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Steam Summer Sale 2017 |OT| The Weather's Hot and the Deals are Not
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There's an FAQ here. Generally speaking, people care more about selling them, however sale cards tend to be sought after as they expire* and the sale badges can no longer be crafted once that happens.
* The 2013 Summer Sale cards didn't expire and can still be bought/sold on the market.
I'll be done with Clannad soon. Any other notable VN's on Steam I should consider getting from the sale? Are Clannad Side Stories or Tomoya After worth it?
Open for any other visual novel recommendations too. Not a huge fan of horror. Already played Steins;gate, VA-11 Hall-A, Danganronpa, Zero Escape (guess the latter three don't strictly speaking count)
Open for any other visual novel recommendations too. Not a huge fan of horror. Already played Steins;gate, VA-11 Hall-A, Danganronpa, Zero Escape (guess the latter three don't strictly speaking count)
purseowner
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Planetarian is short, but a must-play.
The House in Fata Morgana. Without question.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Anybody else can't connect to steam?
So I got this reply from Steam regarding an issue I was having..
"Hi,
Steam Cloud solely provides inter-computer synchronization and does not provide backups of data stored in the Cloud.
Steam support is unable to restore your libraries categories. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Steam Support
Boniface"
So what DOES steam cloud do? Does it not backup save games, so even if I do reformat my hard drive I could reinstall the game and still have my saves no?
"Hi,
Steam Cloud solely provides inter-computer synchronization and does not provide backups of data stored in the Cloud.
Steam support is unable to restore your libraries categories. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Steam Support
Boniface"
So what DOES steam cloud do? Does it not backup save games, so even if I do reformat my hard drive I could reinstall the game and still have my saves no?
The Dear Leader
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It does store saves but I don't think category data is stored in the cloud so I can see why they couldn't fix your problem.
Skyball Paint
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"sorry we couldn't add your item"
dammit bruh i just want Hollow Knight
Edit: It works now
dammit bruh i just want Hollow Knight
Edit: It works now
It does store the save games in the cloud, but the library-categories are stored locally for the client somewhere.
But note that not every game uses Steam Cloud.
What he means is that he's unable to retrieve previous versions of files. Categories are saved to the cloud upon exit:
...but if that file is overwritten with a corrupt or otherwise undesired version, then you're SOL unless you have your own backup (Steam\userdata\[user ID]\7\remote\sharedconfig.vdf).
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chrominance
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In addition to what other people have said, there is a crucial difference between backups and synchronization. If you install Steam on a new computer, you can retrieve all the saved games you had in the cloud. If you wipe your hard drive and reinstall Steam, you can retrieve all the saved games you had in the cloud.
If you tell Steam to DELETE a saved game explicitly, however, Steam Cloud will dutifully remove that save from cloud storage as well, because it's just a synchronization service designed to store your current state, and not any previous states. A backup service would let you go back in and recover a deleted save; a synchronization service would not.
EDIT: beaten so bad
Only gifts purchased prior to the recent changes can be sent via e-mail, so yes. You can't purchase a new gift and send it via e-mail, and even if you were to send it to an alt account and pluck the redemption link from the notification e-mail, it wouldn't work for any other account.
arts&crafts
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Correct, you have to be patient for a couple hours with this game. But the reward is worth it. Great game.
Endruen
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I'm in love with Ori's main menu music.
arts&crafts
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Its only a minute long! I see both albums on Spotify though which is cool.
CGriffiths86
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I did myself proud and only bought 3 games!
Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Hollow Knight
Pit People
Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Hollow Knight
Pit People
ScreamingTrees
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Order it from UK Gamersgate and it's even cheaper
https://uk.gamersgate.com/DD-WATCH-DOGS-2-EMEA-RELEASE/
£16.40, about 18.64. I just ordered it from there myself.
arts&crafts
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alright alright alright, now we are talking.
Tizoc
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Tsk wish hmble had their sale already, i was planning some giveaways :/
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thesaucetastic
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Streets of Rogue is really good. I've made a couple of posts on it, but I'll just reiterate that it's a game that really gives you plenty of options to tackle levels as you want, stealthy or chaotic. It also has up to 4 player co-op.
Gurumin is pretty charming. It's just a very long game if you're trying to perfect all of the levels like I was. D: You'll definitely sink in a bunch of hours into it.That actually got me interested in the game.So it is good for reals?
Chairmanchuck
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Anyone knows what happened to the Steam overhaul that was rumoured to launch (in beta) during the sale?
Valve time.
arts&crafts
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They are want to launch it in unison with Half Life 3.
Just so there's no misunderstanding, I was told that Valve was toying with the idea of tying the beta into the Summer Sale in some way, which didn't necessarily point to a launch during or even shortly after the sale. It's possible that the sticker book is Valve's way of shortlisting people and those who complete it will get first-wave access, especially since the tasks that earn you sticker packs all relate to engaging with Steam's various features. Feedback is going to be important, so it would make sense to initially single out those who went out of their way to earn all of the stickers.
Chairmanchuck
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Alright. Thanks for the info. That sounds plausible.
How do you tell Steam to delete a saved game from the cloud? I tried several ways a while ago in order to clean up my bloated Witcher 3 save, but it ended up either redownloading or merging my local- and cloud saves.
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Deleted member 325805
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Is it possible to filter out certain games/tags? I don't want to see any anime.
EDIT: Yes it, https://store.steampowered.com/account/preferences - You can also filter software, VR titles, videos etc. I really wish I had known about this sooner.
EDIT: Yes it, https://store.steampowered.com/account/preferences - You can also filter software, VR titles, videos etc. I really wish I had known about this sooner.
It's limited to 3 tags, so choose carefully.
Only wish Early Access counted as a tag
Lets hope. I want access to that beta so bad.
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Deleted member 325805
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Product Types
Include the following types of products in my store:
[x] Show Early Access titles
Uncheck that?
Yeah, it sucks that steam has no integrated management for cloud.
https://github.com/GMMan/SteamCloudFileManagerLite
I think also deleting files while game is running also works. (ie. launch game, delete files, close game and empty state gets synced)
You don't. You can't miss quests or any sticker, so you can do everything on last day if you wish.
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Any thoughts on Dead Effect 2? Never heard of it but it popped up in my queue and looks decent for £2ish.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/394760/Dead_Effect_2/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/394760/Dead_Effect_2/
Oh there we go. If only this works for not only the store, but browsing all games as well.
Thanks mates.
NingenJanai
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Isn't it a F2P mobile game?
arts&crafts
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Don't you hate when developers/publishers dont release a sequel/prequel on a platform. (PC)
In this case I bought Fable Anniversary and will buy Fable 3 on Amazon but....there is no Fable 2 on PC anywhere.
In this case I bought Fable Anniversary and will buy Fable 3 on Amazon but....there is no Fable 2 on PC anywhere.
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