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MisterAnderson
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Looks like my question got left to the bottom of the previous page, just want to make sure people can see this if anyone's interested:
MisterAnderson said:
speculawyer
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Corran Horn said:
OCD?
Dead Prince
Banned
Just make a category for it. and minimize it. or just show only installed games.Corran Horn said:
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Not really...but at times I like things in order.speculawyer said:
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
I did. I was just asking if anyone has any solution or seeing if this occurred to any others. I use the Grid view normally so I just sort by Installed for now but would eventually like a fix for it.
I just tried to launch shatter and my hard disk apparently started grinding trying to validate TF2 files. Did anyone else get a random huge validation? (I cancelled and tried to validate manually...it's annoying when you validate manually since you can't do anything else with steam in the meantime)
*edit* You can work around it by running say, Shatter from the command line and using the ingame community from there if you need to.
*edit* You can work around it by running say, Shatter from the command line and using the ingame community from there if you need to.
graywolf323
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MisterAnderson said:
I'd be interested in doing a 4-pack
faceless007
Member
graywolf323 said:
I start Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper and it says:
"TAGES Drivers
The drivers require installation (with an administrator's account).
Do you want to proceed now?"
Fuck no.
graywolf323
Member
faceless007 said:
seems Impulse lists it as such
http://www.impulsedriven.com/sherlockholmesvers
but it doesn't seem to have any activation limits
Wait, the Steam version has Tages and it's not listed on the store page? That would be scary, especially if it's a driver style installation. I would email Gabe but he didn't respond to my last three emails so :lol.faceless007 said:
I can't seem to find much info on that game and Tages online though, at least not related to Steam. From what I read briefly it seems the main point of Tages is DVD scrambling style stuff, for disc checks.
IrishNinja
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bit've a longshot, but anyone got any L4D2 4-packs left? :lol
Diablohead
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Got around to starting the Scourge Project which I bought in the steam sales for cheap, only about half an hour into it but already you can tell it's kind of cheaply made, it looks great like most UE3 titles and runs super smooth but animations feel like they are all half speed, the gun play is simple to the point where the AI doesn't feel smart but will just shoot at you the moment you come out of cover even if they are facing the other way, everyone is a meat shield too apart from the player who can be downed in like 1 second :S
I will play through it more later but it's not grabbing me at all, might try to apply super sampling to it a it does look stunning in areas.
I will play through it more later but it's not grabbing me at all, might try to apply super sampling to it a it does look stunning in areas.
brain_stew
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Man, what a fantastic game engine Serious Engine 3 is. The amount of customisation is absolutely insane, I love all the scaling/supersampling/undersampling options and you really get to tweak the shadows to how you like them.
I 'm really liking the "bicubic sharpen" scaling algorithm coupled with a lower redering resolution and decent MSAA. It gives a smooth, antialiased image but doesn't really lose much of the sharpness of native rendering and the performance is fantastic with this combination.
If I wasn't so broke I'd buy the double pack now.
I 'm really liking the "bicubic sharpen" scaling algorithm coupled with a lower redering resolution and decent MSAA. It gives a smooth, antialiased image but doesn't really lose much of the sharpness of native rendering and the performance is fantastic with this combination.
If I wasn't so broke I'd buy the double pack now.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Anti-aliasing was cutting my framerate by half or more. It seems pretty poorly implemented into the engine performance wise. I can max everything in the game (ultra or higher) and maintain a 90 fps average, but if I turn on AA I drop to the 40's and lower.brain_stew said:
speculawyer
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Yeah, I was always shocked that no one ever licensed it to make games. It had the ability to deal with so many different characters on screen.brain_stew said:
Perhaps they don't have a console version thus killing business case for using it.
Summer Sale Regret: Why did I buy Dragon Age? I don't really play RPGs. It is not a bad game . . . just not my thing.
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Deleted member 17706
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speculawyer said:
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is on Xbox Live Arcade. The second one might be too.
speculawyer
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That is an earlier version of the engine. But then again, that engine was pretty awesome as is.Zefah said:
Maybe it didn't have good tools . . . or it was is Croation?
Minsc
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kinggroin said:Ditto.
On my 5970, everything maxed out at 1080p I was getting 60fps (vsync) with not a single drop in framerate regardless what happened on screen.
Enabling 4xAA dropped it to a locked 49fps
edit: Minsc, your card?
5870, I went back to the game seeing that you've got a better card, and I think it spawned me in a different time of day than previously.
First time it was really sunny and everything was blow out, this time it was much shadier and shadows were a ton more numerous. I also put my counter on and it does drop to the upper 40s with 4x AA now, and stays locked at 60fps without it.
Guess I spoke too soon! Even 2x AA doesn't seem to perform any better or worse. It does look a lot worse with no AA though, I'll probably just deal with the sub 60 framerate for a bit, unless it doesn't get better... it feels a lot smoother running at 60.
Edit: Maybe I'm wrong about the time of day thing, I reloaded a bunch more times, and it doesn't seem to change. Had my GPU overclocked a little before, that made it a tad smoother, but still got drops. I guess I wasn't paying close enough attention.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Serious Sam is one of those games that is not meant to be played at under 60 fps.
gregor7777
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UrbanRats said:
Nope, you get both versions of any game available on the Mac. It's not a limited time offer.
speculawyer
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Any game that is listed as 'Steamplay' means you get both the PC & Mac versions. Obviously, you can only play one of them at a time. It is pretty damned cool.UrbanRats said:
I think they may eventually have some Mac-Only games but right now all the games that run on the mac are SteamPlay (both PC & Mac).
Visualante
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Introversion makes more money selling through their own store. They probably aren't going to do it in any rush unless evidence suggests it will increase their user base significantly.animlboogy said:
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Deleted member 17706
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speculawyer said:
Both Serious Sam HD games are on Serious Engine 3. The first encounter might be running on an earlier version, but it is still Serious Engine 3.
crimsonheadGCN
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Salaadin said:
Yes, as long as you did not disable Cloud on an account wide or game specific basis.
If you want to save the locale files then here's the information:
crimsonheadGCN
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Rhythm Zone, which is similar to Guitar Hero, is coming to Steam on July 20. The game could be good if it is able to accurately represent the song you play from your library.
MisterAnderson
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I've only got 1 other (so 2/4) in for a 4 pack SSHD2. Is anyone else down? And if so could someone else buy the 4 pack and I can paypal my share?
How does one try to play the Serious Sam free weekend? There is a a "click here to access the free weekend" kinda link, but clicking it both in a normal web browser and in Steam does nothing but bring up the store page. I don't see it anywhere on my uninstalled games list either, unless I'm just looking in the wrong place.
*edit* Oh, the free "weekend" ended half an hour ago, at 1 p.m. PST. Is that normal? That's kind of a short weekend considering some people might end up working late Friday or Saturday. :lol Not to mention they still haven't fixed the store page since the free weekend link is still up.
*edit* Oh, the free "weekend" ended half an hour ago, at 1 p.m. PST. Is that normal? That's kind of a short weekend considering some people might end up working late Friday or Saturday. :lol Not to mention they still haven't fixed the store page since the free weekend link is still up.
Demigod Mac
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Corran Horn said:
Next to Show: All Games
change it so it's PC games only.
ChoklitReign
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Can I play it with a wireless GHWT guitar? It's a dumb question (unless that Ethernet port actually works) but I don't want to play it with a keyboard.crimsonheadGCN said:
I'm aware that it was my fault for not looking earlier to see exactly when this free weekend ended, and now I know to pay attention for future free weekends to make sure I try them early enough.Volcynika said:
However, your response does not answer my question about whether it was normal for free weekends to end this early, not does it explain why you did not answer in the TF2 thread when I asked what your problem with me was (last time you posted a dismissive/condescending response), nor why you ignored my PM on this forum, nor why you ignored the TF2 group chat messages, nor why you defriended me on Steam, and so on.
If you wish to ignore me, I believe there is an option to ignore a specific person in NeoGAF. But if you are going to not ignore me and yet continue to post little respones like this, I think it is only fair to ask yet again...what is your problem with me? :/
I saw your stealth edits with my secret mindreading powers!vazel said:
No, he is just posting condescending/potshot responses to posts after calling my friend a bitch, defriending me on Steam, and ignoring all questions as to why he is acting in this fashion. :/He's inserting secret mind reading viruses on your computer.
I dont feel conforable doing that since i cant give anything back.poppabk said:
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I think they have a money laundering operation or something like that.Volcynika said:Fersis, make sure you check out all of the DLC.
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