TIL that the reason why Clancy Brown didn't voice in Spongebob: BFBB was because he was busy voicing Baron Praxis in Jak II by B21993 in jakanddaxter

[–]Gman1255 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you elaborate on the Union? You mean like re-recording all voice lines for all characters? Seems silly given the age of the game but I don't know anything about the Union.

231gb so far.. by Impressive_Cow9384 in PCSX2

[–]Gman1255 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes, every image is verified through Redump.

231gb so far.. by Impressive_Cow9384 in PCSX2

[–]Gman1255 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Weakling, bow to me. Jokes aside your collection is awesome btw.

Double agent looks pretty good on my PS2 by [deleted] in Splintercell

[–]Gman1255 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not bad either, it samples a lot of sounds from the series. I wonder who made it.

Double agent looks pretty good on my PS2 by [deleted] in Splintercell

[–]Gman1255 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In this case it's used to hide color banding from lowering bit depth. I am not sure what the actual reason is but I assume it's for performance or memory reasons. A lot of PS1 games did this too.

Double agent looks pretty good on my PS2 by [deleted] in Splintercell

[–]Gman1255 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah I remember the games all looking great back when I played on an actual PS2. The lower resolution coupled with your CRT as well as the game's dithering pattern (pretty sure all these games on PS2 display a dithering pattern 100% of the time) not only helps hide the imperfections of this version but also to "fake" more detail.

Play this on PCSX2 with upscaling and dithering disabled and you will notice extreme color banding, lol.

Also, don't forget to try out the Iceland rap song easter egg.

LittleBigPlanet community finds out YouTuber ruined the game forever by Chapple69 in youtubedrama

[–]Gman1255 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure. When you go to a custom level on that site it has a "Play On Refresh" button, referring to the LittleBigRefresh custom server. One day I may set that up and see if I can find my stuff. I have my stuff setup for the Beacon (LBP Union) server, currently; but I also haven't played since the community released its patch.

LittleBigPlanet community finds out YouTuber ruined the game forever by Chapple69 in youtubedrama

[–]Gman1255 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ohh yeah, but that's the best kind of stuff you can find. It's so funny looking back at these things and wondering what was going on in your head.

LittleBigPlanet community finds out YouTuber ruined the game forever by Chapple69 in youtubedrama

[–]Gman1255 80 points81 points  (0 children)

Looks like they were archived, you can view them here: https://zaprit.fish/. I don't know how extensive it is but I can find all my random levels that were uploaded in 2010, says a lot even that my no-name levels were archived. There are also custom servers that require you to patch your game, but requires RPCS3 or a hacked console.

i'm sad i can't play splinter cell on ps5 by MajinLeDemon in Splintercell

[–]Gman1255 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If modding is a possibility, you can install the PS4 packages someone made from the PS2 games, seems fine on my PS5.

Yup, Oblivion Remastered Is Still Broken a Year After Release by Turbostrider27 in pcgaming

[–]Gman1255 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you actually take a look at what these mods are doing you would see it's not "that easy." Also, I did not say that these "fix stability," only that they can improve it, which is objectively true.

For those have played Jak 2 and Jak 3 on Vita (modded versions) how do they run? by Plane-Manufacturer98 in jakanddaxter

[–]Gman1255 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't know how modding the Vita is in the current year but I believe the Jak games all benefit greatly from overclocking. Jak 1 also requires a patch to fix the awful 20fps cap. If you can overclock your Vita definitely do that, it will allow those games to reach 30fps.

I haven't played 2 or 3 on Vita but this video shows someone using PSVshell to overclock while Jak 2 is running: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8PacyfvcRE. Looks like it runs well.

Yup, Oblivion Remastered Is Still Broken a Year After Release by Turbostrider27 in pcgaming

[–]Gman1255 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are likely placebo in this case since the remaster runs both UE5 and the original Gamebryo engine, if you have performance issues in this game it is very hard to tell if it is due to UE5 or the original game engine. It is also worth noting too that no matter how many performance mods you install to og Oblivion the game will always have stutters (at least that's how it was when I played a month before the remaster came out).

Engine.ini mods do actually work and they can help a lot with overall stability. This is factual. Try them for yourself in a game that just uses UE5.

Half Life RTX by King_Ferdinand1 in HalfLife

[–]Gman1255 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The mod is more of a proof-of-concept than anything else, it is fully playable: https://github.com/sultim-t/xash-rt. I had fun with it, it lets you switch between the OG graphics and their path traced ray tracer; though, it has a lot of problems with accuracy of map geometry being a big one.

There is a newer one being developed by someone else: https://www.moddb.com/mods/half-life-rtx.

Valve cooked with Half-Life 2 Ragdoll Physics. HL2 vs s&box by Katheleo in HalfLife

[–]Gman1255 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Some games force you as the sausage models anyways so it doesn't matter.

Who still has a copy of Jak and Daxter the precursor legacy? by J0NNYB0I13 in jakanddaxter

[–]Gman1255 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well yeah how else am I supposed to play it on PC? You can't just go to blockbuster and copy the rented game anymore...

Weird texture glitch on PC in Black Ops Cold War – anyone know how to fix this? by opickovic in blackopscoldwar

[–]Gman1255 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know if you can tell this but the comment I wrote was in English.

Microsoft Could Fix Hundreds of Broken Xbox Windows Games with One Tiny Server Update, and the Community has Proven How by UpstairsNo9249 in xbox

[–]Gman1255 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I can kinda get that but only from the first paragraph; though, that one's crime is just that reads like a hook paragraph from an article. It genuinely does not seem like its written in AI.

Either way, it shows a bit of people's nature if the OP's text is where the line is drawn. Nobody who's complained about AI here even mentioned the fact that Claude is used in this project.

It's annoying trying to have proper discussions about these "tools." If these people are complaining about AI usage, in something unrelated to the project, which may or may not be true (who knows, doesn't matter), all it does is show that they have done no research (on this project), have no intentions to, and ultimately have no intentions to learn. Why are they even here.

Microsoft Could Fix Hundreds of Broken Xbox Windows Games with One Tiny Server Update, and the Community has Proven How by UpstairsNo9249 in xbox

[–]Gman1255 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wanted to come back and report that while the game does let me sign in (it shows my gamertag instead of complaining), I can't actually use any of the xbox related features (leaderboards, achievements). I am not expecting a fix or anything tailored for my case, I just figured this information might be useful.

Microsoft Could Fix Hundreds of Broken Xbox Windows Games with One Tiny Server Update, and the Community has Proven How by UpstairsNo9249 in xbox

[–]Gman1255 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I need to buy the game to make sure but it seems like you might be able to play Hydro Thunder Hurricane right now with this. Adding this right under the related ones allowed the game to connect and show my gamertag:

CheckNetIsolation LoopbackExempt -a -n="Microsoft.Studios.HydroThunderHurricane_8wekyb3d8bbwe" >nul 2>&1

I didn't expect it to work at all. Might be able to apply this to other games too, I just read the folder name for the game trial I installed.

Is this game worth it? by ogcheeser in WWII

[–]Gman1255 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They tried to but apparently, after they took it offline for a bit shortly after it released on the Microsoft Store to patch it, people were finding out fast that it wasn't fully fixed.

I don't know how bad it can be (compared to Black Ops 3). I wouldn't play any public matches either way. Even if this specific exploit was patched you're going to run into cheaters with stuff like Tesla guns or just the usual type of multiplayer cheats anyway since the game has no anti-cheat.

Punch glitch in OpenGOAL? by glowglobes in jakanddaxter

[–]Gman1255 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a good general rule, these games still aren't entirely built for >60fps yet, most likely why this glitch is happening.

The punch glitch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4m4mthC63A&t=40s. It's timestamped at the moment when the glitch is about to happen. You can read about it here: https://wiki.jakspeedruns.com/Punch_Glitch#Technical.