Is there a way to get Steam to stop "queuing" updates. Just update! I'm getting really tired of this system.
It will update them eventually. It just schedules them for times when it has learned you won't likely be doing anything. I tend to have quite a few queued at any time, but they all do their thing on their own given time. If you're not actively playing one that's queued, does it matter? And if you are, you can force the install whenever you want.
Is there a way to get Steam to stop "queuing" updates. Just update! I'm getting really tired of this system.
Changes to Auto-Updating to Spread Out Peak Load
For games that haven’t been played recently, Steam has already been scheduling updates for the next off-peak local time period. Beginning this week, we are now spreading these updates out over several more days. Only games played within the last 3 days will be updated immediately. As always, the game will begin updating immediately if you request to play it, and you can always initiate an update (or pause it indefinitely) through the Download Manager. We’re also looking into additional solutions to help on our side.
It is not a system that bothers me. Valve wants to spread the load around a bit. (for some reason a lot of people got stuck at home this year and it affected the bandwidth used a bit.) It updates recently played games fast enough so it shouldn't normally be a real issue.
I just wish there was an "update all/clear all" button so i dont have to click a whole list of things.
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OrivonHappy Fun BallThey/ThemRegistered Userregular
So, back at the beginning of the year after the winter charity drive wrapped up @Elvenshae had decided to make me a bonus stained glass suncatcher. When he asked me what kind of design I would like, I threw out an idea that I thought would be cool, if unrealistic. To my surprise it was doable. He started working on it, but 2020 was, well, 2020, and things got delayed. A message from a few days ago let me know that it would be arriving Monday, however due to the fact that it was shipped with the company I work for and how the shipping process works for my facility, I picked it up from work today!
Haro is helping out by hiding the address.
Inside was a bunch of packing peanuts and more cardboard. Also as someone who has seen a wide variety of packing jobs, this was very well done Elvenshae.
Within the cardboard prison is even more layers of packing materials.
Something something onions.
Wow. This is amazing. It looks so much better than I ever thought it would.
Seriously, this looks so good.
Bonus pic of Dazai investigating it. Gonna have to find a place to display it out of his reach.
I cannot describe how awesome this is. It's also huge, it's 12 by 16 inches. Fantastic work Elvenshae and thank you so very much.
Yep! I make stained glass stuff. Out of the several dozen things I’ve made, I used a store-bought pattern for ... uh, two of them.
The rest I’ve either doctored up a finished design I’ve found online or started from some art and just figured out what to cut.
So, for this piece, I started with a high-res version of the Darksiders emblem that Orivon uses for his avatar and then used Inkscape and Gimp to turn it into a stained glass pattern.
Couldn’t do the letters / runes, but I figured the horse / sword and the inner ring would be a pretty sweet piece by itself.
Inside was a bunch of packing peanuts and more cardboard. Also as someone who has seen a wide variety of packing jobs, this was very well done Elvenshae.
Thanks! My biggest fear with this stuff is that I’ll ship something and the recipient will get a broken piece. Stained glass repair is ... expensive.
I wonder how long I will be stuck in the character creator...
How many mod recommendations do you want... ?
I'm scared to ask...
Throw a couple at me
Baldur's Gate 3 mods certifiably Approved by Pixie:
Hide helmets. - because helmets are *awful* in this game and your ears and sometimes nose will clip through them. Shadar-kai race - because shadar-kai are one of the coolest races and I will fight over this. Padme's character creation colors - because more tattoo/makeup choices, and because the default choices mostly suck. Tieflings of the Nine - because tieflings are awesome so more tieflings are more awesome, if less awesome than shadar-kai. 5E cantrips - because how can you possibly have an eldritch knight without Booming Blade? Complexion for ladies - because freckles, amirite? Enhanced gear progression - this breaks everything but in a wonderful way. Devilish pack - cleavage. Nuf said. Tiefling de-wrinkler - because the base tiefling textures are ... not good. Also, tieflings are awesome. See above. Longsword handle resized - because keep your anime swords out of my D&D. Custom dice - because if you can't choose your dice color, why are you even playing? (pink dice ftw) More short rests - because BG3 lets you have one short rest per game day, which unfairly punishes short-rest-based classes. This gives you 2 or more (you can pick the number you want) Improved UI - unfucks some stuff that gets fucked by other mods, for one thing Customizer - a hilariously vaguely worded mod that adds a ton of face and hair options
Candor mod manager - you'll want this for simplifying the install of most mods.
There's also a nude mod. I won't link it. You can find it. Hint: search Nexus for "undress"... Naturally, this one of the first 5 mods released for the game.
Hope this helps!
I am quoting this so that it is easier for me to find. I very much appreciate the work out in to this informational post. Tieflings have grown on me and I’m glad to have some options. Now if I could just get some time to actually play this game, that’d be swell.
And From the Darkness, a misterious @Iolo strikes with a code for Star Wars Dark Forces III: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast I! Decidedly one of my favorite Star Wars games!
Thanks a lot!
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KoopahTroopahThe koopas, the troopas.Philadelphia, PARegistered Userregular
@Elvenshae is awesome. My partner and I still have our pieces from last year (two years ago?) and we love looking at them. Shae made me a Triforce and my partner a fox. Both are fantastic.
Finished a game last night! I finished Deus Ex: Mankind Divided a few nights ago, and finished the last of Jensen's Stories last night. The game has some performance issues, but I enjoyed the game. I loved that they completely accommodate stealthy gameplay, as that's usually the route a take if given an option. The story was alright, and having played Human Revolution a long time ago, the intro recap helped a lot. Aside from performance issues, my other big complaint is inventory space. It's not as bad as Bethesda games, but they surely could've given us more, even if we had to spend more praxis points on them. Overall, it's an easy recommendation from me, it was fun and engrossing.
If you're shopping for the tasteful Klei fan in your life (and you should be - their games are rad), then it should be noted that both the Mark of the Ninja statue and the Invisible, Inc. socks are both on sale and super cool.
There's other stuff, too, but I never really got into Don't Starve or Oxygen Not Included so I can't speak to how neat that stuff is.
But I can tell you that Drinkbox Studios (makers of Guacamelee!) have art prints on sale. And that the Pueblucho and Juan v Calaca ones are dope.
We've all got (probably) enough games so what stuff are you looking for that is games-adjacent?
If you're shopping for the tasteful Klei fan in your life (and you should be - their games are rad), then it should be noted that both the Mark of the Ninja statue and the Invisible, Inc. socks are both on sale and super cool.
There's other stuff, too, but I never really got into Don't Starve or Oxygen Not Included so I can't speak to how neat that stuff is.
But I can tell you that Drinkbox Studios (makers of Guacamelee!) have art prints on sale. And that the Pueblucho and Juan v Calaca ones are dope.
We've all got (probably) enough games so what stuff are you looking for that is games-adjacent?
The Bioware store has been pushing a bunch of N7 merch on the heels of the remaster announcement, and there's a few things there I'd love to nab. Like, I already have an N7 hoodie, but one can never have enough hoodies...
If you're shopping for the tasteful Klei fan in your life (and you should be - their games are rad), then it should be noted that both the Mark of the Ninja statue and the Invisible, Inc. socks are both on sale and super cool.
There's other stuff, too, but I never really got into Don't Starve or Oxygen Not Included so I can't speak to how neat that stuff is.
But I can tell you that Drinkbox Studios (makers of Guacamelee!) have art prints on sale. And that the Pueblucho and Juan v Calaca ones are dope.
We've all got (probably) enough games so what stuff are you looking for that is games-adjacent?
The Bioware store has been pushing a bunch of N7 merch on the heels of the remaster announcement, and there's a few things there I'd love to nab. Like, I already have an N7 hoodie, but one can never have enough hoodies...
I'm on my second N7 hoodie. It's the perfect fall and spring jacket. Thanks for pointing me at another place to look!
Looks like the N7 Spectre hoodie is sold out. Quelle surprise. Hopefully they do another run (or variant) of them.
I grabbed two of them while they were available. Learned my lesson from the store going away before. I've still got one of the very first ones, and an Elite hoodie which is still in regular use and holding up well. (The Spectre one is thinner and a coarser fabric, but still nice, with some lovely little touches.)
On a marginally related note: is there anyone who uses or is interested in Geforce Now? This card came with a free year subscription to it that I have no interest in.
On a marginally related note: is there anyone who uses or is interested in Geforce Now? This card came with a free year subscription to it that I have no interest in.
On a marginally related note: is there anyone who uses or is interested in Geforce Now? This card came with a free year subscription to it that I have no interest in.
PM if you want it.
If its the expensive version of geforce, you might wanna give it to your kid as it allows Ray Tracing stuff to be streamed, i hear.
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Thanks for Dark Souls Remastered!!!
Not only can you pick up and love on the kittehs, but you can pet the doggo, who is the goodest boy of all.
I'm concerned, guys. It's going to take something truly off the charts for Cyberpunk to take the GOTY title away from this kind of awesome.
Also, It's gonna be tough to beat the badass aesthetic, too...
It will update them eventually. It just schedules them for times when it has learned you won't likely be doing anything. I tend to have quite a few queued at any time, but they all do their thing on their own given time. If you're not actively playing one that's queued, does it matter? And if you are, you can force the install whenever you want.
It is not a system that bothers me. Valve wants to spread the load around a bit. (for some reason a lot of people got stuck at home this year and it affected the bandwidth used a bit.) It updates recently played games fast enough so it shouldn't normally be a real issue.
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Elvenshae's a wizard.
Yep! I make stained glass stuff. Out of the several dozen things I’ve made, I used a store-bought pattern for ... uh, two of them.
The rest I’ve either doctored up a finished design I’ve found online or started from some art and just figured out what to cut.
So, for this piece, I started with a high-res version of the Darksiders emblem that Orivon uses for his avatar and then used Inkscape and Gimp to turn it into a stained glass pattern.
Couldn’t do the letters / runes, but I figured the horse / sword and the inner ring would be a pretty sweet piece by itself.
Thanks! My biggest fear with this stuff is that I’ll ship something and the recipient will get a broken piece. Stained glass repair is ... expensive.
Steam: Elvenshae // PSN: Elvenshae // WotC: Elvenshae
Wilds of Aladrion: [https://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/43159014/#Comment_43159014]Ellandryn[/url]
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Getting started with BATTLETECH: Part 1 / Part 2
3DS: 0473-8507-2652
Switch: SW-5185-4991-5118
PSN: AbEntropy
I am quoting this so that it is easier for me to find. I very much appreciate the work out in to this informational post. Tieflings have grown on me and I’m glad to have some options. Now if I could just get some time to actually play this game, that’d be swell.
Thanks a lot!
Enjoy Orivon!
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There's other stuff, too, but I never really got into Don't Starve or Oxygen Not Included so I can't speak to how neat that stuff is.
But I can tell you that Drinkbox Studios (makers of Guacamelee!) have art prints on sale. And that the Pueblucho and Juan v Calaca ones are dope.
We've all got (probably) enough games so what stuff are you looking for that is games-adjacent?
The Bioware store has been pushing a bunch of N7 merch on the heels of the remaster announcement, and there's a few things there I'd love to nab. Like, I already have an N7 hoodie, but one can never have enough hoodies...
I'm on my second N7 hoodie. It's the perfect fall and spring jacket. Thanks for pointing me at another place to look!
I grabbed two of them while they were available. Learned my lesson from the store going away before. I've still got one of the very first ones, and an Elite hoodie which is still in regular use and holding up well. (The Spectre one is thinner and a coarser fabric, but still nice, with some lovely little touches.)
Steam | XBL
I've already run 3dmark, AC Valhalla, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider. I can't think what else has tests but I know a bunch do...
HZD, BL3, AC:O, Civ VI
Is the new card glorious? Does it have all the pixels?
Steam profile.
Getting started with BATTLETECH: Part 1 / Part 2
HZD has a benchmark? Ooh kay then!
It is... glorious. Literally doubled my 3dmark score.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider with old system, normal detail, medium ray tracing was 52 FPS avg, dipping to mid-20s. With new GPU, max settings, high ray tracing, is 95 FPS avg, dipping to mid-70s minimum.
I HAS A HAPPY
PM if you want it.
GeForce now is still a thing?
Switch FC: SW-7588-7027-0113, Steam/PSN: Halfazedninja
If its the expensive version of geforce, you might wanna give it to your kid as it allows Ray Tracing stuff to be streamed, i hear.
Old.
New.
Cool.
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/benchmark/
Shadowbringers Benchmark. :biggrin:
The 2nd level is a multi tiered fucking ring.
I predict more grinding needed to surmount these numbers.
Game still fun
Only gear that provided moxie was....AVIATOR SUNGLASSES
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
Installing! Probably won't get to it til tomorrow though.
It seems cruel to suggest a benchmark that has a character creator.
3DS: 0473-8507-2652
Switch: SW-5185-4991-5118
PSN: AbEntropy