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[ussjtrunks]

I want to connect my pc to my tv but I need to use the mini hdmi port on the grapics card and Im not sure if a what kind of 7m vable id need to connect the mini hdmi port to the hdmi on the tv

can anyone help amazon mentions female and male connections and i have literally no clue which to get

 

[Turfster]

The dog cages in thi4f are such a bullshit mechanic.
You can creep by birds, but dogs are dicks and start barking the second you're even remotely in range. If you stay on the periphery of that magical range, you're totally fine though... until they start peppering the maps with dog cages everywhere.
Fucking dogs.

 

[X05]

Been playing UNS3 a bit more, the quality of the animations is absolutely outstanding, and seems like they totally hardcoded those to 30fps (if you get lower than 30fps, the game SLOWS down rather than having missing frames, lol).
I'm kinda disappointed that the main mode to unlock characters is still that terrible and barebones RPG-lite mode... should just be the fights and cut-scenes...

It doesn't wtf?

yeah, probably due to what I mentioned above

I'm pretty much done with 30fps games forever. The silly part is that the inevitable next gen port is going to have the same problem unless they retool the engine.

Hopefully they are working with that in mind for next gen iterations since "Revolution" is going to be a PS360 title so I don't expect anything to change for that one (at least the 4P mode looks quite interesting)

dat IQ tho.

Totally, forcing higher AA through Catalyst makes it look *really* nice

 

[alr1ght]

I want to connect my pc to my tv but I need to use the mini hdmi port on the grapics card and Im not sure if a what kind of 7m vable id need to connect the mini hdmi port to the hdmi on the tv

can anyone help amazon mentions female and male connections and i have literally no clue which to get

Your GPU has mini HDMI out? You want a male mini HDMI to male HDMI.
http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=102&cp_id=10242&cs_id=1024201&p_id=3645&seq=1&format=2

female cables have a vagina

male cables have a penis

 

[Stallion Free]

The dog cages in thi4f are such a bullshit mechanic.
You can creep by birds, but dogs are dicks and start barking the second you're even remotely in range. If you stay on the periphery of that magical range, you're totally fine though... until they start peppering the maps with dog cages everywhere.
Fucking dogs.

I'm on the second to last level with a 700 point master custom set up and dogs are the least of my worries. They have been easy to avoid up to this point.

 

[Turfster]

I'm on the second to last level with a 700 point master custom set up and dogs are the least of my worries. They have been easy to avoid up to this point.

Let me guess, you actually bought choke arrows? =p
I'm still running 'scavenge only', which has given me enough water/rope/blunt arrows, but not a single choke arrow yet.

 

[Stallion Free]

Let me guess, you actually bought choke arrows? =p
I'm still running 'scavenge only', which has given me enough water/rope/blunt arrows, but not a single choke arrow yet.

I haven't fired a single choke arrow. I have used like ten water arrows total for the whole game.

I did 100% of the side quests too.

 

[ussjtrunks]

thanks alr1ght

but why on earth do they have 2 different cable types just seems silly

 

[The Red Wizard]

Is Guacamelee that much better with a proper d-pad? I didn't have too many issues with just the stick on my 360 pad.

I used the 360 D-pad without many issues. Initially I did think about using a PS3 pad via bluetooth but I got used to the 360 one and happily continued playing until I finished the game.

 

[Lain]

Now that I've died 5 times in One Way Heroics I'm finally beginning to understand the mechanics and rules of the game. I kept hindering my progress by trying to grab all the items I found; big mistake since you have a limited weight load, which forces you to make important decisions every single time you find a bag, a chest or scattered loot in the overworld. You have to die at least 3 or 4 times before you begin to understand the depth of the game so don't feel too overwhelmed.

It is a very refreshing mix of genres. As jshackles already mentioned a few pages ago:

Indeed. I died pretty quickly the first time (and the third) but those deaths did teach me enough and, like you, i was trying to grab a bit too much stuff.
The game is pretty great, especially because it is addictive. After surviving a crash 7 minutes in, I went back and when I stopped playing to rest a little bit, almost 2 hours had gone by.

 

[alr1ght]

thanks alr1ght

but why on earth do they have 2 different cable types just seems silly

female cables can be used to extend cable runs.

 

[Dimitri2401]

Guys, I just tried Volgarr the Viking and it's so great! Also, it's $6 right now on the Humble Store.

 

[bucknuticus]

Anyone got an idea on this weird steam issue:

Anytime im downloading something on a steam (game/update) my other devices will not connect to the network nor can I even load a webpage on the computer downloading the stuff. Meanwhile the download is going just fine, I have a good connection so know its not lack of.

edit: Updated router firmware, seems to be working fine now....

 

[MRORANGE]

If the Gabe AMA is going to happen and he won't answer questions on HL3..... info on these other topics would be great:


Other questions to ask instead of HL3:

- Why didn't Valve wait for CS:GO to be ported in Source2 ?
- What's holding up the development of the SteamOS?
- Why opt for the diamond pattern in the new Steam controller if it already works well as a kb/m?
- Why did you scrap two projects by Arkane Studio?
- How have you maintained communities in the long-run that are not F2P?
- Why haven't you stepped into the mobile market place yet?
- When will Valve consider streaming games from servers?
- Has the Steam 'network API' goal been reached yet?
- Communication with Valve/Steam is still poor, how are you improving this?
- Do you still think the single player experience is over?
- How much are you involved in Oculus Rift overall development?
- If you do have individual working with OCRift, why havent you developed your own dedicated VR systems instead?
- What's happened to FSTOP?
- Views of where next-gen might take us in PC gaming - besides VR?
- Relationship with EA and other partners?
- Thoughts on other competing clients on PC and on Consoles?
- Can you bring back achievement events during the Holiday sales?
- Will you be able to match the output of games as you did in the 7th generation?
- Does Valve feel overwhelmed with projects such as DOTA2?
- Views of fragmented communities: L4D and CS and it's impact for gamers?
- When are you going to hire Jshackles?

 

[AScotAbroad]

If the Gabe AMA is going to happen and he won't answer questions on HL3..... info on these other topics would be great:


Other questions to ask instead of HL3:

- When are you going to hire Jshackles?

Fucking this.

 

[X05]

- Can you bring back achievement events during the Holiday sales?

howaboutno_bear.jpg

Seriously, especially those that were game specific sucked real bad, I hope they never appear again.

 

[Grief.exe]

Gabe said once that if you want to get hired by Valve, then it helps to have something you have completed on your own as part of your resume.

Enhanced Steam is the perfect example of this. Not only does it demonstrate his talent, but it shows that he will be able to excellent in their flat corporate structure.

Above all, though, the client performance is one of the main complaints with Steam. It should be one of the top priorities at Valve as the client is how your consumer interacts with the store.

 

[scorpscarx]

I agree that it should be, however they apparently think that since it is relatively stable and functional, that it doesn't really need much. I complained about its clunkiness to a colleague and he was like, what's wrong with it. I don't think many people are very vocal about it at all, it's basically the crappiest webkit browser and has a bundled flash like chrome. Personally I think they need to have browser options ala about:config and chrome:settings or whatever.

 

[Khronico]

For all the hate I and others may heap on Origin, they did one thing right: The client is great. It's fast, functional, and aesthetically pleasing. Steam barely gets the functional part down.

Also one huge thing for me that I would like to have is better game sorting in the library. It's a serious hassle to individually categorize each game, especially when you start to reach into the triple digits for game count.

 

[SteveWinwood]

For all the hate I and others may heap on Origin, they did one thing right: The client is great. It's fast, functional, and aesthetically pleasing. Steam barely gets the functional part down.

Also one huge thing for me that I would like to have is better game sorting in the library. It's a serious hassle to individually categorize each game, especially when you start to reach into the triple digits for game count.

man functional sure is great

 

[Spring-Loaded]

- When are you going to hire Jshackles?

Don't anyone take this the wrong way, but he's like the guy who buys a car for somebody who considers them just a friend.

In this case though, that other person needs to put out

 

[jshackles]

- When are you going to hire Jshackles?

Gabe said once that if you want to get hired by Valve, then it helps to have something you have completed on your own as part of your resume.

Enhanced Steam is the perfect example of this. Not only does it demonstrate his talent, but it shows that he will be able to excellent in their flat corporate structure.

Above all, though, the client performance is one of the main complaints with Steam. It should be one of the top priorities at Valve as the client is how your consumer interacts with the store.

It's not just Gabe that says that, it's kind of like their corporate mantra. Even when I visited Valve headquarters, I was told over and over again "The best way to get hired here is to take something we do, and make it better." Message received.

To my knowledge, there isn't a single other (non-Valve) piece of software or created content that is used by more Steam users than Enhanced Steam. Assuming that every Steam account is unique to one person,

Spoiler

which we all know it's not,

it means that almost 1 out of every 50 Steam users uses Enhanced Steam.

I'm sending my latest resume over through the official (and a few non-official) channels later this week. Wish me luck guys.

 

[Nakazato]

It's not just Gabe that says that, it's kind of like their corporate mantra. Even when I visited Valve headquarters, I was told over and over again "The best way to get hired here is to take something we do, and make it better." Message received.

To my knowledge, there isn't a single other (non-Valve) piece of software or created content that is used by more Steam users than Enhanced Steam. Assuming that every Steam account is unique to one person,

Spoiler

which we all know it's not,

it means that almost 1 out of every 50 Steam users uses Enhanced Steam.

I'm sending my latest resume over through the official (and a few non-official) channels later this week. Wish me luck guys.

GL Bro

 

[Matchew]

Has anyone played One Way Heroics? Looks very interesting just wondering what people's impression of the game?

 

[poopninjamvc3mk]

Is Guacamelee that much better with a proper d-pad? I didn't have too many issues with just the stick on my 360 pad.

After playing it with a PS2 and 360 controller along with version on the Vita(shoutouts to the people that told me it was amazing, but I ended up hating it because 30fps), the game is pretty much fine as long as you're not using a terrible controller like those Power A or Logitech f310-710 controllers. Definitely not a Dig Dug 360 dpad situation

I still need to finish Guac but that Pokemon X got me stuck.

 

[Garcia]

fuck this place


and fuck this analog stick

The heavy duty platforming sections in Guacamelee made me swtich from Analog to D-pad. I was playing with a Playstation controller. The Tule Tree challenges are almost impossible to overcome with analog; the level of precision required to excel at those parts leaves no window of error.

Good thing that you eventually swtiched to D-pad. I would pull my hair out if I didn't have the option to switch between both, lol.

 

[Nabs]

I feel for you people playing anything with the DS3 analog stick.

 

[r3n4ud]

Has anyone played One Way Heroics? Looks very interesting just wondering what people's impression of the game?

You can browse the last few pages for impressions. All are quite positive and indeed recommend the game.

 

[Garcia]

I'm sending my latest resume over through the official (and a few non-official) channels later this week. Wish me luck guys.

Best of Luck, shackles. People like you are really necessary to improve the quality of Steam's interface. It feels a bit archaic and counterintuitive (and I've only been using Steam for 3 months).

I feel for you people playing anything with the DS3 analog stick.

It's not that bad actually. I mean, I prefer the Xbox feel but DS still gets the job done.

 

[BinaryPork2737]

Has anyone played One Way Heroics? Looks very interesting just wondering what people's impression of the game?

I've put 4 hours into it so far. I've got to say, I'm having a lot of fun with it. It has more depth than I thought it would have, and it's got a lot of replayability thanks to the ability to create, and join, other maps (or dimensions in the game) for a different experience.

Plus it's still $1.99 for a Steam key on Playism so it's well worth the price of admittance.

 

[charlequin]

Does anyone else think that the original Bioshock was maybe a bit too long?

Does anyone not think that?

 

[Grief.exe]

I feel for you people playing anything with the DS3 analog stick.

I am tempted to pick up a DS4 to serve as my main PC controller and finish off my PS3 backlog (the ones that are compatible). The only problem is the controllers are just ridiculously expensive.

I have a Best Buy gift card, but I would much prefer to spend that money on actual games.

 

[zeroOman]

Does anyone not think that?

and here I was thinking i was close to end the game xDDD

 

[PandaPandaPanda]

Has anyone played One Way Heroics? Looks very interesting just wondering what people's impression of the game?

If you like rogue likes you'll like it, I have only spent a couple of hours with it though but i'm enjoying it.

 

[Tenrius]

Does anyone not think that?

Hehe. I just haven't been following any threads or any kind of discussion about this series. I vaguely remember playing through and liking the first game back when it was originally released and that's all. I wasn't much of forum person back then and it gradually became irrelevant to me over the years, so I've been more or less unaware of popular perception of the game. Up until now, that is.

 

[corrosivefrost]

I feel for you people playing anything with the DS3 analog stick.

Uh...

I suppose I should counter this with "I feel sorry for anyone using a x360 controller for anything other than an FPS... and even then..."?

 

[TheSeks]

Gabe said once that if you want to get hired by Valve, then it helps to have something you have completed on your own as part of your resume.

Enhanced Steam is the perfect example of this. Not only does it demonstrate his talent, but it shows that he will be able to excellent in their flat corporate structure.

Above all, though, the client performance is one of the main complaints with Steam. It should be one of the top priorities at Valve as the client is how your consumer interacts with the store.

There's still no x64 Steam isn't there? It took forever to get Origin and Battlefield 4 to finally let my "non-Steam Game" shortcut to accept the Steam overlay. Like in February or so. Before that I had no option to get screenshots outside of the console. :/

Wouldn't have been an issue if x64 Steam was there for x64 apps like BF4's, yeah?

 

[Nabs]

I am tempted to pick up a DS4 to serve as my main PC controller and finish off my PS3 backlog (the ones that are compatible). The only problem is the controllers are just ridiculously expensive.

I have a Best Buy gift card, but I would much prefer to spend that money on actual games.

I'm waiting on a deal or for them to address the peeling issue. I need to put my 360 pad to rest.

 

[Alex]

I feel for you people playing anything with the DS3 analog stick.

I prefer the shape of the DS3 but the analog sticks have always sucked, yeah. Really interested in a DS4 but I'm a little worried about if I have to hack it up a bunch like with the DS3 (always, always ran into stray problems with it). Due to that i'm also curious about the PC version of the XB1 controller.

 

[The Grim Heaper]

I prefer the shape of the DS3 but the analog sticks have always sucked, yeah. Really interested in a DS4 but I'm a little worried about if I have to hack it up a bunch like with the DS3 (always, always ran into stray problems with it). Due to that i'm also curious about the PC version of the XB1 controller.

My experience with the XB1 controller was weird. I basically liked everything about it, especially the rumble in the triggers, but the analog sticks felt really squirrely and loose. I hope they fix that up with a "new" controller soon, and by then I'll probably have a XB1 of my own.

 

[Levyne]

My experience with the XB1 controller was weird. I basically liked everything about it, especially the rumble in the triggers, but the analog sticks felt really squirrely and loose. I hope they fix that up with a "new" controller soon, and by then I'll probably have a XB1 of my own.

Has this been hinted or are you just hoping?

Anyways, hope XB1 gets official pc support/drivers soon..well I could live with the 360 for while if I need to, I don't have any glaring problems with it.

 

[The Grim Heaper]

Has this been hinted or are you just hoping?

Anyways, hope XB1 gets official pc support/drivers soon..well I could live with the 360 for while if I need to, I don't have any glaring problems with it.

Hoping. It was a pretty big issue for me.

 

[alr1ght]

I'm waiting on a deal or for them to address the peeling issue. I need to put my 360 pad to rest.

FWIW, I haven't had any issues with my DS4. It appears that if it has a batch number ending in "G" that's it's not an issue. Don't blame you for not risking $60 on it, though.

 

[Tellaerin]

Meanwhile, here I am, still rocking the DS2 I bought when I picked up the PC version of Phantasy Star Universe. You guys are seriously making me feel old here.

 

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One Way Heroics -- MB-1CA114DC4F1846E8 - Taken by adriano999. 12 entrants total.

Here you go.

 

[The Dear Leader]

I've bought the DS4 to use on my PC, but I still use the wired 360 controller 90% of the time.

 

[OldAsUrSock]

I've bought the DS4 to use on my PC, but I still use the wired 360 controller 90% of the time.

Why is that?

 

[corrosivefrost]

I've bought the DS4 to use on my PC, but I still use the wired 360 controller 90% of the time.

So did I, but instead of the 360 controller, I use my DS3. :lol

 

[The Dear Leader]

Why is that?

It's always plugged in, it always works without fussing with the drivers, all the button prompts match up, and it still has the best sticks and triggers IMO. As the console nubs say, it just works.

 

[Khronico]

It's weird how I never really thought about the analog sticks and triggers of the DS3 until I saw people complaining about them, and now it bugs me too.