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If the game ever stops crashing on me I'll be there for the next DOOM event. I think GeForce experience f'ed up my game somehow. Hopefully I'll have better luck trying to repair it than I've had trying to repair my marriage.
 
So I'm a FIFA nerd and am really pumped cause starting tonight  NOW  it will be playable in full for 10 hours in Origin Access. It also gives a discount on the game for doing so. I got a few Origin money cards in a hardware swap, so just getting it that way. Shame the Origin Mexico trick is dead for FIFA :(

Anyway, it doesnt launch on PC til midnight, Its out on PC now too.

Before, I was watching a Twitch stream of some guy who dropped $500 on FIFA points for FUT (its a game mode I dont particularly enjoy) FUT is a "card" game where you get cards and build a team to play against other people. I watched this guy open up pack after pack and NOT ONCE got a player of merit. I lol'd. He got pissed. It was funny. You wont laugh unless you understand FUT, but yeah. Not playing FUT.

 
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archbishopthedoge said:
Did you update GeForce experience?
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I did. I was just trying to update my drivers but then the whole app needed an update. The app crashed during the update and I had to reinstall it from scratch and that's when I started having issues with a lot of games. I ended up removing GeForce Experience altogether, which fixed all of my problems except the DOOM issue. I have some things I'm going to try when I get home and I'm hoping I'll get it working again.
 
smackattack said:
When we going to brofist this?
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Why dont you just schedule it? lol Any bro can schedule anything. Just do it. Since its an F2P game there will probably be a good turnout.

DickBurden said:
I did. I was just trying to update my drivers but then the whole app needed an update. The app crashed during the update and I had to reinstall it from scratch and that's when I started having issues with a lot of games. I ended up removing GeForce Experience altogether, which fixed all of my problems except the DOOM issue. I have some things I'm going to try when I get home and I'm hoping I'll get it working again.
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Try verifying Doom on Steam too. It may be an update there that caused it. Yea, I noticed the GeForce update late last week. It worked fine for me, but I reinstalled Doom after doing that (I had removed it a couple of weeks ago), so can't verify if its GE related.

Reds303 said:
You know you got a problem with fakebroing when you're trying to justify how much or how little of a fakeybro you are. Ive come to realize that everything will be bundled eventually. Everything I want to play that is.
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I don't fucking care whether or not I fakeybro anything. I paid $27 for Doom less than a week after release. So, if thats considered fakey'ing so be it. At the same time, if theres a game I want and I can't get it cheap, if I have the money and want it, I get it. I don't care about saving the maximum on every damn game if its something that I know I am going to enjoy from the start. There's more games that I wait for a specific price point than those I don't.

 
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Syntax Error said:
MysterD should play it smart and secretly get a Bro to schedule King Arthur's Gold. Then, when no one shows up to play KAG because it's goddamned terrible, MysterD can show up and say he tried to play with us but it's not his fault no one was there. Take screenshots...
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WTH is King Arthur's Gold?!?!?

 
DickBurden said:
If the game ever stops crashing on me I'll be there for the next DOOM event. I think GeForce experience f'ed up my game somehow. Hopefully I'll have better luck trying to repair it than I've had trying to repair my marriage.
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Yeah; I think NVidia has been a mess, of late.

You might want to create restore points before you install or update any GeForce Experience version or NVidia drivers, with the way they've been going of late.

GeForce Experience 3.0 full release + 368.xx drivers screwed things up for a lot of people:

https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/938253/gtx-1080-not-recognized-and-can-t-install-368-25/

What drivers do you have installed?

Avoid the 368.39's, if possible - unless you're kind of already stuck with it:

https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/4mz4wa/driver_36839_faqdiscussion_thread/

While 368.39's do have Vulkan and that is great for Doom 2016, it is known to cause OTHER problems - i.e. you might not be able to install any other NVidia drivers period without first rolling backwards. A serious "WTH." Speaking from experience here.

The Crew doesn't work w/ these 368.39 drivers, also:

http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/1459475-RESOLVED-Do-NOT-update-to-Nvidia-368-39-Drivers-Forums

You are likely going to have to roll your NVidia drivers backwards or forwards, just to get The Crew going again - if you installed the 368.39's. And that's even if you can get the drivers to even update.

I rolled back to 353.30 drivers to get Crew going, but Doom stopped working. Pain in the neck. Went back to 368.39's just to get Doom going again. Sorry, but Doom's more important than The Crew.

You might have to use DDU, DriverSweeper, or do some real digging + Registry editing yourself to get things working right again. Uninstalling everything NVidia just won't always do the trick.

And I got The Crew running now on my gaming laptop w/ the newest 372.70 drivers on W10. Also, on my W10 Win Laptop - newest GeForce Experience doesn't even bloody work.

 
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if you guys own h1z1 the map just completely updated with new visuals and a better city.

Downside, comes with tons of bugs but it is worth playing again if you've haven't played in awhile.

Edit: I mean the Battle Royale mode, the only mode worth playing.

 
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More Doom venting...

I think I'm done with GeForce Experience for now. I barely used it and it just seemed to screw things up. Right now I've got everything working except Doom so I'm hoping I don't have to mess around too much with my drivers. I was wondering if Vulkan might be the problem. I was really happy with how Doom looked and ran without it so I might not bother with it.

For the record, I don't know crap about any of this but I'm typically good at troubleshooting so with any luck I'll get Doom back up and running without doing some sort of irrepairable damage to my computer and myself.
 
archbishopthedoge said:
I don't fucking care whether or not I fakeybro anything. I paid $27 for Doom less than a week after release. So, if thats considered fakey'ing so be it. At the same time, if theres a game I want and I can't get it cheap, if I have the money and want it, I get it. I don't care about saving the maximum on every damn game if its something that I know I am going to enjoy from the start.
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Settle down, Beavis. Fakeybro cracks are just part of the ambiance.

 
DickBurden said:
More Doom venting...

I think I'm done with GeForce Experience for now. I barely used it and it just seemed to screw things up. Right now I've got everything working except Doom so I'm hoping I don't have to mess around too much with my drivers. I was wondering if Vulkan might be the problem. I was really happy with how Doom looked and ran without it so I might not bother with it.

For the record, I don't know crap about any of this but I'm typically good at troubleshooting so with any luck I'll get Doom back up and running without doing some sort of irrepairable damage to my computer and myself.
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Doom's not the problem; it's the damn NVidia drivers + GeForce Experience stuff. I don't know what's going on there, but NVidia's been a mess of late.

Dig around; drivers of late since later 360-set have been hit or miss.

GeForce Experience 3.0 sounds like it's been problematic since Beta:

https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/948114/geforce-experience/geforce-experience-beta-update-3-0-5-17-3-0-2-190-feedback-thread/1/

372.70's seem hit or miss w/ games + systems, too:

https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/50b4gp/driver_37270_faqdiscussion_thread/

If you can't boot Doom via Vulkan, try and force it back to OpenGL by doing this:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/379720/discussions/0/359543542243351197/

go to users\%username\saved games\id software\doom\base\
open doomconfig.local
change r_renderapi "1" to r_renderapi "0"
save the file and have fun again :)
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KeeperOfWind said:
if you guys own h1z1 the map just completely updated with new visuals and a better city.

Downside, comes with tons of bugs but it is worth playing again if you've haven't played in awhile.

Edit: I mean the Battle Royale mode, the only mode worth playing.
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Is Battle Royale the one where I die in the first 30 seconds and then have to wait for half an hour for the next game to begin?

 
TB14 said:
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/tech/gaming/547198/PS4-Pro-Michael-Pachter-Xbox-One-S-PlayStation-Slim

"PC Gamers are 'arrogant twits' and 'like racists' claims Michael Pachter. Here's why."

Oh boy...
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Why do I even care what Michael Pachter thinks? [shrugs]

PC Gamers won't buy a PS4 Pro b/c PC games get cheaper quicker here; we have Bundle sites w/ killer deals; & investing in a decently powerful rig (or better) will extremely likely trump what any console can output in both terms of performance (i.e. PC can actually aim for 60FPS in many instances at decent resolutions like 1080p, 1440p, or 4K) + much better graphics quality settings (i.e High to Ultra).

 
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MysterD said:
Why do I even care what Michael Pachter thinks? [shrugs]

PC Gamers won't buy PS4 Pro b/c PC games get cheaper quicker; we have Bundle sites w/ killer deals; & investing in a decently powerful rig or better will trump what any console can output in both terms of performance (i.e. PC can actually aim for 60FPS in many instances at decent resolutions like 1080p, 1440p, or 4K) + much better graphics quality settings (i.e High to Ultra).
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Racist!

Honestly, I don't even know of any console gamers who are planning on buying the PS4 Pro; myself included.

 
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DickBurden said:
If the game ever stops crashing on me I'll be there for the next DOOM event. I think GeForce experience f'ed up my game somehow. Hopefully I'll have better luck trying to repair it than I've had trying to repair my marriage.
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What is up with the crapitar DB? Bring back the picture of fox's mom

 
indef said:
Is Battle Royale the one where I die in the first 30 seconds and then have to wait for half an hour for the next game to begin?
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Battle Royale is the one where you run around like an idiot with 5 other players or Solo for an hour only for your own teammate to ride over you.

Then you yell and scream for a minute while waiting on queue to repeat it alll over again.

On a serious note, Battle Royale for h1z1 is the best I've played so far.

PLAYERUNKNOWN is working on his own standalone Battle Royale, he had created the popular Arma's Battle Royale and H1Z1's Battle Royale mode.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Dbne2TgCWg

 
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indef said:
Is Battle Royale the one where I die in the first 30 seconds and then have to wait for half an hour for the next game to begin?
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They usually take about 2-3 minutes to queue up for me. You do die in 30 secs though if you land in a populated spot and someone finds the gun before you.

 
TB14 said:
Racist!

Honestly, I don't even know of any console gamers who are planning on buying the PS4 Pro; myself included.
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I'm buying one since I don't own any current gen console and it's only $100 more from the slim

Looking forward to the new Persona and Yakuza games

TB14 said:
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/tech/gaming/547198/PS4-Pro-Michael-Pachter-Xbox-One-S-PlayStation-Slim

"PC Gamers are 'arrogant twits' and 'like racists' claims Michael Pachter. Here's why."

Oh boy...
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Who?
 
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So if anybody is thinking of playing te bioshock remastered games, I'd just wait until a patch comes out. Was saving and the game crashed and somehow my most recent save deleted, meaning I got sent back to the next most recent save...which was an autosave from the beginning of the level. I give up for now

 
smackattack said:
i dont because non spoder/fox curated events are usually poorly attended and suck
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archbishopthedoge said:
Its entirely game dependent. Myself, Reds, Malkan, and others have all scheduled events that have been well received. Just schedule it on one of the usual days.
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Yeah, it depends on the game.. well, unless you're ycag. I typically don't join f2p events but I make some exceptions.

 
MysterD said:
Yeah; I think NVidia has been a mess, of late.
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Wut? I thought Nvidia was the best and never had any issues? ARE YOU SURE YOU ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT AMD?

Syntax Error said:
Settle down, Beavis. Fakeybro cracks are just part of the ambiance.
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Exactly Bah, don't get your panties in a bunch, that's your mom's job.

archbishopthedoge said:
Dont tell me to settle down old man! I was merely stating my opinion vehemently :)
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I've come to accept my status as a fakeybro and I am happy about it. I can see sticking to the CAG code for game collectors, but for the average gamer who plays his/her games buy what you enjoy at the price you want, even if it makes you a filthy fakeybro.

MysterD said:
Doom's not the problem; it's the damn NVidia drivers + GeForce Experience stuff.
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ARE YOU SURE? THIS GOES AGAINST EVERYTHING I EVER HEARD!

TB14 said:
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/tech/gaming/547198/PS4-Pro-Michael-Pachter-Xbox-One-S-PlayStation-Slim

"PC Gamers are 'arrogant twits' and 'like racists' claims Michael Pachter. Here's why."

Oh boy...
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The "like racists" comparison is just clickbait bullshit. The arrogant twits is incorrect. He should have said arrogant twats. Obviously, generalizations are bad, but we do have a big enough subset of arrogant PC gamers and the whole gamergate cesspool so he should have just said "racists" outright because that's true for a big subset as well.

smackattack said:
i dont because non spoder/fox curated events are usually poorly attended and suck
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I will attend any game scheduled on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday at 10:00 PM ET as long as I don't have something that comes up.

MysterD said:
Rant
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You are one of those PC gamers he hates because you just need to shut up about BLAH BLAH BLAH NEEDS TO BE PORTED TO PC BLAH BLAH BLAH and just buy a freaking console and play those games or STFU. While getting some games ported to PC is fine, it's just easier to buy a damn console and I'd prefer the devs work on something new than waste time on porting old ass games no one is going to buy.

Syntax Error said:
What's a Michael Pachter?

Also, you all should go AMD so you can avoid these driver issues :shame:
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This guy knows what's up.

archbishopthedoge said:
Its entirely game dependent. Myself, Reds, Malkan, and others have all scheduled events that have been well received. Just schedule it on one of the usual days.
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Again, if it's scheduled on a regular bro day, it usually has an okay turn out. Been a while since we had a complete dud.

DickBurden said:
The only reason I don't schedule events is because I wouldn't attend them.
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Yeah, attending the even usually helps, but is not entirely necessary. As long as enough people have it we usually still play it.

 
TB14 said:
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/tech/gaming/547198/PS4-Pro-Michael-Pachter-Xbox-One-S-PlayStation-Slim

"PC Gamers are 'arrogant twits' and 'like racists' claims Michael Pachter. Here's why."

Oh boy...
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It would make me sad to miss my own event. I already lament that my schedule precludes me from attending a typical weeknight event but missing my own event would just be the exclamation point on a lifetime of letting everyone, and myself as much as anyone else, down.
 
IAmTheCheapestFox said:
You are one of those PC gamers he hates because you just need to shut up about BLAH BLAH BLAH NEEDS TO BE PORTED TO PC BLAH BLAH BLAH and just buy a freaking console and play those games or STFU. While getting some games ported to PC is fine, it's just easier to buy a damn console and I'd prefer the devs work on something new than waste time on porting old ass games no one is going to buy.
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Why hold a game back and just have it just on these consoles with limited-power? Why not multi-platform it to both consoles + PC and try to get as many gamers as possible to purchase it? Why not also support the PC and let the sky be the limit, in terms of both power + the likely possibilities of (future) modding?

Also, why not have the original dev's just say hire a company like QLOC or Nixxes (who basically just expertise in making technically-sound PC versions) to bring it here?

BTW, QLOC did a pretty good job w/ WWE 2K16 PC + the MK XL Edition PC port from the Beta. Nixxes has a pretty good history on doing pretty good PC ports since TR: Legend.

And if they are going "console first, PC later" - bringing that game to PC with all expansions/DLC's (like 2K has done with WWE 2K series with 2K15+16 & like From Software did with Dark Souls: PTD) could get some gamers that do both consoles + PC to possibly double-dip on PC version, especially if they're missing DLC's on the console-side.

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Wut? I thought Nvidia was the best and never had any issues? ARE YOU SURE YOU ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT AMD?

[snip]

ARE YOU SURE? THIS GOES AGAINST EVERYTHING I EVER HEARD!
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Yup. I'm positive.

You're best creating in Windows restore points when before and installing any sort of drivers, TBH - that way you can roll forward or back, if need be.

I experienced some issues this past weekend after installing GeForce Experience 3.0 personally w/ not being able to install other NVidia drivers; and the 368.39's just won't run The Crew. Not sure if it was GF 3.0 or 368's causing the issues - but it's there b/c I couldn't install to any other drivers.

Had to do some system restores to roll back drivers to get Crew going, but Doom wouldn't boot (that's before I saw the fix to force it back into OpenGL); and then said "Screw it" and re-rolled ahead to 368's.

Just stick to earlier NVidia drivers (like the 350 set) or find some Nvidia drivers that work for you, if you have to.

And when you install NVidia drivers - ALWAYS go Custom; and select to do a NEW fresh install. That way, if crap hits the fan - you're basically starting fresh driver-wise if something goes wrong.

 
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MysterD said:
Why hold a game back and just have it just on these consoles with limited-power? Why not multi-platform it to both consoles + PC and try to get as many gamers as possible to purchase it? Why not also support the PC and let the sky be the limit, in terms of power + the likely possibilities of (future) modding?

Also, why not have the original dev's just say hire a company like QLOC or Nixxes (who basically just expertise in making technically-sound PC versions) to bring it here?

BTW, QLOC did a pretty good job w/ WWE 2K16 PC + the MK XL Edition PC port from the Beta. Nixxes has a pretty good history on doing pretty good PC ports since TR: Legend.

And if they are going "console first, PC later" - bringing that game to PC with all expansions/DLC's (like 2K has done with WWE 2K series with 2K15+16 & like From Software did with Dark Souls: PTD) could some gamers that do both consoles + PC to possibly double-dip on PC version, especially if they're missing DLC's on the console-side.
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MysterD said:
Why hold a game back and just have it just on these consoles with limited-power? Why not multi-platform it to both consoles + PC and try to get as many gamers as possible to purchase it? Why not also support the PC and let the sky be the limit, in terms of both power + the likely possibilities of (future) modding?

Also, BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH
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MysterD said:
Why hold a game back and just have it just on these consoles with limited-power? Why not multi-platform it to both consoles + PC and try to get as many gamers as possible to purchase it? Why not also support the PC and let the sky be the limit, in terms of both power + the likely possibilities of (future) modding?

Also, why not have the original dev's just say hire a company like QLOC or Nixxes (who basically just expertise in making technically-sound PC versions) to bring it here?

BTW, QLOC did a pretty good job w/ WWE 2K16 PC + the MK XL Edition PC port from the Beta. Nixxes has a pretty good history on doing pretty good PC ports since TR: Legend.

And if they are going "console first, PC later" - bringing that game to PC with all expansions/DLC's (like 2K has done with WWE 2K series with 2K15+16 & like From Software did with Dark Souls: PTD) could get some gamers that do both consoles + PC to possibly double-dip on PC version, especially if they're missing DLC's on the console-side.
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these are good questions, but just imagine if you bought a console you would NEVER have to ask them again because you could just play all the games you want instead of fantasizing about just how great bayonetta and rdr are for years on end

 
agentghost said:
How about "streaming" from PSN console service for Bayonetta and RDR?
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Them being able to be sold-to-"own" for a one-time purchase so they can be "downloaded" and "installed" locally to a hard drive - you know, like great PC services like Steam does - would be a MUCH better idea. That really is something Sony should think of investing in.

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pasports31 said:
So you don't see any benefits toward owning a console
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I don't see many benefits to spending more $ to actually buy a console.

For $400, might as well just buy more + newer PC hardware. [shrug]

 
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Voken said:
I'm buying one since I don't own any current gen console and it's only $100 more from the slim

Looking forward to the new Persona and Yakuza games


Who?
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Yeah, I guess if you don't already have one you might as well spring for the Pro. Looking forward to Persona as well. The PS4 and Wii U are worth keeping for their exclusives. My Xbox One, on the other hand, is hardly ever used now thanks to Microsoft's "Play Anywhere" program.

Sorry in advance for turning this thread into console talk again.

 
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