What are you playing?

[AlwaysHope]

Man... I got a humanimal dead in the right eye with a throwing knife in Metro Exodus and I wanted to screenshot it, but I'm not running a top-end to do it externally... and apparently the 'photo mode' on MEE is actually just a... headless camera? mode? It doesn't have a 'take screenshot' function. In what way is it a photo mode if there's no way to capture an image? Should I have just expected to need other software to actually take the 'photo?'

WTF is that about? It's just strange to me to have a freecam-style photo mode with filters, and then require an app, or use WGM, or some other inconvenient way of doing it, to actually capture it, as opposed to just hitting a dedicated key? I didn't buy it on Steam, so I don't have the overlay. I turn off Nvidia overlay on pretty much any game that's not fully stable (MEE is mostly, but not entirely crash-free.) Why can I not just press a button THERE in "PHOTO MODE" to... iunno... save a .png to the game folder? Is that so much to ask?

It'd be like if somebody sold a camera and lens to you, but all that's actually are there are telescope optics, no sensor. To take a photo is to record an image. I've never heard of a camera that doesn't capture an image. Seems to me that the definition of a photo is an image captured by a camera. Sooo... yeah. What is this?

I used to just use ReShade, but I don't have it installed because all it'd be doing for me in MEE is giving me a very non-obtrusive FPS counter and screenshot capability. However, the ability to take screenshots without external tools has been kind of a staple feature in games for a long time. I'm truly baffled at the decision to include a photo mode that requires something external to actually use. I guess I never realized, because I usually run something like that anyway.

All I know is... I'm not saving and restarting the game for that. I don't care enough. It's just one of those things that I can't wrap my head around.

I get it but can't you just use print screen button on keyboard? use it, make a manual save, exit game, paste in to paint or something & there you go!

 

[robot zombie]

I get it but can't you just use print screen button on keyboard? use it, make a manual save, exit game, paste in to paint or something & there you go!

Never worked with this Windows 10 install. And I've never dug into it, because usually I don't worry about it. The only way I knew to get Windows to consistently screenshot games was via game mode. I usually have something else going that covers it, varying by game.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not exactly gutted about missing the screenshot. Just weirded out that they seemingly left their photo mode at 99%, without that critical 1% to make it actually function like... any other photo mode I have ever used. When has one not had a 'take screenshot' key, you know? Without that, it's just a boxed-in freecam.

 

[Space Lynx]

Any game recommendations for someone wanting a positive story/graphics/easy to play to cheer someone up who is a bit down in the dumps?

Asking for a friend. My thoughts were A Short Hike, can't think of anything else. Needs to be a short positive energy game... any genre...

 

[Splinterdog]

The original Chips' Challenge is still the best. Easy to set up in DOSBox portable.

 

[nomdeplume]

Any game recommendations for someone wanting a positive story/graphics/easy to play to cheer someone up who is a bit down in the dumps?

Asking for a friend. My thoughts were A Short Hike, can't think of anything else. Needs to be a short positive energy game... any genre...

Sounds like a prime candidate for Wii ownership. Out of the entire library of games produced you'd struggle to find more than a few that don't match your description.

 

[RadeonProVega]

I believe you can't play Underground 2 on Windows 10 or newer because of the missing SecuROM drivers.

Game works perfectly fine, i just install it. Added the widescreen patch (2560x1440p) force AA, max settings, no issues at all. Windows 10 x64. I'm going to install some HD/Remaster mods in a few mins.

 

[Frick]

Cities: Skylines, and it feels pretty weird, but also pretty good.

 

[dragontamer5788]

Cities: Skylines, and it feels pretty weird, but also pretty good.

Its traffic simulator is somewhere between "too accurate" and "not accurate enough".

Ex: OpenTTD has far better traffic simulation, but as a result, you have to manually schedule all the trains and bus routes. Far more complex, but its "better" at the job of controlling what you want. You can set waypoints and force the trains/busses/trucks to go where you want them damn-it.

Ex2: SimCity has no proper traffic simulations, its very abstract.

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Cities: Skylines sits in between these two extremes. More control than SimCity, less control than OpenTTD. I guess Tropico 4/5/6 also have traffic but in various stages of complexity (6 feels less complex to me).

I dunno, I ended up giving up on Cities:Skylines and just play Tropico 6 as far as modern games go, and go back to OpenTTD ridiculously often...

 

[Frick]

Its traffic simulator is somewhere between "too accurate" and "not accurate enough".

Ex: OpenTTD has far better traffic simulation, but as a result, you have to manually schedule all the trains and bus routes. Far more complex, but its "better" at the job of controlling what you want. You can set waypoints and force the trains/busses/trucks to go where you want them damn-it.

Ex2: SimCity has no proper traffic simulations, its very abstract.

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Cities: Skylines sits in between these two extremes. More control than SimCity, less control than OpenTTD. I guess Tropico 4/5/6 also have traffic but in various stages of complexity (6 feels less complex to me).

I dunno, I ended up giving up on Cities:Skylines and just play Tropico 6 as far as modern games go, and go back to OpenTTD ridiculously often...

TTD is one of those aspirational games for me. I want to play it but I really suck at it. I've played it on and off since before OpenTTD but I really don't have the mind for it, for some reason. I've never thought of it as complex though, but I never get very far in it. I suspect I will not be very good at Cities: Skylines either. Similarly, I've played quite a bit of Simcity but it's the same thing. Those kinds of games don't gel with my brain. The Impression city builders were more my thing.

 

[P4-630]

The Impression city builders were more my thing.

I have a good experience with City Life 2008. (and Simcity in the 90s)

 

[Sithaer]

Found this letter in Control's first DLC. 'apparently I've played and finished the second DLC first '
Man that Jeremy must be one heck of a computer whiz.

TTD is one of those aspirational games for me. I want to play it but I really suck at it. I've played it on and off since before OpenTTD but I really don't have the mind for it, for some reason. I've never thought of it as complex though, but I never get very far in it. I suspect I will not be very good at Cities: Skylines either. Similarly, I've played quite a bit of Simcity but it's the same thing. Those kinds of games don't gel with my brain. The Impression city builders were more my thing.

TTD is like the only game in that genre that I used to play a lot when I was a kid, for some reason back then I actually had patience for such.
Tried Simcity but I always ended up with no money and a messed up broken City, Skylines never tried tho I thought about it since it was free on EPIC once and I have it.

 

[LifeOnMars]

Found this letter in Control's first DLC. 'apparently I've played and finished the second DLC first '
Man that Jeremy must be one heck of a computer whiz.
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Just got 100% achievements for the game and DLC. Awesome experience, a bit long and the difficulty spikes on certain bosses are harsh but I persevered because the story and setting compelled me. A solid 8/10 for me. Graphics were amazing, storyline immense and a pretty unforgettable game.

 

[Sithaer]

Just got 100% achievements for the game and DLC. Awesome experience, a bit long and the difficulty spikes on certain bosses are harsh but I persevered because the story and setting compelled me. A solid 8/10 for me. Graphics were amazing, storyline immense and a pretty unforgettable game.

Yea its a fun/interesting game on its own, tbh I still can't describe this game if someone asked me whats this game I'm playing cause its just a bag of weird stuff but in a good way.
Definitely not a typical whatever game you finish and then forget about it soon after.

Last boss in DLC 2 did take me a few tries until I switched to a more agressive style and just blasted it down as fast as possible. 'that boss fight design was questionable'

 

[SN2716057]

a bit of HZ5 while working on my other pc

 

[Super Firm Tofu]

a bit of HZ5 while working on my other pc

The 21:9 aspect looks very tempting in this game. My wallet is asking me to forget this screenshot.

 

[ne6togadno]

a bit of HZ5 while working on my other pc

dude why your drive wheel is on the wrong side?
did you got discount for buying weird card?

 

[Splinterdog]

FEAR has really drawn me in and it has vibes of Half Life what with crawling through air ducts and the way mercenaries squawk through their radios, to name just a few similarities.

 

[SN2716057]

dude why your drive wheel is on the wrong side?
did you got discount for buying weird card?

This one has +1000hp so I just had to.

Edit: this took way too long, time for bed now.

 

[AlwaysHope]

dude why your drive wheel is on the wrong side?
did you got discount for buying weird card?

Looks normal from an Australian driving perspective!

 

[ne6togadno]

This one has +1000hp so I just had to

ya 1000+ is must have but still i'd ask for discount.

Looks normal from an Australian driving perspective!

i've heard for that place down under with weird plants and animals and stuff, didnt knew you grow weird cars too thou

 

[AlwaysHope]

Can any of the Oblivion experts on here suggest why I'm getting CTDs in the outside area of Sancre Tor? I'm up to the part in the MQ that needs me to go there.
I've got about 30 hrs up on this this current playthrough & have unofficial patches for the main game plus for the DLC, also the xOBSE 22.7 installed.
Damm annoying to say the least!

Update: got it sorted, had to restore graphic settings in Adrenalin 22.7.1 back to default for this game profile.

 

[SomeOne99h]

Use this EngineBugFixes.
An OBSE plugin containing bug fixes for the Oblivion game engine.

EngineBugFixes

An OBSE plugin containing bug fixes for the Oblivion game engine.

www.nexusmods.com

How to install:
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1) Extract the files to a temporary location.
2) Copy the files in the Data folder to (install folder)\Oblivion\Data\

EDIT: Make sure you installed it right, otherwise it will do nothing. Don't use mod manager to install.

 

[lexluthermiester]

The 21:9 aspect looks very tempting in this game. My wallet is asking me to forget this screenshot.

Oh go on, give in. 21:9 is perfect for racing games!

 

[Super Firm Tofu]

Oh go on, give in. 21:9 is perfect for racing games!

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!

Maybe.

 

[Splinterdog]

a bit of HZ5 while working on my other pc

If it's Horizon 5 it has to be Mexico, surely?
I'll grab me coat...