june gloom on 29/1/2009 at 04:03
Yes well I guess some people enjoy being wrong.
Overman on 29/1/2009 at 04:21
'Wrong'?
Its a game. Grow up.
june gloom on 29/1/2009 at 04:30
Oh, I'm sorry, was I supposed to agree with you? Terribly sorry, won't happen again.
Bjossi on 8/2/2009 at 05:39
My PC is back up and running, I had to get it repaired by an expert, the problem was far bigger than I had thought. He had to recover BOTH hard drives as raw data because the file systems were completely destroyed.
Anyway, I lost my Dead Space savegames (why the fuck do so many games store savegames in Documents and Settings?) and was wondering if any of you guys got one from chapter 6? I wasn't far in, on the second floor of the big garden area where I had to kill the creatures poisoning the atmosphere.
On a side note, it strikes me as odd that levels are loading slower than before with a fresh OS install, in more games than just Dead Space. I'm guessing the pagefile is set up differently than before, but I have no idea what is best for performance there.
Bjossi on 8/2/2009 at 06:03
Thanks. :)
EvaUnit02 on 8/2/2009 at 06:08
Quote Posted by Bjossi
Anyway, I lost my Dead Space savegames (why the fuck do so many games store savegames in Documents and Settings?) and was wondering if any of you guys got one from chapter 6? I wasn't far in, on the second floor of the big garden area where I had to kill the creatures poisoning the atmosphere.
Apparently it's "bad coding practice" to store config files and the like in Program Files, hence Vista's "virtual document space" or whatever it is.
What really pisses me off is that some games store their saves/configs in the fricking Application Data folder, which Windows has hidden by default.
Bjossi on 8/2/2009 at 14:31
You know what would be awesome? If there were such things as forwarding files. For example if you wanted to keep savegames in the Dead Space main folder, you would put a forward file for each save with the exact same filename into the actual save folder and write the path to the correct file and location. Example: save1.frw placed in a save folder, opened up with a simple text editor and inside is the path to the real file, save1.sav, stored where you wanted it.
Dunno how possible this is, but it would be great imo.
gunsmoke on 8/2/2009 at 15:36
Quote Posted by Bjossi
I'm guessing the pagefile is set up differently than before, but I have no idea what is best for performance there.
It depends on the amount of RAM you have, generally speaking. I used to use an XP tweak guide, but can't seem to find it, atm. IIRC, it is 1.5 times the amount of RAM, or alternatively, allow Windows to handle it.
EvaUnit02 on 8/2/2009 at 15:56
Also move your pagefile to another partition, where Windows isn't installed.
