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[jaundicejuice]

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel sure is nice to look at it.

I wish Id would stick with tech and shooting. They can do that like almost no other company in the world. But the story, driving and all those blasted minigames were all 50 shades of meh. The texture pop-in while turning around was also distracting, despite playing from an SSD.

Having a card with 2gb of vram or more will kind of mitigate the megatexture pop-in but it's always going to be there.

 

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[JaseC]

Having a card with 2gb of vram or more will kind of mitigate the megatexture pop-in but it's always going to be there.

I played Rage at launch and after installing the then-current drivers and forcing the texture transcode setting to use all available CUDA cores I had zero texture issues, but, yeah, the game is rather temperamental, so not everyone is going to be so lucky. Knowing my luck I'd have issues now myself even though my 570 days are well and truly behind me.

Edit: Actually, if memory serves, it was you who gifted me the game, haha.

 

[jaundicejuice]

yup, pre-mod bot.

 

[JustinBB7]

Bought Goat Simulator, fuck flappy goat.


Salsa how did you get 11 on this?!

 

[Deleted member 125677]

Bought Goat Simulator, fuck flappy goat.


Salsa how did you get 11 on this?!

derExperte has 16

I have 10, just play it for a little while and it'll click

 

[derExperte]

Bought Goat Simulator, fuck flappy goat.


Salsa how did you get 11 on this?!

Flappy Goat is GOAT.

And I'm not even in the top 1000 anymore.

 

[mvtn]

Hello, newcomer here. I was wondering how does one get into the GAF steam group?

 

[wazoo]

There's an OT here... but The Last Night quickly became the dominant topic of discussion.

Last Night is a 2016 game. Dex is out now.

 

[JaseC]

Last Night is a 2016 game. Dex is out now.

I know. What I was getting at is that while there's an OT for Dex, it's largely not actually about Dex because of The Last Night.

 

[wazoo]

I attribute that to the constant hype for what is coming next which is caracteristic to this forum.

 

[fantomena]

Does Steam have a roll-back option for patches? Apparently GOG Galaxy is getting the option soon. Sounds like just a minor feature, but it can be helluva useful when needed.

 

[Knurek]

Having a card with 2gb of vram or more will kind of mitigate the megatexture pop-in but it's always going to be there.

I have a 2 GB 750 TI, and used CUDA for texture transcoding. There was still some pop-in here and there... At least the game was butter-smooth and looked amazing (unless you somehow kissed a wall).

 

[Servizio]

Hello, newcomer here. I was wondering how does one get into the GAF steam group?

Blood in, blood out.

Also, link your Steam profile to someone here and they'll invite you.

 

[Rhaknar]

whats up with the random dungeon defender bundle gift in the inventory?

 

[JaseC]

I attribute that to the constant hype for what is coming next which is caracteristic to this forum.

Well, yeah, it's not exactly a mystery as to why a particularly striking cyberpunk game became the focus of attention.

Does STeam have a roll-back option for patches? Apparently GOG Galaxy is getting the option soon. Sounds like just a minor feature, but it can be helluva useful when needed.

No. It's reliant upon the developer/publisher leaving the previous build without a password so people can opt into it, but only Nixxes does this with any regularity: https://steamdb.info/app/203160/depots/ and https://steamdb.info/app/239160/depots/.

whats up with the random dungeon defender gift in the inventory?

Top of the previous page (or scroll up if you're using 100ppp, like some sort of weirdo).

 

[ExoSoul]

whats up with the random dungeon defender bundle gift in the inventory?

Apparently owners of Dungeon Defenders Eternity received a gift copy of the original Dungeon Defenders + all DLC about six hours ago, so:

.

 

[Rhaknar]

Witcher 3 on GMG doesnt have the silly 35% discount anymore, remenants for the CDprojekt Red controversy?

 

[Cosmic Schwung]

Good to know. Thanks

Do you have to buy the machinegun or do you get it automatically later in the game?
I saw it a few times in the shop but I was too stingy to buy it.

Just buy it. It's relatively cheap, and there's a good bit of ammo lying around.

 

[Crub]

Anyone interested in this bundle: https://www.indiegala.com/adventuremega ? It's currently happy hour, so you get two bundles for the price of one. If someone is interested we can split the cost, one paying the other one on PayPal.

 

[JaseC]

Anyone interested in this bundle: https://www.indiegala.com/adventuremega ? It's currently happy hour, so you get two bundles for the price of one. If someone is interested we can split the cost, one paying the other one on PayPal.

I'd be up for splitting the cost if we can do it three ways (requires another interested party, plus a host who already owns the bundle). I only need The Journey Down: Chapter Two.

 

[Sarcasm]

Does Steam have a roll-back option for patches? Apparently GOG Galaxy is getting the option soon. Sounds like just a minor feature, but it can be helluva useful when needed.

Believe it or not gog games really do need that for how some of the old games work and mods.

Be nice on steam but not as much as how usefull it will be on gog galaxy.

 

[Mr. Doop]

Every time someone join my broadcast on Steam, I have HUGE frame rate drops. It's ridiculous.

 

[Sarcasm]

Every time someone join my broadcast on Steam, I have HUGE frame rate drops. It's ridiculous.

Lowerer the resolution you're trying to stream at.

 

[Mr. Doop]

Lowerer the resolution you're trying to stream at.

Alright. I'll try that. Thanks.

 

[Lain]

Was thinking about buying the bundle from LazyGuys but then I read this

If you are outside the U.S., the price is automatically converted to your local currency – you do not pay more!

VAT (where applicable) is taken from the price you pay, not added to the price – you pay the same price anywhere in the world you are! We love you all equally

at which point I had to buy it just because.

 

[Arthea]

Is trade lock glitched or something? I just crafted the badge and can't sell a thing I got from it. It was supposed to lock only just bought items, or so I thought. This sucks so much.
I just imagined what it'll do to summer sale crafting and now I feel even more sick than before.

Spoiler

I caught a cold... in May, I'm dying here, lemme sell my stuff at least, volvo!

Was thinking about buying the bundle from LazyGuys but then I read this

at which point I had to buy it just because.

wait... I'm not sure it works this way, I thought they applied VAT, lemme check my receipts

 

[derExperte]

Is trade lock glitched or something? I just crafted the badge and can't sell a thing I got from it. It was supposed to lock only just bought items, or so I thought. This sucks so much.
I just imagined what it'll do to summer sale crafting and now I feel even more sick than before.

Spoiler

I caught a cold... in May, I'm dying here, lemme sell my stuff at least, volvo!

Was one of the cards you used to craft bought during the last 7 days?

 

[Arthea]

Was one of the cards you used to craft bought during the last 7 days?

I don't think so... but I'm not 100% sure, I bought and sold a lot of stuff in last few days. Hold on a second! If I craft badge of 10 cards and one is bought recently, they lock results from trading? That's bloody unfair!

edited: I just checked, that's true, lazy guys didn't apply VAT. From now on they are among my favourites.
Funny that I haven't noticed before.

 

[titch]

Does Steam have a roll-back option for patches? Apparently GOG Galaxy is getting the option soon. Sounds like just a minor feature, but it can be helluva useful when needed.

Cheers just reminded me i got my beta key yesterday....

 

[Lain]

wait... I'm not sure it works this way, I thought they applied VAT, lemme check my receipts

VAT is applied, but it's taken from the price they offer instead of being applied to it. The Bundle asked for 2.99$ and I paid 2,76€, 2,26 for the bundle and 0,50 VAT. Given 2.99$ convert to 2,66€ +/- and keeping in mind that paypal takes a little fee for conversion, I'd say it fits.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2015-05-08-greenlight-red-flag

A Red Flag for Greenlight

Valve was laudably quick to deal with homophobia, but Greenlight is still failing devs and consumers alike.

Valve's Steam Greenlight service, designed as a community-driven way to gauge support for an indie game in development and thus clear them for release on the Steam service proper, has been back in the news this week for all the wrong reasons.

I'll say that this article felt like a waste of time.

 

[Stallion Free]

Why do you thing blood vials is a dumb decision?

I finished it for the 3rd time last week (only games Ive finished 3 or more times in my life is Crysis and Alan Wake) and the bosses were definetly better and better designed tham previous ones.

MP I agreed with and i think most agreed with, FromSoft did a bad job with it.

Wow that's impressive. Did you get the platinum?

 

[strafer]

Meh, you can't add a retail copy of Dead Space 2 even though it exists on Steam.

 

[PandaPedinte]

Bleh, no one told me Rogue Legacy was designed for a controller/console :/

I don't have my controller with me at the moment, and the keyboard controls are weird and janky. Guess I shelve it for now, though it was only $3 so not terrible.

I played and finished it using the keyboard to play.

 

[Mr. Doop]

Bleh, no one told me Rogue Legacy was designed for a controller/console :/

I don't have my controller with me at the moment, and the keyboard controls are weird and janky. Guess I shelve it for now, though it was only $3 so not terrible.

I played most of the game with a keyboard. The keyboard controls aren't that bad.

 

[def sim]

Bleh, no one told me Rogue Legacy was designed for a controller/console :/

I don't have my controller with me at the moment, and the keyboard controls are weird and janky. Guess I shelve it for now, though it was only $3 so not terrible.

Same as the other two, I played the game with keyboard. I found it worked perfectly fine.

Maybe try playing in borderless windowed mode?

 

[Arthea]

some nice additions to greenlight again


I will prophesize that this game will be hella popular, looks fun

this strategy game looks familiar, I can't remember why
Ymir

this game looks cool, I have doubt about is it as cool to play it, though

my kinda game, nobody will upvote it as usual
Picross Pirates

 

[Chance Hale]

I was disappointed by Bloodborne at first but in hindsight I think a lot of that was that I played through most of it in a drunken haze the day I got laid off

Definitely wish it was a bit longer(27 hours to beat every boss for me) but the atmosphere and world design are really memorable. Definitely reminded me of the more horrific levels in Demon Souls. My one complaint is that I think the level design was a bit simple in comparison to Dark Souls. There are no labyrinths like Sen's Fortress or massive areas like Blightown that require a lot of attention to get through. Lot more enjoyable now that the load times have been patched as well.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Why do you thing blood vials is a dumb decision?

I finished it for the 3rd time last week (only games Ive finished 3 or more times in my life is Crysis and Alan Wake) and the bosses were definetly better and better designed tham previous ones.

MP I agreed with and i think most agreed with, FromSoft did a bad job with it.

They turn into busy work. 20 vials, you get stomped on a boss and go back to 0. Thus all that happens is you go to your farm spot to get some more souls so you can buy some more vials, so that you can go back to the boss.
If anything I think that alone took away my enjoyment, since I couldn't just get back into the fight. You can argue that with runes you can hold more but you still need to get souls to buy more.

 

[YianGaruga]

They turn into busy work. 20 vials, you get stomped on a boss and go back to 0. Thus all that happens is you go to your farm spot to get some more souls so you can buy some more vials, so that you can go back to the boss.
If anything I think that alone took away my enjoyment, since I couldn't just get back into the fight. You can argue that with runes you can hold more but you still need to get souls to buy more.

I just always buy some into storage when I have souls left instead of putting it all into leveling. They never run out for me. Keeping the coldbloods so you always have some extra souls also helps.

Spoiler

also git gud

 

[Chance Hale]

Using 20 blood vials on one boss

Enemies drop blood vials like crazy, I very quickly reached the maximum amount allowed to be stored. Worst case scenario you get a lot of free soul items in the game that you can use to buy them at the shop and never have to worry about it again.

 

[toddhunter]

Thus all that happens is you go to your farm spot to get some more souls so you can buy some more vials, so that you can go back to the boss.

Plan B is not sucking at the game.

 

[Jawmuncher]

I just always buy some into storage when I have souls left instead of putting it all into leveling. They never run out for me. Keeping the coldbloods so you always have some extra souls also helps.

Spoiler

also git gud

Using 20 blood vials on one boss



Enemies drop blood vials like crazy, I very quickly reached the maximum amount allowed to be stored. Worst case scenario you get a lot of free soul items in the game that you can use to buy them at the shop and never have to worry about it again.

I used the majority of my souls for leveling. Any left over I would use for Vials or whatever else I needed. Didn't seem like enemies dropped them much after the first few areas. Guess it can amount to get good, but i still see the system inferior to flasks.

Plan B is not sucking at the game.

i beat the game so I think I did good enough.

 

[YianGaruga]

I used the majority of my souls for leveling. Any left over I would use for Vials or whatever else I needed. Didn't seem like enemies dropped them much after the first few areas. Guess it can amount to get good, but i still see the system inferior to flasks.

As I said, don't put everything into leveling. It's your own fault for not planning ahead. I also like the Estus system better, but it's only a minor inconvenience.

 

[Ban Puncher]

Pffft, Bloodborne is yesterdays news.

Splatoon is the new hotness.

 

[def sim]

At some point it felt like I had neverending vials. That combined with a dash so quick and has so much invincibility frames trivialized much of the game for me.

I like the estus system better, too, since I thought it had a better middle ground for all sorts of players.

 

[Sendou]

Pffft, Bloodborne is yesterdays news.

Splatoon is the new hotness.

Prepare to dye.

 

[Chance Hale]

It's nice to see Nintendo trying out early access, the times are changing!

 

[Knurek]

Holy shit... Retroarch keeps getting better and better.

 

[someguyinahat]

Holy shit... Retroarch keeps getting better and better.

Do people really want that visible pixel-spaced "look"? I'll grant that it looks more like a gameboy does, but I never hear people complaining that all the improved resolutions on Dolphin games aren't system-accurate...