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ISOmorph, do games w Don't mind me, just enjoying a perfect Wednesday evening
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If someone else is in the mood for Skyrim but has done everything in it, try out Tainted Grail - Fall of Avalon. It plays like a smaller Oblivion. It really scratched the itch for more Elder Scrolls for me.

NutinButNet, do gaming w Does anyone know of a good comunity for gaming pc building?

I’m not aware of a dedicated community, but I’m willing to help if I can here. What do you need help with?

MissJinx,
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Thanks! Well everything. I don’t want to overpay for something that it’s not worth it and some of those pcs can go really high up. I also would like a pc good enough to play some 3d games like house fliper and similar bjt nothing too advanced or online. It has to be good enough for those games and some 3d modeling, but again nothing major.

Any tips?

NutinButNet,

Oh okay, that actually seems like on the lower to middle end of things, all things considered.

One of the best things you can do is to check out the system requirements for some of those things you hope to run which can help give you an idea of what you’ll need.

For example, if you view the game House Flippers 2 on Steam, you’ll see the screenshot below which kind of gives you an idea of what you want to aim for in terms of the right pieces you’ll want to buy for your computer:

https://hilariouschaos.com/pictrs/image/3c410d95-2736-417d-b395-6ee6adda56ec.webp

You’ll ideally want to go for the recommended or above the recommended for the best possible performance of the game. The minimum specs are the absolute lowest that can run this game at its most basic level, which will often not be the best quality or run at the best specs, so you don’t want to follow those.

What are some of the 3D modeling programs you hope to use? That will likely be more intensive, depending on what it is, than the gaming will be.

A great resource for building and budgeting a PC build is pc part picker: pcpartpicker.com

If you’re not familiar with it, it basically helps you find and build a PC and shows you about how much it all will cost you. It’s also a great resource for new beginners since it guides you through exactly what is needed so you don’t end up surprised and have to make multiple trips to the store/purchases online.

MissJinx,
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Dude you gave me a full tutorial! Thank you so much! The 3d building is not the worst, I have a notebook that don’t really run house flipper and does run fusion 360 so I guess the game is heavier.

A lot of those 3d management games that I like don’t run in my humble notebook so I need a better pc for it and it would be interesting to have a full pc because I can improve only parts and the notebook is not as flexible

NutinButNet,

You’re welcome! I’m glad I could provide some helpful stuff to start :)

Ah I see! I’m also a Fusion 360 user too! I was thinking you were talking about stuff like Blender or CGI creation in Unreal Engine which are much more demanding on your computer. But yeah, Fusion 360 isn’t that bad at all!

You’re absolutely right about the specs then! Your gaming sounds like what you will want to check out.

I’d highly recommend visiting the various games’ pages on a site like Steam and seeing their system requirements. You’ll want a good processor and video card (GPU = Graphics Processor Unit, also called a graphics card) more than anything else which most games will really thrive on. Most gamers seem to do well with getting an Intel i5 or i7 or a AMD Ryzen 5 or Ryzen 7. A i9 or Ryzen 9 is probably overkill. For a GPU, this is something you’ll want to research on. I’d recommend checking out some YouTube videos and watch the most recent ones you can that compare the graphics cards and show you how they perform in games. Maybe even check out some YouTubers who showcase the games you’re interested in and can talk about what specs worked well for them too.

MissJinx,
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Thank you!! I didn’t want to overspend in a super amazing graphic card when I’m really only using for smal games. Your tips were awesome I will look into it for sure.

towamo7603, do games w If you want to get into handheld gaming, but don't want to spend a lot, buy one of these.

These are great. I’ve got one that I use with my Switch 2 because the joycons are ass.

thesmokingman, do games w If you want to get into handheld gaming, but don't want to spend a lot, buy one of these.

I highly recommend the Scuf Nomad. It’s a bit more expensive than other options. I think it’s worth it. I play a bunch of games on my phone and can’t be happier. In the past I used GameSir products and think those are pretty rad for budget options.

I do not recommend SteelSeries at fucking all. They used to ship the Stratus with known issues. Support would actively admit the problem. Sometimes you could get a replacement. Sometimes you couldn’t. I have no idea if their newer products are better; I have stopped buying them since then.

PonyOfWar, do gaming w Does anyone know of a good comunity for gaming pc building?
cerebralhawks, do games w If you want to get into handheld gaming, but don't want to spend a lot, buy one of these.

I have the Razer one. It said it was for Android, and I do have an Android phone, and it basically works, but back then, iPhones were using Lightning. For whatever reason, it does not support iPhones. My iPhone has a bigger screen (6.9" vs 5.8") and is more powerful. The Android phone is good enough for retro emulation, of course, but iOS wins Nintendo emulation with Delta, due to the Google Drive backup feature. I have a Flygrip on my iPhone, and I have an 8bitdo Bluetooth controller that can pair to the iPhone. I think Xbox controllers can, too. My old Xbox One controller pairs to my Macs just fine. Maybe it’ll pair to iPhone.

Fortunately RetroArch is on iOS as well. I don’t think it can use all the cores, but it can use the ones that count (like PS1 and prior). I know on Android you get all of them, including PS2, PSP, Wii, NGC, and so on. But my Android phone is a Galaxy S10 (2019), so I wouldn’t expect it to run the newer games. My iPhone 16 Pro Max is capable, but won’t run the actual cores due to iOS restrictions.

I wonder how hard it would be to homebrew a Raspberry Pi, a custom screen, and a custom controller. Though for what you’d spend doing it (and the value of your time!) there are existing devices (mostly from China, I think) that are meant to do exactly that. But I wouldn’t know where to start with those.

I can even play games on my Apple Watch, but you gotta think, with only one hand controlling it (assuming you’re wearing the watch), you can’t play too many games. I have Zelda, as a proof of concept, but Pokemon is far more likely.

These days, just about anything can emulate. Not too many of them can do it well. A good example is, the original Super Mario Bros… The latency is way too high to play it like you can on original hardware, and it sucks that as advanced as our tech is, the game is virtually unplayable in any emulator. It feels like you’re playing on an ice level (like in Mario 2) almost with how slow the game is to react. We didn’t have this problem in the 80s playing on an actual NES. Even the newer Nintendo consoles are just emulating, and they are subject to the same latency issue. Even first-party Nintendo games on modern consoles can’t beat the latency. For example, on Animal Crossing — fucking Animal Crossing — fishing is impossible to do if a fish has 3 (of 5) stars of rarity or higher. The fucking second it bites, you press the button, latency got ya — you were too late. But undock the Switch and I can catch 5 star sharks, whale sharks, the fucking Coelacanth — every time. It’s a game for grade school kids. It’s not hard. But latency makes it go from “tricky” to “what the fuck why is this game so hard?” real quick.

thatKamGuy,

Thanks for bringing Delta to my attention! I use my Steam Deck for emulation - but now, I have another rabbit hole to go down for when I need to pack ultralight!

Any obvious iOS restrictions, assuming I’d be primarily interested in SNES gaming and have local access to any/every ROM file?

cerebralhawks,

Literally no iOS restrictions on Delta.

Okay, say we’re standing face to face and I’m showing you my iPhone. I swipe between library pages showing you my games. I go into Final Fantasy III and show you a 50 hour save. Then, to your astonishment, I swipe up to Home, then uninstall the app. “But your save!” you say, but I’m just smiling. I go into the App Store, re-download Delta. I show you my empty library. Then I go to sign into Google Drive, turning my back for privacy. I turn back and show you I’m hitting Enter/Submit/Log In/whatever. We watch as my games repopulate the library. I open Final Fantasy III. My save is intact.

You’re excited. You want Delta too. So you download it on yours. You have the games at home and you’ll load them up later, but you wanna get some time in on Super Metroid right now. So I scroll down to it, long press it, and tap AirDrop. You swipe down, long-press your connections widget, tap AirDrop, and change it to “Everyone for 10 minutes.” Your iPhone shows up, and I AirDrop you the game. Your iPhone receives it, and it opens in Files. You tap on it, it gives you the option to open it in Delta. It’s now in your library. And backed up to your Google Drive account, if you set that up.

Android guys have some better options than Delta, for sure, but they also kinda wish they had Delta.

Delta emulates only Nintendo and only up to the NDS. That said, as a Super NES gamer, you should be aware of better ports on later systems. Most notably IMO, Zelda 3 on Super NES vs Four Swords on GBA. Four Swords is a multiplayer thing, but it also includes Zelda 3 but with better translation, widescreen support, a better inventory, updated translations, and some other fixes. Of course, if you’re running a JP Zelda 3 1.0 for exploits and speed runs, well, that’s different. (You can do that, too.)

thatKamGuy,

That’s awesome, didn’t even think of how useful AirDrop could be in that situation!

How’s controller support? I have a Razer Kishi V2 I bought way back when to play the Rockstar games, that’s just otherwise gathering dust.

It’s nighttime here in Australia - will load up some files and test it out tomorrow morning! 😁

Yezzey, do games w If your username were a Scrabble word with no bonuses, what would it score?
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Y(4) + E(1) + Z(10) + Z(10) + E(1) + Y(4) = 30 points

moodymellodrone, do games w If your username were a Scrabble word with no bonuses, what would it score?

Best I can do: m(3) + o(1) + o(1) + d(2) + y(4)+ m(3) + e(1) + l(1) + l(1) + o(1) + d(2) + r(1) + o (1) + n(1) + e(1) = 24

It’d be hard to top yours with those Ys and Zs!

Yezzey,
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Surely theres a Jazzqueen here.

j4k3, do games w If your username were a Scrabble word with no bonuses, what would it score?
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No math in Scrabble, so 0

Yezzey,
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You win because math.

nimble, do games w If your username were a Scrabble word with no bonuses, what would it score?

10

X, do games w If your username were a Scrabble word with no bonuses, what would it score?
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8

sparkles, do games w If your username were a Scrabble word with no bonuses, what would it score?
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Pretty low value, honestly. But that’s okay.

Yezzey,
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Theres no winner here :D

doc, do games w If your username were a Scrabble word with no bonuses, what would it score?

D+o+c = ... 5?

FoxyFerengi, do games w If your username were a Scrabble word with no bonuses, what would it score?
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28

I should add more x’s to my name lol

Yezzey,
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You deserve an extra x

Rhynoplaz, do games w If your username were a Scrabble word with no bonuses, what would it score?

I think I’m a competitor at 27

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