Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@Anti-Matter Did they replace the fan, or just the thermal paste?

Did Nintendo fix it? Regardless of if Nintendo fixed it, I question if the repair person was able to see the Switch make the fan sound. I know my fan only gets loud booting up certain games connected to internet via wifi. If the repair person didnt' boot up my Switch with Splatoon 2 or Rocket League connected to internet, my Switch won't make the sound, and the repair person could think nothing is wrong.

Holy cow guys. Today was a complete disaster up until an hour ago. The country we tried to get into introduced new COVID rules three days ago, and we had to fill in a new PCR test form (with a $250 total payment) after being kicked out of the border control site, and driving halfway back to town (two hour drive) because the site wasn't working. It then took two hours to get through, losing us about three hours total. It was never mentioned until we got to the border, and the guys there spoke pretty abysmal English.

What a day!

@TheJGG Wait, wait, I need to be caught up, Your moving you said? or travel?

@Snatcher Nah, I'm on vacation. We set off two days ago and we drove... about 1,500 miles in three days. Absolutely wicked hours too, about 36 hours in the car over 3 days. The rest... see my above post!

@WoomyNNYes
My Switch got applied by new thermal paste when being repaired.
I don't know if the issue was also from the fan itself.

One thing, i live in Indonesia.
There is NO Nintendo HQ branch in Indonesia (Nintendo never open their branch to Indonesia) so i brought my Switch to local games repair shop near from my place.

@TheJGG Its one hell of a Vacation I'll tell you that.

@Anti-Matter Replacing the fan may be needed, but that's just my guess. Granted, if they replace the fan, I think that means they'll replace the thermal paste again - that's not a problem, just stating it's part of the job. I think that's right? It's been a while since I watched a Switch fan replacement video.

Oof! Sorry to hear, @TheJGG.

@WoomyNNYes My Switch has made that fan noise before, but only occasionally. I got mine on late May 2017. I didn't notice it making that noise the last good number of times I played it, I played in handheld mode most recently. I'm actually thinking of getting a Switch OLED as a birthday present, though. So I'd go from a V1 Switch to a Switch OLED. My birthday is on next month.

@Zuljaras I actually did pretty good in my java programming class, but I'm not super great at C++. (I tend to get really overwhelmed while doing C++, since there's a ton of coding involved.) The other programming language I learned was Visual Basic.NET, which I also did good in.

@TheJGG Sorry to hear that. Sounds like an exhausting pain. Hope you're through the border.

@MarioLover92
Is your Switch still making loud noise fan sound or already got fixed ?

My switch sometimes makes a loud fan noise, but it never bothers me, given that it works perfectly fine.

@Anti-Matter No, it hasn't been doing that. My Switch never broke down, either. I've just been playing Mario Party Superstars and everything's been hunky-dory.

I have quick question about PS4 DLC.
How do I see the size of DLC from PS4 Store ?

Yeah, I still think the bigger surprise with Sonic 3 & Knuckles that the old Windows 95 version had a different soundtrack. It makes me wonder if it's going to be like Sonic CD since the option to have both the EU/JP soundtrack. Choose between Genesis or PC soundtrack.

Sonic 1 mobile is great, they even added some stuff to levels. Imagine flying in Marble Zone as Tails. They really need to come to modern systems. Can't figure out why they're mobile only as Sonic CD did come out on PC and I believe Xbox and PS3 IIRC.

I survived my sister's wedding, albeit barely. Everything went very well, very little drama, but I'm still kinda tired. I was very sleep-deprived until finally clocking a little over eight hours of sleep last night; I didn't sleep well the previous two nights and had early mornings to boot. My body finally decided it had enough last night. The migraine that came on yesterday afternoon didn't help. It was good and I had fun, but my family is exhausted lol.

@BruceCM Will do then; I'll be waiting on the Remastered equivalent.

@MarioLover92 Ah yes, Visual Studio is a very common development tool. I've used it many times! Though there are many editors out there, some even customized for certain languages. I prefer free versions most of the time if it's possible. There are many excellent coding tutorials out there, in excellent places like YouTube or courses you can pay for (there are free ones too sometimes), as well as plenty of websites that offer tutorials and pointers. Winforms and the newer WPF applications you can build in VS are a lot like Visual Basic, yep!

On my holidays: Thanks! And to you as well!

Can somebody help me ?
How to check DLC size of PS4 games from PS Store ?
It seems i couldn't find any information about DLC size of Portal Knights and Dragon Quest Builders 2 PS4 version.

Been doing a drawing that I want to finish by Christmas. Wish me luck!

@Sunsy Ah yeah, I had Sonic & Knuckles Collection, that was one of the games that was part of that Sonic PC bundle I got way back in the day. Kind of surprised me that Carnival Night Zone had a different theme from the Genesis version (never got through the barrel of doom as a kid), though I will be honest, I like the PC version's composition more. When Sonic 3's beta version got released online, I was especially surprised to hear that its themes for Carnival Night, Ice Cap, and Launch Base had the same tunes as the PC versions.

Yeah, for the life of me, I can't find out why they're just on mobile. I don't have a problem with playing games with simple controls on mobile, like Bejeweled or Super Mario Run. For a game like Sonic 2, though, I'd rather have an actual controller. There is a way to get a controller running on a phone via Bluetooth or something, but that just makes things more cumbersome for me. This is why we have dedicated portable game systems like the Game Boy and the DS.

@Tyranexx Absolutely, I prefer the free versions if it's possible. I used websites and YouTube videos on occasion while doing my C++ assignments, though most of the time I'd have a tutor in my school to help me out. I still have VS installed on my laptop, but I think I'd have to log into my school email to use it again.

Glad to hear your sister's wedding went well, though that must have been a long day. Hopefully you got plenty of sleep. My uncle's wedding was certainly long - it pretty much lasted the entire day. The next day, I literally had to get up early to catch a plane back home. lol

Thanks for the well wishes! I'm pretty much all ready for Christmas, just want to do a drawing by then.

Today is the first time I've ever felt actually happy with a drawing I made. I can't post it here, but while it's not the best, and not perfect, it's probably the best thing I've done yet, and I'm actually too scared to finish it, since I don't want to screw it up.

@VoidofLight Ah, I feel you mate, I haven't drawn in a few weeks due to the fear of me failing, I need to get over it, and it makes it hard for me to draw daily.

Good job, and you should totally finish it! or if your that worried, maybe you can Put it in a printer, so you can have a copy of how it is now, just in case you don't like the finished version.