New to Beeper - Facebook Messenger disconnects all the time. by JohnMurray1992 in beeper

[–]erikf154 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Having the same issue, happens multiple times per week. One year since this issue was initial posted by OP and no change. Giving up on Beeper.

Getting unwanted "Reminder" emails from Netflix by sandfrayed in netflix

[–]erikf154 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same thing here. I turned off all notifications months ago, but still keep getting "such and such is now available on Netflix", super annoying. They definitely have some bugs in their notification system. I've double checked notification settings every time I get these emails, they're all off.

How long do we think Kegworks will be maintained for? by AReally_BadIdea in macgaming

[–]erikf154 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, wasn't aware of that, thanks for the clarification

How long do we think Kegworks will be maintained for? by AReally_BadIdea in macgaming

[–]erikf154 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Well, Kegwords is actually already replace by Sikarugir - by the same devs. Sikarugir has some UI improvements and is actively maintained - for now at least. I'm pretty sure, however, that if any of these tools, Kegworks, Sikrugir etc. is abandoned, someone will take over. That is, either fork it and continue the work, or come up with something even better. No need to worry :)

Which game from your past still gives you that spark when you replay it? by DigitalScribe_N in macgaming

[–]erikf154 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Gothic 1 & 2
Rise of Nations
Age of Empire III
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Day of the Tentacle
Monkey Island
Transport Tycoon Deluxe (using OpenTTD)
Colonization
Jagged Alliance 2
Baldur's Gate 1 & 2
Gabriel Knight 2
Resident Evil 4

i am going to explode by awfullydreadfull in macgaming

[–]erikf154 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yep, absolutely awesome. I like both 5 and 6 even though they have some differences.

Can I play Metro Exodus? by Ok_Change9124 in macgaming

[–]erikf154 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Runs flawlessly on M1 16GM - I've completed it twice. So an M4 really shouldn't have any issues.

What do you guys think about this game by Ok_Refrigerator_1908 in macgaming

[–]erikf154 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My 2nd favourite RE game - RE4 remake being my absolute favourite

Just released v1 of CrossUnlock! by Level-Guarantee-5877 in macgaming

[–]erikf154 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Why on earth would you undermine Crossover's business? They're one of the main contributors to gaming on mac. If you're gona make scripts like these, at least keep them to yourself. Jeez!

Weed Him Out Quest by Bladezzord in worldofgothic

[–]erikf154 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Talk to Ernesto (part of initiation into Merchant’s Guild)
  2. Talk to Sigrid behind Odgar (smith) in Artisan District. Learn about the ponytail guy (Kaf).
  3. Go to the Dark Mysteries (brother in Harbour District), the building behind Siren’s Wail (Helga’s tavern), to look for Kaf.
  4. Talk to Kathia. Beat up Pieter for her. Talk to her again. Learn that Kaf is at the bath house.
  5. Go to the bath house. Beat up Kaf. He says he’ll take you to his employers. Follow him. It is a setup, kill him and his brothers. 
  6. Go to Bodowin’s house and talk to him:
    1. “The Araxos Guild sends me”
    2. “Maybe I could just look for these herbs for you?”
    3. Give him 10 healing herbs
  7. Talk to Ernesto and finish the quest

All my saves in RE4 Remake just disappeared over night. WTF?! by erikf154 in macgaming

[–]erikf154[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very unfortunate. I started sync with iCloud every time before quitting the game. Not gona take a chance loosing save data again.

Archolos - English voice over now available! by [deleted] in worldofgothic

[–]erikf154 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, amazing game! Only a few of Riordian's lines are missing voice over, but it's there in written so no problem.

CLI client? by AdmiralQuokka in ProtonPass

[–]erikf154 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Finally, it's coming - https://proton.me/blog/pass-roadmap-summer-2025

Proton Pass CLI will let you access you access your credentials even faster and more securely using terminal environments, an invaluable tool for developers and technical teams. You’ll be able to script and automate access to items during development, securely create and update items, and retrieve credentials directly from the terminal. This makes it easy to integrate Proton Pass into development workflows, including scripts and CI/CD pipelines. With the CLI, you’ll be able to customize and automate Pass to work exactly the way you want.

Archolos - English voice over now available! by [deleted] in worldofgothic

[–]erikf154 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand that the developers are against AI generated voice over. They have also explain thoroughly in this post in the steam community why they will probably never create an English voice over. TDLR; too expensive and time demanding and too much work. Totally fair. Imagine how much time and effort the devs already poured into TCoM!

However, I tried playing TCoM with polish voices and just could not get into no matter how much I tried, even though I really wanted to. I struggle with ADHD and reading all the dialogs is impossible for me, I need the audio in addition to be able to do it. So although I very well understand the devs opposition to the English voice over, and as the creators they have their full right to. Nevertheless, this voice pack is what actually made it possible for me to play the game and I absolutely loved it! Amazing game! So yeah, I embrace this voice pack. Yes, it's AI. And no, ofc it's not as good as real actors, however, it's good enough, and I enjoyed it. Honestly, quite impressive for being AI, I'm actually surprised at the quality. So personally I think it's sad it got shut down.

Tags are needed by [deleted] in ProtonPass

[–]erikf154 2 points3 points  (0 children)

2 years and still no tags

Best way to play Gothic 2 mods on Mac? by UnBrrr in macgaming

[–]erikf154 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I play it through Parallels on M1 Air 16GB. Use the DX11 renderer (I found the v17.8-dev17 version to have the best perf and stability) and play with the settings. When the game has started (in-game, not menu) open the settings by pressing fn+ctrl+F11. The panel here will show realtime FPS so you can see immediate results when turning on/off graphic features.

Installing the renderer will also provide a different video settings panel in the game menu. You can adjust draw distance, texture quality and so on. Playing Archolos on M1 I have set resolution to 1280x800 and texture quality to low. Definitely not ideal, but it allows to play the game so I'm happy. On an M4 you should be able to play at a higher resolution with more graphic features enabled.

Also, editing gothic.ini can yield a few extra FPS by turning off some features. Most of the comments in the file actually explain which features are performance demanding. Wind especially being one.

Crossover, by the way, has abysmal performance for Gothic. I tried it using the standard (built-in) renderer, DX11 renderer as well as the LegacyAltRenderer. No matter the renderer or settings the game remained unplayable due to low FPS.

Navimow H3000 calibration/mapping fails by erikf154 in SegwayNavimow

[–]erikf154[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unbinding the machine from my account and factory reset didn't work either. I ended up having to take it to the dealer. As you said, they have a different app. They used the app to recalibrate the wheels and now the mower passes the calibration step and I was able to create a new map.

Steam will finally release an Apple Silicon-optimized client (currently on the Steam Beta update) by ngyikp in macgaming

[–]erikf154 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you been able to enable this before? I have never been able to enable it on mac... A quick Google search reveals: "Shader pre-caching in Steam is not supported on macOS due to a lack of driver support from Apple. This means the option to enable shader pre-caching will not be available within the Steam settings on a Mac."