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STEAM- Announcements & Updates 2011 Edition
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ClosingADoor
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Chaos Theory is great. First one is very good, Pandora Tomorrow is good. I didn't like Conviction and Double Agent that much.DarthWufei said:
chixdiggit
Member
Anyone have any extra Potato pack games they are looking to get rid of/sell/trade?
I'm looking for Super Meat Boy, Audio Surf, AaaAAA, 123kickit, Bit Trip, Cogs, Rush, and End of the world.
I have extra copies of Dog Fighter and Portal 1 but am willing to work out any other sort of trade.
I'm looking for Super Meat Boy, Audio Surf, AaaAAA, 123kickit, Bit Trip, Cogs, Rush, and End of the world.
I have extra copies of Dog Fighter and Portal 1 but am willing to work out any other sort of trade.
nincompoop
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Yikes, GTA4 looks and runs like ass on my Sandy Bridge Core i7/Radeon 6850.
Here I just uploaded mine since I have no memory of where I got it.Pandoracell said:
http://www.mediafire.com/?x41hf6wl8st68pf
If anyone else is thinking about joining me into playing GTA III, i highly recommend using the XBOX graphics mod. Adds the improvements that were made for the Xbox version of the game (higher res textures, better lighting, models etc.), adds even more stuff (some new HD textures) and a bit of the ENB series mod to make the colors pop out more. Looks really really good.
IrishNinja
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nincompoop said:
...seriously? you sure you're not just doing something wrong?
GTA IV looks like ass. Nothing out of the ordinary here.
Seriously, I went to play GTA IV after Mafia 2. It was like a punch in the face. Even completely maxed out, with a 2500k @ 4.6GHz and 2x GTX 570, it looks like shit, controls like shit, and even performance wasn't that great.
Seriously, I went to play GTA IV after Mafia 2. It was like a punch in the face. Even completely maxed out, with a 2500k @ 4.6GHz and 2x GTX 570, it looks like shit, controls like shit, and even performance wasn't that great.
*Attn D3DOverrider lovers*
If you're like me, you probably run it in every game. Most games, it's a tremendous help. But it for some reason it demolishes GTA4 performance. It even doubles the load times.
So yeah, disable D3Doverrider before launching GTA4. We're talking 15-20 fps gain and half the load times.
If you're like me, you probably run it in every game. Most games, it's a tremendous help. But it for some reason it demolishes GTA4 performance. It even doubles the load times.
So yeah, disable D3Doverrider before launching GTA4. We're talking 15-20 fps gain and half the load times.
nincompoop
Banned
I'm running it at 1920x1200 with most of the settings at or near max, and my framerate is usually between 25 and 40, which is inexcusable considering how dated it looks.IrishNinja said:
I use Ati Tray Tools, does that also have an adverse effect?kamspy said:
Ickman3400
Banned
kamspy said:
wut? I leave it on and it doesn't affect my framerate at all. Getting 60 fps with most settings on max.
Now load times may be a different story. When I'm loading my saved game or trying to join an online game/lobby it can take a really long time. In game loading doesn't seem to be too bad though.
)I NEED SCISSORS
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SalsaShark said:
There is a community made patch that gets it working which I think they could at least point people in the direction of.
IrishNinja
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nincompoop said:
damn. im on an i5-760 or something, 6870 and also use the ATI tray tools. the only thing
that held me off from grabbing this (apart from not being a huge GTA fan anyway) was that this texture mod that made the game look way better, i'd read it was difficult if not impossible to get going with the steam version - forget the exact mod name but it had its own thread around here.
Psy-Phi
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if Mafia 2 didn't look better than GTA4 there would be a huge problem with their engine...how old is GTA4 now? 3 years? And I hope youre being hyperbolic, because GTA4 is still impressive for all that the engine does.TheExodu5 said:
Get your own CC. Or dump money into the Steam Wallet.bengraven said:
nincompoop
Banned
I think it's just a horribly unoptomized port. I figured something was up when I tried cranking up the draw distance to maximum and the game wouldn't let me since I only have 1GB of VRAM.IrishNinja said:
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Turn down the draw distance and detail distance.nincompoop said:
What the hell, I just tried running Episodes from Liberty City after installing and it wouldn't start, I restarted my PC tried again and it did load and the logos started playing then it crashed "EFLC has stopped working" I tried running it again and same shit won't even start again... WTF?
Anyone have any clue why this might be happening? Has it happened to anyone else?
Anyone have any clue why this might be happening? Has it happened to anyone else?
Think I finally managed to fix my Borderlands crashing problem.
I made a shortcut to the game and set it to run as admin. I also reinstalled the video drivers and ran some installs from the games files. Got this fix from a guy in the official forums (posted a long time ago).
I'm surprised it was the admin thing as I have UAC turned off and I'm the only account. Ah well. Let's hope it keeps on working.
Awesome game.
I made a shortcut to the game and set it to run as admin. I also reinstalled the video drivers and ran some installs from the games files. Got this fix from a guy in the official forums (posted a long time ago).
I'm surprised it was the admin thing as I have UAC turned off and I'm the only account. Ah well. Let's hope it keeps on working.
Awesome game.
I think the Developers said that the game at max settings is not meant to run at a good speed on even top of the line hardware for a few years.nincompoop said:
A game everyone has and given away for free a number of times and a fairly poor indie game that was sold for $1? Get out.chixdiggit said:
IamMattFox
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I was going to try and play Portal today to boost my hype for the second game to an even higher level, but when I try to load it my Samsung television gives a no signal error. I can still hear the familiar Valve song and then the menu music loads, so the game's running and all, I just can't see it. Other games work (Source games included).
Anyone have any experience with this and know of a fix?
Anyone have any experience with this and know of a fix?
LocoMrPollock
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IamMattFox said:
Maybe the refresh rate is too high for your TV?
Schmattakopf
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If I could gift vanilla by buying Complete, I'd do it, but I haven't even finished IV yet because I haven't transferred the save file.
IamMattFox
Member
LocoMrPollock said:
Tried a different refresh rate and it still didn't work, but starting it in safe mode and then changing the resolution and stuff did work.
My Portal fun may now continue. I am pleased.
Pandoracell said:That's actually the same thing I have, but thanks anyway!
New question: What's used to force AA in games with nvidia hardware?
Either the Nvidia control panel or Nvidia Inspector, inspector is fairly advanced though but I'm sure there are some guides on the net.
Sanic
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Thanks guys. This is probably more appropriate for another thread, but what settings should I let inspector/control panel control and which should I let the game control, when options are available in both? And is it possible with inspector to create custom profiles for games, but use the ingame settings for games that don't have profiles? Or do I have to set control panel to "Use the advanced 3d image settings" and set up games that I don't want to, in order for them to not use the global settings?
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Psy-Phi said:
Crysis came out in 2007, too. I don't think that's an excuse.
jaundicejuice
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Given GTA4's issues, I think that 10$ would be better spent by going towards buying Risen or Darkspore (my next planned purchases). It's such a badly optomised port of a console game.
Well, this is irritating. I'm having false negatives from Steam Guard.
I've been flitting between my desktop and laptop while the Portal ARG has been going on; desktop to play games, laptop to leave them running for long periods of time. Most recently, though, I've not been able to access my desktop; I get the Steam Guard warning, it sends me the mail, and then it doesn't accept the access code from the mail.
It's not a case of typing it wrong, it's failing even if I copy and paste directly. It's just not letting me in. And - presumably because it knows it's already sent one - it's also not sending me an updated one to try afresh.
I've poked Valve about it, at least, but it's certainly mildly irritating; hopefully the problem can be ironed out before I take my long break off work for Easter, 'cause I was looking forward to cracking open Portal 2 then.
I've been flitting between my desktop and laptop while the Portal ARG has been going on; desktop to play games, laptop to leave them running for long periods of time. Most recently, though, I've not been able to access my desktop; I get the Steam Guard warning, it sends me the mail, and then it doesn't accept the access code from the mail.
It's not a case of typing it wrong, it's failing even if I copy and paste directly. It's just not letting me in. And - presumably because it knows it's already sent one - it's also not sending me an updated one to try afresh.
I've poked Valve about it, at least, but it's certainly mildly irritating; hopefully the problem can be ironed out before I take my long break off work for Easter, 'cause I was looking forward to cracking open Portal 2 then.
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