Gaming on Windows 11

kellymac35 · Aug 11, 2021

johnlgalt said:
Yeah, I've tried Stadia and GeForece Now for 'streaming' gaming, and games in Steam, Origin, UibSoft Connect, GoG, Epic, Amazon Luna, Battle.Net, Rockstar Social Club, and .... no, I think that is it thus far.

Wow, that is a lot of platforms. I only have one other GoG and it's not currently installed. How do you like your X570 GODLIKE? I almost chose that board but went with MSI X570 Creation.

johnlgalt · Aug 11, 2021

I love it. It's been a beast, for sure, but it works well.

I'm not so much happy with MSI - their Dragon Center software was OK, but the newer Center software, while it looks nice, is way more buggy. It also loaded up the M-Flash ROM to flash the latest UEFI fw update - but that got hosed i the middle of flashing , and one of my dual BIOS is now pretty much inoperable. MSI wants me to send it in for repair but they ask for 15-35 day turnaround - and no cross shipping. But as soon as I reported what had happened they created the RMA on their own.

All of that tells me that 1) They know that Center is hosing systems when flashing UEFI fw updates and haven't said anything about it, 2) That they expect this to take entirely too long simply because of shipping, and 3) They want to cover the repair cost early on so users will continue to be enamored with them. Whether any of this is actually true or not remains to be seen.

Getting back to games - yeah, I have so many different games that I play here and there, so I have all those different platforms. I'm mostly an Origin gamer (Mass Effect / NFS stuff) and Steam (Skyrim, and tons of other gamews from smaller devs). But I do switch it up, and with the new rig, pretty regularly.

Battle.net is for Diablo - I have them all and will always go back to playing a Diablo game when it suits my fancy. RockStar is for Max Payne, UbiSoft for the Watch Dog series. Basically, every major distributor has a game that I really like to play, so they all get installed.

Of course, it makes for some creative shuffling around, sometimes. Mass Effect trilogy: Remastered takes up a nice 125+ GB on its own. Forza 4 Horizons through XBox Game Pas takes up 80. Even when I have a 1 TB drive dedicated to my OS, it can get eaten up quickly when moving from game to game. Thankfully, with cloud saves and a super-fast gigabit fiber connection, it's not much of an issue anymore.

Dru2 · Aug 11, 2021

johnlgalt said:
As for Cyberpunk - yeah, I ran through it pretty quickly, and have completed it twice with a Nomad origin story (with the last scene being, really, the only difference between the 2 play-throughs. aka the Choice you have to make.

I've started a new character last week with the street rat origin story. it's really different, for sure. It's like a whole new game for me because so many little things are different just because of the origin story.

My first playthrough was a nomad will probably play a nomad again. Anyway, I played the game when it first came out so before all the big fixes.

I do know of one "fix" the did, that I'm not going to like, and that was where you could one-hack a Cyberpyscho and put him/her down. Evidently the game developer felt like that was cheating so they "fixed" that

I forget which hack it was, been awhile since I played, but it was one you could purchase through a ripper doc. It was basically a one shot take down switch the developer never intended. Worked like a champ when hunting Cyberpyscho's - just hit them with that hack and down they went. Never needed to fire a weapon :)

Winuser · Aug 11, 2021

King's Quest on steam runs Ok in Windows 11. When I try to run the very old Escape from Monkey Island it keeps crashing. When I first loaded Monkey Island it ran well. Now it crashes when it tries to start. One of these day's I'm going to try a reinstall and see if that fixes the crashing.

PerpetualCycle · Aug 11, 2021

Been running Metro Exodus, Ghostrunner, Doom. Also run benchmarks on SOTR, tested Cyrsis 3, and of course running Quake3. Ran all the 3dMark benchmarks and all is good here (meaning same as Windows 10). ROG Strix 2070 Super with latest Nvidia drivers.

PerpetualCycle · Aug 11, 2021

Winuser said:
King's Quest on steam runs Ok in Windows 11. When I try to run the very old Escape from Monkey Island it keeps crashing. When I first loaded Monkey Island it ran well. Now it crashes when it tries to start. One of these day's I'm going to try a reinstall and see if that fixes the crashing.

If you haven't already, you could try "verify the integrity of game files..." in the local files tab for the game in steam. A lot less painful than re-downloading.

Winuser · Aug 11, 2021

geneo said:
If you haven't already, you could try "verify the integrity of game files..." in the local files tab for the game in steam. A lot less painful than re-downloading.

Thank you! I didn't know I could do that.

Winuser · Aug 11, 2021

geneo said:
If you haven't already, you could try "verify the integrity of game files..." in the local files tab for the game in steam. A lot less painful than re-downloading.

Escape from Monkey Island is working again. The only changes I know of is the updates for Windows 11.

PerpetualCycle · Aug 11, 2021

Winuser said:
Escape from Monkey Island is working again. The only changes I know of is the updates for Windows 11.

Good it is sorted for you (though you would wish you knew the reason why).

Winuser · Aug 12, 2021

geneo said:
Good it is sorted for you (though you would wish you knew the reason why).

Knowing what the cause was might be a big help if it ever happened again. My original thought was that it had to do with the game being very old.

Slavic · Aug 13, 2021

SWTOR works quite well, even though its client is 32-bit and need to install MSVC Redistributable x86.

johnlgalt · Aug 14, 2021

Dru2 said:
My first playthrough was a nomad will probably play a nomad again. Anyway, I played the game when it first came out so before all the big fixes.

I do know of one "fix" the did, that I'm not going to like, and that was where you could one-hack a Cyberpyscho and put him/her down. Evidently the game developer felt like that was cheating so they "fixed" that

I forget which hack it was, been awhile since I played, but it was one you could purchase through a ripper doc. It was basically a one shot take down switch the developer never intended. Worked like a champ when hunting Cyberpyscho's - just hit them with that hack and down they went. Never needed to fire a weapon :)

They fixed a lot of actual hacks in the game too lol. Like the instant money by opening a drop point and selling items without them actually leaving your inventory......

I installed the game drop day and finished my first run soon after. I had finished up teaching an A+ course not 2 weeks prior, and it was about to start holidays, and I didn't start another course for 2 months, so I had the time to devote. I even had to use nVidia's GeForce Now and stream-play, when the audio bug would make the game slow to a crawl.

I took more time on the second run because I was also playing other games lol. Oh, and doing a bit of work here and there to keep the lights on..... Hard to play a game when you're teaching a class and sharing screens..... :lmao:

(Not that I would even try, to begin with)

Slavic said:
SWTOR works quite well, even though its client is 32-bit and need to install MSVC Redistributable x86.

You can use either of these utilities (I use the first one) to install all the latest updates for all the VC Runtimes in one fell swoop. They get updated regularly, abbodi's when new stuff comes out, and TPU's about every month.

VisualCppRedist AIO by abbodi1406

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Both are currently still doing both x86 and x64.

ShamrockRig · Aug 14, 2021

johnlgalt said:
They fixed a lot of actual hacks in the game too lol. Like the instant money by opening a drop point and selling items without them actually leaving your inventory......

I installed the game drop day and finished my first run soon after. I had finished up teaching an A+ course not 2 weeks prior, and it was about to start holidays, and I didn't start another course for 2 months, so I had the time to devote. I even had to use nVidia's GeForce Now and stream-play, when the audio bug would make the game slow to a crawl.

I took more time on the second run because I was also playing other games lol. Oh, and doing a bit of work here and there to keep the lights on..... Hard to play a game when you're teaching a class and sharing screens.....

(Not that I would even try, to begin with)

You can use either of these utilities (I use the first one) to install all the latest updates for all the VC Runtimes in one fell swoop. They get updated regularly, abbodi's when new stuff comes out, and TPU's about every month.

VisualCppRedist AIO by abbodi1406

From GitHub - abbodi1406/vcredist: AIO Repack for latest Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Runtimes Overview: AIO Repack for latest Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Runtimes, without the original setup bloat payload. Built upon VBCRedist_AIO_x86_x64.exe by @ricktendo64 The process is...

www.elevenforum.com

TPU's Visual C++ Redistributable Runtimes All-in-One

This archive contains the latest version (Feb 2022) of all VCRedist Visual Studio C++ runtimes, installable with a single click by running the included batch file installer. To install, run the included install_all.bat with admin privileges (right click, "Run as administrator") The download...

www.elevenforum.com

Both are currently still doing both x86 and x64.

Think my first playthrough was around 110 hours. That was when the drop point money glitch was there. Tbf I don't see how you could buy everything without it haha. Il play it through again for sure eventually

johnlgalt · Aug 14, 2021

Sounds about right, I'm pretty sure I also broke the 100 hour mark in my first run through alone.

In checking Steam, I currently have ... 378.8 hours total in it. I've only managed a whopping 1.3 hours in the last 2 weeks though lol. Guess I'm slacking....

ShamrockRig · Aug 14, 2021

johnlgalt said:
Sounds about right, I'm pretty sure I also broke the 100 hour mark in my first run through alone.

In checking Steam, I currently have ... 378.8 hours total in it. I've only managed a whopping 1.3 hours in the last 2 weeks though lol. Guess I'm slacking....

Haha It was the only game I was playing at the time. Other than the usual racing sims but I actually enjoyed it. People get so hyped for games then cry when they're expectations aren't met because they've over hyped it for themselves. Publisher obviously has a part in this too. I really enjoyed it at the time probably more so because I didn't get hyped:)

johnlgalt · Aug 14, 2021

Oh, don't get me wrong - I was fully hyped for this game for lots of years. And I'll be the first to admit - the devs dropped the ball massively when releasing the game. It was clunky, and there were too many problems.

1.23 works 10x to 20x times better on my system than the original release. And when it was first released, I didn't have a 4K monitor either, so I was playing on a 1080p monitor, which was not taxing my measly GTX 970 GPU very much.

Now, I'm rendering at 2560 * 1440 and displaying on a 4K screen (3840 * 2160 with HDR enabled) and the game is tons smoother than when rendered and played at 1920 * 1080 with no HDR. With that very same GTX 970. My entiore rig was built last year, and it's the same rig, with the exception of hte 4K monitor, that it was when Cyberpunk came was released. Oh, well, I was also runnign Windows 10, not 11, but ....

But, like you, when it came out, it was the only game I played for at least a couple of months. Hence my pretty quick run through the entire game.

I do love the game, even with all of its issues and some idiosyncrasies. I still, occasionally, get the "V standing up on top of the vehicle" bug when driving insanely fast through the city, but now only in one area, I think - before it was any time in multiple areas of the city lol. It was comical, but also annoying AF. Other minor things, too.

Control, a game I recently focused my attention on because of the 4K panel testing, though, had some issues of its own. Sometimes, rendering at 1920 * 1080 and upscaling to 3840 * 2160 works better, and sometimes rendering at 2560 * 1440 and upscaling works better. Normally, if I am in game and it starts to lag badly, I switch from whichever rendering res I'm currently using to the other and it works fine. Unfortunately, the 970 is woefully underpowered to handle true 4k rendering, but I hope to have a fix for that within a year or so.

Forza Horizon 4 renders beautifully at 4K, and has no hiccups during game play in solo - I haven't really played mp yet, as I just started the game last week after getting my super 2 months for $2 deal from XBGP.

Everything else I have right now is just being used for testing this 4K panel. Otherwise, I'd normally be playing Skyrim or Mass Effect 3. I made a post over at 10F (tenforums) where I listed the various gameplay hours I'd put into my top 5 or 10 games. Mass Effect 3 won by a landslide - I have over ... 1000? hours (yep, just checked - 1057) put into that game lol. I now have the Legendary edition of the trilogy, but I've only made it about 20-25% into ME1 Legendary Edition - I'm trying to create a single character to play through all three sequentially, something I've never been able to do.

And I have much less time now. My teaching duties have increased to 3 different classes. Gotta keep the lights on.

Dru2 · Aug 14, 2021

johnlgalt said:
Sounds about right, I'm pretty sure I also broke the 100 hour mark in my first run through alone.

In checking Steam, I currently have ... 378.8 hours total in it. I've only managed a whopping 1.3 hours in the last 2 weeks though lol. Guess I'm slacking....

I only have 201 hours and only 25 of 44 achievements (not that I chase them).

And I don't remember the money hack, but do remember collecting a lot of worthless gear to sell so I could buy mods :)

Anyway, currently playing game 3 of Mass Effect Legendary edition (just now starting the shore leave quest). Man I love this game

ShamrockRig · Aug 14, 2021

johnlgalt said:
Oh, don't get me wrong - I was fully hyped for this game for lots of years. And I'll be the first to admit - the devs dropped the ball massively when releasing the game. It was clunky, and there were too many problems.

1.23 works 10x to 20x times better on my system than the original release. And when it was first released, I didn't have a 4K monitor either, so I was playing on a 1080p monitor, which was not taxing my measly GTX 970 GPU very much.

Now, I'm rendering at 2560 * 1440 and displaying on a 4K screen (3840 * 2160 with HDR enabled) and the game is tons smoother than when rendered and played at 1920 * 1080 with no HDR. With that very same GTX 970. My entiore rig was built last year, and it's the same rig, with the exception of hte 4K monitor, that it was when Cyberpunk came was released. Oh, well, I was also runnign Windows 10, not 11, but ....

But, like you, when it came out, it was the only game I played for at least a couple of months. Hence my pretty quick run through the entire game.

I do love the game, even with all of its issues and some idiosyncrasies. I still, occasionally, get the "V standing up on top of the vehicle" bug when driving insanely fast through the city, but now only in one area, I think - before it was any time in multiple areas of the city lol. It was comical, but also annoying AF. Other minor things, too.

Control, a game I recently focused my attention on because of the 4K panel testing, though, had some issues of its own. Sometimes, rendering at 1920 * 1080 and upscaling to 3840 * 2160 works better, and sometimes rendering at 2560 * 1440 and upscaling works better. Normally, if I am in game and it starts to lag badly, I switch from whichever rendering res I'm currently using to the other and it works fine. Unfortunately, the 970 is woefully underpowered to handle true 4k rendering, but I hope to have a fix for that within a year or so.

Forza Horizon 4 renders beautifully at 4K, and has no hiccups during game play in solo - I haven't really played mp yet, as I just started the game last week after getting my super 2 months for $2 deal from XBGP.

Everything else I have right now is just being used for testing this 4K panel. Otherwise, I'd normally be playing Skyrim or Mass Effect 3. I made a post over at 10F (tenforums) where I listed the various gameplay hours I'd put into my top 5 or 10 games. Mass Effect 3 won by a landslide - I have over ... 1000? hours (yep, just checked - 1057) put into that game lol. I now have the Legendary edition of the trilogy, but I've only made it about 20-25% into ME1 Legendary Edition - I'm trying to create a single character to play through all three sequentially, something I've never been able to do.

And I have much less time now. My teaching duties have increased to 3 different classes. Gotta keep the lights on.

I think i was running it at either 1440 or 1600p on my first play through with it then scaled to 4k, I just dont get hyped for games anymore im afraid, The hype of some things means that its impossible for it to succeed.
Oh my most hours in a game i think is like just over 5000 in cs go, I put around 600 or 700 hours into football manager yearly too xD

johnlgalt · Aug 14, 2021

Dru2 said:
I only have 201 hours and only 25 of 44 achievements (not that I chase them).

And I don't remember the money hack, but do remember collecting a lot of worthless gear to sell so I could buy mods :)

Anyway, currently playing game 3 of Mass Effect Legendary edition (just now starting the shore leave quest). Man I love this game

I just checked, I'm at 36 / 44 achievements. I bet (and verified it's true) that is only because I don't melee very much lol - I go for the ling shots. IOW I <3 Sniper rifles combined with a lot of cyberhacking. Oh, man, the legendary hacks for hacking opps are few and far between, but if you get them - you're right - that one-stop hack did the trick almost anywhere. I built my character for max stealth, hacking and ... cold blood, I think it was. Friggin lethal.

I think I know which hack you were referring to, cannot remember exact name - but if they have changed it it will make my char build interesting. But there are so many other hacks that work well enough.

Contagion is my absolute fav, as it spreads to nearby enemies, and I think the max is something ridiculous like 8 nearby, if not higher. That became my goto for long range hacking the second time through.

Devlin1888 said:
I think i was running it at either 1440 or 1600p on my first play through with it then scaled to 4k, I just dont get hyped for games anymore im afraid, The hype of some things means that its impossible for it to succeed.
Oh my most hours in a game i think is like just over 5000 in cs go, I put around 600 or 700 hours into football manager yearly too xD

I'm somewhat excited about some of the remakes. I'd love to see Skyrim get officially remastered with all new artwork and graphics - the mods I've seen look amazing. Mass Effect: Legendary Edition *IS* amazing, and I've already pre-ordered Diablo II Remastered as well.

New games, eh, they're OK, bt I'd rather play some of these older games with newer graphics. As I mentioned earlier in this thread, Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit: Remastered looks amazing, too, even if it is Easy as sin to complete all the solo campaigns in career mode. If I can get my controller issues fixed in the Need For Speed reboot, I know that one will look amazing - it looks amazing at 1080p as it is. and Payback I've already done a few play-throughs - but not really on the 4K monitor yet. It upscales well, though, and looks really, really good.

I just got a notification that EA has released a new Origin Desktop app. I've installed it, and it is much, much more aesthetically pleasing than their Origin app (even the Bet aversion, which I'm always running for Origin).

I'm going to clean install Windows 11 on both this machine as well as on my laptop, now, so no real gaming for me today, I think.

Dru2 · Aug 15, 2021

johnlgalt said:
I think I know which hack you were referring to, cannot remember exact name - but if they have changed it it will make my char build interesting. But there are so many other hacks that work well enough.

From patch 1.2. List of Changes, Gameplay section… "Cyberpsychos and minibosses are now immune to Tranquilizer rounds and System Reset Quickhack."

It's the "System Reset Quickhack". You could just target a Cyberphyscho with that hack and take it down without killing it or firing a single shot. It made for quick work in finding and saving them. Now that feature is gone and you have to work to take them down without killing them.

johnlgalt said:
I just got a notification that EA has released a new Origin Desktop app. I've installed it, and it is much, much more aesthetically pleasing than their Origin app (even the Bet aversion, which I'm always running for Origin).

Unless this is something recent, I've already got the latest app, and didn't find it all that better looking. That's me. Anyway, this is the extent of my games on EA Origin...