Questions tagged [pc]
The PC tag should be used for questions about PC-specific problems with a game, and the tweaking of a PC configuration to best accommodate gaming. Applies to all of Linux, Windows and macOS.
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Epic Games- GTA 5 Download speed stucked at 0
I started downloading GTA V on EPIC GAMES. After a while I am getting constant 0 speed with minor up spikes. its been 4 days speed is stagnant to zero. What should i do ??
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Is there a way to see what games are using EasyAntiCheat?
I can see the EasyAntiCheat is installed in my system by looking at the Services window (services.msc).
Is there a way to see what games on my system are using EasyAntiCheat?
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How can I improve Commonwealth load time in Fallout 4 (PC)? [duplicate]
I love Fallout 4 but I absolutely loathe going into buildings because every time I come out, re-loading the Commonwealth takes a very long time (a minute or more). This can't be an issue w/ my PC ...
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How to disable screen effects (dirt) in Unreal Engine 4 games?
Unreal Engine 4 supports modifying many visual effects in game configuration files (the location may vary, visit PC Gaming Wiki); for instance r.DepthOfFieldQuality=0 disables depth of field, r....
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Are GTA IV/EFLC saved games backwards compatible?
I want to downgrade GTA IV to play with mods, and I want my current saves to come with me.
Would I be able to use a saved game create on a recent version in an older patch? (for example, a saved game ...
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DS4 Controller forgets pairing - PC and PS4
I think my controller has died, but I thought I'd throw the problem out there in case anyone might have any tricks I haven't tried yet.
I have a DS4 controller, that once paired works fine. The ...
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Dualshock 4 does not connect to pc via wireless
At the beginning the bluetooth connection worked normally between my ds4 and the pc, as much in steam, as in ds4 Windows. Now, my ds4 only connect via USB.
When I try to turn on the bluetooth control ...
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Just bought Dark Souls 3 on my computer but frame rate is low. Is it the game or my computer? [duplicate]
I bought Dark Souls 3 to play with a friend that is playing on his PC but it says my framerate is too low. I've seen this on other threads but I don't know if it is actually just my computer. Here are ...
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Deus Ex:GOTY crashes on the “BatteryPark” level
My problem is a rather simple one:
When running Deus Ex: GOTY on Steam, the game crashes when in the Battery Park level, near the vent section, leaving a critical error message:
I'm running the game ...
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How do you disable keyboard inputs? [migrated]
I have this laptop I usually have next to me, I use it for stuff like YouTube, Discord and others, just so I won't lag my main PC. I use a program called "Input Director" to easily control both ...
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Pacman for PC does not persist high scores
I used to play this game years ago and I recently found it again, so I decided to try it.
To my surprise, every time I lose and start another game, the previous score is not persisted, it's back to 0....
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How does one get sugarcane seeds in a map that does not natively “support” sugarcane?
As the question suggest.....
I want to branch out my operations into sugarcane farming, but for the life of me cannot find sugarcane seeds or chutes. The map in question is Felsbrunn. From my ...
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problem with 2 usb gamepad connection and settings
I'm newbie in gaming and and I have faced with some problems with shockers in gamepads. I have recently bought 2 cheap USB gamepads (microkingdom) for my children to play games on PC (windows 8.1), ...
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minecraft moving mouse causes huge fps drop
When I move my mouse in minecraft windows 10 with rtx. It went from 90+ fps down to 0-10 fps instant! the gpu usage also decrease from 90-100% down to 5-40% depending on how fast and much I move my ...
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Prince of persia the two thrones game not starting, windows 10
As the title says, the game is not starting. After I click on the launch button from the launcher, a window asks if I want to use safe mode settings, and then nothing happens regardless if I use safe ...
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Why is my Commercial (High Density Only) revenue suddenly dipping?
So I've been running my city for about a couple of months. In the beginning, I had a gain of $50k+ a week. Then, over the course of a few months, it plummeted to over $20k+ loss a week. I checked my "...
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How do I recover my minecraft account if my computer was wiped?
My sister has a computer and we both had Minecraft on it. I still have Minecraft and I have a server that I asked her to join. Then I remembered that one day, her computer had randomly stopped working ...
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How to increase the draw distance in the Bethesda (Gamebryo engine) Fallout games?
The grass draw distance was extremely limited in Oblivion, but Fallout 3 and New Vegas still have quite noticeable issues with loading (streaming?) their sparse landscape. I've maxed out all related ...
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How cleanly remove a perk in Fallout 3?
I regret investing in some perks which provide skill points (can be trivial to earn and all categories can apparently be maxed), currently I only pursue active effects. Is it possible to remove perks ...
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how can i find out what email is linked to my steam account [duplicate]
the steam guard email isn't going to any of the emails that I have and I don't know what email address it is going to
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Can I link my Overwatch account from one PC to another?
I know that you can't link a console account to a PC, but what about PC to PC? I just got a new computer, and I want to move my old account to my new computer, so how do I do that?
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Game asks for VC++ 2015 when I already have it
I downloaded the game Walking Simulator on Steam but when I tried to play it, it prompted to install Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Runtime:
The first time I installed it, the game didn't even start. If I ...
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I can't get rid of an infinite poison effect?
So I was playing on one of my mod packs (1.12.2 if this helps), and had been bitten by a vampire and had turned, everything was normal until then. As in, when I turned I got an infinite poison effect, ...
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Xbox 360 Steering Wheel on Xbox One
I recently decided to start playing racing games again but of course my old 360 steering wheel won't connect to my Xbox One.
Found out there was a work around by streaming through windows 10 so I ...
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How does the rain mechanic work when creating a custom world?
I'm creating a custom (unmodded) world, and I want to understand what I'm doing when I change parameters.
For most of the parameters, there is information readily accessible via the fan wikis, but ...
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Connecting an Xbox 360 controller to Windows 10 with a wireless receiver with no sync button
I have a generic wireless receiver which I have set up as an Xbox 360 wireless receiver using the microsoft official drivers, but the device does not have a sync button. It does have a button but it ...
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Why can't I buy any games in Uplay after linking Steam account?
After buying a Ubisoft game on Steam, the store in the Uplay launcher disappeared.
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Connection problem when trying to play Steep online
I have the game Steep which I got while a promotion made it free to install for a limited time and to
keep it permanently.
I have played other games online without any problems including on Steam ...
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Dota 2 workshop content keeps downloading in the background [closed]
I checked online for solutions , I unsubscribed all the workshop items, I unchecked all the dlc on the list . The issue still persists . It keeps downloading 5-20 KB files in the background and it ...
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Minecraft from an old laptop to a new one [duplicate]
How do I get Minecraft on my new pc after buying it on my old one that got fried without having to pay for it again?
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What is title of this retro game with catchy fast techno-dance theme song?
My friend showed me a game installed on his PC back in 2006 and we captured the below eurodance-like song from it. Our paths diverged and I haven't spoken to him in years but I recently found the ...
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FIFA 20 Xbox One Controller Ghost Input
I've been experiencing an issue on FIFA 19 (and subsequently FIFA 20) on PC, where if I attempt to play the game using my Xbox One (for Windows) controller, it registers a constant left-direction (...
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“Recluse Stays Home” hacking quest unbeatable
In Pascal's Village, the "Recluse Stays Home" side quest asks the player to play hacking. However for some PC players this seems impossible as time is always short by one second even for the perfect ...
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GTA V won't start up
GTA V won't load at all. It won't give an error message, won't tell me why either. I've gotten the game to load one (1) time. I haven't been able to get it to run at all.
I've messaged Rockstar ...
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How to use PS4 controller's audio output via Bluetooth on PC?
When the PS4 controller is connected via the USB cable to the PC, it can be used as an audio device if I plug my headphones into the controller.
Is it somehow possible to use them as an audio device, ...
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Best way to connect multiple controllers to a PC
I was considering building a LAN PC (e.g. a Mini ITX portable build) to bring around to my friends houses.
I remember last time I tried to play two player Castle Crashers on Steam, we had a problem ...
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What happened to games having a multitude of servers? [closed]
It wasn’t too long ago that PC games didn’t really have a “Play Now” button- you had a roster of servers, many of them private, and you chose one based on your preferences. Overtime, you could come to ...
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How to fix Red Dead Online Error: 0x20010006
Does anyone know how to resolve this Red Dead Online Error: 0x20010006 which they haven’t fixed in 2 months
I played it for around 1 hour but from the past 2 weeks I have got stuck at this error
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Forza Horizon 4 Keeps on Crashing
I have recently downloaded Forza Horizon 4, but there is a problem, after I set up my name and click on play Forza Horizon the game gets a grey screen and closes to the Desktop even before it finished ...
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What controls are used instead of the DS4 Touchpad in the PC version?
On the PS4 version of Detroit: Become Human, you use the Touchpad of the DualShock 4 for certain actions like painting and drawing holograms. On the PC version, you don't have the touchpad when you ...
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The camera speed is set to zero, but is still too fast. How can I lower it even more?
I have lowered the camera speed to the zero, and I still feel it too fast/sensitive.
How can I lower the camera speed even more?
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Cannot find .minecraft folder
I see everyone using mods in Minecraft go into their File Explorer, type in %appdata% in the top search bar, and then in that folder they have a Minecraft folder in which there should be a mod file (...
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What games did NVIDIA come through on regarding RTX and DLSS?
In 2018 NVIDIA released its RTX 2000-series cards. A huge part of this release was an emphasis on some fundamental new features that games would support in the future. A list can be seen here of these ...
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How do you disconnect a Xbox 360 controller from a PC [closed]
I'm trying to disconnect my Xbox 360 controller from my PC and connect it to my Xbox but I can't figure out how to disconnect it. How would I do this?
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Disabling enemy AI
I'm looking to take some pictures of the Grunts in Halo: Combat Evolved for a possible project. Of course, this isn't easy when they keep running from or shooting at you.
Is there a program that will ...
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Civ 5 Multiplayer version mismatch Mac-pc
I recently re-installed Civ 5 to play with my friends. We use to play over local network across both Mac and PC.
However this time when we tried I got a version mismatch. In the menu we all have the ...
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I have a problem with steam launching in archlinux
Every single time than I try to launch steam it throws a You are missing the following 32-bit libraries followed by a Failed to load steamui.so error.
$steam-runtime
Running Steam on arch rolling 64-...
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Ghost control input
I'm trying to play Splinter Cell 3 CT on Windows 7 x64.
When ingame there are "ghost" control inputs not made by me that cause the character to move on its own. In one observed case it even caused a ...
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Can I transfer my PC account to PS4
I bought a PS4 version of GTA5.. And I want to ask you if I can transfer my stuff from PC to PS4
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Both Monitors Black Screen When Alt + Tab from a fullscreen game [duplicate]
When I alt tab from a fullscreen game, both of my monitors go black for 3-4 seconds and when I go back to the game from the 2nd monitor, it does the exact same thing. I believe that I have narrowed it ...
