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<div style="margin-right:-1px;">[[File:Xkcd_979_wisdom_of_the_ancients.png|right|thumb|280px|text-top|link=http://xkcd.com/979/|xkcd: Wisdom of the Ancients]]</div>
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<div style="font-size:150%; margin-top:6px; margin-bottom:0px">Welcome to PCGamingWiki</div>
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<div style="font-size:120%; margin-top:0px">Our aim is to collect fixes for '''''[[Project:About|every single PC game]]''''' into one user-editable resource.</div>
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We've all spent hours trawling through forums, websites and support Q&A to get a PC game to work. Do you spend more time researching and setting up games than actually playing them? We present to you PCGamingWiki, with a page for every PC game, for every you need to know about getting the best PC gaming experience. Want to [[:Category:Manual|contribute]]? '''Let's fix PC Gaming!'''
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We are interested in:
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*performance issues and improvements
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*bugs, fixes and workarounds
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*configurations, optimisations and hacks
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*FOV and mouse acceleration fixes
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*which is the best available version
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*what restrictions and DRM does it have
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*save game and user data locations
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*mods, utilities and community patches
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'''Featured by''':
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[http://kotaku.com/5889069/pcgamingwiki-wants-to-solve-the-biggest-problems-with-pc-gaming-intimidation-and-confusion Kotaku],
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[http://www.destructoid.com/pc-gaming-wiki-2-0-aims-to-help-fix-every-pc-game-222697.phtml Destructoid],
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW5ldLD0ysI#t=9m04s TotalBiscuit],
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[http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/03/04/the-sunday-papers-208/ Rock Paper Shotgun],
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[http://www.gamingdaily.co.uk/2012/andrew-tsai-interview/ GamingDaily]
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and [http://truepcgaming.com/2012/03/26/pcgamingwiki-interview-with-andrew-tsai/ TruePCGaming].
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'''Getting started''':
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• [[:Category:Manual|Manual]]
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• [[PCGamingWiki:About|About]]
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• [[PCGamingWiki:Forum|Forum]]
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• [[PCGamingWiki:Webchat|IRC chat]]
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• [[PCGamingWiki:Donate|Donate]]
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==History==
 
PCGamingWiki was founded on '''9 February 2012'''. The site and its community have attracted some of the most friendly and passionate PC gamers motivated in helping others with their problems.
 
PCGamingWiki was founded on '''9 February 2012'''. The site and its community have attracted some of the most friendly and passionate PC gamers motivated in helping others with their problems.
  
== What is PCGamingWiki? ==
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==Contact==
PCGamingWiki is a wiki all about fixing PC game problems.
 
 
 
== Contact ==
 
 
In order to contact us about a general site issue, please leave a message on the [[PCGamingWiki:Forum|Forum]] where the admins and moderators will be notified immediately by email.
 
In order to contact us about a general site issue, please leave a message on the [[PCGamingWiki:Forum|Forum]] where the admins and moderators will be notified immediately by email.
  

Revision as of 11:37, 22 June 2012

xkcd: Wisdom of the Ancients
Welcome to PCGamingWiki

Our aim is to collect fixes for every single PC game into one user-editable resource.

We've all spent hours trawling through forums, websites and support Q&A to get a PC game to work. Do you spend more time researching and setting up games than actually playing them? We present to you PCGamingWiki, with a page for every PC game, for every you need to know about getting the best PC gaming experience. Want to contribute? Let's fix PC Gaming!

We are interested in:
  • performance issues and improvements
  • bugs, fixes and workarounds
  • configurations, optimisations and hacks
  • FOV and mouse acceleration fixes
  • which is the best available version
  • what restrictions and DRM does it have
  • save game and user data locations
  • mods, utilities and community patches

Featured by: Kotaku, Destructoid, TotalBiscuit, Rock Paper Shotgun, GamingDaily and TruePCGaming.


Getting started: • ManualAboutForumIRC chatDonate

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History

PCGamingWiki was founded on 9 February 2012. The site and its community have attracted some of the most friendly and passionate PC gamers motivated in helping others with their problems.

Contact

In order to contact us about a general site issue, please leave a message on the Forum where the admins and moderators will be notified immediately by email.

Andrew Tsai aka Andytizer (Founder) is available on:

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Thanks

It's an honour to be working on a project which I hope will benefit the PC gaming community.

Thanks to:

  • everyone who has written, edited and helped with the content on the site
  • JRWR for his server admin help
  • the moderators for all their help
  • all the people who have made donations
  • GumboJelly for the current logo design
  • Randall Munroe from xkcd for having such an awesome usage policy for his comics.

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