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 Post subject: Re: I fucking hate PC gaming
PostPosted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:06 pm 
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As a PC gaming elitist I proclaim this thread is gay. Seriously though, why are you fucking with shit in DirectX?

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 Post subject: Re: I fucking hate PC gaming
PostPosted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:10 pm 
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Yeah, you can always buy an adapter or a bluetooth thingy for your current generation console controllers. Fuck, I've hooked my Wiimote up to my Android phone (granted there's not really much point to that, aside from it being doable, unless you don't have a keyboard at all.) 360 Controllers are built to work with Windows if I remember right.

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I use a dual-port PS2 adapter and then a program called "Joy2key", where you can set Keyboard buttons directly to buttons on your PS2 controller, so even if the game doesn't recognize your controller or doesn't have controller support, you can force it. It's actually REALLY easy, and I think Crono can attest that when I say something is Easy, it really is. :)

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 Post subject: Re: I fucking hate PC gaming
PostPosted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:45 pm 
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Seriously though, why are you fucking with shit in DirectX?


'cuz that's what all the troubleshooting advice I've been getting has been telling me. :p Certain newer features need to be disabled to play certain older games.

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 Post subject: Re: I fucking hate PC gaming
PostPosted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:56 pm 
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I remember Joy2Key. I had a JoyKey PS1 adapter, it worked pretty well. It works just as well for PS2 controllers also.

You can also use GlovePie, which is a generic controller interface mapper. It works for any controller type. You can program generic controllers or use its built in support for things like Xbox and Wii controllers (PS3 is supported, I guess, but Sony messed with how the BT shakes hands so you have to jump through some hoops) It's also a scripting language, so there's a whole community around it making scripts for it.

It allows you to not just do like a direct mapping (which you can do and it works well), but also more complex scripts for different behavior. So, you can, for example, make a PC game with Wii controls, I imagine the dude will work Kinect into it at some point ... Move is tougher since it'd need a server of some sort running to actually take care of the image data.

It's pretty neat, to be honest. I made a script for a friend a couple years ago so he could control Diablo 2 in the style of gauntlet, with a controller. It had some quirks (had to reposition the mouse sometimes, but I made it so you could hold an auxiliary button and reposition it easily), but it worked.

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 Post subject: Re: I fucking hate PC gaming
PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2011 10:21 am 
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 Post subject: Re: I fucking hate PC gaming
PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2011 10:42 am 
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exactly why people don't like to google their tech issues.

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PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2011 11:13 am 
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the comic above does not make sense...i google my tech problems and they work like a charm, i ask around and if you're lucky not to get an indian dude in a tech forum it works well. O_O

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 Post subject: Re: I fucking hate PC gaming
PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2011 6:32 pm 
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the comic above does not make sense...i google my tech problems and they work like a charm, i ask around and if you're lucky not to get an indian dude in a tech forum it works well. O_O


Really depends where you post too. I suspect this sort of shit happens on the game developer's forums more often than other tech related places.

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 Post subject: Re: I fucking hate PC gaming
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You'll find examples of this on a lot of tech forums. But the responses you get when you google have a lot to do with Luck, and how specific you are with the wording of your question, or issue.

You post saying that "My computer freezes up randomly" on a regular tech site and you'll get a bunch of different scenarios and fixes. You'll also get trolls who'll do just what this comic is showing. Also, If you're posting about an issue on something that's pretty new, I.E. a glitch with a game that just came out, you'll get a fair amount of trolls. Now, just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it doesn't exist for the rest of the world, but that should be common knowledge.

I work in I.T. and utilizing most tech forums is something a lot of I.T. professionals will do. So I run into a lot of false info, trolling and douche bags.

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PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2011 7:48 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: I fucking hate PC gaming
PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2011 9:26 pm 
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I'm pretty fucking computer illiterate and I've found all my answers by looking online. Never in forums, always on Google because it just leads you to forums anyways. I've found I'm never the first one to encounter an issue.

That being said I'm finding I'm having to solve a lot more issues now that I've jumped back in to PC gaming after however many years away. I know the first time I have an issue so serious it prevents me from playing and I can't solve it then fists are going through walls. Like a boss.

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 Post subject: Re: I fucking hate PC gaming
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I guess it depends on where you post or ask then. I use the Cisco community forums mainly, they have a gaming section and tech section on there too. No trolls nor douchebags. You'll definitely get trolls and whatnot if you're too vague with the problem, like what lego said about the search queries and shiz.

I work in IT too.

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 Post subject: Re: I fucking hate PC gaming
PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 12:08 am 
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I had 3-4 games not working for me today... turns out the culprit was my Firewall, go fucking figure. Now I'm trying to play League of Legends and once I click Play after the Launcher patches/updates/whatever NOTHING happens. It doesn't boot up the game. Running a repair right now, expecting that I'll have to reinstall tomorrow though... fucking PC gaming man. Spent 3 hours trying to play and didn't play ANYTHING just troubleshooted. :-/

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 Post subject: Re: I fucking hate PC gaming
PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 12:19 am 
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I had 3-4 games not working for me today... turns out the culprit was my Firewall, go fucking figure. Now I'm trying to play League of Legends and once I click Play after the Launcher patches/updates/whatever NOTHING happens. It doesn't boot up the game. Running a repair right now, expecting that I'll have to reinstall tomorrow though... fucking PC gaming man. Spent 3 hours trying to play and didn't play ANYTHING just troubleshooted. :-/


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 Post subject: Re: I fucking hate PC gaming
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I had 3-4 games not working for me today... turns out the culprit was my Firewall, go fucking figure. Now I'm trying to play League of Legends and once I click Play after the Launcher patches/updates/whatever NOTHING happens. It doesn't boot up the game. Running a repair right now, expecting that I'll have to reinstall tomorrow though... fucking PC gaming man. Spent 3 hours trying to play and didn't play ANYTHING just troubleshooted. :-/

Same thing happened to me when I tried to play LoL, so I just got into WoW instead. :rabbid:

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 Post subject: Re: I fucking hate PC gaming
PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 1:17 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: I fucking hate PC gaming
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Nah, not Norton. PC Tools, free firewall, it's nice but every now and then it's a complete dick about blocking access to system memory without even giving me a yes or no box to click, so my games run like ass because they have no memory.

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Nah, not Norton. PC Tools, free firewall, it's nice but every now and then it's a complete dick about blocking access to system memory without even giving me a yes or no box to click, so my games run like ass because they have no memory.

Trend Micro.

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 Post subject: Re: I fucking hate PC gaming
PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:26 pm 
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Yes Trend Micro's firewall is actually non-invasive. When you set something ... it listens to that setting. I know, it's an insanely new feature to have in firewall software on Windows, but ... maybe it'll just work ... maybe.

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 Post subject: Re: I fucking hate PC gaming
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I have a paid Trend Micro for Virus protection, but... is that part Firewall too or is it a separate program/app?

PC Tools has been pretty good until the recent update I had to install, now instead of just saying "Yeah, I allow this application." I have to allow the application to do 3 or 4 different things before the pop-ups leave me alone.

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