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STEAM- Announcements & Updates 2011 Edition
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TouchMyBox
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Salaadin said:
It's perfectly representative of Microsoft's activity in PC gaming. I gave up on that shit a long time ago.
blackMamba1187
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Civ 5 isn't even listed where it was when I ordered a few minutes ago. Hopefully this works itself out. I don't really have need of a $20 credit. Clicking it in the top sellers list brings up a page that cannot be found.
Sorry if this isn't the appropriate thread but I bought it on Steam and there's no where else to ask:
I bought Sim City 4 last night, and I'm having some issues with it. For starters, it's older than I thought and I can't set it to 1080p so the game appears to be strerched which doesn't look good. I can tolerate that, but I'm also getting some where graphical glitches. When I pan the camera or drag a road, a nasty mess of textures appears on the screen, blocking everything. I want to enjoy the game but it's tough with this stuff happening.
I bought Sim City 4 last night, and I'm having some issues with it. For starters, it's older than I thought and I can't set it to 1080p so the game appears to be strerched which doesn't look good. I can tolerate that, but I'm also getting some where graphical glitches. When I pan the camera or drag a road, a nasty mess of textures appears on the screen, blocking everything. I want to enjoy the game but it's tough with this stuff happening.
scamartilhon
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TouchMyBox
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Got a reply from Greenman
I'm not sure if this works in Windows, but this is what I do in Linux for SC4Snuggler said:
wine SimCity4.exe CustomResolution:enabled -r1920x1200x32 -CPUCount:1
Those last two things aren't wine options, I think, so they're simcity options, I guess.
So, maybe try adding -CustomResolution:enabled -r1920x1200x32 -CPUCount:1 to the shortcut or something.
TouchMyBox
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Salaadin said:
Yep, it kinda sucks. But hey, steam is pretty now! and you can add games to steam which makes the graphical steam grid view less pretty, but it's functionally what you want, I guess.
TouchMyBox said:
I usually keep Steam in small mode and for some reason, it isnt keeping my category setups for non steam games. It always shoots them back out into the main list.
Majeh said:
Well, that gets the gamn into the Games Explorer but it still doesnt let me launch from there.
Next thing Im going to do is just create my own folder and throw all my game shortcuts into there, create a new toolbar for it, and be done with it.
Snuggler said:
SimCity 4 is a mess on modern computers. Here's something that will help:
-CustomResolution:enabled -r1920x1200 -f -intro
ff -CPUP -EHffYou can add these in the "set launch options" in the proprieties tab on Steam. Change the resolution to something that suits you. I'm not sure that the -CPUCount:1 suggested by zoku88 works, but it doesn't hurt to leave it on.
HOWEVER, SimCity has a pretty shitty performance on modern machines. People have been telling me that alt-tabbing out of the game and setting the affinity of the process to one processor only seems to help. Also, disable shadows (put them on the lowest settings), as they''re a drag on your performance. Lowering the animation of the city can also help you big time.
Too bad that the game performance on huge-ass cities is still really poor. Every time you pan or zoom the playing field, it takes a good 5 seconds to load all the textures it has to load. Lowering animations helps a little, but doesn't fix the problem. Nothing does.
The "big blobs of textures" you're mentioning sound familiar to me. I think i experienced them earlier, on my retail SimCity 4 copy. I think it has to do with your videocard drivers and the Software/Hardware rendering setting on SimCity itself. Leave it on Software. Causes less errors and the performance is better, believe it or not.
One last thing: save compulsively. Every little thing you do that you think is worth your time, just save it. SimCity 4 likes to just randomly crash to desktop without any warning, making you lose all your progress. In theory, setting the affinity of the process to one CPU, like I said earlier, either diminishes or completely fixes this issue, but better safe than sorry.
I'm really sad that they didn't clean up the version on Steam, because I really wanted to properly play the game. I bought it because people (both here on GAG and on the Steam Forums) said the Steam Version of the game was better than the boxed original copy. Too bad they were wrong.
jaundicejuice
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Finished downloading both Kane & Lynch: Dead Men and Dog Days while I was out grocery shopping. When I try to play Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, it keeps failing to launch on the initial set-up. I restart my machine, verify the integrity of the local files, nothing gets update, launch the game, it fails to launch on the initial set-up yet again. I scroll through the Kane & Lynch Steam forum, there's a topic on the first page with a few other users having the exact same problem, with one person offering some unhelpful advice (basically what I've already done). I scroll back a few pages more and find this topic. The 25 easy steps you need to take to enjoy Kane & Lynch: Dead Men...
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1689094
You have to manually install GFWL first, which is in your Steam client directory (Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\kane and lynch dead men\XLiveRedist), before attempting to launch the game. The game won't see that you don't have the client installed, then prompt you to install GFWL, it just fails on the auto-install. What the fuck Microsoft/Eidos.
Edit: Yup, took about that many steps, which is absolutely ridiculous. Launching the game, logging in, forced to do an update which automatically quits the game, repeat the same process two or three times and then you can finally play the game. The experience of Games For Windows Live versus Steam is perfectly demonstrated With Kane & Lynch: Dead Men and Kane & Lynch: Dog Days. With GFWL I had to jump through multiple hoops just to play the damned game, with Steam it just worked, I launched Dog Days and I could play right away. Imagine that!
The biggest thing that annoys/puzzles me about Games For Window Live is that you can't use your mouse to navigate their client. I can't believe that, who designed this? How do you do that? How do you make an application for the PC that doesn't allow you to use a mouse to navigate it? How?
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1689094
himselfe from the Steam forums said:
You have to manually install GFWL first, which is in your Steam client directory (Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\kane and lynch dead men\XLiveRedist), before attempting to launch the game. The game won't see that you don't have the client installed, then prompt you to install GFWL, it just fails on the auto-install. What the fuck Microsoft/Eidos.
Edit: Yup, took about that many steps, which is absolutely ridiculous. Launching the game, logging in, forced to do an update which automatically quits the game, repeat the same process two or three times and then you can finally play the game. The experience of Games For Windows Live versus Steam is perfectly demonstrated With Kane & Lynch: Dead Men and Kane & Lynch: Dog Days. With GFWL I had to jump through multiple hoops just to play the damned game, with Steam it just worked, I launched Dog Days and I could play right away. Imagine that!
The biggest thing that annoys/puzzles me about Games For Window Live is that you can't use your mouse to navigate their client. I can't believe that, who designed this? How do you do that? How do you make an application for the PC that doesn't allow you to use a mouse to navigate it? How?
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I was being nice to him. I'm not the dick who forces the guest to use the lesser method of control.Sanjay said:
legacyzero
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Lost the fight with myself and got Dog Days. Taking Tylenol in preparation for impending head-ache from shaky cam and film grain.
Mainly wanted it for the co-op and heist modes.
Mainly wanted it for the co-op and heist modes.
old manatee
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jaundicejuice said:
I tried to reinstall Arkham Asylum the other day for a second playthrough, and after trying to log into my gfw account for about 45 mins I just gave up and uninstalled it.
Gully State
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So I guess tomorrow's going to be Tomb Raider for sure right? I'd buy Lost Remanent if it went on sale but I just don't see it happening..
Huevos de Oro
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I certainly hope so. Either a good deal on Guardian of Light, or a Hitman-like sale on Legend, Anniversary and Underworld. I would consider double dipping if the latter.
DyslexicAlucard
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I don't know if this is common knowledge yet, but Direct2Drive is having a President's Day Sale with everything in the store being 20% off when you enter "hailtothechief" as a promo code. Since Civilization V is already marked down to $30, you can stack it to make Civ V $24 and activate it on Steam. I did it, it works.
http://www.direct2drive.com/9611/product/Buy-Sid-Meier’s-Civilization-V-Download
Not a bad deal for those burned by Green Man Gaming.
http://www.direct2drive.com/9611/product/Buy-Sid-Meier’s-Civilization-V-Download
Not a bad deal for those burned by Green Man Gaming.
jaundicejuice
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Wow, Kane & Lynch: Dead Men is only five hours long. I played it on medium and replayed The Choice twice to experience both endings. It was an enjoyable distraction, but I'm glad I didn't pay much for it. On to Dog Days.
Diablohead
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Anniversery for £2.49 I MUST BUY
Huevos de Oro
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Lara! I have waited for you all week! I am nude and eager!
ClosingADoor
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Hm, was that Lara Croft DLC already included in the Square Enix Complete Pack? I don't see it in the list. Can I check it somewhere?
jaundicejuice
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I'm kind of disappointed that there isn't a Tomb Raider pack.
I NEED SCISSORS
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Vik_Vaughn said:
Far from it.
The problem is that kids these days seem to go into it expecting Uncharted 2.
Huevos de Oro
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Played and finished it on 360. It's not shitty at all. It's a damn fine game and worth considering at that price.Vik_Vaughn said:
I just pulled the trigger on GoL (yay) and double dipped on Anniversary.
ClosingADoor
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confused said:
Only says "Square Holiday Pack (RoW)".
Stallion Free
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TR Anniversary is the best environmental-puzzle/platformer in a long time. If you thought the puzzles and platforming in Uncharted were offensively easy, then buy this game. Fucking fantastic.
Legend fucks with the ratio and has a bit too much combat, but it's still quite good.
Underworld is a real stunner on PC and is incredibly well optimized. It has some incredibly well done and immersive water segments. Comes damn close to Anniversary's greatness IMO.
All three games can be a bit finicky with the camera angles during platfomring.
Guardian of Light is a must buy if you enjoy videogames. Honestly the only flaw the game has is that it ends. So good that it's worth playing once in singleplayer and then again in co-op to experience the changed puzzles.
All of these games have perfect 360 pad support with proper button prompts and rumble support.
Legend fucks with the ratio and has a bit too much combat, but it's still quite good.
Underworld is a real stunner on PC and is incredibly well optimized. It has some incredibly well done and immersive water segments. Comes damn close to Anniversary's greatness IMO.
All three games can be a bit finicky with the camera angles during platfomring.
Guardian of Light is a must buy if you enjoy videogames. Honestly the only flaw the game has is that it ends. So good that it's worth playing once in singleplayer and then again in co-op to experience the changed puzzles.
All of these games have perfect 360 pad support with proper button prompts and rumble support.
LocoMrPollock
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Damn, I was hoping for TLR or Mini Ninjas.
Already have all the TR games and GOL.
Already have all the TR games and GOL.
Stallion Free said:
Is it? I remember reading somewhere that I should avoid the PC versions of Legend and Underworld, but if the UW port is good then I'll definitely get it at this price. I played the first two or three levels of the 360 version and really enjoyed it.
Oh, and is Anniversary's PC port good? If so I'll buy the two of them right now.
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