ClovingWestbrook
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Small update: three more games coming to Steam-
1. Borderlands
2. Wolfenstein
3. Gothic 3
1. Borderlands
2. Wolfenstein
3. Gothic 3
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Fantastic Fall Sale - All Strategy First Games 50% Off!
September 1, 2009, 1:09 pm - Valve
Get any and all Strategy First games for half off through September 7th.
Space Empires IV Deluxe, Dangerous Waters, Jagged Alliance 2, Disciples II Gold, Jagged Alliance 2 / Disciples II Gold Combo, Birth of America, Iron Warriors, Space Empires V,Classic Naval Combat Pack, Complete Naval Combat Pack, Ghost Master, Vegas - Make It Big, FlatOut, Making History: The Calm and The Storm, Space Empires IV and V Pack, Ducati World Championship, Alien Shooter: Vengeance, Culpa Innata, DarkStar One, Jack Keane, Sacred Gold, Exodus From the Earth, Perimeter 2, SlamIt Pinball: Big Score, SFI Complete Pack, BC Kings, Port Royale 2, Ankh - Heart of Osiris, Ankh - Battle of the Gods, The Ankh Pack
September 1, 2009, 1:09 pm - Valve
Get any and all Strategy First games for half off through September 7th.
Space Empires IV Deluxe, Dangerous Waters, Jagged Alliance 2, Disciples II Gold, Jagged Alliance 2 / Disciples II Gold Combo, Birth of America, Iron Warriors, Space Empires V,Classic Naval Combat Pack, Complete Naval Combat Pack, Ghost Master, Vegas - Make It Big, FlatOut, Making History: The Calm and The Storm, Space Empires IV and V Pack, Ducati World Championship, Alien Shooter: Vengeance, Culpa Innata, DarkStar One, Jack Keane, Sacred Gold, Exodus From the Earth, Perimeter 2, SlamIt Pinball: Big Score, SFI Complete Pack, BC Kings, Port Royale 2, Ankh - Heart of Osiris, Ankh - Battle of the Gods, The Ankh Pack
Jonny The Pie King
Banned
So, I got Windows 7 from MSDNAA. 64 bit professional. Liking it so far, and everything was going smooth until...well...Steam decided to crap itself.
Yep, you see, Steam thinks its running in compatibility mode, when it isn't (I've checked). I've tried this frequently linked to webpage's method, but no dice. I've also reinstalled it and such, but again, it doesn't work.
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Ugh. Anybody overcome this? The sad thing is that it was ACTUALLY WORKING for me maybe an hour and a half ago.
Yep, you see, Steam thinks its running in compatibility mode, when it isn't (I've checked). I've tried this frequently linked to webpage's method, but no dice. I've also reinstalled it and such, but again, it doesn't work.
link
Ugh. Anybody overcome this? The sad thing is that it was ACTUALLY WORKING for me maybe an hour and a half ago.
randomlyrossy
Member
Darkstar One and Flat Out for £2.99 each? Sooooooold.
I love buying stuff that cheap, if I hate the game or barely play it I don't feel as bad :lol
Edit: Ergh, why does Steam have to use bloody Internet Explorer, I have nothing but problems with it.
I love buying stuff that cheap, if I hate the game or barely play it I don't feel as bad :lol
Edit: Ergh, why does Steam have to use bloody Internet Explorer, I have nothing but problems with it.
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Deleted member 17706
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randomlyrossy said:
I think IE is pretty much the standard for launcher programs like Steam and MMORPG patchers, etc... I guess they just want to use a browser that they know everyone will have installed and they don't want to have to bundle some other company's browser in their software.
That drove me insane. I can't remember if totally uninstalling and reinstalling fixed it, though I do think I lost a bunch of installed games and maybe some save games that way.Jonny The Pie King said:
I think what I finally did was manually search through the registry for steam.exe and removed whatever crazy links have it set to run in compatibility mode.
I can't remember what triggered it either, probably some automatic detection thing after I was trying to get a Steam GAME working in compatibility mode.
Jonny The Pie King
Banned
Blizzard said:That drove me insane. I can't remember if totally uninstalling and reinstalling fixed it, though I do think I lost a bunch of installed games and maybe some save games that way.
I think what I finally did was manually search through the registry for steam.exe and removed whatever crazy links have it set to run in compatibility mode.
I can't remember what triggered it either, probably some automatic detection thing after I was trying to get a Steam GAME working in compatibility mode.
Just did another clean install, after deleting the registries and rebooting, no dice. Same error.
This is seriously pissing me off. It's still working absolutely fine for my friend with Windows 7 too. Ugh.
Peronthious
Member
Awesome, I've been waiting for another Strategy First sale to pick up Dangerous Waters. Now to decide whether to just get that, or get the whole naval combat pack; I played the Fleet Command demo years ago and loved the thing.
I have the Windows 7 64-bit RC, and I'm almost sure that it's a registry issue for you, unless it actually popped up the "detected incompatibility" warning. All your shortcuts are also set to launch with no compatibility mode for Steam, right?Jonny The Pie King said:
If you literally remove every reference to Steam.exe from the registry, that should fix it...other than that I have no idea. I'm just glad mine works.
Line Rider 2:Unbound - Now Available on Steam
September 2, 2009, 2:00 pm - Valve - Product Release
Go beyond the Internet phenomenon with Line Rider 2:Unbound new game modes, new line riders, new community features and new creative tools.
Create and play in 3 modes: Story mode, Puzzle Creation mode or Freestyle mode.
Post you best tracks and challenge the Line Rider community to solve your puzzles.
Check out the 12 new line types (including acceleration, trick, zoom, trampoline, trap door and destructible lines)
Tons of sound and particle effects
(Unfortunately, only available in North America at this time.)
September 2, 2009, 2:00 pm - Valve - Product Release
Go beyond the Internet phenomenon with Line Rider 2:Unbound new game modes, new line riders, new community features and new creative tools.
Create and play in 3 modes: Story mode, Puzzle Creation mode or Freestyle mode.
Post you best tracks and challenge the Line Rider community to solve your puzzles.
Check out the 12 new line types (including acceleration, trick, zoom, trampoline, trap door and destructible lines)
Tons of sound and particle effects
(Unfortunately, only available in North America at this time.)
TouchMyBox
Member
Lyphen said:
And this, gentlemen, is an example of doing the right thing for all the wrong reasons.
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Deleted member 17706
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Mrbob said:
fuuuuck I caved in a month ago and picked up the game on Steam for $49.99 because it had never been on sale since its release. I knew I should have waited!
TouchMyBox
Member
So, new FEAR 2 DLC is out on steam for $9.99, and the vanilla game is discounted 25%.
Anybody know if the DLC is any good or not? I had a blast with FEAR 2.
Anybody know if the DLC is any good or not? I had a blast with FEAR 2.
TouchMyBox said:
Played the demo for the DLC and the first level, but based on that, it's more FEAR 2. Not that that is a bad thing at all, FEAR 2 has been my favourite FPS of this year, and this seems to be just as awesome as the vanilla single-player, all be it shorter.
In other words, if you life FEAR 2, it's a must buy.
bistromathics
facing a bright new dawn
on the Steam Friend's list, what does it mean when a user has "(1)" after their id?
Interfectum
Member
bistromathics said:
It means they are a terrorist and they hate freedom.
Interfectum
Member
Hinomura said:
Well... uh. How was the demo?
Technosteve
Banned
Dawn of Discovery for 25 bucks on Impulse is a good deal, but what the fuck is this targes DRM.
TouchMyBox
Member
So FEAR 2: Reborn took me exactly an hour to get through. There's worse ways to spend ten bucks, but yeah, a little on the short side, especially when I just bought The Lost and Damned for $15.
Peronthious
Member
Technosteve said:
From what I recall, the way Ubisoft has it implemented allows only five activations, period, no resetting of activations or anything of that sort allowed. What's odd is that Tages itself makes these options available to publishers, it's just that Ubisoft chosen not to use the extended functionality.
Tried the nation red demo for a bit, it's pretty fun. Decent arena zombie shooter. Zombie Shooter itself is probably a better buy, but if you're looking for something new, $7.49 isn't bad.
Technosteve
Banned
wait 3 activations on steam makes no sense since i fucking delete shit off my HD to save space all the time.
TouchMyBox
Member
Technosteve said:
Impossible, only illegitimate customers ever uninstall software or format their hard drives.
Polk said:
So does TAGES differ from SecuRom in this? I only have 1 game with SecuRom and all 5 activations are all used by the same machine, i just format my hard drive every quarter.
Technosteve
Banned
Polk said:
steam forums says it's 3 activations not 3 machines
procrastinator
Neo Member
Jonny The Pie King said:
Tried putting steam into compatibility mode and then taking it out of it?
Caesar III
Member
I think I'll bite at SFIV for 19!
Anno for 20 bucks would be awesome as well.
You can play "Splitscreen" in SFIV on one PC, right?
Anno for 20 bucks would be awesome as well.
You can play "Splitscreen" in SFIV on one PC, right?
Joseph Merrick
Member
but you only need to activate it again on hardware changes and crap like thatTechnosteve said:
Technosteve
Banned
just bought street fighter 4, man i wished i didn't have to go visit parents this weekend.
randomlyrossy
Member
Really tempted by the Street Fighter IV deal. I don't even really want it but £15 is such a good deal....
Damn you Steam!
Damn you Steam!
TouchMyBox
Member
I hate fighting games but I just bought Street Fighter IV! I would uninstall steam if I knew what was good for me.
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