3 Hrs 58 MinRomance Pie said:Was thiking about setting up bets for when it will get unlocked after waiting for Ep 1 and TF2 beta, but if you double click on portal and Ep 2 a count down clock will appear.
ahrs to go!
3 Hrs 58 MinRomance Pie said:Was thiking about setting up bets for when it will get unlocked after waiting for Ep 1 and TF2 beta, but if you double click on portal and Ep 2 a count down clock will appear.
ahrs to go!
sevenchaos said:I have no money guys. Should I get it?
You soul is worth the $49 or $59 dollars.sevenchaos said:I have no money guys. Should I get it?
DoctorWho said:Yes.
Sell yourself on the streets.
Scattered throughout the game. (Portal/TF2/HL2)Quazar said:Sorry LTTP, is it 1K achievement points for 360 version? Or does Portal/TF2 have it's own?
1000 total points according to the IGN review (and 99 individual achievements).Quazar said:Sorry LTTP, is it 1K achievement points for 360 version? Or does Portal/TF2 have it's own?
Gees man, fricken enjoy yourself, enjoy the moments of own.Y2Kev said:I just collected the5th cache. in Episode 2. I have 3:30 logged. I think I'm nearing the end of Under the Radar.
How much more do I have to go? I want to jump into Portal and I can't wait.
Blader5489 said:After just seeing the new Episode 2 vid on Gametrailers...
Am I the only one underwhelmed by the visuals?
~Kinggi~ said:Gees man, fricken enjoy yourself, enjoy the moments of own.
From an Engine made in 2004 with tech from 2001..Blader5489 said:After just seeing the new Episode 2 vid on Gametrailers...
Am I the only one underwhelmed by the visuals?
Blader5489 said:After just seeing the new Episode 2 vid on Gametrailers...
Am I the only one underwhelmed by the visuals?
beelzebozo said:i still think the source engine looks fantastic
Blader5489 said:Maybe I should link to the video in question:
HD version
I'm sure the Source engine looked better than this.
And the Facial animation is still unmatched to this day, compared to UT/HaloBlader5489 said:Maybe I should link to the video in question:
HD version
I'm sure the Source engine looked better than this.
I'm really not seeing where it looks bad. In fact I'd say it looks pretty good, especially given the age of the engine as mentioned before.Blader5489 said:Maybe I should link to the video in question:
HD version
I'm sure the Source engine looked better than this.
DoctorWho said:Yes.
Sell yourself on the streets.
theultimo said:You soul is worth the $49 or $59 dollars.
Okay.HomerSimpson-Man said:You got to do what you got to do.
Now get yourself all pretty like and get to work sevenchaos!
From a pure glance, Gears looks better, though I'd say something like Ep2 is more impressive, though I think UT3 will surpass it as these engines continually get upgraded and refined.ImNotLikeThem said:I'm really not seeing where it looks bad. In fact I'd say it looks pretty good, especially given the age of the engine as mentioned before.
Sure it's not.... Gears of War/Killzone 2 etc quality, but theres nothing "wrong" with it.
With neither length nor the release frequency of the Half-Life 2 "episodes" being particularly episodic, it has fallen to the narrative and plot elemets in Episode Two to live up to the designator. Episode One took criticism for lacking tangible plot relative to Half-Life 2; whereas Episode One was largely driven by a general sense of urgency, Episode Two is much more practically driven by concrete plot motivations in the style of Half-Life 2.
The game sees a broader range of environments, that in a first for the series leave concrete and steel behind and branch out to the wilderness. In a great touch that speaks to Valve's instinct for thematic cohesion and iconography, a constant visual reminder of the center of the Half-Life 2 mythos is visible in the distance from nearly every outdoor location.
For better or worse, elements of the game's fiction allow for occasional brief toe-dipping into more static cutscenes. And the game's ending, which surely fits the "episodic" bill better than anything else in either episode yet, is less of the "I wish they didn't end this here" variety as in Episode One and more of the "TELL ME WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, YOU BASTARDS" kind. You know, in a good way.
But in a genre where even the best games tend to just pick one thing and do it well, Valve continues to pick more and more things and do them well--and some of them the company still does better than anyone around. Once again, the bar has been raised, and it is impossible not to recommend this game.
fistfulofmetal said:I'm gonna wake up a little earlier tomorrow morning so I can have about a half hour with Portal before I have to leave for class.
Reznor said:What'll happen when Ep. 3 comes out? Hopefully console version buyers won't miss out.
Also, what's up with IGN saying HL2 is a beefed up version of the Xbox port? Does it look bad?
Yeah, doesn't make sense. Other then the fact its running 30fps, its on par with PC, with extra stuff on HL2 EP 0Reznor said:What'll happen when Ep. 3 comes out? Hopefully console version buyers won't miss out.
Also, what's up with IGN saying HL2 is a beefed up version of the Xbox port? Does it look bad?
theultimo said:Yeah, doesn't make sense. Other then the fact its running 30fps, its on par with PC, with extra stuff on HL2 EP 0
OmegaRed said:I was wondering the same thing..
Troidal said:Anyone know if the US version is region free?
Play Asia ran out of the Asian version! >_<
elostyle said:Here's hoping that Valve will do something sneaky and does in fact have the HDR update for the original HL2 ready right when the game goes life.
They did something similar with the sneaky HL2 deathmatch release after all.
AgentOtaku said:as stated before, HDR is already been added to HL2...just watch last friday's 1upshow
...they actual discuss how it makes the opening more dramatic because of it...
elostyle said:Here's hoping that Valve will do something sneaky and does in fact have the HDR update for the original HL2 ready right when the game goes life.
elostyle said:Here's hoping that Valve will do something sneaky and does in fact have the HDR update for the original HL2 ready right when the game goes life.
They did something similar with the sneaky HL2 deathmatch release after all.
PC specs, Black screen?Mr Pockets said:Sucks....to...be...me!!!
HL2....runs fine, fun as hell
Lost coast...same.
All the CS upgrades...fine!
Pre-ordered Orange Box...installed TF2, and pre-loads, and Ep1.
CRASH!!!
None of the new stuff will play. None of the fixes available online will work. Valve Tech support is not answering...
sad day indeed![]()
Mr Pockets said:Sucks....to...be...me!!!
HL2....runs fine, fun as hell
Lost coast...same.
All the CS upgrades...fine!
Pre-ordered Orange Box...installed TF2, and pre-loads, and Ep1.
CRASH!!!
None of the new stuff will play. None of the fixes available online will work. Valve Tech support is not answering...
sad day indeed![]()
try going into the properties in TF2. Set launch options to -window, and -width 1024 -height 768. Crazy, but it might boot the game for you, if you haven't tried it.Mr Pockets said:Intel P4 3.0, 2gb RAM, Nvidia GForce 7800GS
Error is related to Shaderapidx9.dll
What I have tried...
- Reinstalled all of Steam & all games
- Did the ingame GCF file checks, all good
- Full re-install of latest Direct X
- Full re-install of latest video drivers (did a "clean" first)
- Checked for updated drivers for sound, network, and any other hardware I could think of
- Did WMI repair per Valve site
- Checked DCOM service per Valve site
- Turned off all other apps running
- Used every "Startup command option" I could think of
Searched the net for hours. Found tons of people with same problems, but no concrete solutions. Some things work for some, most for none. Even tried some random batch files for more WMI stuff, and re-installs of files from Windows CD.
I have pretty much given up at this point lol
well, after an hour looking through the steam forum i found something thats atleast got the game loaded, dunno if the game will play yet but thanks to wallace from the steam forum what i did is
Quote:
net stop winmgmt
pause
c:
cd c:\windows\system32\wbem
rd /S /Q repository
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\scecli.dll
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\userenv.dll
mofcomp cimwin32.mof
mofcomp cimwin32.mfl
mofcomp rsop.mof
mofcomp rsop.mfl
for /f %%s in ('dir /b /s *.dll') do regsvr32 /s %%s
for /f %%s in ('dir /b *.mof') do mofcomp %%s
for /f %%s in ('dir /b *.mfl') do mofcomp %%s
mofcomp exwmi.mof
mofcomp -n:root\cimv2\applications\exchange wbemcons.mof
mofcomp -n:root\cimv2\applications\exchange smtpcons.mof
mofcomp exmgmt.mof
just create a .bat file and insert this code and then run it
Listed in my post, did that. Even went as far as to find and remove every instance of that DLL on my computer and have it 'regenerated" when needed.Illuminati said:Delete the game content files and try redownloading everything again. Perhaps the .DLL is corrupt and the file checks aren't working. You might as well, you have nothing to lose.
Tried every launch option I could find reference to (as I said in original post) and I have tried three sets of drivers (including beta drivers) and am curently using the newest ones available for my card.theultimo said:try going into the properties in TF2. Set launch options to -window. Crazy, but it might boot the game for you, if you haven't tried it.
Otherwise, check these drivers, they are specifically for TF2 on a 7 series:
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/...howtopic=15113 - XP
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/...howtopic=15115 - Vista