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How to connect and configure different platforms and devices to be able play games
Introduction
I’m going to showing how to connect and configure different devices and platforms that will allow
the user to be able to play video games. There are many different aspects you have to think about,
for example connecting a console to a display, connecting a console to Wide Area Network (WAN) as
well as installing drivers for GPU’s and SPU’s.
Connecting a console to a Display
There are many different ways you can connect a console to a display. You can use the VGA cables
(Red, Yellow, Green, Blue and White) or you can use a HDMI cable. The method I chose to use is to
connect the console to the display by using a HDMI cable, this gives a better quality. My TV supports
HDMI and VGA so I would be fine just with using VGA cables.
These images show that I am connecting by Xbox to the TV by using a HDMI cable. I use a HDMI
cable because the quality of the image on the screen is much better when compared with VGA cords
because HDMI allows more pixels to be displayed and it depends on the resolution of your TV.
HDMI input on console
Power Supply
HDMI input in the back of the display (TV)
Connecting console to the Internet
There are many different ways you can connect your console to the internet, you can use a Ethernet
cable, which is a cable which connects your console to your modem or you can use a wireless router.
Now that consoles have a built in Wi-Fi adapter, I use this method, I think it is good because there
isn’t any hassle with wires all of the place but the connection to the internet when using a Ethernet
is much more reliable because you can’t just disconnect randomly unless your cable is pulled out the
console or the modem.
This is network system built into the Xbox which will
scan for routers in the area it can pick signals up.
The one selected is my router.
Once you have selected a network you want to
connect to it will either connect straight away or
it will ask for WPA password, this is case in most
cases because you don’t want anyone else using
you router for internet.
Once you have connected to a router, it will do a test
whether the console can connect to the router, then it
will see if the router can connect to internet then finally
seeing if you can connect to online service in this case
Xbox Live
Connecting wired and wireless devices
There are many different varieties of devices which require a wire connection or a wireless
connection. For example the Turtle Beach headphones which I own have to a wired connection, one
wire includes a USB connection which plugs into the Xbox, another two wires (Red and White) into
the adapter which is plugged into the back of the Xbox and one more which has to plugged into the
bottom of the controller which will then enable the user to speak into the microphone. A wireless
connection device is the Xbox wireless controller. This only has to be synced to the console.
Once the test has finished it will give a summary of
what is connected and what is ready. As you can see
everything is connected from the router, the internet
and online service as well as matchmaking is allowed.
Once this has finished you can see that it gives a tick symbol
which tells you that you are connected to this particular
network.
This is way you can tell that you have successful connected
to the online service, if this message appears on screen
because you need to be connected to the service to be able
to communicate with your friends.
The sync button is located for the controller is on the top of
it.
These is what the controller looks like when trying to sync
the controller. The LED’s on the controller light up and
rotates around the home button. This is good feedback for
the user, it tells the user when it is trying to sync.
The sync button on the console is located above the front
USB ports.
Once the sync button is pressed on the Xbox the same feedback
happens, the LED’s rotates around the power button.
This is my Turtle Beach headset. It has many different outputs, a USB
port, 3.5ml Headphone jack and the Red and White cable which will
be plugged into HDMI sound adapter.
This is a sound adapter; this is needed because Turtle Beach
outputs are designed for VGA, and so this is need so that the
headset can connect to the Xbox correctly.
This is where the adapter is located when plugged in to the
Xbox, right next to HDMI input.
This image is showing what the headphone jack looks like
when plugged into headsets adapter.
Installing a game to console
You are able to install a game to your console, there are many advantages for doing this and
disadvantages. The first advantage being that it will make your console much quieter because it isn’t
just running of the disc it is running off the hard drive as well, the downside to this that you done
install a game like Call of Duty it will take up a lot of memory because of all the complex features and
functions in has.
This image is showing the chat lead plugged into the Xbox
controller.
This image is showing the USB output coming from the
turtle beach being plugged into the Xbox USB ports.
When you have inserted a game disc into the disc try
you can then begin the process of installing a game to
your hard drive.
Updating Drivers
There are many different methods used to update drivers you can easily go to device manager or
you go online to search for updates for your drivers.
This is what message looks like when you are
installing a game. Once the installation as finished
it will appear in your hard drive and can be run of
the hard drive.
This image is showing were you can
locate the device manager in the control
panel.
This is the device manager that
will come up when clicked; it
will give a list of many devices
which are connected to that PC.
Under the display adapters you can
the graphics devices, such as the
graphics cards. In this case the NVIDA
GeForce GT 525M.
When you click on your graphics driver this menu
will appear. If you go to the driver tab you are able
to update your driver from this.
Once you click to update your driver it will
start to download the driver software
need to update the driver and then it will
proceed to installing the software.
Another way to update your
driver is to go onto the
manufacture website in this
case NVIDA and find your
driver you have.
After this choosing and agreeing
to your driver update you will
have to go through the NVIDA
graphics driver update system.
This is what It looks like when you
downloading the driver update through
the NVIDA website.
Configuring Games
There are many different ways to configure games. The method which I used is to load the game, in
this case Bastion, go to options, then to display and I changed the Anti – aliasing to 4x the default
setting. Anti-aliasing is a software technique used in games to get rid of jagged edges on the
graphics and make them smooth. The jagged edges only occur because usually the monitor
displaying the game doesn’t have a high enough resolution to represent the smooth lines. So Anti-
aliasing reduces the amount of jagged edges by surrounding the stair steps with shades of grey.
Conclusion
Due to the fact I have owned a console and the devices that work with it such as the headset I find it
easy to set up but when compared to changing drivers on a PC or configuring a game on the PC I
don’t have the same confidence I do if I was doing something on the consoles, this is only because I
don’t have enough experience using a PC for gaming.
This is me changing the anti-aliasing in
the game 4 times the amount the
default is.
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