As stylish as it is satisfying, you won’t find many shooters as sharp as this one. Granted, it’s basically the same premise of Counter-Strike, but truthfully it’s so much more, boasting enough magic and sci-fi like weaponry to rival the MCU.Įach agent has a unique set of skills and abilities reflecting their strength on the map, and the more time you spend experimenting on the game then the more likely it is that you will find a character whose skills complement your own. Think of it like American Football, only instead of working together to place a pigskin behind the opposition team’s goalposts, it’s a bomb behind enemy lines, which you must plant or defuse depending on whether your team is attack or defence. A team-based (PC-only) game so colourfully immersive you’ll feel like you’re bounding off the pages of a graphic novel, it requires real invention, too. If there’s an FPS game worth mastering in 2022, Valorant is hard to beat. There are few games that manage to make every second of combat feel consequential, but Escape From Tarkov ensures that you’ll never feel more alive as you fight to keep it that way. It can be a steep learning curve, but this attention to detail culminates in intense firefights that can cost you everything. The game features an intricate weapons modding system where you can customize every element of your gun before taking it into a raid, while the in-depth ballistics system means you’ll need to consider your loadout down to the very bullet. What lands Escape from Tarkov on this list is the level of detail that goes into every single element of the beta. ![]() This means competing with other players and a host of NPC factions, and if you die in the raid you’ll lose everything you brought in with you. Playing as either a PMC or BEAR operative, players are tasked with entering different zones of Tarkov – a fictional region in Russia – to complete missions, retrieve valuable loot and extract before the timer runs out. Battlestate Games opened up the hardcore survival-shooter as a beta back in 2017, and has been steadily updating the game with new features since. Credit: Battlestate Games.ĭo you like misery? Do you like skirmishes that require as much brainpower as gun skill? Escape From Tarkov is where all the finer, grittier details of the FPS genre meet. In no particular order, here are some of the games you should be blasting through.Įscape From Tarkov. ![]() We’ll be updating this list of best FPS games as new games come out. So flick off the safety, slam another magazine of ammo into your favourite rifle and hunker down – we’re about to list the most essential games for any first-person shooter fanatic out there. There’s something very comforting in saving the world with hot lead and gunpowder, right? ![]() Whether you prefer to play on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S/X, older-generation machines, or on PC, you’ll notice that a vast chunk of your back catalogue will place you in the boots of a hero, gun in hand, fending off wave-after-wave of blood-hungry enemies. READ MORE: Here’s when the next ‘Escape From Tarkov’ wipe will happenįPS games – or first-person shooters, if you prefer – have long been a staple in gaming.If you’ve got an itchy trigger finger and need to know what the best FPS games are that can satiate your hunger for explosions and excitement, NME has you covered. From the latest edition of Halo to some older gems, we’ve collected a selection of the very best shooters that you can download and play right now – and we’ve got something for every taste, whether you need to be on mouse and keys to get the full satisfaction of landing a headshot or if you prefer to feel the squeeze of a trigger in real-time on a pad.
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![]() Seeing the Gordanians surrendering, she mutters that she should've hired Czarnian Bounty Hunters.īlackfire enjoying dancing at an Earth nightclub. Her plans were thwarted when the few remaining managed to sneak aboard her ship and she is defeated by Wonder Girl. She appears again in #36 as the leader of the Gordanians (the same aliens from the episode "Go!") and uses them to capture the Titans and their allies. However, the whole thing is a trap to dispatch the Titans and take revenge on Starfire, but the Titans overcome her tricks and she is forced to flee the planet. In Issue #7, she returns apparently reformed and challenges Starfire to a race. This is seen in the second episode, " Sisters" when she developed a crush on Robin upon meeting him and tried to gain his attention and affection, but this could also have been a ploy in further isolating her sister from her friends.īlackfire appears a few more times in the comics. Blackfire is also quite pretty, and she knows it and uses it to her advantage when around boys. Blackfire is also quite vain and loves telling stories about herself. She has a very sarcastic sense of humor and always hurts Starfire's feelings. The two of them are poster children for sibling rivalry. Blackfire loves fighting her sister and rubbing the fact that she is older and stronger in her little sister's face. Blackfire is constantly trying to, in some way, do away with Starfire, first with getting her arrested and then trying to marry her to an ooze alien. The two almost never get along well, except when Blackfire tricks Starfire into thinking she's being nice. She also has shiny, straight, waist-length, black hair with short bangs.Ĭompared to Starfire's outfit, Blackfire's outfit acts more like full-body armor with a black crop top, mini-skirt and thigh-high boots.Įven though Blackfire is Starfire's older sister, the two are polar opposites as Blackfire is grim, cunning, deceitful, immoral, sadistic and unremorseful who also has the optimum qualities of a villain. She appears to be wearing black eyeliner as well, or it could be that her eyelashes are naturally very thick. ![]() Blackfire has tan skin angular, dark-violet eyes and small, rounded, violet eyebrows. When her ruse was uncovered, Blackfire was once again defeated by Starfire in an official challenge for the throne and banished from Tamaran by her sister's royal decree.īlackfire was one of the only villains missing from the lineup of the Brotherhood of Evil, suggesting that she was not out to get all the superheroes or even the Titans, but simply to just take out Starfire.īlackfire is shown to be a tall, beautiful girl. This was actually part of an elaborate plot between Blackfire and Glgrdsklechhh by marrying Starfire to Glgrdsklechhh, he would reward Blackfire with a very powerful jewel. Blackfire attempted to get revenge on Starfire by forcing her to marry Glgrdsklechhh, a hideous alien. Not too pleased that she's being taken to prison, Blackfire swears revenge on her little sister for shaming and humiliating her.īlackfire, when she first arrived on Earth.īlackfire later broke out from prison and wrestled control of Tamaran as its new Grand Ruler. Starfire tells her sister, despite the betrayal it was still nice to see her. She was about to attack again however, the Centauri Police catch her from behind. Blackfire, who was leaving Earth at that exact moment, was defeated by Starfire after her right hand was hit by Starfire's starbolts. The Titans then discovered that Blackfire had framed Starfire for crimes by giving her a stolen jewel from the Centauri System. The Titans rescued her and explained to the Centaurians that they have captured the wrong Tamaranean. When Starfire thought of leaving Earth, the Centauri Police showed up and captured her. ![]() She was especially unhappy with her sister's attempts at flirting with Robin. The Titans seemed to like her so much, Starfire was beginning to think they wouldn't need her around anymore. Blackfire won the Teen Titans' support by having fun with them and telling them stories of adventures she had throughout her travels in the galaxy. Blackfire first appeared when she arrived on Earth in the second episode " Sisters" where she gave Starfire a Centauri moon diamond and pretended to enjoy being reunited with her. ![]() It is now possible to make virtual tours in Javascript compatible smartphones and tablets, even the famous Iphone and Ipad Apple. The oldest extension is practically universal. No defect for the user but obviously more for developers or technicians. ![]() It was universal until the arrival of smartphones and tablets, incompatible unfortunately, either for technical constraints or by choice (Apple does not want Flash in its iBidulles!). Almost every computer in the world, MAC, PC, LINUX, was compatible and had this viewer installed by default. But we could do everything with her! It was light and did not require a heavy viewer to download. It seems that 2015 marks the end of this expansion. It was the most common and powerful extension. or to generate several visits with several formats. It was therefore necessary to select his audience. Such an extension could, in fact, be incompatible with such browser or such medium (smartphones for example). The choice of extension was therefore essential until last year. An example: in compatible Iphone / Ipad format, it is essential to provide a complete spherical image otherwise it does not work. These differences are made in the possibilities specific to each format. So from the same photo, it was possible to get three or four "different" virtual tours. There existed, before 2015, three main extensions so three main viewers, integrated into the various Internet browsers, to view these virtual tours: Flash (Adobe Flash Player), Java (Java) or Quicktime (Apple). Ī little history of extensions and other viewers. It is they who will determine all compatible devices and all available features. With the Pano2VR or Virtual Tour, the issue is now solved because it generates HTML 5! QuickTime is dead or almost for virtual tours and Java will be progressively replaced by HTML 5.ĭepending on what virtual tour creation piece of software you'll choose, you won't necessarily be compatible with all browsers. There are two ways to proceed indeed: in Flash, the past and in HTML 5, the close future. The major problem of virtual tour until then was cross-browser compatibility (Internet, tablets, smartphones). The rest of this page is aimed at those who want to learn more. Here are the key points to remember about virtual tour creation. thanks to a set of buttons visible at the bottom of the window or hotspots placed on the panorama at strategic locations as shown above. You can zoom, unzoom, go in all directions, click on links, move from one room to another, etc. Finally, you can be tempted by Nodalview packages that offer fewer customization options but take care of hosting and do not require you to learn editing software.Ī virtual tour is therefore a "special" panoramic photo since it encompasses 360° × 180° at best, presented in a browser window or in full screen with which you can interact with your mouse. To do this, we need to choose some important options but above all, we need a virtual tour creation software, the most famous of which was Kolor's Panotour Pro, which closed in 2018 and whose "logical" competitors become 3DVista's Virtual Tour - which I now use - and Garden Gnome's Pano2VR 6.1 its competitor (My tutorials are coming soon.). We will now see how to transform this deformed flattened panorama into a beautiful virtual tour without distortion. But who can do the most can do the least so it was my bias in this guide. It may very well be only a portion of a panorama. When the spherical panorama is assembled, it is a rectangular image in a 1/2 ratio embracing 180° × 360° if you have photographed the entire sphere. For that, we'll have to choose several important options but above all, we'll need virtual tour software.Ĭomplete virtual tour of Aventure Michelin in Clermont-Ferrand, France. We'll now see how to turn this flat and distorted panorama into a nice virtual tour distortions-free. What can do more can do less, so that was our take on things in this guide. When the 360° panorama is stitched, it takes the form of a rectangular image with a 1/2 ratio embracing 180° × 360° if you shot the complete sphere. We're getting close to the end! Once the panorama stitched, you only have to open it in Virtual Tour Pro (3DVista) or any other virtual tour software set it in motion and create interactions. ![]() Although widely used on the web, Javascript is a notoriously tricky and difficult language for newbies to learn, and Cocoa is a gigantic framework. Unfortunately, Sketch plugins are written basically in Javascript, and use a Javascript-Cocoa bridge to access native MacOS functionality. So, with so much relying on plugins, we would expect Sketch's plugin architecture to be solid, and their developer support to be nothing short of stellar. Need to have auto-stacking, grid layouts? Plugin. Want standard colour palettes - like Material Design, or Pantone? A plugin. Need icons from FontAwesome? Get a plugin. ![]() Want to document your layout with notes? You should get a plugin. But once the image is applied as a fill, there is no way to export it, so it can be used in your actual html or code (you have to export the 'shape'). There are wonderful plugins that can, for instance, download an image automatically from Unsplash, and apply it as a background fill to one of your shapes. In fact, there are limitations, gaps and omissions *everywhere* in Sketch. none of them actually work well, because of limitations in Sketch itself. Although several plugins have been created to try to address that - "Button", "Adjust Button Shape", "Dynamic Button Symbol", etc. For instance: there is *no way* to create symbol buttons that automatically resize when the text is changed. Although Sketch has 'Symbols' - i.e., "master elements" that you can use multiple times in your design, overriding content but keeping styles - these don't work as expected. ![]() This forces the user to have to download a plugin in order to have 'proper' resizing functionality - such as "Fluid" or the better "Auto Layout".īut the bugs and lack of functionality don't end there. Resizing options are hard to understand, and buggy, often not allowing you to have the resizing effect you need. Sketch's "Resize" function is, however, limited and buggy: it does not resize items based on your canvas size (only on container groups). If I want to create full-blown animations from my static designs, that is another.Īn app that is designed for mocking up user interfaces of websites should, however, have pretty solid built-in *auto-resizing* tools - tools which should help me align and resize my layout elements to fit into different sized canvases. If I want my designs to be automatically uploaded to some third-party online sharing service, that is a good use-case for a plugin. Plugins should address edge use-cases, which might not be interesting or financially viable for the developer to cater for. This is an app that has what are now long-standing, frustrating omissions and faults.Īn app should have all the functionality its users need 'out-of-the-box', and should not rely on extensions and plugins to provide functionality that core users may consider 'essential'. Unfortunately, IMHO, that is not the case. Add to this the fact that Sketch should be receiving a healthy injection of cash from its 'subscription-ware' business model, and you'd expect a solid, refined and feature-full application. There are now dozens of plugins adding features to the app, and integrating it with external third-party services. Sketch has become the 'de facto' tool for UI design - i.e., for producing mockups for both mobile apps, as well as websites. ![]() It's all included in Xbox Game Pass, with cloud saves and achievements included for free as part of the Xbox ecosystem promise. All of this just works as a natural process of being in the Xbox ecosystem, without needing an additional subscription to access cloud saves or multiplayer. All of my friends are available to invite into games, and all of my Xbox achievements sync up to my profile. Right away, I'm back in my current save, and ready to get gaming. When I fire up Prey on my phone, my save files synchronize from the cloud, uploaded from my home Xbox. The Xbox ecosystem in general is already just far more cloud-aware and cloud-capable than some of the competing solutions out there. Source: Windows Central (Image credit: Source: Windows Central) There is a range of great phone clips for Xbox Game Pass cloud gaming designed exactly for that purpose, but they're a bit clunky to use, as we'll discuss in the next section. If you're gaming on your phone, chances are you don't want to be heaving around an additional peripheral, which also needs to be charged up and most likely connected with Bluetooth. This is where xCloud can really shine in my view. Some of these games can be played entirely without an attached controller, with user interfaces designed and scaled to match your smartphone's touch screen. Some games are even cloud-aware, including the likes of Streets of Rage 4, Hades, and Minecraft Dungeons. Many large AAA games are available in the service, on devices that aren't powerful enough to run them natively. Microsoft has also partnered heavily with EA to bring many of its classics to the service, alongside various other major publishers. Microsoft has made apparent its desire to include all of these games day one into Xbox Game Pass, which is the type of commitment Google Stadia, PlayStation Now, and others have simply failed to match. Microsoft also intends to buy Activision Blizzard, which will boost Xbox Game Pass and cloud by a truly insane amount. Microsoft has invested a mountain of cash into its portfolio, buying various studios like Undead Labs, Compulsion, Obsidian, Playground Games, and publisher ZeniMax Media itself, responsible for Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, and DOOM. Where competitors definitively do not have an edge is the library quality. Although, I would say that at the very least, NVIDIA GeForce still has an edge here, as of 2022. Overall, I am seeing performance quality far closer to Stadia than I was previously, at least where latency and artifacts are concerned. ![]() I get a far, far better experience in the suburbs in Germany, with 100MB down, possibly due to lower amounts of congestion and noise. Signal noise and congestion in cities seems to play a big role in the quality of xCloud. Sadly, it didn't seem to make a huge difference as you might expect. I recently upgraded to 1,000MB down with Wi-Fi 6, to see how it might improve the experience. I was also using their in-house Virgin Media "SuperHub," made in partnership with Netgear, which is notoriously bad for signal degradation. The last time I wrote this, I was on 100MB down with Virgin Media in the U.K. It's difficult to review latency definitively, because for you as the end-user, so many variables can impact your experience. The gap is steadily closing, and I'm now able to reliably play Halo at 60 FPS without having to account for lag or major artifacts, although again, the latency varies heavily depending on whether I'm in the U.K. More recently, Microsoft rolled out some kind of OS update on the server-side, producing latency and streaming quality far closer to what we get on some of its competitors. NVIDIA GeForce Now and other services consistently best Microsoft's offering in tests, at least previously. One of the biggest drawbacks of xCloud versus some of its competitors was latency superiority. ![]() Well, provided you have a consistent connection, that is. For its Xbox customers, Microsoft is gradually rolling out the ability to take your console experience with you anywhere, on any device, at any time. Since then, Microsoft has become something of a cloud powerhouse, hitting an astronomical market cap in a battle for service dominance with Amazon and others. We have reports and documents dating all the way back to 2012, about 10 years ago, where Microsoft began exploring and ramping up its tech in this space. Xbox Game Pass's cloud platform is pioneering, and many years in the works. Source: Jez Corden | Windows Central (Image credit: Source: Jez Corden | Windows Central) ![]() You can download the trial version for free and test it for free for 14 days. You can also try commercial CrossOver software by CodeWeavers which provides wine that supports 32 bit apps on Catalina. You can check for some performance improvement tips (in brief: using VM with retina disabled, VboxVGA setup, disabled mouse integration, limiting FPS with RivaTuner). In case you wanted to get wine working for purpose of running 32-bit games then unfortunately it will not work with wine but you can try with VirtualBox. I also tested it with IrfanView 64 bit ( ) and it also works fine. Those steps might not be exactly precise, as I'm not sure if I did not miss something but hope it will help someone.Īlso, note that obviously wine on macOS Catalina will be able to run only some 64-bit windows apps and all 32-bit windows app will not work. wine explorer for graphical file manager instead of console ![]() Also, you might want to run: sudo spctl -master-disable to disable gatekeeper if you will see some system alerts about loading app from an unknown developer.After fixing freetype fonts problem I was able to run notepad++.It showed some errors about freetype fonts so I installed them with macports and I had to copy them from /opt/X11/lib to /usr/local/lib before wine detected them.It opened windows console and here I was able to cd to Notepad++ 64 bit directory (downloaded from note that newest version did not work and threw some errors about some dll's).It compiled after more than 30 minutes.configure -enable-win64 successfully without errors in terminal run: make It showed that it couldn't find bison, so I installed it with macports (sudo port install bison).My steps were more or less something like that: I was able to build Wine 64 bit from source on macOS Catalina and successfully run Notepad++ 64 bit on it. ![]() We also provide the best customer service in the industry at a ticket price that's hard to beat - No Fees, No Tricks, No Bull. 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You can use the AERC energy ratings for apple-to-apples comparison when shopping for window coverings: This will help you determine your desired level of comfort and energy savings. Hunter Douglas Honeycomb Shades are the first cellular shades to earn a national energy performance rating and certification through the Attachments Energy Rating Council (AERC) for interior window covering products.ĪERC is an independent, third-party verified, nonprofit organization partially funded and fully supported by the U.S. So how do you determine who has the most energy efficient cellular shades? It helps to be energy rated and certified.Īre Hunter Douglas Honeycomb Shades energy rated & certified? Department of Energy recommends window coverings, or window attachments as they call them, as a good solution to help reduce energy loss at the window.Ĭellular shades act like an insulating shade that help reduce energy loss in the home by trapping in heat come winter and keeping things cool in the summer.Īccording to field studies on cellular shades by the Department of Energy National Labs, having the proper cellular shades can save up to 20% on heating energy and up to 15% on total energy from heating and cooling compared to bare windows. Hunter Douglas coined the term Honeycomb Shades because of the honeycomb design when looking at the shades from the side view – the industry standard is cellular shades. I see the term honeycomb and cellular used interchangeably. ![]() what is the difference between cellular shades and honeycomb shades? Other factors may include air leaks with the sash not fitting correctly or the degradation of a wood frameĪlso, living in a historic home, I needed to keep the integrity of the original home and that means the windows, so I definitely needed a solution to stop my home’s energy (my air conditioning and heating efforts) from going straight out the window.Īpplying an energy efficient window treatment to your windows benefits a home by providing insulation, controlling solar heat gain, and by using natural light to reduce the use of electric light (called daylighting), which saves energy.Glass can be a horrible insulator – your wall is likely 20x better than the older window next to it.Did you know 30% (and sometimes up to 40% or even 50%) of a home’s heating and cooling energy loss comes from the windows? Why? Windows are one of the biggest energy leaks in the home, and they’re often expensive to replace. how do cellular shades compare to other window coverings?.which cellular shades offer the highest energy performance?.what is the difference between cellular shades and honeycomb shades?.Here’s how Hunter Douglas Duette Honeycomb Shades help with energy efficiency – and where you can find your nearest dealer. I went with their DuetteⓇ Honeycomb Shades in the ArchitellaⓇ Alexa fabric with a light filtering opacity and top-down/bottom-up design option. That’s where Honeycomb Shades from Hunter Douglas come in! The unique cellular construction in these shades help trap air in distinct pockets to help keep homes cool in the summer and warm in the winter (a must for me right now!). Living on a busy street I wanted to have privacy while maintaining good light. For more information please see my disclosure policy.ĭid you know 80 million homes have inefficient windows but only 2% of homeowners replace their windows? My windows can be really drafty, so I was looking for a window covering solution that would be functional, practical, beautiful and most importantly energy efficient. This post is sponsored by Hunter Douglas, all thoughts and opinions are my own. Another goal is to find products that promote energy efficiency since a problem for many (but especially older) homes is retaining heat. One of my goals is to furnish my home with 95% secondhand furniture. I want to maintain its integrity while making it more eco-friendly. My biggest project right now? Renovating my 200 year old house! As many of you know, I moved from California to Maine recently and it’s been a huge adjustment. ![]() Precaution: Identify the lighting circuit or power source and test it before installing the Christmas light strands. ![]() Having a helper will help prevent the lights from being tangled together. Tools Required: Basic Electricians Pouch Hand Tools and Voltage Tester and a fiberglass or non-metal ladder.Įstimated Time: Depends on personal level experience and ability to work with strands of outdoor holiday lights and work from a ladder. Depends on the extent of the outdoor lighting that will be installed, however this electrical wiring project is best performed by a Licensed Electrical Contractor. How to Fix Christmas Lights that are Not WorkingĪpplication: Troubleshoot Christmas Light Problems. Thanks for your electrical question Mike.īackground: Mike, a Handyman from Virginia. What can I do to get them to work by Christmas? I can replace the first string and they will burn for a while then they go off again?.Every time I plug the extension cord to them they burn for a few minutes then they go off.I have 13 boxes of 100 lights and 3 boxes of 300 lights to put on top my home.My questions is I bought some icicle Christmas lights at a dollar store.We bring cheer to our DFW electrician customers all year round.Electrical Question: Why do my Christmas lights burn for a few minutes and then go off? If you notice issues with your circuit breaker or outlets during this whole process, take a deep breath and call us. Sometimes trying to fix your Christmas lights means discovering more problems with your home’s wiring. LED Christmas tree lights are more durable and efficient, and they often come in cool colors or with fun features. If you need to get some new lights, we recommend upgrading. If it doesn’t light up, throw it away and replace it with a brand-new bulb. If it lights up, take it out, and place it in a separate bowl to use when you’re done testing the others. Plug in the strand and insert each bulb, one by one, back into a socket. While you have all the bulbs out, check the sockets for corrosion or debris you can clear out. ) Take out each bulb from the problem area and place it in a bowl. If the previous steps didn’t help, it’s time to test each bulb separately. Make sure all the bulbs are tight, so you don’t have to go over the strand again! You’re looking for any bulb that is loose in its socket, darker than the others, or has an apparent break in the filament or casing. Start at the problem area and inspect each bulb.Identify the affected area, which will either be the whole strand or part of the strand, depending on the kind of lights you have.Others have multiple strands, so only half your lights go out. Some lights have a single circuit, so the whole strand goes out if a single bulb isn’t working. ![]() Depending on the lights, you might not know where the outage actually begins. This is probably the most time-consuming step. Pop open the fuse cover and replace the fuses with those of identical size and rating. ![]() They look like tiny glass cylinders with internal metal filaments like a lightbulb. If you don’t want all your hard work to go to complete waste, you can take off all the bulbs to use as replacements in the future! Step 3: Check the FuseĬhristmas lights usually have little cartridge fuses inside the plug. If you find any, it’s time to toss the lights and get a new set. Look for any broken strands with wires poking through them. You might have noticed this when you were doing all that untangling, but check again. You can also test the outlet with a circuit tester. If that appliance doesn’t work either, find your circuit breaker and check for a flipped switch. (We know it’s silly, but we’ve all done it!) If you’ve plugged in your lights and nothing happened, unplug them and plug another appliance into the outlet. Step 1: Check the Outletįirst, make sure your lights are really plugged in. So, let us give you an early Christmas gift! Follow these steps to find a bad bulb on your Christmas tree lights. We want to take the stress out of your holiday season. (Or you just buy them online, but it’s still a hassle.) Plus, you then have to brave the cold weather, crowded stores, and close calls in the parking lot to get new strands of lights. The first-place winner? When you’ve gone through all that hassle, undone all the knots and kinks, and you plug in your beautiful lights to find them totally dead. Detangling your Christmas tree lights is the second worst thing about the holiday season. |
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