1768

Thanks, @Gedd. That would have probably had issues with the rig I had up until about two months ago, so good warning. I’m okay with my new CPU, but I think I’m going to hold off because insane backlog.

1769

Interesting, I hadn’t heard about this. Wait for a patch or new CPU I guess.

“PSA: Even if your CPU is stronger than the advertised Intel i5 in the Minimum Requirements, the game WILL NOT START if it doesn’t support AVX instructions”

1770

That’s an extremely useful warning, I have the same processor. Thanks!

1771

My last computer was an i7-920 and I replaced it in 2015! You guys are hardcore.

While it’s true CPUs have advanced quite slowly over the past decade, each year is an incremental improvement and that CPU is 12 years old. It’s time to toss it in the dumpster, if you have the means to do so.

1772

I was on a 3 year build cycle before my i7-920 build, but this system, with a few gpu upgrades, had handled everything I’ve thrown at it without problem, and I work on it every day. Granted, I don’t play leading edge games and stick mainly to bargain bin stuff. Death Stranding, and perhaps Anthem, have been the first, and even Anthem seemed happier when I threw some more RAM in it (6 to 14).

That said, this issue, and the fact that I could pass this build on to my kids, did get me to start looking at parts again. I’ll probably get serious about it in the next 6 months.

And I’m glad my experience could help some people out. When I first tried to run it, there was no error message or anything, just black screen, then back to Steam. I had initially read that the game really wanted to be on the latest version of Windows, and I didn’t realize I had missed the last big update, so I fixed that up and then I think I saw a vague message that lead me to the processor issue. Was a fun bit of troubleshooting.

1773

Apparently the issue is AVX vector instrructions, which are flatly missing from our chip. More than likely it’s a by-product of console porting that the game even needs them, though I’m sure it’s something we’ll run into more as time goes on. It is, indeed, probably time to finally upgrade. Honestly, it’s been really hard to justify building a new system up to now.

1774

There’s a whole mess of PC JRPGs on sale at GMG…I am so trying to talk myself out of finally getting Trails of Cold Steel III. Pretty sure that’s as cheap as it’s ever been.

https://www.greenmangaming.com/jrpg/

1775

They just announced a new Trails series this week.

1776

£4 for Art of Rally on the Epic store is a massive bargain, great game, really recommend it.

Art of Rally Trailer

1777

The Starter Pack for KARDS - The WWII Card game is free on Steam today. Normally $10

This Starter Pack regularly costs $9.95 - but on December 21st, it is free for everyone! This is a special gift from the team to all KARDS fans, new players, and veterans alike.

Spread the word and get everyone using this 100% Discount on December 21st. Even if you have purchased the in-game welcome pack, you still can and should use this Starter Pack.

Maybe something to do with the alignment of Jupiter and Saturn?

1778

Hm, just keep getting “oops, sorry” when trying to add to account. Not like I needed another game to play!

1779

I had the same issue; you need to add the free base game to your account then add the linked DLC.

1780

Well, is it any good?

I tried to do a search but Discourse showed me posts about Kim Kardashian, despite the word kards not showing up in her name.

1781

Just finished all the starter deck battles. I really like it, so far.

1782

I tried to find a dedicated Kards thread too, and also got the Kim Kardashian results.

1783

I’d never heard of it before but I downloaded it and ran through the tutorial and then beat the Japan deck and I have to say I quite like it!

1784

Oh I’m an idiot… is it pretty much multiplayer only? I was looking for a casual game to play against the AI over the holidays. No way I need a multiplayer game right now.

Looks like there’s a $30 set of single player campaigns. I’ll look into it more tomorrow.

1785

Yeah, only there doesn’t seem to be a way to add the base game to your account without installing it. Very clunky.

1786

The trick which works for me for F2P games is that I click the “Play Game” button, and when it asks to install I cancel that - seems enough to add the game to the library without actually downloading. Worked for the KARDs DLC this time as well.

1787

Yeah, I had to actually launch Steam and let it try to install the game (which I cancelled) before it would let me add the DLC to my account. Clunky.