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Just finished the first Back to the Future episode.
Borderlands was ok, but it turned into every RPG after a while: a very boring grind. The story was poorly told and there was virtually no characterisation. Vehicles sucked too.
I'm now working my way through Super Meat Boy, Call of Duty: United Offensive (I finished the first Call of Duty: this expansion pack is every bit as irritating as the first game), Star Wars: Dark Forces, the first of the awesome Jedi Knight series and the first episode of TellTale's Back to the Future game (which really is massive fan service: any and all Back to the Future fans really need to check it out).
I'm now working my way through Super Meat Boy, Call of Duty: United Offensive (I finished the first Call of Duty: this expansion pack is every bit as irritating as the first game), Star Wars: Dark Forces, the first of the awesome Jedi Knight series and the first episode of TellTale's Back to the Future game (which really is massive fan service: any and all Back to the Future fans really need to check it out).
I remember Wanted! as quite good. I'll have to give it another crack.
Enough guys.
Agreed. Definitely just had a 'wtf' moment there. NEVER just turn the computer off at the plug to reboot it.
We shall look into it.
You totally sound like Von Karma.
Hit Ctrl-Alt-Del and then go to the Processes tab. Locate steam.exe on the list, highlight it and then hit "End Process".
Then delete clientregistry.blob.
Then delete clientregistry.blob.
Yeah, definitely.
Right click the game and go to Properties.
Right click the game in Steam > Properties > Tools (I think) > Verify integrity of Game Cache
Head to Program Files/Steam and delete the file called clientregistry.blob. Restart Steam and it'll redownload it.
Head to Program Files/Steam and delete the file called clientregistry.blob. Restart Steam and it'll redownload it.
Verify game content, delete clientregistry.blob...
Usual fixes will generally get it going again.
Usual fixes will generally get it going again.
A lot of those patches are made redundant with Steam, surely?
Wow, that Steam support thread blows. My limited experience with Steam Support has always been fairly good, but that's a real kick in the nuts. There's clearly some ridiculous VAC related matters going on there, but all the staff give him are some stupid stock answers.
He really should escalate that further.
He really should escalate that further.
Never been to TWHL on my phone.
All good.
Oh come on. You've all done it.
Most people don't pirate to sample. They'll pirate it, finish it and then won't touch it again. The majority of pirates don't fit the "wasn't going to buy it anyway" mould.
I only pirate stuff I can't get through other means. Stuff that out of print or not being sold anymore.
Tut tut tut. You pirating bastards.
JeffMOD: Fine by me. If we can't open it though, we'll bin it. PB and I both run WinRAR, so it should be fine.
Skullcandy are rubbish. Soup Miner's advice about Sennheiser is sage. I used to sell headphones and Sennheisers were definitely the better brand. I'm currently rocking a set of CX6 studio buds, which sound amazing.
Indeed.
descent*
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Ant: you forgot Far Cry 2.I have officially stopped playing it and I've given it the title of "Worst Game I've Ever Played Which Cannot Be Saved By Lulz Badness".
Uhh...maybe you should just put in a character limit?
Radiohead - [In Rainbows #09] - Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Like the Now Playing thread, but for games!
To kick it off, just finished BioShock 2, nearly though Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, stuck in Call of Duty 1, and fooling around in Poker Night at the Inventory and A Reckless Disregard for Gravity.
To kick it off, just finished BioShock 2, nearly though Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, stuck in Call of Duty 1, and fooling around in Poker Night at the Inventory and A Reckless Disregard for Gravity.
Those comments are retarded.
Having said that, it's a shame Nightwatch is dead.
Having said that, it's a shame Nightwatch is dead.
Ah, Chatbear. <3
Definitely need to contact them. 99% of people you contact will be fine with it.
Mmm, and Issues.
Sorry, I kinda missed this:
boy that really narrows it down, doesn't it? All the significant stuff in the world has happenned in the last 20 years.Haha, what.
The problem with Source is all these additions are made to an engine that was poor to start with. It's like trying to soup up a car from the 70s: sure, it'll run better than it did originally, but there's only so much you can do until the underlying chassis gives out.
Brush-based mapping cannot, in any way, replicate the amount of detail you can get out of a model. Plain and simple. Games are moving closer towards CGI-based films in terms of rendering prowess and detail, neither of which are in Source's favour.
Valve kept the format to keep things simple for them. Considering they hadn't shipped anything major since Half-Life, imagine if the team had to learn everything from scratch when it came time to start Half-Life 2. The advantage is that the rather large Goldsource modding community also had a nice head start when Source came along because they're, by and large, the same thing.
Valve's paying for their initial decision to stay in the brush-based realm. Nearly every engine that's come out since Source eclipses it in some way. Look at Uncharted 2 for the PS3: it's light years ahead of what Source can do, and that's an engine built specifically for a console. Look at CryEngine 2 as well: massive landscapes with an obscene amount of graphical detail.
People like Goldsource and Source because they stick with conventions that they're all used to. Goldsource modding is virtually identical to Quake and Source follows on from that too.
Besides, if anyone knows the most about this, it's Rabid: he's been wrestling with the darn engine for years.
Brush-based mapping cannot, in any way, replicate the amount of detail you can get out of a model. Plain and simple. Games are moving closer towards CGI-based films in terms of rendering prowess and detail, neither of which are in Source's favour.
Valve kept the format to keep things simple for them. Considering they hadn't shipped anything major since Half-Life, imagine if the team had to learn everything from scratch when it came time to start Half-Life 2. The advantage is that the rather large Goldsource modding community also had a nice head start when Source came along because they're, by and large, the same thing.
Valve's paying for their initial decision to stay in the brush-based realm. Nearly every engine that's come out since Source eclipses it in some way. Look at Uncharted 2 for the PS3: it's light years ahead of what Source can do, and that's an engine built specifically for a console. Look at CryEngine 2 as well: massive landscapes with an obscene amount of graphical detail.
People like Goldsource and Source because they stick with conventions that they're all used to. Goldsource modding is virtually identical to Quake and Source follows on from that too.
Besides, if anyone knows the most about this, it's Rabid: he's been wrestling with the darn engine for years.
Again, somewhat valid points, but what do you expect? Everyone here loves seeing high level graphics in other games. This is how you get them if you're modding. There's really no other way to get high quality visuals without putting in the effort.
I might also add that the age of Goldsource total conversions really only started fairly late in its life. Prior to that, pretty much every 'high level' mod was rooted firmly in the Half-Life universe. I'm sure that people back then realised that there was a fair amount of work involved in doing something that broke the Half-Life mould, which is pretty much how you legacy mappers are looking at Source today.
I might also add that the age of Goldsource total conversions really only started fairly late in its life. Prior to that, pretty much every 'high level' mod was rooted firmly in the Half-Life universe. I'm sure that people back then realised that there was a fair amount of work involved in doing something that broke the Half-Life mould, which is pretty much how you legacy mappers are looking at Source today.
I agree on the necessity of being on Steam constantly to map. As for the tools, it's one of the side effects of having a system that allows the devs to constantly tweak and update the game. I guarantee you that the amount of support the SDK and the engine has received so far is way above what Goldsource got.
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Battles - Atlas
How come? It feels pretty much like Goldsource to me.
Wait, why wouldn't you switch to Source?
Its rendering engine is the big thing that lets it down though. It's woefully under-optimised. Considering the maximum that the engine has to render, it should do it a hell of a lot better than it does.
I don't think that's the case, Don Punch. I think it's just a poorly written engine, particularly in comparison to what everyone else is doing at the moment. I mean, compare Unreal Engine 3 to Source and you can easily see the difference visually, let alone the technical superiority.
I do like the idea of an old engine being taught new tricks though, but Rabid's right: there's no way it can beat Source.
Having said that, I wouldn't exactly call Source a brilliant engine.
Having said that, I wouldn't exactly call Source a brilliant engine.
There's actually 570GB free, it just gets cut off. Most of it is taken up by hours and hours of HD footage (not pr0n related!)
I'm running a 27" iMac at work.
I'm running a 27" iMac at work.
You're getting it wrong. It means that you may choose to represent a game that was released before 1990. For example, you may want to do Super Mario Bros. in the Source engine or something.
Revival post...activated!
Howard Shore - The Bridge of Khazad Dum
Howard Shore - The Bridge of Khazad Dum
Goldsource needs to go open source imo.
I want that damn book.