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STEAM- Announcements & Updates 2011 Edition |OT2|
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NullPointer
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Picked up the Space Marine + Darksiders pre-order deal.
Man Darksiders is a shitty port. Zero graphics options beside resolution and v-synch? Ouch.
Man Darksiders is a shitty port. Zero graphics options beside resolution and v-synch? Ouch.
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Forced AA/AF and triple-buffering via D3Doverrider is standard procedure for console ports.NullPointer said:
Game actually looks quite nice after that.
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NullPointer said:
Yup. Even worse when you consider they released it a good 6 months or so after the console versions and still paid almost no attention to the PC version in that time.
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Fxaa works wonders for darksiders. Give it a try.
NullPointer
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You guys were right. Just took a little more work.
I installed RadeonPro and set up a custom profile. Worked like a charm
I installed RadeonPro and set up a custom profile. Worked like a charm
NullPointer
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Its been so damn long since I updated or tweaked driver settings that I really didn't want to bother, but things have certainly gotten easier over the years.
I installed Dirt 3 and noticed some screen flicker in cockpit view. Updated my video driver via Steam and it was a completely painless process. Dirt 3 runs flawlessly now.
I even double dipped with a few PC versions of console games I own on the cheap through Steam, googled up a few mods and now every annoyance I may had with those games are gone. Bye-bye blackmarket load screens and overinflated ammo costs in Just Cause 2. Bye-bye long startup screens and the dark cockpit view in Shift 2. Hello 90 degree fov and V-Sync in Borderlands.
Its been nothing short of awesome, given even just a little bit of diligence and exploration.
I installed Dirt 3 and noticed some screen flicker in cockpit view. Updated my video driver via Steam and it was a completely painless process. Dirt 3 runs flawlessly now.
I even double dipped with a few PC versions of console games I own on the cheap through Steam, googled up a few mods and now every annoyance I may had with those games are gone. Bye-bye blackmarket load screens and overinflated ammo costs in Just Cause 2. Bye-bye long startup screens and the dark cockpit view in Shift 2. Hello 90 degree fov and V-Sync in Borderlands.
Its been nothing short of awesome, given even just a little bit of diligence and exploration.
jaundicejuice
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It's crazy how uneven and random the higher difficulty levels in Civ 5 can be. I've been trying to take a run at the Emperor difficulty for a while now and in every previous attempt I've had my back against the wall with such extreme disadvantages that I eventually gave up on each of those play-throughs. I started really experimenting with map types, sizes and the civilizations I was playing as, basically doing whatever I could do to give myself an advantage.
It turns out that ultimately the things you can't account for--the land and resources you'll be provided or who you'll immediately be competing against for said land and resources--are what truly matter. In every previous permutation I've gone up against extremely aggressive, expansionist civilizations and had little in the way of land or resources to combat their advantages. I'd get deadlocked in wars I would eventually lose or, worse, would simply have a stagnating civilization with no room to expand and no hope of winning. It's been incredibly frustrating. But this run at Emperor is completely different, so much so that it feels like I'm playing on the first or second difficulty level.
Right now I'm playing a small, archipelago type map world as Harold Bluetooth against Napoleon, Montezuma and Bismark. The land I was provided is resource rich, with everything you need to have for a strong Civ leading up to modern times. None of the opposing Civs have focused on cultural achievements because they're all incredibly militaristic and none of them have expanded near me. The worst was Bismark doing a drive-by denunciation moments after meeting me. It's almost absurd that it feels this easy.
It turns out that ultimately the things you can't account for--the land and resources you'll be provided or who you'll immediately be competing against for said land and resources--are what truly matter. In every previous permutation I've gone up against extremely aggressive, expansionist civilizations and had little in the way of land or resources to combat their advantages. I'd get deadlocked in wars I would eventually lose or, worse, would simply have a stagnating civilization with no room to expand and no hope of winning. It's been incredibly frustrating. But this run at Emperor is completely different, so much so that it feels like I'm playing on the first or second difficulty level.
Right now I'm playing a small, archipelago type map world as Harold Bluetooth against Napoleon, Montezuma and Bismark. The land I was provided is resource rich, with everything you need to have for a strong Civ leading up to modern times. None of the opposing Civs have focused on cultural achievements because they're all incredibly militaristic and none of them have expanded near me. The worst was Bismark doing a drive-by denunciation moments after meeting me. It's almost absurd that it feels this easy.
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TB said it was boring, and it looked boring. Not everyone trusts him like I do, though.Twinduct said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg8yCImydZM
Felix Lighter
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I just finished Darsiders this weekend. I know on a technical level it's nothing special but, for me, it's one of the most consistently beatiful games I've played in a while, and it performs great, even after forcing 8x MSAA.Stallion Free said:
Felix Lighter
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JaseC said:Yeah, the game runs well, seemingly at the cost of everything else that makes a PC game a PC game.
Well it's definitely a no frills console port but at least, it's not horribly optimized and forcing AA works perfectly.
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Does it actually have the Right Trigger and Y buttons permanently on the HUD?
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I have yet to find a Quicklook that has made any game look interesting or appealing.Moobabe said:
I think they are a horrible metric.
Giantbomb is terrible. Use like RockPaperShotgun instead or something.
Also Velvet Assassin isn't bad but it's kind of like "lets take stealth and put some interesting things in it that don't really change much of anything, and have a weird storyline"
If you've played Dark Void, it's kind of like that. Not in the gametype or style, but in the polish and "fun".
Also Velvet Assassin isn't bad but it's kind of like "lets take stealth and put some interesting things in it that don't really change much of anything, and have a weird storyline"
If you've played Dark Void, it's kind of like that. Not in the gametype or style, but in the polish and "fun".
anyone get a dirt 3 key from the AMD promo?
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=24874063&postcount=82
there were pastebins with like 3000+ dirt3 keys floating around the internet earlier today. it was posted on steamgifts. said the source was russian hacking forums.
steamgifts has also banned dirt3 keys atm, in light of the news.
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=24874063&postcount=82
there were pastebins with like 3000+ dirt3 keys floating around the internet earlier today. it was posted on steamgifts. said the source was russian hacking forums.
steamgifts has also banned dirt3 keys atm, in light of the news.
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Chesskid1 said:
Fucking irony.
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It's worked for a longggg time now. Both ATI/Nvidia added compatibilities for it.stuminus3 said:
Somehow I doubt they will do that.coopolon said:
My fav from my collection:Corky said:
CornBurrito
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Sinatar said:
I can't figure it out. I get 10fps in the menus, and 3fps ingame. I've turned everything on either low, or off.
Maybe this is just another problem with Radeon graphics cards.
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Or maybe an issue with Mobility cards.
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Low drive space is no longer an excuse!Nabs said:
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