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TheExodu5

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Javaman said:
Game is missing this,
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Male child pornography is illegal.
 

Sysgen

Member
Have 3 Shattered Horizon passes good until Jan 30. This is a DX10 only game. PM me with your steam email if interested.
 

Sinatar

Official GAF Bottom Feeder
MNC said:
AvP: Yes or no GAF. I don't even know why I ask at this price but it's only because I have such a backlog :p

I dunno, seems pretty pointless with the new one coming out in a few weeks.
 

Stallion Free

Cock Encumbered
MNC said:
AvP: Yes or no GAF. I don't even know why I ask at this price but it's only because I have such a backlog :p

Hell yes. It is perfect example of how much scarier games were back in the day. Playing as a Marine has few equals in the level of sheer intensity.
 

Sinatar

Official GAF Bottom Feeder
vazel said:
I'm using this as a sort of demo to see why the AvP games are so lauded.

Well it's 10 years old and plays like it, shooters have come a long way. The original AvP's main appeal was the unique (at the time) multiplayer which isn't active in this rerelease yet.
 

Narag

Member
I hadn't used Steam in a while but the holdiay sale got me back into it. There's all sorts of older games I want to pick up now just to have readily available again and even new stuff like A.I. War that looks so amazing. I should just buy this stuff up and be done with fretting over it.
 

vazel

Banned
Sinatar said:
Well it's 10 years old and plays like it, shooters have come a long way. The original AvP's main appeal was the unique (at the time) multiplayer which isn't active in this rerelease yet.
From what I've read the main appeal was in the atmosphere created in the single player portion. Never even heard mention of its mp before.
 

HK-47

Oh, bitch bitch bitch.
vazel said:
From what I've read the main appeal was in the atmosphere created in the single player portion. Never even heard mention of its mp before.

Dude AvP was all about the MP. You felt so fucked as a Marine.
 

HK-47

Oh, bitch bitch bitch.
Is there a reason why steamapps wouldnt be on this comp? I'm trying to install the storage chest mod for DAO and in the Steam file all it has are shortcuts to Steam and Steam Support? I'm confused. I cant find steamapps anywhere nor the bin directory for Dragon Age.
 

KaYotiX

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Smash88 said:
Where is the talk about DIRT 2? Is GAF not excited? Or is this game not its all cracked up to be?
Most have played it already on the consoles......fun game but not gonna get much excitement around here i dont think.
 

vocab

Member
HK-47 said:
Is there a reason why steamapps wouldnt be on this comp? I'm trying to install the storage chest mod for DAO and in the Steam file all it has are shortcuts to Steam and Steam Support? I'm confused. I cant find steamapps anywhere nor the bin directory for Dragon Age.

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Red

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Posting this here because I've been waiting a week with no reply from Steam support:

Downloaded Crysis a few days ago and played for about an hour. Quit out of the game and tried starting it up again later, but was given the error "Crysis failed to load." I tried verifying the integrity of my game files through Steam and problems were found. Steam reported to have redownloaded the files and fixed the issues, but upon trying to start the game again I found myself stuck at a black screen and had to do a hard reset on my PC. I tried running Steam as an administrator to see if that would help matters, but had no luck. I deleted all the game content from my PC and just finished redownloading the game. Tried starting it, but again was given a "failed to load" error. No other games give me any issues (tested with Dirt 2, RE5, Shattered Horizon, and Borderlands through Steam).

Does anyone else have this problem? I'm running on an i7 @ 3.5 GHz, 6GB of RAM, and Radeon 5870. Loading the game off an Intel SSD.
 

Smash88

Banned
Crunched said:
Posting this here because I've been waiting a week with no reply from Steam support:



Does anyone else have this problem? I'm running on an i7 @ 3.5 GHz, 6GB of RAM, and Radeon 5870. Loading the game off an Intel SSD.

What type of OS do you have 32-bit or 64-bit?

Did you try putting the .exe in compatibilty mode?
 

Red

Member
Smash88 said:
What type of OS do you have 32-bit or 64-bit?

Did you try putting the .exe in compatibilty mode?
Windows 7 64 bit. Haven't tried running in compatibility mode. It worked immediately after the first installation, played up until the end of the school house shootout. Hasn't worked at all since then.
 

Shambles

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Crunched said:
Windows 7 64 bit. Haven't tried running in compatibility mode. It worked immediately after the first installation, played up until the end of the school house shootout. Hasn't worked at all since then.

It's because once you have a system that can start to handle Crysis well it will crash on you in order to maintain it's title of being un-maxable.
 

Smash88

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Crunched said:
Windows 7 64 bit. Haven't tried running in compatibility mode. It worked immediately after the first installation, played up until the end of the school house shootout. Hasn't worked at all since then.

It should work on a 64-bit irregardless, but for some reason EA refused/forgot to put the 64-bit exe for Crysis.

"*** Currently only the 32-bit version is available." Says under the requirments, there could be some problems because of it.

You can try this.

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=12932836&postcount=3

Or try updating your DirectX. I bought retail, so I don't have this problem/haven't heard of it before.

I suggest try updating DirectX (if you haven't already) first.

DirectX Linky

Also try making a shortcut, right-clicking and running the Crysis.exe itself as administrator.
 

Sloegr

Member
Domino Theory said:
Anyone know how to configure Team Fortress 2 on the PC to run using a wired 360 controller?

1) Type exec 360controller into the console. 2) Hang your head in shame.

Step 2 optional but recommended :D
 

Sinatar

Official GAF Bottom Feeder
Domino Theory said:
Anyone know how to configure Team Fortress 2 on the PC to run using a wired 360 controller?

Let me know what servers you play on so I can stay the fuck away.
 

Lafiel

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Sinatar said:
I dunno, seems pretty pointless with the new one coming out in a few weeks.
Not really, i somehow doubt the new one will even come close to the first game. (which i consider a classic).:p
 

SapientWolf

Trucker Sexologist
Domino Theory said:
Anyone know how to configure Team Fortress 2 on the PC to run using a wired 360 controller?
I recommend using joy2key. You'll have to map function keys and toggles to speed up and slow down the cursor to be competitive against m/kb users.
 

John_B

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Some friends and people I work with started to play CS Source on a private server.

I need some map recommendations. We're usually anywhere from 6-16 players. Besides de_dust2, cs_italy, cs_office, cs_assault, cs_militia and de_dust, I went and downloaded fy_poolday_reunion and fy_snow which are great fun maps. Still it would be nice with some more options because the number of people playing changes from day to day.
 

RJT

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Aliens vs. Predator Classic 2000 brings three most ferocious species in the universe together in a bloodthirsty battle for the ultimate prize: survival. Take your pick: be a Colonial Marine, a Predator or an Alien. Fight through suspense-filled environments: from starships and space stations to colonial bases and eerie planetscapes. One wrong move turns you from hunter to prey.

For 3€??? Howcome GAF isn't crazy about his???
 

confused

Banned
Ok, this might be slightly unconventional but bear with me :

I Recently sold my PS3 for reasons of my own (doesn't matter to you) and deactivated my PSN account. So now I have a PAL PS3 account with the following games :

Warhawk + all boosters
Trash panic
Nobi Nobi Boy
Crash badicoot Ps1
LocoRoco Cocorechoo

I would like to trade it for 20 euros/dollars in Steam gifts

(Fine print : Account is not active on any PS3's at the moment, thus has 3 activations left. The account becomes yours, you change the password and trade as you wish. There are no personal details attached to the account, games were bought with a 50 PSN account.)
 

1-D_FTW

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What's the deal with Dirt 2? Thought it was a good price, but downloaded the demo first just to make sure there weren't any surprises. I can't launch it.

When I launched for the first time, it said it needed to install 3 things. The first was DirectX, then I think it did the whole Raptor3D crap (which it installed), and then it just stopped. I can't launch it. Restarted the computer and Steam and it does nothing when I try and launch.

Anyone know if the 3rd item was Windows Live? I installed it on the Windows XP partition and don't have Live on it.
 

bee

Member
1-D_FTW said:
What's the deal with Dirt 2? Thought it was a good price, but downloaded the demo first just to make sure there weren't any surprises. I can't launch it.

When I launched for the first time, it said it needed to install 3 things. The first was DirectX, then I think it did the whole Raptor3D crap (which it installed), and then it just stopped. I can't launch it. Restarted the computer and Steam and it does nothing when I try and launch.

Anyone know if the 3rd item was Windows Live? I installed it on the Windows XP partition and don't have Live on it.

it will be live, also if u have a wheel just buy it, grid 2 is so much fun on a g25
 

vocab

Member
1-D_FTW said:
What's the deal with Dirt 2? Thought it was a good price, but downloaded the demo first just to make sure there weren't any surprises. I can't launch it.

When I launched for the first time, it said it needed to install 3 things. The first was DirectX, then I think it did the whole Raptor3D crap (which it installed), and then it just stopped. I can't launch it. Restarted the computer and Steam and it does nothing when I try and launch.

Anyone know if the 3rd item was Windows Live? I installed it on the Windows XP partition and don't have Live on it.

It's live. Every time I install SFIV, it doesn't install live automatically. I have to go into the steam files and run the installation form there. Incredibly inconvenient
 

tmaynard

Member
Does anyone know if/when Bad Company 2 will be going up on steam? It's getting kinda close to the beta date and I wanted to be sure I could pre-order by then. Preferably on Steam. :D

Sorry if this has been covered already!
 

enewtabie

Member
So how does the sale thing work? Is it every week,day or what?
Just waiting on Dawn of War 2 to go on Sale and probably getting STO.
 

erpg

GAF parliamentarian
enewtabie said:
So how does the sale thing work? Is it every week,day or what?
Just waiting on Dawn of War 2 to go on Sale and probably getting STO.
Normaly a weekday sale and a weekend sale. I'm thinking DOW2 might go on sale in March, closer to the expansion's release.
 

Volcynika

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enewtabie said:
So how does the sale thing work? Is it every week,day or what?
Just waiting on Dawn of War 2 to go on Sale and probably getting STO.

There are midweek madness sales which are self explanatory, usually middle of the week. Weekend deals on weekends, and some sales to promote launches of expansions/sequels/etc.

Does anyone know if/when Bad Company 2 will be going up on steam? It's getting kinda close to the beta date and I wanted to be sure I could pre-order by then. Preferably on Steam.

Sorry if this has been covered already!

When, it is not been announced. They have been talking about the possibility of a 4 pack option like Borderlands and L4D2.
 

Erudite

Member
enewtabie said:
So how does the sale thing work? Is it every week,day or what?
Just waiting on Dawn of War 2 to go on Sale and probably getting STO.
Just a heads up, DoWII is on sale on Direct2Drive right now for $20. The game requires Steam Activation, so it'll be tied to your Steam account after you've punched in the CD Key.
 
enewtabie said:
So how does the sale thing work? Is it every week,day or what?
Just waiting on Dawn of War 2 to go on Sale and probably getting STO.

There are generally several different types of sales that go on throughout the year:

The first type of sales is the Weekend Deal that starts at around noon Pacific Standard Time (PST) on Thursdays and ends at around noon PST on Mondays. These generally occur on a weekly basis.

The second type of sales is the Midweek Madness that starts at around noon PST on Tuesdays and ends at around noon PST on Thursdays. These generally occur on a weekly basis.

The third type of sales is the Weeklong Deal that starts at around noon PST on Mondays and ends at around noon PST on Fridays. These have recently occurred on a weekly basis, but there may be times where they won't show up.

The fourth type of sales deals with free weekends. Mostly every game that has had a free weekend will have a discount.

The fifth type of sales deals with new publishers or games being added to the service. Most of the times, the publisher's whole catalog or the specific game will see a small discount.

The last type of sales deals with holidays like the Early Holiday Sale (Thanksgiving weekend) and the Holiday Sale (Christmas through New Years).
 

enewtabie

Member
Wow I've really been out of the loop not playing PC games in years. Thanks for the help.
I'm really loving the whole Steam setup. So easy and so smooth.:D
 

SapientWolf

Trucker Sexologist
Traced-Velocity said:
Just a heads up, DoWII is on sale on Direct2Drive right now for $20. The game requires Steam Activation, so it'll be tied to your Steam account after you've punched in the CD Key.
I thought they threw a hissy fit and dropped the game due to the Steam DRM. I must be thinking of Impulse.
 
SapientWolf said:
I thought they threw a hissy fit and dropped the game due to the Steam DRM. I must be thinking of Impulse.

Both of the services threw a hissy fit over Steamworks, but it was mainly because of the Modern Warfare 2 announcement. Impulse has totally dropped anything that has Steamworks integrated, while Direct2Drive has not done so. Both services will not be carrying any future Steamworks integrated games though. It's the reason why you don't see Supreme Commander 2 or Aliens vs Predator up for preorder on either service.
 

Doytch

Member
Is DoW2's campaign playable without sound? Been meaning to pick it up for a while as a game to play under music. Also have zero interest in the MP since I get decimated normally, and would be destroyed jumping in late.
 
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