Schmattakopf
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Choose based on which genre you like the most.davonaytor said:
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speculawyer
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Deus Exdavonaytor said:
It is a little long in the tooth but it is a classic.
Gamer @ Heart
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Im getting "Fatal error: failed to load platform modules" every time i try ti open steam.
What do i do?
What do i do?
Schmattakopf
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It's a weekend sale, so it will probably last until late Monday morning EST.SalsaShark said:
Red Scarlet
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I hope I don't get the same dumb error with MW2 like last time, which made me re download the whole thing 2x.
Visualante
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Why are they trying to charge 39.99 GBP for Bioshock 2 and Civ V?
Same reason they now charge 50GBP for Fuel (after the weekend sale at 2GBP)- because that's what the publisher wants to charge. Also one would assume demand is fairly inelastic for Bioshock 2 and Civ V at the moment so a drop in price wouldn't increase sales much if they changed it.Visualante said:
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Get Civ 4 guys, it's pretty fucking awesome. I have zero experience with turn-based strategy, but me and 4 of my L4D buddies went up against 5 AI last night and had a blast. I got destroyed by some barbarians though 
I would have kept playing well past 3 in the morning if I hadn't been wiped out.
VAC ban questions:
http://home.novint.com/community/phorum/read.php?6,20118
According to that, modifying a .cfg file can get you VAC banned. I'm pretty sure that modifying DLLs or EXEs can get you VAC banned. Stuff running in memory (who knows what) can get you VAC banned.
VPK files can never modify DLLs, right?
Is there anything else you need to be careful not to modify? Valve says that chat programs like X-Fire are fine, but what about something like Mumble which presumably hooks into memory and pulls data in/out of L4D1/L4D2?
*edit*
Unrelated. I just installed the L4D2 mario VPK, and now L4D2 pops up a completing installation window, but then pops up and says that the installation is incomplete with (20) or now (10).
Also, I restarted Steam and got a message about my account being logged in somewhere. Has anyone ever got that?;
http://home.novint.com/community/phorum/read.php?6,20118
According to that, modifying a .cfg file can get you VAC banned. I'm pretty sure that modifying DLLs or EXEs can get you VAC banned. Stuff running in memory (who knows what) can get you VAC banned.
VPK files can never modify DLLs, right?
Is there anything else you need to be careful not to modify? Valve says that chat programs like X-Fire are fine, but what about something like Mumble which presumably hooks into memory and pulls data in/out of L4D1/L4D2?
*edit*
Unrelated. I just installed the L4D2 mario VPK, and now L4D2 pops up a completing installation window, but then pops up and says that the installation is incomplete with (20) or now (10).
Also, I restarted Steam and got a message about my account being logged in somewhere. Has anyone ever got that?
;SapientWolf
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Fine, I'll buy it. Steam is starting to feel like a goddamn tax for PC gamers.Stallion Free said:Get Civ 4 guys, it's pretty fucking awesome. I have zero experience with turn-based strategy, but me and 4 of my L4D buddies went up against 5 AI last night and had a blast. I got destroyed by some barbarians though
I would have kept playing well past 3 in the morning if I hadn't been wiped out.
Stallion Free said:Get Civ 4 guys, it's pretty fucking awesome. I have zero experience with turn-based strategy, but me and 4 of my L4D buddies went up against 5 AI last night and had a blast. I got destroyed by some barbarians though
I would have kept playing well past 3 in the morning if I hadn't been wiped out.
That sounds fantastic, though I need to be positive I'd have a group like that to play with.
LocoMrPollock
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Spy said:
You might try the new Settlers game, or maybe Dawn of Discovery, both of those are a little less combat focused, though.
Subterranean
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Mine is up and working.Mutagenic said:
The new L4D2 mutation is out and it sounds awesome.
Ice Monkey
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Fourman said:
next weeks sounds even better
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Ice Monkey
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oh and whats with the lack of love for pb winterbottom? pretty solid braid-like fun!
i admit i had some good fun with deus ex back in the day but between that and a good newer game id have to go with newer. besides, it might be fun to hunt for an old busted copy of deus ex at garage sales for a buck.
i admit i had some good fun with deus ex back in the day but between that and a good newer game id have to go with newer. besides, it might be fun to hunt for an old busted copy of deus ex at garage sales for a buck.
Subterranean
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:lol Indeed that does sound better. These mutations were a great idea.Ice Monkey said:next weeks sounds even better
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Dead Prince
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I can't see to locate the Civilization3.ini file. I ran the game and all and checked in the game directory folder. I want to change the resolution. is it possible in the steam version?
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DMPrince said:
Have you run the game at least once? that was the trick at least for me when playing Civ 3 retail edition.
LocoMrPollock
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DMPrince said:
I found the ini file, but there isn't an option for the resolution. I wanted to change it myself.
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\sid meier's civilization iii complete\Conquests
Dead Prince
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Just noticed you can prepurchase Rocket Knight right for $11.99
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LocoMrPollock
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Spy said:
Yeah, they're both very light on combat.
Have you tried out any of the Total War games? No city building, but really, really good games.
Also, if you're not opposed to going off of Steam, this will keep you busy for awhile -
One of my favorite series.
Or for just the first one.
Joe Molotov
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Rocket Knight preordered!
Servbot #42
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Btw anyone here got Iron Grip: Warlord? Seems pretty interesting and i have heard some good things about it here on the forum.
Lone_Prodigy
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Does anyone know how to remove CoD MW2 Multiplayer from my Steam game list? Didn't buy it after the free weekend but it's still there.
slidewinder
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You can't choose an arbitrary resolution, butLocoMrPollock said:
You also might want KeepRes=1 from that post (and make sure it's "Video Mode" with a space, and not "VideoMode"). These go in your conquests.ini (just in case anyone else missed that), and are not there to begin with normally.
Red Scarlet
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Volcynika said:
I don't check that thing (the front page or whatever). I just close it while it tries to load up.
Dead Prince
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KeepRes=1 works thanks!slidewinder said:
cartman414
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20% discount on RK pre-order is sweet!
BTW, anyone thinking of taking a dip on Konami's other release this week, Biozone? Looks like more old-school fun, but I'd like to hear some impressions first.
ETA: Googled it, and apparently it's a port of a mobile game.
BTW, anyone thinking of taking a dip on Konami's other release this week, Biozone? Looks like more old-school fun, but I'd like to hear some impressions first.
ETA: Googled it, and apparently it's a port of a mobile game.
zombieshavebrains
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I think its awesome how some people are finding out about the awesomeness of Civ 4 now. I was always interested when Civ III came out but never got a Civ game till 2 Christmas sales ago when i got Civ 4. I just graduated college, was waiting to go to basic for the Air Force and played the shit out of this game in the mean time, good times...
chixdiggit
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DMPrince said:
Anyone have an idea of what kind of difficulty this game will have? I like a good platformer but can't stand the over the top, make precision jumps, while dodging a thousand objects, die a million times kind.
chixdiggit said:
Have you ever played the original Rocket Knight?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6PAkzY--ck
Its really more action than platformer, so nothing too precise.
So once I finally got over all my failures at attempting to make FUEL look better, I discovered that it can actually be pretty fun if you can get 2-3 friends together and make it through the hassles of GFWL to get started in the same place. You probably also want to use a Steam chatroom with voicechat, or Mumble or something, since the GFWL voice system is awful (mute your mic there). And when you're going 70 mph, you're paying attention to where you're going and the thunderstorms and lightning and deserts and trees and not noticing the jaggies as much.
It's not that great probably because it has several annoyances (GFWL, not a lot of variety in the landscape and race features, hard to get a party together). However, the weather effects and day/night cycles look cool, and when you do an online free race you can literally have like 4+ people together driving across like 5000 square miles of map with no loading. Occasionally people would disappear or drop out for a bit but it was actually surprisingly fairly robust, and you can definitely crash into the people you're driving with.
It's kind of like pokemon -- there are lots of little challenges and scenic points and liveries and stuff you can unlock if you want to do tons and tons of driving. I'm going to try to post some screenshots if any of them turned out, in the PC screenshots thread.
And hey, for less than $4, not bad at all. We'll probably do at least one more driving session, so drop me a Steam IM or something if you want to join.
*edit* Looks like ATI tray tools didn't take the screenshots like I was hoping. *cries* I lost a ton then.
It's not that great probably because it has several annoyances (GFWL, not a lot of variety in the landscape and race features, hard to get a party together). However, the weather effects and day/night cycles look cool, and when you do an online free race you can literally have like 4+ people together driving across like 5000 square miles of map with no loading. Occasionally people would disappear or drop out for a bit but it was actually surprisingly fairly robust, and you can definitely crash into the people you're driving with.
It's kind of like pokemon -- there are lots of little challenges and scenic points and liveries and stuff you can unlock if you want to do tons and tons of driving. I'm going to try to post some screenshots if any of them turned out, in the PC screenshots thread.
And hey, for less than $4, not bad at all. We'll probably do at least one more driving session, so drop me a Steam IM or something if you want to join.
*edit* Looks like ATI tray tools didn't take the screenshots like I was hoping. *cries* I lost a ton then.
Bed News Blizzard!
http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=183633
I wanted to play SiN 1 today but it doesn't work. ):
EDIT: Found a solution: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=12412874&postcount=5
http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=183633
I wanted to play SiN 1 today but it doesn't work. ):
EDIT: Found a solution: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=12412874&postcount=5
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Weird, I played it the other month on Win7 64. Both multiplayer and singleplayer worked fine and I didn't have to use any compatibilities.Twig said:
chixdiggit
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Teknoman said:
No I never did. Looks good though, thanks. Kind of reminds me of Joe and Mac (I played the bejezus out of back in the day).
I just edited in a solution: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=12412874&postcount=5Stallion Free said:
I guess it worked fine with other driver versions. But this one broke it. That worked, though, so all's good.
Stallion Free
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Twig said:
Oh snap, I just read that I remembered that my buddies with Nvidia cards had to do that exactly.
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