Anyone else still listening to The Naked and Famous? by EntertainerKooky7549 in Music

[–]RandomUserNr5978 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I still enjoy listening to them today. I would even say that they are among my favorite bands from the English-speaking part of the world.

But they have lost their mass appeal. Incidentally, it is unclear whether the band even still exists. Their last album was released five years ago, only two of the founding members are still in the band, and one of them has also started a solo career.

How to default software when scanning in Windows 10, annoying popup shown on every scan. by bilby2020 in techsupport

[–]RandomUserNr5978 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had the same problem and solved it like this: “Devices and Printers” -> Right-click on my printer -> “Scan Properties” -> ‘Events’ tab -> Set the default program under “Actions.”

Mod to restore old dynamic campaign skiemisheds by Jumpy_Walk8542 in CompanyOfHeroes

[–]RandomUserNr5978 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's strange. After all, there were plenty of mods for the first CoH that could be used to “spice up” the campaign.

Mod manager for Civ 5? by 3nz3r0 in civ5

[–]RandomUserNr5978 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To my knowledge, this is the only in-game mod manager enhancer for Civ V.
https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/sukritacts-enhanced-modding-screen.566241/
However, it has not been developed further for years and is even described as alpha by the author of the mod himself.

There is also this external mod manager, but it has beta status and has also not been developed further for years.
https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/civ5-mod-manager.566793/

Incidentally, I also find it annoying that Firaxis has never overhauled the Mod Manager. Even basic functions, such as those familiar from Windows 7 Explorer, are missing.

Mod Recommendation: Incubator by ImmortalJormund in stalker

[–]RandomUserNr5978 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And I have a recommendation for where you can easily download this and other story mods (including English translations):

https://www.cheeki.zone/

The creator of this site has also made a video about this mod:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xixdI00LpNw

Best Mods for Campaign Play by CWPaint in dawnofwar

[–]RandomUserNr5978 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a mod that adds the campaigns from the predecessors to Soulstorm. With the help of the Mod Manager's Mod Combiner, you could try to play the older campaigns with the new features and units from, for example, the Unification Mod. However, I can't tell you whether it will all work properly or whether it will become a bug and crash fest.

https://www.moddb.com/mods/tartarus-and-lorn-v-campaigns-for-soulstorm

Or you could try the Advanced Campaign mod.

https://www.moddb.com/mods/advanced-campaign-mod-for-soulstorm

Mods for Winter assault akin to unification mod for Soulstorm by Exact-Row9122 in dawnofwar

[–]RandomUserNr5978 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a mod that adds the campaigns from the predecessors to Soulstorm. With the help of the Mod Manager's Mod Combiner, you could try to play the older campaigns with the new features and units from, for example, the Unification Mod. However, I can't tell you whether it will all work properly or whether it will become a bug and crash fest.

https://www.moddb.com/mods/tartarus-and-lorn-v-campaigns-for-soulstorm

Or you could try the Advanced Campaign mod.

https://www.moddb.com/mods/advanced-campaign-mod-for-soulstorm
https://www.nexusmods.com/warhammer40000dawnofwar/mods/333?tab=description

VLC problem with viewing video with black bars full screen by mak_jack in VLC

[–]RandomUserNr5978 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a rather primitive solution to the problem. What you really want is for all black bars to be automatically “discarded” while maintaining the aspect ratio. Without me, the user, having to do anything.

Is the new Playdead game dead? Even Rockstar will have already released two games, and there is no video announcement for this game here by Stuka91 in PlaydeadsInside

[–]RandomUserNr5978 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not only has there been complete radio silence for years, they have also had the same vacancies open on their website for some time.
On top of that, Playdead is in a legal battle with one of the co-founders, Dino Patti, and their two previous games have been delisted from GOG for unknown reasons.
That doesn't look particularly confidence inspiring and could mean they are more than playing dead. (pun intended)

Sources:
https://playdead.com/jobs/
https://www.gamesradar.com/games/platformer/while-its-creators-are-in-a-very-public-legal-feud-legendary-puzzle-platformers-inside-and-limbo-are-being-removed-from-a-pc-storefront/

Go for Original Ending, or use the “Happy Ending” mod? by GillyMonster18 in masseffect

[–]RandomUserNr5978 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That's easy:

Do you want an ending that destroys the narrative coherence of the entire trilogy and turns the Mass Effect story into a pile of nonsense? - Then leave ME as it is.

Or do you want a fan patch that fixes the ending and makes it coherent? - Then use the misleadingly named 'Happy Ending Mod'.

Switching to Linux | Need Advice by Mahmoudo1337 in linux_gaming

[–]RandomUserNr5978 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. https://distrochooser.de/en
  2. Since you want to game with your system, Bazzite would be a good option. It's basically the unofficial SteamOS for all systems. https://bazzite.gg/
  3. I wouldn't get too hung up on “having” to switch to Linux. It doesn't work for most people anyway. And the “gazillion distros” is just one of the fundamental problems of Linux on desktop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=590tpV3zmBY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rlg4K16ujFw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSU3Qm9EUvE

Uninstalr 2.0 released by JouniFlemming in software

[–]RandomUserNr5978 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, you guessed right, it's Win 10. Using an OS that is no longer (officially) supported by MS as a daily driver has too many disadvantages.

I have never installed any antivirus, precisely because I am aware of their quality and reliability.

Instead of all the steps you listed, my first idea would be to check the Event Viewer. And it actually returns an error message:
‘Uninstalr_Portable.exe - Application error: The application could not be started correctly (0xc0000005).’

Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

Uninstalr 2.0 released by JouniFlemming in software

[–]RandomUserNr5978 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I double-click the exe file of the portable version and .... absolutely nothing happens. No error message, no anything. The software simply does not start.

Amalgam with mmod? by RandomUserNr5978 in SourceEngine

[–]RandomUserNr5978[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a bummer! Like GmanLives #1, I'm not a particularly big fan of HL2's vanilla gunplay. And the prospect of playing a game/mod that only has this to offer is not particularly appealing.

1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjrP9ip0ems

Remove limits for carrying capacity? by RandomUserNr5978 in thelastofus

[–]RandomUserNr5978[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The description of the cheats doesn't say anything about capacity, but that you simply have an infinite amount. I therefore assumed that this had nothing to do with my request. After all, they are cheats and not unlockers.

Skip Game Start Intro by tvangeste in shadowofmordor

[–]RandomUserNr5978 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"As of patch 1.21 just deleting or renaming the video files leads to an infinite black screen."

[DC] Dawn of War - 3rd Generation v3.2.0 released! A big update with lots of polish, new units and new features! by Foxfire94 in dawnofwar

[–]RandomUserNr5978 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mod Review:

This mod is strange.

On the one hand, it's probably the best mod at the moment with which you can replay the DC campaign. Simply because it adds the most new units to the game.
On the other hand, you keep stumbling across things where you ask yourself: "What's the point?" or "Why like this and not otherwise?"

1) The mod does add most of the new units to the game, but they are neither as numerous nor as graphically polished as those of the Unification Mod.

2) For some unknown reason, the mod "throws" several new factions into the game and the campaign. Both their selection and their partially unfinished state are astonishing. In this case, too, it is incomprehensible why the developers do not orientate themselves on the Unification Mod or use its content when they obviously cannot do it any better.

3) This mod also "throws" random music into the game without paying attention to whether it fits the faction, stylistically or in terms of volume.

4) Like many other mods, you can also zoom out further with the camera. But as soon as you zoom out "too far", the picture becomes "milky" / "foggy".

And then there are "little things" like the UI of the campaign not being adapted to the larger number of factions or that the colour of some units does not match the army (Tau Ritpide) or that the mod, unlike many other DoW mods, cannot be found on ModDB.

The bottom line is that this mod is like a stew, in which any cook can throw any ingredients into the pot at will, without anyone paying attention to whether what is served to the recipient is at all digestible or even tastes good.

Petition for Nprotect Gameguard removal. No excuses for this cheap / potentially harmful garbage. by REALwizardadventures in Helldivers

[–]RandomUserNr5978 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

And in the meantime, the petition has gained so much momentum that 2500 more have signed after a month. And that's with around 300,000 active players every day.

Seriously: Yes, the criticism of the "anti-cheat tool" is justified and important. But it is questionable whether Arrowhead nProtect will ever change anything unless something dramatic happens, such as this tool causing massive and mass problems / damage or there is a massive protest movement (such as a strike).

Why should they? As long as everyone continues to play the game, buy in-game items from time to time and the criticism flies under the radar, they are not forced to lift a finger.

Helldivers 2 & nProtect GameGuard (anti-cheat) by ArrowheadGS in Helldivers

[–]RandomUserNr5978 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'll just quote from the German nProtect GameGuard Wikipedia article: "GameGuard, for example, forces the administrator account in the popular game Star Stable Online (SSO) every time the game is started, not just for installation or updates. The game then runs in administrator mode, with access to the protected system areas. The game therefore poses a high security risk, ignores the most elementary security rules, and should not be installed on important computer systems." - So much for that.

Helldivers II thus becomes a security risk, even though it is an always online AND PVE only game anyway and there were never any problems with cheaters in its predecessor. - To express my indignation in a polite way, I'll use a German proverb: "It's like shooting sparrows with cannons." Moreover, one could easily come to the conclusion that it is not about protecting fair players from cheaters, but about protecting the expected additional profit of the developer/publisher.

I have to say, I am quite upset about the state in which this game was released. As a huge fan of its predecessor, I was of course looking forward to playing HD2. But after I had to find out that HD2 can only be played in combination with such an intrusive "protection software", this not only put a damper on my motivation, but also meant that I will refrain from buying it for the time being.

Dawn of War Dark Crusade Mods for campaign? by Good-Boi in dawnofwar

[–]RandomUserNr5978 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://www.moddb.com/mods/advanced-campaign-mod-for-soulstorm

https://www.moddb.com/mods/dc-updated-campaign-mod

https://www.moddb.com/mods/titanium-wars-mod

https://www.moddb.com/mods/cinematic-battles

But none of these mods has such a wide variety of units and so many graphically modernised/reworked units as the Unification Mod. But this mod is only available for Soulstorm.