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STEAM | September 2015 - The Phantom Pre-Load or: AAA Movies Are Just +1s To Us

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Leafhopper

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Beat Dino Crisis 2 (PC) about a half hour ago. Other than not being able to map buttons on a controller, I used a keyboard and was fine. Didn't crash or anything. Not sure if I like it more than 1 but, it's also a good version of that game.

Volimar said:
I broke the cardinal rule....I preordered XCOM 2.

DON'T LOOK AT ME!
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JaseC said:
That's okay, it has pre-purchase DLC.
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Where is my gun.

I don't even own one ;_;

PS: As for the Anti-Virus debate, this day in age all you have to do is not be an idiot.
 
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Jazz573

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I hope people don't approach safety in real life like they do with antivirus. You wouldn't have sex with a condom with a giant hole ripped in it, so why would you use an antivirus with barely any protection? :p
 
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JaseC

gave away the keys to the kingdom.
Jazz573 said:
I hope people don't approach safety in real life like they do with antivirus. You wouldn't have sex with a condom with a giant hole ripped in it, so why would you use an antivirus with barely any protection? :p
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Everybody knows you can just reinstall your immune system if you contract a virus in real life.
 
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Eila

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Jazz573 said:
I hope people don't approach safety in real life like they do with antivirus. You wouldn't have sex with a condom with a giant hole ripped in it, so why would you use an antivirus with barely any protection? :p
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I don't go around looking for viruses, mostly. Just use virustotal for untrusted executables and you'll do fine without an obtrusive antivirus.
 
M

MUnited83

For you.
JaseC said:
Four people on my friends list have played it and they're all GAFers, but not one of them has a recorded play time in excess of 0.1 hours, which is as good as not having played it at all. ;)
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Clearly they booted the game, got scared and immediately closed it :D
 
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Caerith

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Jazz573 said:
I hope people don't approach safety in real life like they do with antivirus. You wouldn't have sex with a condom with a giant hole ripped in it, so why would you use an antivirus with barely any protection? :p
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If you want to talk STDs, you do know that condoms don't protect you from everything, right? Trusting your antivirus while you haphazardly browse the internet equivalent of a discount brothel is not somehow smarter than foregoing protection and using your brain.
 
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Jazz573

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Eila said:
I don't go around looking for viruses, mostly. Just use virustotal for untrusted executables and you'll do fine without an obtrusive antivirus.
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Neither do I. But I feel more comfortable with an antivirus. And yes I do scan everything I download, especially from legally questionable sites.

Caerith said:
If you want to talk STDs, you do know that condoms don't protect you from everything, right? Trusting your antivirus while you haphazardly browse the internet equivalent of a discount brothel is not somehow smarter than foregoing protection and using your brain.
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Of course not. But wouldn't you rather use something with a high protection rate than something with barely any protection? It was mostly in jest tho. :p
 
Dsyndrome

Dsyndrome

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JaseC said:
Four people on my friends list have played it and they're all GAFers, but not one of them has a recorded play time in excess of 0.1 hours, which is as good as not having played it at all. ;)
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Game's still broken for me, waiting to see if this weekend's patch will let me get past the title screen freeze.
 
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Caerith

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Jazz573 said:
Neither do I. But I feel more comfortable with an antivirus. And yes I do scan everything I download, especially from legally questionable sites.



Of course not. But wouldn't you rather use something with a high protection rate than something with barely any protection? It was mostly in jest tho. :p
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Honestly? No protection is far more enjoyable than using an antivirus. Just don't run programs you don't trust is all.
 
S

Shade

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Old extra's. Should be unused. Enjoy!

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Widdly Scuds

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Widdly Scuds said:
i'm not sure which is to blame: windows10 or the nvidia drivers

i can no longer run sfxt or usf4 at 4k/60fps

it's strange because sfxt runs at +100fps@2880x1800 but once i go any higher the framerate drops to below 20

ultra is similar except i can go up to 3325x1871 and at 4k it drops to 50ish

also csgo crashes to desktop randomly and the way to fix it is to install win7 drivers
http://steamcommunity.com/app/730/discussions/0/541907675759699155/

(≧ロ≦)
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after messing with the nvidia control panel i got everything back to how it used to be
this was set to "display" instead of "gpu"
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also windows10 doesnt allow you to save custom resolutions; if you want to downsample you have to use DSR
 
abracadaver

abracadaver

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I'm playing everything on my TV and some games only show a 59hz instead of 60hz option (Mad Max for example) What's the easiest way to fix this on Windows 10?

The stutter every second is really annoying
 
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Mivey

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abracadaver said:
I'm playing everything on my TV and some games only show a 59hz instead of 60hz option (Mad Max for example) What's the easiest way to fix this on Windows 10?

The stutter every second is really annoying
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Is a 30 FPS lock acceptable? It wouldn't stutter anymore, at least.
 
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JaseC

gave away the keys to the kingdom.
abracadaver said:
I'm playing everything on my TV and some games only show a 59hz instead of 60hz option (Mad Max for example) What's the easiest way to fix this on Windows 10?

The stutter every second is really annoying
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That's just because of this. It's not the cause of the stutter. (Edit: If you're using regular vsync and the game is running at 59fps, then I suppose it would be. Try disabling vsync and setting the screen mode to borderless instead.) If you look at the first screenshot in the OP of the PC perf. thread you'll see that I'm also running it at "59Hz" yet my experience is stutter-free.
 
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Maxwood

Oh rock of ages, do not crumble, love is breathing still. Oh lady moon shine down, a little people magic if you will.
abracadaver said:
I'm playing everything on my TV and some games only show a 59hz instead of 60hz option (Mad Max for example) What's the easiest way to fix this on Windows 10?

The stutter every second is really annoying
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Weird.
You might want to try using bordless windowed mode. If Mad Max has one. It should automaticly use the Hz you've set your tv or monitor on.
 
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JaseC

gave away the keys to the kingdom.
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No 8K badge yet. I wonder if Valve will switch to a different design for the inevitable 10K badge.
 
MulderYuffie

MulderYuffie

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At least it didn't take as long between the 2k badge and the 3-5k badges but wow 7k games i've barely been able to manage to get over 3,200 in 4 years.
 
abracadaver

abracadaver

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Mivey said:
Is a 30 FPS lock acceptable? It wouldn't stutter anymore, at least.
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No


JaseC said:
That's just because of this. It's not the cause of the stutter. (Edit: If you're using regular vsync and the game is running at 59fps, then I suppose it would be. Try disabling vsync and setting the screen mode to borderless instead.) If you look at the first screenshot in the OP of the PC perf. thread you'll see that I'm also running it at "59Hz" yet my experience is stutter-free.
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Maxwood said:
Weird.
You might want to try using bordless windowed mode. If Mad Max has one. It should automaticly use the Hz you've set your tv or monitor on.
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Thanks. I will try that today. Doesn't borderless window mode use more VRAM though?
 
T

The Dear Leader

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I need to quit smoking that Phantom Cigar that is MGSV before I go to bed, I was going to play a few minutes and I ended up playing 2 hours... time flies for real.
 
T

texhnolyze

Banned
Apparently, Dark Souls 2 SotFS is pretty cheap in Malaysia store, $8.71 converted. It's the full game, not an upgrade.

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SEA folks, go get your Malaysian friends.
 
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Hektor

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derExperte said:
Randy Pitchford should buy the Half-Life license, hire David Cage as the writer and Derek Smart as the designer. You'd shout 'Save us!' and the Naughty Gods would whisper 'no'.
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I quiet honestly would prefer that one over a proper HL3. The reaction on the internet alone would do far more for me than the HL IP ever did.

Volimar said:
I broke the cardinal rule....I preordered XCOM 2.

DON'T LOOK AT ME!
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There is nothing wrong with preordering the best game of 2016.
 
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