About to take the Plunge

maximo101 · October 2016

Hello,
I am waiting on some parts to put together a gaming pc. I have been gaming on console for years and havent gamed on pc for perhaps a decade!
I have heard so many good things about Subnautica and I think it will be my first pc purchase!
I will be setting up my gaming pc in my home theatre room and playing on the couch on a 110" screen (hd 1080p projector). Hopefully I can get the ps4 controller to work with it.
I just wanted to say hello and I am looking forward to playing this in a week or so when I put the pc together

Rainstorm · October 2016

Welcome maximo!

Im sure you will love the game, altho be prepared to encounter bugs as this is still in Early Access state. The whole story of the game is being fleshed out as of now so its pretty much only survival so far

TenebrousNova · October 2016

You won't regret it!

EnglishInfidel · October 2016

Welcome to the wonderful world of PC gaming. It's a place you'll never want to leave.

Don't worry about using controllers, they're just as easy to use with a PC as a console.

jpinard · October 2016

Just a note - PS4 controller support is still yet to drop for Steam. It's coming, we just don't know when.

maximo101 · October 2016

I actually just bought the game and played it on my work PC for a little! Ill learn a bit about it playing there, then get it running on my gaming pc next week.
Had someone tell me to try: http://ds4windows.com/ for the ps4 control

0x6A7232 · October 2016

Some (IMHO extremely) useful sites:

http://pcpartpicker.com/ <- I'd use this one to 'put it together' before actually ordering the parts, you can swap stuff out, experiment, check prices for most sellers like Amazon, Newegg, etc.
http://www.userbenchmark.com/PCBuilder
https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/
https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales/

maximo101 · October 2016

I appreciate the link. Im in Australia so amazon shipping can be expensive. Got all my parts and put the pc together now. All running beautiful

Racer1 · October 2016

I highly recommend installing the game to an SSD drive.

maximo101 · November 2016

I have my OS on the ssd and HDD for games. I dont know how to move a current steam game's directory without deleting and re downloading.

0x6A7232 · November 2016

You copy the folder to the other Steam directory, then uninstall it from the old one, then re-install it and select where you put the copy, it will check the game to be sure everything is ok with it and then mark it installed.

Eh, here, here's a walkthrough: (actually apparently now there's also an app to do it for you, sort of)

http://lifehacker.com/how-to-move-a-pc-game-to-another-hard-drive-without-re-1714706774

maximo101 · November 2016

Thank you very much. Ill put Subnautica on the ssd.

0x6A7232 · November 2016

My Subnautica loading time was cut by ... I don't know, 3/4? when I put it on my SSD. Now I can play in 30-45 seconds instead of 2-3 minutes (my traditional hard drive was only 5400 RPM, so it was even slower than most).

maximo101 · November 2016

0x6A7232 wrote: »

My Subnautica loading time was cut by ... I don't know, 3/4? when I put it on my SSD. Now I can play in 30-45 seconds instead of 2-3 minutes (my traditional hard drive was only 5400 RPM, so it was even slower than most).

wow game did load in 30 sec as opposed to like 3mins. The game also feels smoother to play

0x6A7232 · November 2016

maximo101 wrote: »

The game also feels smoother to play

Yeah, that too, because it can load new terrain extremely fast from an SSD vs a traditional hard disk. As they optimize the game, this (and to a lesser extent, the loading times) will probably become less noticeable.

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