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Well the so called rioters were actually pretty peacefull until someone started sending in marines and what not , so freedom of speech only applies to some people ? Ouch. Im not familiar with the governor but he seems like an ok guy from what i could gather, but stereotyping people based on thirdhand experiences mostly ends badly so no comment . As for the idea with a non government affiliated judical system i actually believe it would be better than what is currently at hand. Hell even in little denmark it is allmost impossible to get the government higher ups prosecuted for offences because they can just make it legal meaning 99% of judges dont even want to try even if the case is waterproof. Other than that and a somewhat overprotective attitude towards certain things it is not to bad here either. Beating up teslas though is in the wtf! territory. You might not like the man behind the company but the car did nothing to you so in that regard id be on the lock em up boat. But voicing your opinion should be ok for anyone.

Well, technically the issue is that it's built on opengl... otherwise reshade would run a lot better on modern apis.

I'm in Victoria, and it's not that bad here yet, but I see the way coppers carry on in QLD or NSW and I worry.

I post for the first time since January with a detailed response about an important(ish) topic and I get a laugh reaction. In all seriousness though, if one doesn't like DRM they have to be careful posting nowadays since a lot of people have a lot of time invested in games and platforms with DRM of various sorts, and any issues you raise with the game/platform these people will take as personal attacks against themselves, even though it was never intended. Not so bad here, but reddit and Steam forums? Good God. Bruh we both live in Australia, it's not that bad here with regards to the authorities most of the time. I mean it does depend where you live (I'm in SA) but comparing our cops to those in the US is like using a cheat code.

I've been testing out the Lossless scaling app as well, and I have to say it's providing excellent results scaling 1440p to 4k, so that may be another route for people who don't have access to DLDSR.

Alright settle down, I don't pick fights for no reason generally.

That's all fine in Germany, I suppose, where you can generally trust the authorities. But where I live I don't really trust cops not to falsify, doctor, or creatively edit the footage, or conveniently "lose" all the exculpatory stuff. That'd go double if I lived in America. My enduring image of the California "riots", which were actually mostly peaceful marches that avoided where all the paramilitary goons were hanging out, was of cops shooting an unarmed reporter in the back.

I guess we have to agree to disagree on that. I saw horrible pictures from overseas, with unrelated innocent people targetted once again by "protesters" (which are in fact rioters), and they would do sh** about that in California, if it wasn't for government intervention. Their governor is an absolute laughing stock. If they don't do anything about it, it'll only get worse and worse. And, I don't even want to think about when stuff like that will happen over here in Europe/Germany (which I think it will). Because, in Germany, I guarantee you, they wouldn't do anything about it, apart from playing the neutral idle bystander, because politicians are scared to take the unpopular side.

Actually, I was rather facepalming than laughing. But, I guess it could be a good learning effect, which should teach you that you should first check your stuff, before blaming anyone else's work for problems on your end.

@OnlyTaffingCowardsHideLook dude - we have next to no rules here but that doesn’t mean you get to do our act however you want “because internet”. I think you have established you don’t have much to elaborate on in terms of your feedback about the game not running as well as you would like at 4k. So it follows you do not need to argue or pick fights about it. Unless that is the actual point. There is appeal in working within the limitations of older technology that not everyone understands. The “trash” as you put it, represents an opportunity for us to express something we might otherwise not be able to. So you are free to criticize it, but you don’t need to denigrate it or our members while doing so. Even if no one stops you, it’s not welcome here.

There are plenty of excuses to be rude... like if you just don't like someone... First day on the internet?

Frankly, I'd prefer to have headphones plugged into the front connector, and the speakers to the rear connector, and just switch the audio devices in the Windows settings, that way, the ports don't wear out either, which they do, if you keep connecting and disconnecting stuff. Again, it's not a big issue, I notice very quickly when I start the game, that I forgot to switch audio devices. It's more of a "nice to have", when the game allows switching audio devices ingame, by using the gamebar, or Alt-Tab out of the game, and use the Windows audio device settings (can also shortcut to them pressing Ctrl+Windows-key+V).

I'm just fooling around : ) Do you have just 2 speakers connected with a minijack? If so, you could have the plug for your speakers in the front headphone jack, and just change between the speaker and headphone plugs .. as a super basic solution?

I haven't played the latest entry in the Lieutenant series yet but I am looking forward to it On the subject of darkness (or lack of depending on preferences) players shouldn't rely on brightness and gamma since it impacts everything, including gui/hud elements. Increasing brightness and/or gamma too much makes the game look ugly. Since the Tone mapping initiative by @Arcturus and @stgatilov got panned by our most exquisite members perhaps the right solution is an in-game ambient slider players can raise or lower at will in tiny increments. This slider must be dynamic and respect (mapper's) changes between different zones. I would probably place such slider somewhere in the inventory screen. When players click on the slider the inventory fades out to facilitate the adjustment. The slider has a visible mark somewhere pointing to the map's default ambient, that way players can tell where they are vs author's intentions. A different version of the r_ambientGamma cvar would be required. The new cvar should reset when switching missions or closing the game.

No stress. As I said, I understand why it wouldn't be highest priority. Regarding the headphones, I have them plugged in constantly, I just forget to switch the audio devices sometimes, before I start the games. Most games allow for switching audio devices ingame, but, TDM isn't one of them. I have no idea how complex or simple solving this "problem" would be programmatically, of course.

Yes, those lazy asses XD Just plugin your headphones before gamestart!! : P

... or maybe the TDM developers take it on one day. Again, I get why it wouldn't be highest priority.

Oh, you are right. I tried and the audio from the podcast was outputted to the selected output but indeed the TDM audio output didn't change. Hmmm I did a test with OBS using Application Audio Capture and the Audio Monitor pluggin, and I could sent the game audio to an other output, but it kept playing on the speakers also. By muting the audio under the speaker icon in the taskbar I am left with only the audio going to the output I selected for the audio monitor in OBS. So that "works" but requires running OBS while running the game and it's not a sexy solution ... Maybe the simpelest solution is an audioswitch or an external audiocard then ..

Unfortunately, that doesn't change the audio device in TDM.

@chakkman If you press only the windows key while ingame you should be able to access the little speaker icon on the bottom right of your screen (taskbar). When you click the speaker icon you should be able to select where the audio output should go. Hope this works for you.

eh... no. There is no excuse to be rude. If they apologised, sure. Nobody's perfect. No, I don't get the point. Nobody left TDM on your lawn. You put it there yourself. Nobody, ever, needs to put up with crap like this. I don't care if you are John f****** Carmack. Nothing is worth putting up with yet another toxic contributor to an arguably borderline toxic community.

Ha, you folks are gonna laugh but it was partly reshade causing the problem. This is the only opengl game I ever play, and even the lighter effects in reshade contribute to significantly reduced performance that wouldn't be a problem in DX or Vulkan. Disabled a lighting shader and gained an extra 10 fps at 4k. Settled on medium stencil shadows, 4x aa, and ao set to low (too noisy to bother with higher settings anyways). This is only in the starting cathedral, but overall it runs much better than I thought.

Ok, since you have a problem with my semantics, how about "games that are technically superior".

I think it comes down to peer pressure (people will notice if an FM is extremely demanding, and mention it during the beta testing phase), and peer assistance (mapping help from people who know what they are doing). Maybe there are things that can be done with the engine that can help support more gigantic "open world" style maps but I'm not sure what they are. It is reasonable for hardware recommendations to go up as the game evolves over decades and mappers push the limits. A bargain bin i3-10105 smashes the old A6-3400M I used to play TDM on, and multiple cores can actually be utilized. Le code it yourself geg I say excuse the rudeness as long as the criticism is anywhere near valid (debatable). Man's sober now at least. It's actually quadruple the pixels: 1920 x 1080 = 2,073,600 2560 x 1440 = 3,686,400 (~1.78x 1080p) 3840 x 2160 = 8,294,400

With proper oversight and i do not mean government here... im all for it. And by proper i mean normal people like you and me since we are the ones who are mostly targetted. Seing what happens overseas right now gives you an idea why law enforcement and judges should not answer to the state. The state can pin out laws and if these laws are applicable consented to by the judical system, not we say so so heres how it is going to be.