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STEAM- Announcements & Updates 2011 Edition
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BarrenMind
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ZZMitch said:
I think you're talking about a point pretty early in the game. You should duck down and walk underneath the fan blades through an air vent corridor.
EDIT: appears I'm thinking of the wrong part.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Zzoram said:
I suppose that's why I'm asking ha. I just noticed it in the OP.
I'm not much of a PC gamer (clearly) aside from Blizzard titles.
I've worked with Steam through work, but not much experience using it for gaming. Torchlight was a fun distraction though.
Maybe I'll try that Amensia game people keep talking about, is it on Steam?
I imagine that if it's successful for Portal 2 they'll continue using it for future PS3 games too. It also isn't too much of a stretch that once they finalize the Source engine for Portal 2 on PS3, they'll go back and bring out the Left 4 Dead games too.Karma said:
Steamworks on PS3 just means that PS3 gamers will be connecting to Steam's servers to download updates directly from Valve, bypassing Sony's certification processes, enabling PS3 and PC gamers to be in sync, allowing for cross-platform gameplay. It doesn't make sense to do all that work for Portal 2 and never for anything else.
BarrenMind said:
No, it is a glitch, I watched some walkthrough video and the guy did the exact same thing as me and was lifted up no problem.
In the end I just said fuck it and used the noclip cheat to get up there.
Also, what the hell, is up with the creepy guy in the suit who keeps watching me! It is freaking me out man!
I have a problem with Steam and while I don't want to make a new thread it's important enough for me to post it here. Maybe someone can help me.
On the last day of the sale I bought 3 games (GTAIV Complete, Sid Meier's Civilization IV and Penumbra: Black Plague), I paid with PayPal. Everything worked fine, got the email from PayPal with the Transaction ID and Invoice ID.
Meanwhile Steam gave me a "Your purchase is still being processed - Steam will notify you when the transaction has been completed. Until then, this game is not available to play." error. After 2 hours it showed as "failed" under Store Transactions. ;(
So I opened a support ticket, told them everything and gave them all details from PayPal. After 25 hours I got a reply. They ignored most of my mail and told me that I have not been charged. Heres the problem. After checking with my bank and PayPal I know for a fact that I have been charged. The money is gone. I told them (Steam support) that my bank confirmed that the money is out and they just send me another reply. Again they told me about their automated billing system and that they can't do anything.
On the last day of the sale I bought 3 games (GTAIV Complete, Sid Meier's Civilization IV and Penumbra: Black Plague), I paid with PayPal. Everything worked fine, got the email from PayPal with the Transaction ID and Invoice ID.
Meanwhile Steam gave me a "Your purchase is still being processed - Steam will notify you when the transaction has been completed. Until then, this game is not available to play." error. After 2 hours it showed as "failed" under Store Transactions. ;(
So I opened a support ticket, told them everything and gave them all details from PayPal. After 25 hours I got a reply. They ignored most of my mail and told me that I have not been charged. Heres the problem. After checking with my bank and PayPal I know for a fact that I have been charged. The money is gone. I told them (Steam support) that my bank confirmed that the money is out and they just send me another reply. Again they told me about their automated billing system and that they can't do anything.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
So I tried buying a game for Toma as a repayment for Grand Ages: Rome but it said my card was declined. I tried again, accidentally selecting to buy it for myself (I don't mind, I was gifting it because it looked cool) and it worked, so I'm like "Hmmm, maybe it was just that once" so I tried gifting it again and it said it was declined again.
WTF?
WTF?
kamorra said:
I had the same problem over the christmas sale while adding funds to my Steam wallet. They told me after 3 days the money would show up in my account due to failure at the bank end.
What I did :
Re-open the support ticket and bring it to their attention that funds have not shown up in your account, nor have the games been unlocked. Show all the proof you have and your games should magically unlock.
Happened once over thanksgiving too, guess it's their standard reply in the hope that Steam delay eventualy figures itself out or something.
Digital Enhancement
Neo Member
SAREN WANTS HIS ADD ON QUESTION ANSWERED GOD DAMMIT.
Spotless Mind
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These links should help:TheStringTheory said:
http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Addons_For_Dummies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgM58Z0V3Yc&feature=related
Digital Enhancement
Neo Member
I'm on a Mac. What should I do ?Spotless Mind said:
Spotless Mind
Member
Pretty much the same steps as in Windows. Put them in the "addons" folder in your garrysmod Steam app folder.TheStringTheory said:
Go to ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/[your username]/garrysmod/garrysmod/addons
Place the folder containing the info.txt file in that addons folder.
( ~ means your user directory, your "home" directory)
Digital Enhancement
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The add-ons won't show up in the game itself.Spotless Mind said:
DangerousDave
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I don't understand why the devs on steam don't keep more deals except in summer or christmas.
It's really difficult to find any decent deal (10% or, as much, 25%), even with old games.
They should have a more similar approach as the devs on appstore, with sales on games during all year, lowering the price to climb up in the list and after some days going back to the default price. Games like Recettear earned more money with deals than in the full-price release.
It's really difficult to find any decent deal (10% or, as much, 25%), even with old games.
They should have a more similar approach as the devs on appstore, with sales on games during all year, lowering the price to climb up in the list and after some days going back to the default price. Games like Recettear earned more money with deals than in the full-price release.
Mr. Spinnington
Banned
ah yes the year of portal 2 and no episode 3 news
TouchMyBox
Member
Draft said:
In other words... Half Life 2: Episode 3?
charlequin
Banned
DangerousDave said:
They have two advertised deals every week, in addition to whatever permanent price drops and "special" sales happen. It's important to weigh promotions and sale-driving discounts against the ability to still sell games at higher prices and to avoid a race-to-the-bottom condition, and I think the deal frequency on Steam currently does a relatively good job of that.
TouchMyBox
Member
Tesseract said:
hahaha....
YOU'VE SEEN NOTHING.
Enjoy.
graywolf323
Member
charlequin said:
heck with the mid-week deal having become a regular thing as well it feels like they have sales too often :lol
old manatee
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sca2511 said:
correct
I know it's not Steam related, but there were some people who missed the deal on Grotesque Tactics during the sale. Well, Impulse has it on sale right now: http://impulsedriven.com/grotesque 4.99$ / 3.75
toastyToast
Member
It would be an incredibly sly way to get PS3 gamers to install Steam on their PCs. After that it's all over, for their wallets I mean.Drkirby said:
Diablohead
Member
There are a lot of factors into why the sales do so well, such as:DangerousDave said:
Only twice a year, people will impulse buy when a sale is on because there is a 6 month gap between them.
When games drop to 80% off for 7 days people will flock to it, reduce a game to 50% every month and people will either wait for a cheaper week or wait for a big sale instead.
iPhone market only works like it does because it's the good games out of the billions of shitty apps, if you are not in the top 200 then your sales drop like a dead fly, a lot of devs have moaned at apple about it.
With constant sales it's hard to buy a game day 1 unless you really really want it, I don't buy most iphone apps instantly because people like EA games will drop their game price only 2 weeks after release (because it's not new any more and drops down the list, a sale brings it back up)
Diablohead
Member
First time I heard of this, is the game rather good?Rufus said:
Steamworks, you won't download the game from Sony, right from Valve! Also, it could help justify the higher price tag to people who don't think the game is worth much due to Portal 1 coming with TF2 and 3 Half Life games and being given away later for free.Volcynika said:
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
vocab said:
I get the impression that Interplay signed some sort of sweetheart deal with GoG and the fact that the Fallout games are still on Steam is just some relic rather than an active decision.
archnemesis
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IMACOMPUTA
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Anybody have a copy of morrowind they'd be willing to gift me in exchange for something? I missed the sale..
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