AM
I'm curious about something. These games you guys talk about. Are any of them in DX-12 and, if so, how do they look assuming some of you have the hardware that supports DX-12? I'm not too clear what the requirements are.
I don't think any game on the forum is using dx12. But for the games using dx12, windows 10 is required, with a compatible graphic card. Otherwise dx11 is used, but the difference is probably slim.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on October 10, 2018, 09:26 AM
Quote from: scarface on October 09, 2018, 02:04 PM
Quote from: humbert on October 09, 2018, 05:51 AM
I'm curious about something. These games you guys talk about. Are any of them in DX-12 and, if so, how do they look assuming some of you have the hardware that supports DX-12? I'm not too clear what the requirements are.
I don't think any game on the forum is using dx12. But for the games using dx12, windows 10 is required, with a compatible graphic card. Otherwise dx11 is used, but the difference is probably slim.
DX12 games aren't stable when you try to game for 3hr+. Take for example Hitman dx12 which barely runs for 20 mins straight unlike dx11.1 game. I tested it on nvidia 980M 8GB. FPS on dx12 is better and consistent than DX11.
@Shadow97: Try setting Target Reuse to True in advanced graphics settings.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on October 11, 2018, 05:47 AM
Quote from: Vasudev on October 10, 2018, 09:26 AM
DX12 games aren't stable when you try to game for 3hr+. Take for example Hitman dx12 which barely runs for 20 mins straight unlike dx11.1 game. I tested it on nvidia 980M 8GB. FPS on dx12 is better and consistent than DX11. [/quote]

You're saying they're unstable after 3hr but they're better on the 980M. Are we talking differences in hardware or what?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on October 11, 2018, 09:54 AM
Quote from: humbert on October 11, 2018, 05:47 AM


You're saying they're unstable after 3hr but they're better on the 980M. Are we talking differences in hardware or what?
Yes they run more smoothly like AMD Mantle API. I even like how good vulkan API runs on maxwell 2 GPUs 970 and 980 models. All that good will simply a waste when a game crashes when a progress is being saved and its a pain to start over!
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on October 13, 2018, 05:36 AM
Quote from: Vasudev on October 11, 2018, 09:54 AM
Yes they run more smoothly like AMD Mantle API. I even like how good vulkan API runs on maxwell 2 GPUs 970 and 980 models. All that good will simply a waste when a game crashes when a progress is being saved and its a pain to start over!

It goes without saying that DX-12 games are designed with high-end hardware in mind, and I don't mean just a beefed-up video card. Logic dictates that if you use an older system you're bound to run into problems. Add to this that every time something new is released, it takes a while to iron out all the bugs.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on October 13, 2018, 01:04 PM
Quote from: humbert on October 13, 2018, 05:36 AM
Quote from: Vasudev on October 11, 2018, 09:54 AM
Yes they run more smoothly like AMD Mantle API. I even like how good vulkan API runs on maxwell 2 GPUs 970 and 980 models. All that good will simply a waste when a game crashes when a progress is being saved and its a pain to start over!

It goes without saying that DX-12 games are designed with high-end hardware in mind, and I don't mean just a beefed-up video card. Logic dictates that if you use an older system you're bound to run into problems. Add to this that every time something new is released, it takes a while to iron out all the bugs.
The problem is almost NIL with AMD GPUs. Problem is Nvidia, even Pascal does crash suddenly on dx12.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on October 31, 2018, 02:02 AM
You may find this topic shambolic - like the rest of the forum - but you can still find some interesting games.
If you know some smaller repacks, if you are experiencing problems, or if you have some games to upload, feel free to post your message.


Bring to light: http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg29335#msg29335
Farcry 4: http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg29209#msg29209
Outlast 2: http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg29111#msg29111
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on December 02, 2018, 02:39 AM
Been playing some BF5 the last days.
It's been a positive experience.
However i must say, that i hope that they do not change TTL(time to kill). As i always preferred  the hardcore modes of battlefields.

The game has a great flow, even on low fps.
I'd say 45 fps feels like 90 fps in many other games.

Not overly chaotic so far, and a very visually appealing game.
Will attach some screenshots as soon as i un-bricked my computer. (It keeps attempting to upgrade to 1809, which fails each time. Leaving it in an unbootable state.).



Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on December 02, 2018, 05:55 PM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on December 02, 2018, 02:39 AM
Been playing some BF5 the last days.
It's been a positive experience.
However i must say, that i hope that they do not change TTL(time to kill). As i always preferred  the hardcore modes of battlefields.

The game has a great flow, even on low fps.
I'd say 45 fps feels like 90 fps in many other games.

Not overly chaotic so far, and a very visually appealing game.
Will attach some screenshots as soon as i un-bricked my computer. (It keeps attempting to upgrade to 1809, which fails each time. Leaving it in an unbootable state.).
Use Dism++ or windows update blocker to cleanup Windows 10 junk blocking the update OR disable WU entirely. I think Humbert can vouch for Dism++'s effectiveness.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on January 15, 2019, 08:25 PM
Tonight, a new, smaller repack of Crysis 3 remastered is available on the forum (Build Mar 14, 2021).

Link: Crysis 3 (https://mega.nz/folder/TYhhQYzb#7WoxPEwoOQQalekL5ddVKw)

The repack is exceptionally small, only 4.44 Gb 5,05 Gb.
Note that the multiplayer files were deleted.  Note that during setup some files are transcoded and rebuilt.

(https://i.ibb.co/grmSTvn/crysis.png)

(https://image.ibb.co/ktNuZ8/crysis_3.png)

(https://image.ibb.co/f6dU1o/crysis32.jpg)


The progress counter for the transcoding work.
(https://i.ibb.co/nmSXK6C/Crysis.jpg)



(https://i.ibb.co/MCY1jc7/3040988.jpg)


(https://i.ibb.co/XyQJ6BV/20170429-134225.jpg)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDMbAm_XErs
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on January 20, 2019, 02:21 AM
Lately, I released a lot of game repacks. Concerning Bring to light, The conjuring house or Slender, I didn't test any of them at all. If one of these games is tedious, or if one of them is excellent, feel free to give your views, so that we can know if it's useful to leave them on the forum.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on January 30, 2019, 11:49 PM
Note that a new smaller repack for Astray is available here: http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg28755#msg28755
What's more, the repack of Slender was deleted, since the game is mediocre: https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/5-reasons-slender-the-arrival-didnt-live-up-to-the-hype-6395532
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on February 24, 2019, 04:40 AM
Talking about games..
I was positively surprised by Dirt 2.0.

It added small elements that in the bigrun make the game much better than the original Dirt Rally.

It adds even more focus on driving safe, more than driving crazy spinning around and such.
Now it costs alot to repair your car. If you crash it you may have to finish several rounds with only 3 tyres. Which is very hard.
It also now punishes you for blasting through the end corner, just because you didnt take damage after finishline earlier.
You also get a proper punishment for leaving the startline too early.

What are the Cons?
Its still hard to get into, if you dont buy the 'premium' feature where you get more cars to start off with.
Thats one of the main issues I had with the original Dirt Rally. I played so many rounds just to get my 2nd car and actually start playing the game properly. The first cars limited me to Rally cross. Sure, fun, but not 3 hour grind fun.
Extremely graphically taxing audience, bringing fps down to the 30's.

Video(Click Image) of a random track I played. You can visibly see me get punishing for cutting a corner, and not breaking in time.
I would most likely have made that U turn if I had softer tyres. I chose the hardest ones as they currently are the most economic ones, as they dont get wear and tear as fast. At the cost of crashing the entire car and ending up costing more anyway..  ???

(http://i3.ytimg.com/vi/VS6TBsGGyXc/hqdefault.jpg) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS6TBsGGyXc)

Anyways.
Mostly been playing this, vrchat, PUBG, League of Legends, Factorio and super hexagon lately.
They're all great games in their own ways.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on February 24, 2019, 07:13 PM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on February 24, 2019, 04:40 AM
Talking about games..
I was positively surprised by Dirt 2.0.

It added small elements that in the bigrun make the game much better than the original Dirt Rally.
I'm still trying to find a race game as good as Gran turismo 2. With the Renault Espace F1. To no evail.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGUyIOGVa0M
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on February 24, 2019, 07:16 PM
A repack of Metro 2033 Redux is available for the users the forum
Based on GOG release v2.0.0.2 with Update 7.

Note that the sequel with the annoying alien (Metro last light) was deleted from the forum. This repack is smaller than the Metro Last light repack. Some cloud space was also needed.

Only 3.82 gb
Link : https://mega.nz/#F!VZ1xjK4Y!VXNXBgupjyuc0kEyQvTcoA


(https://i.ibb.co/4PWdvMm/redux.png)

(https://i.ibb.co/w6w9MCf/redux2.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/SKVYHpN/redux1.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/28pWbyw/met1.jpg)




(https://i.ibb.co/9wcL179/baboon.jpg)



Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on February 24, 2019, 09:02 PM
Quote from: scarface on February 24, 2019, 07:16 PM
A repack of Metro 2033 Redux is available for the users the forum
Based on GOG release v2.0.0.2 with Update 7.

Note that the sequel with the annoying alien (Metro last light) was deleted from the forum. This repack is smaller than the Metro Last light repack. Some cloud space was also needed.

Only 3.82 gb
Link : soon


(https://i.ibb.co/4PWdvMm/redux.png)

(https://i.ibb.co/w6w9MCf/redux2.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/SKVYHpN/redux1.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/28pWbyw/met1.jpg)




(https://i.ibb.co/9wcL179/baboon.jpg)
Mr babouin


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdF2n0XLKyk
I was searching for the link and didn't find it! Hahaaa..
Please upload it to Mega.nz
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on February 28, 2019, 05:52 AM
I read an article saying that in the not-too-distant future more and more games will be streamed. You play the game in your browser. Their servers, not your computer, do the heavy work. Nothings needs to be installed and an old computer will play the game as well as a new one, provided you have a relatively fast internet connection.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on February 28, 2019, 07:07 AM
Quote from: humbert on February 28, 2019, 05:52 AM
I read an article saying that in the not-too-distant future more and more games will be streamed. You play the game in your browser. Their servers, not your computer, do the heavy work. Nothings needs to be installed and an old computer will play the game as well as a new one, provided you have a relatively fast internet connection.
Yeah 100Mb is a bare minimum for lag free experience. Its just like Nvidia stream.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on March 01, 2019, 02:30 AM
Quote from: humbert on February 28, 2019, 05:52 AM
I read an article saying that in the not-too-distant future more and more games will be streamed. You play the game in your browser. Their servers, not your computer, do the heavy work. Nothings needs to be installed and an old computer will play the game as well as a new one, provided you have a relatively fast internet connection.

There are currently Datacenters in London that offers this feature. 50mbit was recommended if i recall correctly.

The specific company is also something I forgot about.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on March 10, 2019, 06:54 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on March 01, 2019, 02:30 AM
There are currently Datacenters in London that offers this feature. 50mbit was recommended if i recall correctly. The specific company is also something I forgot about.

That's exactly what I read too. Just one thing. By 50mbps I assume they mean down. What about up? Is there a minimum for that?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on March 22, 2019, 12:27 AM
Today, a new repack is available on the forum, titled Call of Duty advanced Warfare.
I know that humbert dislikes FPS, but I imagine that shadow.97 might be interested in this.

trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C2cG30FBas

only 22.8 Gb. Nothing was ripped.
Not available any more.



(https://i.ibb.co/BjCckqL/call-of-duty-advanced-warfare-listing-thumb-01-us-05may14.png)

(https://i.ibb.co/zXrd6bM/mood1-1.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/dKbHvhf/call-of-duty-advanced-warfare-playstation-4-ps4-1412351199-033.jpg)

Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on March 24, 2019, 05:00 AM
Quote from: Vasudev on February 28, 2019, 07:07 AM
Quote from: humbert on February 28, 2019, 05:52 AM
I read an article saying that in the not-too-distant future more and more games will be streamed. You play the game in your browser. Their servers, not your computer, do the heavy work. Nothings needs to be installed and an old computer will play the game as well as a new one, provided you have a relatively fast internet connection.
Yeah 100Mb is a bare minimum for lag free experience. Its just like Nvidia stream.
I'd say that you're wrong.
I set up a VPN at home, and could play at distance with below 100mbit on the receiving end. I was at my cousins house.

(Steam home stream over vpn)
My estimation is that it was around 30 mbit. Ofcourse not top quality, and it was 768p.
Ping around 3~5ms as it was within my hometown and using fiber.
This was a few years ago when steam home stream was new. Was playing GTA 5 this way when we were having birthday parties.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on March 24, 2019, 05:13 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on March 24, 2019, 05:00 AM
I set up a VPN at home, and could play at distance with below 100mbit on the receiving end. I was at my cousins house.

Did you do this using your router or with VPN software?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on March 24, 2019, 09:02 PM
Quote from: humbert on March 24, 2019, 05:13 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on March 24, 2019, 05:00 AM
I set up a VPN at home, and could play at distance with below 100mbit on the receiving end. I was at my cousins house.

Did you do this using your router or with VPN software?

OpenVPN on the same machine that the game was streamed from.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on March 25, 2019, 07:49 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on March 24, 2019, 05:00 AM
Quote from: Vasudev on February 28, 2019, 07:07 AM
Quote from: humbert on February 28, 2019, 05:52 AM
I read an article saying that in the not-too-distant future more and more games will be streamed. You play the game in your browser. Their servers, not your computer, do the heavy work. Nothings needs to be installed and an old computer will play the game as well as a new one, provided you have a relatively fast internet connection.
Yeah 100Mb is a bare minimum for lag free experience. Its just like Nvidia stream.
I'd say that you're wrong.
I set up a VPN at home, and could play at distance with below 100mbit on the receiving end. I was at my cousins house.

(Steam home stream over vpn)
My estimation is that it was around 30 mbit. Ofcourse not top quality, and it was 768p.
Ping around 3~5ms as it was within my hometown and using fiber.
This was a few years ago when steam home stream was new. Was playing GTA 5 this way when we were having birthday parties.
Even with OFC the pings are around 10-50ms. For a single user 30-50Mbps is more than enough. For a household you need 100Mbps when everyone uses the same WiFi AP continuously streaming/downloading/uploading stuffs.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on March 30, 2019, 08:53 PM
Tonight, A repack of the game We. The revolution, that was released in 2019, is available on the forum.
This is the latest version of gog, v1.3.0. (therefore, don't apply updates 1.01 ,1.02, 1.03 and 1.04).

Summary: As a judge of the Revolutionary Tribunal, preside over complicated cases of ordinary citizens, dangerous criminals, and enemies of the revolution in revolutionary Paris. Make judgments, plot political intrigue, and try to not lose your own head.

Only 1.16 Gb

Link: https://mega.nz/folder/NQ00CZxB#gXWXlziL_Mn_NkIt552OeA

(http://s01.riotpixels.net/data/6d/34/6d34900a-07d0-4b99-9da6-5a928b8d5ca1.jpg.720p.jpg/screenshot.we-the-revolution.1280x720.2019-03-04.14.jpg)

(http://s01.riotpixels.net/data/2e/10/2e105107-3d48-4358-9770-a130a8f051de.jpg.720p.jpg/screenshot.we-the-revolution.1280x720.2019-03-04.12.jpg)

(http://s01.riotpixels.net/data/73/75/73756022-a6bc-4c0c-8717-462d0800b5e4.jpg.720p.jpg/screenshot.we-the-revolution.1280x720.2019-03-04.11.jpg)

(http://s01.riotpixels.net/data/80/b4/80b42b03-01b3-4bbd-b8d8-d2cc89b2ce5f.jpg.720p.jpg/screenshot.we-the-revolution.1280x720.2019-03-04.8.jpg)

(http://s01.riotpixels.net/data/a8/9c/a89cfbb4-86f3-4c53-b139-d2d31b9976a4.jpg.720p.jpg/screenshot.we-the-revolution.1280x720.2019-03-04.4.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on March 31, 2019, 10:08 AM
Quote from: scarface on March 30, 2019, 08:53 PM
Tonight, A repack of the game We. The revolution, that was released in 2019, is available on the forum.
Unlike fitgirl's repack, This is the latest version of gog, v1.1.0. (therefore, don't apply updates 1.01 ,1.02, 1.03 and 1.04).

Summary: As a judge of the Revolutionary Tribunal, preside over complicated cases of ordinary citizens, dangerous criminals, and enemies of the revolution in revolutionary Paris. Make judgments, plot political intrigue, and try to not lose your own head.

Only 1.17 Gb

Link: soon

(http://s01.riotpixels.net/data/6d/34/6d34900a-07d0-4b99-9da6-5a928b8d5ca1.jpg.720p.jpg/screenshot.we-the-revolution.1280x720.2019-03-04.14.jpg)

(http://s01.riotpixels.net/data/2e/10/2e105107-3d48-4358-9770-a130a8f051de.jpg.720p.jpg/screenshot.we-the-revolution.1280x720.2019-03-04.12.jpg)

(http://s01.riotpixels.net/data/73/75/73756022-a6bc-4c0c-8717-462d0800b5e4.jpg.720p.jpg/screenshot.we-the-revolution.1280x720.2019-03-04.11.jpg)

(http://s01.riotpixels.net/data/80/b4/80b42b03-01b3-4bbd-b8d8-d2cc89b2ce5f.jpg.720p.jpg/screenshot.we-the-revolution.1280x720.2019-03-04.8.jpg)

(http://s01.riotpixels.net/data/a8/9c/a89cfbb4-86f3-4c53-b139-d2d31b9976a4.jpg.720p.jpg/screenshot.we-the-revolution.1280x720.2019-03-04.4.jpg)
I'm waiting for the link!
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on June 01, 2019, 01:03 PM
Quote from: scarface on May 31, 2019, 09:57 PM
The link for the repack of Layer of Fears 2 is finally available above. It's being uploaded.
imported to Mega drive along with dishonored 2.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on June 02, 2019, 12:22 AM
Quote from: Vasudev on June 01, 2019, 01:03 PM
imported to Mega drive along with dishonored 2.

you talked about Dishonored 2 and coincidently I was planning to update the repack.
Note that I made a new setup-6.bin for Dishonored 2. The new file is 30mb smaller but above all, the install is 15 minutes faster (xtool is used instead of reflate, which is slow. I used special parameters because decompression was failing with xtool for this file, till now).
The new setup.exe et setup6.bin will be uploaded this night.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on June 02, 2019, 09:36 AM
Quote from: scarface on June 02, 2019, 12:22 AM
Quote from: Vasudev on June 01, 2019, 01:03 PM
imported to Mega drive along with dishonored 2.

you talked about Dishonored 2 and coincidently I was planning to update the repack.
Note that I made a new setup-6.bin for Dishonored 2. The new file is 30mb smaller but above all, the install is 15 minutes faster (xtool is used instead of reflate, which is slow. I used special parameters because decompression was failing with xtool for this file, till now).
The new setup.exe et setup6.bin will be uploaded this night.
I'll stop the current transfer and re-download whole thing.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on August 19, 2019, 11:09 PM
Note that I removed the message about the repack of Layers of fear 2. Therefore, the repack is not available any more.
It turns out it's a bad game. I tested it for 5 minutes and I got bored.
(https://i.ibb.co/CKNMvPZ/lof2.jpg)
And the game got bad reviews: https://www.pcgamer.com/layers-of-fear-2-review/
The first version is still available on the forum here: http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg28821#msg28821
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on September 12, 2019, 05:02 PM
Note that I'm reposting some games of Fuj (this comes from a backup of the forum). He inadvertently deleted his messages, but I guess some are eager to download his games.


"Still down the memory lane... I made a DOSBox pack of a pinball game I was crazy about - Psycho Pinball (http://www.mediafire.com/download/ougb2svgf9llew8/Psycho_Pinball.zip)


Made another dosbox pack - Fury of the Furries (http://www.mediafire.com/download/1mefbo5xy6pduh2/Fury_of_the_Furries.zip).
It was a fun platformer from a French dev."
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on September 12, 2019, 06:14 PM
My father used to play the game "Psycho Pinball". It was the only game he knew. It's probably the case for Maher's father too.
When I think about it, I'm not sure he was still playing this game last summer. He was going to bed quite early. At this time maybe he was already ill.



As far as the stock markets are concerned, I find them very expensive. Maybe the s&p 500 peaked today at 3020 points. When you are looking at the PERs of many stocks in the Dow Jones, like Microsoft, Walmart, Mcdo, you have some ratios between 25 and 35. The PER of Procter & Gamble is even standing at 90 for 2019! Historically it's very high. If you have stocks listed on the NYSE, I would sell if I were you.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on October 06, 2019, 11:29 PM
Note that a new repack of We.the revolution will be available next week here: http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg30171#msg30171
For those who already have the game, I'm not sure it's necessary to download it, it will only be the latest version of the game (v1.30). This new version adds a few improvements: https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/we-revolution-update-adds-special-arena-mode
I hope Vasudev enjoyed this game.


Note that the new link is available here: http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg30171#msg30171
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on October 08, 2019, 04:11 PM
Quote from: scarface on October 06, 2019, 11:29 PM
Note that a new repack of We.the revolution will be available next week here: http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg30171#msg30171
For those who already have the game, I'm not sure it's necessary to download it, it will only be the latest version of the game (v1.30). This new version adds a few improvements: https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/we-revolution-update-adds-special-arena-mode
I hope Vasudev enjoyed this game.


Note that the new link is available here: http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg30171#msg30171
Yes, I'm enjoying it!
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on October 08, 2019, 07:47 PM
Quote from: Vasudev on October 08, 2019, 04:11 PM
Yes, I'm enjoying it!
Then I will have to test this game. I did not do it yet.
Since you enjoyed it, it means the installer is working, that's good news too.
I noticed that the repack of fitgirl is 200mb smaller. I don't know how to do this since the only files that can be reduced more on my repack are the cutscenes. They have no extensions, I don't know what kind of files they are, and they are not compressible.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on October 12, 2019, 05:24 PM
Today, a new game repack is available for the users of the forum, titled Deliver Us The Moon, and released on 10 October 2019.

Deliver Us The Moon is a Sci-Fi thriller set in an apocalyptic near future, where Earth's natural resources are depleted. A lone astronaut is sent to the moon on a critical mission to save humanity from extinction.

Size: 4.16 Gb only. The repack has the latest patch (v 1.4.4).
The repack is using xtool and requires 30 Gb and 8.6 Gb after the installation. The installation is fast. Some videos, notably the intro video, were re-encoded with a bitrate of 2 mb/s (x265 codec). On a 17-inch screen, you won't notice the difference.
Link: Deliver Us The Moon (https://mega.nz/folder/YF90HJoD#xoG_p7KteI_5knuK5uZzYw)


(https://i.ibb.co/CWkGSXj/1570628850-3407-card.png)

(https://i.ibb.co/NSYXHW1/screenshot-deliver-us-the-moon-2048x1122-2016-11-27-11.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/6vnywfv/screenshot-deliver-us-the-moon-1920x1080-2018-09-28-18.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/TrpVCMR/screenshot-deliver-us-the-moon-1920x1080-2018-09-28-21.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/wSd0qgv/screenshot-deliver-us-the-moon-1280x720-2018-09-28-22.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on October 16, 2019, 02:13 AM
I hope some users have tried the game "Dishonored 2", that you can find here. After downloading it, Vasudev didn't tell us if he liked it. In my opinion, it's one of the best games available in this topic.

(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/dishonoredvideogame/images/9/92/Dishonored2_Karnaca.png/revision/latest?cb=20160818045841)

(https://db4sgowjqfwig.cloudfront.net/campaigns/122444/assets/825251/209-05-dishonored2.jpg?1517757216)

(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/dishonoredvideogame/images/3/36/Dishonored_2_Conservatory.png/revision/latest?cb=20160818044852)

(http://maxime-maroukian.com/index/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/palace_01.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on October 28, 2019, 03:01 AM
Quote from: scarface on October 16, 2019, 02:13 AM
I hope some users have tried the game "Dishonored 2", that you can find here. After downloading it, Vasudev didn't tell us if he liked it. In my opinion, it's one of the best games available in this topic.

Here's a quick question: the screenshots you showed - is this DX12? I'm asking because the level of detail is superb.

What graphics card are you using?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on October 28, 2019, 11:43 PM
Quote from: humbert on October 28, 2019, 03:01 AM
Quote from: scarface on October 16, 2019, 02:13 AM
I hope some users have tried the game "Dishonored 2", that you can find here. After downloading it, Vasudev didn't tell us if he liked it. In my opinion, it's one of the best games available in this topic.

Here's a quick question: the screenshots you showed - is this DX12? I'm asking because the level of detail is superb.

What graphics card are you using?
No, neither game is supporting Dx12 (but DX11). Those screenshots are wallpapers, hence the perfect definition.
My graphic card is an old Geforce Gtx 960.
Here are are 2 screenshots of mine (Dishonored Doto)
(https://i.ibb.co/Hx70stk/Dishonored-DO-2019-10-28-22-24-07-91.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/ZXX5w0q/Dishonored-DO-2019-10-28-22-12-37-53.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on October 29, 2019, 10:40 PM
I must say I'm not surprised to see humbert play the Dishonored series.
The series requires to be very clever to find the runes and the bonecharms, and achieve low chaos in Dishonored 2.


(https://i.ibb.co/6HBLZQp/dishonoredscreens-0.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/T0GDhYM/baboon.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on November 09, 2019, 04:14 AM
Quote from: scarface on October 28, 2019, 11:43 PM
Quote from: humbert on October 28, 2019, 03:01 AM
Quote from: scarface on October 16, 2019, 02:13 AM
I hope some users have tried the game "Dishonored 2", that you can find here. After downloading it, Vasudev didn't tell us if he liked it. In my opinion, it's one of the best games available in this topic.

Here's a quick question: the screenshots you showed - is this DX12? I'm asking because the level of detail is superb.

What graphics card are you using?
No, neither game is supporting Dx12 (but DX11). Those screenshots are wallpapers, hence the perfect definition.
My graphic card is an old Geforce Gtx 960.
Here are are 2 screenshots of mine (Dishonored Doto)
(https://i.ibb.co/Hx70stk/Dishonored-DO-2019-10-28-22-24-07-91.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/ZXX5w0q/Dishonored-DO-2019-10-28-22-12-37-53.jpg)
If I recall correctly you are using a laptop, right?
If it is a desktop after all, and you need another nvidia 960 2gb I can send it to you for free with an sli bridge.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on November 09, 2019, 10:36 PM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on November 09, 2019, 04:14 AM
If I recall correctly you are using a laptop, right?
If it is a desktop after all, and you need another nvidia 960 2gb I can send it to you for free with an sli bridge.
Right. I have a customized Msi Ge72 6qd.
For the graphic card that's kind of you but I don't need anything. I'm waiting for a decline in processors prices before buying a new computer.
I must say that I bought this one 4 years ago, and I'm still able to do everything I want with it. Back in 1995, a 2 year-old processor was already completely obsolete.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on November 24, 2019, 09:23 AM
Note that I improved the code of the "setup.exe" of several games available in this topic. The new executables are smaller, the setup files only display "repack" instead of "SF repack", and the cancel process is more reliable (via taskkill). They were uploaded in Mega.
You can download these new setup.exe for the Dishonored series, Amnesia, Astray, Crysis 3, Deliver us the moon, Outlast 2, Layers of Fear, Soma, The dark Occult... if you already have some of these repacks.
In case of problem you can contact me.
Note2: I'm currently trying to make a smaller Farcry 4 repack.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLJB4pM9Jj0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj_dDnv6EqI
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on November 26, 2019, 12:17 AM
Tonight, a new repack of Farcry 4 (with update10) is available on the forum. Only 9.9 GB (You need 54Gb to install it).
This repack is smaller and more reliable than the previous one. Besides, it uses a crack of Ali123 that is not detected by antivirus.
If you are interested, it is being uploaded (link below).

Not available any more.


(https://i.ibb.co/0hZf3YN/fc4.gif)

(https://image.ibb.co/e5Nsko/screenshot_far_cry_4_1280x720_2014_12_03_169.jpg)

(https://image.ibb.co/jP7KWT/screenshot_far_cry_4_1280x720_2014_12_03_136.jpg)

(https://image.ibb.co/gYuBd8/screenshot_far_cry_4_1280x720_2014_10_30_110.jpg)

(https://image.ibb.co/ccmeWT/screenshot_far_cry_4_1280x720_2014_12_03_139.jpg)


There is a small glitch with the installer: it goes beyond 100% (rebuilding files). But you just have to wait till the end. It copies the files till 25%, then rebuilds the files. The file records.inf has been created for the progress bar to work during this part in the installer.
(https://image.ibb.co/c2meWT/farcry4.png)
Since I didn’t find documentation about isexec, there must be a problem with the percentage in my script:
if not ShowChangeDiskWindow ('Please Insert Disk 1 To Continue..', ExpandConstant('{src}'),'Setup-1.bin') then break;
if not ISArcExtract ( 0, 20, ExpandConstant('{src}\Setup-1.bin'), ExpandConstant('{app}'), '', false, '', ExpandConstant('{tmp}\arc.ini'), ExpandConstant('{app}'), False) then break;
if not ShowChangeDiskWindow ('Please Insert Disk 2 To Continue..', ExpandConstant('{src}'),'Setup-2.bin') then break;
if not ISArcExtract ( 0, 05, ExpandConstant('{src}\Setup-2.bin'), ExpandConstant('{app}'), '', false, '', ExpandConstant('{tmp}\arc.ini'), ExpandConstant('{app}'), False) then break;
if not ISExec ( 0, 0, 0, ExpandConstant('{app}\data.bat'), '', ExpandConstant('{app}'), 'Rebuilding files...',false) then break;
if not ISExec ( 0, 0, 0, ExpandConstant('{app}\data1.bat'), '', ExpandConstant('{app}'), 'Rebuilding files...',false) then break;
if not ISExec ( 0, 0, 0, ExpandConstant('{app}\data2.bat'), '', ExpandConstant('{app}'), 'Rebuilding files...',false) then break;

Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on November 28, 2019, 10:01 AM
Note that an update of the repack of Dishonored 2, released in 2017, is available on the forum.
In this version, there is a new crack undetected by AVs. You won't need to switch off your antivirus any more to play the game.

Previously:
Game version is v1.77.9 (it is the latest version).
This repack is 1Gb smaller than the previous one.
Decompression is more reliable, no error found for the moment.
In case the installer crashes (the installer was tested twice and it didn't happen), restart the install - note that the repack is using srep 3.93 which is known to have memory leaks under windows 10.
It's only 17.7 16.9 15.1 Gb, way smaller than fitgirl's repack. The videos were re-encoded (50% of the original), visually it's not different (if you are not using too big a screen).
I've deleted 8gb of data  (the biggest file of the game), no soundtracks removed, no textures removed, no levels removed,  it seems the shared resources (this file was named sharedresources...), are not useful and in fact I'm wondering what this file could be used for, apparently the game is perfectly working, no glitch, I tested it (note that on the forum Xentax they didn't find what this file could be used for either).

Link: https://mega.nz/#F!YBMBGIbC!AGikMMLu5Az6silAcURLkw


(https://i.ibb.co/kQsvQdb/dh2.jpg)

(https://d3isma7snj3lcx.cloudfront.net/optim/images/photos/30/50/78/01/ME3050780103_2__830_470.jpg)

(https://d3isma7snj3lcx.cloudfront.net/optim/images/photos/30/50/75/43/ME3050754399_2__830_470.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/t8gpL9b/Dishonored2-2019-04-24-00-36-24-88.jpg)

(https://d3isma7snj3lcx.cloudfront.net/optim/images/photos/30/50/76/47/ME3050764713_2__830_470.jpg)

(https://d3isma7snj3lcx.cloudfront.net/optim/images/photos/30/50/78/00/ME3050780093_2__830_470.jpg)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17CwZmI8mUQ


Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on December 16, 2019, 05:51 PM
Just downloaded Star Wars Fallen Order
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on December 22, 2019, 12:27 AM
Games I recommend that can be run on, what I claim to be potato, better than nothing at least. Tested on intel hd 5500:
Mini Metro (Pc + Android)
Factorio
Software INC
Super Hexagon (PC + Android, Recommend slightly stronger pc to guarantee 60fps as engine is FPS bound.)
Warcraft 3
Maplestory
Gnomoria
Dwarf fortress
Runescape
Factory Town
Warsim
Terraria
VVVVV (pc + android)
Cat bird (Android)

The games I played the most lately:
Overwatch
Super Hexagon
Warcraft 3
Starcraft 2
Some League of Legends, but I'm quite fed up with the latest patches. So I took a break from it.

I'm really looking forward to WC3 reforged, already pre-ordered it for my brother and I. So far I think it looks really good. Sometimes it's a bit hard to distinguish characters, but I think that's just because I'm not used to it. I do hope they change so that Night elf building are more clear what they're becoming when they're being morphed into existence.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on December 22, 2019, 01:48 AM
Tonight, an AIO repack  with all the "frictional games" is available on the forum:
- Amnesia - The dark descent
- Amnesia - A machine for pigs
- Penumbra Black Plague
-Soma
- and numerous mods & custom stories
(Penumbra Overture was removed since BP is better).

Besides, 3 mods by Damned Husky were added to Soma. They can be started with Modlauncher.exe (shortcut in startmenu only).

For all games, shortcuts can be installed on the desktop and in the Start Menu.
Note that map_cache files were deleted, which can result in longer loading times.
Note that the file physics.fsb was deleted in Soma, but it's not really important (if you drop an object, there will be no sound). I modified some Targa files to make them smaller too (using a lossless compression).
The Russian language was deleted in Amnesia TDD. The default language is English anyway.
Some unused files were deleted in Amnesia AMFP.

Warning: If you play in a dark room, set the brightness/contrast to the right level, wear headphones, then the game might be scary for some users.

Size: 6.35 Gb 7.30 Gb 7.69 Gb

Link: https://mega.nz/#F!wYsAiAjJ!0HcBkUEr44ujsays88a1mw (https://mega.nz/#F!wYsAiAjJ!0HcBkUEr44ujsays88a1mw)


(https://i.ibb.co/XVkRnBW/repack.jpg)


Amnesia - the Dark Descent
(https://i.ibb.co/2j7JDJb/amnesia-open.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/TvKt4FH/amnesia-the-dark-descent-7.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/CznJtQJ/amnesia-the-dark-descent-image-09l-Sb.jpg)

Amnesia - A machine for pigs
This is the sequel of the game Amnesia, the dark descent.

(https://i.ibb.co/KWcdf35/aamfp-2017-03-07-21-02-01-76.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/5KhQnvd/aamfp-2017-03-07-21-04-28-07.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/Rg8j2FL/aamfp-2017-03-07-21-05-12-09.jpg)
The death of Sardanapalus


Presentation of Penumbra: Black Plague:

Penumbra: Black Plague is a creepy and dark psychological horror experience featuring the adventures of Philip as he sets of in search of his dead father. Trapped in a shadowy, underground complex, intrepid explorer Philip is determined to discover the truth behind his father's disappearance. Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity. Can Philip master his fear and finally uncover the truth behind a mystery that has haunted him for a lifetime?

The story: Penumbra - Black Plague begins as an email sent by Philip Buchanon to a friend, explaining what has happened to him and begging him to finish the work he could not. The rest of the game then proceeds as a flashback narrated by Phillip to his friend in the email, beginning from where the previous game left off.

The game begins with Phillip waking up in a locked room, after being knocked out by an unseen being at the end of the first game. Phillip manages to escape via a nearby air-vent, and finds himself in the underground research facility of the Archaic Elevated Caste, a secret organization dedicated to discovering and researching ancient knowledge. The base is abandoned and in ruins, with all its personnel either dead or transformed into "the Infected", fast, zombie-like creatures that attack Phillip on sight.

Phillip discovers that he has also been infected; however, his reaction to the virus is extremely abnormal; instead of joining the infected hive-mind, he develops a sarcastic, malevolent split-personality that calls itself Clarence who constantly taunts Phillip throughout the course of the game.

Via the base's computer network, Phillip is contacted by Amabel Swanson, an Archaic research scientist who has managed to survive the outbreak by locking herself in her lab. Swanson promises to help cure Philip's infection, if he will make his way to her section of the facility and rescue her.

Through dialogue with Swanson, and various scattered documents found throughout the base, Phillip learns that the Archaic came to Greenland to look for the "Tuurngait," an ancient entity described in native Inuit mythology as primordial spirits native to the area. Penetrating deep underground, the Archaic found and released the Tuurngait, which manifested as a sentient virus that infected the base's personnel. Phillip discovers his father Howard managed to communicate with the Tuurngait, but what he learned drove him to commit suicide after sending Phillip a letter ordering him to destroy his research documents.

Phillip eventually manages to make his way to Amabel's lab, but Clarence causes him to hallucinate and murder Amabel. Using Amabel's lab notes, Phillip manages to rid himself of Clarence by extracting him using a lab machine. However, the machine transfers Clarence into a nearby corpse, which he reanimates and uses to attack Phillip.

Phillip is saved by the Tuurngait itself, as several Infected arrive to destroy Clarence, for Clarence now possesses an individual body and mind rather than part of "the many" in Tuurngait. The Tuurngait communicates directly with Phillip, sending him into his own mind and putting him through a series of spiritual tests designed to test his ability to cooperate, show mercy, and demonstrate self-sacrifice.
(https://image.ibb.co/gB56s0/penumbra-bp-1.jpg)

(https://image.ibb.co/cjUGs0/Penumbra-Black-Plague-screenshot.jpg)

(https://image.ibb.co/fZt9C0/penumbra-black-plague-library.jpg)

Presentation of Soma
Soma is a science fiction survival horror video game published by Frictional Games for Microsoft Windows.


Soma takes place on an underwater remote research facility with machinery that begins to take on human characteristics. Simon Jarrett, a fish out of water protagonist, finds himself at the facility under mysterious circumstances and is inadvertently forced into uncovering its past, while trying to make sense of his predicament and potential future.

(https://image.ibb.co/fxZkHA/Soma-beginning-walkthrough-2-12.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/Wx50Bsf/lA1aC9y.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/tPFyc1z/1LArPM6.jpg)

Mods for Soma:
Mod 1:
Aaron's father's illness leads to him having to make a big choice.
(https://i.ibb.co/B3rSLTc/20180224212945-1.jpg)

Mod 2:
It is approximately one year after Aaron participated in the Games. This year is going to be different. A brand new arena has been built and Ashley Redwood is going to get the honor of being the first participant attempting to get through it alive.
(https://i.ibb.co/Hdch5r4/20180804173711-1.jpg)

Mod 3:
Ashley's story continues in the Episode 3 of Games. It's the second day and she has to work her way through several areas specifically designed to do her harm.
(https://i.ibb.co/h2Wjw4F/20180923161202-1.jpg)


Mods for Amnesia TDD (in the menu of Amnesia TDD in Custom story):

(https://i.ibb.co/1KNPbqj/Amnesia-2011-07-31-20-55-29-58.jpg)


Abduction
(https://i.ibb.co/0Zbt78q/abduction.jpg)


Emma's nightmare
(https://i.ibb.co/p6TtLRW/Emma-s-nightmare.jpg)


The machine
(https://i.ibb.co/cy8DP8R/the-machine.jpg)


Study of Insanity
Deep in the European countryside is an old, seemingly unexceptional 18th century house, sitting undisturbed for over a hundred years. A small team of researchers from a University attempted to explore the house and uncover its secrets. Search the estate to discover clues pertaining to their fate and the true nature of the house. Decide for yourself what really happened and if you can escape the madness.


Obscurity
Crescent Village... That name has been ringing in my ears, haunting me in my dreams. The nightmares won't stop... And they all surround that dreadful place.
(https://i.ibb.co/XsJjrFR/Obscurity.jpg)


Mods for Penumbra (directly available in the Start menu):
Penumbra: Necrologue is a continuation of the Penumbra series made by Frictional Games. The game starts right where the last game in the series ended. Join Philip in the last part of his journey as he tries to find the answers to everything he witnessed in the Archaic Shelter while trying to stay alive from the many horrors that await him deep below the ice.
Philip awakens in the computer room from the end of Penumbra: Black Plague, apparently having survived the events of Requiem. However, he notices that several things are different. Clarence, Dr. Amabel Swanson, and Red are somehow still alive, after having been contacted by all 3. Philip also finds that an expedition has come to the facility to rescue anyone within. Philip sets out once again, to find the answers, and finally escape with his life. However, things are not so simple. The facility is still crawling with the Tuurngait Infected, and many similar dangers lie within. Will Philip survive and escape this final endeavor?

(https://i.ibb.co/JrcVttj/Necrologue-fan-art-3-png.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/wW4R9n8/RB6i-UXT9-VAw.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/XDWVz8K/68-J8-Qi5q-TIU.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/DbhpcZT/Penumbra-base-2014-06-04-12-09-39-31240.png)

Penumbra: Twilight of the Archaic
Twilight of the Archaic picks up where Necrologue left off. CounterCurrent describes it as a "small add-on" but says it'll provide closure on the majority of loose threads from the main game.
(https://i.ibb.co/0Q4Tn9X/Penumbra-archaic.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/1RDjMJ9/leadmine.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/ctSBf7j/2.jpg)


(https://i.ibb.co/5vLnBnN/baboon2.jpg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIJj4Atfj8Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry1CIjUbv3Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfqZVnBtyuw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqYwneO6GC8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TBRbdP0d7A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYEblYXLxng
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on January 20, 2020, 06:14 PM
We know that humbert and shadow.97 are playing Amnesia that you can find here: http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg34947#msg34947
If you don't know how to finish the game, here is a little video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ynW4p091nI

(https://i.ibb.co/n68ZC3S/aamfp-2020-01-19-23-15-13-21.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on January 22, 2020, 07:39 PM
Quote from: scarface on January 20, 2020, 06:14 PM
We know that humbert and shadow.97 are playing Amnesia that you can find here: http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg34947#msg34947
If you don't know how to finish the game, here is a little video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ynW4p091nI

(https://i.ibb.co/n68ZC3S/aamfp-2020-01-19-23-15-13-21.jpg)
I'm terrified of scary movies and games, I've started amnesia once, i quit before I opened the first door.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on January 22, 2020, 11:51 PM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on January 22, 2020, 07:39 PM
I'm terrified of scary movies and games, I've started amnesia once, i quit before I opened the first door.
The Amnesia games are a bit frightening indeed. Maybe Soma would be more suitable then, should you deal with the horrendous monsters.
The Penumbra series might be even more sinister. But I really like it.

For Pcgames, Amnesia TDD is amongst the best horror games. Note that Frictional games is planning to release a new game too:  https://www.pcgamesn.com/soma/frictional-new-game
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on January 25, 2020, 06:41 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on January 22, 2020, 07:39 PM
I'm terrified of scary movies and games, I've started amnesia once, i quit before I opened the first door.

Really? Do they keep you up at night or what? I realize fear is often irrational and hard to control, but in the end, they're nothing more than movies or games.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on January 30, 2020, 05:56 PM
Quote from: humbert on January 25, 2020, 06:41 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on January 22, 2020, 07:39 PM
I'm terrified of scary movies and games, I've started amnesia once, i quit before I opened the first door.

Really? Do they keep you up at night or what? I realize fear is often irrational and hard to control, but in the end, they're nothing more than movies or games.
Honestly, I just find it highly uncomfortable. And I don't really find any joy or pleasure in putting myself in situations like that. I've had panics and high anxiety throughout my school years. I used to come to this forum to just read when I was anxious in class. It's much better now. But I still get panics. And I know that it is things that build up to this, and therefor I avoid things at all cost that cause me to feel unwell.
Scary things usually just leaves me feeling watched, and because of that, I start "seeing" things, aand then my mind spiral.

A short list of things I avoid:
Life&Death, and things that are thought provoking.
Dogs
Alarms(Firealarms, burglary alarms etc)
Loud sounds
Being out of control, in a situation where I could be.(Ex, driving instead of being passenger.)
Flying(Thats fine nowdays.)
Reading(Books etc.) Trying to teach myself to do that, but it causes my mind to spiral.

Also, if you jump scare me in real life, you will likely be told politely, yet firmly to never do that again. With a hint of death stare  ::)



Right now I'm looking to finish the following 3 games, the bottom two was given to me on Christmas by complete strangers.
WC3 reforged campaign
Lost Ember
Ori and the blind forest
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on January 30, 2020, 06:44 PM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on January 30, 2020, 05:56 PM
A short list of things I avoid:
Dogs
Loud sounds

Right now I'm looking to finish the following 3 games, the bottom two was given to me on Christmas by complete strangers.
WC3 reforged campaign
Lost Ember
Ori and the blind forest
Then you shouldn't play Penumbra games either.
I don't know any of these games.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on January 31, 2020, 06:31 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on January 30, 2020, 05:56 PM
Honestly, I just find it highly uncomfortable. And I don't really find any joy or pleasure in putting myself in situations like that. I've had panics and high anxiety throughout my school years. I used to come to this forum to just read when I was anxious in class. It's much better now. But I still get panics. And I know that it is things that build up to this, and therefor I avoid things at all cost that cause me to feel unwell.

I'm glad you clarified this. I know perfectly what high anxiety and panic attacks are. I've been struggling with them as far back as I can remember. I also know they have triggers, i.e., certain things or situations that set the attacks off. You just mentioned a few of yours.

Sadly the big problem with panic disorders is that the sufferer knows perfectly that the triggers are essentially harmless. Unfortunately the panic disorder takes over and paralyzes the brain's rational thinking. This is the reason why trying to explain to a sufferer that the trigger is harmless doesn't work. I always carry Xanax. It's great for anxiety. I take it only as needed. Too much Xanax or taking it too frequently renders it less effective, plus it may be addictive for some people.

Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on January 31, 2020, 05:25 PM
Today, a new game is available on the forum, and titled Belatout.
The content of this game is appropriate for everyone on the forum.
I'm sure shadow.97 and Maher already know the Belote coinchée, it's probably the most interesting version of the belote.


Link: https://ufile.io/3glukvpn
Note: Belatout will be available in the next version of windows 10 x64.


To put the game in English , you have to press Ctrl+L, choose "personnalisé" and browse for "JeuxDeCartes_Anglais.txt"
The rules of the game are available here: https://vincent-brevart.fr/en/reg/belote-card-game-rules.html


Note that the s&p 500 is currently crumbling despite the good earnings of Amazon.


(https://i.ibb.co/rv0YYLq/Belatout.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on January 31, 2020, 07:00 PM
Quote from: scarface on January 31, 2020, 05:25 PM
Today, a new game is available on the forum, and titled Belatout.
The content of this game is appropriate for everyone on the forum.
I'm sure shadow.97 and Maher already know the Belote coinchée, it's probably the most interesting version of the belote.


Link: https://ufile.io/3glukvpn
Note: Belatout will be available in the next version of windows 10 x64.


To put the game in English , you have to press Ctrl+L, choose "personnalisé" and browse for "JeuxDeCartes_Anglais.txt"
The rules of the game are available here: https://vincent-brevart.fr/en/reg/belote-card-game-rules.html


Note that the s&p 500 is currently crumbling despite the good earnings of Amazon.


(https://i.ibb.co/rv0YYLq/Belatout.jpg)
Wasn't this the game that was included with windows 98 or xp?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on January 31, 2020, 07:25 PM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on January 31, 2020, 07:00 PM
Wasn't this the game that was included with windows 98 or xp?
No it wasn't. Freecell and solitaire are not Belote games.
(https://i.ibb.co/L5WWYQf/unnamed.jpg)
Here is the webpage of Belatout: https://vincent-brevart.fr/fr/bel/bel-atout-telecharger.html
This game was created decades ago indeed. And the webpage was the same.


Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on February 01, 2020, 01:57 PM
Quote from: scarface on January 31, 2020, 07:25 PM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on January 31, 2020, 07:00 PM
Wasn't this the game that was included with windows 98 or xp?
No it wasn't. Freecell and solitaire are not Belote games.
(https://i.ibb.co/L5WWYQf/unnamed.jpg)
Here is the webpage of Belatout: https://vincent-brevart.fr/fr/bel/bel-atout-telecharger.html
This game was created decades ago indeed. And the webpage was the same.
Ended up googling it some, seems like the game I was thinking of was 'Internet hearts' included in windows xp.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on February 01, 2020, 02:00 PM
I was also thinking some, have you people tried different micro management games?
Games like, Factorio, Software INC, Startup company, Cities Skylines, Gnomoria, Dwarf Fortress, Mini Metro, Sims or the likes?

They're probably currently some of the games that I've spent the most time with just for the fact that you always feel that you can do things better or faster, even if you reach end game.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on February 07, 2020, 04:49 PM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on February 01, 2020, 02:00 PM
I was also thinking some, have you people tried different micro management games?
Games like, Factorio, Software INC, Startup company, Cities Skylines, Gnomoria, Dwarf Fortress, Mini Metro, Sims or the likes?

They're probably currently some of the games that I've spent the most time with just for the fact that you always feel that you can do things better or faster, even if you reach end game.
Well, I never tested those games.
However, I used to play Sim city 2000...a few decades ago.
(https://i.ibb.co/sCZgjT5/2637949290.jpg)

aa1234779, humbert, vasudev and shadow.97 are probably wondering what is going to be the next repack.
I'm still waiting for the next game of frictional games. I'm also trying new mods (for Soma and Amnesia TDD) in order to update the existing repack.
(https://i.ibb.co/XVkRnBW/repack.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on February 22, 2020, 02:22 PM
Note that all the messages concerning new mods for Amnesia were grouped into the original message here:
http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg34947#msg34947

Note that 2 new mods for Penumbra are finally available: Penumbra Necrologue and Penumbra Twilight of the Archaic.
They are standalone mods so it has been a bit more difficult to integrate them. Some direct shortcuts are available in the start menu too. New setup.exe and setup6.bin files are being uploaded.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on February 23, 2020, 10:45 PM
Note that I tested "Penumbra Necrologue". It has a well-crafted story and a strong atmosphere that doesn't rely on jump-scares. However we can see a few infected and I'm not sure this game would be suitable for Vasudev, shadow.97 and usman.


(https://i.ibb.co/k3SJmnk/a.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on March 07, 2020, 07:44 PM
Tonight a repost is available for the game star wars Episode 1 racer. This time, it's a switch-less installer of a new version which is compatible with windows 10. In the previous topic, the setup was not compatible with windows 10. A start menu shortcut is created during the installation.

This was probably one of the best games for the nintendo 64 with Goldeneye.
here is a video if you don't know this game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-r0vZFVY9w

Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xA8czpN3I1V08dYsR1jTB_UT-veCWvmh

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2KTK4KZbd9s/TzvxMju-vSI/AAAAAAAACVo/qOOf06FZPz4/s640/jaquette+Star+Wars+Episode+I++Racer.jpg)


Note that I tested another game titled Racing Glider.
I've not been able to play the game more than 2 minutes.
This game is pretty to look at, but that's all it got. The controls response feels awkardly slow. You will find yourself touching the side bands way more than you would like. And there is an agonizing music.
So this game will not deserve a repack.

(https://i.ibb.co/VMbYfKR/racing-glider.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on March 13, 2020, 05:45 PM
Quote from: scarface on March 07, 2020, 07:44 PM
Tonight a repost is available for the game star wars Episode 1 racer. This time, it's a switch-less installer of a new version which is compatible with windows 10. In the previous topic, the setup was not compatible with windows 10. A start menu shortcut is created during the installation.

This was probably one of the best games for the nintendo 64 with Goldeneye.
here is a video if you don't know this game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-r0vZFVY9w

Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xA8czpN3I1V08dYsR1jTB_UT-veCWvmh

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2KTK4KZbd9s/TzvxMju-vSI/AAAAAAAACVo/qOOf06FZPz4/s640/jaquette+Star+Wars+Episode+I++Racer.jpg)


Note that I tested another game titled Racing Glider.
I've not been able to play the game more than 2 minutes.
This game is pretty to look at, but that's all it got. The controls response feels awkardly slow. You will find yourself touching the side bands way more than you would like. And there is an agonizing music.
So this game will not deserve a repack.

(https://i.ibb.co/VMbYfKR/racing-glider.jpg)

I most certainly remember playing that starwars game when I was young. Not sure where, I think it was on some demo CD?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on March 13, 2020, 08:15 PM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on March 13, 2020, 05:45 PM
I most certainly remember playing that starwars game when I was young. Not sure where, I think it was on some demo CD?
You must be mistaken shadow.97. Star wars racer was initially released in 1999 and it was a cartridge for Nintendo 64.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on March 13, 2020, 11:39 PM
Since I won't go to work for an indefinite period of time thanks to the deadly Coronavirus, I'm listening to your suggestions concerning new repacks. If you know an interesting game that deserves a repack, tell me.

Note that I finished the game "Penumbra - twilight of the archaic", available in the AIO repack of Amnesia.
The end was so weird.

Note the the cac 40 and Dax 30 futures are up 5% right now, after the closing of Wall Street.
I see a 10% upside potential on the short term, before a reassessment of the coronavirus impact.

Note that a new windows 7 edition could be available soon. If I can find the new March updates since win7 is now on extended support.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOfJvPJiDJc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSinr8_IZ5w

Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on March 19, 2020, 07:50 PM
Note that I'm planning to release a smaller repack for "Amnesia AIO" (available here: http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg34947#msg34947)
I don't know anyone who tested these games. Vasudev and shadow.97 both said they were scared by those games. It's true that the Penumbra series is particularly frightening. Note that if you test this repack and notably the mods for Amnesia TDD, feel free to give your opinion. If a mod was particularly bad, it could be removed. I have only tested a few of them.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on March 24, 2020, 04:37 AM
Quote from: scarface on March 13, 2020, 11:39 PM
Since I won't go to work for an indefinite period of time thanks to the deadly Coronavirus

Is this a mandatory lockdown or what. They're imposing one here in San Antonio. Natually all this is nothing more than mass hysteria.

Since when is the Coronavirus deadly? Are you a sick old man or something?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on March 24, 2020, 09:08 AM
Quote from: humbert on March 24, 2020, 04:37 AM
Since I won't go to work for an indefinite period of time thanks to the deadly Coronavirus

Is this a mandatory lockdown or what. They're imposing one here in San Antonio. Natually all this is nothing more than mass hysteria.

Since when is the Coronavirus deadly? Are you a sick old man or something?
Yes it is mandatory. But today, I am going to try to go out to buy some food - and some wine. I will take photos of the empty streets, if I can.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on March 25, 2020, 03:39 AM
Quote from: humbert on March 24, 2020, 04:37 AM
Quote from: scarface on March 13, 2020, 11:39 PM
Since I won't go to work for an indefinite period of time thanks to the deadly Coronavirus

Is this a mandatory lockdown or what. They're imposing one here in San Antonio. Natually all this is nothing more than mass hysteria.

Since when is the Coronavirus deadly? Are you a sick old man or something?
It's a lockdown here as well; they just don't use the terminology. Only thing you're allowed to do is go to essential services like pharmacies and grocery stores. Rest is closed. Gatherings of 4+ people are banned.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on March 25, 2020, 02:21 PM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on March 25, 2020, 03:39 AM
It's a lockdown here as well; they just don't use the terminology. Only thing you're allowed to do is go to essential services like pharmacies and grocery stores. Rest is closed. Gatherings of 4+ people are banned.
I knew some of you were confined. Yesterday, I heard on the radio that 2.5 billion people were confined on the planet. And this morning I heard a curfew was taking place in India.

Note that after yesterday and today's rebound on the stock market, another coup de tabac can't be ruled out. I sold some Societe Generale and Natixis stocks. If the markets are going down, I will buy back or I will sell the rest if they are going up.
With new measures of confinement to come in France, I expect the cac40 to go back below 4000 points.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on March 25, 2020, 04:15 PM
If some of you are currently confined and if you do not know what to do, I recommend the game "Deliver us the moon", available here: http://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg34771#msg34771


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afpk3TbVNWE
(https://i.ibb.co/B3WsVtt/deliver-us-the-moon-889x500.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: ScothJony11 on April 17, 2020, 05:36 PM
Starcraft 2
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on April 18, 2020, 12:24 AM
Quote from: ScothJony11 on April 17, 2020, 05:36 PM
Starcraft 2

This is the one from Blizzard, right?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on April 18, 2020, 03:57 AM
Quote from: ScothJony11 on April 17, 2020, 05:36 PM
Starcraft 2
Welcome to the forum :)

SC2 is a fantastic game, if you're into coop modes or even some online we could play some.
Unfortunately I'm not a pro in this game :P
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on April 29, 2020, 12:49 PM
Note that Im currently playing the custom story The Call From Another Dimension2: Herman's Revenge and it is pretty good.
I remind you that the repack is available here: https://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg34947#msg34947

(https://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/25/24760/2013-09-23_00002.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on May 20, 2020, 11:06 PM
Note that an updated repack of Deliver us The moon could be available in the next few days, with updates 1.41 and 1.4.2. I'm going to try to make it smaller too.

(https://i.ibb.co/Mh5bHtF/Deliver-Us-The-Moon-770x433.jpg)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyuYCbrqRMk
(https://i.ibb.co/Zm2NJJh/baboon2.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on May 21, 2020, 11:14 AM
Note that the new version of Deliver us the moon version 1.42 is ready and currently uploaded.
The new repack is slightly smaller than the old one: 4.45Gb vs 4.55Gb.
The new updates are fixing bugs and improving the game for the new Nvidia RTX graphic cards.

It is a good game, I advise Vasudev, usmangujjar and shadow.97 to test it.
The link is available here: https://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg34771#msg34771
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on May 25, 2020, 03:06 AM
Quote from: scarface on October 12, 2019, 05:24 PM
Today, a new game repack is available for the users of the forum, titled Deliver Us The Moon, and released on 10 October 2019.

Deliver Us The Moon is a Sci-Fi thriller set in an apocalyptic near future, where Earth's natural resources are depleted. A lone astronaut is sent to the moon on a critical mission to save humanity from extinction.

Size: 4.45Gb only. The repack has the latest patch 1.42.
The repack is using xtool and requires 30 Gb and 8.6 Gb after the installation. The installation is fast. Some videos, notably the intro video, were re-encoded with a bitrate of 5mb/s. On a 17-inch screen, you won't notice the difference.
Link: Deliver Us The Moon (https://mega.nz/#F!SPAg1IbZ!qBvKCDb3NLu_M6eY3pYZ1g)


(https://i.ibb.co/CWkGSXj/1570628850-3407-card.png)

(https://i.ibb.co/NSYXHW1/screenshot-deliver-us-the-moon-2048x1122-2016-11-27-11.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/6vnywfv/screenshot-deliver-us-the-moon-1920x1080-2018-09-28-18.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/TrpVCMR/screenshot-deliver-us-the-moon-1920x1080-2018-09-28-21.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/wSd0qgv/screenshot-deliver-us-the-moon-1280x720-2018-09-28-22.jpg)
I selected the wrong directory when pressing install, so I cancelled it. But now I dont even have the option anymore to choose installation path. hmm! :D
(https://i.imgur.com/ZjMcIoI.png)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on May 25, 2020, 05:09 PM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on May 25, 2020, 03:06 AM
I selected the wrong directory when pressing install, so I cancelled it. But now I dont even have the option anymore to choose installation path. hmm! :D
(https://i.imgur.com/ZjMcIoI.png)
It is normal, if you click next it is reinstalling the game in the same path.
If you want to change the path, you have to go the directory where it was previously installed and uninstall it (uninst.exe) or use the shortcut in the startmenu.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on May 29, 2020, 03:31 PM
Today, another game repack, titled 35MM, and released in 2016 is available on the forum.



35MM is a post-apocalyptic story about two travelers who set out on a long journey in the wasteland, left by people after the global epidemic. The disaster destroyed much of the world's population, the infrastructure went wrong and the common life remained only in memories. You will have to play the character whose path runs through the deserted towns and cities in Russia, fields and forests of a vast country and even a secret underground facility.

Size: 1.05 Gb
Link: 35MM (https://mega.nz/folder/4B13ASYT#8dN6jiJyeNNvJv5vhonYpA)


(https://i.ibb.co/VBKNhmQ/screenshot-35mm-1919x1080-2016-05-30-2.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/C9wxhcX/screenshot-35mm-1920x1081-2016-05-30-9.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/4mzMv0S/screenshot-35mm-1920x1081-2016-05-30-8.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on June 12, 2020, 10:39 AM
Note that the new repack of Dishonored 2 is available in the previous link. The repack is only 50mb smaller. There are 5 bin instead of 6. You have to download everything again including setup.exe (except setup1.bin, the biggest file) if you already have this repack. The content was unchanged.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boR_lNB349c

(https://i.ibb.co/W31DMXC/452912-dishonored-2-Dishonored-748x421.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/VYPjcXQ/dishonored2-castle.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on June 13, 2020, 02:40 PM
Note that a smaller repack for We. The Revolution is available here: https://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg30171#msg30171
You have to download the whole repack again if you already have the game.


(https://i.ibb.co/GcXC3kF/1551715212-703-card.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on June 21, 2020, 03:02 PM
Maybe you already downloaded the repack of Dishonored 2 which is available here: https://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg34887#msg34887
I know that Vasudev did, but he never told us if he was able to finish the game.

Some of you must have found the rune in the mouth of the whale
(https://i.ibb.co/wySv6yW/Dishonored2-2020-06-21-13-44-41-64.jpg)


It is not easy to get through the wall of light. This one is powered by a windmill and you have to switch it off.
(https://i.ibb.co/QvkJJPF/Dishonored2-2020-06-21-13-52-08-64.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on July 04, 2020, 12:00 AM
In this message, you will find all the available links for the repacks of the forum, for the sake of simplicity.


Dishonored 2 - 15.1 GB
https://mega.nz/#F!YBMBGIbC!AGikMMLu5Az6silAcURLkw
(https://i.ibb.co/gSqd4sv/Dishonored-2.jpg)


AIO repack  with all the frictional games - 7.35 Gb
https://mega.nz/#F!wYsAiAjJ!0HcBkUEr44ujsays88a1mw
(https://i.ibb.co/XVkRnBW/repack.jpg)


Deliver Us The Moon - 4.16 Gb
https://mega.nz/folder/YF90HJoD#xoG_p7KteI_5knuK5uZzYw
(https://i.ibb.co/CWkGSXj/1570628850-3407-card.png)


Outlast 2 - 9.54 Gb
https://mega.nz/#F!GQAkzaAB!5I-buaz8ak5UTllOPrX61w
(https://i.ibb.co/5BbkSW3/outlast2.jpg)


Metro 2033 Redux - 3.82 Gb
https://mega.nz/#F!VZ1xjK4Y!VXNXBgupjyuc0kEyQvTcoA
(https://i.ibb.co/4PWdvMm/redux.png)


Crysis 3 - 5.15 Gb
https://mega.nz/folder/TYhhQYzb#7WoxPEwoOQQalekL5ddVKw
(https://image.ibb.co/ktNuZ8/crysis_3.png)


Sonic 2 HD
https://mega.nz/folder/0Rs0SQ4K#43LTE7Z8_ygmEiKRsk6Cmg
(https://i.ibb.co/yXMf4s9/170930-sonic2hd.jpg)


Astray - 1.04 Gb
https://mega.nz/folder/0MlQEIoC#Aq1wLyIfHHNSj98LUXH1Eg
(https://i.ibb.co/QDr1zdN/Astray.jpg)


35MM - 1.05 Gb
https://mega.nz/folder/4B13ASYT#8dN6jiJyeNNvJv5vhonYpA
(https://i.ibb.co/VBKNhmQ/screenshot-35mm-1919x1080-2016-05-30-2.jpg)


Layers of Fear - Inheritance - 1.32 Gb
https://mega.nz/#F!fQpkDazL!csbetf5D4lNjOWe-QsECEA
(https://i.ibb.co/J2XBZ94/Layers-of-Fear-Inheritance-Logo.jpg)


We. The revolution - 1.16 Gb
https://mega.nz/folder/NQ00CZxB#gXWXlziL_Mn_NkIt552OeA
(http://s01.riotpixels.net/data/6d/34/6d34900a-07d0-4b99-9da6-5a928b8d5ca1.jpg.720p.jpg/screenshot.we-the-revolution.1280x720.2019-03-04.14.jpg)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFY-zm2grDk
(https://i.ibb.co/gTrYSW6/Jora-J-fox.jpg)

Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on July 20, 2020, 05:35 AM
Quote from: scarface on July 04, 2020, 12:00 AM
Deliver Us The Moon - 4.4Gb

This movie isn't coming up on IMDB. Is there another title?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on July 20, 2020, 08:05 AM
Quote from: humbert on July 20, 2020, 05:35 AMDeliver Us The Moon - 4.4Gb

This movie isn't coming up on IMDB. Is there another title?
Well, there is no movie "titled Deliver us the moon", it's a game.
Game review here: https://www.godisageek.com/reviews/deliver-us-the-moon-review/

Maybe some users of the forum who are fans of games, and I assume shadow.97, usman or Vasuded (I know that Maher, the administrator of the forum, does not play games), have tested this game, but I guess you won't download this repack, even though I consider it is the smallest repack on the web, till someone proves otherwise.
However, I can offer you the opening cinematic cutscene of the game, since you were looking for a movie. Thus, you won't need to download the repack in order to know what the game is about.
Note that I played this game and finished it. I don't regret it, even if I consider that the Dishonored series is even better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nFklKSAdbU

(https://i.ibb.co/QbG7gLV/DUTM-Keyart-900-No-Ase.jpg)

Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on August 27, 2020, 02:50 PM
Was on the phone with my dad yesterday. First time in a long while.
He mentioned that the reason he doesnt play games is that he is scared to be addicted.

I wonder if he might be hinting that I'm addicted. (Yes, yes he is.)


What are your stances on games, are they any good to play, or is it just a time sink that kills productivity?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on August 27, 2020, 10:01 PM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on August 27, 2020, 02:50 PM
Was on the phone with my dad yesterday. First time in a long while.
He mentioned that the reason he doesnt play games is that he is scared to be addicted.

I wonder if he might be hinting that I'm addicted. (Yes, yes he is.)


What are your stances on games, are they any good to play, or is it just a time sink that kills productivity?

As for me, I consider playing games as a form of escape. But you shouldn't play more than 1 or 2 hours a day I guess.
My father wasn't playing video games either. But he used to play belote.

Dishonored 2 - in the conservatory.
(https://i.ibb.co/KKY5dBF/Dishonored-2-Conservatory.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on August 29, 2020, 05:21 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on August 27, 2020, 02:50 PM
Was on the phone with my dad yesterday. First time in a long while.
He mentioned that the reason he doesnt play games is that he is scared to be addicted.

How do you get "addicted" to games? I don't know about the rest of humanity, but I play a game until I get tired. After that it's "save game" and we'll continue another time. Also: today's games have a high learning curve. It takes a while to learn it and even more time to get reasonably good at it. This is probably why I don't play more games: too lazy and too impatient to spend hours trying to learn it.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on August 29, 2020, 08:18 AM
Quote from: humbert on August 29, 2020, 05:21 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on August 27, 2020, 02:50 PM
Was on the phone with my dad yesterday. First time in a long while.
He mentioned that the reason he doesnt play games is that he is scared to be addicted.

How do you get "addicted" to games? I don't know about the rest of humanity, but I play a game until I get tired. After that it's "save game" and we'll continue another time. Also: today's games have a high learning curve. It takes a while to learn it and even more time to get reasonably good at it. This is probably why I don't play more games: too lazy and too impatient to spend hours trying to learn it.

On my off days I usually spend roughly 4-16 hours per day on games. Id consider myself an addict. After a while, even new games feel like old games, because you played so many that they feel natural.
It's more exhausting for me not to play games, than to play games.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on August 31, 2020, 05:05 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on August 29, 2020, 08:18 AM
On my off days I usually spend roughly 4-16 hours per day on games. Id consider myself an addict. After a while, even new games feel like old games, because you played so many that they feel natural.
It's more exhausting for me not to play games, than to play games.

You spend 16 hours nonstop on a game? I can understand 4, 6 even 8, but 16??

While it's easy for you to be a gamer because you like it, it's also true that every game is different. The storyline, the commands and everything else is different. You're saying you can learn a new game and become good at it in very little time? If so, I both envy and congratulate you.

If I were an avid gamer I'd invest in a Ryzen 3900X system and an RTX-2080 or its equivalent in AMD. No, I don't have the money but fortunately I have good credit  :). If gaming is what I like then go for the best. I've heard great reviews on the Ryzen, and of course the price is right. It wouldn't be my first AMD processor.

Before I forget, let me ask: do you play your games on 2 or more monitors? I ask because I'm curious about something: does the game have to support a multiple monitor setup? For example, suppose you have 2 1920x1080 monitors side by side. Does the game have to support 3840x1080 natively, or do they all do that?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on September 04, 2020, 03:33 AM
Quote from: humbert on August 31, 2020, 05:05 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on August 29, 2020, 08:18 AM
On my off days I usually spend roughly 4-16 hours per day on games. Id consider myself an addict. After a while, even new games feel like old games, because you played so many that they feel natural.
It's more exhausting for me not to play games, than to play games.

You spend 16 hours nonstop on a game? I can understand 4, 6 even 8, but 16??

While it's easy for you to be a gamer because you like it, it's also true that every game is different. The storyline, the commands and everything else is different. You're saying you can learn a new game and become good at it in very little time? If so, I both envy and congratulate you.

If I were an avid gamer I'd invest in a Ryzen 3900X system and an RTX-2080 or its equivalent in AMD. No, I don't have the money but fortunately I have good credit  :). If gaming is what I like then go for the best. I've heard great reviews on the Ryzen, and of course the price is right. It wouldn't be my first AMD processor.

Before I forget, let me ask: do you play your games on 2 or more monitors? I ask because I'm curious about something: does the game have to support a multiple monitor setup? For example, suppose you have 2 1920x1080 monitors side by side. Does the game have to support 3840x1080 natively, or do they all do that?
I currently only have one monitor.
One 144hz 1920x1080.
I dont mind low resolution all too much.
But I do require a really good GPU when I'm in VR. You can really feel the spaceheater(GPU) working. I do look forward to getting a new VR headset because it makes a world of difference when you're seeing screendoor effects. I'm quite sensitive like tat.

My issue with todays monitors is that a lot are curved. My brain can not comprehend bent monitors while I use them :(

I'm likely going to invest in a 240+ hz monitor when I'm back in sweden and then another one with 4k IPS with full RGB and HDR.



Also, may I ask, why is it that you don't have the money? If I compare my own savings to my colleagues, they save nothing. I don't feel like I'm saving a lot, but objectively compared to my peers I do.


I'm really quite excited for the new GPU's. Even if I have a 2080ti, I am looking forward to my less fortunate friends. Most of the people I play regularly with do not have a job or are on disability benefits. It would be so nice to be able to play more with them. They're great people
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on September 04, 2020, 06:31 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on September 04, 2020, 03:33 AM
I currently only have one monitor.
One 144hz 1920x1080.
I dont mind low resolution all too much.
I'm likely going to invest in a 240+ hz monitor when I'm back in sweden and then another one with 4k IPS with full RGB and HDR.

Let me be sure I understand you. Are 144hz and 144 frames per second one and the same? If so, are your eyes and brain so keen that you can actually notice the difference between 60, 144 and 240hz? Naturally I refer to a monitor, not a VR headset.

Quote from: Shadow.97 on September 04, 2020, 03:33 AM
But I do require a really good GPU when I'm in VR. You can really feel the spaceheater(GPU) working. I do look forward to getting a new VR headset because it makes a world of difference when you're seeing screendoor effects. I'm quite sensitive like tat.

I've seen pictures of VR headsets but never seen one working. Based on what you're saying I assume your headset is tethered to your video card. Do you stand and move your body as if you were in the middle of the game? Seems hard to do if you're tethered.

Quote from: Shadow.97 on September 04, 2020, 03:33 AM
My issue with todays monitors is that a lot are curved. My brain can not comprehend bent monitors while I use them :(

I recently bought myself a curved 32" Samsung monitor and I love it. What I like is that on a flat monitor, especially one so large, what's on the edges appear slightly further away. With this monitor everything is facing me directly, or at least it certainly looks that way.

Quote from: Shadow.97 on September 04, 2020, 03:33 AM
Also, may I ask, why is it that you don't have the money? If I compare my own savings to my colleagues, they save nothing. I don't feel like I'm saving a lot, but objectively compared to my peers I do.

I make enough money to make ends meet, but not much more. I do have excellent credit. When I want to [for example] do an upgrade, credit card companies loan me the money at very low interest rates, if not at zero interest. Thanks goodness I've never defaulted on a loan.

I'm curious about something: what kind of paperwork do you need in order to live and work in Ireland? Do you need some sort of Irish "green card" or at least a work permit for foreigners? If so how'd you manage it?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on September 04, 2020, 01:15 PM
Quote from: humbert on September 04, 2020, 06:31 AM
I'm curious about something: what kind of paperwork do you need in order to live and work in Ireland? Do you need some sort of Irish "green card" or at least a work permit for foreigners? If so how'd you manage it?
You have to have a PPS number, which is basically an "ID" for tax.
To get this number you need an employer to confirm that you're going to work in Ireland.

Other than that, nothing else if you are a member of an EU/EES country.

Unsure how it is for residents outside of EU/EES.

The hardest part of moving was to get Proof of Adress to open a bank account. I was informed by my employer that I should open a Euro account when moving here. Little did I know, that my Swedish bank can work in Euro as well if you ask them to open up a euro account on it.



Quote from: humbert on September 04, 2020, 06:31 AM
I recently bought myself a curved 32" Samsung monitor and I love it. What I like is that on a flat monitor, especially one so large, what's on the edges appear slightly further away. With this monitor everything is facing me directly, or at least it certainly looks that way.
I find 32' too large. I prefer smaller screens. I am perfectly happy with a 24'.
I'd probably prefer the aspect ratio 16:10 instead of 16:9.
Bigger monitors make me look around me, i prefer sitting still and having everything infront of me.

Having an extra monitor by the side can be nice, just to have a youtube video in the background. But I don't really see that as an option with a curved monitor as it's not a replacement for an extra monitor.



Quote from: humbert on September 04, 2020, 06:31 AM
I've seen pictures of VR headsets but never seen one working. Based on what you're saying I assume your headset is tethered to your video card. Do you stand and move your body as if you were in the middle of the game? Seems hard to do if you're tethered.
You can buy wireless attachments, I just don't want more stuff on top of my head than a headset and a pair of headphones :P
The cable is rather thick, but I've never really been bothered by it, except for the few times where i go from standing to sitting, and i accidentally sit on the cable.

My headset, HTC Vive is connected with a 3-in one cable to a little box (Usb, HDMI, Power) that is then connected one by one to your PC and power.
I also use Vive trackers.

Here's an example of how it looks from 'your view' https://youtu.be/z5a_Npq1ttY
The only tether is the headset
I often just relax and "sit face to face" with people, laying in a couch, or whatever as a group of friends.
The last days I've spent a good chunk of hours with texturing and 3d to make my own models to use.



Quote from: humbert on September 04, 2020, 06:31 AM
Let me be sure I understand you. Are 144hz and 144 frames per second one and the same? If so, are your eyes and brain so keen that you can actually notice the difference between 60, 144 and 240hz? Naturally I refer to a monitor, not a VR headset.
144hz is the amount of times the monitor refreshes per second.

Framerate is how much frames the software(through GPU) pumps out to the monitor.
A framerate above the refreshrate can be beneficial if the game engine is tied to the FPS or if:
Your pc pumps out 1000 frames in 0.4 second.
Then it only pumps out 5 frames the next 0.6 seconds.
Which would make the experience choppy. Even if the amount of frames is high, the frame time can be longer than desired. And a higher frame rate can help make the experience smooth.

I really do not like 60hz. I avoid it even for basic browsing on PC. Scrolling while reading on a browser is next to impossible for me unless it's high refresh rate.
I've sadly not had the option to try a 240hz monitor, but would love to try. Not that this isnt smooth enough. It's just that I enjoy the smoothness more than a few extra pixels.
Same thing with 60 to 144, I never had the option to try it until I bought it.
On phones I find it more okay with 60hz, but it's more to do with my habits being different while on my phone.

Some games are ok at 60. Top down games like Factorio, Sims.

Theres also advantages in input lag in most cases. Making it more immediate to when you move. But that's more an issue of old and slow 60hz panels.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on September 05, 2020, 06:05 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on September 04, 2020, 01:15 PM
Little did I know, that my Swedish bank can work in Euro as well if you ask them to open up a euro account on it.

So to use round numbers, let say you have 10,000 Krona in your account and you needed half that money in Euros. They'll open a new account in your name with the sum of about 483â,¬ (at today's exchange)? Despite the bank being in Sweden, can your employer still deposit directly into it?

I was looking at the Youtube video concerning VR headsets. The hands that shortly appear at the bottom of the screen. Are these your hands? If so then I assume the device has to have some sort of camera in order to see them. Also, let's assume you're playing a shooter. You have to have some sort of weapon in your hand. Do you buy this separately or what?

With respect to frame rates, can you tell the difference between 60, 144 and 240 by just looking at it? Seems to me you need a very sharp eye to be able to distinguish between the three. It's easy to distinguish something low like 10 Hz, but 60 and higher?

Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on September 05, 2020, 05:47 PM
Quote from: humbert on September 05, 2020, 06:05 AM
So to use round numbers, let say you have 10,000 Krona in your account and you needed half that money in Euros. They'll open a new account in your name with the sum of about 483â,¬ (at today's exchange)? Despite the bank being in Sweden, can your employer still deposit directly into it?
Yes, but there's a small fee to open up the account.
There's no conversion fee if you do it within my bank. But thats different from bank to bank.
To keep it though, you have to consistently have an ingoing flow of Euro. But they never mentioned why or what happens if you dont. (Over the phone)

Quote from: humbert on September 05, 2020, 06:05 AM
Also, let's assume you're playing a shooter. You have to have some sort of weapon in your hand. Do you buy this separately or what?

You have a controller in your hands, and you have IR emitters that emit light, the controllers calculate position and report back to the computer.
You can use different controllers, and there's plastic adapters you can use to make it feel more like a gun and so on.
I use the HTC Wands, but plan on getting Valve Knuckles. But waiting until I'm back in sweden for that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgeeGTc9ceM Here's a video comparing them.

Quote from: humbert on September 05, 2020, 06:05 AM
With respect to frame rates, can you tell the difference between 60, 144 and 240 by just looking at it? Seems to me you need a very sharp eye to be able to distinguish between the three. It's easy to distinguish something low like 10 Hz, but 60 and higher?
60->144 at any time, most noticable is when you play a game, its not as noticable if you look at a video/someone else playing as you dont have the same focus.
Never tried above 160 so cant say. And 144-> 160 isnt high enough of a difference to be noticable without a direct side to side comparison.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on September 06, 2020, 06:37 AM
I will bet borrowed money that within 2 years someone will come up with a wireless tether for a VR headset, assuming this hasn't been done already. Eventually the whole notion of tethering will be in the history books. Mark my words.

Please answer this for me: Assume you're playing a game with 2 1920x1080 monitors. Does the game have to support 3840x1080 (i.e., 2 monitors) natively, or can just about any game be made to do this. Similarly, if you're on a VR headset does the game have to support VR natively in order to be played? Naturally I'm asking because the game is on the computer and the VR headset is tethered to it.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on September 06, 2020, 11:32 AM
Quote from: humbert on September 06, 2020, 06:37 AM
I will bet borrowed money that within 2 years someone will come up with a wireless tether for a VR headset, assuming this hasn't been done already. Eventually the whole notion of tethering will be in the history books. Mark my words.

Exists for Vive, and there is an entire headset(Oculus Quest) that is 100% wireless with a 'phone' built in, that you can connect to a pc. :) Although visual fidelity is lost if connected to a pc and it will be wired at that point.

Quote from: humbert on September 06, 2020, 06:37 AM
Please answer this for me: Assume you're playing a game with 2 1920x1080 monitors. Does the game have to support 3840x1080 (i.e., 2 monitors) natively, or can just about any game be made to do this.

You can often patch games to force support it and even if it is supported it may have issues,  issues like a map being on the furthest left of the left monitor, and the health on the bottom right, making you turn your head a lot and missing out on information.
You can also set up the monitors to act as one large monitor, but that removes some functionality and can make it hard to have the game on just one screen.


Quote from: humbert on September 06, 2020, 06:37 AM
Similarly, if you're on a VR headset does the game have to support VR natively in order to be played? Naturally I'm asking because the game is on the computer and the VR headset is tethered to it.
You can force patch some games to support controllers etc.
To my knowledge next to all games can be played in Theatre mode. Meaning you have a virtual monitor inside of the headset and you play with keyboard and mouse.

The "least supported" game I've played is Dirt Rally, it allows you first person cockpit view where you can turn your head. But goes back to theatre mode in menues and no VR controller support. You have to use an xbox controller, keyboard mouse, or steering wheel.
It's however one of the most enjoyable experiences. I wish I had a steering wheel for it.




My biggest wishes for VR to come is:
Eye tracking, to track which area of the screen to force higher anti aliasing on and dynamic resolution.
Decreased heat from the monitor inside the headset/better vents.
Higher pixel density with more consistent blacks. (Every pixel is slightly different shade of black)
Less God-Rays.
Get it lighter and cheaper.
Higher durability of controllers/Headset.


It feels like everything on my vive is broken. Here's a list:
Track pads click function (Self repaired)
Assembly between top ring and main frame (Plastic clips broke off)
IPD slider on headset (Adjusts width between eyes)


Here's a few "Do Not's" in VR:
Don't do headstands.
Don't run.
Don't flail with your arms. (I recommend avoiding games like Beatsaber unless you have a very big area.)
Don't have guests.
Check out this and you'll find some 'do not' stuff:  https://www.reddit.com/r/VRtoER/ (VR to emergency room reddit)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on September 11, 2020, 06:03 AM
Based on what you're telling me, I predict that some day soon someone will come up with a VR headset that is totally independent of the PC, with its own OS and all the trimmings. They'll also use different materials to make them lighter and generally easier on the user. Existing games will slowly be ported to that platform. I know this sounds like a difficult thing to do, but I also know that in this business technology moves at light speed. To give you an example off the top of my head: when 32bit first came out, in a magazine I was reading it said: "32bit offers and unbelievable 4GB of memory -- a limitation you will absolutely never exceed in your lifetime"!
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: aa1234779 on October 15, 2020, 07:11 PM
hello/salam to all

how're y'all doing?

I'm currently playing emulated PS2 games on an old laptop with an ATI 1gb video card

It's pretty good playing some of the classics classics on that console.

Also playing Black Mesa again. It's a great remake of my favorite FPS in the late 90s.

Nostalgia at it's best.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on October 15, 2020, 11:24 PM
Quote from: aa1234779 on October 15, 2020, 07:11 PM
hello/salam to all

how're y'all doing?

I'm currently playing emulated PS2 games on an old laptop with an ATI 1gb video card

It's pretty good playing some of the classics classics on that console.

Also playing Black Mesa again. It's a great remake of my favorite FPS in the late 90s.

Nostalgia at it's best.
I'm quite fine.
I see that you got out the old games. I never played games on playstation (I only tested Gran Turismo on PS1, decades ago).
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: aa1234779 on October 16, 2020, 12:13 AM
Quote from: scarface on October 15, 2020, 11:24 PM
I'm quite fine.
I see that you got out the old games. I never played games on playstation (I only tested Gran Turismo on PS1, decades ago).

PS2 games on an emulator with a generic USB gamepad worth 3 dollars is great.

There were some real gems on that console.

Nintendo Gamecube Wii & WiiU are also emulated.. but Wii games are better with the original WiiMote.. which can work on Dolphin for Wii and Cemu for WiiU..

BTW you should try Twisted Metal series which are my favorite car combat games.. Probably better than Vigilante 8 on PSX and the 90s pc classic Interstate 76 which was awesome at the time.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on October 16, 2020, 12:27 AM
Quote from: aa1234779 on October 16, 2020, 12:13 AM
Quote from: scarface on October 15, 2020, 11:24 PM
I'm quite fine.
I see that you got out the old games. I never played games on playstation (I only tested Gran Turismo on PS1, decades ago).

PS2 games on an emulator with a generic USB gamepad worth 3 dollars is great.

There were some real gems on that console.

Nintendo Gamecube Wii & WiiU are also emulated.. but Wii games are better with the original WiiMote.. which can work on Dolphin for Wii and Cemu for WiiU..

BTW you should try Twisted Metal series which are my favorite car combat games.. Probably better than Vigilante 8 on PSX and the 90s pc classic Interstate 76 which was awesome at the time.
Well, I'm not into console games any more. However, I keep a few old games.
If you are looking for roms, you can download these ones: https://mega.nz/file/ZIdAzbSQ#NJ0sQeTiMhQXnqL9A5YN0Q2cyJYB0Iq_AGKBr3KC9Ok
Maybe Vasudev or shadow.97 heard of these games.
(https://i.ibb.co/P63ZZRW/megadrive.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on October 17, 2020, 07:04 AM
Quote from: humbert on September 11, 2020, 06:03 AM
Based on what you're telling me, I predict that some day soon someone will come up with a VR headset that is totally independent of the PC, with its own OS and all the trimmings. They'll also use different materials to make them lighter and generally easier on the user. Existing games will slowly be ported to that platform. I know this sounds like a difficult thing to do, but I also know that in this business technology moves at light speed. To give you an example off the top of my head: when 32bit first came out, in a magazine I was reading it said: "32bit offers and unbelievable 4GB of memory -- a limitation you will absolutely never exceed in your lifetime"!

Oculus quest 2 is a fully stand alone headset that was released a few days ago.
You can play quite a bit of games on it. It's fairly cheap.
6gb ram, 64gb storage in base model. One model can be bought with 256gb storage.
it's essentially a phone processor in it. But I've heard good things about it.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on October 18, 2020, 05:17 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on October 17, 2020, 07:04 AM
Oculus quest 2 is a fully stand alone headset that was released a few days ago.
You can play quite a bit of games on it. It's fairly cheap.
6gb ram, 64gb storage in base model. One model can be bought with 256gb storage.
it's essentially a phone processor in it. But I've heard good things about it.

Trust me, it'll get better, faster and lighter as times passes. There will also be more and more games and other software written for it.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on October 19, 2020, 09:57 PM
Well, here is another pack with 4 N64 roms and an emulator.
We have some gamers on the forum, like shadow.97 and aa1234779. Maybe they know these games.

Link: https://mega.nz/file/FMMihZ5L#A9qktzRpRc88-oPI23iYfEwGJJ-5MQ26Mx9xjgux1hc

(https://i.ibb.co/8mCg4TX/39643-California-Speed-USA-1485793065.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/Kzkp9sL/1-n64-007-worldisnotenough.jpg)



(https://i.ibb.co/Z88tF3F/37000-guatemalan-black-howler-alouatta-pigra-img-9732.jpg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTQtVn3fGrk
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: aa1234779 on October 23, 2020, 09:35 AM
On a PS2 Emulator..

Shadow of the Colossus
Spartan - Total Warrior
God of War

and a nice clip to go with my post scarface style (sorry no baboon)  ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keuA3xuB8IU
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on October 25, 2020, 04:10 PM
Quote from: scarface on October 19, 2020, 09:57 PM
Well, here is another pack with 4 N64 roms and an emulator.
We have some gamers on the forum, like shadow.97 and aa1234779. Maybe they know these games.

Link: https://mega.nz/file/FMMihZ5L#A9qktzRpRc88-oPI23iYfEwGJJ-5MQ26Mx9xjgux1hc

(https://i.ibb.co/8mCg4TX/39643-California-Speed-USA-1485793065.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/Kzkp9sL/1-n64-007-worldisnotenough.jpg)


Not played these, but played the
ps2 and gamecube version of 007 Nightfire, but way more of Agent under fire.

We frequently had 'tournaments' in these with 4 people. Where the winner would meet a new player until they lost.

I recently played through Need for speed Road challenge (High Stakes in the US) on a Ps1 emulator on my phone.
Works fantastic with my xbox one controller over bluetooth. Way better than on my pc. For some reason i have really bad lag on my pc with it.

Oh, and best of all. I ripped the game myself. It's a special disk that is fully in Swedish that I can't find the ISO of online. Including voice lines.

(https://i.ibb.co/Z88tF3F/37000-guatemalan-black-howler-alouatta-pigra-img-9732.jpg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTQtVn3fGrk
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on October 25, 2020, 10:31 PM
Quote from: aa1234779 on October 23, 2020, 09:35 AMOn a PS2 Emulator..

Shadow of the Colossus
Spartan - Total Warrior
God of War

and a nice clip to go with my post scarface style (sorry no baboon)  ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keuA3xuB8IU
Well, I didn't appreciate this clip (I don't know if this is the clip or the song, but I had the impression to listen to a rusty saw).
I have to thank you for this anyway, since I discovered that Bob Marley had a son. Well, it seems that his father was more talented. Note that we can find more recent clips of Damian, apparently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PukqhfMxfc
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on November 08, 2020, 01:11 AM
Tonight, a repack of Amnesia rebirth is finally available on the forum.


The story:
The harsh desert sun of North Africa is as deadly and frightening as the dark. Too long in the sun, and the mind is addled. Dehydration sets in and, eventually, death. The dark offers respite from the sun but contains other terrors. There are the remnants of a camp where my fellow travelers rested after the plane crash. Corpses litter the cave, some dead from injuries sustained in the crash, others felled by more mysterious means. Deeper in the cave is darkness and the shambling of some thing, a creature bent on rending flesh from bone.
To escape, Tasi Trianon - the protagonist of Amnesia: Rebrith - can run towards the light of the desert or slip into the solace of her own memory. But Tasi's memories hold cold comfort and monsters far more horrifying than anything she'd encounter in the desert or the dark of the caves.


Note: this is a light repack. The audio files were re-encoded but you shouldn't be able to see the difference with the original files.
Size: 4.85 Gb 7.80 Gb

Link: Amnesia Rebirth (https://mega.nz/folder/7Z5g0T5D#lHKtejqHr8mrgajX2mNwSw)




(https://i.ibb.co/ZHnY4Tt/rebirthmain1.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/sCdvWyQ/Rift.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/bvgRkzx/laboratory.jpg)


Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on November 09, 2020, 09:33 PM
Note that the repack of Resident Evil 2 remake was updated: it now comes up with a trainer. There is a shortcut in the start menu. You can find it here: https://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg35352#msg35352

I tested Resident Evil 3 and found this game excellent despite mixed reviews. It's almost better than RE2. It's a bit hard to dodge the Nemesis (the new tyrant) though. I had to use a trainer since I'm not very good at games.
Maybe a repack will be released if I can get free space on Mega.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on December 13, 2020, 08:20 PM
Note that some repacks were updated.


Amnesia Rebirth - new size: 7.80 Gb (2,2 Gb smaller). To get such a small size, the size of the textures was reduced. It's visually unnoticeable.
I tested this game. And my favorite one among the frictional games is still Penumbra black Plague (with Soma).
The Amnesia games aren't for everyone. That lack of agency, along with the bleak, hopeless stories the studio crafts, can't be described as "fun." And Amnesia Rebirth goes back to The Dark Descent's roots by creating something meant to haunt your nightmares.
https://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg35986#msg35986
(https://i.ibb.co/bXWysTw/Amnesia.jpg)


Outlast 2 - new size: 9.58 GB (200 Mb smaller)
https://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg29111#msg29111
(https://i.ibb.co/m6f5xL9/outlast2.jpg)


Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on December 22, 2020, 02:18 AM
Highly recommend checking out Epic Games store for all the free games they are giving out. AAA titles, one free per day right now.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on January 20, 2021, 01:56 PM
Note that the repack of Sonic 2 HD is available on the forum here: https://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg35612#msg35612
It replaces the repack "Sonic Mania". Maybe shadow.97, aa1234779 or Vasudev know the original game Sonic 2. You can test it, this is an unfinished game but  an unprecedented remake of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, with high definition (HD) graphics and remixed music while strictly preserving the original gameplay.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on February 17, 2021, 06:40 AM
Been playing Rimworld lately.

It's my dream game in a way. I'd love to make a very elaborate mod for it.
It has a lot of mechanics that I always wanted to have in a game.

Sadly their implementation geared for me.

But still, decent game. Played 80 hours in 14 days. Takes around 5~10 hours to actually get into the game and understand it enough to enjoy.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on February 18, 2021, 01:24 AM
A new repack is available on the forum, with the 4 games "The room".
Maybe Vasudev and shadow.97 have already played those games.


Size: only 4.11 Gb
Link: https://mega.nz/folder/JBdwiLpK#qns1EpMP0L8oGYAUcpmcFA

(https://i.ibb.co/qncJ0LR/The-room.jpg)


(https://i.ibb.co/tQyJBzs/tr1.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/g4rjwdQ/tr2.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/yR9ZtLw/tr3.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/St9jv02/tr4.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on February 26, 2021, 07:20 AM
Maybe you've heard of Valheim?

It's a viking "mmo" with up to 10 people on a server, where you survive, and beat bosses together.
It's like minecraft, terraria, and raft had a baby.

When logging in to steam some nice person in my friendslist had given the game to me. I thought it would be bad.
To my surprise this is probably the best polished game I have seen in a long while. Although there's not a billion amounts of content, that's okay. The things that are there are beautiful, decently simple, and engaging.
No massive issues, no crashing, and no "getting stuck" everywhere. I've heard desyncs exist, but havn't had them myself. It matters a lot that everyone in the party/game has good internet, as the person who first joins a region will be in charge of syncing all animals and items etc. Even if the game is server-based.

I've came to expect games to have extreme issues on launch. This was not one of those games.

Im unsure if I think it deserves the extremely good reception it has had, but it definitely does not-not deserve it.


Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on February 27, 2021, 02:32 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on February 26, 2021, 07:20 AM
Maybe you've heard of Valheim?
It's a viking "mmo" with up to 10 people on a server, where you survive, and beat bosses together.
It's like minecraft, terraria, and raft had a baby.
No I haven't.
I heard of minecraft but I don't know what it is.
Note that a new repack of the frictional games will be available soon for those who like Soma or Penumbra. I know that Vasudev told us that Penumbra might be too scary for him, but I like this game and its mods.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on March 01, 2021, 04:44 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on February 17, 2021, 06:40 AM
Been playing Rimworld lately.
It's my dream game in a way. I'd love to make a very elaborate mod for it.
It has a lot of mechanics that I always wanted to have in a game.
But still, decent game. Played 80 hours in 14 days. Takes around 5~10 hours to actually get into the game and understand it enough to enjoy.

This is an unwanted side effect of making games complex and realistic. The learning curve gets higher and higher. You have to play hours and hours just to learn it. Not many people have the time -- nor the interest.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on May 08, 2021, 08:24 PM
Note that a new repack for Crysis 3 is available. New size: 5.15 Gb
You can find it here: https://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg29910#msg29910
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on June 25, 2021, 08:10 AM
For those who want to play the game Deliver us the moon, note that an updated version of the game -v 1.4.4- is available in a new repack. This repack is also smaller than the previous repack.

Size: 4.22 Gb
Link: https://mega.nz/folder/YF90HJoD#xoG_p7KteI_5knuK5uZzYw


(https://i.ibb.co/WF3nQCt/Dusm.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on June 26, 2021, 11:20 PM
Tonight, a smaller repack for Dishonored 2 is available on the forum.


Size: 15,1 Gb
Link: https://mega.nz/folder/YBMBGIbC#AGikMMLu5Az6silAcURLkw


(https://i.ibb.co/WBT4CrM/dishonored-2.jpg)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_F-6nfhfv0



I guess that humbert and aa1234779 can complete this game, but the purpose is not only to finish it but also in particular to achieve low chaos. Low Chaos and minimal murder lead to a more optimistic ending, while High Chaos and a trail of bodies leads to the cynical ending. Visually, this is represented by the number of bloodflies you see in the environment.
Low Chaos is tied to the stealthy approach. However, unless you're going for the Ghostly (finish an entire mission without being spotted) or Shadow (finish the game without being spotted) achievements, Low Chaos doesn't have to mean you're never noticed. It just means that you don't kill any more than you absolutely need to.

Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on July 13, 2021, 01:50 AM
Note that a new repack for the Frictional games is available here:
https://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg34947#msg34947

(https://i.ibb.co/HX7vdsD/background.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on July 19, 2021, 10:09 PM
Note that a smaller repack for Outlast 2 is available here: https://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg29111#msg29111

(https://i.ibb.co/3sQpvFt/outlast-ii.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on August 23, 2021, 09:13 PM
Note that a smaller repack for the game Layers of fear is available here:
https://mega.nz/folder/fQpkDazL#csbetf5D4lNjOWe-QsECEA

In Layers of Fear, you are an unnamed artist who has just returned to his home after a court hearing. After a brief narration that sets the tone and gives you the slightest hint of what to do, you are left to explore the home freely. Instead of combat, stealth, or escape, Layers of Fear‘s gameplay consists of puzzle solving and thoroughly exploring the house so you can finish your painting. The artist’s home is detailed and full of trinkets and notes that will clue you in on what dark events have taken place and what exactly is going on.

(https://i.ibb.co/yy7X1C7/Layers-of-Fear.jpg)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB22cBKFiFg
(https://i.ibb.co/qBXC4TB/baboon2.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on September 16, 2021, 11:44 PM
Today, a repack of the game Between Time - Escape room is available on the forum.


Between Time is an escape room that will test your skills. Travel through time, explore mysterious places around the planet, solve puzzles, decode secret codes, and find hidden objects and treasures.


Size: 1.70 Gb
Link: https://mega.nz/folder/tBNUnbhZ#9xWCM7q64U9bT8uPrOGMBg


(https://i.ibb.co/jr4xVdp/Between-Time-Escape-Room.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/cNqpzBF/screenshot-between-time-escape-room-1280x720-2021-09-15-5.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/fvTTG5t/screenshot-between-time-escape-room-1280x720-2021-09-15-4.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/zhPFQX3/screenshot-between-time-escape-room-1280x720-2021-09-15-2.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/dK5SSnZ/screenshot-between-time-escape-room-1280x720-2021-09-15-1.jpg)


Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on October 06, 2021, 11:42 AM
Today, a repack of the card game "Belatout" - English version - is available on the forum.
Belote is a 32-card, played primarily in France and certain European countries, namely Armenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Luxembourg, Moldova, North Macedonia and also in Saudi Arabia. It is one of the most popular card games in those countries. Variations on the game include Belot in eastern Europe, Baloot in Saudi Arabia, and Pilotta in Cyprus.

English version:
Link: Belatout (https://mega.nz/file/1FsAiALY#yyQmYkGBGiGcpGKJrVxnKteMBvA1AJplH1dyXT_Qzuk)

French version:
Link: Belatout Fr (https://mega.nz/file/0cEDzTZR#ooyPg5YETEA_hmTBw8b6W2jteT2kZOzK9KNjZQ-F7AI)

This installer is creating a shortcut in the start menu. To uninstall it, simply delete the folder in Homedrive/Programs/Belatout.

(https://i.ibb.co/cwvMgSf/belatout.jpg)



Now imagine the following scene:
Humbert and Maher are back from the hunt. The other users of the forum are in the farmhouse.
I'm watching an episode of the X-files with Vasudev and usman.
But it's almost cocktail hour and we have to get prepared for the card game.
This evening humbert and Vasudev are facing the team composed of Maher and shadow.97.
Humbert is talking to Vasudev about his strategy to defeat the opposing team. They are having slices of saucisson and a glass of claret to fine tune their preparation for this event. In the opposing team, Maher and shadow.97 have more refined tastes: of course they have an aperitif too, but this one consists of slices of foie gras with a glass of Sauternes. We are waiting for aa1234779 and topdog before starting the game. They are still in the barn to feed the goats. Suddenly, we are hearing some noise: they are walking up the stairs and across the TV lounge. Little by little tension rises between laughter and shudder. Everyone in the public is on tenterhooks. Humbert reminds Vasudev that the jack of trumps is stronger than the nine of trumps before starting the game.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on October 10, 2021, 11:05 PM
Maybe some of you know the book "Where's Waldo?" This is the title of the first Waldo book. Released in 1987, the book was the result of more than two-years of detailed work by illustrator Martin Handford.
Waldo is identified by his red-and-white-striped shirt, bobble hat, and glasses, but many illustrations contain red herrings involving deceptive use of red-and-white striped objects. Later entries in the long-running book series added other targets for readers to find in each illustration. The books have also inspired a comic strip and a series of video games.

Here are a few pages taken from the book. The purpose is to find Waldo in each page. aa1234779, Vasudev or shadow.97 might be able to find Waldo in those pictures.

(https://i.ibb.co/7VLYQTk/Wally.jpg)


(https://i.ibb.co/CJyn9w1/Wally2.jpg)


(https://i.ibb.co/WsvfNQW/Wally5.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on October 11, 2021, 10:42 PM
Note that smaller repacks for Layers of fears and Amnesia Rebirth are available on the forum (same download links). In both cases, they were updated using the latest gog versions.

Note that a repack of Resident Evil village could be released (The problem is not the repack itself but the fact that I've no more space on mega.nz). For the moment I'm still trying to figure out how to make the game work since it's complaining about the graphic card being not compatible with dx12. 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAhrlUzncnw
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on November 04, 2021, 03:42 AM
Today, a new repack for the frictional games is available for the forum.

- The games "Penumbra Twilight of the Archaic" and "Penumbra Necrologue" were merged to optimize data space (there is no difference in terms of gameplay).
- The textures of the games Penumbra "Overture" and "Black plague" were improved (by some revamped textures from Moddb, whose size was reduced).
Overall, the repack is slightly smaller.
I hope that some users of the forum like Vasudev or usman will appreciate this new repack.
Link: https://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg34947#msg34947

(https://i.ibb.co/QcXVvQ1/Penumbra.jpg)

Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on November 19, 2021, 01:54 PM
Note that a new repack for the Frictional games could be released soon.
Thousands of files were removed after the amalgamation of Penumbra Necrologue and Twilight of the Archaic and after this success, I'm planning to merge Amnesia the dark descent and Amnesia a Machine for pigs to remove duplicate files and make a smaller repack.
Note that Penumbra: Prisoner of Fate - the prequel to the first part of the Penumbra series, revealing the fate of the mad miner Tom "Red" Redwood - will be integrated, if it's released one day.

(https://i.ibb.co/BqKPLQJ/Avatar.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/48PNqFt/cave-spiders-presentation-eng.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on December 04, 2021, 09:35 PM
Tonight, I'm going to talk about the new game "Resident Evil Village".
Resident Evil Village is an excellent and worthy sequel to RE7. I guess shadow.97, humbert and usmangujjar are playing this game.

One of the most enjoyable section is probably Lady Dimitrescu's castle, which looks suspiciously similar to the Spencer Mansion from Resident Evil 1. It works in a similar manner too, with less straight action than most of the rest of the game, although there's little need for any real stealth.
You are probably wondering if a repack will be available for this game. I don't know yet. It's pretty big, and I have no more storage space on Mega.

(https://i.ibb.co/fpkJy8d/Resident-evil-village-4.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/KbF4hkW/Resident-evil-village-5.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on December 06, 2021, 05:08 AM
The picture of the woman is very sharp. Is that a DX-12 screenshot or some sort of promotion pic?

I'm thinking just about any of today's games support DX-12. Right?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on December 07, 2021, 02:53 AM
Quote from: humbert on December 06, 2021, 05:08 AMThe picture of the woman is very sharp. Is that a DX-12 screenshot or some sort of promotion pic?

I'm thinking just about any of today's games support DX-12. Right?
Humbert is asking a good question. Actually I was unable to take screenshots with Fraps from within the game, so these pictures are wallpapers of the game, and also pretty accurate images of the game.
This game requires Directx 12 indeed, but RE Village runs pretty well on most hardware, meaning you don't need a brand new graphics card - or any GPU for that matter - to run the game. You can deal with Lady Dimitrescu straight away.
Many games still support Directx 11 or 9. The games of the series The Room only need graphic card compatible with Directx 9, 10 or 11 for the latest opus.
Note that I made a repack of this game (19.6 Gb). If sb is interested, let me know and I will post a torrent link.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on December 09, 2021, 01:04 PM
Note that I tested the game "Between time, escape room".
It turns out it's a good game. Some of the puzzles are really elegant. Overall the difficulty is pretty high. The music creates a mysterious atmosphere without becoming overwhelming or repetitive.
Here you can see some screenshots:

(https://i.ibb.co/2S88SCJ/Between-Time-Escape-Room-2021-12-09-03-37-27-56.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/PxCqQHv/Between-Time-Escape-Room-2021-12-09-03-37-45-11.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on December 10, 2021, 05:55 AM
Quote from: scarface on December 07, 2021, 02:53 AM
This game requires Directx 12 indeed, but RE Village runs pretty well on most hardware, meaning you don’t need a brand new graphics card â€" or any GPU for that matter â€" to run the game. You can deal with Lady Dimitrescu straight away.
Many games still support Directx 11 or 9. The games of the series The Room only need graphic card compatible with Directx 9, 10 or 11 for the latest opus.

If the game REQUIRES DX-12, then how will it run on most any hardware? That is, of course, unless the game supports DX-12 but is backward compatible to older protocols.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on December 10, 2021, 07:31 AM
Quote from: humbert on December 10, 2021, 05:55 AM
If the game REQUIRES DX-12, then how will it run on most any hardware? That is, of course, unless the game supports DX-12 but is backward compatible to older protocols.
Unlike previous Resident Evil games, RE8 requires directx 12 and is not compatible with older GPU indeed, but I meant that it can runs well on any DX12 compatible card. I have a geforce gtx 1050, it's not a brand new graphics card, and yet the game could run pretty well.
Maybe you are not equipped with a directx 12 graphics card, in this case you can still download Resident Evil 2 on the forum, which was a good Resident Evil opus, to test it.
As for shadow.97 or Vasudev, I assume they have a good graphics card since they regularly talk about the latest hardware devices.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on December 12, 2021, 06:43 AM
Quote from: scarface on December 10, 2021, 07:31 AM
Unlike previous Resident Evil games, RE8 requires directx 12 and is not compatible with older GPU indeed, but I meant that it can runs well on any DX12 compatible card. I have a geforce gtx 1050, it's not a brand new graphics card, and yet the game could run pretty well.

When I had to upgrade my system last year, I also tried to see if I could upgrade my GTX-970 video card. Forget it! Even if you can find more modern graphics card, the price is ludicrous. Give thanks to all those people who still think they can get rich mining Bitcoin. I don't know if it's even worth mining any other cryptocurrency. Who even accepts them?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on December 13, 2021, 07:32 PM
Quote from: scarface on December 10, 2021, 07:31 AM
Quote from: humbert on December 10, 2021, 05:55 AM
If the game REQUIRES DX-12, then how will it run on most any hardware? That is, of course, unless the game supports DX-12 but is backward compatible to older protocols.
Unlike previous Resident Evil games, RE8 requires directx 12 and is not compatible with older GPU indeed, but I meant that it can runs well on any DX12 compatible card. I have a geforce gtx 1050, it's not a brand new graphics card, and yet the game could run pretty well.
Maybe you are not equipped with a directx 12 graphics card, in this case you can still download Resident Evil 2 on the forum, which was a good Resident Evil opus, to test it.
As for shadow.97 or Vasudev, I assume they have a good graphics card since they regularly talk about the latest hardware devices.
I only talk about latest hardware or tech articles but I'm not a yearly upgrade tech enthusiast.  I usually keep the devices long until they are broken or unusable.
I still game on 980M and 6700HQ
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on December 13, 2021, 09:43 PM
Quote from: humbert on December 12, 2021, 06:43 AM
When I had to upgrade my system last year, I also tried to see if I could upgrade my GTX-970 video card. Forget it! Even if you can find more modern graphics card, the price is ludicrous. Give thanks to all those people who still think they can get rich mining Bitcoin. I don't know if it's even worth mining any other cryptocurrency. Who even accepts them?
Actually, very few merchant accept bitcoin in their stores...
Here is an article about Bitcoin in the newspaper Le monde...https://www.lemonde.fr/m-le-mag/article/2020/12/25/a-paris-le-boulevard-du-bitcoin-boude-la-crytomonnaie_6064512_4500055.html
And its translation:
"On Wednesday 16 December 2020, the price of bitcoin reached $ 20,787, its all-time high, just exceeding its record at the end of November, set at 19,863. At the passage du Grand-Cerf, in Paris, the only “bitcoin boulevard de France” , the information mainly animates Gael Ouaki, one of the merchants behind the introduction of cryptocurrency in this gallery in the 2nd arrondissement. We are in November 2016, the price of bitcoin is at 742 dollars. The currency still arouses the suspicion of the public, who associate it with the depths of the Dark Web, where terrorism and trafficking coexist. To prove that it is a completely legal means of payment, the association Le cercle du coin and the company La Maison du bitcoin (now Coinhouse) inaugurate the "boulevard du bitcoin" in this passage. They convince the twenty merchants of the place to accept payment in bitcoin. In mid-December 2017, it flies off and flirts with 20,000 $. Then collapses.
In 2020, Gael Ouaki received only three cryptocurrency payments. The coronavirus was there. Tourists, the first bitcoin payers, are absent. Of the twenty stores that started out, five have moved. The new occupants are not yet trained. La Maison du bitcoin, partner of the operation, exchange office but also popularization center, has closed its doors to the general public to devote itself to online activities under the name Coinhouse. For its creators, this "bitcoin boulevard" is not, however, a definitive failure since its main purpose was to correct the sulfurous image of this currency. “The more we were to support bitcoin, the more it was going to be accepted by the greatest number. For Adli Takkal-Bataille, co-founder of Le Cercle du coin, paying in bitcoin was "mostly symbolic" at the time, almost a political act.
In Arnhem in the Netherlands, the scenario is no different. In 2014, Patrick Van der Meijde convinced a few local restaurants and bars to accept the digital currency through the application he developed himself. Named BitKassa, it allows the customer to pay in bitcoin and the merchant to receive euros. “At first I was looked at like I was a drug dealer,” he says. In 2018, around a hundred firms, including Burger King, took part in the game, making Arnhem the “first 'bitcoin city' in the world”. The success was once again short-lived. This year, only 40 businesses continue to accept this payment method. Before the pandemic, in February 2019, the city totaled 2,300 euros in monthly bitcoin payments. The only difference is that today "all merchants are very happy to receive bitcoins", assures Patrick Van der Meijde."


It's hard to know if Bitcoin has a future. In my opinion, it's worthless, but I could be wrong. Likewise, many currencies ceased to be legal tender. Those who have dollars are lucky: All United States money ever issued, whether coin or paper, no matter how old, is legal tender and worth its face value.
I took a photo of my collection of old coins. Most ceased to be legal tender (except at least one coin). You can try to find the coins that are still legal tender.
(https://i.ibb.co/mH5GQCW/20211213-202138.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on December 14, 2021, 05:06 AM
QuoteI only talk about latest hardware or tech articles but I'm not a yearly upgrade tech enthusiast.  I usually keep the devices long until they are broken or unusable. I still game on 980M and 6700HQ

You follow my golden rule: upgrade ONLY when the item you have doesn't do what you want it to do. When I tried to upgrade my video card it's no so much that I needed it, it was a "by the way" type thing. Forget it! They're notoriously difficult to get and every expensive if you find one.

My printer also died and I wanted a laser this time. Same situation. Nobody had them in stock because everybody's working from home and buying them all up in the process. I had to pay a high price from somebody that actually had one available.

QuoteIt's hard to know if Bitcoin has a future. In my opinion, it's worthless, but I could be wrong. Likewise, many currencies ceased to be legal tender. Those who have dollars are lucky: All United States money ever issued, whether coin or paper, no matter how old, is legal tender and worth its face value.

In my opinion the big problem with Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general is lack of stability. Who is going to invest in Bitcoin when the price rises and falls like a roller coaster? Since there no central bank or anything like that, the whole thing degenerates into a free for all.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Vasudev on December 14, 2021, 03:46 PM
Quote from: humbert on December 14, 2021, 05:06 AM
QuoteI only talk about latest hardware or tech articles but I'm not a yearly upgrade tech enthusiast.  I usually keep the devices long until they are broken or unusable. I still game on 980M and 6700HQ

You follow my golden rule: upgrade ONLY when the item you have doesn't do what you want it to do. When I tried to upgrade my video card it's no so much that I needed it, it was a "by the way" type thing. Forget it! They're notoriously difficult to get and every expensive if you find one.

My printer also died and I wanted a laser this time. Same situation. Nobody had them in stock because everybody's working from home and buying them all up in the process. I had to pay a high price from somebody that actually had one available.

QuoteIt's hard to know if Bitcoin has a future. In my opinion, it's worthless, but I could be wrong. Likewise, many currencies ceased to be legal tender. Those who have dollars are lucky: All United States money ever issued, whether coin or paper, no matter how old, is legal tender and worth its face value.

In my opinion the big problem with Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general is lack of stability. Who is going to invest in Bitcoin when the price rises and falls like a roller coaster? Since there no central bank or anything like that, the whole thing degenerates into a free for all.
Yeah the prices are notorious. Radeon Rx 5000 series costs 1000$ in India and lack of stock are causing scalping prices.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on December 14, 2021, 08:26 PM
Quote from: humbert on December 14, 2021, 05:06 AM
In my opinion the big problem with Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general is lack of stability. Who is going to invest in Bitcoin when the price rises and falls like a roller coaster? Since there no central bank or anything like that, the whole thing degenerates into a free for all.
Actually, the cryptocurrencies are easily manipulated. Today, a man known as Elon Musk explained that Tesla will start accepting dogecoin for some merchandise. Then the Crypto soared...
This video is talking about "Pump and Dump": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQbjvqncv1w
Well, for now, let's talk about something else in this topic (initially about games).
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on December 18, 2021, 04:48 AM
Quote from: scarface on December 14, 2021, 08:26 PM
Actually, the cryptocurrencies are easily manipulated. Today, a man known as Elon Musk explained that Tesla will start accepting dogecoin for some merchandise. Then the Crypto soared

What I don't understand is who does the manipulating? Are you referring to market forces, more correctly supply and demand? Even so, without some sort of central bank instability is the name of the game. As of today's date Bitcoin is about $45,000. It was over $65,000 a few months ago. People who bought a few Satoshis back then took a serious hit, unless they're doing it to speculate.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on December 18, 2021, 05:22 AM
Quote from: humbert on December 18, 2021, 04:48 AM
What I don't understand is who does the manipulating? Are you referring to market forces, more correctly supply and demand? Even so, without some sort of central bank instability is the name of the game. As of today's date Bitcoin is about $45,000. It was over $65,000 a few months ago. People who bought a few Satoshis back then took a serious hit, unless they're doing it to speculate.
Here are a few articles for you...
https://www.euronews.com/next/2021/11/17/bitcoin-and-other-cryptos-have-slumped-after-record-highs-is-market-manipulation-the-reaso
https://worldfinancialreview.com/how-influential-people-manipulate-the-price-of-cryptocurrency/
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on December 20, 2021, 07:37 PM
Quote from: humbert on December 12, 2021, 06:43 AM
Quote from: scarface on December 10, 2021, 07:31 AM
Unlike previous Resident Evil games, RE8 requires directx 12 and is not compatible with older GPU indeed, but I meant that it can runs well on any DX12 compatible card. I have a geforce gtx 1050, it's not a brand new graphics card, and yet the game could run pretty well.

When I had to upgrade my system last year, I also tried to see if I could upgrade my GTX-970 video card. Forget it! Even if you can find more modern graphics card, the price is ludicrous. Give thanks to all those people who still think they can get rich mining Bitcoin. I don't know if it's even worth mining any other cryptocurrency. Who even accepts them?

Due to the landlord refusing to have a decent heating schedule where I live. And I do not pay for electricity, I ended up using mining as a way to add some euros to "decrease" my rent, and add a constant source of heat. Only way to get "rich" of it is if you actively use the heat it generates instead of "dumb" electric heating elements, meaning that you do not have any other means of heat other than electricity.
For example in my parents summer house, they only use electricity to heat it at time of writing. Using mining there would more viable than wasting all the heat without getting anything in return other than heat.

That, or extremely cheap electricity and huge farms..
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on December 21, 2021, 06:06 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on December 20, 2021, 07:37 PM
Due to the landlord refusing to have a decent heating schedule where I live. And I do not pay for electricity, I ended up using mining as a way to add some euros to "decrease" my rent, and add a constant source of heat. Only way to get "rich" of it is if you actively use the heat it generates instead of "dumb" electric heating elements, meaning that you do not have any other means of heat other than electricity.

You're saying your landlord is so cheap he rations the amount of heat used during winter? Does the house use gas for heating or do they burn peat? Also, so I understand you correctly or did you say that during mining your computer produces enough heat to heat your room? If so I'm surprised the graphic card(s) don't burn up.

Without mining would you say the temp in your room is 15°C or less?

Quote from: Shadow.97 on December 20, 2021, 07:37 PM
For example in my parents summer house, they only use electricity to heat it at time of writing. Using mining there would more viable than wasting all the heat without getting anything in return other than heat.

Your parents have a summer house? Where is it located? How is it any different from the regular "winter" house?

Hey Shadow: I've asked you this several times but you haven't answered me. In Ireland do they speak English or Gaelic (Irish)? Do you speak Gaelic and, if not, have you had a language problem? Just curious, that's all.

Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on December 24, 2021, 09:26 AM
Today, a repack of the game Wjchess is available on the forum.

This is a beautiful chess game with a powerful chess engine. Unfortunately, it is only available in French, but it's not a problem for such a game.

only 662 kb
Link: WJChess (https://mega.nz/file/dM0nTSCS#Gx58jVK3s539f5JZiq1eHHZXKjWDK8-D_xYmtgq8rH4)


(https://i.ibb.co/phgpxvg/Wjchess.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on January 14, 2022, 08:25 PM
Been playing Rimworld the last 2 days.
Internet died 11th of January and has not come back in my neighbourhood.
3g/4g is overloaded and is currently giving the following speeds.

(https://www.speedtest.net/result/12606907630.png) (https://www.speedtest.net/result/12606907630)
Ping looks fine, until you try to play any game.

On a positive sidenote, ended up doing my hackjob on my E3372 4g dongle, so it now runs in Stickmode instead of Hilink. Which means disabling the firewall, NAT, and web UI.
Xbox networking now detects it as Medium Nat instead of Closed.

Makes the whole experience much nicer when windows detects it as a simcard instead of a network device in itself. Autoconnect on startup, and can be used as fallback if primary network goes down.

It was an interesting little project. Reading sites in russian and german through google translate is always interesting. The english guides all seem to be slightly different in how they solved the problems they encountered. Seems to be region differences of the modem that makes the process  slightly difference.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on January 15, 2022, 06:37 PM
Once again, a new and smaller repack is available for the frictional games. The 3 mods called "games" for Soma were merged. They can be started in the startmenu (they are no longer available via the soma mod laucher since the entry.hpc file names were changed).
More duplicate files were removed in Penumbra "Twilight of the archaic" and "Necrologue".

Maybe shadow.97, humbert and Vasudev like these games. They can test it and confirm everything works.

Link: https://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg34947#msg34947


(https://i.ibb.co/2hVnYTy/background.webp)

(https://i.ibb.co/t2D0KSB/test-soma.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/qNzsHjJ/test-soma2.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on January 27, 2022, 10:40 AM
Quote from: humbert on December 21, 2021, 06:06 AM
Your parents have a summer house? Where is it located? How is it any different from the regular "winter" house?

Hey Shadow: I've asked you this several times but you haven't answered me. In Ireland do they speak English or Gaelic (Irish)? Do you speak Gaelic and, if not, have you had a language problem? Just curious, that's all.

1.
If you look up the following on google you will find the general area, 387 96 Köpingsvik. It's very sparsely populated.
The difference is that summer houses usually do not live up to the legal standard of accomodation in terms of insulation etc, and more lax regulation for septic systems and what not.
Ours live up to the legal definition of a year round house, but it's in an area that would generally not be advisiable to live in the winter, as the roads are not cleared from snow and that the house has direct electrical heating, which would be extremely expensive with the current electric prices. I would advise a truck or AWD car if you're planning on staying the winter there. If we are there during winter, we usually ask the local farmer to plow to the house.

It's also not as insulated as our standard home. Our standard home has tripple insulated glass, while this place does not to my knowledge have any insulation for the windows.

2.
English,
I've not heard a single person speak Gaelic here. Some old people know it but.. Nowdays it is taught in school as a secondary language usually. But most people do not use it in their day to day life.
My only contact with Gaelic has been in legal documents, that are forced to be in both english and Gaelic. For example, police reports.

Video worth watching on the subject :)
https://youtu.be/JqYtG9BNhfM

It is very common that Chinese students come to Sweden and try to use Swedish with the local population. But as they usually have broken Swedish, or beginner level, we tend to try to switch to English. As we see that as an universal language of the world. But the Chinese who learn Swedish often do not speak English and they get confused. Similar to the video.

Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on January 29, 2022, 04:19 AM
Thanks for your response.

With respect to the summer house, I looked at 387 96 Köpingsvik with Google maps and Google street view. From what I'm seeing there's almost nothing there, just narrow roads with very little traffic and very few man-made structures. Why would anybody want to buy a house there? From what I'm seeing it seems to me there's nothing to do and no place to go. Is there even internet and TV service there?

Your explanation of the languages in Ireland is interesting. I looked at the video. This has to be satire. For example, it seems next to impossible that the old man and the Chinese guy are speaking in Gaelic and the bartender thinks it's Chinese. You explained Gaelic is taught as a second language. Even if the bartender is not fluent, at least he can pick up a word or two -- enough to know it's Gaelic. Also, it makes perfect sense that the Chinese dude could be fluent in a major language (English, French, Spanish, German, etc) in 6 months. But Gaelic? How does he practice it when almost nobody even speaks it?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on January 29, 2022, 01:18 PM
Quote from: humbert on January 29, 2022, 04:19 AM
Thanks for your response.

With respect to the summer house, I looked at 387 96 Köpingsvik with Google maps and Google street view. From what I'm seeing there's almost nothing there, just narrow roads with very little traffic and very few man-made structures. Why would anybody want to buy a house there? From what I'm seeing it seems to me there's nothing to do and no place to go. Is there even internet and TV service there?

Gigabit fiber is delayed 3 years, Current ETA is that it's supposed to be installed by spring. TV has been there since before I was born. 4g/5g has been rolled out for a while and usually gives speed of 100+mbit. But we just go to relax, have fun, disconnect from society for a bit. Hear birds singing, sunbathe. There is no stress. Amazing weather. Sounds like heaven if you ask me!
If you are feeling frisky you can always walk to the sea and take a bath on the beach.

Whats your perfect vacation?




Quote from: humbert on January 29, 2022, 04:19 AM
Your explanation of the languages in Ireland is interesting. I looked at the video. This has to be satire. For example, it seems next to impossible that the old man and the Chinese guy are speaking in Gaelic and the bartender thinks it's Chinese. You explained Gaelic is taught as a second language. Even if the bartender is not fluent, at least he can pick up a word or two -- enough to know it's Gaelic. Also, it makes perfect sense that the Chinese dude could be fluent in a major language (English, French, Spanish, German, etc) in 6 months. But Gaelic? How does he practice it when almost nobody even speaks it?

Satire in a way, but in a way very serious. A lot of people have no clue how Gaelic sounds. Especially if the person comes from a person with Chinese ethnicity. I could easily see the mixup happening if the person has an accent.
I'm not sure how long Gaelic has been a second langauge here. Most people I talk to say they dont understand anything really when it comes to it, and that they have never used the language with anyone.

And the answer to this:
" But Gaelic? How does he practice it when almost nobody even speaks it?"
Books, and youtube. :P Well this video is really old, but when I studied Chinese in school we didnt really speak with anyone. We practiced all on our own and just sent in voice recordings for our exam.
We only used books, youtube, and other documents sent to us.
I dont think learning a language is all that hard, the hardest part is finding the dedication to go through with it.

To be honest though. I dont know much about this subject. A lot of it is guessing.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on February 01, 2022, 02:38 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on January 29, 2022, 01:18 PM
Gigabit fiber is delayed 3 years, Current ETA is that it's supposed to be installed by spring. TV has been there since before I was born. 4g/5g has been rolled out for a while and usually gives speed of 100+mbit. But we just go to relax, have fun, disconnect from society for a bit. Hear birds singing, sunbathe. There is no stress. Amazing weather. Sounds like heaven if you ask me! If you are feeling frisky you can always walk to the sea and take a bath on the beach.

Sunbathe? Fortunately Öland Island is slightly higher than 56°N where the rays of the sun aren't very direct. If you did this anywhere between 30°N and 30°S latitude you'd be burned to a crisp in no time. This is especially true of people with fair skin such as yourself. My skin is also pretty fair so I have to be careful.

Bathe in the beach? In the Baltic?! The water temp must be around 5°C in the summer. How long can you be in the water without getting hypothermia?

Quote from: Shadow.97 on January 29, 2022, 01:18 PM
Whats your perfect vacation?

Sadly all my life I've had the misfortune of living in hot places. Often for day after day, month after month, the heat is relentless. I would love a vacation in a cold, snowy place filled with pine trees. I'd even love to visit Antarctica if it were possible -- and of course any time from May to September (i.e., the southern winter). If I could I'd move to a place where I'd never, ever again have to use air conditioning.

Quote from: Shadow.97 on January 29, 2022, 01:18 PM
Satire in a way, but in a way very serious. A lot of people have no clue how Gaelic sounds. Especially if the person comes from a person with Chinese ethnicity. I could easily see the mixup happening if the person has an accent.
I'm not sure how long Gaelic has been a second langauge here. Most people I talk to say they dont understand anything really when it comes to it, and that they have never used the language with anyone.

I believe (and correct me if I'm wrong) that the Gales conquered Ireland first and imposed their language. Later came their mortal enemies (the British) and did the same thing. The hard fact is that Gaelic as a language essentially died many years ago. The Irish continue trying to hold on to it for no other reason than the fact that English the language of their enemies. Based on what you're telling me it's clearly not working no matter how hard they try, and yet they continue to insist. I remember a few years ago India tried the same thing, i.e., phasing out English for the same reason. Not surprisingly it didn't work. Everything they did had to be reversed.

Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on March 06, 2022, 09:04 PM
Note that a new repack for the frictional games is available here:
https://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg34947#msg34947

All the games were merged in one folder, making the game smaller (many DDS, TGA and ogg files were removed since Amnesia, Soma, Penumbra and the custom stories were using common files). If you are experiencing problems you can tell me. It was pretty difficult because those games were not intended to be used like this.
Compared to the previous repack, which was already 4Gb smaller than the original games (essentially due to the removal of the cache files), Roughly 10 000 files were removed or 2 Gb. This was done using Duplicate Cleaner and Notepad++ (but the repack is only 400 mb smaller due to its compression).
If you already had the former repack, this one is really better. I'm sure that shadow.97 and humbert will enjoy it.


(https://i.ibb.co/zNZQnrN/Soma.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/Vxj5qqF/Amnesia.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/MSmRJPb/Pbp.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/1bZvJ37/Necrologue.jpg)


Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on April 17, 2022, 02:23 AM
For those who are playing Soma and Penumbra on the forum (I think of shadow.97 or Vasudev) , note that new modifications were made here:
https://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg34947#msg34947
In all likelihood, there will not be any new versions.
New size: 7.35 Gb.

(https://i.ibb.co/rFXGHw7/Soma.jpg)


(https://i.ibb.co/hfkZvJK/Penumbra.jpg)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkiyW0vqat8
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on June 30, 2022, 09:28 PM
Maybe some users of the forum have played Resident Evil 2 remake. I remind you that it's available here:
https://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg35352#msg35352

The version above is compatible with directx 11. And I'm aware that Resident Evil 2, 3, and 7 recently received updated versions on PC which are DirectX 12-only.
For several reasons the repack of RE2 remake won't be updated.
First and foremost, the repack would be bigger. Most importantly, there are several issues with the new versions:
- the update prevented some users from playing the games (those who don't have a recent graphics card?)
- the update breaks existing mods and causes a host of performance problems.
In this context, Capcom even brought back the DirectX-11 version of RE2 on its website.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on August 05, 2022, 04:45 AM
Quote from: scarface on June 30, 2022, 09:28 PMThe version above is compatible with directx 11. And I'm aware that Resident Evil 2, 3, and 7 recently received updated versions on PC which are DirectX 12-only.
In this context, Capcom even brought back the DirectX-11 version of RE2 on its website.

Given the fact that getting a new graphics card at a reasonable price has become next to impossible, I'm not surprised they'd go back to the older DX-11 version. I've noticed the price has leveled off a bit, but it remains high.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on September 03, 2022, 02:30 AM
Note that a smaller repack is available for Dishonored 2. Thanks to xdelta3, more videos were deleted. If 2 videos are identical with a different audio stream, then only one video is required and later patched with xdelta3 indeed. I discovered this a few years ago. Some videos were reencoded to be completely identical (the bik format is not really easy to handle). This is the only repack on the internet using this technology with videos. Only 80mb smaller.
If you already have the repack, you only need to download the new Setup3.bin and setup4.bin.
Link here: https://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg34887#msg34887

(https://i.ibb.co/nkV7WMN/Dishonored-2.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on September 05, 2022, 12:19 AM
Note that a new repack for Crysis 3 remastered is available.
The repack is 100 mb smaller (5,05 Gb) and the game 1 Gb smaller (12,1 Gb) once installed.
The installation time was reduced because fewer files are transcoded during setup.
The missing wheel bug with the jeep was fixed.
Link: https://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg29910#msg29910

(https://i.ibb.co/Yjy4NnN/NY1.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/hVMt31x/NY2.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on October 09, 2022, 05:08 PM
Note that the little game Belatout was updated here: https://www.nomaher.com/forum/index.php?topic=833.msg37026#msg37026


(https://i.ibb.co/PwvQw8T/Belatout.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on November 14, 2022, 06:21 AM
Who among you is familiar with Steam? As part of my video card upgrade I got a free game (Warhammer 40000) but it has to come from Steam. It'll be out Nov 30.

Is Steam a launcher? Do you absolutely have to use the Steam app to play? Getting information from them is next to impossible. You have to spend $5 to post on a forum.

Very difficult so far.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on November 14, 2022, 12:24 PM
Quote from: humbert on November 14, 2022, 06:21 AMWho among you is familiar with Steam? As part of my video card upgrade I got a free game (Warhammer 40000) but it has to come from Steam. It'll be out Nov 30.

Is Steam a launcher? Do you absolutely have to use the Steam app to play? Getting information from them is next to impossible. You have to spend $5 to post on a forum.

Very difficult so far.

I am.

First, you need to create an account in Steam. Just register on its site, registration is easy.

Next, you need to download a Steam app. This is a wrapper for online game and app store (like Google's and Apple's), which selling games and provide anti-piracy security for them.

Third, you need to provide your Warhammer's license key for a steam app. I don't know, how exactly you can do this. Probably, you should run Steam, go to the page of the game in Steam (for example, find it through its "search"), click "Buy", and it'll probably show you form where you can enter you bank card parameters OR (in your case) the license key.

After this, Steam will download the game to your PC (automatically) and install it (also automatically). All Steam games will be installed into its subdirectory.

After this, things is done. You can play the game, clicking Play button in steam, or just running it from icon from desktop.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on November 15, 2022, 04:44 AM
Daniil: Thanks very much for your help.

I already downloaded the Steam app and redeemed Warhammer. It won't be out until Nov 30th so I can't download it just yet.

You said you can also click on the game's icon to launch it. Does the mean you don't need Steam to play it? I'd like to avoid Steam entirely if possible. It's a waste of resources plus I prefer to play the game by myself -- no friends, no multiplayer or anything like that. To ask the question another way - what if you download the game and then uninstall the Steam app from the computer. Will the game play?

Did you spend $5 or more to be able to post messages to the forum?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on November 15, 2022, 05:08 PM
Quote from: humbert on November 15, 2022, 04:44 AMDaniil: Thanks very much for your help.

I already downloaded the Steam app and redeemed Warhammer. It won't be out until Nov 30th so I can't download it just yet.

You said you can also click on the game's icon to launch it. Does the mean you don't need Steam to play it? I'd like to avoid Steam entirely if possible. It's a waste of resources plus I prefer to play the game by myself -- no friends, no multiplayer or anything like that. To ask the question another way - what if you download the game and then uninstall the Steam app from the computer. Will the game play?

Did you spend $5 or more to be able to post messages to the forum?
$5 is only for participating in the community, adding friends etc.
Most of us bought some game and therefor passed this threshhold.
Can send you a link with my friend code if you want to add me If you end up paying $5 :)
I've used steam actively since 2008 and can barely imagine life without it.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on November 15, 2022, 05:54 PM
Quote from: humbert on November 15, 2022, 04:44 AMYou said you can also click on the game's icon to launch it. Does the mean you don't need Steam to play it? I'd like to avoid Steam entirely if possible. It's a waste of resources plus I prefer to play the game by myself -- no friends, no multiplayer or anything like that. To ask the question another way - what if you download the game and then uninstall the Steam app from the computer. Will the game play?
Yes, you required Steam to play the game. Game has a protection library inside of it, which deny it to launch without Steam. But don't worry, Steam is very stable and fast app, it won't eat much.

About money required by Steam Shadow.97 already descripted everything very well.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on November 16, 2022, 05:14 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on November 15, 2022, 05:08 PM$5 is only for participating in the community, adding friends etc.
Most of us bought some game and therefor passed this threshhold.
Can send you a link with my friend code if you want to add me If you end up paying $5 :)
I've used steam actively since 2008 and can barely imagine life without it.

By all means do give me your friends code. Of course I've played games before but none had anything to do with Steam. This would be the first one.

As for the $5, all I have to do is buy some cheap game or some other stuff I don't intend to use? Any recommendations?
I feel this is necessary because the forums are usually a vital source when it comes to getting help.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on November 16, 2022, 12:01 PM
Quote from: humbert on November 16, 2022, 05:14 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on November 15, 2022, 05:08 PM$5 is only for participating in the community, adding friends etc.
Most of us bought some game and therefor passed this threshhold.
Can send you a link with my friend code if you want to add me If you end up paying $5 :)
I've used steam actively since 2008 and can barely imagine life without it.

By all means do give me your friends code. Of course I've played games before but none had anything to do with Steam. This would be the first one.

As for the $5, all I have to do is buy some cheap game or some other stuff I don't intend to use? Any recommendations?
I feel this is necessary because the forums are usually a vital source when it comes to getting help.

I personally do not really use the forums all too much. I use reddit, discord or youtube if I require help.
If you havn't checked in discord communities, I would give it a strong recommendation. It's my primary source of socialising nowdays.

I forgot to mention, I'm fairly certain that $5 is every 2 years or something. My secondary account got the lock again after I didnt put any money in it for a few years.

The reason the introduced it was due to huge amount of scams, porn and other stuff that was too hard to moderate. I used to get daily friend requests and completely disregard their forums due to the amount of spam. Unfortunately hijacked accounts/phishing is still common. Be weary of people who add you unprompted.

Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on November 17, 2022, 05:24 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on November 16, 2022, 12:01 PMI personally do not really use the forums all too much. I use reddit, discord or youtube if I require help.
If you havn't checked in discord communities, I would give it a strong recommendation. It's my primary source of socialising nowdays.

I'm not very social and as such I don't know anything about Discord and Reddit. Are you saying these sites are massive forums where you can discuss just about anything, or are they limited to certain topics?

Quote from: Shadow.97 on November 16, 2022, 12:01 PMThe reason the introduced it was due to huge amount of scams, porn and other stuff that was too hard to moderate. I used to get daily friend requests and completely disregard their forums due to the amount of spam. Unfortunately hijacked accounts/phishing is still common. Be weary of people who add you unprompted.

There's an old proverb: "the righteous pay the sinner's wages". This is a good example. With respect to people adding me unprompted, can I remove them or are they stuck there?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on November 17, 2022, 11:52 AM
Quote from: humbert on November 17, 2022, 05:24 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on November 16, 2022, 12:01 PMI personally do not really use the forums all too much. I use reddit, discord or youtube if I require help.
If you havn't checked in discord communities, I would give it a strong recommendation. It's my primary source of socialising nowdays.

I'm not very social and as such I don't know anything about Discord and Reddit. Are you saying these sites are massive forums where you can discuss just about anything, or are they limited to certain topics?

Quote from: Shadow.97 on November 16, 2022, 12:01 PMThe reason the introduced it was due to huge amount of scams, porn and other stuff that was too hard to moderate. I used to get daily friend requests and completely disregard their forums due to the amount of spam. Unfortunately hijacked accounts/phishing is still common. Be weary of people who add you unprompted.

There's an old proverb: "the righteous pay the sinner's wages". This is a good example. With respect to people adding me unprompted, can I remove them or are they stuck there?

Reddit is what I would say is a "Modern forum" or social media forum.
You have what's called subreddits, one example would be https://www.reddit.com/r/factorio/ A sub for the game Factorio, if you ever are stuck with an issue what I do is google on "factorio cant rotate furnace site:reddit.com" and you get results specificly for the game.
If you have a reddit account you can follow either users or subreddits to get information about user posts. If they are frequently commented/upvoted/very recently posted they will have a higher chance of landing in your feed. You can tweak your feed to see hot/top(1h24h7d etc)/new posts first.


Discord is in a sense like a non-public-internet facing forum, with smaller groups generally speaking and is more focused on chatting and bonding with people over things in common.
It has screenshare, voice/video, livestream, channels and minigames.
You can join 'servers' for example if you download Discord and search for "factorio" there is an official one run by the game devs if i recall correctly, where there are sections about how tos, general chat, find friends and open voice channels where you can hop in and call with strangers about the game.

The expectations of a post is higher on reddit. I would not recommend asking "how do i rotate a furnace" on reddit, while i wouldnt really feel embarrased to do it on discord.
Discord in that sense is a live-chat where everything disappears after a day, while on reddit it becomes google-able for all of our kids to see.

Discord and reddit has servers/subreddits for everything you can imagine. All from lgbtq+, porn, how to videos, to moms discussing how to best feed their babies.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on November 18, 2022, 05:23 AM
Thanks for the info. I'm seeing that on Reddit you can look around and read without having to open an account. Not so on Discord. You have to open an account and confirm it with a phone number and a text. I'm wondering if Discord is really worth the hassle.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on November 18, 2022, 02:44 PM
Quote from: humbert on November 18, 2022, 05:23 AMThanks for the info. I'm seeing that on Reddit you can look around and read without having to open an account. Not so on Discord. You have to open an account and confirm it with a phone number and a text. I'm wondering if Discord is really worth the hassle.
Phone verification is only required on some popular discord servers to my understanding.
Is it a hassle to verify with phone? Most online services nowdays tend to nag about it so I gave up and started doing it on some.

I would strongly recommend opening a reddit account as a lot of communities do not allow you to post for 30 or so days upon registring to prevent spam. Then post some random comments in random communities as some communities have a 'karma' restriction, meaning you have to have a few "points"(upvotes) to be allowed in..
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on November 19, 2022, 05:51 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on November 18, 2022, 02:44 PMPhone verification is only required on some popular discord servers to my understanding.
Is it a hassle to verify with phone? Most online services nowdays tend to nag about it so I gave up and started doing it on some.

Do you believe Discord is worth it? Is it good enough to give then your phone number? Will they respect your privacy in that they won't sell it to spammers?

Quote from: Shadow.97 on November 18, 2022, 02:44 PMI would strongly recommend opening a reddit account as a lot of communities do not allow you to post for 30 or so days upon registring to prevent spam. Then post some random comments in random communities as some communities have a 'karma' restriction, meaning you have to have a few "points"(upvotes) to be allowed in.

Thanks. I'll do exactly that.  :)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on November 19, 2022, 07:09 PM
Quote from: humbert on November 19, 2022, 05:51 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on November 18, 2022, 02:44 PMPhone verification is only required on some popular discord servers to my understanding.
Is it a hassle to verify with phone? Most online services nowdays tend to nag about it so I gave up and started doing it on some.

Do you believe Discord is worth it? Is it good enough to give then your phone number? Will they respect your privacy in that they won't sell it to spammers?

Quote from: Shadow.97 on November 18, 2022, 02:44 PMI would strongly recommend opening a reddit account as a lot of communities do not allow you to post for 30 or so days upon registring to prevent spam. Then post some random comments in random communities as some communities have a 'karma' restriction, meaning you have to have a few "points"(upvotes) to be allowed in.

Thanks. I'll do exactly that.  :)

I think I had 3 spam texts in my entire life. Maybe it's a different thing if you have a US number? I would not worry about giving them my number.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on November 20, 2022, 05:13 AM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on November 19, 2022, 07:09 PMI think I had 3 spam texts in my entire life. Maybe it's a different thing if you have a US number? I would not worry about giving them my number.

Thanks. I've already signed up with Reddit as humb_11 and even posted a message. Let me check out Discord.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on November 21, 2022, 12:23 PM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on November 17, 2022, 11:52 AMReddit is what I would say is a "Modern forum" or social media forum.
Quote from: Shadow.97 on November 17, 2022, 11:52 AMDiscord is in a sense like a non-public-internet facing forum, with smaller groups generally speaking and is more focused on chatting and bonding with people over things in common.
...
Discord and reddit has servers/subreddits for everything you can imagine. All from lgbtq+, porn, how to videos, to moms discussing how to best feed their babies.

Very interesting opinion. Because from my point of view Reddit is a kind of pile of junk pictures and nasty persons (something like russian Pikabu, and almost same toxic). And Discord is something about different sexual perversions, like homosexual furfags. I'm totaly not against them, but it isn't interesting.

Maybe my opinion is incorrect, because I base on my point of view - from russian segment, where a lot of restrictions, because of which many of weirdos joining Discord.

Are you sure Discord is worth it?

P.S.: and btw Factorio is great! :)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on November 21, 2022, 07:07 PM
Quote from: Daniil on November 21, 2022, 12:23 PM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on November 17, 2022, 11:52 AMReddit is what I would say is a "Modern forum" or social media forum.
Quote from: Shadow.97 on November 17, 2022, 11:52 AMDiscord is in a sense like a non-public-internet facing forum, with smaller groups generally speaking and is more focused on chatting and bonding with people over things in common.
...
Discord and reddit has servers/subreddits for everything you can imagine. All from lgbtq+, porn, how to videos, to moms discussing how to best feed their babies.

Very interesting opinion. Because from my point of view Reddit is a kind of pile of junk pictures and nasty persons (something like russian Pikabu, and almost same toxic). And Discord is something about different sexual perversions, like homosexual furfags. I'm totaly not against them, but it isn't interesting.

Maybe my opinion is incorrect, because I base on my point of view - from russian segment, where a lot of restrictions, because of which many of weirdos joining Discord.

Are you sure Discord is worth it?

P.S.: and btw Factorio is great! :)

The communities you stumble upon is a reflection of who you are :D
Maybe you are a gay furry~~ ? ;)
Several of my friends actually are gay furries. They do them. I dont put my nose in their stuff, they know I'm not interested.
There is quite a few russians from what I've seen on Discord. Not seen as many on Reddit. I have been under the impression that Reddit was blocked in russia.
What is used in Russia except discord for calls when gaming? Is it Teamspeak?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on November 22, 2022, 02:14 PM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on November 21, 2022, 07:07 PMThe communities you stumble upon is a reflection of who you are :D
Maybe you are a gay furry~~ ? ;)
Several of my friends actually are gay furries. They do them. I dont put my nose in their stuff, they know I'm not interested.
No, I'm not that type. ;D  But one of my friends is, and all I can hear from him is how nice Discord is and how many fox-guys he date there. ;D Actually, he's only one of my friends who using Discord (maybe other just well hiding this! ;D ), so my opinion about Discord are basing on expression from him alot.

Quote from: Shadow.97 on November 21, 2022, 07:07 PMWhat is used in Russia except discord for calls when gaming? Is it Teamspeak?
AFAIK, no. Today it's mostly Telegram. Discord is only in cases when they need to play with foreigners. But I doesn't play online mostly.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on November 22, 2022, 11:26 PM
Quote from: Daniil on November 22, 2022, 02:14 PM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on November 21, 2022, 07:07 PMWhat is used in Russia except discord for calls when gaming? Is it Teamspeak?
AFAIK, no. Today it's mostly Telegram. Discord is only in cases when they need to play with foreigners. But I doesn't play online mostly.
Do you use Telegram on computer when you call during games or phone?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Daniil on November 24, 2022, 12:22 PM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on November 22, 2022, 11:26 PMDo you use Telegram on computer when you call during games or phone?
I myself doesn't play online, so I doesn't use any type of voice chat at all. I know that my colleagues, who playing alot, use Telegram from phones. I.e., just puts the phone on the table near computer, and plays.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: Shadow.97 on November 25, 2022, 12:55 PM
Quote from: Daniil on November 24, 2022, 12:22 PM
Quote from: Shadow.97 on November 22, 2022, 11:26 PMDo you use Telegram on computer when you call during games or phone?
I myself doesn't play online, so I doesn't use any type of voice chat at all. I know that my colleagues, who playing alot, use Telegram from phones. I.e., just puts the phone on the table near computer, and plays.
As kids we always joked about russian microphones. Maybe it has some substance to it after all  ::)  ;D
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on December 03, 2022, 04:57 AM
Yesterday I downloaded and installed Warhammer 40000 Darktide from Steam. As I've mentioned before, the game came with the new video card. It didn't cost me anything.

Does anyone have an idea of what this game is about and how to play it? It starts with a bunch of people talking and some guy sitting in what appears to be a prison cell. Then that guy becomes your character. For some reason unbeknownst to me I have to walk the guy around, almost as if looking for a way out. Then for some random characters attack. You can click the mouse to hit back. Just to run a test I decided not to fight back to see what happens if the character gets killed. Guess what? Nothing happens. The guy keeps on walking as if the attacker weren't even there. This despite the fact that the attacker keeps on hitting. To put the icing on the cake, the blood being splashed around is black. Is my video card bad or is it the game? I should also mention that nowhere in the settings is there any way to adjust levels of difficulty. At least I didn't see it.

Any way to get information other than paying Steam $5 for the privelege of leaving a message on their forums?
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on December 19, 2022, 09:12 PM
Note that I'm planning to release (once again) a smaller version of Crysis 3 remastered. I've been able to reencode some .usm videos.
Since usm videos can be found in various games, and in case you want to modify them, I'm giving you the explanations to reencode them:
- Extract  the usm videos with vgm toolbox
- For the videos, reencode m2v to avi with Mediacoder (choose a MPEG4 encoder, and apply a high bitrate since you'll choose the final bitrate later, in Scaleform video encoder)
- For the audio tracks, reencode adx to wav with PES sound file converter
- Finally, convert the avi and wav files to usm videos with Scaleform video encoder.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on January 17, 2023, 02:24 PM
Note that  new repacks are available on the forum:

Amnesia Rebirth (3 Gb smaller)
The frictional Games AIO (1 GB smaller)
Crysis 3 remastered (500 mb smaller)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on January 20, 2023, 08:50 PM
To make the 3 new repacks (see the message above), I worked a lot, and I reduced the size of the normal dds. It was pretty hard since only paint.net supports them (xnview is displaying an error message), and I reduced the size of hundreds of dds files. I'd like to make smaller repacks for dishonored 2 and the room series games, but it's hard since the files are embedded in "assets" files in these games. If you know how to modify these files, send me a message.
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on May 03, 2023, 11:23 PM
Maybe some of you want to play the latest opus of the Resident Evil games, known as Resident Evil 4 remake.
I confirm that I'm planning to release a repack (in the coming weeks)

(https://i.ibb.co/FqmZ4x1/Resident-Evil-4-Remake-1.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/nmrGMs5/Resident-Evil-4-Remake-2.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/mqJ16BY/Resident-Evil-4-Remake-3.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/0jkPrFP/image-2023-04-30-190806391-1682870898-0436.webp)

(https://cwwatch.net/wp-content/uploads/7g8ll9-1680064689.6105.jpg)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on May 20, 2023, 10:59 PM
Note that I tested the game Resident Evil 4 remake, and it turns out it is excellent.
However, it might be a big difficult for Guliver, shadow.97 and humbert. I had to refer to online documentation to move forward in the game.
I took a few screenshots that you can find below.

I made a repack of 41 GB (vs 56,5 Gb for the whole game). It's too big for my online space, so there will be no repack of RE4. If I can make a significantly smaller repack, I will put it online though.

(https://i.ibb.co/vmztmfd/re4-1.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/Rz1Y1nH/re4-2.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/rfQ5887/re4-3.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/719r20v/re4-5.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/vZXj3dV/re4-6.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/sbq9k4m/re4-7.jpg)
I hope shadow.97 and Vasudev are not making such experiments at home.

(https://i.ibb.co/C9fk5Z4/re4-8.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/KwcSsLB/re4-9.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/K78zPB3/re4-10.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/b5NtRxR/re4-11.png)
Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: humbert on June 03, 2023, 04:30 AM
Diablo IV will be out in a few days as of this writing. I got it early because I bought something additional. Not too sure what it is.

The game is amazing! I'm still learning the new things and it's going to take a while. The configuration menu even sees the video card you're using and adjusts itself accordingly. DLSS3 is supported and can be set to "Ultra", not to mention ray tracing. It even has a setting specific to Nvidia's RTX-4000 series! I wish I had waited a few months before upgrading my video card. I went for an RXT-3060 believing that the 4000 series was overkill. Now they've dropped the price on the 4000 series to almost as low as what I paid for the RTX-3060. Oh well.... even so, the game plays great on my RTX-3060.

Title: Re: What games are you playing?
Post by: scarface on February 19, 2024, 01:21 AM
Note that a new repack of Resident Evil 2 remake is available here (13,4gb only):
https://mega.nz/folder/JYsF2QqQ#zYYnMZpsapd_Wp5P2y2oJw

It's a repost, in case someone is still interested in this game.

This RE2 is the remake of the classic PS1 horror game from the late 90's. You follow two survivors, rookie police officer Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield, sister of the original game's Chris Redfield as they search the amazingly claustrophobic Racoon City to discover the truth as to why the local populace have turned into the flesh-devouring undead and other more dangerous monsters. By survival-horror game standards especially, the gameplay is outstanding.


(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/54/73/74/547374d94af58b66b814553388872778.gif)

(https://i.ibb.co/fXN43JL/CR.jpg)

(https://i.ibb.co/M5184yL/Gvirus.jpg)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpStsGAoJVU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A33pGnpak9g