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#41

Gaming HQ / Re: Valve Announces the Steam ...

Last post by garbon - Today at 07:36:24 AM

Been a while coming. So many DIY devices.
Shame they can't pull the switch thing succesfully.

BBC News - Steam Machine: Valve rivals Xbox and PlayStation with new console - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd679n9lnx5o?app-referrer=deep-link

What is the upside to attaching a PC to one's tv?

#42

Off the Record / Re: India - Pakistan Conflict ...

Last post by Tamas - Today at 07:24:36 AM

Passed u... nanimously.

 

#43

Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...

Last post by Sophie Scholl - Today at 06:52:04 AM

Awesome. Thank you! 

#44

Gaming HQ / Re: Valve Announces the Steam ...

Last post by Josquius - Today at 06:26:21 AM

Been a while coming. So many DIY devices.
Shame they can't pull the switch thing succesfully.

BBC News - Steam Machine: Valve rivals Xbox and PlayStation with new console - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd679n9lnx5o?app-referrer=deep-link

#45

Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...

Last post by Solmyr - Today at 05:20:48 AM

Anyone mind sharing a picture or the numbers for Poland? I'm curious. 

Here's Poland. 70 dynamic historical events and 21 unique things (advances/units/etc).



For comparison, the most content-rich countries (England, France, Castile, Ottomans) can can a number of historical events approaching 200. The number of unique things is pretty typical.

#46

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by celedhring - Today at 05:13:11 AM

I remember when we used to go on daytrips with my school and in hindsight the movies they played were probably not too adequate for a bunch of 10ish year olds - we all loved them mind. One of the memories of my childhood is half the bus screaming when the goon falls into the toxic waste in RoboCop

#47

Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...

Last post by Tamas - Today at 04:06:32 AM

Pretty cool story here: https://www.reddit.com/r/EU5/s/9TLQrns0nl

As I understand the guy built a super powerful Venice, having his market control Italy and Central Europe, to the degree that the AI Italian small states all turned themselves into cities and specialising into what sold on the market, importing food from the other parts of the Venetian market. Which worked swimmingly until Austria and Bohemia started some huge war devastating food stockpiles to the degree that Venice was paying like 800 a month for food imports at some point, going from being absolute awash in cash to almost going bankrupt.

Pretty cool.

#48

Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...

Last post by Richard Hakluyt - Today at 02:31:29 AM

I have a new machine now, but EU V does something that causes the GPU or CPU fans to rotate at maximum speed. No other game I tried (Stellaris, Civ 7, Victoria) does this. It's super annoying as my computer is then very loud. 

I wonder if you have frames per second capped? I have vsync turned on (60fps) to avoid that. In other games i have experienced what you describe and discover ludicrous rates like 217fps are flogging the GPU to death and providing no useful performance for me.

#49

Off the Record / Re: The AI dooooooom thread

Last post by Syt - Today at 01:35:41 AM

They told us at work to make use of AI (we got the whole privace/ethics training about the EU legislation, and personal ChatGPT corporate accounts), so I made this.

#50

Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...

Last post by Sophie Scholl - November 12, 2025, 09:17:26 PM

Anyone mind sharing a picture or the numbers for Poland? I'm curious.