Jankiness on GTA3 DE for switch 2

Has anybody else played DE trilogy on the switch 2?

TLDR: Are my DE performance issues gta 3 related or switch 2 related? ​

I'm about to finish my 100% of GTA 3. All I have left are the unique stunts and then I'm moving on to vice city.

Does it get any... Better performance wise? I was mostly struggling with side missions and the rendering distance for npcs and vehicles. The "kill x gang members" missions and rampages were really frustrating at times because enemies would blink into and out of existence seemingly randomly. Or they wouldn't spawn frequently if I was moving fast in a car.

I haven't played any of these games since they originally released on the ps2, and I remember them being somewhat similar.. But I've been seeing videos of people playing DE on PC and the render distances seem much more reasonable.​​​​​​​​

So is it GTA 3 that is the problem? Or the switch 2? Does switch 2 handle vice city and San andreas OK?

Cheers! ​

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u/OutlaneWizard — 1 day ago

Autorenewal issue - customer service is zero help

The first year of my plan ended and I wasn't using a lot of data so I opted for a 12 month 23GB plan. I renewed via customer service chat and my credit card was charged $244 for the plan.

The agent didn't change my autorenewal and the plan automatically upgraded to a 12 month unlimited plan when my original year plan ended. They charged an additional $45 to my credit card.

We tried to explain this to customer service and they said there's absolutely nothing they can do. I just want the 2nd charge refunded and to maintain the original 23 gb plan I agreed to. ​

I don't believe them when they say the plan can't be changed. They had no issue upgrading my plan, but they are unable to set it back?

As a last ditch effort we might just dispute the charges with our credit card and change services unless anybody else has an easier recommendation? ​​​​​We were chatting and talking to mint customer service for over 2 hours today and I'm about done.

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u/OutlaneWizard — 7 days ago
▲ 19 r/phish

Just heard the Baklava guy give an interview on NPR

Hilarious. He brought up phish several times. And also confessed that a mushroom trip had him against sports until he got sober an embraced them, eventually becoming a budding Knicks fan.

Just a goofy interview. Had me giggling on my drive to work ​

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u/OutlaneWizard — 18 days ago
▲ 6 r/textra

(Android) textra is no longer passing through one time use codes (2FA) for auto fill.

I swear this used to work. I login somewhere and need to use 2FA. I receive the 2FA code in textra and I would get the option to autofill on the login page without needing to open textra.

It doesn't work this way on my device anymore. I have to open textra, manually copy the code, and paste it in 2FA.

I did some searching but couldn't find any useful information. Is there a setting I need to change somewhere? ​

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u/OutlaneWizard — 22 days ago
▲ 20 r/civ

Struggling with pacing in antiquity

Returning player seeing what test of time is all about.

Im just playing around in antiquity for the most part and trying to get the feel back for the game.

I'm trying my best to optimize but I find that the age ends too quickly for me to really do everything I want to do. I usually finish with a capital with several wonders and all buildings complete. And then 1-2 cities with zero wonders and hardly any late tree buildings like academies and amphitheaters​. And then most of the buildings I did complete feel pointless due to losing agacency bonuses at age transition.

The age ends so quickly after completing the tech or civ tree that I don't feel satisfied with progress before the age transition. Like my cities' production is too low to keep up with science and culture progression. Even worse when I need to defend against attacks from the AI and divert production into units.

Is this pretty normal? Or are y'all able to get several "fully built" cities completed before the transition? ​​​​​​​​​​​Do you pass on buildings when you don't have any strong adjacencies for that yield? Any tips on how to improve?

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u/OutlaneWizard — 1 month ago
▲ 100 r/civ

Why does civ7 still not prompt you to spend leader attributes granted by mementos on turn 1?

So dumb. Any other time you earn an attribute point the game prompts you to spend it before pressing next turn. Just bewilders me.

Also give us keyboard and mouse support on consoles. Every time there's a major patch I try to play again and every time I remember why I stopped playing. I want to like this game so bad but I just can't for the life of me get over annoying UI and tedious settlement management.

Ugh​

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u/OutlaneWizard — 1 month ago

The deed is done. Now I can finally play the game.

Just hit lvl 99 with my hardcore warlock, aptly named HardcoreLock, securing my platinum trophy on the ps5.

1-99 HC was a real fun challenge but definitely got monotonous in the last 2 levels. I played offline SP. No enigma, no Anni, though I did get a 4% xp protectors stone. 98-99 consisted of me burning all my act 2, 4, and 5 shards to run tombs, rof/chaos and baal ad nauseum. ​

Played a max blood oath es build. Once I secured a cursed fanat heph I was comfortably farming p8 without much stress... Other than ubers. Positioning my demon between me and baal was super janky and led to a couple close calls. I practiced a lot on softcore before risking my hclock and ultimately managed to luck out with a lock torch on my 2nd attempt. ​

Other notable drops:

20 res vmagi

20 maras

53 Ed steelrend

22 fcr / 109 Ed ars dul'mephisto

44mf war travs

Random 2/20 lock circlet

20/10 lock torch

5 mal, 3 ist, 2 Gul, 4 vex, 2 ber, and a Cham

I Cubed up 2 vex to make a Cta.

I found a grandfather but no other real fun rarities. I found soooo many white diadems, sacred armors, and unearthed wands.

u/OutlaneWizard — 2 months ago

Cubed up a vex this morning to make a CTA.

First I found a Cham and ist in the same tz cow level. Then a Mal shortly after in chaos.

The biggest upgrade was finally finding a cursed fanaticism hephasto.

My hardcore warlock (aptly named hardcorelock) is now melting through p8 terror zones with little sense of danger.

Ended my night with a fresh ber rune from tz river of flame. Level 97.3 pushing ever so slowly toward 99 on my first hardcore character. Feels like cheating with warlock lol. ​​​​​

HC SP offline

u/OutlaneWizard — 2 months ago