PCs and Steam: Thread 01

[MartyG]

Want to play Perfect Dark on the PC? Progress has been made on the decompilation project

https://github.com/fgsfdsfgs/perfect_dark/actions/runs/5879598251t

[MartyG]

Larian rolls back hotfix 4 as it's crashing PCs - had this last night, it was pretty annoying

https://www.eurogamer.net/larian-rolls-back-baldurs-gate-3-hotfix-4-due-to-crashes

[MartyG]

New AMD GFX cards (mid-range probs) due to be announced at Gamecom next week - will it bring down the price of RTX 4060 Ti? Probably not.

https://www.pcgamer.com/amd-to-announce-its-new-graphics-cards-at-gamescom/

[MartyG]

Despite some recent internet drama claiming otherwise, there isn't going to be a shortage of consumer graphics cards due to AI (they're sitting on the shelves due to lack of demand), but that doesn't mean NVIDIA isn't selling dedicated cards for that task (and making a lot of money from it).

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-to-sell-550000-h100-compute-gpus-in-2023-report

[MartyG]

Ooof, time to upgrade those SSDs - Starfield is going to take up 140GB on PC: https://www.ign.com/articles/starfie...-gb-on-console

[MartyG]

New "budget" AM5 CPU - the boards are still a bit pricey on the whole, mostly due to board layer complexity (needed to reduce signalling issues), still for those not wanting higher-end chips, it might be worth a look: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/am...-us-and-europe

[MartyG]

Another day, another Steam Deck killer: https://www.engadget.com/ayaneo-air-...163047036.html

[charlesr]

I'm on holiday and modding is a bit of a pain on a phone, but I agree with ltt stuff should be in its own thread.

[Neon Ignition]

Might be better to have a dedicated thread for youtuber drama given the high rate at which they turn out to be plebs

[Lebowski]

can you stay on topic please and not discuss youtubers in here

[MartyG]

And another Steam Deck killer, this time from Lenovo. News of this broke a few days ago, but there are new image leaks now and it looks like this is going to have Switch like (or maybe lite) controllers, complete with mouse scrollwheel.

https://windowsreport.com/lenovo-legion-go-first-look/

(Oof, I think everyone has been linking to the site and it's DDOSed it )

Another link with working images: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo....741845.0.html

(I believe Windows Report was the first to break it).

[Neon Ignition]

As usual, not a fan. It's become all too common for these devices to dive on in with copying what's already out there without really understanding why the originals work so well. The Switch elements look like they're there purely for the sake of it, the Deck elements look less comfortable than the device its immitating. If people want something Deck-like they might as well get that, if they want something like a more powerful Switch they might as well wait 12 months at this point.

[fishbowlhead]

SteamDeck has certainly started something thats snowballing now. SteamDeck still being the best choice due to its Steam integration and probably being the best designed still.

[Lebowski]

Another thing that hints at Legion Go’s power is these huge air vents on the back of the device, alongside a stand that will help when you want to pair another controller. We can’t say anything about the noise levels yet, but we’ll surely test it as soon as it will be available, so stay tuned for that!

Will come in handy in winter as a hand warmer too

Removable controllers is always a good idea, it means you don't have to tear the system down like you do on the steamdeck to replace sticks. the switch lite is a real problem where this is concerend and with the steam decks controlers using the same sort of tech it will be a problem for it down the line too.

[dataDave]

Want to play Perfect Dark on the PC? Progress has been made on the decompilation project

https://github.com/Graslu/1964GEPD/releases/tag/latest

Everyone should try this. It's great. The mouse and keyboard controls seem so natural, but it's clearly imbalanced as the game was never designed with that level of control in mind.

Ah no, wait - that's an emulator, here's the PC port. It looks like you need to be logged into GitHub to download it: https://github.com/fgsfdsfgs/perfect...uns/5879598251

Uncapped framerate and resolutions without the dodgy XBLA aiming. It's bliss. Would love to see a new game built out of this one day. If only my C wasn't non-existent.

The same guy is now working on optimising the N64 version with real hardware under consideration. A locked 30FPS might be possible.