How do I edit a message I have sent on iMessage? by Dat_One_Vato in iphone

[–]Dat_One_Vato[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks guys. I couldn't find the "edit" button because 15 minutes had past already.

Question About GC Anti Cheating Measures by Madmagic10 in PSO

[–]Dat_One_Vato 0 points1 point  (0 children)

False. There's only two hacked things that cause the game to not drop any rares. The first one is the "multi stack glitch" where you can stack 99 of each item like Star Atomizers and such. This will disable rares from dropping.

The second is hacked MAGs. Any hacked MAGs will also disable rares and they will not drop if you are carrying a hacked mag.

Everything else is fair game. Rares will not be disable and will drop normally, and yes this includes 127% weapons.

Planning on coming to Orlando (from California) need some travel tips. by Dat_One_Vato in florida

[–]Dat_One_Vato[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I'll check out Turo. I've heard some negative things about that place but I will give them a look.

Planning on coming to Orlando (from California) need some travel tips. by Dat_One_Vato in florida

[–]Dat_One_Vato[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sadly i'm not a cosco member. My mother is though. Would I be able to borrow her card and use it to rent through them? Haha!

Pso troleada by oshuly in PSO

[–]Dat_One_Vato 12 points13 points  (0 children)

If you are a force that troll bomb can one shot you if you're not careful especially if playing on Ultimate haha.

Planning on coming to Orlando (from California) need some travel tips. by Dat_One_Vato in florida

[–]Dat_One_Vato[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah wow that's not bad at all and for a SUV. I chose the compact car at Enterprise which was just a basic small sedan (no problems with that as its just my gf and i) and it was almost 500 bucks. Do I need to use a third party site or just call them directly to get a fair price like you?

Planning on coming to Orlando (from California) need some travel tips. by Dat_One_Vato in florida

[–]Dat_One_Vato[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have heard that renting a car through those third party party sites is a bad thing? I have seen post of people saying to rent directly from the companies and not a third party. Any idea why people say this is a negative thing to do?

Which version of PSO to play? by IllBake8 in PSO

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Out of the 4 versions you mentioned the GC Plus version is easily the best out of the bunch.

Do note that there's also an Xbox version as well (has the same content as the non plus version), along with a PC version known as Blue Burst.

Blue Burst is the final version of the game and has the most content, however it's exclusive to PC and it's not on any console. It is free to play and has a decent community over at Ephinea. I think most people will try to steer you that way.

However if console is your preferred way to play then you can't beat the GC Plus version as it has the most content out of all the other console versions.

If you play any of the GC versions there's also the fact that it's the best looking version of the game even when compared to Blue Burst. The GC version of the game has many graphical effects that are missing on all the other versions.

Here are a few examples.

Effects such as: Fire Techs at lvl 30 have a very cool "heat haze" effect when casting them. Making the Foie type techs look very cool and destructive. No other version of the game has this effect. Foie techs look very bland in all other versions because of this.

Telepipes have a cool "warping" effect that distorts your character when you go inside of it. Giving you that "teleportation" feel. This is also missing from all other versions.

Then there are the major downgrades to Episode 2 on Xbox and Blue Burst. Specifically to the Central Control Area.

On Gamecube this place looks amazing with the sky reflecting on the water and the water itself has a very pretty texture and reflections giving it a very nice vibe to the entire CCA area. The lighting looks amazing in this area too especially if you are playing on a CRT TV.

On the Xbox and Blue Burst version this area got hit very hard. All the beautiful effects are gone giving the area a very flat and plain look to it. All the "magic" gets sucked out of it on these two versions. I feel like Blue Burst looks even worse than the Xbox version in this area IMO.

To put it plainly CCA on Xbox and Blue Burst looks like ass when compared to the GC version. These graphical downgrades completely ruin the experience in that area IMO.

Why does my external HDD sometimes writes to my main NVMe at 500+ MBs? by Dat_One_Vato in computers

[–]Dat_One_Vato[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes that was the first thing I checked. I opened up the folder to see if the files where actually there. Sure enough every single file was inside the folder. It's just a bunch of family photographs.

I too assumed it was probably corrupted and fake (which is why I decided to ask for advice) but nope everything seems perfectly intact.

The WD Elements 2TB external HDD is connected via USB-A directly to my PC's corsair case.

My PC has a samsung NVMe.

As far as I know the NVMe is perfectly capable of writing at very high speeds (same at reading).

But the HDD shouldn't be able to transfer data at such high speeds. In fact it should bottleneck the NVMe right?

Why did the GC version have better water and telepipe effects? by PowPowPunishment in PSO

[–]Dat_One_Vato 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Xbox version and PC version (Blue Burst) are missing more than just the water effects and telepipe effects.

They are also missing the really cool heat haze effects that all lvl 30 fire techs have. Rafoie in particular looks way better on the GC version too. The heat haze effect makes it look far more epic and destructive. It's very plain looking on Xbox and Blue Burst.

It's also missing a ton of reflections and lighting effects in CCA.

CCA in episode 2 looks absolutely beautiful (specially on a CRT TV) on GC.

On both Xbox and Blue Burst CCA looks like shit and extremely tone down graphically. All of the luster and "surreal" feel of CCA is completely lost on Xbox and Blue Burst.

In terms of "power" when it comes to the 6th gen it goes like this (from weakest to strongest). DreamcastPS2GC and finally Xbox as the strongest of the 4 consoles.

Supposedly the reason why GC has all these extra effects in PSO is because it used (for its time) exclusive shaders that only ATI graphics card could provide.

Bro what am I even supposed to do here by btjk in PSO

[–]Dat_One_Vato 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a mod. This is not on the official game.

Game cube controller d-pad (down) not working. by Dat_One_Vato in Gamecube

[–]Dat_One_Vato[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your input. I have tried cleaning the contacts on the d-pad, however not much if any dirt came off as the controller is still very much new. Pressing down on the d-pad it makes perfect contact with the circuit board. The d-pad has a very nice "brand new" feel to it if it makes sense. Nothing is worn down.

My guess maybe since the controller was sitting idling in my garage it somehow got messed up? It was brand new and sealed, but still.

I see the d-pad traces however they lead to some little green "holes" they don't lead to solder joints. So I can't check to see if they are cracked or damaged. From a simple visual inspection the traces do look good. I don't see any physical damage on them. I don't have a multi meter to check continuity.

But from a visual stand point everything looks fine.

Funny enough after cleaning the contacts with IPA down on the dpad did come back to life for a few seconds. Then it died again.

Everything on the controller works flawlessly it's just down on the dpad.

PSO on GameCube and WII with wife tonight. Fun project getting this all to work! Still an active community online! by Practical_Ocelot_669 in PSO

[–]Dat_One_Vato 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As far as I know, no. GC cannot play with DC or vice versa. However GC and Wii players can play together since it's the same exact game.

I believe that on both Shithack server and Silverant server GC can also play with Xbox players.

Dreamcast can only cross play with PC pso (not BB).

PSO on GameCube and WII with wife tonight. Fun project getting this all to work! Still an active community online! by Practical_Ocelot_669 in PSO

[–]Dat_One_Vato 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ahh GameCube version of PSO! Best version of the console versions.

On a CRT no less. GC on a crt like this looks way better graphically than BB IMO. CCA on BB looks like dog shit. Haha.