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Speaking of modbot, happy birthday fuckers.

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Stellaris -- MB-2AB4581550A89510 - Taken by Deques. 13 entrants total.

 

[Knurek]

What, really? Is that a thing in previous YS games?

How about YS VIII?

Given that all of them are on GOG, the always online part is a bug (the dev stated that they will fix it, alongside other issues mentioned).

 

[Rickenslacker]

The only texture mod that didn't also end up completely destroying the original aesthetic is the RE4HD project that is mindblowingly faithful to the game's original art. It's the only texture mod I've ever looked forward to.

Who the fuck is paying $90 for digital hotpants?

I dunno, but they seem more sane than the types that would pay $550 for a bandana. I managed to get one of those while they were still going for sub 50, but I just really wanted a bandana.

 

[jshackles]

how do you activate keys on the browser? can't seem to find it

Since nobody else linked it, I'll just leave this here:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/activate-on-steam/pofgpbehpaaadihajegaefaggfenhmpc

It allows you to right-click on any key in your browser and register it on Steam. Combined with Enhanced Steam (which will keep the SSA checkbox checked) it makes it pretty easy to register stuff.

I'm also working on a few updates for both Enhanced Steam and Activate on Steam to integrate the two better.

 

[FLD]

Other than the stuff already mentioned:
Resolution locked to 1080p
Always online DRM.

What? You realize it's available on GOG, right? Pretty sure that's not true.

edit: Oh, it's a bug? Then why call it DRM?

 

[Deques]

Since nobody else linked it, I'll just leave this here:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/activate-on-steam/pofgpbehpaaadihajegaefaggfenhmpc

It allows you to right-click on any key in your browser and register it on Steam. Combined with Enhanced Steam (which will keep the SSA checkbox checked) it makes it pretty easy to register stuff.

I'm also working on a few updates for both Enhanced Steam and Activate on Steam to integrate the two better.

Hey, I was complaining about the button a few days ago.
I thought the button would be useful if you added a feature so the button when pressed goes to the activation page. Would that be possible?

 

[Jadax]

What was the link to register a steam game via browsers?

Edit: found it, https://store.steampowered.com/account/registerkey

 

[Eila]

What, really? Is that a thing in previous YS games?

How about YS VIII?

Nah, the Falcom PC Ys games are actually pretty scalable. They used to be 4:3 but what's on steam/GoG was hacked to be 16:9 at various resolutions and it runs at high framerates as well. I know people here have said Ys Origin is great at 120/144 fps.

 

[Ascheroth]

Damn, Ys SEVEN has only sold ~2600 copies..

Is there some reason why this would drop off so drastically from the other entries in the series?

Well, it's a pit too pricey while looking worse than all the previous Ys games.
It's a pretty divisive game among the fanbase.
Ys VIII releases 2 weeks after, which blows Seven away in basically all aspects. Except localization :/

 

[Rizzi]

So you know how I said Quake Champions was good?
Yeah it's not. When only one weapon in the game is actually worth a damn maybe that's a slight balance issue.

 

[laserlaser]

Since nobody else linked it, I'll just leave this here:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/activate-on-steam/pofgpbehpaaadihajegaefaggfenhmpc

It allows you to right-click on any key in your browser and register it on Steam. Combined with Enhanced Steam (which will keep the SSA checkbox checked) it makes it pretty easy to register stuff.

I'm also working on a few updates for both Enhanced Steam and Activate on Steam to integrate the two better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DSVDcw6iW8

thank you!

 

[Blu(e)]

So you know how I said Quake Champions was good?
Yeah it's not. When only one weapon in the game is actually worth a damn maybe that's a slight balance issue.

What gun? Outside the tri bolt I think they're all useful in some capacity.

 

[Rizzi]

What gun? Outside the tri bolt I think they're all useful in some capacity.

Lightning gun. Love spawning and watching as someone runs past you at warp 10 and kills you in negative two seconds.

 

[bobnowhere]

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Instructions for participants:
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Warhammer: End Times Vermintide -- MB-24C11891A2E087E1 - Taken by kagamin. 6 entrants total.
Human: Fall Flat -- MB-161859588D328791 - Taken by DaBargainHunta. 5 entrants total.
Infested Planet -- MB-4818F410A7621270 - Taken by NingenJanai. 3 entrants total.
Sakura Beach 2 -- MB-EEBD5CD5CE23EC93 - Taken by ctw0e. 2 entrants total.
The Flame in the Flood -- MB-B9590ED4143F461C - Taken by Shalashaska. 8 entrants total.

 

[Hektor]

Can you opt out of receiving an email everytime you activate something with the new web page?

 

[Uzzy]

Fighting games are something so great.

 

[Ludens]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=jZ6o0jZSrCk

 

[Blu(e)]

Lightning gun. Love spawning and watching as someone runs past you at warp 10 and kills you in negative two seconds.

Yeah it's definitely a strong gun. I just do my best to make it hard for them to track me and use rocket launcher to throw off their aim.

 

[Servizio]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=jZ6o0jZSrCk

Have there been any impressions on how the Secret of Mana remake plays? It's been so long since I've played the original but I remember it being pretty fun and responsive. No idea how it holds up today.

 

[InquisitorAles]

Finally Sakura bundle! I can buy these "games" and my friends won't see them in my activity feed, hurray!

 

[Ascheroth]

That song is so good.
The part around ~1:23 is fucking amazing.

Edit: No seriously, I can listen to that part all day long.

 

[Wok]

This flying worm exists in NMS.

 

[Hektor]

https://twitter.com/SteamDB/status/905315616206282752

Valve about to add review histograms

 

[Monooboe]

https://twitter.com/SteamDB/status/905315616206282752

Valve about to add review histograms

Interesting, hope they add also that one can easily see any significant news about the game at certain points in time also, so one can see what happened if there is huge change in reviews.

 

[preta]

That song is so good.
The part around ~1:23 is fucking amazing.

I am so glad that song is not used very frequently. Unfortunately, this one is.

 

[Ionic]

https://twitter.com/SteamDB/status/905315616206282752

Valve about to add review histograms

This is a great idea. It takes their "overall reviews" and "recent reviews" metrics and adds even more resolution. Considering how fickle review scores can be, being able to see spikes or trends over time will be great for understanding where a game is going before hitting buy.

 

[Vuze]

https://twitter.com/SteamDB/status/905315616206282752

Valve about to add review histograms

That's a good idea.

they should make the key activation cooldown way shorter while they are at it

 

[Ascheroth]

I am so glad that song is not used very frequently. Unfortunately, this one is.

I like that song too. But yeah, if they're used too often then they lose that 'oh shit that awesome song that almost never plays starts playing, shit's going to get real'-feel.

Unless you were implying that you don't like them and that's why you're glad it's not used very frequently : P

 

[InquisitorAles]

By the way, that "game optimization" from Geforce Experience actually worked, and surprisingly, i had little better performance in Agents of Mayhem than after manual settings change. Now it's usually around 50FPS, which is not perfect but much less jagged than unstable 30-40FPS. Still wondering where the hell is patch, it's been almost month since release and still no word from Volition. I hope Depp Silver didn't shut them down, i need Saint's Row 5 in my life.

 

[kagamin]

I like that song too. But yeah, if they're used too often then they lose that 'oh shit that awesome song that almost never plays starts playing, shit's going to get real'-feel.

Unless you were implying that you don't like them and that's why you're glad it's not used very frequently : P

That's kinda the way I feel about Inevitable Struggle in Zero no Kiseki, the few times it does play it's goddamn awesome and totally appropriate.

 

[neonglow]

More visual novels with fan service to satisfy your urges!

Instructions for participants:
I am giving away 11 Steam keys. To enter this giveaway, send a PM to ModBot with any subject line. In the body, copy and paste the entire line from the message below that corresponds to the game you want. (if you include more than one game, you will be blocked from entering). Confused? Watch this GIF tutorial or ask for help.
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- This giveaway is a raffle. The winners will be selected by random draw 3 hours after the draw was created. Any games not claimed after that point will be given away first come first serve.



Aozora Meikyuu -- MB-CB11F3BCF509F654 - Taken by ussjtrunks. 14 entrants total.
Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel -- MB-960027020F886B06 - Taken by rainking187. 1 entrants total.
Go! Go! Nippon! ~My First Trip to Japan~ -- MB-382BF85ABBE52E21 - Taken by Tonton. 4 entrants total.
Impulse! -- MB-5EEAA2B880D9EDDB - Taken by Annubis. 1 entrants total.
Last Days of Spring Visual Novel -- MB-8E0B3B09F6495165 - Taken by abelasabel. 2 entrants total.
Sakura Angels -- MB-C5FFF2030E7381D5 - Taken by Dragon1893. 5 entrants total.
Sakura Beach -- MB-C97674B652AEC083 - Taken by neoxdonut. 6 entrants total.
Sakura Beach 2 -- MB-17D0C1ABB1DF1FBE - Taken by Mike Bison. 8 entrants total.
Sakura Spirit -- MB-24CC66ADB39F191B - Taken by fuzzy123. 4 entrants total.
Serafina's Crown -- MB-53955021CB16F9E9 - Taken by bobnowhere. 2 entrants total.
Sword of Asumi -- MB-9445233E4E6FC44E - Taken by ShinUltramanJ. 2 entrants total.

 

[Ladekabel]

Just checked out the new Humble Bundle. What the fuck is that?

 

[neonglow]

Just checked out the new Humble Bundle. What the fuck is that?

It's visual novels with fan service. If you sell the trading cards from the $1 tier, you might break even or better.

 

[Rizzi]

Yeah I'm done with Quake Champions. That game can fuck right off with its lightning gun bullshit.
Why do the shotgun, machine gun and nailgun even exist?

 

[Hektor]

The tonal dissonance between piracy related topics and the thread about free Knack 2 is intriguing 🤔

 

[GhostTrick]

The tonal dissonance between piracy related topics and the thread about free Knack 2 is intriguing ��

Wow, hypocrisy is a thing, who knew :")
I'll tell you what other tonal dissonances exists:
-Free online play
-Crossplay
-Exclusives moneyhats
-1080p then 4k
-Backward Compatibility
-Mods
-Emulation

 

[Pixieking]

The tonal dissonance between piracy related topics and the thread about free Knack 2 is intriguing 🤔

It's not stealing if console players do it?

 

[Rizzi]

My one regret is playing more than two hours of Quake Champions so I cannot get a refund.

 

[JaseC]

My one regret is playing more than two hours of Quake Champions so I cannot get a refund.

Well, you could try arguing your case with a support ticket, but I don't think "Because fuck the LG" is something Valve would consider a valid special circumstance.

 

[Ludens]

Why in JC3 to unlock power-ups I need to do challenges? It's just beyond stupid, considering chaos points serve nothing.

 

[Pachimari]

So guys, I just started up my Let's Play of Resident Evil 7 (have mercy on me, I don't know how I'm gonna play through this entire thing but I'm just gonna do it!), and I got a very strange problem. When people talk, the voices don't actually match the mouth movement and subtitles, why is this? Do I have to change some specific settings to fix this?

Anyone knows how to fix this?
I've tried turning off dynamic shadows, turning down texture filtering from very high to high and turning off depth of field. Maybe with a more stable framerate the voices will match the mouth movement and subtitles?

[edit] I found some people with the same problem here. I'm gonna try out changing those settings.

 

[Dream_Journey]

That song is so good.
The part around ~1:23 is fucking amazing.

Edit: No seriously, I can listen to that part all day long.

Damn, that's realy amazing! Also just arrived my new Hyper X Cloud 2 and i tried with it, only i can say WOW!!! This thing is a beast. :O

Btw, there will be no discount for pre orders right?

 

[ModBot]

This is a scheduled automated repost on behalf of neonglow, who is running this raffle.

I am giving away 11 Steam keys. To enter this giveaway, send a PM to ModBot with any subject line. In the body, copy and paste the entire line from the message below that corresponds to the game you want. (if you include more than one game, you will be blocked from entering). Confused? Watch this GIF tutorial or ask for help.
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- This giveaway is a raffle. The winners will be selected by random draw 3 hours after the draw was created. Any games not claimed after that point will be given away first come first serve.



Aozora Meikyuu -- MB-CB11F3BCF509F654 - Taken by ussjtrunks. 14 entrants total.
Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel -- MB-960027020F886B06 - Taken by rainking187. 1 entrants total.
Go! Go! Nippon! ~My First Trip to Japan~ -- MB-382BF85ABBE52E21 - Taken by Tonton. 4 entrants total.
Impulse! -- MB-5EEAA2B880D9EDDB - Taken by Annubis. 1 entrants total.
Last Days of Spring Visual Novel -- MB-8E0B3B09F6495165 - Taken by abelasabel. 2 entrants total.
Sakura Angels -- MB-C5FFF2030E7381D5 - Taken by Dragon1893. 5 entrants total.
Sakura Beach -- MB-C97674B652AEC083 - Taken by neoxdonut. 6 entrants total.
Sakura Beach 2 -- MB-17D0C1ABB1DF1FBE - Taken by Mike Bison. 8 entrants total.
Sakura Spirit -- MB-24CC66ADB39F191B - Taken by fuzzy123. 4 entrants total.
Serafina's Crown -- MB-53955021CB16F9E9 - Taken by bobnowhere. 2 entrants total.
Sword of Asumi -- MB-9445233E4E6FC44E - Taken by ShinUltramanJ. 2 entrants total.

 

[spindoctor]

Well, you could try arguing your case with a support ticket, but I don't think "Because fuck the LG" is something Valve would consider a valid special circumstance.

And they actually nerfed the LG during one of the closed beta phases if memory serves me. On top of that, there was a bug where the lightning gun beam would disappear so it was basically an invisible beam of constant damage. It was an absolute terror for a while there.

In any case, the LG has always been a dangerous tool in the hands of a player who can track their target accurately.

 

[Lashley]

The tonal dissonance between piracy related topics and the thread about free Knack 2 is intriguing

Only piracy when it's on PC

 

[The_Super_Inframan]

Mafia 3 for like 8€

https://www.cdkeys.com/pc/games/mafia-iii-3-pc-steam

 

[CHC]

Weird. I had an issue with DS4Windows (an older version since one of the newer versions caused me other problems) where on certain occassions upon plugging it into the USB port to charge/play then unattaching it to continue using Bluetooth it would disconnect and I'd need to re-pair it. Never considered it might be something Steam related but I didn't get the double inputs or gyro problems you had so it's probably unrelated.

I ended up just charging the controller via the wall rather than the computer so as to not change the controller from BT to USB input and always stay on Bluetooth. Someone here suggested it as they do the same. Been what I've used ever since.

Yeah I mean I might just start using it wirelessly with a wall outlet since every time I plug it in it just triggers this cascade of unpredictable bullshit. Kind of a pain since all my wires are hidden, but I can probably work something out.

What other games specifically? Are you sure it's not the games themselves and that Hide DS4 is actually functioning properly? Is Steam explicitly alerting to you that it's recognizing your controller when you plug it in?

It's happened with at least GTA V, The Witcher III, Dark Souls III, and Dishonored II. Basically, most games I've tried. I only have a few games installed now.

Anyway, thanks for the suggestions / questions anyway guys!

 

[Orakio Rob]

Some old duplicates:

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Dungeon Defenders -- MB-336D2222F9A1D977 - Taken by FeedMeAStrayCat. 6 entrants total.
Nether: Resurrected -- MB-485A1EE3E693B4C3 - Taken by ctw0e. 4 entrants total.
Unepic -- MB-213B7892EC3F95B2 - Taken by Demon Lizardman. 9 entrants total.

 

[Parsnip]

Can you opt out of receiving an email everytime you activate something with the new web page?

Nope. Not yet anyway.
Maybe they'll add an option here once it's actually officially live.

 

[Orakio Rob]

Guys, I own thee keys for console games (Wii U and 3DS). Is it ok to post a giveaway here in the Steam thread?