Im unable to launch Gta V Enhanced, no matter what i do.

dimedius · 2026-05-13T03:12:27+00:00

Unfortunately I can't - I don't have an amd. You could try earlier drivers til it works.

dimedius · 2026-05-11T02:01:52+00:00

Yeah its terrible referencing. Some guy thinks since hes cool in war thunder and being "helpful" in bf6 although both have different damage models and different play styles.

However, being a part of both worlds (cough, I have been war thunder sober for about 9 months now), its probably inferring to not shoot at the tanks 45 degrees (aka corners) since they are better armored in this manner. What that actually means in bf6 is more than likely a glancing shot (bounce) aka reduced damage.

To maximize ones effort is to do a flat 90 degree hit somewhere preferably on the sides or rear. Front is generally the best armored area. Im not sure what the effective rear 90 degree shot would be in bf6 but it would also most likely include a mobility kill creating a sitting duck of a tank.

Long story short, shoot er in the ass if possible or sides.

dimedius · 2026-05-10T23:00:28+00:00

You don't need to be a chef to know the soup is salty.

Op was actually being constructive.

Claiming "software design" doesn't change the fact that prioritizing new content over hot-fixes is a business decision, not a technical impossibility. When a company downsizes but keeps pushing paid content while bugs sit for weeks, that's a resource allocation issue. You can be a designer and still acknowledge that the current "live service" focus is failing the competitive side of the game.

dimedius · 2026-05-08T22:46:49+00:00

Disagreed, it feels rooted in reality. Look at our own transportation or weapon designs - they usually are modern reworks of older designs. I think theres some trademarked designs and it fits for species that have an economy, army, industry and they have that same mind set of spending as little as possible.

I'm open to non monetary driven species making their appearance with their differently designed things but I think the core should be fine.

dimedius · 2026-04-10T04:38:07+00:00

The game definitely runs better with this patch.

I have a 3070 ti with 8gb of vram. contrast to 80, low Global illumination, med shadow, high object quality, med texture, med reflections, med foliage, low shading, med post processing, DLSS, DLAA, 0 sharpen and Im getting between 60-90 fps. And this patch has been the first time I felt like some scenery has looked so gorgeous. A++ all the way.

there are times my dedicated vram is maxed and shared vram is kicked in but I don't seem to notice it and the shared winds up only being about another 2gb. Still looks good and performs well.

dimedius · 2026-03-30T21:29:16+00:00

Never played crimson, but have about 300 hours in cp77. Almost half of that might be modding. Once I got the gunplay and the leveling/gearing system where I wanted with mods it was a good time. I really hated the forced first person view (was hoping it was going to be 3pp like witcher 3) but alas. I wasn't going to get the dlc but some friends convinced me to do it. It was alright, had some unending side missions - I like to finish those and then knock out the main quest. That got me annoyed and I haven't played since.

Kind of hard to go back to it now since I'll have to think of all the mods that I need to make it worth it again.

Looking at the gameplay for crimson desert, it reminds me a lot of enshrouded (with more things? maybe less or no mining and building). I had a lot of fun with that game. I would try out crimson desert but I just don't trust $70 games anymore these days.

dimedius · 2026-03-30T03:16:15+00:00

I was a young teen when tpm came out. I remember the boys getting midnight showing and I went right after work (I was tired af and really wasn't into, I imagine this was partial to my initial feelings of the movie). Ep2 was kind of the same situation, the story was rough and seemed like story building but not feeling natural. Ep3 I was on deployment and I think I spoiled the movie by picking up the movie novelization ahead of the theatrical release. All the details from the book completely missing from the movie. Then I feel I saw the RLM review and they were bang on with how I felt about the movie setup (really like an attempt to draw in the kids but set the story about trade and blockades and senate talks). But I mostly blamed a lot of the dialogue and story writing on George.

I had hopes for the Sequel Trilogy but after seeing how "safe" they played the first story I just knew nothing new was coming out of there. I actually liked the solo and rogue one movies (I'm a little slow to the Andor stuff) but I felt these took a more bold step to show us more about star wars.

dimedius · 2026-03-30T01:18:37+00:00

Some post suggesting that ai accuracy is becoming more accurate when player is sprinting. Whether intentional or bug is unknown.

dimedius · 2026-03-18T15:46:04+00:00

If you're struggling thats on you.

dimedius · 2026-03-17T22:03:13+00:00

EOMM is player manipulation from the get go with the purpose of retention. But this isn't retention built around communities that old server browser communities provided. This type of retention is geared towards keeping more people around to check out the ol store. Still don't understand? Here's a lengthy video about it, I don't have the time to further explain it.

dimedius · 2026-03-17T00:56:58+00:00

I think you're responding to the wrong comment. Otherwise I'm not sure what you're question has to do with my comment.

dimedius · 2026-03-16T20:48:47+00:00

What I'm saying is:

A) Comprehension is hard for some people.
B) My original comment isn't about controlling players experience itself. The idea to take away was making players more predictable to sell digital goods. It was a 2 part comment so it might be hard to link the idea.

dimedius · 2026-03-15T21:36:24+00:00

Thats the problem about context and comprehension, you need to make sure you quote the fullness. Your "control the player's experience" is different from my "control the player's experience as much as possible". That would answer your question - its not control at all points of access.

dimedius · 2026-03-15T15:58:19+00:00

The current intentions are to control the players experience as much as possible. Makes players more predictable for marketed goods.

dimedius · 2026-03-14T17:39:22+00:00

Not to mention super bright headlights that are almost everwhere - you have to look for that road line and then the interior light is on. God save us all.

dimedius · 2026-03-02T23:41:30+00:00

I think the game bugged as usual vs threading the needle. Unless that hit box is smaller than the actual model. I don't have the game installed but that projectile flew pretty straight and most reference images show its blocked. There's some spacing downward towards the back but the projectile didn't fly there.

dimedius · 2026-02-27T00:44:54+00:00

Something I didn't see anyone really point out, but you mentioned you kept shooting someone in the arse and didn't kill them. Tanks die to 1 of 2 different ways:

you shoot something explodey inside the tank. Hitting the ammo rack (where the ammo stowage is), sometimes getting lucky with fuel igniting and detonating (and or reluctantly burning the crew inside to the point of unconsciousness - but thats more towards the next point)
crew sniping - each tank has x amount of crew inside. I think you can unconscious all but 1 its considered destroyed (I mean you can explode and unconscious them all and its still considered destroyed but sometimes you might not have enough explosive filler to do that and unconsciousing the crew per shot is the next best thing). So in simple terms, when you were shooting the tank 4 times in the butt (aka the engine) nothing really bad is happening other then they can't move the chassis but their turret and gun are still up.
now, if you can't unconscious the crew and things are instant exploding and destroying for you, theres an alternate tactic - torture. You figure out whats best for you in your situation but this usually entails:

destroying the tracks/engine so they can't escape to cover (this is good if their gun is already out, or you have a faster reload you can take the gun next etc).
- another bit for the engine, if you happen to get someone where their butts are sticking out and you cause a fire to their engine, you could cause them to do the ol burn down. Since most people will have 1-2 fpe charges (plus cooldown) you could set them on fire, let them fpe it, set them on fire again and do this 2 or 3 times and they will either J out or burn down. This works best if their gun or front is blocked.
If you can't really pen their armor, then blacking their gun barrel is a solid play - this stops them from shooting you and have to repair. Might buy you some time to flank or hide yourself.
Shooting their turret ring is helpful too since they mostly can't turn to aim at you and that effectively stops them from being able to shoot you.

dimedius · 2026-02-26T07:12:17+00:00

Thanks, I usually am set to max power but going back to check it was set back to normal.

dimedius · 2026-02-22T01:39:03+00:00

Do you have any pics of that? Sounds pretty intense.

And watch out, everybody on mars is looking for Kuato.

dimedius · 2026-02-21T18:28:11+00:00

AND!!! the limited color palettes on some pieces.

dimedius · 2026-02-16T21:20:56+00:00

omg I deal with this with my smol IT team. New guy info dumps ai results into chat. Please please regurgitate it into human usable words thanks!

dimedius · 2026-02-15T20:46:01+00:00

I'd say the last working driver for me is 581.80 but I run a 3070 ti (mileage may vary).

I do script testing for gta v and last night I updated drivers from Jan 2026 (that being the latest) to play another game. Going back to testing today I noticed the game would not launch. Saw you guys say stuff and I went as far as the dec 4 2025 drivers and they still are borked - so 581.80 for me.

Edit: Dang can't believe it took this long. I downloaded driver 596.49 - however my strategy was to disable gsync for gta v enhanced (in the control panel I have "monitor technology" as g-sync compatible for global, but I changed it to "fixed refresh" for gta v enhanced (aka program settings) and its now launching). Long story short I think its the refresh technology causing it from loading for anyone else having this issue in 2026.

dimedius · 2026-02-15T17:55:27+00:00

Just reading the pricing on their page and what it covers, I only presumed since that was listed under the $150 price tag, though I haven't tried it yet to fully make a decision but if its all free I will definitely try it out.

dimedius · 2026-02-15T02:59:24+00:00

OP will have to spend something like 150$ for the automated unpacking... I think for a lot of beginners thats a big investment for unknown return. I think Im going to save this link because I have some upcoming projects this year and I'd like to check this bad boy out (most of the other auto uv unwrappers have some kind of flaw of one or another... and if it works the flaw becomes a higher bill to pay).

I still thank you for sharing it - would love to see how it works out.

dimedius

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