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Boss Fights!

Post by Bort » Sun Oct 17, 2021 2:04 am

Hey folks! I've recently taken on a couple of the bosses on The Island and thought I'd share my experience with them. I dont expect anyone to watch through all of these, but the first one is probably the most interesting, as I panic after making a mistake, hah. Also the volume is a little loud on the first two, before I sorted out an input volume issue...

Edit: Added 2 videos for the Dragon fights.

Megapithecus - Gamma (Easy)
(Skip to about 7:20, forgot to cut out all the setup from this clip)


Megapithecus - Beta (Medium)


Megapithecus - Alpha (Hard)


Broodmother - Gamma (Easy)


Broodmother - Beta (Medium)


Broodmother - Alpha (Hard) - Fail


Broodmother - Alpha (Hard) - Success


Dragon - Gamma (Easy)


Dragon - Beta (Medium)


Dragon - Beta (Medium) Attempt 2
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Re: Boss Fights!

Post by M's » Sun Oct 17, 2021 8:05 am

I miss playing ARK. But I can't seem to figure out why my mouse and on screen point is so far out of sync.

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Post by Bort » Sun Oct 17, 2021 9:45 am

M's wrote:
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I miss playing ARK. But I can't seem to figure out why my mouse and on screen point is so far out of sync.
Hmmm. Do you use that "Geforce Now" service? I think that's what Flash uses, and I recently dabbled with it. I found that on some days when my latency is higher there would be a delay in mouse movements. Other than that, I could only recommend setting your graphcis settings to minimum just to troubleshoot if it's a performance problem.

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Post by M's » Sun Oct 17, 2021 11:36 am

Bort wrote:
Sun Oct 17, 2021 9:45 am
M's wrote:
Sun Oct 17, 2021 8:05 am
I miss playing ARK. But I can't seem to figure out why my mouse and on screen point is so far out of sync.
Hmmm. Do you use that "Geforce Now" service? I think that's what Flash uses, and I recently dabbled with it. I found that on some days when my latency is higher there would be a delay in mouse movements. Other than that, I could only recommend setting your graphcis settings to minimum just to troubleshoot if it's a performance problem.
My pointer is almost 1/2 of an inch away from what I try to click on. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the game, mouse drivers and everything. And that's the only game it happens to.

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Re: Boss Fights!

Post by Bort » Sun Oct 17, 2021 2:27 pm

This post suggests 2 fixes:
1) alt tab out of the game, then alt tab back in (temporary fix)
2) disable steam overlay

Another thread suggested the cause may be from a mismatch in resolution between the game and your native desktop resolution.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/346110/d ... 447377201/

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Post by Bort » Sun Nov 28, 2021 8:36 pm

Added 2 videos for the Dragon fights.

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Post by M's » Mon Nov 29, 2021 6:40 am

Thanks Bort, Will give those a try.

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Re: Boss Fights!

Post by M's » Sat Dec 25, 2021 9:28 pm

Found the issue was with my video settings. Alienware kept trying to improve quality, while I wanted functionality.
Thank you Bort.

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Re: Boss Fights!

Post by Bort » Wed Jan 26, 2022 11:49 pm

Updated the first post with videos of my Successful alpha runs of Megapithecus and Broodmother =)

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Re: Boss Fights!

Post by Bort » Sat Mar 05, 2022 7:26 pm

Updated the original post with my successful beta dragon run- the closest fight I've ever had in this game.... Yikes.

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Re: Boss Fights!

Post by <eVa>Verman » Mon Mar 07, 2022 11:00 pm

Bort,
It looks like a dodge ball strategy is needed at all times, with our head on a swivel. Then it was followed by chasing the lizard around the lava pits.
And you made it with 3 theriz left. Sheesh!

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