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Skyrim Works fine for me. What issue are you having with Skyrim? Let me know and i'll see if i can help you. Here are games that i have tested and work for me: Castlevania: Lord of Shadow Ultimate Edition Castlevania: Lord of Shadow 2 Darksiders Franchise Pack: Darksiders II Darksiders Deus Ex Human Revolution - Director's Cut: Still downloading can't test yet.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Legendary Edition Fallout New Vegas Ultimate Edition Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition Metal Gear Rising Revengeance Murdered Soul Suspect Quantum Conundrum Saints Row Ultimate Franchise Pack: Saints Row 2: Still downloading can't test yet. Saints Row The Third: Still downloading can't test yet. Saints Row IV Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition: Still downloading can't test yet Thief: Master Thief Edition. Skyrim Works fine for me. What issue are you having with Skyrim? Let me know and i'll see if i can help you.
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Here are games that i have tested and work for me: Castlevania: Lord of the Shadows Ultimate Edition Castlevania: Lord of the Shadows 2 Darksiders Franchise Pack: Darksiders II Darksiders Deus Ex Human Revolution - Director's Cut: Still downloading can't test yet. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Legendary Edition Fallout New Vegas Ultimate Edition Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition Metal Gear Rising Revengeance Murdered Soul Suspect Quantum Conundrum Saints Row Ultimate Franchise Pack: Saints Row 2: Still downloading can't test yet. Saints Row The Third: Still downloading can't test yet. Saints Row IV Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition: Still downloading can't test yet Thief: Master Thief Edition I did a quick reinstall and its working fine. Must have been some of my mods. Most of my games work fine except with a crash every now and again.
OK here is what i did after i Upgraded to Windows 10 (From Windows 8.1) and Started Testing Games: First i went to and logged in again i got a Code Sent to my Email and Copy and Pasted it in the Box and then i Named my PC at the bottom now I'm logged in. I did the Same thing after i Reset Windows 10 to clear up some issues i was having not related to gaming. Yes i backed up everything and Restored Everything. I have a Backup and Restore Method that works really well.
Next i had to Reinstall the Drivers for my Bluetooth and PS3 Controller after setting everything up correctly now i can use my PS3 controller to play Video Games. Do you want to Play Games on your PC with a PS3 Controller instead of using the Keyboard and Mouse to play Games on PC? Well check out this site: there is a tutorial right on the site but if you need help let me know and yes This Method works Great. Here are games that i have tested and work for me: Castlevania: Lord of Shadow Ultimate Edition: For the Upgrade: I Clicked on the Shortcut Castlevania Lords of Shadow Ultimate Edition that Steam Creates when you first Activate and Install the Game Then the Game Started and everything Worked Great. For the Reset: I Clicked on the Shortcut Castlevania Lords of Shadow Ultimate Edition that Steam Creates when you first Activate and Install the Game Then i had to go through the First Time Setup after that was complete the Game Started and everything Worked Great.
Castlevania: Lord of Shadows 2: For the Upgrade: I Clicked on the Shortcut Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2 that Steam Creates when you first Activate and Install the Game Then the Game Started and everything Worked Great. For the Reset: I Clicked on the Shortcut Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2 that Steam Creates when you first Activate and Install the Game Then i had to go through the First Time Setup after that was complete the Game Started and everything Worked Great. Darksiders Franchise Pack: Darksiders II: For the Upgrade: I Clicked on the Shortcut Darksiders II that Steam Creates when you first Activate and Install the Game Then the Game Started and everything Worked Great.
For the Reset: I Clicked on the Shortcut Darksiders II that Steam Creates when you first Activate and Install the Game Then i had to go through the First Time Setup after that was complete the Game Started and everything Worked Great. Darksiders: For the Upgrade: I Clicked on the Shortcut Darksiders that Steam Creates when you first Activate and Install the Game Then the Game Started and everything Worked Great. For the Reset: I Clicked on the Shortcut Darksiders that Steam Creates when you first Activate and Install the Game Then i had to go through the First Time Setup after that was complete the Game Started and everything Worked Great. Deus Ex Human Revolution - Director's Cut: Because I'm Still downloading this Game i can't test This Game Yet. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition: For the Upgrade: I Clicked on the Shortcut The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion that Steam Creates when you first Activate and Install the Game The Launcher Appeared and Detected my Graphics i then Changed a few Setting in the Launcher Then i clicked Play Then the Game Started and everything Worked Great. For the Reset: I Clicked on the Shortcut The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion that Steam Creates when you first Activate and Install the Game Then i had to go through the First Time Setup after that was complete The Launcher Appeared and Detected my Graphics i then Changed a few Setting in the Launcher Then i clicked Play Then the Game Started and everything Worked Great. Additional Details: I haven't Modded Oblivion yet so i don't Launch the game with the Oblivion OBSE Shortcut.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Legendary Edition: For the Upgrade: I Clicked on the Shortcut The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim Launcher that Steam Creates when you first Activate and Install the Game The Launcher Appeared and Detected my Graphics i then Changed a few Setting in the Launcher Then i clicked Play Then the Game Started and everything Worked Great. For the Reset: I Clicked on the Shortcut The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim Launcher that Steam Creates when you first Activate and Install the Game Then i had to go through the First Time Setup after that was complete The Launcher Appeared and Detected my Graphics i then Changed a few Setting in the Launcher Then i clicked Play Then the Game Started and everything Worked Great. Fallout New Vegas Ultimate Edition: For the Upgrade: I Clicked on the Shortcut Fallout New Vegas Launcher that Steam Creates when you first Activate and Install the Game The Launcher Appeared and Detected my Graphics i then Changed a few Setting in the Launcher Then i clicked Play Then the Game Started and everything Worked Great. For the Reset: I Clicked on the Shortcut Fallout New Vegas Launcher that Steam Creates when you first Activate and Install the Game Then i had to go through the First Time Setup after that was complete The Launcher Appeared and Detected my Graphics i then Changed a few Setting in the Launcher Then i clicked Play Then the Game Started and everything Worked Great.
Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition Grand Theft Auto IV: For the Upgrade: I Clicked on the Shortcut Grand Theft Auto IV that Steam Creates when you first Activate and Install the Game Then the Game Started and everything Worked Great. For the Reset: I Clicked on the Shortcut Grand Theft Auto IV that Steam Creates when you first Activate and Install the Game Then i had to go through the First Time Setup after that was complete the Game Started and everything Worked Great. Grand Theft Auto Episodes from Liberty City: For the Upgrade: I Clicked on the Shortcut Grand Theft Auto Episodes from Liberty City that Steam Creates when you first Activate and Install the Game Then the Game Started and everything Worked Great. For the Reset: I Clicked on the Shortcut Grand Theft Auto Episodes from Liberty City that Steam Creates when you first Activate and Install the Game Then i had to go through the First Time Setup after that was complete the Game Started and everything Worked Great. Additional Details: OK for the First Time Setup i Replaced the gfwlivesetup Located in C: Steam SteamApps common Grand Theft Auto IV Installers and i Replaced the gfwlivesetup Located in C: Steam SteamApps common Grand Theft Auto IV Episodes from Liberty City Installers With the one you can Download here Just click the Blue Download Button. The Reason i did this is because the gfwlivesetup is old and outdated it wouldn't work for me so that i could play Grand Theft Auto IV. Also make sure you have a Microsoft Account and a Rockstar Social Club Account you'll need these if you want to Play.
A Box will pop up asking you to Sign into your Rockstar Social Club Account after you type the Email: and Password: in you either click Play(offline) or Play A Windows Firewall may pop up or your Internet Security Program may popup you can either wait and Allow Later or if you use Windows Firewall hurry and check both boxes and Allow. Next once you're in game at the Main Menu click Home and Sign In using your Microsoft Account it should Display your Product Key and it should also tell you about a Update just Update after it's done Updating close out the Game and let it Install this Update. You'll probably have a GFWL Box popup and asking you to Sign so Sign In using your Microsoft Account hopefully everything goes smooth now Launch Grand Theft Auto IV again and when you get to the Main Menu click home and see if your Signed in.You may have to repeat the process but then it should Sign you in Automatically so long as you check the Box to Sign you in Automatically. You'll have to do the same Process for Grand Theft Auto Episodes from Liberty City.
Metal Gear Rising Revengeance: For the Upgrade: I Clicked on the Shortcut METAL GEAR RISING REVENGEANCE that Steam Creates when you first Activate and Install the Game Then the Game Started and everything Worked Great. For the Reset: I Clicked on the Shortcut METAL GEAR RISING REVENGEANCE that Steam Creates when you first Activate and Install the Game Then i had to go through the First Time Setup after that was complete the Game Started and everything Worked Great. Murdered Soul Suspect: For the Upgrade: I Clicked on the Shortcut MURDERED SOUL SUSPECT that Steam Creates when you first Activate and Install the Game Then the Game Started and everything Worked Great. For the Reset: I Clicked on the Shortcut MURDERED SOUL SUSPECT that Steam Creates when you first Activate and Install the Game Then i had to go through the First Time Setup after that was complete the Game Started and everything Worked Great. Quantum Conundrum: For the Upgrade: I Clicked on the Shortcut Quantum Conundrum that Steam Creates when you first Activate and Install the Game Then the Game Started and everything Worked Great.
For the Reset: I Clicked on the Shortcut Quantum Conundrum that Steam Creates when you first Activate and Install the Game Then i had to go through the First Time Setup after that was complete the Game Started and everything Worked Great. Saints Row Ultimate Franchise Pack: Saints Row 2: Because I'm Still downloading this Game i can't test This Game Yet. Saints Row The Third: Because I'm Still downloading this Game i can't test This Game Yet. Saints Row IV: For the Upgrade: I Clicked on the Shortcut Saints Row IV that Steam Creates when you first Activate and Install the Game Then the Game Started and everything Worked Great. The Game didn't start correctly so i went into Steam i right clicked on Saints Row IV Then i clicked on Properties Then i click on VERIFY INTEGRITY OF GAME CACHE. It said All Files Validated Successfully But it did reset the Config which i believe is the issue. Saints Row IV Started in Fullscreen.
I changed some of the ingame Setting and everything Worked Great. For the Reset: I Clicked on the Shortcut Saints Row IV that Steam Creates when you first Activate and Install the Game Then the Game Started and everything Worked Great.
The Game didn't start correctly so i went into Steam i right clicked on Saints Row IV Then i clicked on Properties Then i click on VERIFY INTEGRITY OF GAME CACHE. It said All Files Validated Successfully But it did reset the Config which i believe is the issue. Saints Row IV Started in Fullscreen. I changed some of the ingame Setting and everything Worked Great. Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition: Because I'm Still downloading this Game i can't test This Game Yet.
Thief: Master Thief Edition: For the Upgrade: I Clicked on the Shortcut Thief that Steam Creates when you first Activate and Install the Game Then the Game Started and everything Worked Great. For the Reset: I Clicked on the Shortcut Thief that Steam Creates when you first Activate and Install the Game Then i had to go through the First Time Setup after that was complete the Game Started and everything Worked Great.
Helpful Info for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Legendary Edition: This is Mainly for Modders I have this Posted on my Nexus Profile. If anyone is having issues with a mod I suggest you: Update Skyrim Clean your Update.esm Dawnguard.esm Dragonborn.esm Hearthfire.esm with TESVEDIT: Download Nexus Mod Manager: Run LOOT to correct your load order. Check every single mod by going to that mod's Page Reading the Mod Author's Instructions and Reading 10 or more comments if a lot of people say the mod is good then download it.
After you're 100% sure everything will run smooth Begin your First Test. SKSE Link: You can Optimize your Mods with: DDSopt: DDSopt can Optimize.dds Files and BSA's. If you want to Unpack your BSA's: BSAopt: BSAopt can unpack larger BSA's and can Optimize BSA's.
You should always download Mods Manually First and then Place them in Organized Folders so you can have a backup incase something goes wrong. I have a folder located on my C Drive called Files inside the Files Folder i have a Folder called Gaming Inside the Gaming Folder i have a folder called Gaming Files Inside Gaming Files i have a Folder called The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim Legendary Edition Inside The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim Legendary Edition Folder i have a Folder Called Mods Organized Inside the Mods Organized Folder i have the same Layout as Nexus If you go to You can see what I'm talking about. Inside all of those folders are the mods i downloaded but i made sure to Organize them by name. I also Organize them by which should be installed First Second Third and so on. I Put the Main Mod in the Folder and then i 2 i 3 i 4 i 5.
Also everytime i download a mod Manually i extract the file and make a folder called Data and Place all the files inside that folder then i 7zip the data folder and name it the same file name the mod came with Example i download Haven Bag once the download is complete i Extract the winrar File by Right clicking the file Haven Bag-21454-1-5-2.rar and choose WinRar Extract here or 7Zip Extract Here then i make a Folder called Data and place all the files that were inside Haven Bag-21454-1-5-2.rar then i right click on the Data Folder i choose 7-Zip Add to archive. If you use WinRAR choose WinRAR Add to archive. Now you paste in the name Haven Bag-21454-1-5-2.7z or Haven Bag-21454-1-5-2.rar and then click OK.
However i don't extract Mods that have their own Installer For Example: Ebony Blade has it's own Installer with options so i wouldn't Extract that mod because it will ruin the Installer. Does it Bother you when you see the wrong Version Number on NMM? I'll be Using Gemling Queen Jewelry Mod as an Example to Fix this Issue. You just click on the Gemling Queen Jewelry Mod in the NMM Interface and then click on the Blue with a white i in the middle and the green + it will open up a Edit Mod Information just click on the First name that comes up Gemling Queen Jewelry -Gemling Queen Jewelry All In One Installer v4-1 and click OK this will make it appear correctly in NMM.
This works for any mod that isn't showing the correct mod Version. You can Also Try Downloading the Mod again to have the Correct Version Number Appear.You can Also Manually Place the Version Number of the Current Version of the Mod just do the same thing above except type in the correct version where is says Version:(Newest Number goes here) Anyway Goodluck on Modding your Skyrim and don't give up i know it can be frustrating but hang in there and it will pay off. If anyone needs help let me know. Thanks for Reading all of this.
Helpful Info for Borderlands 2: I don't Have Borderlands but you can try the Following: Go into Steam right click on Borderlands 2 Then click on Properties Then click on VERIFY INTEGRITY OF GAME CACHE. When it's done it should say All Files Validated Successfully.
If it didn't then it will download any missing/corrupt files and now you should be all good to go. If that doesn't help try using Bing or Google to see if someone else has the same issue and maybe someone posted a Fix somewhere. If none of that helps contact Steam they might be able to help you.
After booting up for the first time it stood out to me that there wasn’t a longwinded setup process, nor was there any pre-installed junk on the machine. No advertising links on the desktop, no “free” Norton antivirus and best of all no drivers to install. The machine was ready to go out of the box, which is a nice change from setting up a Windows PC. The applications that are bundled with Mavericks are pretty fantastic, Mail and Calendar work great. Messages integration with iMessage is perfect — especially if you have an iPhone — as is the Notes application and Reminders, which all work well together. For the last year I’ve been using Windows 8, which is a great OS but the bundled ‘modern’ applications aren’t anywhere near as well-rounded comparatively and really require a touchscreen to make them useful, so having beautiful built-in apps is a nice change.
Unified notifications and the Notification Center are well-built pieces of functionality that leave me wondering why Microsoft still hasn’t added anything similar to Windows yet. I’m bad at clearing alerts from it, but at least I can catch what I’ve missed easily rather than going hunting for it. Spotlight search is extremely powerful and gives you access to everything on the computer in a second. It’s lightning fast and the indexing engine behind it is extremely fast, whereas I’ve found Windows’ search to be slow and generally disappointing (especially when searching large folders of documents). On the productivity front, it’s liberating to be free of Microsoft Office altogether.
I’ve never been particularly fond of the slow, bloated feel of the desktop applications and barely use many of the more advanced features. The OS X mail application works with my Microsoft Exchange email, Pages can open any Word documents I’m sent and Numbers is perfectly fine with Excel spreadsheets. Occasionally there’s a snag converting a document but it’s nothing Google Drive can’t fix. Spaces are literally changing the way I work on my laptop, too. They’re great for helping separate projects from each other or work apps from personal apps. I keep one open with Mail, Twitter and other social networks and others for work and just switch between them as required.
Being able to separate work applications from personal ones is powerful for helping focus on the task at hand. I’m extremely impressed with power management more than anything else. Apple says that the 15″ Retina MacBook will last around eight hours on battery and have found that Apple’s estimates are pretty accurate; I can get just over 8 hours when using Safari instead of Chrome for browsing the web and avoiding heavy energy draining applications. Mavericks makes this easy by pointing out which applications are using ‘significant energy’ in the battery menu. I’ve never had a Windows laptop that’s managed to get such extreme battery life out of a single charge.
It’s changed the way I work; I no longer need to carry a laptop charger to the cafe when I do remote work. One of the biggest concerns I had with switching to Mac was that the broad collection of games I’ve gathered wouldn’t work. I’ve been pleasantly surprised by just how many exist for Mac, especially with Steam’s recent push to get app developers to write for both Windows and Mac. A good half of my collection has an official Mac version of their game, but for the other half I’ve taken to running them in a virtual machine, which works surprisingly well. In my very unscientific tests, I was able to install Civilization V in a virtual machine and play at full graphics quality without any issues with frame rate, which was impressive.
I’d guess other games such as first person shooters wouldn’t work quite so well, but there’s always Apple’s own to help with that. It’s often said that Apple devices ‘just work’; something I’m finding to be true with OS X. AirPlay is especially powerful and works perfectly if you have other Apple devices (like an Apple TV) for quickly duplicating the screen with the TV for watching a movie. Other simple touches in OS X, such as having a centralised contacts directory that other applications can access makes using other applications seamless. The bad There are some oddities that are painful at first. I struggled to figure out how to rename a folder (after becoming accustomed to using F2 in Windows to do it) and only discovered how after pressing the enter key to open a folder resulted in it being renamed. There’s also the jumbled keyboard keys — ⌘ instead of CTRL, for example — screwing up 20 years of shortcuts that two decades of muscle memory will struggle to forget.
The other thing that I found confusing is the way that applications are installed. On Windows, everyone is accustomed to using a setup wizard but I’ve found it’s rare to encounter those on Mac. Instead, you have this odd metaphor where you mount a fake drive (DMG files) and then drag the app to the applications folder. Of course, this isn’t actually explained to you and at first I was just running everything out of my downloads folder. That said, applications that are installed using the Mac App Store simply install themselves without requiring any drag-ad-drop or DMG mounting. Obviously this is Apple’s preferred method of distribution but I’ve found many application developers aren’t using it yet. I’m still yet to figure out how to manage windows properly without Windows’ “snap” functionality which allows you to drag an application to the side of the screen and it will automatically take up half of the screen.
The OS X “maximize” button doesn’t seem to actually work properly and infuriatingly tends to just stretch an app up and down. There is a full screen button, indicated by two arrows on the upper right of a window, which essentially maximizes the window but hides all others behind a type of ‘stage’ view. I also ran into trouble with Boot Camp since it doesn’t support Windows 8.1 yet and was unable to install it. Apple is notoriously slow at updating to support new releases. In the end, I got it working by installing Windows 8 then upgrading to 8.1. Read on for the best Mac apps I’ve discovered so far Applications Having become accustomed to Windows’ options, this was perhaps the hardest part of switching across.
I didn’t know every great app off the top of my head anymore, nor is there a solution like to install all of the basics I required. Now that I’ve settled in and found a few, I have come to the conclusion that the quality of applications on Mac compared to those on Windows is much higher in general, especially in the UI/UX department. Developers seem to put more time and thought into how users will use them and the community surrounding many of them is extremely supportive, often willing to pay a good price for a quality application.
I’m only using a handful of apps so far, but here’s the ones I’ve fallen in love with: Airmail I’ve fruitlessly searched for a good quality email application for years on Windows but have never found it. Outlook is terrible and the alternatives such as Thunderbird really aren’t that great. Is the first email application that I actually love using, especially since it’s got full Exchange ActiveSync support on top of proper Gmail integration. It works great and is a steal at just or for. ➤ Twitter for Mac After religiously using for years on Windows, it was time to find something new.
I’ve been pleasantly surprised by Twitter’s official application for Mac; it’s really good. Not only is it good, it’s also free on the! ➤ Bartender It’s a bit strange that Apple doesn’t really offer a sanctioned way to hide applications from the menu bar, I quickly found it cluttered with icons I didn’t want to be seeing all day long. Thankfully, there’s Bartender which allows you to hide icons in a submenu or remove them altogether which helps manage clutter. But then requires a $15US one time purchase.
➤ It doesn’t have ton of features but it’s extremely useful for local web development. Anvil helps manage multiple development sites on your local machine by creating local ‘.dev’ websites you can access. Rather than mess around with config files, Anvil does the work for you. ➤ Sublime Text 3 When it comes to writing code or simply editing text, the consensus seems to be that Sublime Text is the best tool for everything and I’d agree with that statement. It’s simple but extremely powerful. Sublime Text 3 has a free, unlimited evaluation but you’ll be nagged occasionally unless you. ➤ Brackets I’ve been using Brackets on Windows ever since the first publicly-released builds, and since it’s built in CSS + HTML, it’s a truly cross platform app.
Brackets is an up and coming code editor for building any sort of web application. It’s supported by Adobe and I couldn’t recommend it enough, especially since it’s. ➤ Transmit On its homepage, developer Panic calls Transmit the “ultimate” FTP application and I couldn’t agree more. It’s extremely powerful and does so much more than just FTP, with S3 and other cloud storage supported too. It’s the best FTP app I’ve ever used, I didn’t even hesitate to buy it. Transmit has a free trial but a ➤ Cloudup I find sharing files with others a little painful, but Cloudup is the perfect solution for that. If you want to quickly share a photo, video, application or anything else, Cloudup is the best tool bar none.
Because it’s based on NodeJS, it’s lightning fast and you can actually send a link to your file before it’s even finished uploading. Even better, with OS X’s awesome built in screenshot tool (⌘ + Shift + 4) it automatically uploads screenshots as you make them and copies the URL onto your clipboard. Recently acquired by, Cloudup is invitation-only until it launches, but we’re giving away invites to the first 500 readers who. If you miss out, is a similar tool that’s also free. ➤ Parallels 9 If you’re a Windows refugee like me, you’ll want to buy Parallels’ virtualization software to run any applications or games that aren’t available on Mac.
The VM runs in its own “space” when in full screen mode but you can also choose to run Windows apps on the Mac desktop natively using Coherence mode, which I love. I chose Parallels over for better graphics performance and more frequent updates. And is well worth the money.
➤ Going forward There’s lots of other modifications I’m learning about right now for OS X such as, so keep an eye out for future posts on my journey from PC to Mac. Now that I’ve switched, I don’t think I could ever go back. Don’t miss: Read next.