Here are a couple of video guides I whipped up, covering the very basics of setting up X-Plane 11
Virtual Cartography // Train Simulator // Steam Route Guide
I’ve worked on GPS maps before, but I now have enough to start a steam guide.
Project Cars 2 // Vehicles Page
After a morning listening to music and going through the 189 (+4 DLC) available vehicles, here is an essentially complete Project Cars 2 vehicle list-
Project Cars 2 // Locations Page
I’ve been enjoying Project Cars 2 so much that I wanted to make my own list of the tracks and vehicles. While the vehicles page isn’t quite ready for posting yet, the locations page has all of the basic information entered
Get Real! // Unboxing an HTC Vive
Before the 28th of August 2017 I had not tried any kind of virtual reality device. Then I went to get an HTC Vive virtual reality headset, since there was a significant (-$350cdn before tax) price drop not long before. This post is a look at the unpacking process and a few notes about the device.
Virtual Cartography // Train Simulator 2017 // Cologne – Dusseldorf GPS
Second part of a set of GPS route maps for Train Simulator 2017. Cologne – Dusseldorf.
Virtual Cartography // Train Simulator 2017 // Bristol to Exeter GPS
I’ve started working on a new set of maps for Train Simulator 2017 users. These route trails are taken directly from the game’s GPS coordinates. Bristol to Exeter is the first one I’m posting.
Vector Vehicles // Railworks 2017 // Class 52 (Western)
A selection of vector images of the British Class 52 “Western Champion” diesel locomotive, from Train Simulator 2017.
Vector Vehicles // Railworks 2017 // Class A4 Pacifics (Mallard)
A selection of vector images of the British Class A4 Pacific “Mallard” locomotive, from Train Simulator 2017. This was the fastest steam-powered locomotive with a recorded top speed of 126.5mph.
Vector Vehicles // Railworks 2017 // Class 175 (Coradia)
A selection of vector images of the British Class 175 Coradia diesel multiple unit (DMU) locomotive, from Train Simulator 2017.
Dirt Rally // Pikes Peak Hillclimb Record Attempt
With 152 turns over 19.9km, the real-life world record for the Pikes Peak hillclimb course is a staggering 8:13 by Sebastien Loeb in 2013. Using the same car in Dirt Rally and after a lot of practice, I beat the record time by 9 seconds to come in at 8:04. Other people have done significantly better in-game, but I am very satisfied that I managed to get to this short a time. Below is the video of my run.
Non-cloud Saves // Just Cause 3
A large portion of games now use either Steam cloud or their own online save system, which conveniently avoids losing progress and (sometimes) settings after a reinstall. I was somewhat surprised to find that Just Cause 3 doesn’t do this.
Servers Shutdown // Nosgoth
As a habit I keep my large library of games installed and track updates as they come in via Steam. I thought I had noticed something about it before on RockPaperShotgun.com, and sure enough today there was an “update” to Nosgoth. I checked the Steam news feed for the game and confirmed that it is closing down its servers today, ending the game.
A Taste Of // Evolve
Evolve is primarily a co-op first-person shooter, but with third-person brawling for the titular evolving monsters, who play solo against four hunters.
CSGO Woes // Windows 10 and working again
I still don’t know what the root of the problem is but I’m thinking it has something to do with the DirectX dependencies that get installed along with the game.
CSGO Woes // Nevermind, It’s Broken Again
Suddenly I went to load up and play and *poof* it’s back to crashing within five second of my double-click on its entry in my Steam library.
CSGO Woes // Why is it working now?
I’ve been trying to get Counter-Strike: Global Offensive to work again.
Just Too Hard // Electronic Super Joy
Perhaps I’m just not doing something right. Perhaps I’m bad at it. Perhaps it just is too hard. One way or another I think I’ve had enough of Electronic Super Joy.
4K OK // Testing 3840×2160
On July 2nd I picked up a Samsung LU28D590S, an entry-level Ultra High Definition (UHD) 28″ monitor, for can$655 (~us$612, €450, £357) after taxes. Since then I have been doing various tests to determine exactly which games support UHD and to what extent, as well as trying to get a sense of how it changes various games and software.
In this post I give a general review and opinion of the monitor and examine the viability of “4K” gaming.
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Virtual Cartography // Railworks 2013 Routes
Railworks 2013 has a built-in editor, which displays the GPS coordinates of each quick drive location on a route. Using that information I have created Google Earth/Maps versions of each of the 24 routes I currently have for the simulator.