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STEAM | June 2015 - Wait for the Steam Sale Thread You Bastards!
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Check what's using your upstream?
I can't get over how amazing Witcher 3 looks. I've caught myself forgetting to pay attention to the voices during cutscenes because I'm too busy admiring the textures on Geralt's swords and armor or noticing the detail in skin and muscle movement in the faces. I decided to turn hairworks back on because it only seems to be a problem in close ups, where it will occasionally drop to 45 fps. Out in the open world I get a pretty steady 1080p60 with all high settings plus hairworks and hbao+.
And such an amazing world it is with sunsets and lightning storms and trees blowing in the wind and huge bodies of water...add in some amazing writing and vo and this really feels like something special.
I'm also ready to say screw it to Yennefer and Triss and whoever and just run off with Keira because she's awesome.
And such an amazing world it is with sunsets and lightning storms and trees blowing in the wind and huge bodies of water...add in some amazing writing and vo and this really feels like something special.
I'm also ready to say screw it to Yennefer and Triss and whoever and just run off with Keira because she's awesome.
MMBosstones86
Member
lol, This guy....
The world really is amazing. I love riding through storms and seeing build up from a few rain drops to a total down pour. So good.
Last Baron
Member
I'm not familiar with that, what's involved?
I don't think I've gotten any from IdleMaster or the Monster game since today's sales started. I dunno what's going on
An internet connection consists of downstream (towards you) and upstream (from you).
For most connections, any serious upstream (say, a third of your max upstream speed) totally tanks the downstreams, making downloads really slow.
DillonMabry
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I might have stumbled upon a way to force cards to drop?
I had my alt account idling in the client, main account in the browser. So I wanted to see if my alt could join the same game as my main. I clicked See friends games, Join game, and then it told me I was underleveled, couldn't join. Then I went to go back to idling in my previous game, it put me in a brand new Level 0 game, and a card dropped. I don't wanna try testing it on my main game, since that's almost to Level 300, so if anybody else has an alt, or they just wanna test it, that'd be a help.
tl;dr Leave your current game, join a new game, cards might drop?
I had my alt account idling in the client, main account in the browser. So I wanted to see if my alt could join the same game as my main. I clicked See friends games, Join game, and then it told me I was underleveled, couldn't join. Then I went to go back to idling in my previous game, it put me in a brand new Level 0 game, and a card dropped. I don't wanna try testing it on my main game, since that's almost to Level 300, so if anybody else has an alt, or they just wanna test it, that'd be a help.
tl;dr Leave your current game, join a new game, cards might drop?
SilentRacoon
Member
Was just half-joking, but good to know they are fenced in their own little world.
Well, at least we are together on this one. I end up making a ticket for it with steam support but I don't expect to hear from them any time soon. I also just realize that I'm not getting cards from the monster game, so it's getting weirder by the minute.
Last Baron
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I meant is there a way to check what specifically is choking my downloads?
What I've found is drops occur when entering games. I've had drops only upon initiating new games and joining friends games.
I just played Witcher 1 and 2 and they had all these interesting environments that were just screaming out for exploration but pretty much every area in the games was linked to a quest of some sort. Here there are tons of caves and other points of interest to explore and loot. I got a treasure map that lead me to an island that had another treasure map, and then swam into a sunken wreck and found an awesome sword that makes whooshing sounds when I swing it. Purely optional, just out there for you to find if you feel inclined. I think the only problem is there may be too many pois because it's really easy to get over leveled on normal difficulty.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
I just checked my badge progress, it says I've spent $17.12 since the beginning of the sale.
I guess it's not counting my purchase of Tales from the Borderlands and Hotline Miami 2 from the first hour of the sale, which would bring it to just under $40.
I guess it's not counting my purchase of Tales from the Borderlands and Hotline Miami 2 from the first hour of the sale, which would bring it to just under $40.
What if its a story driven game?
Nabs
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Atraveller
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9.99 is the best we could get in a while from Bethesda.Wolfenstein banner says 33-75% but no game is actually 33%. Was probably supposed to be Old Blood.
Sad part is, even at 50% its still too expensive lol
I just tried this out and got a card in matter of minutes after getting nothing for half a day. It works perfectly fine, just hop between friends games to get cards.
I had to repeat a few times causeI missed some objectives.
You sir, are amazing. Thanks!
Last Baron
Member
This worked for me, thanks
Oh. Oops.
Start with just looking at the networking tab of task manager and/or your modem's transfer graph.
Something like Iarsn TaskInfo gives more specific info.
More spiders for the rest of us
no idea what this means -__-
yea i don't mind that, but some of those games have like red reviews and stuff
at least make it so they're really good reviews
MMBosstones86
Member
So it's currently cheaper to buy Dark Souls SOTFS than it is to buy the upgrade if I own Dark Souls 2?
FROM, Please.
FROM, Please.
It's not perfect but it's better than previous sales so, eh, I'll take it.
Why does every publisher do this?
I just want to buy the DLC for the game I already own, not buy a more expensive 'complete' version with redundant content. Now I am giving you exactly zero dollars instead of fair pay for the DLC.
Dark Souls + DLC gives you a larger discount.
not for me
25 usd to buy it
14 for the upgrade
tho i have the season pass so maybe that's eet
i guess
still bad
Baron_Calamity
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Last Baron
Member
Won my first fake giveaway on Steamgifts, what do I win? Not COD Ghosts that's for sure.
MMBosstones86
Member
Yup it's pretty awful. I own DS2 and here are my options :
Season Pass : $24.99
Upgrade : $23.99
SOTFS : $24.99
I guess they don't want my money.
Hero Prinny
Member
blame namco. its pretty silly
Atraveller
Banned
Now this thread really moves fast, almost like pre-community steam thread.
I can't start the meta game, and couldn't join anyone's because level gap is too high, ugh.
I can't start the meta game, and couldn't join anyone's because level gap is too high, ugh.
Jesus how did I miss this one!
You better be joking Shadownet!
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
Jurassic World was intense. Not something I expected.
And redhead.
And redhead.
Last Baron
Member
Damn, game switching to force card drops stopped working T_T
Atraveller
Banned
You're saying it's good?
Hero Prinny
Member
friend just texted me about how he really loved the movie. wants to go again and wants me to tag along.
Baron_Calamity
Member
Red head is Ron Howard's daughter
More_Badass
Member
Hey, how likely is it that Alien Isolation goes as low as $12.49 (75% off)? I know it's going to go lower than the current 50% when it's a flash/daily but do you think it'll reach 75% off?
Atraveller
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Last Baron
Member
Sale thread is leaking
It's definitely fucking Rockstar, with that Shark Card shit.
That's weird. Have you got the DLC?
This is what I get, owning the main game and season pass.
it's all fuckery and balderdash
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