That's weird because my steam client worked without any CTDs or anything like that. I would recommend you to uninstall and reinstall steam, but since I don't know if the games contents would be deleted, I won't say anything about it. But the game downloaded quite fast, like at 80% bandwidth usage.
On Jul 20, 5:07 am, AngelicTears <[email protected]> wrote: > aw man, i still struggle to make steam work on my system...it quits when > updating! and at 0%..again and again..lol...any way to make it work?? > > On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Espionage724 <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Yea it runs good with my 3200, gameplay isn't bad either, quite fun :) > > > On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 11:52 PM, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > > > How is it? Good gameplay? It runs ok with your comp? That's great > > > man :) > > > Is it my impression or it looks similar to Alien Breed Impact? > > > > On Jul 20, 4:43 am, Espionage724 <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Hmm Alien Swarm was the first game in a long time that I actually > > >> enjoyed playing without worrying about FPS ^.^ > > > >> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:43 PM, tribaljet <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >> > It doesn't matter where someone comes from, attitude is attitude. And > > >> > when I talked about 60fps, I meant it was the most enjoyable > > >> > experience and the way the game was developed to be played at. Of > > >> > course 60fps aren't the only way to enjoy a game, far from it. We can > > >> > perfectly enjoy playing at half of it, I'm not saying otherwise, I'm > > >> > playing WoW right now and even though indoor areas rise to 60fps at > > >> > best, when I'm at detailed and/or crowded outdoors it falls to 10fps, > > >> > but that doesn't mean I don't enjoy playing every single bit of the > > >> > game. Hell, as mentioned before, some games don't even play properly > > >> > when running higher than 30fps. > > > >> > On Jul 19, 10:04 pm, "THEfog ." <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> >> Ummm dude, we aren't trying to condone that all high end pc owners > > are rich > > >> >> folk that do nothing but brag, I have a high end gaming rig which I > > >> >> researched and built to my exact wants but I don't brag about it > > around > > >> >> here, now you may or may not have meant it but that post about how > > 60FPS is > > >> >> the only way to play did sound demeaning and imposing over people > > here who > > >> >> may be either less fortunate financially or simply do not have the > > time to > > >> >> aquire these high powered PC's. Now 9xxssf is open to everyone and we > > >> >> welcome every new member like a brother but when people come into the > > group > > >> >> and more or less just put it out there how good their systems are and > > how > > >> >> much everyone else's system pales in comparison then even you can see > > how > > >> >> this could piss people o...@everyone Now let's just put this behind > > us and > > >> >> move on, the last thing we need is a flame war in this community. > > > >> >> THEfog > > > >> >> On 20/07/2010 6:50 AM, "Cef" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> >> @tribaljet > > > >> >> Sure I come here to brag only, I've been bragging and ranting in this > > >> >> community for about 2 years, I bragged like hell about how my 915g > > >> >> onboard graphics could run F.E.A.R. in mid settings. Heck, I even > > made > > >> >> a bragging compatibility list of the games my 915g could run back in > > >> >> the day. > > > >> >> Come on, seriously, 30 FPS solid, no variation in a buggy game, using > > >> >> the minimum recommended specs in old drivers and no updates? If the > > >> >> maximum FPS you get is 30 you'd most likely fall into 15 FPS whenever > > >> >> more than two cars are being rendered, then it's not choppy it's > > slide > > >> >> show. Also you don't need a monster screen to see the difference > > >> >> between crappy PS3 blurry textures, which is what GTA IV looks in > > mid- > > >> >> low, and decent looking PC graphics, just check some screenshots and > > >> >> compare. > > > >> >> Let's skip the phallic talk, I don't say size matters in all games, > > >> >> but GTA IV sucks VRAM like a damn leech, so the less VRAM you have > > the > > >> >> less performance range you have to prevent FPS loss and the narrower > > >> >> your margin is to rise the settings beyond low. > > > >> >> Speaking of forums you'd probably like to google GTA IV low FPS, and > > >> >> see hundreds of posts on how the game is slow and choppy on mid-high > > >> >> end machines, so all of those folks, like me, like to brag recklessly > > >> >> about their machines or are just proof that this particular game > > needs > > >> >> more hardware to run properly than the so-called megapixel 2010 games > > >> >> you say low end rigs are supposed to play spectacularly nice? What > > >> >> about youtube also? Rigs like the one you mention or even better > > >> >> barely reach 25 fps on GTA IV, there's this video: > >http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=c2_1uFIHk6A&feature=relatedNowthat's > > >> >> smooth and good looking! > > > >> >> Shadows won't kill games, F.E.A.R. 2 takes advantage of shadowing and > > >> >> even Ambient Occlusion with no loss of performance whatsoever. And > > >> >> yeah it's awful to see how three year old laptop owners actually brag > > >> >> about improbable stuff and their incredible PC tuning skills, mocking > > >> >> an honest opinion, and claiming that "rich folks" don't know how to > > >> >> keep a PC running, that really makes me boo hoo. > > > >> >> In the end we'll keep on arguing about mine's best and yours suck, so > > >> >> let's get things straight, old PCs have potential, I know it because > > I > > >> >> have a couple of them and I've seen how a Pentium D @2.8, 2GB DDR RAM > > >> >> and a 8400 GS can lift DMC IV to 30 fps on mid-settings, but saying > > >> >> that they can run new games better than newer and more powerful PCs > > >> >> it's ridiculous. If you can juice your PC and get the most of > > >> >> performance then it's great, that's what this group is about, but > > just > > >> >> don't exaggerate and use your "experience" to try to mock and demean > > >> >> others. > > > >> >> .C. > > > >> >> -- > > >> >> 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > > >> > -- > > >> > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > > >> -- > > >> Acer TravelMate 2480 > > >> GFX: GMA950 CPU: Intel Celeron M 420 @ 1.6Ghz RAM: 2GB DDR2 333Mhz > > >> HDD: Samsung 120GB 5400RPM SATA > > > > -- > > > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > > -- > > Acer TravelMate 2480 > > GFX: GMA950 CPU: Intel Celeron M 420 @ 1.6Ghz RAM: 2GB DDR2 333Mhz > > HDD: Samsung 120GB 5400RPM SATA > > > -- > > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > -- > Laptop: > Acer Aspire > Core Duo T2300E @ 1.67GHz > Intel GMA 950 IGP > Intel 945 Chipset > 1GB RAM (512MB*2) Dual Channel DDR2 > 80GB standard PATA HDD > Win7 Ultimate 32bit / Ubuntu 10.04 > > hmmm : > Athlon II X4 630 OCd @ 3.225GHz > Sapphire HD 5670 512MB Artic Cooling > MSI 770-C45 MoBo > Kingston 2GB RAM DDR3 1333 > 750GB Samsung SATA2 HDD > Win7 Ultimate 32bit / Ubuntu 10.04 -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
