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CV 64 Fan: Oct 13, 2012; It's pretty dope.

Nuts and Gum posted:

This poo poo was so good

Psygnosis had some real bangers in their catalogue. Very diverse portfolio and even some of their failures like O.D.T were at least interesting.

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# ? May 26, 2024 12:57

John F Bennett: Jan 30, 2013; I always wear my wedding ring. It's my trademark.

You worked on the xbox version, right? If I remember right, you worked on the revamped console controls?

I started the tutorial for Crusader Kings 3 yesterday, it was mostly an hour of reading but it seems like exactly the type of game I'd like.
Still no idea how it all works but I can't wait to give it a proper play tonight and find out how everything fits together.

The console controls seem very good so far, lots of nice and easy ways to quickly jump from menu to menu because hoo boy there are a lot of menus. I love GUI-based games, it seems this game can get very deep.
The 'hold left stick' to conjure up a mouse cursor to check out the tooltips seems to be a good trade-off, takes some getting used to but it's very manageable.

I don't have any issues with making out the blue text, like another poster mentioned. The colors are distinct to me. I'm using an LG OLED fyi.

Also, the text is nice and clear, easy to read, not to big and not to small. So far the UI seems great, did a great job on this!

# ? Mar 30, 2022 09:25

Zat: Jan 16, 2008

Seltzer posted:

I had to change from 16:9 to "screen fit" and now it works, wondering if my properly zoomed games will be zoomed out now thought or something.

BTW you'll want to keep it that way for all content because now the Xbox pixels line up 1:1 with your screen's pixel grid, properly matching its native resolution. That's assuming your TV is 4K or 1080p and your Xbox is outputting at that same resolution.

It's nuts that many TVs still have a slightly zoomed-in "overscan" mode enabled by default instead of showing the full picture.

# ? Mar 30, 2022 09:44

Issaries: Sep 15, 2008; "At the end of the day
We are all human beings
My father once told me that
The world has no borders"

Bonny Jock Lemon posted:

has anyone made a controller through design lab? i'm debating doing something nice/stupid for myself now that one controller has succumbed to stick drift

They're nice. They're functionally the same controller you got with your xbox, just with custom colours.

I ordered this one last year:

# ? Mar 30, 2022 09:55

Rocket Pan: Nov 3, 2011; Anything can be sent, as long as it's less than 1200 bytes

Zat posted:

It's nuts that many TVs still have a slightly zoomed-in "overscan" mode enabled by default instead of showing the full picture.

Blame broadcast TV. A lot of channels I find still broadcast older content with the scan noise in the image intact, that parts that would be hidden by the overscan. So naturally manufacturers keep the overscan on by default least anyone complains about seeing this weird noise on the borders of the screen.

# ? Mar 30, 2022 12:32

Zat: Jan 16, 2008

Rocket Pan posted:

Blame broadcast TV. A lot of channels I find still broadcast older content with the scan noise in the image intact, that parts that would be hidden by the overscan. So naturally manufacturers keep the overscan on by default least anyone complains about seeing this weird noise on the borders of the screen.

Even then it really shouldn't by defaulting to that for external HDMI sources like consoles.

But yeah, I understand the thinking for broadcast TV, which used to have to make shows "overscan safe" while ignoring the margins but now has to make shows and graphics both overscan and fullscan safe.

# ? Mar 30, 2022 13:11

Bardeh: Dec 2, 2004; Fun Shoe

Weird West is out on Game Pass tomorrow, and on paper sounds almost too good to be true. Isometric immersive sim by Dishonored and Prey devs? Sign me the gently caress up.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1097350/Weird_West/

# ? Mar 30, 2022 14:46

priznat: Jul 7, 2009; Let's get drunk and kiss each other all night.

Disposable Scud posted:

Psygnosis had some real bangers in their catalogue. Very diverse portfolio and even some of their failures like O.D.T were at least interesting.

I�m old school and psygnosis on the Amiga was the shiiiiiit. Having a friend with an cga 386 come over and see shadow of the beast would always blow their mind :haw:

# ? Mar 30, 2022 15:40

univbee: Jun 3, 2004

barnold posted:

I mean, I know they're different wavelengths, I'm just sort of shocked there's a factory producing optical assemblies that will do DVD/BD but not CD. it seems like virtually every optical drive manufacturer makes exclusively combo drives when it comes to CD/DVD. I wonder if it's just a software thing?

the BD laser in my slim PS3 died but it'll still read DVD and CDs. sad but it's modded so doesn't really matter I guess

It's not really just a software thing, there's often different lasers to do all of the different classes of disc (like different laser colors due to the different wavelengths required) and the more you support the more you introduce complexity into the drive which means more points of failure. It's not impossible that the headaches some people are having with BD100 discs stems from this.

# ? Mar 30, 2022 16:24

Beastie: Nov 3, 2006; They used to call me tricky-kid, I lived the life they wish they did.

What's the goon password for Elden Ring?

# ? Mar 30, 2022 16:49

Quantum of Phallus: Dec 27, 2010

Beastie posted:

What's the goon password for Elden Ring?

lljk
apparently

# ? Mar 30, 2022 16:54

Zerot: Aug 18, 2006

Beastie posted:

What's the goon password for Elden Ring?

LLJK and lljk

# ? Mar 30, 2022 16:54

Quantum of Phallus: Dec 27, 2010

I have yet to see any goon messages or get any goon notifications. I�m in the seekers group as well and that�s super busy

# ? Mar 30, 2022 16:58

Professor Beetus: Apr 12, 2007; They can fight us
But they'll never Beetus

I see goon stuff all the time. Maybe being in a larger group makes it less likely that you'll see goons.

# ? Mar 30, 2022 17:03

ColdPie: Jun 9, 2006

Has anyone noticed you can write messages with "finger," "but," and "hole"? I'm gonna get out there and blow some minds.

# ? Mar 30, 2022 17:49

Zerot: Aug 18, 2006

ColdPie posted:

Has anyone noticed you can write messages with "finger," "but," and "hole"? I'm gonna get out there and blow some minds.

You don't have the right

# ? Mar 30, 2022 17:52

Professor Beetus: Apr 12, 2007; They can fight us
But they'll never Beetus

Zerot posted:

You don't have the right

I think you mean "You don't have the right, oh you don't have the right."

# ? Mar 30, 2022 17:58

FlapYoJacks: Feb 12, 2009

Been playing Tiny Tina's Wonderland and it's a very good game. Anybody who likes BL3/shooter looters will dig the game.

# ? Mar 30, 2022 18:10

Fucking Moron: Jan 9, 2009

I love my Series X so drat much. I was planning on buying a PS 5 also but the X has been so good to me I think I am solid with just what I have now.

# ? Mar 30, 2022 18:22

Akuma: Sep 11, 2001

John F Bennett posted:

You worked on the xbox version, right? If I remember right, you worked on the revamped console controls?

I�m the Technical Director at the studio but we have like 6 projects going at any one time so I more look after things in a general sense than working on things directly these days, usually. There�s been a large team of programmers and artists and designers and QA working on CK3 since before the new consoles were even announced. It is a bigger game than I think anybody realised!

Glad you�re enjoying it

Seltzer posted:

I had to change from 16:9 to "screen fit" and now it works, wondering if my properly zoomed games will be zoomed out now thought or something.

e- One last gripe, the light blue text bits that can be hovered on for more info are hard to see. Like barely different from the white text and I have good vision and am not color blind.

This is excellent feedback, I passed this on to some of the other Directors this morning. Overscan/safe areas used to be a requirement for console games but with the advent of HDTVs it became less of a concern because as you�ve found out your TV can work around it.

The game is absolutely huge so there�s hundreds and hundreds of screens and it would be a massive undertaking to then make them dynamic to account for things like different font sizes or safe areas with however many languages we support (at least 8 but I�m not sure how many.)

That said the game could at least explain overscan situation to the user in the settings or something so you don�t need to get pointers from internet strangers�

# ? Mar 30, 2022 18:36

Professor Beetus: Apr 12, 2007; They can fight us
But they'll never Beetus

You should get Tom Cruise to do an informational video about how to use overscan settings on their tv.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J0Dan0WaZk

# ? Mar 30, 2022 18:41

FlapYoJacks: Feb 12, 2009

loving Moron posted:

I love my Series X so drat much. I was planning on buying a PS 5 also but the X has been so good to me I think I am solid with just what I have now.

Same. Xbox and Switch are the only two consoles needed this generation.

# ? Mar 30, 2022 18:46

heehee: Sep 5, 2012; haha wow i cant believe how lucky we got to win

DoomTrainPhD posted:

Been playing Tiny Tina's Wonderland and it's a very good game. Anybody who likes BL3/shooter looters will dig the game.

watched a friend play it and aside from the worst dialogue in any game ever made it looked alright. wish there was less guns and more epic fantasy weapons tho

# ? Mar 30, 2022 18:53

Quantum of Phallus: Dec 27, 2010

heehee posted:

watched a friend play it and aside from the worst dialogue in any game ever made it looked alright.

sounds par for the course

# ? Mar 30, 2022 19:00

American McGay: Feb 28, 2010; by sebmojo

heehee posted:

watched a friend play it and aside from the worst dialogue in any game ever made it looked alright.

Randy's trick.

# ? Mar 30, 2022 19:10

TheScott2K: Oct 26, 2003; I'm just saying, there's a nonzero chance Trump has a really toad penis.

Professor Beetus posted:

You should get Tom Cruise to do an informational video about how to use overscan settings on their tv.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J0Dan0WaZk

Man is doing God's work.

# ? Mar 30, 2022 20:19

Quantum of Phallus: Dec 27, 2010

my housemate set up his tv to �film maker mode� and it makes everything look like complete poo poo, it�s like watching ungraded rushes

# ? Mar 30, 2022 20:20

American McGay: Feb 28, 2010; by sebmojo

I thought I was going crazy because literally every time I would go home I'd turn off motion smoothing on my dad's TV and every single time it would somehow look like a loving TV movie when I came back. Turns out deep in the settings his TV was set to "demo mode" which means that whatever picture adjustments were made would be reverted back to stock after 10 minutes.

# ? Mar 30, 2022 20:24

External Organs: Mar 3, 2006; One time i prank called a bear buildin workshop and said I wanted my mamaws ashes put in a teddy from where she loved them things so well... The woman on the phone did not skip a beat. She just said, "Brang her on down here. We've did it before."

I like film mode for TV especially since I can't stand the "70s soap opera effect", but on some movies it seems waaaay too dark.

# ? Mar 30, 2022 21:18

Quantum of Phallus: Dec 27, 2010

all ya gotta do is turn off the motion smoothing, i think raw hd picture needs a bit of post-processing on most garbage 4K panels. sharpness, contrast and colour need tweaking for sure

# ? Mar 30, 2022 21:25

American McGay: Feb 28, 2010; by sebmojo

My HDTV setup advice is as soon as you get your TV google whatever your particular manufacturer's proprietary name for motion smoothing is and turn it off. Then, spend 5 minutes in the picture settings menu moving the different sliders back and forth until you get a picture that you think looks good. Finally, throw your remote in the garbage so that you can never change these settings again. Live happily with your new TV.

If you're consulting some guide online about the recommended picture settings for your TV then you've already failed.

# ? Mar 30, 2022 22:05

Lammasu: May 8, 2019; lawful Good Monster

DoomTrainPhD posted:

Been playing Tiny Tina's Wonderland and it's a very good game. Anybody who likes BL3/shooter looters will dig the game.

I consider Randy Pitchford an idiot savant that can only make Borderlands games without loving up royally.

# ? Mar 30, 2022 22:06

Quantum of Phallus: Dec 27, 2010

The half life expansions they made back in the day were pretty cool

# ? Mar 30, 2022 22:26

American McGay: Feb 28, 2010; by sebmojo

Gearbox also did the THPS3 PC port so they've earned enough goodwill for their multitude of current crimes in this gamer's opinion.

# ? Mar 30, 2022 22:33

Quantum of Phallus: Dec 27, 2010

American McGay posted:

Gearbox also did the THPS3 PC port so they've earned enough goodwill for their multitude of current crimes in this gamer's opinion.

I played that to death. So good!!!

# ? Mar 30, 2022 22:35

SpiderLink: Oct 3, 2006

Is Randy Pitchford the one who forgot a bunch of child porn at a theme restaurant? Could be conflating two different things.

# ? Mar 30, 2022 23:01

American McGay: Feb 28, 2010; by sebmojo

I dunno if it was child porn but it was a USB stick with videos of women(?) squirting which he believed to be a magic trick and not a biological response.

# ? Mar 30, 2022 23:06

hatty: Feb 28, 2011; Pork Pro

I think it was full of jailbait porn which still seems bad

# ? Mar 30, 2022 23:07

SpiderLink: Oct 3, 2006

My mistake, I didn't mean to misrepresent what was on the USB drive or whatever it was.

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# ? May 26, 2024 12:57

American McGay: Feb 28, 2010; by sebmojo

An insane amount of content and a pretty stellar platformer.

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1509297668677283840?t=1yISN7YZolglRzoQ7Qd5mg&s=19

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