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Team Fortress 2 Official PC Thread. SO. WORTH. IT.
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SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
HL1 and HL2 both used 75, which is why I couldn't play the game without getting queasy.Dot50Cal said:
ThaiGrocer
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I've been playing demoman for a couple of hours and I'm still enjoying his company. I just won't get ridiculous kill records now. 
edit: 75 FOV for HL2 on airboat = very nauseating.
edit: 75 FOV for HL2 on airboat = very nauseating.
OliveJuice
Member
That was fun.
Love the tweaks. Pyro is as dangerous as he should be, and Demo is back where he belongs.
He's still useful on O, but I'm more inclined to take a Soldier.
Also, packed Demos on defense with the way they were before was seriously fucking irritating, glad they changed that, both for O and D purposes.
Am I imagining things, or did Soldiers get slightly faster rockets, and Spies have a more easily seen 'bump' decloak?
He's still useful on O, but I'm more inclined to take a Soldier.
Also, packed Demos on defense with the way they were before was seriously fucking irritating, glad they changed that, both for O and D purposes.
Am I imagining things, or did Soldiers get slightly faster rockets, and Spies have a more easily seen 'bump' decloak?
Suburban Cowboy
Member
direct hit of a rocket to the chest of a demo did less than 1/3 of his life ( <60 dmg). That is too weak imo
Suburban Cowboy
Member
ok... I just shot a scout in the back of the head with my snipe zoomed in. It left blood, then i shot him more with AR. He kills me, and based on his health it would seem only my AR damage registered. Blood spat was still on back of head as he ran away
CrookedRain
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If you got a headshot, you would have gotten a critical.
NVIDIA ForceWare 163 XP Drivers Released
WHQL driver for GeForce FX, 6, 7, and 8 series GPUs.
Improved compatibility and performance for NVIDIA SLI™ technology on Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c and OpenGL® 2.1 applications.
Improved compatibility for game titles: BioShock, Crysis, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, Hellgate: London, Team Fortress 2, and World in Conflict.
Added PureVideo™ HD decode acceleration for GeForce 8600, 8500 and 8400 series GPUs.
Numerous game and application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, features, driver fixes and known compatibility issues.
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Remember do a driver clean after you uninstall your drivers. (Uninstall Nvidia drivers through Add/Remove Programs, then restart and boot into safe mode by pressing F8 on startup. Start Driver Cleaner - Scroll down to where it says Nvidia - Clean. Do a double clean to be sure. Log back into Windows, and then install the newest drivers. Restart again. Success.)
WHQL driver for GeForce FX, 6, 7, and 8 series GPUs.
Improved compatibility and performance for NVIDIA SLI™ technology on Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c and OpenGL® 2.1 applications.
Improved compatibility for game titles: BioShock, Crysis, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, Hellgate: London, Team Fortress 2, and World in Conflict.
Added PureVideo™ HD decode acceleration for GeForce 8600, 8500 and 8400 series GPUs.
Numerous game and application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, features, driver fixes and known compatibility issues.
Download
Remember do a driver clean after you uninstall your drivers. (Uninstall Nvidia drivers through Add/Remove Programs, then restart and boot into safe mode by pressing F8 on startup. Start Driver Cleaner - Scroll down to where it says Nvidia - Clean. Do a double clean to be sure. Log back into Windows, and then install the newest drivers. Restart again. Success.)
Joe Molotov
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Noticed some weird glitches after the latest update. Pyro's flamethrower doesn't seem to work properly against disguised spies. I flamed a guy that I thought was a spy, but at first nothing happened, then he caught on fire but still showed up as a teammate. I kept hitting him with fire, and finally after about 5 seconds, he dropped his disguise. I guess it could have been lag, but it happened twice, and I didn't seem to be lagging that badly.
Also, corpses fall through the level sometimes.
Also, corpses fall through the level sometimes.
CrookedRain
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Corpses have been falling through the level on some servers since the beta first came out. Also, I have not had the same problem as you when lighting disguised spies on fire.
Prime crotch
Banned
I just saw the deadliest spies ever on ct2_fort even more amazing they were using them as snipers lol
SapientWolf said:
HL2 singleplayer uses 75, I never said it didn't (you can change it btw). Almost all the Source engine multiplayer's use 90 by default. CSS was patched with it shortly after its release, just like TF2 was now. HL1 engine games use 90. Type "FOV" in your console in any HL1 engine game, its 90 by default.
MrPing1000
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Did a clean reinstall yesterday, pc needed it. Got hold of a 8pin power lead so I can overclock my hd2900xt once I put my 3rd party heatsink on it. Should be fun.
I'm really looking forward to playing pyro some more. He's my most played class but I couldn't get anywhere near the scores I was getting with soldier and demoman.
I'm really looking forward to playing pyro some more. He's my most played class but I couldn't get anywhere near the scores I was getting with soldier and demoman.
Spent some actual time with the new Pyro, and I love it. The word hadn't gotten out to the server I was playing on apparently since I had a lot of people who tried to stand their ground against me... and I quickly rose to the top score of my team with a 2:1 kd ratio, sometimes getting 4-5 people in one go.
Still really easy to die in an open field, but that's how it should be. What's different is that now I actually have the advantage in situations I should.
Still really easy to die in an open field, but that's how it should be. What's different is that now I actually have the advantage in situations I should.
Teknopathetic
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"Now all they need to do is reduce Sentry knockback to something decent and everything is well! And I'm so fucking glad they nerfed the grenade launcher. For most classes that would knock your health to near dying/or just out-right kill you."
They didn't nerf the damage, so that's still going to happen. What did happen is force demoman combat to a very small mid-range window of viability. The splash damage and radius are both fairly insignificant and that's if you're dumb enough to sit next to a big bright red/blue pulsating cylinder long enough for it to detonate. Furthermore, with the small clip and now small effective range, once you have to reload, an enemy could very comfortably close in (if they didn't while dodging your shots, not *too* much of a problem either). And if some people thought demoman's indirect combat capabilities weren't particularly good before considering they're the only indirect combat class in the game, well they're definitely in for a treat now.
On defense, the demoman is stuck camping stickybombs which aren't too much of a problem, since you just need to kill the demoman which doesn't have much in the way of defending himself, especially close range. This wasn't an issue before because the demoman had mid-long range viability coupled with indirect combat, having zero close-range short of ze bottle was an acceptable trade off.
They didn't nerf the damage, so that's still going to happen. What did happen is force demoman combat to a very small mid-range window of viability. The splash damage and radius are both fairly insignificant and that's if you're dumb enough to sit next to a big bright red/blue pulsating cylinder long enough for it to detonate. Furthermore, with the small clip and now small effective range, once you have to reload, an enemy could very comfortably close in (if they didn't while dodging your shots, not *too* much of a problem either). And if some people thought demoman's indirect combat capabilities weren't particularly good before considering they're the only indirect combat class in the game, well they're definitely in for a treat now.
On defense, the demoman is stuck camping stickybombs which aren't too much of a problem, since you just need to kill the demoman which doesn't have much in the way of defending himself, especially close range. This wasn't an issue before because the demoman had mid-long range viability coupled with indirect combat, having zero close-range short of ze bottle was an acceptable trade off.
Teknopathetic
Member
"Question. If the bottles breaks whenever you strike someone, is that extra damage?"
I actually have no clue. Will get around to testing that some day. I always thought it was just for humorous kicks.
I actually have no clue. Will get around to testing that some day. I always thought it was just for humorous kicks.
Joe Molotov said:Noticed some weird glitches after the latest update. Pyro's flamethrower doesn't seem to work properly against disguised spies. I flamed a guy that I thought was a spy, but at first nothing happened, then he caught on fire but still showed up as a teammate. I kept hitting him with fire, and finally after about 5 seconds, he dropped his disguise. I guess it could have been lag, but it happened twice, and I didn't seem to be lagging that badly.
Also, corpses fall through the level sometimes.
that started about 2 patches ago.. shit happens. At least it doens't happen during game play... ya know.. thats an early wow bug from back in the day..
1st.) Server issues (wow had and still has them)
2nd.) Balancing Issues (wow on going)
3rd) Character falls below map (Yep happened in wow and does happen now and then)
4th.) VAC Mis banning TF2 people (Yep happens in wow.. fucking warden)
5th.) Various character animations/emotes so to speak (Yeah in wow too)
So yes TF2 == the new wow
Man, the demo-nerf is bullshit.
Stickies are where the balance problems were, not the primary weapon which is kinda useless now in open areas, especially against faster classes.
Right now i'm feeling the sting so playing is just pissing me off more than it should, still, I get the feeling i'll never enjoy the game as much as I did.
crybitter etc.
Stickies are where the balance problems were, not the primary weapon which is kinda useless now in open areas, especially against faster classes.
Right now i'm feeling the sting so playing is just pissing me off more than it should, still, I get the feeling i'll never enjoy the game as much as I did.
crybitter etc.
PillowKnight
Member
Anyone else think they buffed up the pyro way too much? Increasing flame distance is ok, increasing damage is also alright, increasing both damage and range is insane. I just had pyro touch me with the end tip of his flame right before dying, and as a consequence my health dropped to 35 just from the burn effect.
The Stealth Fox
Junior Member
Teknopathetic said:
Bitter, bitter tears. Yes I know what the nerf is, and I was speaking prematurely (before I played any games with him). But you know my demoman hate.
Teknopathetic
Member
I don't think the pyro was buffed too much. Even as a demoman (post patch) I don't think WOW THAT'S REAL FAIR. I do think that with the new buffed damage/range any thoughts of any form of healing NOT negating burn effect have gone out of the window. Fair enough, I think.
Prime crotch
Banned
Wow post-patch everyone's using Pyros. It's insane I was at Dustbowl and had like 5 of them on the other team.
Teknopathetic
Member
"I don't really have a problem with the demo nerf. Demos were intended to be a primarily defensive class and now they are."
No they weren't. "versatile combat class capable of offense and defense." Except now they don't do either particularly decent.
No they weren't. "versatile combat class capable of offense and defense." Except now they don't do either particularly decent.
Server stats is now online.
http://neogaf.hlstatsx.com/
You can type "rank" into the chat to see your server rank.
You accumulate points for kills, machines built, machines sapped, and areas conquered/intelligence grabbed.
You will lose points when you get kill or suicide. :lol
http://neogaf.hlstatsx.com/
You can type "rank" into the chat to see your server rank.
You accumulate points for kills, machines built, machines sapped, and areas conquered/intelligence grabbed.
You will lose points when you get kill or suicide. :lol
CrookedRain
Member
Interestingly enough, I did 5,089 damage with the demoman post-patch last night with one life. I really don't get why I'm doing better with demoman now. :lol
I also had a round on granary where I was MVP with 40 points while the next highest person had only 22 points.
I also had a round on granary where I was MVP with 40 points while the next highest person had only 22 points.
CrookedRain
Member
Nothing for defenses, destructions, or assists?
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