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STEAM - Announcements & Updates 2010
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TheExodu5 said:
This is exactly what I am talking about.
I am not starting to upload full resolution shots now, but if you are really trying to take a look at it there is hardly a way you can tell the difference. But its the same outcome for the picture in the native resolution. No way to tell that one picture is worse than the other.
Anyone else trying to see the difference: Download the pictures, put them over one another and just click through them.
Stallion Free said:
And this is how its supposed to be. Jpegs can look like shit but if you have the quality level high enough there isnt much of a quality loss if you use the right program to compress it to jpeg.
Caesar III
Member
That's indeed right. Quality settings below 90% are useless, I'll give you that. and I save bmp or psd first to convert them later all the time myself. But PNG is not the format for pictures, period. Graphics != pictures. Screenshots = pictures.Stallion Free said:
These shots are also fairly high frequency, and there is still no noticeable blocking or DCT patterns. As long as you maintain the same level of compression over high resolution shots, there's no reason they wouldn't look just as good.
On the previous page though, the first shot was definitely the worst. I'm guessing whatever site you used compressed the BMP because it was too big.
On the previous page though, the first shot was definitely the worst. I'm guessing whatever site you used compressed the BMP because it was too big.
Dice said:
I am not saying that jpg is the best format ever, but people really could start considering their usage. Especially in such a high frequented forum as GAF where there are more people to be considered than just your friends. Obviously, there are pictures that look the same as bmp or JPEG (even if this might not be the case for every picture), so why not use the smaller one in this case?
Oh and I am sorry to stir this up and to go offtopic in this thread. Has been a shitty week and I get really easily aggrevated at the moment. Sorry if I sounded rude somewhere.
Caesar III
Member
And you can go all out in those dedicated "I use 100x downscaling and 24xAA to make these" threads. I really love them and I appriciate your work. It takes about 30minutes to load one of those pages though. In those I don't mind the bigger images at all. Was impressed by them just yesterday. The worst is that tinypic and some others have a timeout for their pictures. I cannot see some of those awesome gifs cause they stop loading after a certain time. Same with some really big png/bmp pictures which take ages. I have to open those in an extra tab and shift reload to see them actually 
So please stop being that selfish, thank you
So please stop being that selfish, thank you
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
I do use the smaller one, but I am intelligent about my conversion jpeg. 9 times out of 10, the internet isn't and it looks GODDAMN AWFUL.Toma said:
Go look at my Skydrive photoalbums here: http://cid-ae3b5583d7854eab.photos.live.com/albums.aspx
Those are all jpegs and they are all fucking immaculate quality.
zombieshavebrains
I have not used cocaine
Oh jesus fucking christ take the argument somewhere else.
I know i posted stuff about The Polynomial last night but i was pretty fucking drunk when i saw it, bought it and played it. I played it again today sober and i still have no clue what is going on. I shoot shit and go through blackholes and make jiffy pop in the microwave and nothing ever really seems to happen.
I know i posted stuff about The Polynomial last night but i was pretty fucking drunk when i saw it, bought it and played it. I played it again today sober and i still have no clue what is going on. I shoot shit and go through blackholes and make jiffy pop in the microwave and nothing ever really seems to happen.
Caesar III
Member
:lolzombieshavebrains said:
I need to try this tomorrow myself. A friend of mine doesn't like it though. I don't know what to think about this game and what it is from those screens lol.
Yeah, I tried Polynomial for like an hour or a bit less. I think it's basically drugs in digital form for people who don't want to actually abuse substances. :lol I feel like it'd be really cool if you could actually fly faster, but I could only seem to speed up with the speed boost (runs out quickly), some sort of boost star thing (only localized to that area), and the big wavy music synthesized point clouds...they worked the best, but only sometimes, and typically if I started moving too quickly I would fly off of the curve and go back to slow-mo speed. I did figure out how to change arenas with the black hole, and you can endlessly shoot the enemy robots.
Oddly enough, the one thing that sticks out was that it made me want a new space flight/combat simulator game, along the lines of X-Wing. ;_; If it's that easy to make cool-looking space clouds and such, at locked 60 fps, surely someone could stick some 3D models in there, and tone down the really bright bloom and colors.
Oddly enough, the one thing that sticks out was that it made me want a new space flight/combat simulator game, along the lines of X-Wing. ;_; If it's that easy to make cool-looking space clouds and such, at locked 60 fps, surely someone could stick some 3D models in there, and tone down the really bright bloom and colors.
zombieshavebrains
I have not used cocaine
Blizzard said:
This really needs to happen. Another Freespace, a modernized X-wing vs. Tie Fighter, something. It doesn't seem like it would be that hard. You could appeal to the IL2 crowd by having a control scheme that has a button for everything and then some other schemes for people who want a kb/m or controller set up. We have the technology for epic space battles and gorgeous space backgrounds.
Blizzard said:
Not everything is in line with the music? Does it work for every kind of music? Or better for Dance and whatnot. I cant check it at the moment but hopefully can try out the demo before the offer ends.
PedroLumpy
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Stallion Free said:
Did you end up trying Blacklight: Tango Down?
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Yeah, it a while to find a game and then it was only 3v3 and then 2 people quit and the game looked mediocre and didn't feel polished and the P2P netcode sucked. Pretty much a waste of 7.50$ that would have been kind of saved by dedicated servers which are pretty much required for indie multiplayer shooters who have tiny communities.PedroLumpy said:
zombieshavebrains said:
http://naumachia.aureasection.com/
Supposedly this will release one day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL8usuG0avM
PedroLumpy
Member
Stallion Free said:
Le sigh, thanks for the update/taking one for the team.
Well, I finally got around to trying King's Bounty...only to discover that 10.9 ATI drivers, on a 5850, produce full screen flickering problems, especially when bringing up the Steam overlay. Apparently this has been around since 10.8 and maybe to a minor extent in 10.7. I kind of doubt the 10.10 drivers will fix it but I suppose I will give them a shot when they're out. For now, I'm all the way back to 10.5, but at least the flickering is gone.
A friend of mine just got bought the german version of the claptrap DLC for his english Borderlands copy. Problem is that is doesn't work and has some kind of region code, that prevents them from working together.
He's thinking about getting a refund from Valve because the game doesn't work. There where storys floating around, about a whole account shutdown, if you would go for a refund. Is there any truth in these rumors and is there another solution to get the DLC to work or his money back?
As I see it, its not even possible to gift him the DLC from the UK or US because he already owns it...
He's thinking about getting a refund from Valve because the game doesn't work. There where storys floating around, about a whole account shutdown, if you would go for a refund. Is there any truth in these rumors and is there another solution to get the DLC to work or his money back?
As I see it, its not even possible to gift him the DLC from the UK or US because he already owns it...
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Haha, no problem.PedroLumpy said:
I actually go through picture by picture (after pairing the set down to only the shots I want) and resize and save them in photoshop. This process usually leads to more flawed shots being found, further refining the set. Yes, I put effort into it.John said:
This looks like what you'd want, and it is open source and available for all OS's:John said:
http://www.imagemagick.org
Big-E said:
Seems ok three missions in. Clunky, mediocre sound and graphics, but the fundamentals of a SRPG are there and so far it's funnier than deathspank, which it's kind of similar to (satirizing the genre). For the price it seems decent, especially if you're an SRPG fan. They're pretty rare on the PC.
Schmattakopf
Member
Do you mean it took a while to find a game because of the system, or because no one was playing it?Stallion Free said:
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Both.Schmattakopf said:
PuppetSlave
Member
Big-E said:
I just finished it. Clocked in at around ten hours. Cons are has horrendous camera, some encountered bugs that a restart of the program fixed, pretty simple battle strategies, no real challenge at the normal difficulty level, misogynous even though they claim humor and zero replay value.
On the up side I enjoyed the ten hour ride enough to actually finish the game despite all that. I think it's worth the money if you like srpg's and are ready to forgive it's many faults. I just hope you like backtracking if you buy it :lol
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
So out of curiosity, how good is the emulation in the Genesis games on Steam? If it's on par with say... Gens or Kega, I'll probably pick up Shinobi III and Shadow Dancer, but if it's more Backbone-developed garbage, I'll just nab the original carts at some point...
Schmattakopf
Member
Cool, thanks, another game I don't have to buy.Stallion Free said:
davonaytor
Member
Hey guys, I asked this in the Steam Gifting thread, but I don't think people check that very often, is there any chance someone from the US could gift me Fallout: New Vegas?
It's $90US where I live unfortunately.
I can pay by paypal instantly, my steam ID is davonaytor
It's $90US where I live unfortunately.
I can pay by paypal instantly, my steam ID is davonaytor
Korranator
Member
Big-E said:
There is a demo to try. http://www.gamers.at/downloads/demo-2011/ It's in German, but if you launch the Config Tool you can change the language to English.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
WOAH! Steam now tells you if you own the game on the game's main page! And has the option of 'PLAY NOW' as well! Megaton.
crimsonheadGCN
Banned
Railworks 2 has been released and it is currently 50% off for the launch special, which brings the price down to $19.99. It has Steam Cloud, Leaderboard, and I believe Achievements. Plus the DLC from the previous game seems compatible and it has much better graphical engine.
Those who purchased the previous one will get upgraded to the sequel for free.
Those who purchased the previous one will get upgraded to the sequel for free.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Holy shit. That is really cool that the DLC carries over. People are saving a couple grand because of that.
Schmattakopf
Member
Only $920? Fuck it, I'm selling my car.
I'm taking the train from now on anyway.
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