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Hail 2 Da Chimp · 11-07-2016 11:33AM

Cormac... wrote: »

Don't Do What Donny Don't Does

"If you're contesting on a payload map THE PAYLOAD CAN ACTUALLY HEAL YOU"

Holy crap...

Mickeroo · 11-07-2016 11:36AM

Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote: »

"If you're contesting on a payload map THE PAYLOAD CAN ACTUALLY HEAL YOU"

Holy crap...

Wat, how?

Mitch Connor · 11-07-2016 11:57AM

Has anyone found any good spreadsheets or infographics for Overwatch - making it easier to see who should be countering who and which characters a noob should be sticking to?

Generic Dreadhead · 11-07-2016 12:15PM

SolvableKnave wrote: »

Any good Utoobers to watch for Overwatch?

I like some of the Map Guides personally.
A lot of the game is learning through doing/trying/failing though

These pages have some resources

https://www.youtube.com/c/overwatchcentral/playlists

https://www.youtube.com/c/cynicalnerds/playlists

Mickeroo wrote: »

Wat, how?

Just stand on/around it afaik

Mitch Connor wrote: »

Has anyone found any good spreadsheets or infographics for Overwatch - making it easier to see who should be countering who and which characters a noob should be sticking to?

There's apps you can use for counters (Over Sumo and Counters)

Generic Dreadhead · 14-07-2016 03:00PM

Who is using a PS TV successfully for PS4 games?

I'm not thinking of doing PvP in Destiny, just some lighter stuff.

Both rooms are within 5 metres of the router and separate by 1 concrete wall each. My provider is Sky.

I don't think I could actually use 2 sets of TP Links? I think this has come up before but doesn't using 2 sets cause some weird short out

PlainP · 14-07-2016 03:43PM

Cormac... wrote: »

Who is using a PS TV successfully for PS4 games?

I'm not thinking of doing PvP in Destiny, just some lighter stuff.

Both rooms are within 5 metres of the router and separate by 1 concrete wall each. My provider is Sky.

I don't think I could actually use 2 sets of TP Links? I think this has come up before but doesn't using 2 sets cause some weird short out

Sold the one I got with my PS4 so can't comment on that aspect of it but we use 2 sets of TP links at home without issue.

Kimbot · 14-07-2016 03:54PM

PlainP wrote: »

Sold the one I got with my PS4 so can't comment on that aspect of it but we use 2 sets of TP links at home without issue.

Yeah, the set I bought even allow for you to add more than just the 2 plugs that are in the set aswell.

CDBWhoop · 14-07-2016 04:32PM

Cormac... wrote: »

Who is using a PS TV successfully for PS4 games?

I'm not thinking of doing PvP in Destiny, just some lighter stuff.

Both rooms are within 5 metres of the router and separate by 1 concrete wall each. My provider is Sky.

I don't think I could actually use 2 sets of TP Links? I think this has come up before but doesn't using 2 sets cause some weird short out

How often would you actually use it in the other room though?

If it is only on the odd occasion you could always just lift the PS4 and plug it in connecting via wifi. I do this the odd time and have a second/spare set of HDMI and power cables... Its not so bad and would cost feck all...

Kimbot · 14-07-2016 04:36PM

CDBWhoop wrote: »

How often would you actually use it in the other room though?

If it is only on the odd occasion you could always just lift the PS4 and plug it in connecting via wifi. I do this the odd time and have a second/spare set of HDMI and power cables... Its not so bad and would cost feck all...

So thats how you get away with playing just dance so much.... you steal the ps4 :P

CDBWhoop · 14-07-2016 05:09PM

jonnycivic wrote: »

So thats how you get away with playing just dance so much.... you steal the ps4 :P

Yah PS TV wouldn't cut it, couldn't be dealing with the lag like!!

:D

Generic Dreadhead · 14-07-2016 05:16PM

CDBWhoop wrote: »

How often would you actually use it in the other room though?

If it is only on the odd occasion you could always just lift the PS4 and plug it in connecting via wifi. I do this the odd time and have a second/spare set of HDMI and power cables... Its not so bad and would cost feck all...

Pretty often tbh.

My house is unusual in that we have 3 rooms with TVs and I'm living with my fiancee and a housemate so depending on situation I/they either d/don't want me in the same room as them

So some days I want the PS4 in the main front room so I can play stuff with my missus (Co-Op BL2, Unravelled).
Some days I want it in the games room so I can have peace and quiet (Late Night Destiny or Overwatch bingeing)
Some days I want to have it in the other front room so I'm kind of still floating around the main social space of the house but not interrupting them watching TV shows on Sky/Netflix in the main front room (like if I'm messing about in Patrol on Destiny, or doing something in Borderlands, or trying some of the PS Plus indie games)

Yeah, I can move the PS4 everytime. But it's a bit of pain pulling the TVs out and so forth like every day or maybe even twice a day

I mean, I'd just use it in the "Games Room", but the games room is a converted garage so it's cold and lonely and boring and a bit cr@p cause it's got a lot of storage stuff in there

Can some one explain to me like I'm 5 years old how you can/cannot run more than 1 set of TP links?

I thought you needed your home to be on 2 separator fuse boxes or something?

I tried using 2 sets before and they kept cutting out

Electricity is not my area of expertise so need to dumb it down a LOT

PlainP · 14-07-2016 05:54PM

Cormac... wrote: »

Pretty often tbh.

My house is unusual in that we have 3 rooms with TVs and I'm living with my fiancee and a housemate so depending on situation I/they either d/don't want me in the same room as them

So some days I want the PS4 in the main front room so I can play stuff with my missus (Co-Op BL2, Unravelled).
Some days I want it in the games room so I can have peace and quiet (Late Night Destiny or Overwatch bingeing)
Some days I want to have it in the other front room so I'm kind of still floating around the main social space of the house but not interrupting them watching TV shows on Sky/Netflix in the main front room (like if I'm messing about in Patrol on Destiny, or doing something in Borderlands, or trying some of the PS Plus indie games)

Yeah, I can move the PS4 everytime. But it's a bit of pain pulling the TVs out and so forth like every day or maybe even twice a day

I mean, I'd just use it in the "Games Room", but the games room is a converted garage so it's cold and lonely and boring and a bit cr@p cause it's got a lot of storage stuff in there

Can some one explain to me like I'm 5 years old how you can/cannot run more than 1 set of TP links?

I thought you needed your home to be on 2 separator fuse boxes or something?
I tried using 2 sets before and they kept cutting out

Electricity is not my area of expertise so need to dumb it down a LOT

Tp links work on using the electric cables already wired around your gaf. As long as all the rooms you want connected via the TP link are running on the same wires (electricity) they should work.

You said the games room is a converted garage. Is this room running on the same wires as your main house, is there a separate fuse box just for this room or is there one fuse box for the whole house?

Generic Dreadhead · 14-07-2016 05:58PM

I haven't a clue. But I guess I'll have a look and do some googling and texting and see whats what.

PlainP · 14-07-2016 06:03PM

Cormac... wrote: »

I haven't a clue. But I guess I'll have a look and do some googling and texting and see whats what.

You would need to find out if the garage room was hooked up to the same circuit as the main house when it was converted. If it was it should work.

Mitch Connor · 14-07-2016 06:12PM

PlainP wrote: »

You would need to find out if the garage room was hooked up to the same circuit as the main house when it was converted. If it was it should work.

I'd assume taking the tp links plug from the current room and putting it in the garage would prove if it's the sane set of wires. If it works he should be able to add another set, if it doesn't then it is a separate circuit and a different plan would be required.

Generic Dreadhead · 14-07-2016 06:13PM

Electricity and Magnetism was like my WORST part of Physics in school

My name is URL · 14-07-2016 06:35PM

Fcuking magnets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-agl0pOQfs

PlainP · 14-07-2016 07:39PM

Mitch Connor wrote: »

I'd assume taking the tp links plug from the current room and putting it in the garage would prove if it's the sane set of wires. If it works he should be able to add another set, if it doesn't then it is a separate circuit and a different plan would be required.

Yes, this exactly.

Is it only the garage room it's not working in Cormac?

CDBWhoop · 15-07-2016 11:15AM

Cormac... wrote: »

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Both rooms are within 5 metres of the router and separate by 1 concrete wall each. My provider is Sky.

I don't think I could actually use 2 sets of TP Links? I think this has come up before but doesn't using 2 sets cause some weird short out

What about running a long ethernet cable from the router to the games room. Obviously depends on your layout and might mean some drilling and hammering or moving the router around. TP Link is the neater option but if it doesn't work....

Generic Dreadhead · 15-07-2016 11:27AM

PlainP wrote: »

Yes, this exactly.

Is it only the garage room it's not working in Cormac?

Didn't test it cause I was short on ethernet cables

CDBWhoop wrote: »

What about running a long ethernet cable from the router to the games room. Obviously depends on your layout and might mean some drilling and hammering or moving the router around. TP Link is the neater option but if it doesn't work....

Not an option unfortunately as it's a rented property and the TVs/Consoles are on the wrong sides of the rooms

Kimbot · 15-07-2016 11:44AM

Cormac... wrote: »

Didn't test it cause I was short on ethernet cables

Not an option unfortunately as it's a rented property and the TVs/Consoles are on the wrong sides of the rooms

Have you only got the one fuse box for the house?

TP-links are the way to go because you can buy a starter set and then add a few more modules to it from what I know.

SolvableKnave · 15-07-2016 11:53AM

As others have said, so long as the garage is on the same "electrical network", you should be golden. The only 2 reasons why it wont work is if 1) the garage is on a different fuse box (Fuse boxes are usually in the hall at the front door / or maybe under the stairs / or even in the garage {mine is}. If there is a second one in the garage, your goosed with TP Links) 2) faulty wiring running in garage.

Having multiple TP Links on the same "Electrical Network" isn't a problem in itself, but it does come with a caveat. The more TP Links you have connected, the slower your connection will be, This due to the fact that TP Links are "Dumb". Any info being sent from your modem to a TP Link is sent to ALL TP Links connected, regardless of which one is actually requesting the info. Now, having one on the router and another 2 or 3 off that, I don't think will reduce the connection too much (I only have the one off, but with two devices connected and haven't noticed any slow down when both are using it).

First find out how many Fuse Boxes the house has. That will determine your next step.

OptimusTractor · 15-07-2016 12:21PM

I could pop down and "accidentally" do all that drilling, hammering and moving around.

CDBWhoop · 15-07-2016 12:25PM

OptimusTractor wrote: »

I could pop down and "accidentally" do all that drilling, hammering and moving around.

Awaits Solvables "One does not simply...."

SolvableKnave · 15-07-2016 12:29PM

OptimusTractor wrote: »

I could pop down and "accidentally" do all that drilling, hammering and moving around.

CDBWhoop wrote: »

Awaits Solvables "One does not simply...."

PetKing · 18-07-2016 08:20AM

I picked up the Sony wireless 2.0 headphones at the weekend there. Quite happy with them so far, particularly sound which I found very impressive. Something I wanted to ask though.... I was flicking through all the audio settings on the PS4, and testing the mic there, it seemed to be very quiet. I'd have to scream or take the headphones off and shout into the mix to have the voice volume input fall in the 'good' or 'loud' bracket. Are they like this in general? Should I be concerned?

P.S. They're on my head the right way round

CDBWhoop · 18-07-2016 09:25AM

PetKing wrote: »

I picked up the Sony wireless 2.0 headphones at the weekend there. Quite happy with them so far, particularly sound which I found very impressive. Something I wanted to ask though.... I was flicking through all the audio settings on the PS4, and testing the mic there, it seemed to be very quiet. I'd have to scream or take the headphones off and shout into the mix to have the voice volume input fall in the 'good' or 'loud' bracket. Are they like this in general? Should I be concerned?

P.S. They're on my head the right way round

That doesn't sound right PetKing, you shouldn't have to raise your voice and normal volume is picked up ok. Likely just a setup issue or configuration setting.

There is a headset companion app available from the store, have you downloaded that yet? There is a Destiny sound profile that you can add, you'll need to plug the headset in to the PS4 with the micro USB cable. See if this makes any difference to the sound

PetKing · 18-07-2016 09:39AM

CDBWhoop wrote:

There is a headset companion app available from the store, have you downloaded that yet? There is a Destiny sound profile that you can add, you'll need to plug the headset in to the PS4 with the micro USB cable. See if this makes any difference to the sound

Yes I did that already and loaded up the Destiny profile. I haven't actually spoken to anyone yet to do a sound test, it might be ok and I'm over analysing it. I'll play with someone later and ask how I sound.

Generic Dreadhead · 18-07-2016 10:41AM

There's no reason why having the microphone output level at 50% should not be sufficient

PetKing · 18-07-2016 11:10AM

Cormac... wrote:

There's no reason why having the microphone output level at 50% should not be sufficient

I'll just invite myself into a party later and ask people how there day was and see how that goes!

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