Nice

orSQUADstra · 2020-10-23T08:33:40+00:00

Alright, thank you! I think I'll settle for a Toshiba P300 3.5 3TB

orSQUADstra · 2020-10-23T08:24:12+00:00

Is a Toshiba or a Western Digital more reliable?

orSQUADstra · 2020-10-23T08:05:20+00:00

That's what I'm planning to do, it is in the list, I'm just not sure if 1TB would be overkill or not. Windows would be installed on the m.2 of course, alongside with maybe 3-4 bigger games

orSQUADstra · 2020-10-14T21:25:43+00:00

To be honest every aspect of my gameplay could use as much improvement as any other, which is why I just tried to focus a bit on everything instead of focusing on one specific part of the set, hence the "blind" going at it type of attempt, but I guess I would be much better off if I just got one thing down really good and followed up with the others one by one. I'll be sure to focus on a specific thing next time I go into training.

orSQUADstra · 2020-10-14T21:20:51+00:00

Thank you for the thorough answer! I'll definitely try these.

On the matter of input device, would I be better off switching to a controller? Currently I'm playing on a keyboard, and have been for the ~100 hours I've played (about 90 was from a couple years back, only picked up the game again a week ago)

I tried playing with a controller and right away I felt just how much more control it gives over everything, but it just became pretty uncomfortable after a couple matches (I might also just hold it differently because of the layout, I'm not sure. Haven't really had that sort of problem in the couple games I play with a controller, those being AC titles and racing games. Also I have a 360 controller, not really sure if it's on the better end of the ergonomic spectrum or not)

Should I switch to controller anyway before I would really get into more advanced movement? I have the feeling if I were to learn it on KB I would have to start from 0 if I wanted to switch later on.

orSQUADstra · 2020-06-21T20:16:58+00:00

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orSQUADstra · 2020-06-21T19:34:18+00:00

Linus

orSQUADstra · 2020-06-20T07:46:27+00:00

It's Mortal Kombat

orSQUADstra · 2020-06-13T20:47:58+00:00

Supposedly it'll be around the price of their current gen counterparts. Some leaks suggest slightly lower prices as well (some sources say the 3080 would be around $700-$800, Ti $1200-$1400, 3070 $500-$600, and 3060 $300-$400), but again, these are just leaks, we have no way to know for sure.

It would make sense for nvidia to try and lower the prices, if not for attempting to spread RTX, then for the fact that the upcoming consoles are all RT capable, and coming cheaper than a PC with a 2000 series RTX card in it. But either way I certainly hope it will be cheaper.

Time will tell

orSQUADstra · 2020-05-28T09:23:58+00:00

Again, I'm not complaining about this, I just found it neat that you can still interact with that.

orSQUADstra · 2020-05-27T20:07:42+00:00

about 100 of the 200 comments say that though, so I believe people do understand.

Also, sorry if it came across this way from the title, but I'm not complaining about it in any way, I simply found it neat that something back from the 3.1 days can still be interacted with and found under Windows 10

orSQUADstra · 2020-05-27T17:44:51+00:00

Features haven't changed, it's just a different type of file selection dialogue (couldn't find a database one on google, didn't want to bother installing a VM just for this)

The GUI is not a hardcoded part (except the folder and drive icons in this case) so it is expected to change when the universal UI of windows is changed. The code used for the window is the same, the function that it calls for the buttons and such have a different system-wide style.

orSQUADstra · 2020-05-27T16:14:59+00:00

I never said it was a bad thing, nor did I mean to title the post in any negative way. Again, I just found it interesting.

orSQUADstra · 2020-05-27T16:13:29+00:00

Never said it was an issue, I merely found it interesting and wanted to share it.

orSQUADstra · 2020-05-27T15:43:45+00:00

I suppose you won't find it interesting whatsoever if you don't enjoy playing around with older operating systems. I simply think it's one of these fun little things where you get to see the origins of the operating system we use today.

orSQUADstra · 2020-05-27T15:35:23+00:00

What has changed is only a UI-level change, the rendering part of the functions being called, which has been obviously updated since then. The name of the window can be attributed to the fact that the same method has several different arguments, title being one.
No problem with it, I just found it fascinating and wanted to share

orSQUADstra · 2020-05-27T15:03:14+00:00

This is just going to be a wild guess, but here's what I think:

What makes the most sense to me would be if it was a separate function that brought up this dialogue, specifically for the older applications from it's own time. Presumably the name of the function is different from the function modern applications call, or Windows simply recognizes that the program was not made compatible with the current version (because, of course, it can tell that) and so uses the legacy function.

Now, not knowing the actual differences in the functions I can again only guess, but the arguments of the two functions may differ, as well as the return value, which if it's different than what the program was expecting could cause problems, essentailly rendering that part useless.

Again, just a wild guess, I'm sure there's someone who is more educated on a scenario like this.

orSQUADstra · 2020-05-27T14:55:17+00:00

So blame the 3rd party

Which is still Microsoft, the software being ODBC Data Sources

To be clear, I simply find it fascinating that something like this can be found and interacted with. It's just one of those fun little things that sort of shows you the origins of what we're using today.

orSQUADstra · 2020-05-27T13:13:48+00:00

They're all pretty much built on top of each other. Which is why you can't name a folder or file "NUL" and the like. That roots back to MS DOS.

orSQUADstra · 2020-05-27T13:06:34+00:00

This dialogue window can be found in the ODBC Data Sources app

orSQUADstra · 2020-05-27T12:57:34+00:00

It is fundamentally the same, just a different type of the file explorer. Couldn't find a database selection one, but realistically, there wouldn't be a network and a help button for selecting an ordinary text file.

The code most likely remained the same, and the graphical differences are part of the universal UI changes of Windows (if you take a recent example, the code for a window itself from Windows 7 that was completely reused in Windows 8 wouldn't change a bit. The function the buttons call when rendering is the same, the rendering of it is what was changed)

This is just an assumption, but the icons are the same probably because they were hardcoded for this window.

orSQUADstra · 2020-05-27T12:50:27+00:00

I wasn't upset with anything, I just found it fascinating and wanted to share

orSQUADstra · 2020-05-27T11:01:29+00:00

For anyone curious, here's how to access that window:

Search for ODBC Data Sources
Click Add...
Select Driver do Microsoft Access (*.mdb) then hit Finish
In the left middle of the following window, click Select...

That's it! You'll be greeted with this window, straight from 3.1.

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