>Game runs like shit
>Some website recommends to unplug your printer
>Actually works
Whats the weirdest tip youve ever gotten that actually worked?
Game runs like shit
Brody Parker
Blake Ward
NWN didn't run, but when after reading some forum I renamed nwn.exe to something else it worked fine.
Jonathan Lopez
>want to play Cod 2 back when I was on Win7
>game wont run
>try everthing
>one random comment says I need to have a mic plugged into my mic port
>grab a random old headset and plug the mic cord in
>it actually works
>play Cod 2
Michael Lopez
>game crashes
>uninstall asus led control software
>game works
Hunter Brooks
>"cannot connect to multiplayer server"
>it's a fucking singleplayer game
>website says: "turn all your graphics to low then load your save, then it's safe to increase them again"
>it actually fucking works
god damn FEAR
Sebastian Anderson
>Game runs like shit
>Some website recommends sending 5000€
>Game runs like shit
Nolan Scott
changed decimal separator from ',' to '.' to fix crashes
Kayden Robinson
In my case I had to plug in a controller to make it run well.
Brayden Moore
Heres a weird oddly specific issue that had the weirdest fix
Theres a DPS addon for FFXIV called ACT its simply a damage calculator.
when i use Windows built in photo viewer/editor and try to crop any image i wont be able to save it.
>Close ACT
i can now crop my images.
Its weird as shit.
Easton Barnes
>messing with audio settings somehow increases fps twofold in some games
Yeah, I get there is some convoluted explanation about it using up processing power by playing many sounds at the same time or whatever, but it's always seemed bizarre to me.
Jason Foster
>specific outdated version of old emulator for old nip PC slows down
>sometimes goes to proper speed, but dips back
>not a resource problem
>"turn on an application which makes use of an unrelated gui framework"
>it works full speed now
Joshua Richardson
>only one other guy has the same problem as me
>someone posted a fix
>link dead
Adrian Richardson
>uninstalling video codecs somehow makes the game run properly
Xavier Thompson
Had horrible stuttering and tearing in hollow knight. After tweaking all possible settings in the nvidia control panel to no avail, started googling the problem. Some random forum said it was fixed when you change the controller type to beta. I tried that and it actually worked. No idea why the controller type influenced the framerate but ok.
Aaron Collins
>only one other guy has the same problem as me
>says he's got it fixed but never explained how
>only one other guy has the same problem as me
>powertripping moderator closes his thread because the question has been asked before or some other stupid bullshit reason
>it actually hasn't and the solution is nowhere to be found
Joseph Ortiz
>mouse wheel doesn't work
>the mouse 3 button doesn't work or wheel doesn't scroll
>every scam site says to download their shady drivers
>found a guy in a random forum said "just blow into the mouse"
>it actually fixes the mouse
Sebastian Fisher
>Works on my machine
>thread closed
Robert Howard
>posted: 06/03/2009
>here I'll PM you
Joseph Gomez
I love these stories. I already find an ini tweak or weird system setting change to get performance in a game satisfying. The weirder the fix the better.
Parker Morris
semi related
>helping friend with his PC
>internet just will not work
>ethernet port recognises cord plugged in but that's it
>reinstall windows
>still nothing
>i plug in a wireless card, no antenna, no driver installation
>ethernet starts working
????
fuckin thing didn't even install drivers automatically
Levi Richardson
>connect by IP:port
>no response
>connect by domain name:port
>works perfectly fine
>the IP of the domain didn't change at any point before or after this
Normally DNS issues go the other way but I'm still perplexed at how this is even possible
Zachary Gutierrez
Same game
>fps drops to 30 after a couple of minutes playing
>restart
>same thing
>look up issue
>"you have to disable logitech HID drivers"
>fixed
wat
Matthew Jenkins
probably a memory leak
Levi Sanders
>This one?
>That's a bargain!
>You picked a winner there..
Colton Nelson
Batman Arkham Knight would literally not save your game unless you had windows search indexing turned on
Chase Williams
Not necessarily weird, but there used (?) to be this video of some kid explaining how to enable widescreen resolutions in the PC port of Sonic Riders through hex editing, and every once in a while he'd tab out to chat to some friends in some Sonic fan site all while some music played in his house in the background. The fix worked well too.
Nolan Miller
Also
>megaupload link
Caleb White
>game unplayable because of stuttering
>underclock GPU
>game runs fine
Jaxson Cruz
>Some D2 mod not starting suddenly with some exception
>Spent hours searching for info, trying to rename register settings, copy and paste again
>Some 2010 forum
>Have you tried to restart?
>It does work
Nathaniel Diaz
>if the L button on your 3DS isn't responding, give it a lick
Justin Clark
I had the same exact problem with a CoD game, I couldn't fucking believe it when it worked.
Christian Baker
>Hold the CD under warm water then try again
How the fuck did that work anyway?
Andrew Howard
>game crashes
>set game to borderless window
>no more crashes
Julian Perez
It's true, might be some gunk stuck at the bottom.
Jack Lopez
I couldn't use a controller for Elden ring because it thought my keyboard was a controller and was expecting the inputs (controller inputs not key inputs) from my controller on the keyboard. I either had to fully unplug my keyboard and leave it unplugged or go through a suprisingly arduous process to make SURE elden ring didn't get confused.
It was the most in depth and convoluted fix for an issue that was simple on it's face I've ever had.