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I'm poor, and I also usually do it while I'm still trying to wake up and not useful for anything else. edit: a shameful snipe, oh well.
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Hell yeah, you bet I'm gonna spend my time doing tedious poo poo to get free access to games that I'll never play
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Nov 10, 2021 18:22
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I'll come to your house in the middle of the night and play loud music if you don't.
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Nov 10, 2021 18:26
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I've been weary of gamepass on pc ever since someone told me they ended up with a corrupted install of flight simulator and because of the encrypted file system poo poo they are completely unable to uninstall it or even just delete the folder it's in so now they have a 70gb hole in their hd
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site posted:I've been weary of gamepass on pc ever since someone told me they ended up with a corrupted install of flight simulator and because of the encrypted file system poo poo they are completely unable to uninstall it or even just delete the folder it's in so now they have a 70gb hole in their hd You can get around the encrypted file system bullshit by launching a Powershell prompt with IIRC System permissions, I had to do that to get rid of a corrupted Slay the Spire install a few years back. It's a pain but you can totally go in there and delete stuff or move stuff around if you need.
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Nov 10, 2021 18:34
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szary posted:Hell yeah, you bet I'm gonna spend my time doing tedious poo poo to get free access to games that I'll never play Man, that sums up my past year or two launching EGS once a week to claim free games and only ever playing like 3 of them.
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Nov 10, 2021 18:52
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szary posted:Hell yeah, you bet I'm gonna spend my time doing tedious poo poo to get free access to games that I'll never play You’re describing this whole thread
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Nov 10, 2021 18:58
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Xander77 posted:Um... where are you supposed to receive the steam key? Didn't get it by mail, not in the spam folder either. Looks like they ran out of keys and changed the language on the website to just "sign up for our newsletter!" instead of "sign up and get a free game!" site posted:I've been weary of gamepass on pc ever since someone told me they ended up with a corrupted install of flight simulator and because of the encrypted file system poo poo they are completely unable to uninstall it or even just delete the folder it's in so now they have a 70gb hole in their hd It's not actually encrypted or impossible to access, it's just a huge pain in the rear end. You have to gently caress around with the windows permissions management and change the "owner" of a few folders to yourself and then you'll be able to look inside. I had to do that back when the MS Store was loving up with PSO2 and creating a 70+gb invisible backup of the entire game. RPATDO_LAMD fucked around with this message at 19:11 on Nov 10, 2021 |
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Nov 10, 2021 18:58
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chglcu posted:Pretty sure that works out to working for less than minimum wage to get that “free” game pass. I suppose if you don’t have the money otherwise, that’s fine, but for most people it seems like it wouldn’t be worth it. you mean like not being online?
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Nov 10, 2021 19:11
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Steamworld Dig 2 is free on GOG https://www.gog.com/game/steamworld_dig_2
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Nov 10, 2021 19:11
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repiv posted:Steamworld Dig 2 is free on GOG This is a good get, thanks!
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Nov 10, 2021 20:13
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Also on Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/571310/SteamWorld_Dig_2/
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Nov 10, 2021 20:25
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Xander77 posted:Um... where are you supposed to receive the steam key? Didn't get it by mail, not in the spam folder either. I only got it today in my email after their stream.
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Nov 10, 2021 22:58
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The title was "2 Free Games as a thank you for watching Thunderful World ⚡🌍"
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Nov 10, 2021 23:51
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site posted:I've been weary of gamepass on pc ever since someone told me they ended up with a corrupted install of flight simulator and because of the encrypted file system poo poo they are completely unable to uninstall it or even just delete the folder it's in so now they have a 70gb hole in their hd I mean, yes, but you should be reformatting every once in a while anyway. It's like taking a bath for the first time in several weeks, you feel clean and amazing but then you remember those non-portable applications/realize how much you've let yourself go, then the next thing you know 4 hours have passed and all your old software is reinstalled/all your body hair is gone, and you know in the back of your mind that you could have spent all that time better by being less neurotic in some capacity, probably, but somebody had to do something about it eventually.
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Nov 11, 2021 01:43
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The last two times I upgraded my pc / switched hard drives I just copied the entire appdata folder over so I wouldn't need to think about which programs had local saved data that I wanted to keep
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Nov 11, 2021 01:53
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I do that too, but I found that copying the Microsoft folder in it causes problems. It's great installing my old programs again and having them on the same settings like I never left them, though.
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Nov 11, 2021 03:31
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treat posted:I mean, yes, but you should be reformatting every once in a while anyway. It's like taking a bath for the first time in several weeks, you feel clean and amazing but then you remember those non-portable applications/realize how much you've let yourself go, then the next thing you know 4 hours have passed and all your old software is reinstalled/all your body hair is gone, and you know in the back of your mind that you could have spent all that time better by being less neurotic in some capacity, probably, but somebody had to do something about it eventually. Personally I would rather just not be in a position where a hosed install forced me to reformat
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Nov 11, 2021 04:03
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I was interested for two reasons: firstly, I wanted to try Age of Empires IV, which I tried elsewhere and it turned out to be 'another AoE game, of which I have the other three, but with higher-resolution graphics'. Secondly, I wanted to try Halo Wars 2 because the bastards never released it on any other platforms.
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Nov 11, 2021 04:22
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I've been installing and running games off the xbox client for like the last two years, including PSO2 which was the most notorious hard drive fucker, and have multiple friends who have done the same without running into corrupted install issues. Like it absolutely exists and can happen but it's not like you're flipping a coin every time you install a game and if you lose Bill Gates shoots your hard drive with an EMP.
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Nov 11, 2021 04:38
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Sorry for derailing the thread even further, but apparently Microsoft are removing the folder obfuscation fuckery altogether, proving me even more wrong.
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A good poster posted:Sorry for derailing the thread even further, but apparently Microsoft are removing the folder obfuscation fuckery altogether, proving me even more wrong. This is a huge, huge deal because it will blow the modding scene for gamepass games wide open and almost assuredly let them use the same mods every other version does.
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Nov 11, 2021 14:07
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I thought blocking access to the games' folders was necessary because you're not buying the games. It'll be much easier to pay a dollar for a month's subscription, download as many games as you can, back them up, crack them, and cancel your subscription and let the app delete the original copies of the games.
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Nov 11, 2021 14:17
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A good poster posted:I thought blocking access to the games' folders was necessary because you're not buying the games. It'll be much easier to pay a dollar for a month's subscription, download as many games as you can, back them up, crack them, and cancel your subscription and let the app delete the original copies of the games. You can already download and crack games, OP.
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Nov 11, 2021 14:27
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you can also already do that with steam if you really want to, buy game, copy files, refund game, plug files into steam emulator but nobody does that because it's more effort than just getting  the old fashioned way
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A good poster posted:Sorry for derailing the thread even further, but apparently Microsoft are removing the folder obfuscation fuckery altogether, proving me even more wrong. thank christ, I'm one of the people who had terrible problems with installs and uninstalls messing up constantly, I'd love to subscribe again if this fixes all that poo poo
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Nov 11, 2021 14:45
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Davedave24 posted:thank christ, I'm one of the people who had terrible problems with installs and uninstalls messing up constantly, I'd love to subscribe again if this fixes all that poo poo Yeah, Its currently not worth the effort of dealing with a folder that requires jumping through a bunch of hoops to do anything with.
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A good poster posted:Sorry for derailing the thread even further, but apparently Microsoft are removing the folder obfuscation fuckery altogether, proving me even more wrong. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea4-mxDSz6I
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Nov 11, 2021 18:59
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Sounds like an issue that only people that play games would have.
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Nov 11, 2021 19:01
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This steamworld game is pretty fun. Terrible name though
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ilmucche posted:This steamworld game is pretty fun. Terrible name though it makes a little more sense when you know it's an entire game series across different genres https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SteamWorld
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A good poster posted:I thought blocking access to the games' folders was necessary because you're not buying the games. It'll be much easier to pay a dollar for a month's subscription, download as many games as you can, back them up, crack them, and cancel your subscription and let the app delete the original copies of the games. Forza Horizon 5 and AOE 4 were cracked the same day they released.
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Nov 11, 2021 20:18
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Wiltsghost posted:Forza Horizon 5 and AOE 4 were cracked the same day they released. Both of those are also on Steam, the cracked versions are probably based on that version It's not impossible to crack the obfuscated Windows store packages but it is annoying, Horizon 4 launched as a Windows store exclusive and while it did get cracked the cracks were very unstable IIRC aside from random crashing, the crack also only worked on specific versions of Windows 10 so updating the OS could break it repiv fucked around with this message at 20:29 on Nov 11, 2021 |
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Nov 11, 2021 20:25
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that radiohead thing is going to be free on epic next week
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Nov 11, 2021 20:40
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JustJeff88 posted:I just checked U-Play, or whatever they call it now, for the first time in a long time and I had forgotten that I had Watch Dogs 2. Bit late but https://gamepassport.net is pretty handy and it's updated regularly, just filter by the platform you need.
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Nov 11, 2021 22:52
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that's neat. I spent a lot of time toying around on radiohead's website when those albums were current and iguess it was cool making a 144p idioteque music video play in flash by clicking on little crying goblins or whatever. truly it is art
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Nov 11, 2021 23:05
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Rinkles posted:that radiohead thing is going to be free on epic next week I think guild of dungeoneering was made by a goon
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Nov 11, 2021 23:26
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A LOVELY LAD posted:I think guild of dungeoneering was made by a goon I've thoroughly enjoyed completing GoD many times, so well done, goon person. 
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Nov 11, 2021 23:29
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There's a free giveaway for all the champions in Battlerite if anyone is still interested in that game. It gets a decent amount of people in casual matchmaking still. https://game.intel.com/ww/giveaways/battlerite-all-champions-pack-key-giveaway
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So was the Steamworld thing just a couple hours or something? I hopped on tonight and both storefronts are back for sale.
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