> I saw the screenshot, and I can tell you that I never had that problem at > all with my 9800 pro. Oh, and yes, I run an LCD too.
Well, LCD shouldn't have any effect. > Well, I think that you're going to run into tech support issues just about > anywhere. Most of the time, it's someone getting paid to search an internal > knowledgebase, the same support system on the website, or even google. > These people really have no clue, and I'd bet that many don't even have > experience with what they're supporting. Heck, neither Valve, Vivendi, or > Sierra cared much about technical support as they don't even provide any > phone numbers, unless you really data mine for it. Shrug. Game developers usually aren't supposed to provide support directly. That's part of the point of publishers. Game developers that *do* provide support themselves are to be highly commended (for instance CCP and EVE -- actually I can't think of many others). > Since switching to ATI, I've found their driver installation superior to > Nvidia. The most noteable, is that you don't lose the resolution settings > during the upgrades. I heard my brother just the other day complain about > his desktop icons getting re-arranged after he updated his Nvidia drivers. > I told him that I haven't experienced that since switching to ATI. Also, I > haven't noticed issues with any of the driver updates having compatibility > issues, except for a specific release that didn't work right with Tron 2.0. Yeah, I had the same problem with Tron 2.0, but as my luck would have it, they got the new driver out a day after the problem. However, I haven't experienced either the issue with resolution switching or desktop icons rearranging with the nvidia drivers (although my desktop icons are a mess, not sure I'd notice that... or care if it happened). > Anyway, hopefully yours was a very isolated incident and not many will need > to go through what you experienced. Just look at all those that bought the > ATI+HL2 packages. Over a year later, and they finally get their included > game. Then, they find out that they need an Internet connection just to > play it. Poor guys.... Yeah, that was a bummer. I'm glad I wasn't one of them. But to be honest, I'm all for the online enabling of the game. Piracy has gone on long enough, and the government has proven that the only way to stop it is to do it yourself. The RIAA's methods are abysmal -- hacking violators' computers is not an option. Suing people is not an option. Preventing them from stealing in the first place is. If there's some inconvenience, what do I care? People have been sticking color codes and patterns in their manuals for ages. Then people lose the manual and have to buy a new one. Copy protection has always been annoying, and I highly doubt there will ever be a completely unannoying one. But Valve's method is as unannoying as it gets in the modern day and age. The vast majority of us *do* have a net connection. If you bought the game via Steam like I did (I figured Valve should get more of my money that way, and Viveni less -- I hope I'm correct), you obviously have broadband. The 56kers have a minor problem, yes. Patience will obviously be needed, and that will cause some outrage. But it's better then having Valve tank because everyone pirated the game and then getting no SDK or support for the mod devs and having HL2 be just that -- HL2 without mods. I really do think that Valve has taken the high road. If nothing else, their Steam system is a lot better than most people give them credit for. To be entirely honest, I hope they move to an all-steam publishing system and ditch Sierra and Vivendi. Anything Valve makes will draw a huge croud, and my guess is that making everyone use Steam to get their games would have 100x more of an effect on the overall playability of game than, say.... PowerPlay. Just imagine it... no more 56kers, because everyone threw their hands up in the air and just got broadband? No more publishers giving you barely what you deserve for actually coding the game? Vivendi says "Hey, no fair trying to compete with us!" Respond with "Ok. You lose." -- Bob Aman http://www.rapidcanvas.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
