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[NingenJanai]

First

Second

The skeleton opened the door.

Cellar door games... Rogue Legacy

 

[dave is ok]

Teeth and eyeshape of the skeleton looks like the ones from Crypt of the Necrodancer. They don't have swords though

 

[AHA-Lambda]

It's not unlocked for me, where it would be under extras is just a row of question marks.

urgh...

Anyone got a save?

 

[chronomac]

Cellar door games... Rogue Legacy

That's a good guess. I don't remember the skeletons ever holding swords, though.

But if you're right, I'd guess that, Torchlight 2, Besiege and Gat out of Hell.

 

[bloke]

Did they ever mention how many games are actually in a monthly bundle?

 

[Ribeiro]

There are no Skeletons holding swords in Undertale? (I see a lot of skeletons images around that game).

 

[Arthea]

How did "MS updates" try to "fry your new hard disk literally"?

running background checks at the rate that my hard disk was always at 100%, I had no monitoring software running all that time and only noticed when hard disk started to make ticking, clicking noises (meaning way too late), I disabled it, hoped I was in time, but apparently I wasn't. I hope warranty will cover this, if not, I'm so screwed, no Trails for me any time soon.


I could try to play it on a laptop... maybe I will try.

fake edit: you could say I should have noticed earlier by the general sluggishness of everything. and indeed, I should have, but I didn't for some reason. Well, now I see that there were plenty of signs.
Oh well

 

[Bubbavelli]

So Im still confused on the Humble monthy thing? Is it only game per month? At least that's what it is with Legend of Grimrock I think?

 

[MUnited83]

Skeleton with swords sounds like something out of Dark Souls.

Has DS2 ever been bundled? That could be one of the games they are teasing.

Unlikely. Maybe if it was the original version without DLCs

 

[bigzgod]

Did they ever mention how many games are actually in a monthly bundle?

Yup

Q: Which games are in the Humble Monthly Bundle?

It will contains 6 games each month. All the games will be for Steam, but in the future, the bundle may include DRM-Free games or games for other platforms too. (via IGN)
• 1 hot title - Less than one year old.
• 1 highly-acclaimed title - Between one to two years old.
• 1-2 hit indie games.
• 1-2 hidden gems from developers.

 

[Nyteshade517]

So Im still confused on the Humble monthy thing? Is it only game per month? At least that's what it is with Legend of Grimrock I think?

edit: beaten

 

[madjoki]

Yup

Actually IGN removed that quickly, so it might not be reliable / up-to-date information.

 

[inm8num2]

edit - answered above

 

[alexandros]

So apparently Steam broke its concurrent user record twice in one week. More than 10 million one week ago, more than 11 million a couple of days ago. Does someone feel like making a new thread for this news?

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/steam...11-million-steam-users-online-simultaneously/

 

[bigzgod]

Actually IGN removed that quickly, so it might not be reliable / up-to-date information.

True but the pattern fits so far.

Gat Out of Hell would be the "hit" game. Torchlight 2 will be one of the hit indie games. Besiege is another hit indie title.

That leaves the two hidden gems and the highly acclaimed title.

 

[lashman]

Statues

 

[Song of the Turtle]

Hey guys I've got a question about Steam downloadspeed. I usally get around 1 MB/s but the task manager tells me, steam consumes around 9 MB/s. Plus, an internet speed test shows a possible download speed of 16 MB/s.
Any ideas why the numbers are the way they are and if there is a way to improve the downloadvolume?

 

[MMBosstones86]

Skeleton with swords sounds like something out of Dark Souls.

Has DS2 ever been bundled? That could be one of the games they are teasing.

I'd put the chance of it being DS2 at -50 %.

Cellar door games... Rogue Legacy

My guess too. I'm guessing the lantern is Torchlight 1/2?

 

[The Dear Leader]

Hey guys I've got a question about Steam downloadspeed. I usally get around 1 MB/s but the task manager tells me, steam consumes around 9 MB/s. Plus, an internet speed test shows a possible download speed of 16 MB/s.
Any ideas why the numbers are the way they are and if there is a way to improve the downloadvolume?

Maybe change your Steam download server in settings?

 

[Nzyme32]

So apparently Steam broke its concurrent user record twice in one week. More than 10 million one week ago, more than 11 million a couple of days ago. Does someone feel like making a new thread for this news?

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/steam...11-million-steam-users-online-simultaneously/

It hasn't actually reached that point. The stats get reported incorrectly when there is a server blip. The actual graph doesn't get as high as the reported number

 

[Arthea]

So apparently Steam broke its concurrent user record twice in one week. More than 10 million one week ago, more than 11 million a couple of days ago. Does someone feel like making a new thread for this news?

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/steam...11-million-steam-users-online-simultaneously/

maybe that's why steam servers can't cope anymore

 

[Chariot]

Statues

..........

 

[madjoki]

True but the pattern fits so far.

Gat Out of Hell would be the "hit" game. Torchlight 2 will be one of the hit indie games. Besiege is another hit indie title.

That leaves the two hidden gems and the highly acclaimed title.

Might be true for first bundle. I think humble said 5 games on average, for example, which doesn't match that.

Hey guys I've got a question about Steam downloadspeed. I usally get around 1 MB/s but the task manager tells me, steam consumes around 9 MB/s. Plus, an internet speed test shows a possible download speed of 16 MB/s.
Any ideas why the numbers are the way they are and if there is a way to improve the downloadvolume?

I think you are confusing bits and bytes.

1 Megabyte per second (steam displays this) = 8 Megabits per second. (task manager displays this)

 

[Arthea]

Yup

there is no such info in a bundle description, no mentioning of number of games at all. That's the main reason it can't succeed, imo.
Where is this info from?

 

[donny2112]

Halloween sale will probably just be a weekend sale type thing, no reason to end the weeklies early for that.

I'm hoping for something interesting. Kind of hit and miss, but more Steam sales means a higher chance of having something I want to get. It's also a good excuse for someone wanting to put their game on sale to make it happen to get some extra eyes on it. Means possibly more than just horror games.

Eh. Probably won't be much, but doesn't hurt to keep an eye out!

 

[Monooboe]

Statues

So, exactly like Weeping Angels in Doctor Who, could be interesting.

 

[Song of the Turtle]

Might be true for first bundle. I think humble said 5 games on average, for example, which doesn't match that.


I think you are confusing bits and bytes.

1 Megabyte per second (steam displays this) = 8 Megabits per second. (task manager displays this)

I seriously never noticed that the task manager shows data in bits D: Feel kinda dumb now.
Thanks anyway

 

[rtcn63]

Five Nights at Freddy's was pretty much Weeping Angels in furry-tronic form.

 

[Kyougar]

So apparently Steam broke its concurrent user record twice in one week. More than 10 million one week ago, more than 11 million a couple of days ago. Does someone feel like making a new thread for this news?

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/steam...11-million-steam-users-online-simultaneously/

We got 10 Millions some moths ago.

We will probably crack 11 million in Halloween or Fall sale and 12 million in winter Sale.

 

[dex3108]

Hmm ubisoft added sort numbers (sortas) for AC Unity and AC Syndicate.

https://steamdb.info/app/289650/history/

https://steamdb.info/app/368500/history/

I guess some SteamGAF users will appreciate this

 

[madjoki]

Hmm ubisoft added sort numbers (sortas) for AC Unity and AC Syndicate.

https://steamdb.info/app/289650/history/

https://steamdb.info/app/368500/history/

I guess some SteamGAF users will appreciate this

But it would've been too much to fix Rogue at the same time

 

[lashman]

Roller Coaster Tycoon World Enters Beta This Weekend

Roller Coaster Tycoon World isn’t leaving the station until December, but faithful fans can start playing this weekend. Atari is planning its first beta weekend to begin this Friday, October 30.

Anyone that has already purchased the game via Steam will be in the beta automatically. If you ordered directly from Atari, you’ll need to activate your copy on Steam. This test will focus on roller coaster building, so the financial model and peeps (your park visitors) won’t be active during this weekend.

You will be able to use the entire coaster building toolset, simulation, physics, first-person riding, scenery you can place in your park, and more will be featured. You’ll only have access to the forest scenery type this time out, though.

The beta will end on November 2. A second weekend test is planned for November.

You can see a new batch of screenshots below. Release is planned for December 10.

 

[dex3108]

But it would've been too much to fix Rogue at the same time

Baby steps XD

 

[Dr.Acula]

So apparently Steam broke its concurrent user record twice in one week. More than 10 million one week ago, more than 11 million a couple of days ago. Does someone feel like making a new thread for this news?

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/steam...11-million-steam-users-online-simultaneously/

So this is worldwide just people in the client? Seems kinda low actually. I'm in steam right now even though I'm not at my PC. Do most people not run the client all the time?

 

[Turfster]

Oxenfree looks interesting

 

[corrosivefrost]

Cellar door games... Rogue Legacy

Hasn't it been bundled before?
I suppose it could be a "classic"...

urgh...

Anyone got a save?

I'm sure there are RE5 PC saves out on the internet somewhere.
Though if you're suspicious about getting things from unverified sources...

Teeth and eyeshape of the skeleton looks like the ones from Crypt of the Necrodancer. They don't have swords though

Reminds me of DUNGEONS for some reason... and that's been on sale a lot lately, but not enough for me to pull the trigger.

running background checks at the rate that my hard disk was always at 100%, I had no monitoring software running all that time and only noticed when hard disk started to make ticking, clicking noises (meaning way too late), I disabled it, hoped I was in time, but apparently I wasn't. I hope warranty will cover this, if not, I'm so screwed, no Trails for me any time soon.

Maybe it's just a bad drive?
The behaviour you describe (checking in the background for updates) shouldn't be something that could (1) drive your HDD to 100% utilization regularly or (2) do so to the extent that errors are occuring in a short time if it's new.

Either way, good luck with fixing it.

 

[Annubis]

Maybe it's just a bad drive?
The behaviour you describe (checking in the background for updates) shouldn't be something that could (1) drive your HDD to 100% utilization regularly or (2) do so to the extent that errors are occuring in a short time if it's new.

Either way, good luck with fixing it.

Win10 does keep drives running because of data collection.
They even brought over those functionalities to Win7/8 with updates.

http://bgr.com/2015/08/28/windows-10-features-spying-windows-7-8/

 

[Stumpokapow]

momentary modbot server hiccup, excuse any delays over the next little while

 

[PetriP-TNT]

Win10 does keep drives running because of data collection.
They even brought over those functionalities to Win7/8 with updates.

http://bgr.com/2015/08/28/windows-10-features-spying-windows-7-8/

You can turn off file indexing if you don't want to use features like instant search

 

[Annubis]

You can turn off file indexing if you don't want to use features like instant search

What the hell are you talking about?

 

[PetriP-TNT]

What the hell are you talking about?

What the hell are you talking about? "Keep the drives running" because of "data collection". There are way more efficient ways to collect relevant data than categorically going through all the files.

File indexing is the thing that makes your (bad) drives go 100%. It's a feature of Windows Search, which enables you to find shit on your PC very quickly.

 

[Madrugador]

Fuck, I really want the Xbox One wireless adaptor, but don't feel like getting Windows 10. Classic Microsoft, never giving an easy solution.

 

[freshVeggie]

Hmm ubisoft added sort numbers (sortas) for AC Unity and AC Syndicate.

https://steamdb.info/app/289650/history/

https://steamdb.info/app/368500/history/

I guess some SteamGAF users will appreciate this

What does this mean? Noob question.

Is there any virtual machine that supports GPU calls?

I guess there is PCI-e passthrough if you have multiple GPUs and CPU which supports it, but apart from that?

This will be of interest to you.

You know, I was thinking for a long while how nice it would be to be able for two people to play two separate games at once, running on one PC. With how powerful PCs can be and how less performance older titles and even many newer ones need.

And then today, bam! I see this video. 2 Gaming Rigs, 1 Tower - Virtualized Gaming Build Log
It's incredible! Exactly what I always wanted to see. Granted, I thought it would be much easier and without the need for Virtualization but it is such an impressive and interesting thing to see actually work. So cool.

 

[dex3108]

What does this mean? Noob question.

It should be order in which games are sorted in your Library.

 

[Annubis]

What the hell are you talking about? "Keep the drives running" because of "data collection". There are way more efficient ways to collect relevant data than categorically going through all the files.

File indexing is the thing that makes your (bad) drives go 100%. It's a feature of Windows Search, which enables you to find shit on your PC very quickly.

There's also a lot more continuously running that overtime will reduce lifespan.
Heck, some parts of Win10 are actual keyloggers.

 

[freshVeggie]

It should be order in which games are sorted in your Library.

Aha, ok. Thanks.

 

[Knurek]

It's interesting that Bethesda is willing to give us preload for Fallout 4, promise no Denuvo use and lots of other nice things, and yet Wolfenstein can't go back on Steam due to 'technical reasons'...

 

[Jawmuncher]

JaseC having the Xbox beta doesnt give the pc beta anymore. Just Checked.

 

[Arthea]

Maybe it's just a bad drive?
The behaviour you describe (checking in the background for updates) shouldn't be something that could (1) drive your HDD to 100% utilization regularly or (2) do so to the extent that errors are occuring in a short time if it's new.

Either way, good luck with fixing it.

unfortunately it can, I'm living witness of it. I'm not saying it's a constant issue, but bugs like that really shouldn't be even be able to happen at all, there are safeguards that can be put in place to prevent things like that. As games setting your GPU on fire too. But we aren't living in an ideal world and I have my luck with bugs, a lot of it.

 

[freshVeggie]

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