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STEAM 2013 Announcements & Updates: 6, GFWL: 0 | Number of hours played bugged
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This is a little off topic but I lent my brother my head set so we can talk to each other while playing dota as I have a nice standalone mic but it picks up my crappy speakers so I'm looking around for some nice head phones. Does anyone have an recommendations?
Forgot to mention, around 100. Don't have a fancy sound card or anything.
Forgot to mention, around 100. Don't have a fancy sound card or anything.
Other way around for me, dark is broken.
Stronghammer22
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Correct.
You could explore remote access though, if your friend lives far away. I tested it (just between my laptop and my desktop), it worked well.
As for the sharing, I wouldn't dilly dally if you see the countdown, as I got a warning at 3 minutes, then 2 and after that I didn't see anything... then BLAM! Game killed itself. I guess ideally you would sort it out before the countdown became an issue. The person sharing their library sends you a message before they start playing, etc.
Light doesn't work, but the mobile is fine. So I am using the mobile version now. Luckily Chrome can force into mobile mode
I see, I guess I won't be sharing with strangers then
Wok
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Without a doubt, when it comes to downloading big games, Origin is not on par with Steam. I will finally be able to play Battlefield 3 on Origin... after several days of trying to download it.
Be careful and take headphones which are confortable for several hours. I have both kinds: ones which are confortable for an hour and then start to hurt, and ones which are confortable for an indefinite amount of time. Both are from the same brand: Philips.
I see, I guess I won't be sharing with strangers then
It is okay, you give your password and then you are still guarded by Steam Guard.
Wok
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Never had any problems with Downloading smth at Origin
I never had a problem with Shank 2 or smaller games, but the "pause and resume" feature does not handle well big downloads such as BF3. I know, my Internet access is pretty clanky and I had to resume the download quite a few times. With Steam, the download resumes, while with Origin, it seems there is a whole hash check of the files, which takes far too long when it comes to 18 GB.
NinjaTehFish
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Is there a count down to the next announcement about?
NinjaTehFish
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I want to see Source Engine 2
jediyoshi
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Origin tends to work better with bigger downloads for me. I usually hit higher speeds and they sustain better, Steam tends to be all over the place. The bandwidth limit option makes the download speeds spike like crazy especially, it's usually a crap shoot whenever I enable it because it always tends to take the setting as more of a suggestion rather than a limit.
toddhunter
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Well, from my understanding the issue is Origin downloads in chunks, sometimes several GB in size. So if you get a connection problem or want to resume? Back you go.
This hit me about 3 times when trying to get Dead Space 3 and it ended up something like 22GB of data. I haven't even thought about trying to get BF3.
With Steam? Well you have to remember that most likely the data isn't coming from Valve, it is coming from a local mirror server. If it isn't, then you should adjust your settings so it is. Even then you might still get variability if the game you want isn't cached. This is why sometimes new or obscure games get poor speeds compared to others.
Moral is play around with where you download from as results may vary.
This whole post might also be misinformed garbage. Apologies if I'm rocking that 2006 understanding of the whole thing
Stronghammer22
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Yes. I used join.me and it worked fine.
TheSadRanger
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Well, from my understanding the issue is Origin downloads in chunks, sometimes several GB in size. So if you get a connection problem or want to resume? Back you go.
This hit me about 3 times when trying to get Dead Space 3 and it ended up something like 22GB of data. I haven't even thought about trying to get BF3.
With Steam? Well you have to remember that most likely the data isn't coming from Valve, it is coming from a local mirror server. If it isn't, then you should adjust your settings so it is. Even then you might still get variability if the game you want isn't cached. This is why sometimes new or obscure games get poor speeds compared to others.
Moral is play around with where you download from as results may vary.
This whole post might also be misinformed garbage. Apologies if I'm rocking that 2006 understanding of the whole thing
Well is it another issue being that if Origin encounters an error while downloading it won't automatically restart the download? With steam I can download any large game and just leave it and go to sleep or do whatever without having to worry about anything.
It will probably just be the controller for Steambox.
Seems a weak final announcement, but I suppose you can't really announce a controller without announcing something to use it on first, and you can't really announce the machine until you've said what it'll run, so I see why they've done them in that order. Not sure it's really worth stretching out over a week like this though.
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I'm gonna be really disappointed if it's the controller
I hope it's something software related
Following on from yesterday's announcement that Carmageddon Reincarnation will hit Steam Early Access in Q1 next year, Stainless today sent out an update announcing that everybody who pledged $15 or above will get "The Full Package" -- the full game plus any and all future DLC:
oipic
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The_Monk's super-generous and community-minded raffle giveaway for his fellow GAFfers
My dear Monk, I missed you earlier, but thank you very much for this - you're a treasure, and (Steam)GAF is very lucky to have you and your positive brand of cheeriness.
The Super Bob
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Off today and have nothing in particular to do so I'm going to sit down and get to 60 seconds on the last level of Super Hexagon.
This is how GAF sometimes looks on my phone when the 3G connection craps out. It was about time you guys suffered that pain too, lolUh, is GAF doing weird things for anyone else?
I guess it's a sign to head to bed.
Edit: nope, fixed by the time I posted. It was like that for a few minutes.
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Atraveller
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Good luck with that!
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT:
With all that talk about GFWL shutting down, I want to remind people that Bulletstorm requires an online GFWL account. Yes, even for the single-player portion of the game.
If you want to play your legally bought game, do so now, there's a high chance you will need to crack it once GFWL goes down.
With all that talk about GFWL shutting down, I want to remind people that Bulletstorm requires an online GFWL account. Yes, even for the single-player portion of the game.
If you want to play your legally bought game, do so now, there's a high chance you will need to crack it once GFWL goes down.
I thought that the Hitman sales would end this afternoon, not now. I wanted to buy Codename 47 and Silent Assasin. <_<
But, for a future sale, as a person who really enjoyed Hitman Blood Money (played for the first time 6 months ago), should I buy Codename 47 and Silent Assassin?
Currently playing Absolution (previously bought), and beside the awful facepalm-instinct mechanic (but, on a positive note, for now, I wasn't forced to use it. I was able to avoid or distract guards), if you play on Hard like I'm doing its not much easier than Blood Money on normal.
How well is it regarded as an Hitman game? Probably the worst of them all. :lol
But it looks like it's full of unlockables, and the contracts look cool too.
Graphics are awesome. Not beign able to disable the hud it's just stupid.
But, for a future sale, as a person who really enjoyed Hitman Blood Money (played for the first time 6 months ago), should I buy Codename 47 and Silent Assassin?
Currently playing Absolution (previously bought), and beside the awful facepalm-instinct mechanic (but, on a positive note, for now, I wasn't forced to use it. I was able to avoid or distract guards), if you play on Hard like I'm doing its not much easier than Blood Money on normal.
How well is it regarded as an Hitman game? Probably the worst of them all. :lol
But it looks like it's full of unlockables, and the contracts look cool too.
Graphics are awesome. Not beign able to disable the hud it's just stupid.
toddhunter
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I'd guess that amounts to a big internal game of "bags not" trying to work out who gets that job.
SteveWinwood
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Pretty sure Epic uses nose goes.
I'd bite if it were $16.50.
Nabs
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I can't keep up with all these bundles. I see a Nordic A & B bundle in the registry
A: Red Faction: Armageddon, The Guild II, Sup Com, Sup Com Forged Alliance
B: Painkiller H&D, Darksiders II, DSII - Crucible Pass, SpellForce 2, Gothic 4
I wouldn't be surprised if more stuff was added.
A: Red Faction: Armageddon, The Guild II, Sup Com, Sup Com Forged Alliance
B: Painkiller H&D, Darksiders II, DSII - Crucible Pass, SpellForce 2, Gothic 4
I wouldn't be surprised if more stuff was added.
Maybe in 15 years
I'm still waiting on ~$10 Black Ops.
You need to use your Desura key to retrieve it:
I forgot to buy the bundle myself, apparently. Bugger.
had played Blood Money a few years ago, and played Codename 47 and Silent Assassin a month or so before Absolution was released. The former felt extremely outdated, so much that I stopped at the 3rd mission and watched a Let's Play of the rest. The latter is rather similar to BM, but less flexible and with psychic enemies (guess the guys in Absolution took a few lessons from them).
I'd skip C47 and only get SA.
I plan to make the Steam Greenlight Submission Fee my 2000th game. Oddly enough, it's only cheaper in Brazil: ~USD$75.
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