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[Stallion Free]

http://www.gametracker.com/search/cod4/?searchipp=50&sort=c_numplayers&order=DESC

That many? Are people spoofing playercounts, because that happens quite often with TF2, is the same going on in cod4?

I have never joined a COD game with a spoofed player count, I don't think you can.

 

[slidewinder]

Bought Jamestown

How is it? Based on the trailer, the gameplay actually looks like it might be good, which'd be pretty unusual coming from a Western shmup dev.

 

[graywolf323]

surprised still no weekend deal

also the mid-week deals are still live more than 2 hours after they were supposed to end

 

[Ploid 3.0]

If they make Origin required for ME3 that will be the last straw and I will boycott them.

And start a petition to make them bring it over to steam so you can play it, on your pc.

 

[Narag]

surprised still no weekend deal

also the mid-week deals are still live more than 2 hours after they were supposed to end

You're a day early.

 

[Sanic]

surprised still no weekend deal

also the mid-week deals are still live more than 2 hours after they were supposed to end

Hm? Weekend deal shouldn't go up for another ~15.5 hours?

Also, I have an extra $20 that I would like to use for some games. I would prefer some kind of pack that I could get for that price or less, but i'm not sure. I was looking at the Jedi Knight pack, can't decide if I want to go with that or not. Any other recommendations? I like pretty much anything outside of racing/sports, and most puzzle games.

 

[Eusis]

surprised still no weekend deal

also the mid-week deals are still live more than 2 hours after they were supposed to end

Today's Wednesday.

 

[graywolf323]

You're a day early.

...why the hell did I think it was Thursday?

 

[Semblance]

Really interested in some Jamestown impressions. Looks great, but ... Western shmups. Not exactly a great track record, there.

 

[ninjavanish]

I installed black ops for the free play weekend but never played it. Now the game is gone from my games list but when I scan my C drive I can still see CODBLOPS taking up 8.2gbs of space. How do reclaim this space if the game isn't showing up in my library?

 

[darthbob]

I installed black ops for the free play weekend but never played it. Now the game is gone from my games list but when I scan my C drive I can still see CODBLOPS taking up 8.2gbs of space. How do reclaim this space if the game isn't showing up in my library?

Delete it from /steamapps/

 

[vocab]

I installed black ops for the free play weekend but never played it. Now the game is gone from my games list but when I scan my C drive I can still see CODBLOPS taking up 8.2gbs of space. How do reclaim this space if the game isn't showing up in my library?

Delete it.

 

[ninjavanish]

Thanks. Just wanted to hear it from someone because I didn't want steam to throw a hissy fit when I deleted files

 

[Joe Molotov]

Really interested in some Jamestown impressions. Looks great, but ... Western shmups. Not exactly a great track record, there.

I thought it was really good, but my opinion's not worth much when it comes to shumps, unless someone is looking for the opinion of a person who hasn't played one since Ikaruga on the GameCube.

 

[Echoplx]

New client beta out

Features
- Initial client side support for upcoming improved content delivery system (groundwork for future performance/reliability improvements to downloads)
- Added “copy link” option to web browser right click menu
- Added suggested friends from Facebook display in client, if you’ve linked with Facebook
- Added the ability to push screenshots to Facebook after upload

Bug Fixes
- Improved responsiveness of loading web pages in the client and in-game overlay browser
- Fixed a bug confusing cached HEAD request response with GET requests in Steamworks HTTP interface
- Improved fallback to different servers if first client connection attempt is to a down server
- Fixed a bug not immediately logging off on shutdown in some cases, leaving your state online until a timeout period was passed
- Improved line breaking/wrapping for most Asian languages
- Fixed a rare crash on shutdown in the browser control
- Fixed the store and community sometimes using English in the overlay instead obeying the user's language setting
- Improved Japanese font rendering on the Store and Community for users on Windows Vista or later
- The Steam client now detects if you’re not logged into the Steam Community or Store web pages, and automatically re-authenticates

 

[Blizzard]

Some day perhaps they'll add an option to search through web pages, maybe using a crazy key combination like Ctrl-F.

 

[InfectedZero]

Jamestown up on WTF is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1eoE3wkPLQ&feature=feedu for those interested.

 

[Joe Molotov]

I feel a little bit better now. That guy's even worse than I am. lol

 

[Salsa]

welp i cant play Modern Warfare 2 online. Matchmaking puts me in games where i just have 2 bars of connection (the fuck is this, give me ping).

Apparently there's a workaround to get a server browser going but im afraid i could get my Steam account banned.

Fuck this. I hope the Co-op missions are worth the purchase, sigh.

- The Steam client now detects if you’re not logged into the Steam Community or Store web pages, and automatically re-authenticates

FUCKIN FINALLY

this was a pain in the ass. It kept loggin me out.

 

[Oreoleo]

Some day perhaps they'll add an option to search through web pages, maybe using a crazy key combination like Ctrl-F.

So true. Probably my most wanted Steam feature at this point, along with sortable friend's lists.

 

[The_Player]

welp i cant play Modern Warfare 2 online. Matchmaking puts me in games where i just have 2 bars of connection (the fuck is this, give me ping).

Welcome to the new age of PC gaming.

FUCKIN FINALLY
this was a pain in the ass. It kept loggin me out.

Wow, i never expected this to be fixed.

 

[Salsa]

Welcome to the new age of PC gaming.

I was aware that it was bad, but still. I also thought the server browser workaround wasnt considered as "cheating", but yeah, apparently they fuck you over. Wasnt expecting VAC either, thought it was gonna be PB, so i dont wanna risk my entire Steam account :/

 

[Drkirby]

VAC in Call of Duty only effects Call of Duty games. VAC bans on engine type. Like a L4D VAC ban is seperate from a CS:S/TF2 Ban

 

[Nabs]

welp i cant play Modern Warfare 2 online. Matchmaking puts me in games where i just have 2 bars of connection (the fuck is this, give me ping).

Apparently there's a workaround to get a server browser going but im afraid i could get my Steam account banned.

Fuck this. I hope the Co-op missions are worth the purchase, sigh.



FUCKIN FINALLY

this was a pain in the ass. It kept loggin me out.

Tried to warn ya.

 

[JaseC]

welp i cant play Modern Warfare 2 online. Matchmaking puts me in games where i just have 2 bars of connection (the fuck is this, give me ping).

The game is doing you a favour.

 

[Salsa]

VAC in Call of Duty only effects Call of Duty games. VAC bans on engine type. Like a L4D VAC ban is seperate from a CS:S/TF2 Ban

hm, i see

well, who knows.. gonna do some research about it i guess

Tried to warn ya.

Heh, i know. I should have read more about the server browser alternative beforehand

still though, i mainly got it to go through the co-op missions with a friend, that should be fun

 

[The_Player]

I was aware that it was bad, but still. I also thought the server browser workaround wasnt considered as "cheating", but yeah, apparently they fuck you over. Wasnt expecting VAC either, thought it was gonna be PB, so i dont wanna risk my entire Steam account :/

I say, you can make it without risk losing you account. Search for alterIWnet, it really works.

 

[Nabs]

hm, i see

well, who knows.. gonna do some research about it i guess



Heh, i know. I should have read more about the server browser alternative beforehand

still though, i mainly got it to go through the co-op missions with a friend, that should be fun

spec ops is a lot of fun with a friend. worth the price.

and you don't want a vac ban on your account. it'll make your community page look like shit.

 

[Zimbardo]

Dead Space 2 for $14.99 ...

http://www.direct2drive.com/10210/product/Buy-Dead-Space-2-Download


use this code for an additional 15% off ...which brings it to $12.74 ...

42B92ABCFED171E18A46C1ECB4D95B6F


you should be able to register the serial key with EA's Origin, too ...if interested.

 

[Drkirby]

Isn't that a referral code?

 

[Zimbardo]

Isn't that a referral code?

yeah its a referral code which gets you 15% extra off the game.

if you buy the game, there's a pretty good chance that you can register the serial key that you get with Origin.

Dead Space 2 that i bought off Steam also registered on Origin. lots of EA cd keys can register on Origin.

 

[Angst]

A question regarding regional pricing:

I live in Norway and prices on Steam are pretty steep. When I'm at work I have a UK IP-address. Can I buy stuff using my account at UK and get UK prices, then download the games at home? Or will I breach some kind of ToS?

 

[The_Player]

A question regarding regional pricing:

I live in Norway and prices on Steam are pretty steep. When I'm at work I have a UK IP-address. Can I buy stuff using my account at UK and get UK prices, then download the games at home? Or will I breach some kind of ToS?

That's a great question. I'd really wish to hear answer on it.

 

[SmokyDave]

Jamestown up on WTF is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1eoE3wkPLQ&feature=feedu for those interested.

Wow. I just bought the shit out of that. I bought that so hard, the lady at paypal sat back in her chair and said "daaaaaamn". Then she called some co-workers over to look at the transaction and they were all like "Shit, this guy just bought the hell out of something!".

 

[Oreoleo]

Wow. I just bought the shit out of that. I bought that so hard, the lady at paypal sat back in her chair and said "daaaaaamn". Then she called some co-workers over to look at the transaction and they were all like "Shit, this guy just bought the hell out of something!".

Impossible to not hear this as Chris Tucker from Friday.

 

[Dizzy-4U]

Jamestown up on WTF is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1eoE3wkPLQ&feature=feedu for those interested.

Soooooooo bought!

 

[coopolon]

Huh, Modern Warfare 2 is actually 19.99 on D2D as well. Since it is a Steamworks title it registers on Steam, and you can use one of the many 15% off codes posted in this thread already to get it a little bit cheaper than Steam is offering it.

 

[Shaneus]

Soooooooo bought!

Wow. Sold.

 

[sk3tch]

:-D

 

[Monroeski]

Played Jamestown a little yesterday (literally only a minute or two) and I thought the mouse control scheme was god awful. It's like the mouse moves a target that your ship then flies to instead of 1:1 movement.

I'm assuming keyboard controls better, but I didn't feel like trying it since I was going to sleep.

 

[TheExodu5]

Played Jamestown a little yesterday (literally only a minute or two) and I thought the mouse control scheme was god awful.

Set the second mouse option to 1. If it's on, it dampens mouse movement.

 

[Monroeski]

Set the second mouse option to 1. If it's on, it dampens mouse movement.

I'll give it a shot when I get home, as I mentioned I didn't really play around with the game much. Just wanted to get that initial first run install out of the way and make sure everything ran fine.

 

[gdt]

Playing a bit of ACII, and the mouse just feels wierd to me. Have the sensitivity cranked all the way up, and it just fees kinda...sluggish. I have to do that move where you pick up the mouse and move it.

Any idea how to get rid of this? Might be to play on a gamepad if this keeps up.

 

[e_i]

Dead Space 2 for $14.99 ...

http://www.direct2drive.com/10210/product/Buy-Dead-Space-2-Download


use this code for an additional 15% off ...which brings it to $12.74 ...

42B92ABCFED171E18A46C1ECB4D95B6F


you should be able to register the serial key with EA's Origin, too ...if interested.

Thanks! Bought!

 

[Gandie]

Playing a bit of ACII, and the mouse just feels wierd to me. Have the sensitivity cranked all the way up, and it just fees kinda...sluggish. I have to do that move where you pick up the mouse and move it.

Any idea how to get rid of this? Might be to play on a gamepad if this keeps up.

Disable Vsync. Replace it with triple buffering via your graphic card's driver.

 

[RealMeat]

Playing a bit of ACII, and the mouse just feels wierd to me. Have the sensitivity cranked all the way up, and it just fees kinda...sluggish. I have to do that move where you pick up the mouse and move it.

Any idea how to get rid of this? Might be to play on a gamepad if this keeps up.

Assuming ACII = Assassin's Creed II, use a gamepad if you have one. It may be blasphemy to say this, but some games just aren't designed for a mouse and keyboard.

 

[gdt]

Disable Vsync. Replace it with triple buffering via your graphic card's driver.

V-Sync is off, and so is d3d, it clogged up my FPS majorly. I'll try doing TB through the driver, I guess.

 

[OmegaDragon]

A question regarding regional pricing:

I live in Norway and prices on Steam are pretty steep. When I'm at work I have a UK IP-address. Can I buy stuff using my account at UK and get UK prices, then download the games at home? Or will I breach some kind of ToS?

It depends on where your bank account/CC/whatever is registered, I think. If it's registered in Norway, you can only buy things from the Norwegian shop (and a Norwegian IP, although Valve can unlock your account to override the IP-clause). Steam probably won't like it when you try to circumvent the regional pricing by using another IP.

 

[InfectedZero]

Yes, Jamestown is phenomenal! Everything about it is great.

 

[Davidion]

Assuming ACII = Assassin's Creed II, use a gamepad if you have one. It may be blasphemy to say this, but some games just aren't designed for a mouse and keyboard.

No, it's vsync. While I agree with what you said, I REALLY don't agree that ACII is one of those games.

Need to grab Jamesdown at some point.