PC Troubleshooting Thread.

[JACK-2]

I'll figure something out. TBH, I'm more interested in solving this then playing the game.

[magicattack]

I downloaded it. I will try this tomorrow. Are the new games any good? There is a pinball game as well?

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Jan 25, 2016 18:33:16 GMT -5 JACK-2 said:

I'll figure something out. TBH, I'm more interested in solving this then playing the game.

Yea once you have a billion games it gets like that. Before long you'll have more than you know what to do with. That's the beauty of it. Not giving up lol.

@ Ron.

Sonic Generations is one of the better Sonic Games recently. Sonic Lost World is supposed to be good too. I have that but I haven't played it. Sonic just had a Steam Sale but I can't remember if it's going on still.

[JACK-2]

Lost World is underrated. Remember that big argument I had over it with Gunpwder lol?

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Jan 26, 2016 5:41:07 GMT -5 JACK-2 said:

Lost World is underrated. Remember that big argument I had over it with Gunpwder lol?

It had some similarities to Galaxy but it seems a lot of people like it.

I agreed with some of what Gurpwnder said, until he pretended boost was somehow weaker than Spin Dash.

[JACK-2]

IT's pretty cool game, not as good as generations tho.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

They were both solid, but different.

[JACK-2]

Windows 10 has cortana lol. So far I'm enjoying 10, they got rid of that annoying feature where you press the windows button and menu covers the screen.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Jan 28, 2016 18:58:11 GMT -5 JACK-2 said:

Windows 10 has cortana lol. So far I'm enjoying 10, they got rid of that annoying feature where you press the windows button and menu covers the screen.

Probably deserves to be in its thread to avoid confusion.

[JACK-2]

Jan 27, 2016 0:20:24 GMT -5 The Big Daddy C-Master said:

They were both solid, but different.

I prefer Spin-dash approach that Lost World had compared to Boost.

[magicattack]

Jan 28, 2016 18:58:11 GMT -5 JACK-2 said:

Windows 10 has cortana lol. So far I'm enjoying 10, they got rid of that annoying feature where you press the windows button and menu covers the screen.

Metro could be disabled.

[magicattack]

Jan 26, 2016 1:12:31 GMT -5 The Big Daddy C-Master said:

Jan 25, 2016 18:33:16 GMT -5 JACK-2 said:

I'll figure something out. TBH, I'm more interested in solving this then playing the game.

Yea once you have a billion games it gets like that. Before long you'll have more than you know what to do with. That's the beauty of it. Not giving up lol.

@ Ron.

Sonic Generations is one of the better Sonic Games recently. Sonic Lost World is supposed to be good too. I have that but I haven't played it. Sonic just had a Steam Sale but I can't remember if it's going on still.

I downloaded this the other day, and still haven't had a chance to mess with this. It looks like it will have to wait till March now.

[JACK-2]

Solved it: Get an HDMI and use a second display. This will force the game to recognize your card. Then when it works, just pull it out. Don't even need the HDMI anymore. This fixed Sonic AND Binary Domain. PC master race.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Jan 30, 2016 1:02:50 GMT -5 JACK-2 said:

Solved it: Get an HDMI and use a second display. This will force the game to recognize your card. Then when it works, just pull it out. Don't even need the HDMI anymore. This fixed Sonic AND Binary Domain. PC master race.

I thought this was the first thing you did. They recommend that a few times.

I'm impressed you did solve it on your own though. How does it feel?

[JACK-2]

The problem was I couldn't force a second display to detect my monitor because I have a dual GPU and it doesn't work like that with my laptop. So, I had to use an HDMI cable and connect to my TV and then it would detect.

It feels pretty damn good, I can repair pretty much any problem my PC has. It just takes patience and persistence.

[magicattack]

Congratulations.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Jan 31, 2016 18:55:40 GMT -5 JACK-2 said:

The problem was I couldn't force a second display to detect my monitor because I have a dual GPU and it doesn't work like that with my laptop. So, I had to use an HDMI cable and connect to my TV and then it would detect.

It feels pretty damn good, I can repair pretty much any problem my PC has. It just takes patience and persistence.

Fantastic.

You'll find that most of your "problems" are a Google click away.

You'll also find that the "maintenance" that console players talk about is overrated. Consoles have downloads like crazy nowadays and 99.9% I just launch up and do what I want. I have very few problems.

[JACK-2]

Yep, Google is your friend. Had to do some research, but I don't mind. Just don't lazy lol.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Well if you're using a new OS you might have to troubleshoot if anything comes up. You'll be a pro in no time!

[JACK-2]

Feb 1, 2016 3:17:15 GMT -5 magicattack said:

Congratulations.

Thanks.

[magicattack]

Jan 26, 2016 1:12:31 GMT -5 The Big Daddy C-Master said:

Jan 25, 2016 18:33:16 GMT -5 JACK-2 said:

I'll figure something out. TBH, I'm more interested in solving this then playing the game.

Yea once you have a billion games it gets like that. Before long you'll have more than you know what to do with. That's the beauty of it. Not giving up lol.

@ Ron.

Sonic Generations is one of the better Sonic Games recently. Sonic Lost World is supposed to be good too. I have that but I haven't played it. Sonic just had a Steam Sale but I can't remember if it's going on still.

I just realized that those 2 Sonic games are on 3DS. So that means I already have them. I will put them on my 3DS and bring them to the Philippines with me.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

I didn't know you even had a 3ds. You never seemed like the type. Heh.

On a small note I fixed some problem with excess CPU usage on my laptop. It was a WindowsFontCache problem. I had to stop some services and remove the dat files. Should lower that CPU usage that was spiking randomly.

[magicattack]

I bought it, but I only seem to use it when I travel. It's interesting to see the people over there use it. Video games were not something they had while growing up, so its a new experience. 

They have smart phones, so they play games.  But an actual handheld is much better to me.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

I love my PSP for entertainment purposes like gaming. I definitely like it for music and stuff while I'm driving. My phone is a solid alternative but I don't game on it. It's mostly for business.

Many of these countries like portable gaming systems, it can be quite popular depending on where you live.

[magicattack]

I still have my PSP. I haven't used it in a long time though. I liked playing psx games on it. Huge library.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

I hardly game on mine honestly. I use it for music and watching things when I'm driving. Otherwise I have my laptop for larger uses. It's still a great little device and I find them used for very cheap.

[WarMachineRhodey]

Just thought about this. Here are some tools that i use that can be helpful in solving pc issues.

Occt - Useful for testing general system stability or when overclocking cpu and or ram. *Warning* Do not use this without very good cooling, good quality power supply and motherboard. Use caution if running on laptops

Prime95 - Same as occt. May work better or worse with some cpu chipsets.

Memtest - Used to diagnose ram issues. Boots from usb or cd and runs a series of tests to find faults.

Uniengine Valley - Used to benchmark graphics cards and can be used to stress test graphics cards to find faults or to test overclock stability

Display Driver Uninstaller - Used to do a thorough purge of old graphics drivers. Can be used if switching from amd to nvidia or if current drivers still are giving you issues even after uninstalling by normal means.

Cpu-Z - Gathers information about the main components of your system. Good for posting to forums if you need any help and not to sure whats in your system.

HwMonitor - Displays temperatures and voltages for many components in your system. Good for monitoring suspected overheating issues.

Amd overdrive- Provides same monitoring as HwMonitor and cpu-z above but is made for amd cpu and gpus. More accurate reporting of temps for amd processors

If i find any more tools ill be sure to post them here. Might be best if this goes to the front page.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

I'm definitely familiar with a few of those, but I hadn't heard of Uniengine Valley.

Gotta jump on that.

[JACK-2]

Full mod for SF5:

Made a proper release of my mod manager with SF5 support: www.fluffyquack.com/tools/modmanager.rar

And my mod which reverts Chun Li, Cammy, and R.Mika's "censored" cameras to how they were in beta: www.fluffyquack.com/mods/SF5/by-fluffyquack/Original%20Chun-Li%20Cammy%20and%20Mika%20cameras.rar

Instructions:
- Extract modmanager.rar anywhere
- Extract the mod rar into "Games\SF5\Mods" where the mod manager is extracted.
- Run modmanager.exe
- It should automatically find the install path for the game. If not, go into options->define game info->current game->street fighter v, and change the install path manually.
- Click on "Mod manager" to the top right. Click on "Read game archives" to make it read the game's PAK files (this may take a few seconds but you only need to do it once), and then click on the mod name to install the mod.

Hopefully this will help other people make mods which are easier to install as this process does not require the end user to mess with PAK files. And in theory, it should work with updated versions of the game. I haven't been able to test this yet, but if the game is patched, you'll just need to uninstall all mods, click on "Read game archives", and then install mods as usual again.

[JACK-2]

I never did a mod before. Any advice?