This Is Not a Bug but a Game Feature-Chapter 55: Isn’t This a Game Forum?
"Darling, please stop! If you keep rendering, you’ll die..."
"It’s okay! I’m willing to do this for you."
"No!"
Holding the cold body of the 70ti, Guo Mo recalled their wonderful times together, and looked up at the Star Emperor in the sky with eyes full of hatred.
The hatred of a wife killer is irreconcilable!
The little theater in his mind flashed by, and looking at the computer screen turning black again and the empty streaming room, Guo Mo returned to reality.
He smelled a burnt scent.
He didn’t know where it came from, but the smell was quite appetizing, like potatoes baked at high temperature.
He tried his best.
In the battle on the Path to Immortality, he gave his all just to take revenge on [Ba sent me to herd cows]. But the opponent was just too strong; he couldn’t even take a single move...
A single move to defeat the enemy!
Thinking about it made Guo Mo feel somewhat sad; a guy like him, defeated in one move, how could he even dream of becoming immortal?
Placed in a novel, he’d at most be a henchman of the villain.
He’s not the protagonist, nor the child of destiny; he can’t do anything, not even protect his love, just watching it get humiliated by the opponent.
The pain is unbearable!
Ignoring the barrage of questions in the streaming room about whether he was still alive, Guo Mo got up and unplugged the power, trembling as he opened the computer case cover.
He didn’t dare to look, afraid he’d see something that would make him tear up with grief, so he just reached out to touch his love.
Ow! A bit hot...
This thing should be fine, right?
Without much understanding of hardware structures, Guo Mo couldn’t judge its internal damage from the outside and could only use the simplest way - a startup test!
Okay, the computer can power up smoothly.
But the "side effects" were still apparent; even without launching any game, the graphics card fan’s buzzing was still very harsh.
"Well, looks like I’ll need a new graphics card."
Guo Mo finally understood that the black screens had nothing to do with the computer system; it was purely because his computer’s configuration was too poor, unable to withstand "Star Emperor" under extreme graphics.
Of course!
Even at this point, Guo Mo didn’t think there was a problem with the game optimization, given how great the experience was.
A game that runs at a smooth 60 FPS with full graphics settings; he couldn’t, in good conscience, say the optimization was flawed; he could only blame his poor computer configuration.
"Don’t worry, a new graphics card has been ordered!"
After @ing all members in the streaming notification group and briefly explaining the situation, Guo Mo opened the second-hand site on Fish.
Thinking briefly, he wrote in the product description, "Beauties use this first-hand card, only play Landlord."
Alright, just waiting for the new 3080 graphics card to arrive.
Why a 3080?
Of course, because of limited funds, he’s just a small streamer earning barely enough to make ends meet; how could he have spare money to buy a better graphics card?
Honestly, if it weren’t for making money through game streaming, he wouldn’t even bother upgrading his setup.
After all, it’s not a small amount.
The graphics card being trashed like this, he could forget about continuing "Star Emperor," might not even handle Apex.
Guo Mo was genuinely concerned; he didn’t know if there was a problem with the graphics card; as it stood, he didn’t dare to play games.
Just listen to that fan noise...
If he weren’t sure his card wasn’t a mining card, he’d suspect he got a second-hand miner card from somewhere.
A normal graphics card, not dragged into a mine by goblins a hundred times, shouldn’t make such a terrifying screech, right?
...
Chen Ba had been following the early access to new games.
After all, this was the only multiplayer game under Tianba Studio; if he said he wasn’t worried, he’d be lying.
From afternoon till evening, he’d been refreshing the player community, looking for reliable and significant real player feedback.
And he found some!
On Tianba Game Community, apart from the routine battles between Cowherding Sect and GuMua Sect, there was serious discussion about the game content for the first time.
"’Star Emperor’ game test: 3070 extreme graphics with no pressure; Extreme Sublimation handles five moves!"
"Amazing! My 1050 couldn’t even fully display skill effects before dying ’Thumb Up’"
"2070 test can handle two moves, at best two moves; Extreme Sublimation mode is too crazy, not for humans..."
"Twenty consecutive wins on Path to Immortality; the first Celestial Emperor is here! ’Game Screenshot’"
"Isn’t this a game forum? Why are you all talking about graphics cards? I almost thought I was in the graphics card forum..."
Right! This is a game forum!
Chen Ba came to his senses, widening his eyes to see the real feedback from the first batch of "Star Emperor" players in the community.
Why is everyone talking about graphics cards?
What could be the problem with graphics cards? "Star Emperor’s" recommended configuration is a 750Ti; that should count as a relatively low entry requirement for a game.
Wait a minute...
After carefully reading the contents of these posts, Chen Ba seemed to grasp the key point.
The content discussed by these players was almost all related to Extreme Sublimation. Most players reported encountering black screens and crashes when they enabled Extreme Sublimation mode.
"This isn’t right!"
Chen Ba was puzzled, finding it odd. Extreme Sublimation mode was his design; he knew better than anyone that this mode indeed highly tests computer configurations.
But the system optimization plan ensures smooth game operation even in the most extreme environments.
It had been tested.
"Uh! No, the cards used for testing were from the batch sent by Old Huang, and they didn’t test Extreme Combo..."
The more Chen Ba thought about it, the more worried he became.
The batch of cards sent by Old Huang were all top-tier flagship cards from the 30 series; testing the game with this batch surely had no problems.
But players using the latest flagship cards, it seems, weren’t that many?
And more importantly, when they tested, due to the multitude of combo techniques, they only tested the performance using skills in Extreme Sublimation mode.
Simply put.
Chen Ba only tested situations using Extreme Sublimation + skills A/B, not Extreme Sublimation + skill A + skill B.
With a bit of doubt and confusion, Chen Ba quickly got up from bed to verify on his computer.
Since Yang Dong had already fallen asleep and the studio had no one to help him test, Chen Ba had to play ranked matches, randomly selecting a lucky fellow for testing.
Unfortunately!
Whether it was bad luck or too much luck, the account used for testing played eight matches but couldn’t find a single opponent able to withstand his three moves.
In Extreme Sublimation mode, activating Emperor’s Weapon plus Special Physique, then using a skill with gorgeous effects, in such combos, a stronger opponent could withstand two rounds.
A weaker opponent was shattered with just one move.
Chen Ba: "..."
What’s there to test!
No one can withstand three moves; how is he supposed to test this? If he keeps testing, this account will almost reach immortality!
