Trick or Treat

[Guardacostas]

Sounds like a good mod. Yes, welcome back ditto fleetp. I was gone for a month and a half but i always take some time to check in on the forum

The board is not the same without half naked asian women and the mention of
all the positive effects of kratom lol

[Pirate]

Thanks. Actually I’m not a big porn freak and rarely look at it. It’s not my typical thinking about women in general. I’m happier with one woman to share everything with rather than preying on all of them. I’m just in a unhappy situation here that’s why I want out but not with multiple women just one. That’s why I knew Abby. I don’t really suggest using Kratom just to be doing it. It gives me energy and a uplift without getting hooked so that’s why I do it but I haven’t had any in awhile. I’m working staying busy so hopefully that’s a start in the right direction. I always check here but I don’t log in unless it’s to delete a spammer or I have something I want to say.

[fleetp]

I appreciate you deleting spammers. I try but don;t always succeed in visiting on a daily basis.

[Pirate]

Daughter got my laptop to play Roblox on. Might get another one. What laptop should I get so many choices. Just asking for ideas as most people have favorites. I might can get a decent refurbished laptop but brand new I might need a budget friendly one.

[fleetp]

I'd recommend you consider a Dell laptop; I don't have a recommendation on any specific model.
My Dell laptop is an older one (came with Windows 7, but I upgraded to Windows 10).

[corsair91]

Avoid Intel Integrate Graphics if you want to do any gaming
as Intel Graphics best suited for office apps


this thread expands on Intel graphics

INTEL Graphics chipsets -- Possible solutions
http://www.hookedonpirates.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4112

I previously posted my 2 Cents there

[Pirate]

Update on laptop. I might have made a boo boo, imagine that, it would be a first right? Just joking but anyway I just ordered a CHUWI CoreBook Xpro and sent the bill to Fleetp. Just teasing. I hope it is good enough as anything similar is more expensive I thought. I thought about refurbish laptops but often they are just used laptops wiped down shiny and nothing more.

[Pirate]

I’m not a hard core gamer. No intentions on playing anything more than SMP Sea Dogs the 2000 year version. Possibly Microsoft Combat flight sim 2 and I’m not sure about that. Maybe I’m out of style or old fashioned but it’s mainly for business purposes. Review for the webcam sucks but hell you can buy webcams for decent price’s so I might do that. I think the games I play ought to run on it as I been playing them on cheapie’s.

[Pirate]

Plan to try the European mod. Any glitches other than the normal ones or any Amsterdam girls standing behind glass windows?

[corsair91]

Intel Graphics support
https://www.intel.in/content/www/in/en/support/products/80939/graphics.html

If you know the chipset model no
may be compatibility lists of games

[Guardacostas]

[Pirate]

Might not make it folks. Everything I eat goes right through me. Being having problems for awhile now it’s bad.

[Pirate]

I’m sure The Modal Citizen fixed the flag issue if you download the last version or maybe it was the Victoria Secret trade company you saw.

[Pirate]

Here is some of the information on the laptop ordered. I almost bought a Mac and a Dell but they were all refurbished and if I went Mac I couldn’t play SeaDogs or SMP with my windows version of the games. I could but I’d have to add Windows by a partition which I really don’t want to do and this Chinese laptop is new but not all Chinese junk is all that bad so hopefully this is a decent one. It’s the best laptop they made from Chuwi.

Product information
Summary
Standing screen display size ‎15.6 Inches
Screen Resolution ‎1920 x 1080
Max Screen Resolution ‎1920 x 1080 Pixels
Processor ‎300 GHz core_i5_8250u
RAM ‎8 GB DDR4
Memory Speed ‎3.8 GHz
Hard Drive ‎512 GB SSD
Graphics Coprocessor ‎Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
Chipset Brand ‎Intel
Card Description ‎Dedicated
Wireless Type ‎Bluetooth
Average Battery Life (in hours) ‎9 Hours
Other Technical Details
Brand ‎CHUWI
Series ‎CHUWI CoreBook Xpro
Item model number ‎CoreBook Xpro
Hardware Platform ‎PC
Operating System ‎Windows 10 Home
Item Weight ‎3.3 pounds
Product Dimensions ‎16.14 x 14.29 x 2.56 inches
Item Dimensions LxWxH ‎16.14 x 14.29 x 2.56 inches
Color ‎Gray
Processor Brand ‎Intel
Processor Count ‎4
Computer Memory Type ‎DDR4 SDRAM
Flash Memory Size ‎512 GB
Hard Drive Interface ‎SSA
Hard Drive Rotational Speed ‎7200 RPM
Power Source ‎Battery Powered
Batteries ‎1 Lithium Ion batteries required. (included)
Additional Information
ASIN: B09C235SHT
Customer Reviews: 4.0 out of 5 stars

[corsair91]

Looks okay, more suited for office apps & low-end gaming

Wi-fi reported as a bit weak and only a 512 GB SSD hard drive


Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 - DirectX 12_1, OpenGL 4.5


CHUWI CoreBook Xpro
https://www.chuwi.com/product/items/Chuwi-CoreBook-XPro.html
https://www.chuwi.com/product/items/Chuwi-CoreBook-XPro/specs.html


Chuwi Corebook XPro Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgz951cJHhA

10 Sept 2021

Chuwi Corebook XPro unboxing and review. 15.6" 144hz IPS, Core i5 8259U laptop with upgradable RAM and empty SATA3 SSD slot. 8GB DDR 2400Mhz with 512GB Kingston NVMe drive

Timecodes on youtube page

gameplay shown in review

Witcher 3 low settings 720p
Counter strike

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https://www.notebookcheck.net/Chuwi-CoreBook-X-Pro.566466.0.html

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Iris-Plus-Graphics-655-GPU-Benchmarks-and-Specs.316632.0.html

https://www.techcenturion.com/intel-iris-plus-graphics-655

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SeaDogs (2000) or SMP (2004)
are such low-spec games now, compare to say Witcher 3 (2015)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/292030/The_Witcher_3_Wild_Hunt/
https://www.gog.com/game/sea_dogs
https://www.gog.com/index.php/en/game/sid_meiers_pirates

ought to be able to run both games ok, a lot depends on graphics drivers support



For most laptops
SMP is probably best played with say
wireless USB full sized keyboard with a num pad & wireless USB mouse bundled together
(keyboard & mouse share the same USB receiver, using only a single USB port)

or else redefine the game keys
laptops also typically use a FN lock key

CHUWI CoreBook Xpro does appear to have a num pad

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SM Pirates
Windows 10 unable to initialise directX Workaround Fix
http://hookedonpirates.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7736


Some Best practice Recommendations

General recommendation for Installing Games for Win 7,8,10
http://www.hookedonpirates.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7911


Sea Dogs links
http://hookedonpirates.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7828


Sid Meier's Pirates! - Resources Links
http://hookedonpirates.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8336