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STEAM | June 2014 - Enhanced Electronics Edition

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The_Monk

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Played the original Grid for a few minutes and it was good. But damn, it's a very grey game :lol

There are some Mods out there to make the game look better looking and most important, to remove the "yellow-ish" look on most of the tracks which is a bit bad. I tried to find more info about it but I'm not very good when it comes to find some place for mods and how/where to download & install them.
 

Stumpokapow

listen to the mad man
Today I learned that you can install Steam games directly to your logged in client without any sort of confirmation dialog by sending some XHR data to Valve's servers. Interesting.

EDIT: wow you can do all kinds of stuff, even uninstall remotely.

Very interesting. Don't mind this comment at all, I'm just responding to your post. I'm a developer too, you can trust me, don't worry.

<img src="http://www.mygreenlitgame.ru/header.jpg" onload="javascript:window.location='steam://uninstall/my_competitor's_subid" />
 

Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
As someone who have been playing a bit of Game Dev Tycoon, I think this post opened my eyes when it comes to decisions in that game. Seriously.
I'm going to give someone a long vacation in my game company.

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On a side note:
It would be interesting to create another layer of Super/Mega Giver Rule. Something like 40, 50 Games or similar. It would also be interesting to create some sort of rule like the Blacklist but in the other way around. Instead of adding some people to Block, create an option only for certain members to be able to win (Whitelist?). This could be useful if someone wanted to create a Giveaway for the most common Steam-GAFfers/posters in the Steam thread. Might be a silly idea, just wanted to share.

Clearly Stump needs to make a rule for 300+ givers only...

*wink
 
Stump do you have a script that goes through Greenlight and votes for you? I have 1458 votes, of which I'm sure 1400 of those are No's. There's just so much shit I kinda lose any interest of going through Greenlight queues.

You just look silly now.

Right, cos Mann Up Mode doesn't exist. Sorry, I should have said more and/or rare items.
 
There are some Mods out there to make the game look better looking and most important, to remove the "yellow-ish" look on most of the tracks which is a bit bad. I tried to find more info about it but I'm not very good when it comes to find some place for mods and how/where to download & install them.

Cool, I'll see if I can get some mods working (and post the results when I do it).

BTW, I sent you a Dirt Showdown challenge a few minutes ago ;)
 

derExperte

Member
Five minutes into Strike Vector and I already killed two other fools who didn't know what they're doing either. I say go in now as long as the noobs are around.
 

Grief.exe

Member
1440 x 2560 pixels, 5.5 inches (~534 ppi pixel density)

wat

Ya, insanity.

Also, it runs a very bare bones version of Android without any bloat. There is nothing that frustrates me more than a bloated Android skin. I mainly run custom ROMs anyways, but I imagine I would want to stick stock on this one for a while.
 
On a side note:
It would be interesting to create another layer of Super/Mega Giver Rule. Something like 40, 50 Games or similar. It would also be interesting to create some sort of rule like the Blacklist but in the other way around. Instead of adding some people to Block, create an option only for certain members to be able to win (Whitelist?). This could be useful if someone wanted to create a Giveaway for the most common Steam-GAFfers/posters in the Steam thread. Might be a silly idea, just wanted to share.

At that point why even bother doing a ModBot giveaway? Just PM those people and ask if they want it.
 

The_Monk

Member
Clearly Stump needs to make a rule for 300+ givers only...

*wink

Yes we can call it Rhaknar/Dupy/Jase/Sub Zero/Dusk,etc, etc rule. :p

Cool, I'll see if I can get some mods working (and post the results when I do it).

BTW, I sent you a Dirt Showdown challenge a few minutes ago ;)

Nice, let me know if you find something regarding GRID, then!

I tried to send a Challenge once, it crashed my game and I had to repeat my tracks. :/ I'm pretty bad at the game but will check your Challenge. :)
 

Teeth

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Ya, insanity.

Also, it runs a very bare bones version of Android without any bloat. There is nothing that frustrates me more than a bloated Android skin. I mainly run custom ROMs anyways, but I imagine I would want to stick stock on this one for a while.

Yeah, but what actually runs natively at 1440p on that thing? And for how long? Yikes...
 
Yeah I'm not super happy with the timing options myself. I'm wondering whether or not it makes more sense to move to: 15 minutes, 90 minutes, 3 hours, 12 hours rather than instant, 15 minutes, 3 hours, 24 hours. I dunno. A lot of these sort of... administrative decisions are stuff I don't really like doing. It's really demotivating as a programmer having to make those decisions instead of working on fun stuff. Thanks for the feedback, like I said I'm kicking that stuff around myself.
If it's not too difficult, why not just do instant, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, 3 hours, and 24 hours. The more options, the better (IMO) - assuming it's not some Herculean task to implement, of course.
 

BinaryPork2737

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If it's not too difficult, why not just do instant, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, 3 hours, and 24 hours. The more options, the better (IMO) - assuming it's not some Herculean task to implement, of course.

I think a 12 hours option would work well with those too. That way it wouldn't be as huge as a jump between 3 and 24 hours.
 

Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
Jokes aside, there should be more timers. How is there no 1 hour for example :) (not shitting on your work stump)

Also 24hour giveaways are fueling satan, that's how evil they are
 

Jawmuncher

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Jawmuncher - last time online 50 days ago

Why u lying steam, he's right there :(

I forgot it's been that long. Was in areas for awhile where steam access was null. Just getting to GAF was a miracle.

Welcome back Jaw! Good to see you back.

Welcome back!



That was pretty great. I don't know if I'd like to see it turned into a show, though.



Authority's apparently been banned, so that quote is his mark on Gaf. That and booty gifs.

I keep getting thrown by the well wishers in the last two pages.

Welcome back fellow Jaw guy.

Very nice to know that you're home safe and sound, Jawmuncher, much to the joy of family and friends, I'm sure. Just in time for the sale, too - well played, Sir.

It was always a bit surreal reading your posts from abroad, mindful of where they were being sent from.

Welcome home, man! Glad to see you back.


Oh, and if you're out there, anon, thanks for Alpha Kimori. : )

Thanks again everyone!
 

jshackles

Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
For the less technically inclined among us, is any of that a security hazard? Sorry, just worried after the whole issue brought up by those Euro Truck guys (thankfully now patched)

Not to scare anyone, but yes this could be an issue. Have not yet confirmed but I'll do some testing and report my findings to Valve as appropriate.

Very interesting. Don't mind this comment at all, I'm just responding to your post. I'm a developer too, you can trust me, don't worry.

<img src="http://www.mygreenlitgame.ru/header.jpg" onload="javascript:window.location='steam://uninstall/my_competitor's_subid" />

Strangely, this particular bit of code doesn't even use the steam:// protocol handler. It's completely server-side.
 

Grief.exe

Member
Yeah, but what actually runs natively at 1440p on that thing? And for how long? Yikes...

Android does have very good scaling, but I am mainly going to run Chrome anyways. I don't play games at all on my phone.

There are a huge wave of QHD, that is how they are referring to 1440p phones, coming down the pipe over the next year. I just am somewhat desperate for an upgrade now.
 

Stumpokapow

listen to the mad man
Not to scare anyone, but yes this could be an issue. Have not yet confirmed but I'll do some testing and report my findings to Valve as appropriate.

I'd wait until you get a job from them before you tell them lest they ignore you for 4 months and then punish you for telling anyone else.
 

denx

Member
So is Ultra Street Fighter IV suppose to be a new sub or one that replaces AE?

What would be the point of doing the Steamworks patch for AE if it's gonna be replaced by Ultra? It will def be a new sub.

edit: what corrosivefrost says could work too.

Right, cos Mann Up Mode doesn't exist. Sorry, I should have said more and/or rare items.

Well, it's not like the stuff you get in Mann Up is overpowered or anything, it's just shinier versions of regular stuff.
 

jshackles

Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
I'd wait until you get a job from them before you tell them lest they ignore you for 4 months and then punish you for telling anyone else.

Good point. ;)

Also, summer sale background leaked in BPM:

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Quick question: Just started the Gunpoint demo, and it's asking me to install DirectPlay. Not the first game that's done so, but I always ignore it. What is DirectPlay exactly, is it safe, and do I need it? Google wasn't really much help in the past, from what I recall, so I figured I'd ask here.
 

Salsa

Member
Guys, my next phone is going to have a significantly higher resolution than my monitor.

That is just silly.

I just installed cyanogenmod on my S3 and the camera now sucks. Ive been trying to fix it for like 3 days but it cant record at 30fps 1080p anymore, it just does 25-26fps

im bummed



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classic splinter cell gameplay
 

jshackles

Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
What is the worst that could happen because of this issue? If you don't want to/can't talk about it here, I understand.

After doing some more testing, I feel like this is a non-issue. Sorry, not trying to get anyone worried here.

So it's now 100%, no doubt, absolutely happening.

Let me see if I can find the source on that background and mirror it before it goes bye bye
 

Casimir

Unconfirmed Member
I just installed cyanogenmod on my S3 and the camera now sucks. Ive been trying to fix it for like 3 days but it cant record at 30fps 1080p anymore, it just does 25-26fps

im bummed



ibePd3EOxikSAH.jpg


classic splinter cell gameplay

You found a game? Everyone has been saying that multiplayer is dead (as usual).
 

Salsa

Member
You found a game? Everyone has been saying that multiplayer is dead (as usual).

im finding games in both co-op and spies vs mercs pretty frequently

co-op is great

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spies vs mercs I havent really been playing cause I dont like doing first person perspectives with a controller and switching to a keyboard is too much to my lazy laying back ass
 

Stumpokapow

listen to the mad man
Hmm... What Steam games should I look out for during the sale? Nothing new lately has interested me.

games -> metacritic 85 and above -> sort by release date, cut results jan 1, 2014 and onwards:
rise of nations: ee
freespace 2
battleblock theatre
dark souls ii
out of the park baseball 15
towerfall ascension
year walk

metacritic 80-85:
the floor is jelly
transistor
wolfenstein: the new order
trials fusion (NUCLEAR WARNING: UPLAY DETECTED DO NOT PURCHASE SAVE YOUR SYSTEM)
ether one
luftrausers
panzer corps
ff14
the banner saga
nidhogg
metal gear rising revengeance
 
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