Is there any way to improve Steam performance in Windows 7? I just did a clean install to finally move on from Vista, I installed the latest display drivers, etc., but Steam Windows still fade in and out, like with slight delay. Also, before the client started responding to let me turn off game images, it froze completely for like 5 minutes to load and display all the pictures.
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2010 Steam Holiday Sale Thread: of GAF collectively handing over wallet to Based Gabe
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I was having declined credit card issues earlier but I think it's because I kept trying to send gifts to my own email. Maybe steam has some kind of unlisted limit to how many unredeemed gifts can be sitting at one email at a time. as soon as I tried gifting to my 2nd gmail address it worked fine.
Here's a quick review of Hacker Evolution for anyone who's thinking of buying the Indie Future Pack.
Contrary to this game's description, it is not a hacking sim. Rather, it is essentially a text adventure/puzzle game wrapped in a hacker facade. The game is divided in to 10 chapters where you will scan websites, decrypt keys, and crack passwords in order to complete level objectives. Puzzling out how to complete your objectives without getting traced can be quite fulfilling. However, you will find yourself frustrated by a number of things. Firstly, the game's tutorial and help menus are mostly useless. They don't enumerate all of the syntax at your command, and the descriptions that do exist are unhelpful. Once you do figure out how to actually play the game, you may find that you have played yourself in to a corner and have to restart the whole game from scratch. This is essentially just a couple of poor design choices and overall shouldn't impede your enjoyment of the game. If you were fascinated by mid 90s cyberpunk hacker culture, then you'll dig this game. 7/10
Contrary to this game's description, it is not a hacking sim. Rather, it is essentially a text adventure/puzzle game wrapped in a hacker facade. The game is divided in to 10 chapters where you will scan websites, decrypt keys, and crack passwords in order to complete level objectives. Puzzling out how to complete your objectives without getting traced can be quite fulfilling. However, you will find yourself frustrated by a number of things. Firstly, the game's tutorial and help menus are mostly useless. They don't enumerate all of the syntax at your command, and the descriptions that do exist are unhelpful. Once you do figure out how to actually play the game, you may find that you have played yourself in to a corner and have to restart the whole game from scratch. This is essentially just a couple of poor design choices and overall shouldn't impede your enjoyment of the game. If you were fascinated by mid 90s cyberpunk hacker culture, then you'll dig this game. 7/10
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If you're getting declined everywhere its probably on steams end. What probably happened is a hold was put on your account by steams rather overzealous anti-fraud system. If you can't wait, open a ticket asking for the hold to be removed, and they should fix it within 3-4 hours, otherwise it should hopefully be gone naturally by morning
If you're getting declined everywhere its probably on steams end. What probably happened is a hold was put on your account by steams rather overzealous anti-fraud system. If you can't wait, open a ticket asking for the hold to be removed, and they should fix it within 3-4 hours, otherwise it should hopefully be gone naturally by morning
Unknown Soldier
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What is the last day of the sale? I'm thinking about Recettear and Lara Croft but I missed the extra % off days, so I'm going to wait until the last day to see if there's a replay.
I still want to get DA:O Ultimate Edition but nobody has answered my question on how to transfer my saved game yet.
I still want to get DA:O Ultimate Edition but nobody has answered my question on how to transfer my saved game yet.
Lostconfused
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Transfer them where? They should be in your documents folder.Unknown Soldier said:
zombieshavebrains
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bloodforge said:
Thanks.
Unknown Soldier
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Lostconfused said:
I just want to move them from my existing DA:O original game install to the DA:O Ultimate Edition install I'm thinking of buying.
Lostconfused
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You can still get both of them for $12. Its a pretty good price if you actually wanted to buy those two games.Safe Bet said:
I don't know. I guess you can move them out of the save folder and them move them back into the save folder, if that does anything. I doubt it though.Unknown Soldier said:
The Technomancer
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Oh man, the voice work in TF2 is so ace:Cipherr said:
"Thanks for standing still, wanker"
"Sandvich and I are coming for you!"
ElectricBlue187
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I really should get Civ V for that price. It hardly ever drops in price
zombieshavebrains
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soldat7 said:
No demo, should run though.
HamPster PamPster
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Splinter Cell Conviction: The Deluxe Edition includes Infiltration Mode, Shadow Armor and 3 bonus weapons.
Should I buy the deluxe? What is Infiltration Mode?
Should I buy the deluxe? What is Infiltration Mode?
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IIRC, infiltration mode is terrorist hunt on special maps/co-op campaign maps where you can't be detected at all. The regular version of the game has elimination mode or something like that where getting detected leads to more guys coming.HamPster PamPster said:
SolarPowered
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Just got back home and I'm fuckin' glad to see Tropico on that list. I was the only one asking about it even if no one paid attention.
Tropico GET!
Also, does anyone know if those flatout games are any good?
Tropico GET!
Also, does anyone know if those flatout games are any good?
ElectricBlue187 said:
Hm, if you weren't kidding here maybe you should wait if you're on the fence. That actually seems to be more or less the going rate and I've seen it at $30 a few times already. It's a Steamworks game so buying the retail version lets you add it on Steam as well.
BuddhaRockstar
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_Bro said:
This is super late, but I just want to warn people buying Chaos Theory that the multiplayer has some serious issues on PC- the biggest being that the Merc's flashlight doesn't work on most modern video cards. There may be a fix but I just wanted people to be aware of it before buying it.
Discotheque
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Eh personally I got sick of TF2 after the whole crafting patch came in. Game feels overstuffed.
I <3 Memes
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Lumine said:
So is the original Sonic the Hedgehog. I dont have an xbox 360 controller though and I'm not sure how it would control with one anyway. But damn I would love to own it. I'm just waiting for impressions and a controller before I will bite.
chixdiggit
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Really want the Splinter Cell games but I have such a huge backlog now. I also would love to replay Batman on the PC but again backlog.
HomerSimpson-Man
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Motherfuc....I just purchased Dragon Age: Origins Ultimate Edition.
This steam sale is killing me!
This steam sale is killing me!
matthsv said:
Yes, there's an option to force DX9, I'm not sure what it is though, since I'm playing on XP. My only concern would be the 2gig of RAM, because of the higher overhead in Win7, but it shouldn't make a huge difference. The game doesn't require a powerhouse to run. There are various graphics options you can turn down too.
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-nod3d10 IIRC.matthsv said:
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This Dragon Age download is starting to get annoying. Not only is it the slowest download speed I've ever experienced on Steam (an average of 300k vs the usual 1.5m+), it's the most inconsistent connection I've ever had while downloading. It stops like several times a minute, for up to several minutes. So yeah, again, it's starting to get annoying. :lol
Sigh.
8 hours since I started and I just hit the 50% mark. Anyone having better luck on a certain server? :\
Sigh.
8 hours since I started and I just hit the 50% mark. Anyone having better luck on a certain server? :\
Joe Molotov
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BrettWeir said:
rhfb said:
Back during the Quakecon sale.
Lostconfused
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I am pretty sure Titan Quest and Torchlight were already on sale. Although I guess Space Siege can be a daily deal tomorrow. I would certainly have a good laugh if it was.Big B said:
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