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Does the software you’re using auto-design models in Lego for you, or what? That’s amazingly cool, if so.
Does the software you’re using auto-design models in Lego for you, or what? That’s amazingly cool, if so.
As I said above, I’m perfectly aware you don’t have to pay; you’re free to grind for hundreds of hours, instead :S . Sorry, not even close to interested, especially since that grind occurs along with some of the worst-balanced matchups I have ever seen. No, it is NOT fun being smeared by people with far better rides and equipment for 20-30 hours (or more) at the tiers you play against, thenkyew.
Your argument about P2W is also insufficient; you think people pay for better equipment because there is not a direct advantage? No. The bought/heavily ground-for mechs are quite easily shown to be FAR superior overall, of course, or no one would want them. I also am no nooblet at Mechwarrior combat, as a long-time MW4: Mercs player (13+ years, so far).
Nor am I alone in my assessment, as both this thread and a quick googlin’ will reveal.
You’re certainly allowed to like the game, but don’t go thinking that matters to anyone else’s experience =) ; MWO’s new player and retention statistics thoroughly back me up on this. It’s not quite as egregious as World of Tanks, but the model still stinks to high heaven.
Edit -> This review and its comments from 2015 sum up how I feel about MWO pretty well.
As I said above, I’m perfectly aware you don’t have to pay; you’re free to grind for hundreds of hours, instead :S . Sorry, not even close to interested, especially since that grind occurs along with some of the worst-balanced matchups I have ever seen. No, it is NOT fun being smeared by people with far better rides and equipment for 20-30 hours (or more) at the tiers you play against, thenkyew.
Your argument about P2W is also insufficient; you think people pay for better equipment because there is not a direct advantage? No. The bought/heavily ground-for mechs are quite easily shown to be FAR superior overall, of course, or no one would want them. I also am no nooblet at Mechwarrior combat, as a long-time MW4: Mercs player (13+ years, so far).
Nor am I alone in my assessment, as both this thread and a quick googlin’ will reveal.
You’re certainly allowed to like the game, but don’t go thinking that matters to anyone else’s experience =) ; MWO’s new player and retention statistics thoroughly back me up on this. It’s not quite as egregious as World of Tanks, but the model still stinks to high heaven.
Edit -> This review and its comments from 2015 sum up how I feel about MWO pretty well.
a) I know what clans are ^^ .
b) I was already a clan member.
c) New users are unlikely to be a member of any clan.
There is NO balancing at all, that I’ve seen. MW4 was great, because everyone immediately had access to all parts and chassis; the only limiting factor was your skill (or lack thereof). Grinding is annoying enough, but when it’s while playing vs. 14-year-olds with 100s of hours in the game and/or “super wallet soldiers” who simply bought their way into better gear with actual money, it’s just not even remotely fun for me.
The Mechlab is also a sad joke.
“Free to play” is also, nearly universally, “pay to win”. Meh. I would have happily paid for MW5, or even a better-balanced version of MWO. That’s not going to happen.
a) I know what clans are ^^ .
b) I was already a clan member.
c) New users are unlikely to be a member of any clan.
There is NO balancing at all, that I’ve seen. MW4 was great, because everyone immediately had access to all parts and chassis; the only limiting factor was your skill (or lack thereof). Grinding is annoying enough, but when it’s while playing vs. 14-year-olds with 100s of hours in the game and/or “super wallet soldiers” who simply bought their way into better gear with actual money, it’s just not even remotely fun for me.
The Mechlab is also a sad joke.
“Free to play” is also, nearly universally, “pay to win”. Meh. I would have happily paid for MW5, or even a better-balanced version of MWO. That’s not going to happen.
By the by, usually if IWar 2 (and its variants) fail, after working previously, it’s due to a corrupted registry entry. You can often copy out those keys while it’s working, then simply reapply them if there’s an issue, and *pouf* it works!
You can also do something similar to switch between multiple installs of IWar 2 (say, Torn Stars and the Vanilla game), by making multiple .reg files, one for each install. I posted the following 11 years ago(!) on the old Torn Stars subforum (thank heaven it was still there to copy/paste, with a couple of changes):
First, you need one copy of EOC modded to Torn Stars (or w/e variant), and another copy in its original (fully patched! :D) form. I installed EOC to the path: “C:program FilesgamesIndependence War 2 -Edge of Chaos” and Torn Stars to the path “F:More GamesIWAR 2 – Torn Stars”. It doesn’t really matter which is which, so if you’ve already installed Torn Stars over your old EOC game, just reinstall EOC to a new folder with a new name/path of your choice.
OK, now whichever executable you run in either install, your system will actually execute the version you installed MOST RECENTLY. Bummer. There is, however, a reasonably easy solution. All it takes is a little registry hackin’ :). In fact, just copy each of the two text bits below (including “Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00”) and save with the extension “.reg” (not “.txt”!)to two separate files and you’re set! I used the filename “EOC.reg” for the first one and “Torn Stars.reg” for the second. Yeah, I know, imaginative – lol. 😉
OK, this 1st bit will be to set your game to run your original EOC. You’ll need to change all instances where I show ‘C:\PROGRA~1\GAMES\INDEPE~1’ to your actual install path for EOC. Yes, the backslashes are doubled! Keep in mind that these are old-school path names that are truncated to 8 characters; you MUST keep the tilde, as well:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstallIndependence War 2 - Edge of Chaos]
"DisplayName"="Independence War 2 - Edge of Chaos"
"UninstallString"="C:\PROGRA~1\GAMES\INDEPE~1\UNWISE.EXE C:\PROGRA~1\GAMES\INDEPE~1\INSTALL.LOG"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREParticle SystemsEdge of ChaosSettings]
"Options"=dword:00000001
"InstallPath"="C:\PROGRA~1\GAMES\INDEPE~1\"
"Version"=dword:0000000eAnd now the version to set your system to run Torn Stars. Again, you’ll need to change all instances where I show ‘F:\MOREGA~1\IWAR2-~1’ to your actual install path for Torn Stars.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstallIndependence War 2 - Edge of Chaos]
"DisplayName"="Independence War 2 - Edge of Chaos"
"UninstallString"="F:\MOREGA~1\IWAR2 ~1\UNWISE.EXE F:\MOREGA~1\IWAR2 ~1\INSTALL.LOG"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREParticle SystemsEdge of ChaosSettings]
"Options"=dword:00000001
"InstallPath"="F:\MOREGA~1\IWAR2 ~1"
"Version"=dword:0000000e
That’s it! I’ve tested it and it works dandy. Just double-click (or right-click and select “Open”) to activate the corresponding .reg file whenever you want to change the version that runs, then click “Yes” when it asks if you want to add the data to the registry. It’s probably advisable to use a separate shortcut to each version – I do – but AFAIK you actually only need ONE; it’ll run the version most recently switched to, whichever you choose. As a nice little bonus, as long as you switch to the correct version before you do so, uninstalling will also work correctly on that version…Hope that helps.
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Wipe thine ass with what is Written and grin like a ninny at what is Spoken. Take thine refuge with thine wine in the Nothing behind Everything, as you hurry along the Path.By the by, usually if IWar 2 (and its variants) fail, after working previously, it’s due to a corrupted registry entry. You can often copy out those keys while it’s working, then simply reapply them if there’s an issue, and *pouf* it works!
You can also do something similar to switch between multiple installs of IWar 2 (say, Torn Stars and the Vanilla game), by making multiple .reg files, one for each install. I posted the following 11 years ago(!) on the old Torn Stars subforum (thank heaven it was still there to copy/paste, with a couple of changes):
First, you need one copy of EOC modded to Torn Stars (or w/e variant), and another copy in its original (fully patched! :D) form. I installed EOC to the path: “C:program FilesgamesIndependence War 2 -Edge of Chaos” and Torn Stars to the path “F:More GamesIWAR 2 – Torn Stars”. It doesn’t really matter which is which, so if you’ve already installed Torn Stars over your old EOC game, just reinstall EOC to a new folder with a new name/path of your choice.
OK, now whichever executable you run in either install, your system will actually execute the version you installed MOST RECENTLY. Bummer. There is, however, a reasonably easy solution. All it takes is a little registry hackin’ :). In fact, just copy each of the two text bits below (including “Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00”) and save with the extension “.reg” (not “.txt”!)to two separate files and you’re set! I used the filename “EOC.reg” for the first one and “Torn Stars.reg” for the second. Yeah, I know, imaginative – lol. 😉
OK, this 1st bit will be to set your game to run your original EOC. You’ll need to change all instances where I show ‘C:\PROGRA~1\GAMES\INDEPE~1’ to your actual install path for EOC. Yes, the backslashes are doubled! Keep in mind that these are old-school path names that are truncated to 8 characters; you MUST keep the tilde, as well:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstallIndependence War 2 - Edge of Chaos]
"DisplayName"="Independence War 2 - Edge of Chaos"
"UninstallString"="C:\PROGRA~1\GAMES\INDEPE~1\UNWISE.EXE C:\PROGRA~1\GAMES\INDEPE~1\INSTALL.LOG"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREParticle SystemsEdge of ChaosSettings]
"Options"=dword:00000001
"InstallPath"="C:\PROGRA~1\GAMES\INDEPE~1\"
"Version"=dword:0000000eAnd now the version to set your system to run Torn Stars. Again, you’ll need to change all instances where I show ‘F:\MOREGA~1\IWAR2-~1’ to your actual install path for Torn Stars.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstallIndependence War 2 - Edge of Chaos]
"DisplayName"="Independence War 2 - Edge of Chaos"
"UninstallString"="F:\MOREGA~1\IWAR2 ~1\UNWISE.EXE F:\MOREGA~1\IWAR2 ~1\INSTALL.LOG"[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREParticle SystemsEdge of ChaosSettings]
"Options"=dword:00000001
"InstallPath"="F:\MOREGA~1\IWAR2 ~1"
"Version"=dword:0000000e
That’s it! I’ve tested it and it works dandy. Just double-click (or right-click and select “Open”) to activate the corresponding .reg file whenever you want to change the version that runs, then click “Yes” when it asks if you want to add the data to the registry. It’s probably advisable to use a separate shortcut to each version – I do – but AFAIK you actually only need ONE; it’ll run the version most recently switched to, whichever you choose. As a nice little bonus, as long as you switch to the correct version before you do so, uninstalling will also work correctly on that version…Hope that helps.
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Wipe thine ass with what is Written and grin like a ninny at what is Spoken. Take thine refuge with thine wine in the Nothing behind Everything, as you hurry along the Path.G-Sync is an “adaptive sync” that doesn’t load your PC (the monitor does the processing). Among other things, this lets you:
– Run lower framerates smoothly.
– Run super-high framerates on your PC (many games are bottlenecked by V-sync/FPS) without visual “tearing”.The main disadvantage, currently, is that G-Sync is proprietary nVidia tech.
G-Sync is an “adaptive sync” that doesn’t load your PC (the monitor does the processing). Among other things, this lets you:
– Run lower framerates smoothly.
– Run super-high framerates on your PC (many games are bottlenecked by V-sync/FPS) without visual “tearing”.The main disadvantage, currently, is that G-Sync is proprietary nVidia tech.
Hm.
Just to be clear, you did disable G-Sync on both ends (the monitor AND setting in the nVidia Control Panel) correct?