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Portal 2 |OT| Sleep. Spuds. Science.

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Red

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Warrior_Keoni said:
I'm not sure which Portal 2 topic this belongs in but here's forthcoming DLC for Portal 2?

http://www.razerzone.com/minisite/hydra

Buying the Hydra nets you free DLC?
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This is cool but it just serves to remind me that M&K controls remain the standard for precision regardless of how many strides are made with motion controllers.

StuBurns said:
Valve didn't make the motion content did they?
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Hope not. Can't imagine that's the case. They haven't ever shown it themselves. But this does tenuously explain why Razer hardware was required for one of the PotatoFoolsDay ARG potatoes.
 
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Joe Shlabotnik

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KaYotiX said:
wife and i play on the 360 co-op (60" tv) and its great. Actually really fun solving puzzles together. Wife loves it and the witty comments by Glados
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Mind you, it has absolutely no bearing on the gameplay, but there's something highly amusing about Portal 2's co-op on separate systems that would seem to be impossible in split-screen.

GLaDOS occasionally feeds each player different lines to try to turn you against each other.
 
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JaseC

gave away the keys to the kingdom.
StuBurns said:
Valve didn't make the motion content did they?
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Nope, that was handled by Razer themselves or another third-party. While Valve are officially supporting the device, they didn't make the Hydra-exclusive content.
 
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webrunner

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StuBurns said:
Valve didn't make the motion content did they?
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It'd be funny if the new content included the axed Hydra monster from HL2.

I mean everything else axed from HL2 seems to be ending up in the hands of Aperture Science, why not that thing?
 
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panda21

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wtf is up with the FOV on the ps3 version? is that just a special effect at the start of the game or is it like that all the way through?
 
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JackEtc

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Joe Shlabotnik said:
GLaDOS occasionally feeds each player different lines to try to turn you against each other.
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Not really a spoiler, just more of Valve's hilarious jokes. Happened to me, and I was cracking up while my Co-op buddy was on voice chat asking me what was so funny.

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FLEABttn

Banned
panda21 said:
wtf is up with the FOV on the ps3 version? is that just a special effect at the start of the game or is it like that all the way through?
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It seemed weird to me at first, but it either went away or I got used to it and couldn't tell any longer.
 
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TheExodu5

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dark10x said:
Anyone having any issues with minor juddering on the PC? It's very subtle, but quite annoying. It's similar to Doom 3 engine games before you disable the com_precisetic and com_fixedTic. It's like a tiny hiccup every couple of seconds.

I'm seeing it in Portal 2 in certain areas and I'm not sure why. If I disable v-sync, my framerate goes up to 225+fps so it's clearly not a performance limitation and FRAPS reports my framerate as a solid 60 fps all the time. Things like that really drive me nuts.

I'll probably just go back to the PS3 version for now, but hopefully there is some cvar I can adjust to fix this.
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Zero issues, but I'm also running with double buffering (not triple). See if that makes a difference.

Valve uses a really poor triple buffering implementation which adds input lag over double buffering. It's possible this is an issue with buffer switching that causes the juddering. Just a guess.
 
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ultron87

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JackEtc said:
Not really a spoiler, just more of Valve's hilarious jokes. Happened to me, and I was cracking up while my Co-op buddy was on voice chat asking me what was so funny.

*screen*
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The best part is that when she's doing this she's just saying random bullshit to your teammate, like reading off a list of numbers or saying random foods.

I can't tell if her telling you one player is doing better is it actually judging you or just completely random.
 
Revolutionary

Revolutionary

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panda21 said:
wtf is up with the FOV on the ps3 version? is that just a special effect at the start of the game or is it like that all the way through?
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What do you mean? The FOV is something like 80 (can't tell exactly because the game doesn't have FOV options on PC for some reason), which is great for 16:9. I'd prefer it to be 90, myself, but it's certainly better than the 55 degree FOV we have in Crysis 2 and other FPS's these days.
 
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bucknuticus

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bucknuticus said:
So my game has been stuttering, pc version. I've messed around with all kinds of settings, the audio will stutter and on a few occasions it has really bad frame drops. I have a good computer so that can't be it, anyone know solutions?
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Bumping this
 
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Treefingers

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Revolutionary said:
What do you mean? The FOV is something like 80 (can't tell exactly because the game doesn't have FOV options on PC for some reason), which is great for 16:9. I'd prefer it to be 90, myself, but it's certainly better than the 55 degree FOV we have in Crysis 2 and other FPS's these days.
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Default FOV is 90.
 
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JackEtc

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ultron87 said:
The best part is that when she's doing this she's just saying random bullshit to your teammate, like reading off a list of numbers or saying random foods.

I can't tell if her telling you one player is doing better is it actually judging you or just completely random.
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Nah, she constantly was praising me throughout the entire co-op. Even if we disconnect and played later, and I was Atlus instead of P-Body, she would praise any character I was playing.
 
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Stallion Free

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I ran it with no v-sync or anything (barebacked it) and had no stuttering or performance issues of any kind except that one glass cage shattering.
 
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Treefingers

Member
Revolutionary said:
Is that right? I thought it was slightly lower than that. Awesome.

So yeah, again, I don't understand what's supposedly wrong with the FOV, then.
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Yup, still I hope Valve patches in at least the console command working, everyone has different preferences when it comes to FOV.
 
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sn00zer

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wind_steaker said:
not natively, though it may be able to be forced like in L4D2
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FFFuuuuuuu..... If anyone knows of a way to do this it would be awesome....really want to play through Portal 2 with my siblings...one on kb&m the other on 360 controller
 
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Treefingers

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sn00zer said:
FFFuuuuuuu..... If anyone knows of a way to do this it would be awesome....really want to play through Portal 2 with my siblings...one on kb&m the other on 360 controller
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Check my reply in the spoiler thread.
 
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Prophet Steve

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sn00zer said:
FFFuuuuuuu..... If anyone knows of a way to do this it would be awesome....really want to play through Portal 2 with my siblings...one on kb&m the other on 360 controller
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Yes, that is possible, I search it for you.

EDIT: Beaten.
 
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oatmeal

Banned
Question:

My Mac Pro wouldn't play it with its current graphics card, but I ordered a 13" i5 MBP yesterday and it should be here any minute.

Will I have any luck with that?
 
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sn00zer

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*Looks over splitscreen hack"....wtf....c'mon valve I love you dearly but this shoulda been in in the first place....
looks like there are a lot of issues doing this though
 
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Treefingers

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sn00zer said:
*Looks over splitscreen hack"....wtf....c'mon valve I love you dearly but this shoulda been in in the first place....
looks like there are a lot of issues doing this though
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Yeah it's quite a mess.
 
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sn00zer

Member
Orellio said:
Because split screen is such a standard feature in PC games..
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Im REALLY not one to complain about videogames or missing features, but with coop centric games coming out I would love for splitscreen to become more standard, especially when it is featured on other versions.
EDIT: Its the reason I didnt buy L4D or L4D2
 
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webrunner

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Valve seems to be locked into the "one mouse one keyboard or one controller one sound device" thing. They dont even let you use a seperate sound device for USB headsets yet...

Meanwhile Trine supports multiple mouse+keyboard setups for coop, deathspank and magicka both also support local coop using 360 controllers.
 
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petethepanda

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oatmeal said:
Question:

My Mac Pro wouldn't play it with its current graphics card, but I ordered a 13" i5 MBP yesterday and it should be here any minute.

Will I have any luck with that?
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It runs fine on my mid 09 MBP so yeah you should have no problem
 
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Deleted member 80556

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Kotaku already posted about the 'app':

http://kotaku.com/#!5794465/portal-2-wasnt-going-to-include-portals-according-to-new-ipad-app

But there's something interesting:

It's a good place to find out which Half-Life reference was cut from Portal 2
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Interesting. I can already think of a significant one.
 
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CyReN

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Can you read this on itunes? I rarely ever use itunes. Don't know anyone who owns a iPad since laptops are a few hundred bucks cheaper..
 
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LumpOfCole

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petethepanda said:
It runs fine on my mid 09 MBP so yeah you should have no problem
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Don't the 13-inch MacBook Pros only have the 8400/9400 non-discrete cards that are terrible for games? Or did they change that with the new versions?
 
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Medalion

Banned
I must be a prime example of a casual gamer

People are blazing through this game in less than a day almost everywhere I look

I am probably a little under half way through just starting chapter 6

Are u guys really playing to enjoy or rushing to the end? I must not be very clever, how distressing
 
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