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Durante

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When the "open source" alternative is inferior, we all lose.
I mean, it's not that inferior at what it is: real-time single-frame upscaling.

It's just that techniques which use more temporal samples are in a different ballpark in what they can achieve (but also in terms of complexity of integration).
 

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I mean, it's not that inferior at what it is: real-time single-frame upscaling.

It's just that techniques which use more temporal samples are in a different ballpark in what they can achieve (but also in terms of complexity of integration).
Honestly I don't see much value in FSR. It's just another upscaling technique.
 

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[UWSL]On my 3rd try, I finally got hooked to Divinity: Original Sin. The last two times, I didn't even make it out of the 1st town because everything was so overwhelming and there are so many quests and story lines thrown at you. I managed to get through this and I'm having a blast now. [/UWSL]

[UWSL]Fun fact: the producer of the game is a guy I used to work with when I was a reviewer on a local game site. Seems he climbed up quickly at Larian, I'm so happy for him! :) [/UWSL]
 

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Honestly I don't see much value in FSR. It's just another upscaling technique.
Well, it really depends on how many non-AAA games you play, and if you play on lower-end hardware. Basically, for tons of these games, your only option to improve performance if you are GPU limited is to lower the sampling rate, and you usually get bilinear upsampling and that's that. With FSR, with relatively little integration effort from developers, you get a somewhat-better-than-bilinear image from those games in those situations. That's its value.

There is, of course, very little value to it on the high end, that's one of the many ways in which it is fundamentally different from DLSS (which is valuable all the way from the low-end to the high-end -- in compatible games).
 

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Kickstarted in 2013 then released in early access in 2015, it looks like it turned out pretty decently 👌
 
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They wouldn't do 33% now and 50% during sale.
You're probably right, but I wouldn't rule out the possibility. ;)

They did put Forza Horizon 4 on sale two weeks after they released it on Steam at full price and Tell Me Why at 50% off during a winter sale 8 days after they had it at 30%. Not the same time period but I mean, it's possible!
 

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Kickstarted in 2013 then released in early access in 2015, it looks like it turned out pretty decently 👌
Holy shit, did not realize this was finally out :RangerBlob:

May have to give it a look
 

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Snakethesniper I noticed your thread post (through discord) on the SpecialK forum regarding DQB 2, but since I don't have a forum account there, I thought I'd reply to you here instead. :p

Try changing this in the SpecialK.ini/dxgi.ini

[API.Hook]
d3d9=false
d3d9ex=false

Reason why the SpecialK UI doesn't appear after the opening cutscene plays is because the game is switching from DX 11 -> DX9 for video playback and then back to DX11.
 
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What is the general consensus on Industries of Titan? The gameplay looks a bit too micro management for what I am looking for at the moment, but do folks think that is accurate?

Might still go for Ender Lilies, though probably should wait for the summer sale at this point.
 
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Lego Builder's Journey is gorgeous (with or without RTX), and a very chill and "serene" experience, but ... not much of a puzzle game, or even a "game".

With a few exceptions, is pretty obvious what you have to do, with almost no freedom to do things differently. Most of the game is putting the piece on the obvious/only spot, getting a new one and repeating the process, with some cute animations in between. The last levels appear to offer a little more freedom but.... not really.

Also, it took me only two hours to complete it, and some of that was fiddling with the graphics options and appreciating the graphics :p

It was cheap here, but for $20 dollars, I don't think I would recommend it, unless of course you know you're getting around 2 hours (or less) of a relaxing experience with almost no challenge or gameplay mechanics.
 

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Can someone confirm Nier Replicant new patch is compatible with SpecialK ?
Not sure I want to update :sweaty-blob:
 

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I have important news to impart upon thee, fellow peeps
The first is actually of minor importance
steam summer sale is tomorrow

The 2nd on the other hand is of vital and greater importance, such that it could be MIND BLASTING
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I have important news to impart upon thee, fellow peeps
The first is actually of minor importance
steam summer sale is tomorrow

The 2nd on the other hand is of vital and greater importance, such that it could be MIND BLASTING
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Btw, cleared the prologue of Deadly Premonition. It really is something, Zach.
 
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Li Kao

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Btw, clear the prologue of Deadly Premonition. It really is something, Zach.
Switch or PC ?
One of the reasons I was so reluctant to sell my Switch, I know PC is a legendary shit show :cryblob:
 
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Switch or PC ?
One of the reasons I was so reluctant to sell my Switch, I know PC is a legendary shit show :cryblob:
PC. So far controller is the only issue. I follow this guide and it got fixed.


I didn't applied any other fixes. I heard there are crashes and game breaking bug so going to play it carefully as well as make sure to backup save files.
 

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Snakethesniper I noticed your thread post (through discord) on the SpecialK forum regarding DQB 2, but since I don't have a forum account there, I thought I'd reply to you here instead. :p

Try changing this in the SpecialK.ini/dxgi.ini

[API.Hook]
d3d9=false
d3d9ex=false

Reason why the SpecialK UI doesn't appear after the opening cutscene plays is because the game is switching from DX 11 -> DX9 for video playback and then back to DX11.
You... I like you! It worked! Thanks!!
 
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Valdien

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My Monster Hunter Stories 2 PC preview is up. I would have had my 4k60 footage up too, but some wires got crossed and I had to re-render with some changes. Soon!™
Was there any obvious indicators that the game is running on the RE Engine? I noticed you mentioned that there's a lack of graphical options, which got me thinking that maybe its using a different engine. Although I doubt it since Capcom's been migrating all their games over to the RE engine. Either way, thanks for the preview!
 

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Was there any obvious indicators that the game is running on the RE Engine? I noticed you mentioned that there's a lack of graphical options, which got me thinking that maybe its using a different engine. Although I doubt it since Capcom's been migrating all their games over to the RE engine. Either way, thanks for the preview!
I believe it may be running on MT Framework, but don't quote me on that.
 
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I have important news to impart upon thee, fellow peeps
The first is actually of minor importance
steam summer sale is tomorrow

The 2nd on the other hand is of vital and greater importance, such that it could be MIND BLASTING
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why can't I see some posts lol?
says it's hidden or something
 
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