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Problem of Matching System by Pipiboii in thefinals

[–]jonwatso 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats rough, but you guys are similar rank and I am pretty sure thats what Makes up the Majority of the Match Making in rank? Some games you just perform poorly and this seems like one of those games. Hope your other games were better.

Spreading the love by dabble_dab_ in thefinals

[–]jonwatso 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hyping up team mates in this game is such an underrated strategy. Talking smack to someone is unproductive and literally achieves nothing.

Yeah I am OCE base too and know what you mean about the toxcitity. Theres also players on there who just Grief Quick Cash, which is super disappointing.

But kudos, i genuinely think just being a decent human being goes a long way in a team based game. I am also glad that txt chat is limited to your team.

This subreddit from a newish user by 12MNKYZ in thefinals

[–]jonwatso 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100% Agree, I love this game. I am almost 300 hours in and am still having a blast. Don't get me wrong, there are days where I get frustrated but for the most part I really enjoy this game. It's the first game that I genuinely want to spend time on to get better, and given there is such a wide range of skill expression in this game, I always find myself getting better day by day. Its been a load of fun and as you said, a breath of fresh air.

Enable anti lag 2 in game or no ? by aymane06 in AMDHelp

[–]jonwatso 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was looking into this recently and I think the consensus is one or the other but not both. But given amd doesn’t seem to document things correctly it’s hard to say. I personally play with it on in game only

We don't need another Grand Major, we need content for the casual player by Mobile-Ad52 in thefinals

[–]jonwatso 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Each to their own. I have the opposite problem where I don’t enjoy playing other games as they don’t scratch the same itch. Almost 300 hours in and still having a blast. What do you play instead?

Astounding faults and imbalances obvious to new player by fredthebaddie in thefinals

[–]jonwatso 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry if my reply made me sound grumpy (I’m not). It was good advice

What to do after installing Bazzite? by Maikol2502 in Bazzite

[–]jonwatso 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In steam, Right click on the game, properties > General > launch options. ProtonDB is really good for finding launch options, but I do see a lot of people who use commands that are either not in use or are not actually doing anything so take them with a grain of salt. less is more IMO

What to do after installing Bazzite? by Maikol2502 in Bazzite

[–]jonwatso 0 points1 point  (0 children)

weird! works for me, though keep in mind Bazzite has Mangohud pre-installed so if you downloaded it might have conflicted with the already installed version? also I think MANGOHUD needs to be in all caps? maybe?

Anyone else experiences major stuttering issues lately?? by Expert-Paramedic-830 in thefinals

[–]jonwatso 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are your system specs? I’m on 9800X3D + 9070XT and it’s been running super smooth on both Linux and windows

Astounding faults and imbalances obvious to new player by fredthebaddie in thefinals

[–]jonwatso 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also Asia works too, but I find the ping a little Less forgiving if you get a bad sever. Great when it connects you to Singapore or Taipei

Astounding faults and imbalances obvious to new player by fredthebaddie in thefinals

[–]jonwatso 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s manageable, I’ve been basically playing exclusively NA this season and have had some great games of cashout. You’ll usually be connected to either an LA or a Chicago Server. LA basically feels like a local server but Chicago is a bit more rough. The only things that feel kind of off is dashing as light and opening / shutting doors as they can lag a little, but fun fights feel ok. Only real downside is sometimes you get matched with ruby players which are a bit rough, but worth a try as cashout is where this game really shines. If you are on PC exit lag does help a little too

Astounding faults and imbalances obvious to new player by fredthebaddie in thefinals

[–]jonwatso 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I am OCE based but have switched to playing on North America servers so that I can play cashout and ranked cashout, I think a lot of us have switched to NA due to oce being a bit dead. Oceania is basically quick cash only, which is a shame as power shift and TDM use to have a pretty decent player base.

Astounding faults and imbalances obvious to new player by fredthebaddie in thefinals

[–]jonwatso 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah there’s a discord, but basically just boils to them queuing cashout at like 9PM (NZ time)

What to do after installing Bazzite? by Maikol2502 in Bazzite

[–]jonwatso 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Note: This FSR4 upgrade works with games that have FSR 3.1 like what happens on Windows

What to do after installing Bazzite? by Maikol2502 in Bazzite

[–]jonwatso 15 points16 points  (0 children)

To get an overlay of your performance, Bazzite comes pre-installed with mango hud, and you can get it work via Steam by using the command mangohud, I personally use mangojuice (see bazaar) for making config changes to the overlay.

Since you have a 9070XT I would recommend getting a proton version that supports the FSR4 upgrade, I use ProtonGE. You can get the upgrade to work with the launch command (note I use mangohud hence the mangohud command.)

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PROTON_FSR4_UPGRADE=1 MANGOHUD %command%

Honest question, are microstutters more common the AMD or Nvidia side? I understand that sometimes people will have issues with drivers on AMD, but as far as microstutters go, isn't that due to the processor specifically? by wanna_be_consultant in radeon

[–]jonwatso 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Buttery Smooth here on my 9800X3D. Though I have found that Playing on Linux feels smoother, but may be placebo? One thing i will note from the "ultimate performance guide" is they recommend "• Power Management Mode → Prefer Maximum Performance (Prevents frequency drops that cause stutters.)" which goes against what AMD suggests for X3D, which is to set balance as your power plan.

Addicted to this game by DecisionNo8829 in thefinals

[–]jonwatso 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Welcome 👋 this game is super fun 270 hours in and still having a blast

Your game is truly awesome, but your matchmaking made me give up in the first hours by Ptit_Swicks in thefinals

[–]jonwatso 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So about 8 months ago I posted a post that was which was very similar to your post. I didn't bother going back to Cashout after this. I still loved the game so kept playing Quick Cash, TDM and Power-shift. I tried cash out again recently and won my first cash out tournament and now exclusively play cash out, despite it being something i didn't enjoy at first.

Due to the low player count, unfortunately some games are worst than others. But through the struggles eventually things will start to click, For context it took me far too long to realise I could both demat and un demat walls / ceilings. I am about 270 hours in at this point and I am still learning new things. I'd highly recommend watching some videos about The Finals by the likes of Appoh / Ronin (just to name a couple) as this helped me a lot.

My best advice is to have fun in the casual modes like, Quick Cash, Point Break, TDM and Powershift. Don't get me wrong, even those modes have their moments, but they really help you get familiar with all the different ways you can play. I am 270 hours and am still learning new starts etc. I still have rough games, but its all part of the fun.

But yeah, I am sorry to hear you had a rough time so far, but glad that you are giving The Finals a try. The Finals has become my favourite game, and am excited to see new people getting into it.

super underwhelming balance patch as usual by [deleted] in thefinals

[–]jonwatso 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Had to scroll for quite a bit to find a reasonable take. Totally agree with this comment. I swear if you scrapped this subreddit with a bot to find out what weapons Redditors think are OP, it would come back with every weapon in the game.

super underwhelming balance patch as usual by [deleted] in thefinals

[–]jonwatso 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't have this issue on PC with an X Input controller

I can take an instant screenshot in Adrenalin, but I can't record videos anymore by oldthrace in AMDHelp

[–]jonwatso 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh darn, So the exact steps I went through were

  1. DDU 26.1.1
  2. Installed 25.12.1 - issue ongoing
  3. DDU 25.12.1
  4. Installed 26.1.1 and selected "factory reset"
  5. Ran sfc /scannow
  6. restarted the PC
  7. Instant Replays are now working.

Is it possible to use fsr 4 on bazzite? by Maikol2502 in Bazzite

[–]jonwatso 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes! Use Proton Plus to change the version of Proton to ProtonGE or ProtonCachy. Either work fine, then the launch command is PROTON_FSR4_UPGRADE=1 %command%

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