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STEAM announcements & updates 2011 Thread 3 | Buy now, play later.
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The Broken Ska Record
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Text and icon size is determined by the resolution. Not the physical size of the monitor.
Hard to say. New Vegas wasn't discounted during last year's Thanksgiving sale (Edit: According to this, anyway) and the game released more than a month before the fact. However, Skyrim is performing far better - particularly on the PC - so it is possible that Bethesda will discount it somewhat, as I'm sure they're aware by now that nothing ignites more interest in a game than a relatively generous deal.
Edit: I'm referring to Steam in particular, by the way. I pay no attention to US retailer shenanigans.
your best bet would be Christmas, most likely only 33% off at best, considering how well it's sold, were not likely see this game dip in the bargain bucket any time time soon.
cooljeanius
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What about in the Mac version of WINE?
I tested it again just to be sure I gave you the right method, and people who say Steam keep track are right, too. I deleted the directory(well, moved it) and after restarting Steam my categories are still there. I didn't see any output in Steams' console but, it started at around 20 seconds which is the norm for me, so the sync was pretty good. Now, it might not sync up properly between multiple computers, so keeping a manual backup just in case, is what I'll recommend, to avoid this happening.
It's 152 KB large anyway, so I'm sure it won't steal much disk-space!
A thing that might be of interest in backing up is the config directory in [number]/, reading the vdf it saves the preferences of your Steam client. And the aliases of your friends, aswell.
Looks like Steam Store just got blocked in China. Can't access the Steam Store but I am able to play my games. Checked the web browser version of Steam using a proxy and it worked fine so I am guessing that it is blocked for some reason. Hope this is only temporary as if I miss the holiday sale, I am going to be livid.
Chairmanchuck
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No problem here.
Try http://store.steampowered.com/
Works here, with China Unicom without using any proxy or VPN.
Ya I can't get through and I am on China Unicom too. Maybe if I restart my computer and clear some cookies or something it will work.
From what I read, Valve is implementing a better version of that feature.
To be released alongside Big Picture Mode in 2XXX.
kurtrussell
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For those in the "know" - what happens when a game is released DRM free? Does it still get "released" by pirate groups, or do they just ignore it?
It still gets released, just like any other title.
piratepwnsninja
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So any word on when the deals start this week on Steam? I seem to recall them starting the week of Black Friday, but not the exact day.
Going through my purchase history I see a sudden spike in purchases around the 24th-25th of november which was a tuesday and wednesday. It could start tomorrow.
I'm afraid I don't know, but someone mentioned earlier on the page that Notch (Minecraft guy) was playing the game on a Macbook Air using Parallels. I don't know if that's free, and I'm guessing you don't have Bootcamp if you're asking, but I suppose it couldn't hurt to try assuming the Mac WINE version lets you install Steam.
But that's only for the retail copy, right?
If I'll buy the game on steam it will still have the regular steam DRM, right?
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Last year, the sale started on Thanksgiving and ran through until the weekend.
You download the game from Steam like any other game, but then you can close the Steam client and run the game regardless of Steam. Is your concern that you don't want the Steam client running, or that you want to be able to back the game up and run it if Steam went out of business?
No, it won't. The retail version is literally nothing more than the Steam version packaged and stored on a disc.
Not that much of a concern (I don't even mind steam's DRM). I'm just very surprised that Valve allows something like this, I thought the steam DRM is an integral part of steam.
So using the correct tools I'll even be able to install the game without steam? That's really awesome on Bethesda's part.
I rather doubt they intended people to be able to install it without Steam. But yes, I think there are a few games on Steam that don't actually require the Steam client. World of Goo might be one of them, since it was known for being released DRM-free outside of Steam.
Yea I love that.
Just tried to launch it and it was quite weird.
While I launched it by opening the game's EXE, the "Preparing game for launch" window of steam didn't appear. However when I closed steam, the game refused to launch due to some weird error.
I tried to launch Braid too (it also has a DRM free version, like most indie games) and it was similar - this time the game directly said that it needs to be launched from steam, although the regular steam DRM window didn't appear.
Looks like not that many games support this after all...
That's peculiar, you should be able to run TESV.exe (or whatever it's called) without the client running at all. I will have to check it again once I get home. Make sure you're not running the launcher executable though, which is the one that lets you change graphics settings etc. (if you run DRM-free I assume you have to manually edit the config files to change those settings)
You bought your copy direct from Steam rather than retail, right? It shouldn't matter either way though. I guess I'm confused since you talked like you hadn't bought it on Steam yet.
Daily deal: Cold Fear 50% off - 2.49
I remember being interested in this in the PS2 days... Is it worth it?
I remember being interested in this in the PS2 days... Is it worth it?
Snkfanatic
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Really bummed they didn't do a preload for Batman....
nincompoop
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New release - SkyDrift
Apparently it came out for PSN, is it any good? Looks halfway decent.
Apparently it came out for PSN, is it any good? Looks halfway decent.
Starfox meets F-zero? Looks neat, thanks for the heads up.
Really bummed they didn't do a preload for Batman....
Don't worry, it'll probably get delayed again anyway T_T
Doesn't unlock here until the 26th in New Zealand and our internet is so crap here that 200KB/s is the best I get from Steam. Looks like I'll be playing in December...
Nabs
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Really bummed they didn't do a preload for Batman....
They found another way to delay the game without changing dates.
Ugh, right after we were having our discussion about Bethesda, they just forced a patch that stops you from playing the game without having Steam running. From the Skyrim PC performance thread:
I am considering backing up tesv.exe before I launch Steam the next time.
So you can't patch the tesv.exe yourself for modding purposes, you can't play it outside of Steam if you want to avoid future patches, etc. Remember that the option to not automatically update a game in Steam will still force you to update the game if you try to play it.
I am considering backing up tesv.exe before I launch Steam the next time.
Oh nice, I was wondering when this was going to hit Steam. The few gameplay videos I watched looked really cool.
Think I might pick it up.
Snkfanatic
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Some people on the games official forum said they picked up a copy. This picture is from someone who got it at Target on Friday. Hopefully that means it was not delayed. We must stay strong!!
Ugh, right after we were having our discussion about Bethesda, they just forced a patch that stops you from playing the game without having Steam running. From the Skyrim PC performance thread:
So you can't patch the tesv.exe yourself for modding purposes, you can't play it outside of Steam if you want to avoid future patches, etc. Remember that the option to not automatically update a game in Steam will still force you to update the game if you try to play it.
I am considering backing up tesv.exe before I launch Steam the next time.
Hmm, wonder if there was anything good in the patch. I'm in offline mode right now. EVentually they'll actually patch it to fix things though and the backed up version won't be desirable. I guess until then I'll keep my offline expanded memory access.
Rodney McKay
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For me that means waiting 3-6 months for the game to drop to under $30. I'm only 48 hours into Skyrim, I should still have enough of that game to last me until then.
http://www.direct2drive.com/10731/product/Buy-Rage-Download
50% off RAGE.
that game uses Steamworks doesn't it?
50% off RAGE.
that game uses Steamworks doesn't it?
Yep. 50% sounds nice, but that's still $30. They need to drop the price to $30, THEN do a 50% off sale.
I'd bite.
Valve doesn't give a shit what devs do re Steam authentication. Devs are free to use it or not use it as much as they please.
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