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RG4's PC Modding Crisis Thread |
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Renee |
Mar 1 2014, 11:28 PM
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Joined: 19-March 13
From: Ellicott City, Maryland
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Ha ha Grits beat you to it. She just PM'd me with the Read Me's text. Thanks H.E.R. QUOTE(Acadian @ Mar 1 2014, 10:30 AM) A good vanilla example of this is Umbra. What I did in that case was opened her up in the CS and checked 'Enable Rumors'. Then Buffy was able to recruit Umbra. Talk about an overpoweed companion!
Holy **** you recruited Umbra? Lordy! .. That MMM adventurer did have a Rumors option, so maybe I'm missing something. I'll have to look at what Gritsy sent me. I haven't even messed with the CK yet, but I will when I've got a lot of time to kill. I need to start reading about that from scratch. Imagine that? Overall I want to thank ALL of you in this thread once again. I'm sure I would have figured out the 'bright lighting' scenario, but I'd be stuck on something dumb for sure without you all. This post has been edited by Renee Gade IV: Mar 1 2014, 11:29 PM
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SubRosa |
Mar 22 2014, 01:23 AM
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Joined: 14-March 10
From: Between The Worlds
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I have never used Coolsims, so I am not sure exactly what the issue is. It might be that one of the mods is simply the meshes and textures and nothing else. That at least sounds like what you dealing with. The problem with hair mods is that to get them to work, you have to not only create a separate hair record for each hairstyle, you also have to manually add those hairstyles to every race that will use them. When you have two hair mods, that means they will conflict with one another, and only the one loading last will work. The only way to get around that is to combine the two (or more) hair mods together into one mod. I had to do that with Corean, Ren's, and Soya's hairs to get them all to work. That might be why the modder released it as just meshes and textures, so people could add them into their existing hair mod. The good news is this is easy to do. This thread gives the basics. The bad news is that it is very tedious. This post has been edited by SubRosa: Mar 22 2014, 01:26 AM
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Renee |
Mar 27 2014, 11:48 PM
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Councilor
Joined: 19-March 13
From: Ellicott City, Maryland
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Gahh! Since Renee Gade III got Xena's clothes, sword, and Chakram? her game's got a lot of frame-skipping and slowdown going on. Time to upgrade that memory card. SubRosa I know you told me in the past I can do this myself, but I'm just too chicken. Plus, it'd be a warranty thing if I opened up my PC and screwed something up. So my question to all: Is it safe to take one's PC and bring it to some shop? Will a PC shop of some sort even change my video card for me? Where's a good place to go? Actually that last question's dangerous. I don't want to take my rig to a giant chain store like Best Buy or Comp USA. Are there usually smaller, more specialized places that are reputable? .. I know this is going to cost some coin wherever I go, and I'm not too worried about how much. It's more a matter of getting it done.
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Thomas Kaira |
Mar 28 2014, 05:29 PM
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Mouth
Joined: 10-December 10
From: Flyin', Flyin' in the sky!
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If your PC was bought pre-assembled, yes, making your own modifications to it will void the warranty. But, when you're me, pre-assembled doesn't cut it anymore, so this is for the homebuilders:
Changing a graphics card is one of the easiest and least risky things you can do. All GPUs built nowadays use the same slot type, so all you need to do is check that that specific slot (PCI Express x16, it's the largest side-mounted slot on your motherboard) and the one below it (if you plan on buying a high-end GPU, as the cooling units are big enough now to require taking two slots) are available. Then all you need to do is this:
1. Uninstall your current drivers (they may not be compatible with your new card). Windows has a basic display driver it will default to when you remove your aftermarket display driver.
2. Plug in your new graphics card.
3. Install the new drivers for it.
4. Enjoy
Just make sure you work on a tiled surface. Static discharges are not good for your PC.
This post has been edited by Thomas Kaira: Mar 28 2014, 05:31 PM
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Rarely is the question asked, is our children learning?
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Renee |
Mar 28 2014, 07:02 PM
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Councilor
Joined: 19-March 13
From: Ellicott City, Maryland
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I went in to Best Buy today. I figure they've got it all, or they can get it all. I think I've hit a wall, though, system-wise. The least powerful graphics card they had on the shelf was a GeForce GTX 450, which costs $239. Cost is not really the issue though, I figure I can shop online and find one cheaper than that, no prob. Best Buy only charges $50 to do a hardware install, so that's peanuts. The guy I spoke to was really informative, although he spoke really fast. I'm like "slow down, I gotta write this down!" Anyways, one of the things he was pointing out was wattage. He picked up one of the cards nearby and showed me it's got a 600w minimum or something. The cheapest card (the 450) has a 400w minimum. Problem is my system: it's only 300 watts. Damn. Now, I did manage to figure out on the GeForce website that the GeForce GT440 has a 300 watt minimum, problem is the guy was saying my actual wattage should be higher than the quoted minimum, and I think that sounds reasonable. So how does that work? How does wattage get increased? Or is that even possible? Obviously with money, anything's possible. How much money, though? Damn. I wonder if I should start all over. Maybe trade in my system (if possible) and get something even better.. This post has been edited by Renee Gade IV: Mar 28 2014, 07:04 PM
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Thomas Kaira |
Mar 28 2014, 07:20 PM
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Mouth
Joined: 10-December 10
From: Flyin', Flyin' in the sky!
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Ah, yes. Wattage.
High-end GPUs (and current mid-range as well) are extremely power-hungry.
The component that provides the power to the whole computer is the power supply (PSU).
If you are a gamer, the bare minimum wattage you want is 750. The recommended amount is 1000. My former PSU was 1000 Watts, until it catastrophically failed and blew my motherboard forcing a total rebuild. I'm now using my reserve PSU, which is 750.
You do not want for your GPU to exceed, or even meet the wattage. That power is needed elsewhere too and the closer you get to maxing out the power output of your PSU the more likely it is to fail and the smaller its lifespan becomes. You want to have a buffer zone to make sure your PSU is not being fully utilized at any point, it seriously helps the lifespan.
To increase wattage you need to replace the power supply. This can be a bit finicky because every component uses a slightly different plug from the supply, the CPU gets its own, the main board gets its own, the GPU gets its own, etc.
This post has been edited by Thomas Kaira: Mar 28 2014, 07:22 PM
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Rarely is the question asked, is our children learning?
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Renee |
Mar 28 2014, 09:40 PM
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Councilor
Joined: 19-March 13
From: Ellicott City, Maryland
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But you think Best Buy can do this? .. That's a relief. I paid off one of my credit cards last summer, and that one's got a $4,000 limit, so technically I could buy an entirely new system if I absolutely needed to. I figure I'd trade the one I have now, and get at least a couple hundred bucks down. Guess the people I should be asking are the ones at Best Buy, of course. I'll have to take my processor in sometime (maybe tomorrow) and have them at least look at it. Then they can tell me what to do next. I was looking at this page earlier. This is HP's 'gaming rig' page, and yeah, these suckers are expensive! .. Liquid cooling? Christ, there's liquid in these rigs?? Anyways, that's a last resort. I'll go for something top-notch like this only if upgrading my current system is a no-go.
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