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STEAM | December 2014 - Read OP for winter sale questions

Andrefpvs

Member

Time to take it off the wishlist then.


Maybe they changed the way the DLC unlocks to make it so people don't spoil the story for themselves?

For example, Lightning's DLC should only be played after finishing the game, since it's meant as an epilogue and spoils the ending.

But to be honest I would be surprised if they put in the extra work to make it that way, so this could really be a bug.
 
So, I've had a large number of sites lately that have requested that they be added to Enhanced Steam's list of profile links. I can't say for sure, but I know that some of them want to be there purely for the ad revenue their site would generate with another potential 1.5 million users.

So today, I've updated Enhanced Steam's Steam Profile Links Qualification Guidelines.

To you the user, this is another way of me saying "I'm not going to partner with some scumbag phisher or a site littered with erotic advertisements". I want people to feel confident when clicking profile links added by Enhanced Steam that they're going to get something that's a) useful b) safe and c) not offensive.

Your honesty is really appreciated, I hope that you also benefit greatly from the software you've created and it's refreshing to see that you won't compromise the quality of the user experience to achieve that benefit.
 
Maybe they changed the way the DLC unlocks to make it so people don't spoil the story for themselves?

For example, Lightning's DLC should only be played after finishing the game, since it's meant as an epilogue and spoils the ending.

But to be honest I would be surprised if they put in the extra work to make it that way, so this could really be a bug.
Yeah. I'll wait and see. Hopefully it gets sorted.
 

Locust

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What can I say, I want in on that Bad Rats 2 action. ~
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I can't say that I would ever get around to this one. Enjoy the plus one.
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Ruruja

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Well this is troublesome. A couple of games I've played tonight have stopped working about 20 minutes in after a 'Device Disconnecting' sound plays in Windows.

Just ran verify files on Borderlands and it says 8000 files are corrupt and need to be re-downloaded (basically the entire game).

Hope my external HDD isn't dying and it's just a one-off issue.
 

Nzyme32

Member
Well this is troublesome. A couple of games I've played tonight have stopped working about 20 minutes in after a 'Device Disconnecting' sound plays in Windows.

Just ran verify files on Borderlands and it says 8000 files are corrupt and need to be re-downloaded (basically the entire game).

Hope my external HDD isn't dying and it's just a one-off issue.

Not sure. To be honest, I have a similar-ish problem - every now and then, at random, every single usb port will turn off. No warning noises, they just turn off and you can not reconnect anything. The only fix is to restart. I'm guessing my laptop is overheating something. This thing is getting on a bit, wouldn't surprise me if it is just old age
 

Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
is everything under attack today? cant connec to steam or battlenet lol
 
I just want to see how many people are eligible for this. I guarantee you don't have this. :)

You've piqued my curiosity, but I can't enter, I think... my payitforward status was used when I claimed punished snake's duplicate key. :3

[To his credit, he's trying really hard to fix it, even though it's more hassle than it's worth, I think.] :D
 

Pachimari

Member
Are any of you up for some Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare multiplayer this weekend, if it's possible to create a private party/server?

I think we should play more games together, especially when we get free weekends from Steam.
 

lashman

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Are any of you up for some Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare multiplayer this weekend, if it's possible to create a private party/server?

I think we should play more games together, especially when we get free weekends from Steam.

create a server ... in CoD ... BUAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA xD

good one ...
 
Are any of you up for some Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare multiplayer this weekend, if it's possible to create a private party/server?

I think we should play more games together, especially when we get free weekends from Steam.

This sounds awesome if I didn't have to study for finals. I need to play more multiplayer games. I've always been in solitude when it comes to playing games
 

thesaucetastic

Unconfirmed Member
SEGA pls, bring Yakuza to Steam so I can finally experience this
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Whatever this is, I want it.

Badly.

I just want to see how many people are eligible for this. I guarantee you don't have this. :)
Damn it, I would've been eligible for this if not for Sonic. RIP.

At least if JaseC doesn't have it, then that means I haven't heard of it and therefore probably don't want to play it.
 
guys im stuck in dragon age origins... rescuing a certain someone spoilers ahead:
so im escaping prison after saving the queen and when i select to travel somewhere I get one of those random encounters, the one that I attacked by like 15 guards. the thing is its only me and alister, they kill me constantly.
help me guys, is there like a safe trainer i can use or console commands to turn on god mode real quick? I'v never used trainers so I don't know how they work

thanks so much guys. >_> anyways i figured out how to do the console command, hopefully i didn't screw up my save from connecting with the keep, I used the console command offline just to see if maybe that helps.
 

GaussTek

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I posted a Deep Eclipse giveaway yesterday but nobody took it, so if anyone wants it, here's it again :p

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Khronico

Member
Are any of you up for some Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare multiplayer this weekend, if it's possible to create a private party/server?

I think we should play more games together, especially when we get free weekends from Steam.
I'm up for it. If you haven't yet, Add me on steam (Khronico, same avatar).
 

MRORANGE

Member
response to freshVeggie's PM:

"Hello,

Sorry for the late reply.

We never really locked the Steam thread for the Autumn sale in previous years as far as I recall... will honestly have to double check.

Modbot gets linked to the Sale thread at this time as well which was why we closed the normal thread. Conversations around this time are nearly always Steam sale related this time and both threads are gonna criss-cross with the same info. I also want some time to go over the thread and make amendments and changes to the thread, it's very outdated and honestly needs restructuring, closing it down gives me time to actually check the whole thread and see what to amend. It's the only time I will probably get in the next few months to make any changes and hopefully hand off the thread to someone else. I don't have a problem with having the thread staying open during summer/winter sales 2015 onward.

If you really insist on having a thread open for non-steam sale talk, just make one.

- feel free to paste this in the Steam threads"
 

Jawmuncher

Member
response to freshVeggie's PM:

"Hello,

Sorry for the late reply.

We never really locked the Steam thread for the Autumn sale in previous years as far as I recall... will honestly have to double check.

Modbot gets linked to the Sale thread at this time as well which was why we closed the normal thread. Conversations around this time are nearly always Steam sale related this time and both threads are gonna criss-cross with the same info. I also want some time to go over the thread and make amendments and changes to the thread, it's very outdated and honestly needs restructuring, closing it down gives me time to actually check the whole thread and see what to amend. It's the only time I will probably get in the next few months to make any changes and hopefully hand off the thread to someone else. I don't have a problem with having the thread staying open during summer/winter sales 2015 onward.

If you really insist on having a thread open for non-steam sale talk, just make one.

- feel free to paste this in the Steam threads"

Nirolak and Stump just said they were gonna leave this open.
 

AHA-Lambda

Member
Should only take a day or so to download on my slow Internet, leaves a bit of time left to play at least.

Yeah, that's what's it's looking like, it's just sad to see the difference between this in my new flat and my parent's home. In the old place I could have had that downloaded in about 2 hours, we had like a 50MB connection :O
 

Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
what happened to the night dive studios sale to mirror the gmg one?
 
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