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Steam Autumn Sale 2016 Thread: Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for Christmas Sale
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Larian Studios just posted a new video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og0DutO6_gg
New patch for Dragon Commander, or Dragon Commander 2?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og0DutO6_gg
New patch for Dragon Commander, or Dragon Commander 2?
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
On the contrary, I still have all 50 of them. I'm practically a crazy cat person.
Some people invest in orange juice or pork belly futures, others invest in Pat and Mat futures.
No, that's a fair assessment. Most of my enjoyment of VtMB was in the dialogue and seeing how my method of completing quests influenced the plot and relationships with characters. The combat is certainly not the selling point.
On the contrary, I still have all 50 of them. I'm practically a crazy cat person.
Practically...
I'd hope for a sequel. The first is a good idea on paper, but lacking in execution.
Practically...
Haha, well, I'm not literally a crazy cat person as I have no cats. Just a dog. And it's not even my dog but rather my brother's. Really, I myself have no pets. Just Pat & Mat. Times 50.
Sluggish.
60fps not feeling like 60fps points to framepacing issues, but frametime analysis would pick up on that.Sluggish.
How do I fix said sluggishness?
hooijdonk17
Member
Is there a hidden gems thread for cheap short games this time around?
I don't think you can if your frametimes are indeed consistent. Are you sure it's not input lag?
Try Rivatuner Statistics Server (add the game exe to its list and cap the framerate at 60), or try borderless full screen.
You are 2 koalas and a wombat away from being a full blown crazy ass kangaroo herder.
triplestation
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about to play half life 2 but should i play normal or hard?
Can input lag be visual? Like I SEE the game stuttering but every god damn graph looks fine...I have no idea how to even begin troubleshooting this
60fps and flat frametimes though...I'm already using that anyway
not every game but most and no fancy monitor here
I suppose cases where the delay between you pressing a button and the game responding to the action is visually perceptible counts as visual, though I know that's not the answer you were looking for, haha.
If all else fails, you could try reinstalling Windows.
Can you name some games you are getting it on and some games you are not? I've had some games (like some of the LEGO games and some of the Far Cry games) stutter like mad no matter what I was capping at (I wasn't checking frame times though)/
If you turn off Vsync on the bad games, does it smooth out (with tearing, of course)?
Have you tried turning your computer off and then back on again?
Can you name some games you are getting it on and some games you are not?
If you turn off Vsync on the bad games, does it smooth out (with tearing, of course)?
Have you tried turning your computer off and then back on again?
https://youtu.be/L07t_mY2LEU?t=12m45s
Any game I have that's not dota looks like that.
nice, thanks
Yea those prices were really good. Its a shame they were an error. I had my sights on IX and X but decided to hold out until the Steam sale started. It was too late by then. XIII was only 4$ too it was really crazy.
Its a good lesson for everyone to buy something as soon as something hits record lows and/or seems to good to be true.
about to play half life 2 but should i play normal or hard?
Play on Half-Life 3 mode.
LurkerPrime
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I don't know what "post FFX vibes" are. TLR is basically a JRPG with a rad battle system, taking some ideas from Ogre Battle/Tactics Ogre. Look up how the combat works prior to playing, there's some weirdness that can make it harder than it needs to be later in the game.
And as to SR, Returns is the worst of the three Shadowrun games, so dive into it at your own peril. I'd only recommend it to people determined to play through the whole series. Hong Kong and especially Dragonfall are much, much better games.
For Drakensang 2.. it's basically Neverwinter Nights with more jank. Kind of DAO like as far as combat and setup, but you can notice the budget and it feels jankier. Also the translation is pretty bland. But minding the bugbears, it's an interesting game that's one of the only real party-based WRPGs between the KotOR2-DAO dark ages.
(Note that you should download the DLC after the main game--I had some problems otherwise.)
He's just playing the long game, man. Like I'm doing with all 10 copies I have of each Digital Homicide game. Gnarltoof's Revenge and Temper Tantrum are going to fund my retirement when I sell them to a whale in 20 years.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Two of the Adventure Time games, and the Rambo game, and the Falling Skies games all have massive base price reductions + steep sale discounts. This is often a sign of games that are about to be removed from Steam. Don't know if any of them are good, but in case you're a collector, maybe pounce on them.
Imagine explaining this to your grandkids.
Imagine explaining this to your grandkids.
bobnowhere
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Damn, I paid like $5 for Falling Skies ages ago after getting in to the TV Series. It's not that terrible.
I'm still playing the long game with my copy of Estetiikka! The dev lost it and sabotaged his own game and was apparently a white supremacist as well.
This probably isn't the thread for my question but I couldn't see a generic Steam thread.
Anyway, I'll try here.
I created a new steam account but used my normal email address. So I have two accounts tied to the same email address.
My normal Steam account has a load of games in it and I haven't purchase anything for the new account
When I log into the new account on my main PC about half my games appear in the library.
When I log into the new account on a new laptop that has never had Steam on it then I see nothing in the library.
Why would games be appearing on my PC on the new account when I've purchased nothing for it?
Anyway, I'll try here.
I created a new steam account but used my normal email address. So I have two accounts tied to the same email address.
My normal Steam account has a load of games in it and I haven't purchase anything for the new account
When I log into the new account on my main PC about half my games appear in the library.
When I log into the new account on a new laptop that has never had Steam on it then I see nothing in the library.
Why would games be appearing on my PC on the new account when I've purchased nothing for it?
Not really good, but solid. None of them are exceptional.
Are the ones that appear the ones you have installed?
Though I'm surprised they let you create two accounts under 1 email.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Well it'll go up in value when the dev ends up appointed Secretary of Homeland Security in a few weeks.
No, it has a list of games some that are installed and some that aren't.
I wasn't sure if it would let me create two accounts with the same email but a bit of googling told me it was possible
This looks you might be running at a much higher frame rate than your monitor's refresh rate and the games aren't triple buffering properly (ie- using the most recently refreshed buffer), but I could be wrong on that.
Generally, Rivatuner tends to smooth this out for me, but others have gone to great lengths to completely eliminate any variable internal game buffer swap times. There was a thread on GAF about it a while back....I think it involves combining Rivatuner with nVidia control panel settings plus something else.
A couple of other things you maybe have already tried:
-Turn off Vsync and capping your framerate to 59 (or 119 on a 120Hz monitor)
- Reducing your "render ahead frames (or pre-rendered frames)" to 1 (though this will likely only help with input lag rather than stutter).
I think I'm going to grab all 3 Re;birth Neptunia games and that will be it. Gave the first one a shot on the Vita, didn't like it that much, but performance was one of the reasons. Hopefully it will make me laugh if I give it enough time.
Was thinking about buying Hitman, but even after watching almost all Giant Bomb video features with it, I feel 0 drive to actually play it.
Was thinking about buying Hitman, but even after watching almost all Giant Bomb video features with it, I feel 0 drive to actually play it.
Did you enable Family Sharing?
A solid zelda clone is still nothing to sneeze at, its not like those are growing in trees.
Which one is it?
No. I just logged in.
Picture below. Name is the same on both that I cropped out
Top one is my laptop, bottom one is my PC
Can't get imgur to work properly
http://imgur.com/a/6TSHk
Sidescroller on the 3DS. Zelda 2 clone is more specific.
This one looks pretty Zelda. Finally they matched PS Vita price. I'll buy that for a dollar.
I also have The Longest Journey + Dreamfall on cart. Seems like last time they went any cheaper was several years ago, like many other older games. Doesn't seem to have a high chance to have them appear in some bundle so might as well.
Sorry, you're right. The ones I have installed are appearing.
That still shouldn't be happening right?
I think that always happens. IIRC it's a byproduct of the Family Sharing system.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
I said this a while ago but to re-emphasize:
I usually tackle the hidden gems thread for Steam Sales, but right now I'm too busy crunching development on my own couple little game projects so I couldn't be attentive towards it right now.
If anyone wants to tackle the Hidden Gems thread for this sale, feel free too.
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