Computer games

[mcandmar]

Have that to too, loved the previous Far Cry games so much i pre ordered it.

Only snag is a couple of weeks ago i fired up Cyberpunk 2077, bought it ages ago and never got around to playing it, i have fallen down that rabbit hole now so will see that out before getting stuck into FC6.

 

[nigelwright7557]

I remember writing my first game for Sinclair Spectrum in mid 1980's.
It was a Jet Set Willy type game and it was going to make me a fortune !

So made up sone cassette tapes and made a nice picture for the sleeve and set off for a computer show. Showed the game running on a large TV.
Not a single sale in 3 hours ! A complete waste of time.

 

[ewollowe]

You got a cool story?

 

[KaffiMann]

Ewol, you up for a co-op? I'm updating some drivers and stuff, trying to figure decent settings for graphics. Not started yet but getting reeeeal close.

 

[ewollowe]

Thanks for the invite Kaffi but I very rarely play online. Old fart single player kinda guy

Edit: Also full of scotch, hand eye coordination seriously lacking

 

[KaffiMann]

That sounds absolutely perfect for me, I'm just starting with the beer and my 3rd shot though.

 

[markgolf]

Love the far cry games 3 is my favorite. Picking up fc 6 today or tomorrow but can't play it for a month or so work is way too busy. I play on pc ryzen 7 and rx570 but want to upgrade gpu but refuse to pay 3 times msrp or almost a thou on a 3060.cyberpunk was a bit of a disappointment especially after witcher3 but still a decent game.


Mark

 

[ewollowe]

Never been a huge Far Cry fan? Gave the third one a real try but I think Ubisoft games aren't for me? Never really play any online games to be honest. Even the franchises I like I can't do online. Tried fallout 76, nope, Knights of the old republic, nope, Elder scrolls, nope.

 

[KaffiMann]

Far cry 4 was really good, and I liked #1 and #2. Happily missed #3 because I didn't like the backstory. #5 was kinda fun, especially headshotting moose with a shovel launcher

 

[ewollowe]

Games are such a matter of personal taste. I've no doubt that the far cry franchise is well made, it's just never got its hooks into me. Same with GTA, not a fan, even GTAV, felt empty?

 

[AllenB]

Vice City was the sweet spot.

 

[ewollowe]

I think that was the most I played of one?

 

[KaffiMann]

I do not understand this, at all...
Everything else being equal, the game gets the exact same fps changing between 1080p and 4k?!

Looks much better in 4k, and TAA makes a bigger impact on reducing the frame rate so 4k it is!
Trying to get a fixed lock at 60hz, since it seems I cannot get more than a few rare peaks at 70hz no matter what I try...


Edit:
GTA sucks! The old ones where good, but not the modern stuff.

Edit2:
Ok, now I increased "Terrain" to Ultra and I get even higher frame rate? I do not know what is happening here.

 

[ewollowe]

It's Ubisoft, probably full of performance crushing "anti tamper" software

 

[PRR]

Played daily:

 

[ewollowe]

I wish my PC was powerful enough to run that

 

[AllenB]

Ah yes, I used to play Thieves and Kings, good to go on an EGA screen.

 

[PRR]

It has been a struggle to keep appropriate hardware provisioned. I weaned it off Win31 onto XP, but two Atom based SBCs burned-up in 24/7 running. Now on a netbook of unknown life. Later O/Ses won't run the program, and new hardware for older O/Ses is a driver problem.

However there may be a way forward.

Windows 3.1 Shareware: WINSOLIT : John A. Junod : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

If you full-screen the emulation and full-screen the browser it fills a large LCD monitor, and the DOSBox settings give near original speed.

 

[AllenB]

It runs for me directly on Win7. You could run WinXP on a new machine using virtualisation.

 

[MagicBus]

At last an https version! https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjx2JiHr7_zAhX1g_0HHd5aB1YQFnoECBMQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.silvergames.com%2Fen%2Fstraw-hat-samurai&usg=AOvVaw0rduIowc6DbkKO6CwLbibW I missed this game!