Yeah, so I finally got a new stationary gaming PC. Installing everything from scratch, I find that I'm not 20 years old any longer. Back then, I'd be done in a couple hours, including writing an autoexec.bat and config.sys to handle all my devices and memory allocation...



Spent 2 days on this sucker already, and I've yet to even get rid of all the /!\ in my device manager.



BAH!!

Mmmmm days of MSDOS 3.0; where computing was a thing for the brave and bold. ^_^

When I was 20 I used to build my own computers from scratch! Now just thinking about it, gives me headache...

Everything resolved, transferred from old comp, installed all my progs. Now to find a graphics heavy game to test this sucker out on!



When are you releasing World of Aravorn 3D?

Lol for that you'll have to wait a while!

I wanted to build a gaming PC one day. However, lacking both funds and the know-how, that will have to wait.

Yesterday had a mini-nervous break down

I wanted to play Far Cry 4 (during holidays I give myself more time to have fun) and discovered that doesn't work on dual core CPUs. I bought the computer 2 years ago, and basically even if other games say "quad core" for minimum requirements, I could play any game just fine (I only had to lower the gfx quality in some cases).

Instead I found out that the game was made ON PURPOSE this way, and that if you install a crack it will work on dual core...

Then had other issues like swapping a HD to another computer and almost wiped out all data and so on. When I have a bit of free time I want to have fun and play game and not mess with HW!

Long story short: I'm getting a PS4 to play those classic games (Fallout 4, GTA V, etc) but also because there are some specific games like Until Dawn which looks interesting (sort of VN/horror) and is a PS exclusive.

Isn't Fallout 4 also available on PC?



The fact there still console-exclusives that interest me is part of the reasons why I didn't invest in a better PC. I like really fighting games, and that genre is leans heavily on consoles.



That being said, I'm currently playing Wasteland 2 on the PS4, but it's only because I don't have a capable enough PC. It's definitely made to be played with mouse and keyboard, especially when controlling the camera. I also want custom portraits since I don't like the scant selection that they have...and the choices for character models are not great either.

I already have a PS4, that was my choice for getting new games. But my gaming PC was getting so old and cranky it could barely do anything, so it was time to treat myself. You can only replace parts for so long, it was indeed time for a quad core.



Oh, and Until Dawn is a most excellent game. As long as you're not OCD about all your characters surviving.

Yes the ideal solution would be to have a PS4 AND a PC

My PC was fine, I mean even if it's dual core, was able to run most games. So Far Cry 4 is a problem on its own. Anyway, I thought to swap the MB+CPU with the "backup PC" I got for work, which is an AMD A10, so quad core and quite powerful (luckily to code my games I don't need a powerful computer!).

Now though Windows thinks I am using a pirate copy... I have three computers with all original licenses WTF!! I know it's because I changed the MB/CPU but it's getting a bit tiresome, treating everyone like a pirate

About Until Dawn no worries I am not OCD luckily. I usually play those games once, and then maybe if I can resume quickly to see different endings, otherwise I use youtube.

Definitely the renpy games are better since with fast-skipping you can easily replay to see different endings.

Oh and they work even on 5-6 years old computers (as long as it's not a Mac, but that's another story due to the OS breaking support with older version every time)

I hear people talking about "winning" Until Dawn by having all characters survive, but that's just nonsense. It's a slasher/horror story, of course it needs to have some casualties!

I always build my own pc's. Every few years I do a heart transplant, ie. mb+cpu+mem replacement. I'm still running dual core, but I also always buy top shelf parts when I do an upgrade, so she still purrs like a kitten. I'm about due for a new graphics card however.



I have a copy of Fary Cry 4 that came with a Samsung SSD I bought. I've never played it however. I need to make a new windows partition first, and I just haven't found the motivation to do so. Renpy works just fine on linux.

@Jack when you register windows it registers to that cpu/mb combo only way to fix that is call windows support. (They expect people to buy a whole new rig instead of upgrading it)

I managed to make Win10 work by entering my Win8 key I was in chat with them and they were like "when you bought your PC you had windows installed" (since 99% of people get new PC+new Window). When I told them I bought Win8 online on MS store they told me that "trick".

So at least this time was less painful

uggh...as far as I'm concerned everyone saddled with Win 8 should be entitled to a free copy of Win 10. Win 8 was terrible.

Considering the daily offer I get for upgrading Win7 to Win10 for free, I'm assuming the same is true if you have Win8.

Yes indeed I did that (I bought it only to test my games on it years ago).

I'm reluctant to upgrade to Windows 10 (currently have Windows 7). I fear it might cause compatibility issues with the few games I'm able to play on my computer. Also I thought UI for Windows 8 was terrible, and if Windows 10 is anything like it, I'll pass.

Overall win10 is much better than 8 (easy to be!) but it still has some very annoying things, like a lot of default apps like onedrive, cortana, etc that I never use which occupy RAM/CPU. I have it installed on my gaming PC since I use it also to test my games, but in the one I use to develop I'll keep Win7 for as long as I can!

Would it be considered too retro to go back to the good ole days of MFM or RLL HDs?