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Does anybody know how to make the computer stop going to sleep when I have active downloads on? uTorrent can do it, but Steam does not for some reason. I don't want to turn off power saving entirely...
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Nov 26, 2011 08:42
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notZaar posted:Does anybody know how to make the computer stop going to sleep when I have active downloads on? uTorrent can do it, but Steam does not for some reason. I don't want to turn off power saving entirely... If you're running Windows 7 or Vista, go into Power Options in Control Panel and you can change the settings there and keep your system from going to sleep.
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Nov 26, 2011 09:44
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:I just picked up Orcs Must Die, and while the game is awesome I'm still stunned that a PC game in the year 2011 doesn't have configurable controls. You should be able to edit user.cfg. http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2199997 (Doesn't look like it affects the zoom command though.)
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Nov 26, 2011 09:59
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spasticColon posted:If you're running Windows 7 or Vista, go into Power Options in Control Panel and you can change the settings there and keep your system from going to sleep. Yeah, I would like it to go to sleep if I'm not downloading anything though :I
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Nov 26, 2011 10:36
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notZaar posted:Yeah, I would like it to go to sleep if I'm not downloading anything though :I I am too stupid and lazy to figure out why my computer goes to sleep, even with the power options jobbie telling it never to sleep - so what I do is leave an audio file running or tune into a radio station online and turn down my headphones, seems to do the trick! 
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Nov 26, 2011 11:46
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I always ghetto it like that as well; Load up a huge playlist of songs that prevent sleep mode and turn off my speakers.
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Nov 26, 2011 12:01
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Steam seriously needs to add opt-in options for preventing sleep mode and to allow background downloading while playing a game, or at the very least they should make the library accessible in the overlay. Some games don't like to be Alt-Tab'd Gaben!
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Nov 26, 2011 13:19
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I never use sleep mode because every time I wake it from it my computer is unstable and buggy as gently caress until I restart.
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Nov 26, 2011 18:31
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Is the Logitech G19 still an awesome keyboard to get? I feel that it's time to replace my trusty Logitech S510 and the G19 looks fantastic. Just wanted to check and see if there are any alternatives, even non-Logitech stuff. Although I suppose I am a bit of a Logitech fanboy (G35 headset, G500 mouse, X-530 speakers).
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Nov 26, 2011 19:39
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I still like Logitech for my mice as they're the only mice I will use but I'd recommend getting a real keyboard. You are paying like $130 for a gimmicky gaming keyboard and the LCD really doesn't do much at least speaking of the old G15. Well you can watch youtube videos on it but seriously? Also it requires a separate power adapter. At least Corsair is offering mechanical switches on their gaming keyboard. Although only the more expensive version has macro keys.
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Nov 26, 2011 19:48
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I've found my computer never goes into sleep mode if I leave Chrome open. Kind of annoying cause sometimes I want it to and forget, but useful when downloading stuff.
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Nov 26, 2011 19:51
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Pilkington posted:Is the Logitech G19 still an awesome keyboard to get? I feel that it's time to replace my trusty Logitech S510 and the G19 looks fantastic. Just wanted to check and see if there are any alternatives, even non-Logitech stuff. Although I suppose I am a bit of a Logitech fanboy (G35 headset, G500 mouse, X-530 speakers).  ) there's no reason not to go for a mechanical keyboard if you're willing to blow a lot of cash on it.The Corsair K-90 (which I'd really hope to buy around Christmas) has all the macro keys and media controls you'll want. No LCD screen, but IMO if you're a dedicated nerd you should already have a second monitor  Or, just try a G13 if you're mainly into action/FPS games. Many goons swear by it.
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Nov 26, 2011 20:37
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I never understood the whole mechanical vs. standard keyboards thing. I guess it's because I've always used what I assume to be rubber dome keyboards and never had a problem. I like the idea of the LCD on the G19 because of the Vent, TS, and Skype addons so I don't have to tab out to see who's talking. Unfortunately, I don't have room on my desk for a second monitor or the Corsair would be a definite option. Also I would have to buy another monitor which would raise my cost. I guess what I'm looking for is if there are any major issues with the G19? To me it doesn't seem "gimmicky" because I don't have an issue with it being non-mechanical and I could use the LCD for VoIP programs.
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Nov 26, 2011 22:22
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NihilCredo posted:Or, just try a G13 if you're mainly into action/FPS games. Many goons swear by it. I have one, I hate it for shooters but I love it for WoW/Starcraft 2.
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Nov 26, 2011 22:35
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kombatMedik posted:I have one, I hate it for shooters but I love it for WoW/Starcraft 2. I've got one too. It's great for MMOs (anything third-person, really) and I like it for first-person games too. Not necessarily competitive shooters because I don't really play those, but things like Fallout:NV, Morrowind, Skyrim. It's really nice to use.
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Nov 28, 2011 13:48
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Pilkington posted:I guess what I'm looking for is if there are any major issues with the G19? To me it doesn't seem "gimmicky" because I don't have an issue with it being non-mechanical and I could use the LCD for VoIP programs. I have a G19. It works very well with Vent, Mumble, and Teamspeak, as all the overlays show up properly. I don't use the LCD to watch videos because that's useless to me, but I use it for a clock, to mess with the song that's playing (and see what I'm switching to), CPU meter, and Vent monitor. It's much easier to glance down at the screen, especially as that overlay is more stable than graphical overlays these days (at least the ones I used). I've been using it two years nonstop (got it Dec 2009) and nothing has broken or worn out on it yet. I also like the pretty colors 
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Nov 29, 2011 01:45
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Okay, I'm hoping someone who frequents this thread can help me out with this. I want to create a sym link from Skyrim to my Dropbox, however when I attempted to create it, I received an Access Denied message. Skyrim is on my C:\ Drive and Dropbox stores files on my D:\ Drive. Can anyone write out what the command prompt should look like? I know I'm forgetting something but the basic directions I saw online obviously weren't exactly what I needed.
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Nov 29, 2011 23:01
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Just use Link Shell Extension instead so you can do it with two right-clicks.
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Nov 30, 2011 16:30
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That program is amazing and you are awesome for knowing about it. Thank you so much!
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Dec 1, 2011 18:11
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Hey, what are the next hardware "killer apps" expected in the next one or two years of gaming, like Battlefield 3 and to a lesser degree Skyrim were this year? For example, the games of next year I might find interesting are Mass Effect 3, Bioshock Infinite, Dishonored, Prototype 2, Assassin's Creed 3, and Aliens: Colonial Marines (and, ok, Crusader Kings 2); is anything from that list going to be a bigger drain on resources than Skyrim? NihilCredo fucked around with this message at 22:35 on Dec 4, 2011 |
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Dec 4, 2011 22:29
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NihilCredo posted:Hey, what are the next hardware "killer apps" expected in the next one or two years of gaming, like Battlefield 3 and to a lesser degree Skyrim were this year? If Skyrim counts, maybe Prey 2?
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Dec 4, 2011 22:33
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I'm guessing "killer apps" means games that have such a huge marketing budget that they have television commercials.
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Dec 4, 2011 22:40
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No, I meant "killer app" in the correct meaning of games that are a big enough motivation of their own to get a new PC/CPU/GPU. Like, the parts picking megathread has been entitled "The BF3 parts-picking megathread" for the last few weeks, because everyone and their brother was asking "is my PC able / what PC should I buy to play BF3 (and Skyrim)?"; what is the next BF3 going to be for which everyone scrambles to make sure their rig is up to snuff?
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Dec 4, 2011 22:49
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If you are wondering about hardware crushing games, I'm not aware of anything in particular. Games are in the weird time between consoles that any cross platform game will be slightly better on PC but not requiring any huge upgrades. Skyrim is not a demanding game in the least, it uses 2 threads by default, you can maybe get it to use a small amount of a third with some of the INI tweaks. Unless some of those games you listed will have a team dedicated to bringing some new options to the PC version, I wouldn't think they would be very demanding.
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Dec 4, 2011 22:52
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NihilCredo posted:what is the next BF3 going to be for which everyone scrambles to make sure their rig is up to snuff? At the end of the day, anything that's cross-platform with 6 year-old consoles is never gonna be a true killer app. We haven't seen a PC game that actually combined system requirements with extreme notoriety since Crysis. Metro 2033 is a more modern system-killer, but not nearly as popular. The same could be said about The Witcher 2. Star War Sex Parrot fucked around with this message at 01:53 on Dec 5, 2011 |
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Dec 4, 2011 22:53
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Hm. So all of the sudden, my wireless xbox 360 USB adapter isn't working. No idea why. The controller itself works fine, the problem is the wireless dongle for it- no green light, plugging it in or taking it out isn't causing any recognition on Windows' part. Looks like it might just be dead. I'd rather not buy a new one, especially since they're kind of hard to find these days and cost like $20, but I doubt Microsoft will replace this. It's like three years old, by now. Anyone else have this problem?
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Dec 5, 2011 00:56
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I haven't had that issue. I did though buy mine from Dealextreme for like 11 dollars and free shipping, and it's a complete knock-off. So if you don't resolve the issue I would recommend replacing it from there (though shipping does take time as it's straight from China).
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Dec 5, 2011 01:14
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Anonymous Robot posted:Hm. So all of the sudden, my wireless xbox 360 USB adapter isn't working. No idea why. The controller itself works fine, the problem is the wireless dongle for it- no green light, plugging it in or taking it out isn't causing any recognition on Windows' part. Looks like it might just be dead. I'd rather not buy a new one, especially since they're kind of hard to find these days and cost like $20, but I doubt Microsoft will replace this. It's like three years old, by now.
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Dec 5, 2011 01:21
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NihilCredo posted:No, I meant "killer app" in the correct meaning of games that are a big enough motivation of their own to get a new PC/CPU/GPU. Wikipedia says that the Unreal Engine 4 will be released in 2012 at the earliest. I'd expect a lot of games will use it, and it would theoretically be a good idea to build a system fairly soon to take advantage of that (only theoretically, since there's no telling what its requirements would be). They're targeting it to work on the next generation of consoles, so talking about killer apps for the PC is kind of like talking about what games will be coming out for the PS4.
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Dec 5, 2011 01:29
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notZaar posted:Steam seriously needs to add opt-in options for preventing sleep mode and to allow background downloading while playing a game, or at the very least they should make the library accessible in the overlay. Some games don't like to be Alt-Tab'd Gaben! An official feature of Steam is that it will download games in the background while playing other games (without you having to manually alt-tab out, pause the updating which is permanently frozen, then restart it), or at least it used to be. Even has old Steam support posts talking about it. Problem is, never worked in years, which is hilarious considering most people will jump on broken features but Valve found the ultimate way around that, just let everyone forget it was supposed to be there and they don't have to fix it.
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Dec 5, 2011 01:53
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nessin posted:An official feature of Steam is that it will download games in the background while playing other games (without you having to manually alt-tab out, pause the updating which is permanently frozen, then restart it), or at least it used to be. Even has old Steam support posts talking about it. Problem is, never worked in years, which is hilarious considering most people will jump on broken features but Valve found the ultimate way around that, just let everyone forget it was supposed to be there and they don't have to fix it. It still does that, it just automatically pauses downloads when you launch a game. You can minimize the game and resume the download and it'll work fine.
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Dec 5, 2011 01:55
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NihilCredo posted:Hey, what are the next hardware "killer apps" expected in the next one or two years of gaming, like Battlefield 3 and to a lesser degree Skyrim were this year? Serious Sam 3 hit the hardware pretty hard. It also kicks rear end.
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Dec 5, 2011 01:59
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Less Fat Luke posted:I haven't had that issue. I did though buy mine from Dealextreme for like 11 dollars and free shipping, and it's a complete knock-off. So if you don't resolve the issue I would recommend replacing it from there (though shipping does take time as it's straight from China). Thanks for the tip. After failing a service call with Microsoft to get a new one, I put out an order for one of these.
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Dec 5, 2011 02:51
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NihilCredo posted:No, I meant "killer app" in the correct meaning of games that are a big enough motivation of their own to get a new PC/CPU/GPU. There's pretty much nothing at all coming out for a good while. Skyrim, Saints Row 3, Serious Sam 3, BF3, and MW3 were all huge releases and now the "Coming Soon" section on Steam is kind of bare. Metro: Last Light will come out some time next year and, if it's at all like the first game, it will hit your computer harder than Crysis ever did and be way more fun. If you haven't played Metro 2033 you should definitely pick it up.
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Dec 5, 2011 03:16
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My logitech G5 just bit the dust and it seems like today's mouse offerings are just terrible. I got a G500 and returned it a day later because the scroll wheel existed in some parallel universe where there was no friction. Frantically fighting large groups of enemies in Skyrim caused my camera to wildly switch between first and third person, and that was with the lowest sensitivity to the scroll wheel. All I want I want is something wired, with adjustable DPI through buttons, a scroll wheel that "clicks", and a back and forward button on the side. Can anyone offer any suggestions? Also, I have been told the Cyborg R.A.T. 3, but I personally have never had a mad catz product last more than 3 months so I am hesitant.
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Dec 5, 2011 03:59
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night_chrono posted:My logitech G5 just bit the dust and it seems like today's mouse offerings are just terrible. I got a G500 and returned it a day later because the scroll wheel existed in some parallel universe where there was no friction. Frantically fighting large groups of enemies in Skyrim caused my camera to wildly switch between first and third person, and that was with the lowest sensitivity to the scroll wheel. Did you try using the big button behind the wheel?
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Dec 5, 2011 04:00
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night_chrono posted:All I want I want is something wired, with adjustable DPI through buttons, a scroll wheel that "clicks", and a back and forward button on the side. Can anyone offer any suggestions? SteelSeries Ikari has been working well for me for the past few months.
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Dec 5, 2011 04:02
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night_chrono posted:My logitech G5 just bit the dust and it seems like today's mouse offerings are just terrible. I got a G500 and returned it a day later because the scroll wheel existed in some parallel universe where there was no friction. Frantically fighting large groups of enemies in Skyrim caused my camera to wildly switch between first and third person, and that was with the lowest sensitivity to the scroll wheel. The button behind the wheel on the G500 switches between clicky and free spin modes.
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Dec 5, 2011 04:20
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Frog posted:The button behind the wheel on the G500 switches between clicky and free spin modes. The packaging never mentioned that, and Best Buy didn't advertise that feature. Of course the newegg page has it blatantly in the title. Well I already returned it, guess I could always just order one from newegg for $15 cheaper. Thanks all for the help. night_chrono fucked around with this message at 05:13 on Dec 5, 2011 |
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night_chrono posted:My logitech G5 just bit the dust and it seems like today's mouse offerings are just terrible. I got a G500 and returned it a day later because the scroll wheel existed in some parallel universe where there was no friction. Frantically fighting large groups of enemies in Skyrim caused my camera to wildly switch between first and third person, and that was with the lowest sensitivity to the scroll wheel. This is hilarious. That feature is one of the best things about the mouse. Click off the clicks and fly down webpages. If this was really the only problem with it, I would recommend buying another and cheaper from Newegg is good.
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