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[Leatherface]

Sorry if this is off-topic, but didn't find the official topic so...

Anyway, bought Dirt 2 yesterday and played one stage before quitting. Now, whenever I try to open up the game, it always starts in windowed mode and I can't seem to find a freaking setting that fixes it. What gives? Does someone know how to fix it? I have a GTX 460 (and Windows 7 64-bit) if it matters. Thanks in advance.

lol I was just about to post the exact same thing. Same situation here. I'm on Windows 7 64bit as well, but have a GTX 275. I'f i find a fix I'll post it up in this thread.


Edit:

wait...alt + enter? are you kidding me? *head smack*

either way I don't think that's the issue. It's a bug. I'm almost positive.


damn..it was alt enter.. LOLOLOLOL

 

[Nabs]

Thanks, but it doesn't seem to work. :/ Meh, will try to reinstall my drivers.

It's not a driver problem. Alt+Enter should work.

 

[Drkirby]

Really? People don't know Alt+Enter anymore? What's next, what does Alt+F4 do?

Most people don't know you can pull up task manager directly with Ctrl + Shift + Esc

 

[.nimrod]

What are the chances that Mirror's Edge and Crysis+Warhead are gonna be on sale anytime soon again?

Now that i'm building a new pc, i really want to play them maxed out, but the crazy steam sales have spoiled me :|

 

[Mr_Zombie]

Most people don't know you can pull up task manager directly with Ctrl + Shift + Esc

I'm on Win7 now and every time I want to pull up task manager I push Ctrl + Alt + Del
Why did they change it?

 

[Nabs]

What are the chances that Mirror's Edge and Crysis+Warhead are gonna be on sale anytime soon again?

Now that i'm building a new pc, i really want to play them maxed out, but the crazy steam sales have spoiled me :|

Maybe during the xmas sale? I bought The Crysis pack for $13. Mirror's Edge for $5.

 

[Easy_D]

So I bought Metro 2033 during the sale, runs great and looks great. Playing in DX11 mode using High settings, runs buttery smooth for the most part . Love the smoke effects in the game.

I thought being on a Dual Core would mean the game wouldn't run well at all but obviously that isn't the case

 

[Tim-E]

Most people don't know you can pull up task manager directly with Ctrl + Shift + Esc

......


You just changed my life.

 

[erpg]

I'm on Win7 now and every time I want to pull up task manager I push Ctrl + Alt + Del
Why did they change it?

A better front end for people who associate ctrl alt del for logging in or out of public/work PCs.

 

[Leatherface]

......


You just changed my life.

:lol

same here. Thank you!!!!!

 

[Narag]

Most people don't know you can pull up task manager directly with Ctrl + Shift + Esc

omg

 

[CiSTM]

Doesn't really belong here but I'll shoot anyways. Can you recommend some games from steam that are playable with dpad ? That vvvvvv game seems pretty neat and I'm gonna get it but some other games would be nice too.

 

[.nimrod]

Maybe during the xmas sale? I bought The Crysis pack for $13. Mirror's Edge for $5.

I really hope so, they're currently $19.99 and $39.99 :/

 

[Drkirby]

No problem. And you can use F2 to rename a file.

 

[MNC]

F1 is help, F2 is renaming, CTRL SHIFT ESC isn't task manager perse, but process manager. CTRL ALT DEL is task manager (or that window thing in vista's case)

ALT F4 closes, CTRL W closes, CTRL S saves, CTRL A selects all, WIN+D is go to desktop, WIN+SPACE brings up vista sidebar, WIN+1/2/3/4/5 opens up shortcuts from your taskbar, CTRL ESC brings up start menu, and I think that's a basic short list of what you can do


Also alt tab lol.

 

[Tim-E]

 

[Nabs]

F1 is help, F2 is renaming, CTRL SHIFT ESC isn't task manager perse, but process manager. CTRL ALT DEL is task manager (or that window thing in vista's case)

ALT F4 closes, CTRL W closes, CTRL S saves, CTRL A selects all, WIN+D is go to desktop, WIN+SPACE brings up vista sidebar, WIN+1/2/3/4/5 opens up shortcuts from your taskbar, CTRL ESC brings up start menu, and I think that's a basic short list of what you can do


Also alt tab lol.

win+e brings up explorer. i used to use it a lot, back when i had windows keys.

 

[Zzoram]

Doesn't really belong here but I'll shoot anyways. Can you recommend some games from steam that are playable with dpad ? That vvvvvv game seems pretty neat and I'm gonna get it but some other games would be nice too.

Recettear and Devil May Cry 4.

 

[TheExodu5]

F1 is help, F2 is renaming, CTRL SHIFT ESC isn't task manager perse, but process manager. CTRL ALT DEL is task manager (or that window thing in vista's case)

ALT F4 closes, CTRL W closes, CTRL S saves, CTRL A selects all, WIN+D is go to desktop, WIN+SPACE brings up vista sidebar, WIN+1/2/3/4/5 opens up shortcuts from your taskbar, CTRL ESC brings up start menu, and I think that's a basic short list of what you can do


Also alt tab lol.

Holy shit!

No more going to the Windows screen anymore!

 

[BeeDog]

It's not a driver problem. Alt+Enter should work.

Did a reinstallation of the drivers anyhow, and now the window mode is not a problem anymore. Thanks either way!

 

[Jive Turkey]

..I feel a valvetime joke coming on, but is there no standard hour or part of the day that valve flips the switch on new releases? Is it the publisher that determines that? In a beautiful world they'd unlock at midnight the day of.

Like the sales I've noticed many games tend to release at 10am Pacific...Or are at least scheuled to.

 

[Visualante]

Pretty poor Valve time with the Super Meat Boy, it's been 1 hours for about 4 hours.

If it ain't out in a few more hours I'll just cancel and buy it in the sale. I have shit to do, I wanted to play some tonight. If they don't know when it's coming out just say "tomorrow" or something instead of making people stick around for an hour- coming back to disappointment.

 

[Lime]

Also,

Windows key + M = Minimize all windows
Windows key + E = Opens up Explorer
Windows key + P = Changes screen mode (nice when having dual monitors).
Windows key + Arrows = Moves window to the desired direction. Excellent when working on two or more programs simultaneously.

 

[Stallion Free]

Pretty poor Valve time with the Super Meat Boy, it's been 1 hours for about 4 hours.

If it ain't out in a few more hours I'll just cancel and buy it in the sale. I have shit to do, I wanted to play some tonight. If they don't know when it's coming out just say "tomorrow" or something instead of making people stick around for an hour- coming back to disappointment.

Wait, what?

 

[Drkirby]

Pretty poor Valve time with the Super Meat Boy, it's been 1 hours for about 4 hours.

If it ain't out in a few more hours I'll just cancel and buy it in the sale. I have shit to do, I wanted to play some tonight. If they don't know when it's coming out just say "tomorrow" or something instead of making people stick around for an hour- coming back to disappointment.

There is a cancel option on Steam Prepurcheses?

 

[ClovingWestbrook]

SMB is out

 

[Mr_Zombie]

F1 is help, F2 is renaming, CTRL SHIFT ESC isn't task manager perse, but process manager. CTRL ALT DEL is task manager (or that window thing in vista's case)

ALT F4 closes, CTRL W closes, CTRL S saves, CTRL A selects all, WIN+D is go to desktop, WIN+SPACE brings up vista sidebar, WIN+1/2/3/4/5 opens up shortcuts from your taskbar, CTRL ESC brings up start menu, and I think that's a basic short list of what you can do


Also alt tab lol.

Windows + Tab - switch between windows in 3D mode (Vista, Win7)

In Windows 7:
Win + Up arrow - maximize active window (equals to dragging your window to the top of your monitor)
Win + Left/Right arrow - put active window to the left/right side of your monitor (equals dragging window to left/right)

 

[Danne-Danger]

Most people don't know you can pull up task manager directly with Ctrl + Shift + Esc

And you can open it by right-clicking the bottom bar (windows bar? whatever!) and selecting “task manager” in the menu! Great when your other hand can't be bothered and/or the keyboard is out of reach.

I thought it was a Vista feature until I found out that it wasn't, true story.

 

[Visualante]

There is a cancel option on Steam Prepurcheses?

Uh, yeah. If you send in your request before the game is released they will give you a refund.

It literally just released anyway so they sorted their shit out. Gonna play some now.

 

[GWX]

In Windows 7:
Win + Up arrow - maximize active window (equals to dragging your window to the top of your monitor)
Win + Left/Right arrow - put active window to the left/right side of your monitor (equals dragging window to left/right)

Mind blown. Also, just figured out that in Win 7, Windows + Space is Aero Peek. Awesome.

 

[Drkirby]

And you can open it by right-clicking the bottom bar (windows bar? whatever!) and selecting “task manager” in the menu! Great when your other hand can't be bothered and/or the keyboard is out of reach.

I thought it was a Vista feature until I found out that it wasn't, true story.

I find the keyboard command more useful since when I tend to need it is when a fullscreen game has locked up.

 

[Jimrpg]

If the puzzles were better I would agree. The presentation is fantastic and the story was surprisingly pretty great. It's easily my favourite Telltale game. I'd like to see a sequel that continues the story but has puzzles that are a little less vague.

yeah i agree... i quite like puzzle agent so far... the story is a bit slow and you can't fast forward the dialogue properly but overall for $1... can't complain

 

[Danne-Danger]

I find the keyboard command more useful since when I tend to need it is when a fullscreen game has locked up.

Very true. But for that moment when VLC is stuck because you're watching a shall-we-say dodgy video and you really, really need to get rid of that window fast, you'll want all the options you can get.

 

[speculawyer]

Really? People don't know Alt+Enter anymore? What's next, what does Alt+F4 do?

You got me. :lol

Spoiler

I hit alt-F4 and there went my browser window! But at least I learned something.

 

[Goro Majima]

I'm sure its been answered but the Steam Holiday sale starts what, the 23rd of December?

I really want Dragon Age Ultimate from Steam and not from some lesser download service because I'm ridiculous. The first Half Life would be awesome too since my incredibly old GOTY edition isn't as neat as having it on Steam.

I'll take laughably cheap New Vegas and Borderlands: GOTY as well.

Really there's no limit for the ridiculous that I can wish for with these sales!

 

[Drkirby]

You got to be kidding me Spec :lol

The first Half Life would be awesome too since my incredibly old GOTY edition isn't as neat as having it on Steam.

Protip: Put in the Serial number into steam. Goto games, at the bottom left there is a "Add Game" Option. Should work, you will likely get counter strike and some other stuff to.

 

[Jive Turkey]

You got me. :lol

It's a pretty common response for a "How do I...?" question in MMOs.

 

[Lostconfused]

Very true. But for that moment when VLC is stuck because you're watching a shall-we-say dodgy video and you really, really need to get rid of that window fast, you'll want all the options you can get.

Well you honestly deserve to be publicly shamed for using VLC in the first place.

 

[MrNyarlathotep]

The first Half Life would be awesome too since my incredibly old GOTY edition isn't as neat as having it on Steam.

... have you actually tried entering your HL cdkey on steam?

EDIT:

Should work, you will likely get counter strike and some other stuff to.

IIRC, a valid HL cdkey gets you: HL, HLDM, DMC, TFC, Richoshit, OpFor, and Blue Shift.

'valid HL cd keys' include HL, OpFor, and gunman chronicles (lol?)

 

[1-D_FTW]

Most people don't know you can pull up task manager directly with Ctrl + Shift + Esc

*raises hand* I don't know how many times I wanted to quickly pull that up and by the time I jumped through all the steps, missed what I wanted to see.

Windows + Tab - switch between windows in 3D mode (Vista, Win7)

In Windows 7:
Win + Up arrow - maximize active window (equals to dragging your window to the top of your monitor)
Win + Left/Right arrow - put active window to the left/right side of your monitor (equals dragging window to left/right)

You don't know how handy this'll come for resizing a web browser on my HDTV. Thank you.

 

[Goro Majima]

There's no CD Key on my GOTY edition. Probably should've mentioned that. For some dumb reason I lost the jewel case paper cover sometime in the past 10+ years.

 

[dionysus]

Most people don't know you can pull up task manager directly with Ctrl + Shift + Esc

I second the notion that you just blew my mind.

 

[speculawyer]

How long will it be before EA puts NFS: HP onto steam?

3 months? 6 months? a year?

 

[Varna]

Sorry if this is off-topic, but didn't find the official topic so...

Anyway, bought Dirt 2 yesterday and played one stage before quitting. Now, whenever I try to open up the game, it always starts in windowed mode and I can't seem to find a freaking setting that fixes it. What gives? Does someone know how to fix it? I have a GTX 460 (and Windows 7 64-bit) if it matters. Thanks in advance.

Speaking of dirt 2... Were are the graphic options? Can seem to find them.

 

[1-D_FTW]

How long will it be before EA puts NFS: HP onto steam?

3 months? 6 months? a year?

I think Shift was like two weeks. It wasn't on Steam, bought the stupid thing in store for retail, and almost immediately was listed on Steam.

Then I later threw the disc out in utter frustration at how broken it was. Would like to have that on Steam now so I could have tried out the mods that have supposedly fixed the broken driving model.:lol

 

[ClovingWestbrook]

Civ DLC coming and ARMA II Private Military Company DLC.

 

[Dice]

I really want Dragon Age Ultimate from Steam and not from some lesser download service because I'm ridiculous.

It's not ridiculous to...
1) Want all your games in ONE place.
2) Give your business to a service that has been truly excellent for you.
3) Stick with the most popular and thus most-likely-to-last service, since a DD is a subscription.

 

[platypotamus]

Civ DLC coming and ARMA II Private Military Company DLC.

What's the Civ DLC? New Civs?

 

[ClovingWestbrook]

What's the Civ DLC? New Civs?

Credit of Civ Mesopotamia, Asia, Americas, Mediterraneans

 

[Wallach]

Wow... I'm sure this is old, but I just noticed how much DLC there is for RailWorks 2. Holy fuck!

"Add all DLC to cart: $979.39"