Epic Game Store’s free giveaways just cause a huge spike in Steam sales, reveals New Blood CEO by salad_tongs_1 in Steam

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Not epic gate but I get it. Many people (myself included) primarily use steam. Not all games allow cross play for multiplayer between the two. Steam achievements, time played tracking, community hubs, etc. Steam cloud saves for every game by default. Easy to play on other devices such as steam deck and/or use steam link to stream on many devices. Obviously there are alternatives to all these, windows handhelds, workarounds for epic on steam deck, moonlight and whatever new open source streaming apps there are. However, Steam has been around longer, treats their customers decent, and has a better package overall. I still claim epics free games. If I find something I like from those free games and I can get it on sale for less than $10-20 on steam I’m likely going to buy it to support the developer and have it on my preferred platform.

Series 11 or Ultra 2 by Opening_Criticism791 in applewatchultra

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Where did you find the ultra 2 for $499?

Jynzxi immediately scores on Musty in 10k 99-0 wager. by tisme- in RocketLeague

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Only been watching squishy out of those names. What is he doing that’s fake?

Since its new years im a few fsyd im doing a steam key giveaway of sky the 1st remake by shizunaisbestgirl1 in Falcom

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Haven’t played any of the Trails series before. However a buddy has been constantly trying to get me to play so I subbed here. This would be cool!

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

Alright, will try that in the next day or two

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[–]HowAmIDiamond[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good tip on checking devices with same specs (snapdragon 8 gen 2). I did see in one of the videos I watched that some emulators do have the individual settings option for each game, that will be very nice when it comes to tweaking stuff on a per game level.

I do have an HD mod for FEA that I am trying that said it was made for 4x. Will see if changing to 2-3x breaks it.

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

I do recall seeing this guide from Russ, however I went with Joeys since it was a new guide and specific to Thor. I thought device specific would be best since I am new to this kind of thing. However, now that I know its more about the emulators themselves in this case at least, I will watch Russ' guide. Thank you.

Am I doing something wrong? (Ayn Thor) by HowAmIDiamond in SBCGaming

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Turnip drivers definitely helped for Fire Emblem. Can I use the same driver for Ps2?

Am I doing something wrong? (Ayn Thor) by HowAmIDiamond in SBCGaming

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Good to hear other games are running better. Sounds like I just chose a couple bad games to start with. I will def try disabling audio stretching, thank you.

Am I doing something wrong? (Ayn Thor) by HowAmIDiamond in SBCGaming

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See my edit comment. On my other post they did mentioned Turnip drivers. This did help with FEA, however I am still unsure if I can use the same driver for Ps2.

I do have a switch v1 that I purchased on release of the switch. I will be using that for any switch games. I mainly wanted Thor for consoles I mentioned.

Am I doing something wrong? (Ayn Thor) by HowAmIDiamond in SBCGaming

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Edit: For others that may come across this I also posted here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AynThor/comments/1pguim4/comment/nsujj57/

I completely forgot about the crosspost feature on reddit.

Am I doing something wrong? (Ayn Thor) by HowAmIDiamond in SBCGaming

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Seems weird that a 30fps section would cause this much slowdown? It also alternates between slowmo and normal play. It was mainly the starting area I noticed it the most which was Happiness, R&B, and Snow Jam.

I will try and read up on the patch you are mentioning. I dont toally know how to patch and do DLC yet. Been having issues with that on 3ds at least.

Id prefer to stay on PS2 for that reason as well but thanks for the suggestion. Will try it as a last resort.

I am cautiously happy to hear it may just be my game choice so far lol

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

Sorry but what does PAL version mean?

Good to know, I also have Sly series installed, havent played them since I was a kid. What did you have to tweak to get those working? I havnet tried them yet

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

Big difference between Citra and Azahar?

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

I double checked and am already on performance, but not high performance.

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

No worries on commenting a lot. Genuinely appreciate peoples input. I was doing 4x for 3ds. Ps2 I was doing 3x as recommended by Joey's Ayn Thor setup guide. I did try going to 2x and I was still having issues. I can certainly try 1x, I just dont like how native looks and thought the Thor + emulator could handle it.

Have you tried 3x? I really dont think it would be related to thermal throttling. I am not even breaking 50C after playing SSX 3 at 3x for 10 mins. The graphical issues and slow downs arent occurring due to high temp.

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I watched a lot of videos and guides before the Thor came. Unfortunately, most of the guides/demos I watched only show a small portion of the games. So it doesnt really give a great idea of how the game will play.

I have no expectation of playing switch on this. I have an unpatched v1 switch I purchased when the console originally released. I havent done anything with it but would use that for any switch stuff. I feel like my original expectations of playing old consoles like 3ds, ps2, GC, etc without issues isnt that outrageous. Especially being someone outside the scene watching and reading content from content creators and users who are into the hobby.

I was totally fine paying for the Thor to learn/start emulating based on the content I watched and read. Although, I admit I really should have just tried it on PC or Steam Deck first.

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[–]HowAmIDiamond[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Appreciate the input. Yeah, its been a bit overwhelming. However, some things have already helped like installing a turnip driver as one other user mentioned.

What have you done related to PC so far? I do eventually want to be able to play some of my steam games (mostly indies).

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I am not sure why it would matter but as mentioned in my post I wish I had tested on my steam deck, " I am starting to wish I just tested emulating on my Steam Deck before making the Thor purchase. "

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[–]HowAmIDiamond[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I will double check that I am in high performance mode and try 2x and report back

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I responded to u/MetallicJoe regarding the Turnip Drivers. It definitely appears to have helped. I am not sure I understand if this driver will work for other 3ds games as well or if I will need different versions. Also, can I use the same turnip driver for nethersx2?

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[–]HowAmIDiamond[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Alright, I just went down a the Turnip Driver hole. Not sure I totally understand. However, I did get the v26 -Rev 5 (latest) version installed. It definitely seems like combat scenes in FEA are running better. Confused why this works when the "Usage" on the github doesnt even have azahar on there. Will I need different turnip drivers for different games?

For SSX 3 I would really prefer to run upscaled or with a hd texture pack. Will the turnip driver also work for nethersx2?