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WolfhoundRO, do games w BioWare lays off senior writing staff as part of its recent job cuts

This is not good news. Seems like Bioware gets to be more of a support studio for EA from now on

Goblin_Mode,

Kinda has been for a while tbh

Sina, do gaming w Starfield install size revealed, available to preload now

Have a low-medium texture download/install option. It’s time!

MJBrune,

It’s not that easy to do but you could probably invest some time and create a system for that. I wonder how much it’d actually be used though. This would only really effect a subset of PC players.

Sina,

I think you would be surprised. 1080p gaming is very much alive & 1080p gamers don’t need ultra high rez textures. I would certainly love to use this option. Sometimes people would even prioritize their data plan over graphics, because not everyone is so obsessed with graphics.

Especially if at download it was explained to users they won’t see a difference at 1080p, then even Steam & GoG could save some bandwidth. (plus it would be environmentally friendly)

blindsight,

I game on 1440p, but I only have an 8GB card. A medium textures download option would be amazing. It was nice that the D4 beta had high res textures as an optional extra download.

Sina,

8GB is still quite a bit though.

NuPNuA,

Data Plan? Who’s home internet has data limits on 2023?

dingus, (edited ) do gaming w DirectX 11 vs Vulkan: which is best for Baldur's Gate 3?
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DirectX 11 is sometimes your only choice if you want to play splitscreen couch co-op on the PC.

Vulkan results in many graphical glitches and certain areas are unrenderable (the culprit being the black boxes so many people mention). My partner and I reached a point where we couldn’t move on anymore and graphics drivers were already updated and game was already updated so we were confused as how to move forward.

After searching for a few hours, I found a post specifically about the splitscreen and how this seems to affect lots of people trying to play splitscreen with Vulkan.

I personally prefer Vulkan and think it runs better in single player mode, but if you want to play splitscreen without major issues, I strongly suggest DirectX 11.

Nighed,
@Nighed@sffa.community avatar

Which GPU manafacturer was that with?

dingus,
@dingus@lemmy.ml avatar

AMD

EvilEdgelord, do games w More action than RPG, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 struggles to convince after a few hours' play - EuroGamer
@EvilEdgelord@sh.itjust.works avatar

WHEN YOU COOK TOO LONG, YOU BURN THE SOUP

TribblesBestFriend, do gaming w You'll have to pay for a $20 DLC to unlock two out of six clans in Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2.
Poopfeast420, do gaming w Would you rather stop playing a game than lower the difficulty? The First Berserker: Khazan devs reckon you would | Eurogamer
@Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

I’m usually a normal-difficulty gamer and usually don’t turn down the difficulty from there. However, as the article says, If I started on a higher difficulty, I’m more open to go back down to the default.

malwieder, do games w Switch 2 vs Steam Deck: the Cyberpunk 2077 face-off
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For someone owning both devices and actually trying to decide which version to get, both are decent in portable mode with the Switch 2 taking the lead in docked mode (as the Deck doesn’t increase its power limits in docked mode whatsoever). So I’d probably get the Switch 2 version if I didn’t have a desktop PC to go with my Deck, but I do, so my “docked” experience (playing on my PC) is vastly superior anyway, with the Deck getting the portable part done.

For a technical comparison it’s kind of inaccurate I think. Yes, it’s certainly impressive that the Switch 2 can run this game in portable mode likely consuming less than 10 watts for the entire system while producing okay graphics. And it’s clear that DLSS does a lot of heavy lifting here, but:

  • The 8.9 watts figure is likely somewhat inaccurate because it’s based on approximate battery life while playing the game. Even if the game is played from 100% to 0%, there’s still inaccuracies because the specific battery likely won’t have 19.3 Wh exactly. Instead it’ll likely be a bit higher than that when brand new, and a bit lower with 100s of cycles.
  • The Switch 2 clearly consumes less power than the Deck needs to achieve “playable” framerates in Cyberpunk 2077, but that doesn’t tell us that much about the efficiency of just the SoC. I’d assume the Deck requires a little bit more juice for its OLED screen and also more for the rest of the system, for example the standard NVMe drive it uses. The “approximately 9 watts consumption” comparison they’re doing makes it look like the Switch 2 is around 3 times as efficient, but that’s not how efficiency curves work. You’re comparing the Deck at a power consumption level that’s probably the peak of Switch 2s efficiency curve.
  • Game settings are (currently?) impossible to match. Some can be matched, others are either some in-between on Switch or even “lower than low”, for example some models/geometry. I assume these changes have a large enough performance impact that CDPR thought they were worth to implement just for the Switch 2.
  • Scene-specific pixel counting wasn’t really done, so it’s not possible to say which device renders more “real” pixels (even though DLSS certainly seems to make the most out of these pixels).

I still think the Switch 2 is very impressive in terms of performance in portable mode, certainly more than I expected when hearing about the rumored Ampere architecture and the Samsung manufacturing process.

It also shows that something comparable to DLSS (likely FSR 4) would be hugely beneficial to PC handhelds so I hope that the Deck 2 will properly support that. Sad that AMDs Z2 series don’t, but I hope Valve is cooking another custom chip with AMD soon.

slowbyrne,

You might want to look into sunshine and moonlight for streaming from your PC to the steamdeck. It means your deck will only sip battery, fans will be whisper quite, and the graphics will be stellar, all for a tiny amount of latency.

Justdaveisfine, do games w A two-player Elden Ring Nightreign PC Mod is already available

This is definitely one of the weirder missteps by From.

I’d like to know what the decision looked like internally, because I somewhat refuse to believe they just overlooked it.

JigglySackles, do games w Hideo Kojima casually reveals a Death Stranding anime is in the works

Gonna be a stylized asmr hiking anime.

Gerudo, do games w $80 for Borderlands 4 too costly? Randy Pitchford says, "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen"

Looks like fitgirl will be getting my business instead

modifier,
@modifier@lemmy.ca avatar

Found a way!

Jaeger86, do games w $80 for Borderlands 4 too costly? Randy Pitchford says, "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen"

Randy’s a twat. I’ll pick that shit up for $20 next Christmas

madame_gaymes,
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🏴

DebatableRaccoon, do gaming w Fortnite now lets you chat with Darth Vader using generative AI speech [Eurogamer]

The bar was on the floor already but they still felt the need to bring a shovel.

Stovetop, do games w Doom: The Dark Ages' PS5 physical release reportedly has just 85MB on disc, and Xbox isn't much bigger

So much for physical media.

carrion0409, do games w Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy

Well I also reserve the right to not buy their underpowered shit.

Nima, do games w Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy
@Nima@leminal.space avatar

i can’t wait to pirate their new switch 2 games 🥰 its gonna be awesome.

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