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STEAM Announcements & Updates 2014 II - The Definitive Edition

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Stop It

Perfectly able to grasp the inherent value of the fishing game.
It's fine, don't worry.
Thanks for that, just had me very worried for a while!

Anyway, I just had someone ask me if I wanted to play The Ship! Didn't realise it was on a daily deal, it's been sitting in my account for ages.
 

Stop It

Perfectly able to grasp the inherent value of the fishing game.
Is Steam down or is it just me?

I'm still on Steam, but my community features have just all went offline. Thankfully not just my end, then. Maybe it knew I was going to play a game online, the horror!
 

Copons

Member
Ah damn you Steam, I want to upload those lame touristic screenshots I did during the last session of Sleeping Dogs!! :'(
 

statham

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ModBot said:
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Tellaerin

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And now for something completely different...

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KenOD

a kinder, gentler sort of Scrooge
The Steam client doesn't work for me, but oddly the chat and messengering is still active.

So has anyone picked up Octodad yet? I can't buy anything at the moment and I know I want it,but I feel like I should torture myself by seeing how others are enjoying it single player or co-op wise.
 

oipic

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Thanks for the feedback on Mr Payne, guys - I might tackle 1 and 2 first, to satisfy my chronology OCD or whatever it is, and pick up 3 during another sale. Enslaved it is, then - cheers.
 

Dr Dogg

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LinusTechTips about In-home streaming:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIL71Q6eJ2Y

An hour and a half? Took me to 10 mins get 4k to 4k set up hahahaha.

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Realistically though 4k to 4k is a bit crazy as you need decent hardware at both ends. I do love Linus vids though.

Thanks for the link, that is a really cool video!

Amazing that such high resolutions work right now, even though the Beta was just released.

Sadly it's not pleasant at all. Realistically you'd need 4 times the throughput of a 1080p stream to get a clear image and as such it's hard to push about 30Mbps, which in itself isn't perfect for some 1080p content. Though the fact it works (shitty frame rate aside) in a beta shows the potential that is there.
 

MRORANGE

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An hour and a half? Took me to 10 mins get 4k to 4k set up hahahaha.

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Realistically though 4k to 4k is a bit crazy as you need decent hardware at both ends. I do love Linus vids though.



Sadly it's not pleasant at all. Realistically you'd need 4 times the throughput of a 1080p stream to get a clear image and as such it's hard to push about 30Mbps, which in itself isn't perfect for some 1080p content. Though the fact it works (shitty frame rate aside) in a beta shows the potential that is there.

Are you downsampling? Or do you have two 4k screens :O

EDIT: your running it in 21:9 :)
 

Dolor

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An hour and a half? Took me to 10 mins get 4k to 4k set up hahahaha.

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Realistically though 4k to 4k is a bit crazy as you need decent hardware at both ends. I do love Linus vids though.



Sadly it's not pleasant at all. Realistically you'd need 4 times the throughput of a 1080p stream to get a clear image and as such it's hard to push about 30Mbps, which in itself isn't perfect for some 1080p content. Though the fact it works (shitty frame rate aside) in a beta shows the potential that is there.

I'm in the beta but haven't bothered to mess with it as my HTPC is pretty decent already. Really nice to know that this option looks completely viable if I want to go SteamOS next time though.
 

Easy_D

never left the stone age
They accidentally pushed out a patch that replaced english with french, so they had to patch it back.

But that patch wasn't 1gB, was it?

Edit: Just checked, yep. 1gB. This is funny. What a dumb mistake :p. Glad I didnt want to play it for the past few days then!
 

Dr Dogg

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Are you downsampling? Or do you have two 4k screens :O

EDIT: your running it in 21:9 :)

Downsampeling sadly. The chances of me getting anything 4k until next year (unexpected bonus aside) as slim to none.

Hahaha I've tested 5120x2160 which is 21:9 and... ouch. It seams Valve has optimised Streaming for 1080/1200p so far, which is a cracking experience but if they can get it to a stage where it can access more of the bandwidth on the network and when the incorporate hardware encoding, having those combined I expect we'll see some amazing set ups.

I'm in the beta but haven't bothered to mess with it as my HTPC is pretty decent already. Really nice to know that this option looks completely viable if I want to go SteamOS next time though.

Couple of points to note with 4k. HDMI specs 1.4 or less can only handle 4k at 30hz (2.0 will change this) so at the moment only video cards with Display Port 1.2 will work with compatible drivers. Nvidia does have a good write up on their website about Windows but is a bit quiet regards to Mac, Linux and SteamOS.

AMD need to sort their Linux drivers out just for normal content as I was having serious problems using Linux with Streaming and an AMD APU.
 

Alien8

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Is that new Football Management game on steam any good? FM takes too long and Lords of Football is pretty shitty would like some good middle ground

I've tried FX Eleven for a short period of time. If you can cope with not having oficial licenses (although there's a easy mod that fixes this) and being not as polished as FM, I think it's worth a try.

It's not nearly as complex as FM (I haven't tried Lords of football) and has a few glitches, but I think it is a solid alternative for those afraid of FM complexity (or those who don't have enough time to play it). On the other hand, if you're a hardcore FM fan, this game probably will be a little simple for your tastes.
 

Dolor

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Nvida does have a good write up on their website about Windows but is a bit quiet regards to Mac, Linux and SteamOS.

AMD need to sort their Linux drivers out just for normal content as I was having serious problems using Linux with Streaming and an AMD APU.

Yeah, with their Linux, 4K, SLI and OpenGL support so much better, I think I am pretty solidly in the Nvidia camp (used to try to alternate) at this point. The only thing that makes me doubt it is that Star Swarm demo that's built for Mantle. An RTS using that engine could be majestic, but then again, I like having an excuse to upgrade, so I may still go Nvidia.
 

Grief.exe

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Need some help guys, trying to drum up more media attention targeting PCgamer for now.

If you could retweet this, or send a Tweet out to these guys yourselves that would be great!

https://twitter.com/Grief_exe/status/429372910982021120

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Got an extensive amount of media coverage today from Eurogamer, Neoseekers, 4players, and more.

Come join in on the discussion in the thread, sign the petition, and retweet, or make your own, to spread the word.

Hit the 8,000 signatures mark.

PC Gamers Assemble!

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Let's come together as a community and show Sega that the demand for Bayo, Vanquish, VF5, Valkyria Chronicles, and more is there.

Petition
GAF Thread
Retweet to spread the word

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Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
so hopefully the code works, there was a slight confusion with the codes initially

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