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What the fuck is Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV the movie
And why haven't I heard of it until now?
And why haven't I heard of it until now?
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Already I need to refactor my database code. A surprising amount of my game is offline capable and even I haven't respected that.
Ideally, you should be able to sign in (with some services) and create a character without even going online, then when a connection appears it all gets updated. After creating a character the game will show a cute message like "your character is on their way" with an animated shot of a train, or a static shot of some suitcases. Something that applies the game is in motion, even though it is not.
EDIT: Just realised that ideal scenario of signing in whilst offline won't happen as the game actually needs to know if you already have an account :V
Ideally, you should be able to sign in (with some services) and create a character without even going online, then when a connection appears it all gets updated. After creating a character the game will show a cute message like "your character is on their way" with an animated shot of a train, or a static shot of some suitcases. Something that applies the game is in motion, even though it is not.
EDIT: Just realised that ideal scenario of signing in whilst offline won't happen as the game actually needs to know if you already have an account :V
99.9% of mobile games do branding with animations and flashiness, however I'm doing the complete opposite and making a game that feels integrated with the phone's OS, so it feels like it's a function of the phone itself rather than a gamey-game. I do sometimes worry if it's the wrong choice to make, but I feel like I'm doing something akin to Nintendo making the NES look like a VCR rather than a children's toy.Princess Amy":3gskkfbl said:
Most of the playtime in my game is outside of the app anyway, so the focus on in-app branding would be mostly wasted for me. The primary in-app experience is staring at the 3D character idly, which I do expect people to do (idly staring at your phone on public transport or when you're waiting for your mate at a pub is pretty much an expected behaviour these days).
EDIT: Amy you should install some companion apps for some other games. There's a lot to learn from others.
My last company was making a companion app for a certain game studio that released a certain space trade simulator not too long ago (that once offered me a job), there was a heck of a lot on the planning and ideas board that you simply never see in any other companion app, most of it only makes sense to that particular game, but it's outstanding how much game companion apps don't actually do.
Anybody got some conjecture for me?
I'm running an i7-4790k 4.00Ghz processor. It's been fine since I installed the thing last August. For the last three days or so I've noticed my idle temps going insane. Like, on boot, 78 celsius. But then it will shoot up to 90, 95, 99, then suddenly down to 75, 78 -- it even went straight down to 66 at a point. Still too high for idle temps, but I don't know what the hell is happening. CPU doesn't feel remotely that hot to the touch. Thermal paste was a bit worn off but not terrible. All fans are working properly. Case airflow is good. Dusted the whole thing out and got minimal improvement but nothing huge.
I don't want to fry my shit or anything. Can't afford to replace much right now.
I'm running an i7-4790k 4.00Ghz processor. It's been fine since I installed the thing last August. For the last three days or so I've noticed my idle temps going insane. Like, on boot, 78 celsius. But then it will shoot up to 90, 95, 99, then suddenly down to 75, 78 -- it even went straight down to 66 at a point. Still too high for idle temps, but I don't know what the hell is happening. CPU doesn't feel remotely that hot to the touch. Thermal paste was a bit worn off but not terrible. All fans are working properly. Case airflow is good. Dusted the whole thing out and got minimal improvement but nothing huge.
I don't want to fry my shit or anything. Can't afford to replace much right now.
Are you applying thermal paste in a weird way?
The only time I've ever had bizarre CPU temps (hitting 99 celsius then dropping to weird numbers, like yours) is when I had applied thermal paste badly and left a bubble. A pea sized dot in the middle should be enough and applying a dot of paste, rather than any kind of elaborate shape, will help avoid any bubbles (generally, the shape of application doesn't make a lick of difference, but preventing bubbles is important and objectively a dot shape would do that).
Also, what do you consider normal idle temperatures? My water-cooled processor idles between 30 and 40 and my air-cooled GPUs (both of them lol) idle at 35, with the general air inside my machine being at around 35, but my last air-cooled tiny air inefficient frankenstein PC idled at 70 and hit 90 under load.
Room temperature is 23 celsius.
4790k's base clock is 4GHz, boost is 4.4GHz so it doesn't look like you're overclocking or doing anything nuts, but to be safe reset your bios anyway.
The only time I've ever had bizarre CPU temps (hitting 99 celsius then dropping to weird numbers, like yours) is when I had applied thermal paste badly and left a bubble. A pea sized dot in the middle should be enough and applying a dot of paste, rather than any kind of elaborate shape, will help avoid any bubbles (generally, the shape of application doesn't make a lick of difference, but preventing bubbles is important and objectively a dot shape would do that).
Also, what do you consider normal idle temperatures? My water-cooled processor idles between 30 and 40 and my air-cooled GPUs (both of them lol) idle at 35, with the general air inside my machine being at around 35, but my last air-cooled tiny air inefficient frankenstein PC idled at 70 and hit 90 under load.
Room temperature is 23 celsius.
4790k's base clock is 4GHz, boost is 4.4GHz so it doesn't look like you're overclocking or doing anything nuts, but to be safe reset your bios anyway.
So I fiddled with a few things and, while the temps are still jumping around, they're lower. Idle temp now is about 53 celsius (normal idling temp before this started was 45 or so) and the sudden jumps seem to top off at 86, though it still spiked to 99 during startup (which, it might be worth noting, is pretty much void of programs for me). CPU fan RPM is hovering between 1473 and 1530 when idling, and maxed out at some point at 2621. All other fans behaving normally. GPU (EVGA 980 Ti) is sitting at 63 degrees, oddly enough.
Anyways, thermal paste was likely a contributing factor. I took a look and it didn't seem to be spread very well. I probably didn't apply it well when I built the system. Quick side note: Did either of you decap your CPU? I've heard that doing so can help reduce your temps by up to 20 degrees, but I've also been warned that it can kill your chip. I left it alone since I don't have the cash to replace it. Anyways, I scraped off the badly applied paste. Didn't have any left so for the time being I'm without; gotta make a Best Buy trip.
I also set my BIOS back to default settings, which didn't seem to do much. Going off a friend's recent solution to a memory problem, I uninstalled Bitdefender and that seemed to actually help a little, unless I'm imagining it. Finally, and I don't understand this at all, I reparked my cores. Doing that seemed to keep me at a consistent 53. I unparked them again and immediately began shooting back up to 80-something. I'm not sure how this works, since unparking your cores doesn't necessarily increase CPU usage, right?
I'm stumped as to the main reason behind this. It only started a couple days after I installed a new HDD. I thought I'd bumped my heatsink out of place somehow but that didn't seem to be the case. Hopefully it won't matter in a couple of weeks; I'm planning to give the rig a bit of an upgrade for its first birthday. Moving everything into a new case (Phanteks Enthoo Pro, or a Corsair 760T, if I'm feeling particularly spendy) and installing that H100i water cooler I've had laying around for six months. Maybe a new PSU -- a fully modular one this time -- for cable management purposes.
If it helps, here's the mostly updated parts list. Everything marked as purchased is installed. edit: Sorry, except Windows -- it's on Windows 10 now rather than 8.1. That probably makes a difference.
Anyways, thermal paste was likely a contributing factor. I took a look and it didn't seem to be spread very well. I probably didn't apply it well when I built the system. Quick side note: Did either of you decap your CPU? I've heard that doing so can help reduce your temps by up to 20 degrees, but I've also been warned that it can kill your chip. I left it alone since I don't have the cash to replace it. Anyways, I scraped off the badly applied paste. Didn't have any left so for the time being I'm without; gotta make a Best Buy trip.
I also set my BIOS back to default settings, which didn't seem to do much. Going off a friend's recent solution to a memory problem, I uninstalled Bitdefender and that seemed to actually help a little, unless I'm imagining it. Finally, and I don't understand this at all, I reparked my cores. Doing that seemed to keep me at a consistent 53. I unparked them again and immediately began shooting back up to 80-something. I'm not sure how this works, since unparking your cores doesn't necessarily increase CPU usage, right?
I'm stumped as to the main reason behind this. It only started a couple days after I installed a new HDD. I thought I'd bumped my heatsink out of place somehow but that didn't seem to be the case. Hopefully it won't matter in a couple of weeks; I'm planning to give the rig a bit of an upgrade for its first birthday. Moving everything into a new case (Phanteks Enthoo Pro, or a Corsair 760T, if I'm feeling particularly spendy) and installing that H100i water cooler I've had laying around for six months. Maybe a new PSU -- a fully modular one this time -- for cable management purposes.
If it helps, here's the mostly updated parts list. Everything marked as purchased is installed. edit: Sorry, except Windows -- it's on Windows 10 now rather than 8.1. That probably makes a difference.
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3:30 AM in a night club with some guy and my bar's hot bartender. What am I doing with my life.
I've been forcing myself to do this less, but I will still do it once every couple of weeks. I don't think it's that bad since I'd normally share half a pizza with someone else, but have something like chips or wedges on the side to make it just as unhealthy.Jason":3t91hxu4 said:
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I keep thinking I'm skipping September and going straight into October. I'm trying to get my schedule mapped out best I can.
I really really really want to do a Halloween project but I'm always too busy.
But I can't escape the fact that this stuff is an annual occurrence. Birthdays, Sister's marathons, grandparents appointments. And inbetween all that "while I we've got nothing nothing going on" dad will want help with stuff.
I really really really want to do a Halloween project but I'm always too busy.
But I can't escape the fact that this stuff is an annual occurrence. Birthdays, Sister's marathons, grandparents appointments. And inbetween all that "while I we've got nothing nothing going on" dad will want help with stuff.
My mother is here which means it's time for a stressful week.
She just said to me "By the way, you all owe me £20 cause I'm cleaning the house for you" Ok. Sure. Let me come to your home, start cleaning it because I don't like the way it is, and then charge you for it. Sure.
She just said to me "By the way, you all owe me £20 cause I'm cleaning the house for you" Ok. Sure. Let me come to your home, start cleaning it because I don't like the way it is, and then charge you for it. Sure.
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My family is the same way.