Community MetaSteam | February 2022 - Good night, and good luck, Lowly Tarnished

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Li Kao

It’s a strange world. Let’s keep it that way.
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Dune looks like real-time Civilization game. I hoped for something akin to C&C, but it's still nice to see RTS genre is alive and pretty well.
Not sure it's real-time. I mean it sure looks that way but then again you have the typical Ressources +xx in the top part of the UI, something that looks very turn based.

Smöl worm though :cryblob:
 
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dex3108

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Some more notable changes for PC:
STABILITY AND PERFORMANCE
  • HDD Mode has now an auto-detection option. When enabled, it automatically detects which drive the game is installed on, and, if neccessary, boosts data loading and crowd activity at the expense of crowd variety, extra loading screens, and less detail in the streets when driving fast.
  • Added AMD FidelityFX™ Super Resolution (FSR) 1.0 algorithm, replacing Contrast Adaptive Sharpening (CAS). On PC it can be enabled in Settings > Graphics > Resolution Scaling. The option is not configurable on consoles.
  • Multiple fixes and improvements related to stability and optimization.

PC-SPECIFIC
  • Added a benchmark mode. You can find it in Settings > Run Benchmark.
  • Added a "Toggle walking" option when playing with keyboard. It is activated by pressing G during exploration. The key can be rebinded in Settings.
  • Enabled transparent ray-traced reflections on glossy coating of some cars.
  • Enabled Variable Rate Shading (VRS). This feature boosts rendering performance and visual quality by varying the shading rate for different regions of the frame. Available only on compatible hardware.
  • Fixed an issue which blocked Resolution Scaling on AMD graphics cards when Ray Tracing was enabled.
No DLSS Update?
 
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Li Kao

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It literally says "A DUNE 4X REAL-TIME STRATEGY GAME" at the end >_>

Sins of a Solar Empire on Arrakis surface terrain instead of space I guess.
And I obviously didn't watch the end :shrugblob:
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The worm was too smöl.
 

Dinjoralo

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Some more notable changes for PC:
STABILITY AND PERFORMANCE
  • HDD Mode has now an auto-detection option. When enabled, it automatically detects which drive the game is installed on, and, if neccessary, boosts data loading and crowd activity at the expense of crowd variety, extra loading screens, and less detail in the streets when driving fast.
  • Added AMD FidelityFX™ Super Resolution (FSR) 1.0 algorithm, replacing Contrast Adaptive Sharpening (CAS). On PC it can be enabled in Settings > Graphics > Resolution Scaling. The option is not configurable on consoles.
  • Multiple fixes and improvements related to stability and optimization.

PC-SPECIFIC
  • Added a benchmark mode. You can find it in Settings > Run Benchmark.
  • Added a "Toggle walking" option when playing with keyboard. It is activated by pressing G during exploration. The key can be rebinded in Settings.
  • Enabled transparent ray-traced reflections on glossy coating of some cars.
  • Enabled Variable Rate Shading (VRS). This feature boosts rendering performance and visual quality by varying the shading rate for different regions of the frame. Available only on compatible hardware.
  • Fixed an issue which blocked Resolution Scaling on AMD graphics cards when Ray Tracing was enabled.
VRS sounds like it could be a decent boon for performance. Looking forward to playing this after work.
 
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ezodagrom

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Seems like they still didn't bring back the option to never combine items in the taskbar, so no thanks, I'll stick to Win10 until this feature returns. (I know there's 3rd party tools to bring that feature back or replace the Win11 taskbar with the Win10 one, but if I have to rely on 3rd party tools, I rather stick to Win10 for as long as I don't need to upgrade to 11).
 
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LEANIJA

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Seems like they still didn't bring back the option to never combine items in the taskbar, so no thanks, I'll stick to Win10 until this feature returns. (I know there's 3rd party tools to bring that feature back or replace the Win11 taskbar with the Win10 one, but if I have to rely on 3rd party tools, I rather stick to Win10 for as long as I don't need to upgrade to 11).
I was genuinely thinking "wait, didnt it already have all these things?."...huh

in any case, Im sure Win10 will last you a while – and after that, may I interest you in Manjaro Linux? :D
 
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lashman

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Hi all,

Hope everyone’s doing well – 10 days and counting until launch day! We have some exciting news to share. If you watched our Take a look inside Steam Deck video (aka the “please don’t do this” video), you may remember we said certain Steam Deck replacement parts would be available for purchase.

Today, we’re announcing that iFixit will be one of the authorized sellers of Steam Deck replacement parts – as well as replacement parts for the Valve Index VR kit. We are still hammering out the details, and will be sharing more info on this soon.

And in case you missed it, don’t forget to check out iFixit’s teardown of Steam Deck just posted today.
 

Durante

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PC-SPECIFIC
  • Added a benchmark mode. You can find it in Settings > Run Benchmark.
  • Added a "Toggle walking" option when playing with keyboard. It is activated by pressing G during exploration. The key can be rebinded in Settings.
  • Enabled transparent ray-traced reflections on glossy coating of some cars.
  • Enabled Variable Rate Shading (VRS). This feature boosts rendering performance and visual quality by varying the shading rate for different regions of the frame. Available only on compatible hardware.
  • Fixed an issue which blocked Resolution Scaling on AMD graphics cards when Ray Tracing was enabled.
VRS could be interesting -- I hope someone does a detailed investigation into what exactly it does.
 
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「Echo」

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Nov 1, 2018
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Mt. Whatever
I really need some help here. It is driving me nuts. Steam thinks processes are running, but they aren't. Phantom processes. It doesn't matter the game. Doesn't matter how I exit a game. God forbid I restart the client, yes it happens after that too.



How can I fix this? Only rebooting my system works. Killing steam process doesn't work nor does offline to online >.>
Ugh. I get this too. It's rare, but when it does happen I can't launch anymore steam games or do anything until I restart my whole PC. Even if I close the client entirely and end all Steam related processes.

Sorry I can't be helpful. I haven't found a fix or even the cause myself... I just keep hoping it randomly gets fixed in a Steam update some day. 😓
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Hoping this get's a Steam page soon. Supposedly it will release this year, despite only being announced in October.

 
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Dinjoralo

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I can't actually see a performance difference in Cyberpunk with the new patch, when raytracing is on. I think it runs a bit better than before when it's off? But RT still puts it down into the 40's, I'm pretty sure that's down to the CPU being choked because my GPU usage doesn't max out when I lower the resolution through DLSS.
 

Durante

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Elden Ring PC reqs are back. Those leaked ones were right? 12GB is such a weird number for a min spec. Why 12?
I don't think 12 is that weird.

Basically, you built a game that takes up 8 on consoles (let's ignore the fact that some of that goes to the OS, and that it's shared with the GPU), and you don't want to deal with support complaints from people running 8 GB who also have 1 GB of game and chat clients and 2 GB of Chrome running in the background. BAM, 12 GB minimum, solved.
 

Ascheroth

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"Watch 4 hours of Twitch and get some drops for Lost Ark"

For the past ~2 hours and it started with crashes and now this:
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Yeah, Europe servers are a shitshow.
I've been relatively lucky yesterday and today, and got in after work without a queue (though today it took a few tries to even get to the server select without it immediately crashing because I guess the login-servers are constantly on fire).
But if you ever log-out after getting in, that's basically it for the day.
 

Line

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Lost Ark levelling is so boring though.
I could just blow away monsters for hours, the combat is that good, but the quest design, fucking hell is it stuck in the past. Feels kinda like FF14 in pacing actually... with less story.
It's even stupider when you look at endgame boss fights... which have more voice acting and more ridiculous cut scenes than the entire levelling experience...
 
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PARANOiA

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If it makes you feel better I played Lost Ark on launch day and uninstalled it after an hour or so. It was filled with generic f2p MMO that you've no doubt played 100 times before. Do not recommend.

I need something to tide me over until Elden Ring... Is cyberpunk actually worth digging into now, or should I keep waiting? Feels like on PC this is as good as it's going to get given we're 18 months from launch now.
 

Line

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Yeah let's bring back the deloran! and member's only jacket! and COCAINE!


GLAM HAIR ROCK! REAGANOMICS! COLD WAR BULLSHIT!

HELL YEAH THE 80's are back

jfc what a bunch of dweebs and dorks. YEAH PITCHFORKS FER EVERYONE!
We already live in a dystopia, so if at least we get back glam rock and dope cars that break down all the time, that's a plus.
 

Ascheroth

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Lost Ark levelling is so boring though.
I could just blow away monsters for hours, the combat is that good, but the quest design, fucking hell is it stuck in the past. Feels kinda like FF14 in pacing actually... with less story.
It's even stupider when you look at endgame boss fights... which have more voice acting and more ridiculous cut scenes than the entire levelling experience...
Yeah, the quests are pretty whatever. Though I do appreciate that they are quick and never have you backtrack at all, they are always done on the way to the next main story location and are turned it at the next main story location.
I think the game does start ramping up in spectacle at around level 20? The Morai Ruins dungeon is really cool and the Glorious Wall setpiece is bonkers.

And yes, blowing monsters into pieces feels so satisfying

(That's a bit older-ish, only 2 skills and not many mobs, I currently have even more oomph :evilblob: )

I would make a better video, but it's not like I can login right now ¯\(ツ)
 

Mivey

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Yeah I just have a Mac, I could use my old MacBook Pro with windows on it to try but doubt it could run it well.
Maybe once Proton on Linux settles, with a very high number of game running perfectly, Valve will port it to Mac too. Wine itself should work on macOS too. The bigger issue would be getting Vulcan support. Maybe Valve could revisit their shim from Vulcan to Metal again.
 
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