And then there are games that try to immediately start the first mission to make things more “immersive”
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When you launch a game for the first time...
Exit Game
"Cool, it works. But I don't have time to play right now."
In my situation it's usually a "you know what? I actually don't want to play a game after all."
Happens more often when I have a weed tolerance, and the high wears off before I can even go back inside to boot the computer. (Which is why sometimes I'll load up the game before I go outside to hit the dab rig. That way I'll at least get 10 minutes of enjoyment out of the game.)
As someone who’s been there, you really need to start talking to a therapist about substance use disorder. There is much more to life waiting for you after you put in the hard work to unlock it. There is help, you are not alone.
Already doing so. On ketamine therapy too
That’s great to hear.
Last Played: 2019
Where is the fov slider?!
Gotta invert that mouse
Disable the Vaseline Squad.
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Motion Blur
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Depth of Field
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Chromatic Aberration
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Film Grain
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Vignettes
If it makes the visuals less clear, it can go to hell. So also toss in floating numbers and, if they are truly ugly, enemy health bars.
Unpopular opinion: I consider antialiasing to be part of the vaseline squad these days.
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Subtitles? Yes they're important, but the first thing I do when I launch a new game is go straight to the graphics settings. Controls come next. Accessibility options are the last thing I change before I launch a game.
Volume down
This. When my friends and I launch a new game, the first few seconds (depending on how many goddamn unskippable intros there are) are always
WHAT? SORRY I CAN’T HEAR YOU! THE MUSIC IS SO LOUD!
Can't even tell you the last time that happened. Practically everything defaults to having them on.
Always adjust graphics settings first. Make sure the correct resolution is set, turn off bloom, turn off depth of field, etc etc.
Turn off shaky cam/head bobbing and motion blur.
For me the first stop is graphics is always seeing if they offer the ability to turn TAA off.
Chromatic aberration is the worst
Don’t forget to make sure Vsync, double or triple buffering is off.
Music 50%.
Master Volume: 30%
Music Volume: 40%
FX: 30%
Ambience: 35%
Dialog: 100%
I can't wrap my head around the fact that all games start with the volume sliders at 100. Immediately shatters everyone's eardrums. Just start them at 50 ffs.
You can set OS volume though. Games aren't louder than most other media set to 100%
Big true. You can't just start the game, you have to go into options to set the volume slider down to 3% so you can un-mute your speakers without shattering your ear drums.
Gotta change shitty default WASD to based superior ESDF
I love that there are still keyboard warrior out there fighting their own battles. I used to center around my left index finger on the J key (YGHJ), which basically puts the entire keyboard into easy reach of the left hand. I gave it up in the early 00's though once WASD had been pretty thoroughly standardized. (There were also a lot of games in that era with dogshit customization options due to consolification. At least customization is considered standard procedure these days.)
y axis: inverted
Incorrect! Y-Axis: Normal
I hate games that default to inverted. Obviously, the superior option is the Halo trick: tell the player to "Look up using the right stick or mouse" and then set default inverse or not based on what the player does.
Yes! Why is this not default?
Also: vibration off
It used to be ... 🤷
Subtitles on, vsync off, and then mess around with controls for half an hour in my usual experience :3
Ugh, tearing.
VSync on, always.
That's what variable refresh rate monitors are for.
As if I'm going to sit at a desk with a tiny-ass monitor when I could relax on the sofa with my cats and play some video games in surround sound.
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