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Post by Mr. Digits on Dec 14, 2008 15:59:51 GMT -5
Hmm that's strange, I was certain that I was running DirectX v9.x. And after a quick DXdiag check I see that I am running DirectX v9.0c. Hmm, maybe I need to update to V10.x; I'll check to see if that solves the problem. If not then I'm in no worse position than before. And who knows, it might actually speed things up a touch. Uhhhhh..... Two things: Firstly, DirectX 10 is currently only availiable for Vista (and other NT 6+ operating systems). Secondly, I was referring to HARDWARE support for DX. My current system has DirectX 9.0c installed, but my graphics card only has *hardware support* up to DX8.1; Thus I can't run L4D on this system (although I can run it on my 4 year old desktop if I use Routing and Remote Access to set my laptop up as a NAT router to feed the wired subnet the desktop is on.....) Anyway, if any of you want to play with/against me in any source-based multiplayer games, PM me, or hit me up on IRC and we can exchange steam information....
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Post by Mianthadore on Dec 14, 2008 19:24:46 GMT -5
I have it on 360, so far I am loving it.
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Post by [CDF] LeoMike on Dec 16, 2008 22:19:24 GMT -5
Wooo GOOoo! 360!
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Post by risk201 on Jan 19, 2009 21:28:32 GMT -5
I have it on 360 also but you get kinda bored of it after awhile its just the same over and over again versus is ok though.
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Post by Mr. Digits on Jan 20, 2009 1:55:24 GMT -5
I have it on 360 also but you get kinda bored of it after awhile its just the same over and over again versus is ok though. If it weren't for versus, that game would already be long dead.
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Post by Shadow on Jan 24, 2009 16:34:37 GMT -5
Love it on the 360. Took us between 4-6 hours to beat Dead Air on expert. Holy fuck, that is hard. And then, at the end I limped onto the plane with one health with one of my teammates, the other two had been killed in the big fight on Chapter 5. They didn't get the achievement. It was fucking hilarious hearing them yell about playing a game for so long and not getting the rewards. Anyyywayys, seems they're going to reduce the auto-shotty damage on the 360 soon. They announced a patch coming up within the next couple of weeks. New campaigns for the 360 are supposedly in the works, also. Comp users I think can use the dawn of the dead mall map, or soon will be able to. www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/54485If a flamethrower actually comes out, i'll be so excited.
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Post by [CDF] El Satanno on Jan 25, 2009 5:46:24 GMT -5
It's only available for PC and 360, right?
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Post by [CDF] Jim Callaway on Jan 25, 2009 9:24:54 GMT -5
If they include a flamethrower, the player that handles it will be a Molotov C0cktail with legs.
They'd have to make it so that it uses ammo incredibly fast, like the Pyro's flamethrower in Team Fortress 2 but with a higher ammo consumption rate. Or else the people that use it will be virtually unstoppable.
Or make a feature that causes said player with flamethrower to drop it when they are incapped or have less than half their HP bar.
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Post by Shadow on Jan 25, 2009 11:36:20 GMT -5
Ja, and make them run like they're in red health.
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Post by Mr. Digits on Jan 25, 2009 13:18:08 GMT -5
Love it on the 360. Took us between 4-6 hours to beat Dead Air on expert. Holy fuck, that is hard. And then, at the end I limped onto the plane with one health with one of my teammates, the other two had been killed in the big fight on Chapter 5. They didn't get the achievement. It was fucking hilarious hearing them yell about playing a game for so long and not getting the rewards. Anyyywayys, seems they're going to reduce the auto-shotty damage on the 360 soon. They announced a patch coming up within the next couple of weeks. New campaigns for the 360 are supposedly in the works, also. Comp users I think can use the dawn of the dead mall map, or soon will be able to. www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/54485If a flamethrower actually comes out, i'll be so excited. What are you talking about! I've seen someone do a speed run of Dead Air *SOLO* (no bots) on Expert in under 16 minutes. There's a way to get around the first hoard alert by jumping onto a ledge and over the barricade, and another by jumping on the fence and then onto the next roof, and then off that roof onto a tree.... Also, they're not reducing the damage of the auto-shotty, they're reducing the damage of the auto-shotty v.s. the tank. You'll still be able to cr0wn witches (I've successfully done this *once* of the three times I tried. I didn't even have a chance one of the times given the way she was facing -- I couldn't get into position....) Also, AFAIK, it's only out for PC and 360.... Also also, I haven't heard anything about a flamethrower, but it would make more sense as a stationary weapon for a yet-unreleased map....
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Post by Shadow on Jan 25, 2009 16:26:36 GMT -5
On comp or 360?
You can't do it without bots on the 360. Gameplays slightly different also, and some of the glitches have been weedled out. And my bad, you're right, only reduced damage on the tank.
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Post by Mr. Digits on Jan 25, 2009 18:00:59 GMT -5
On comp or 360? You can't do it without bots on the 360. Gameplays slightly different also, and some of the glitches have been weedled out. And my bad, you're right, only reduced damage on the tank. Educated guess? Almost certainly PC -- Seeing as it seemed to be a direct screen-capture (as with FRAPS or similar)...
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Post by Shadow on Jan 25, 2009 19:39:54 GMT -5
Well, I would like to invite you to try Dead Air on expert on the 360, and tell me how you fare.
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Post by Mr. Digits on Jan 26, 2009 21:25:47 GMT -5
Well, I would like to invite you to try Dead Air on expert on the 360, and tell me how you fare. Hey, two things: 1: I never said that *I* could do it, and; 2: It's easier* on 360. * Overall difficulty is slightly lower to compensate for the controls -- things like having fewer zombies attack you from the rear and the like... Also, one of the guys I game with is getting our clan (the one we're both in) a L4D server, so I'll hit this up with the IP when it goes live next week.
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Post by Shadow on Jan 27, 2009 9:48:53 GMT -5
I dunno, if I could do it without bots it would be much easier to run through a level. Most of the time you can skip the big attacks, or just run by them.
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Post by Mr. Digits on Jan 27, 2009 13:08:22 GMT -5
I dunno, if I could do it without bots it would be much easier to run through a level. Most of the time you can skip the big attacks, or just run by them. Agreed. Although, it looks like Valve is trying to patch those holes....
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Post by Shadow on Jan 27, 2009 15:01:12 GMT -5
And I swear every time you get near a witch and skirt around it your bot wakes it the fuck up :-(
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Post by [CDF] cooliox on Jan 28, 2009 0:52:37 GMT -5
heh, I'm glad I got untouchables BEFORE they patched the rock in death toll
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Post by Mr. Digits on Jan 28, 2009 23:01:07 GMT -5
And I swear every time you get near a witch and skirt around it your bot wakes it the fuck up :-( I agree, it's fucking bullshit. It happened to me not even two hours ago; That bitch Zoey woke her up, and that slut ran straight at *me* and took *me* down. What a crock of shit. Also, Rock? In Death Toll? Explain?
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Post by [CDF] cooliox on Jan 29, 2009 0:05:32 GMT -5
And I swear every time you get near a witch and skirt around it your bot wakes it the fuck up :-( I agree, it's fucking bullshit. It happened to me not even two hours ago; That bitch Zoey woke her up, and that slut ran straight at *me* and took *me* down. What a crock of shit. Also, Rock? In Death Toll? Explain? Pretend you're at the Death Toll finale, looking at the house (with the water behind it). If you go to the far right side, there is a rock in the corner. If you jumped at the right angle, you could get on top of it. While on it, smokers and hunters can't get to you, and the normal infected have to climb up it (just melee and they fall off). Also, tanks can neither reach you nor hit you with rocks (they always fall short). So you're basically invincible while on "the rock." It's still there, you just can't jump on it anymore. Although there is another rock to the left... but smokers/hunters can get ya... EDIT: If you wanna take a gander at my achievements, search for Cooliem. Also, *gasp* i somehow gained 998 karma...
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Post by Mr. Digits on Jan 29, 2009 4:40:37 GMT -5
Also, *gasp* i somehow gained 998 karma... Nope. You just fell off the edge of the world. Apparently it glitches if it goes under -999..... Also, I was playing Dead Air earlier with some people (CO-OP) and on the finale, twice in a row the first tank got stuck and never came at us. Twice. Anyone else ever see this?
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Post by Shadow on Jan 29, 2009 11:45:37 GMT -5
Nope. Although, if you play it on the 360 you can get him stuck on the plane that rescues you if you stand on one side of it, and just empty pistol clips into its legs.
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Post by Mr. Digits on Jan 30, 2009 15:50:15 GMT -5
Nope. Although, if you play it on the 360 you can get him stuck on the plane that rescues you if you stand on one side of it, and just empty pistol clips into its legs. I also found that the two windows on the side of the plane are actually open holes... Anyone ever try to get through them?
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Post by m0rt1s on Feb 14, 2009 19:29:12 GMT -5
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Post by [CDF] _Aaron on Feb 15, 2009 12:01:29 GMT -5
On a different note. I traded in my copy of Left 4 Dead the other day. I loved the game and I got my moneys worth for the most part. But in retrospect I probably should've saved the $60 for something that I actually need. Like food. The game was fun, but the replay value was weak. I have yet to find many games these days with general good resale value thats worth forking over $60. The last game I bought that was worth that kind of money was COD4 and GTA IV.
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Post by Mr. Digits on Feb 17, 2009 12:41:19 GMT -5
On a different note. I traded in my copy of Left 4 Dead the other day. I loved the game and I got my moneys worth for the most part. But in retrospect I probably should've saved the $60 for something that I actually need. Like food. The game was fun, but the replay value was weak. I have yet to find many games these days with general good resale value thats worth forking over $60. The last game I bought that was worth that kind of money was COD4 and GTA IV. Generally for me the replay value is mostly in MP -- almost all the games that I've DL'd and then proceeded to buy were MP, or came with MP (like HL2 -- it came with CS:S) with few exceptions. For me, the replay value in l4d is in having fun shutting down the opposing team -- killing them all well before the saferoom whilst my team makes it there with a few FAKs to spare.... Then again, I also have it on PC, and my clan has a server for which I have admin (both through SourceMod and RCON) located at 69.12.98.93:27015 ....
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Post by [CDF] cooliox on Feb 19, 2009 22:02:27 GMT -5
I agree, it's fucking bullshit. It happened to me not even two hours ago; That bitch Zoey woke her up, and that slut ran straight at *me* and took *me* down. What a crock of shit. Also, Rock? In Death Toll? Explain? Pretend you're at the Death Toll finale, looking at the house (with the water behind it). If you go to the far right side, there is a rock in the corner. If you jumped at the right angle, you could get on top of it. While on it, smokers and hunters can't get to you, and the normal infected have to climb up it (just melee and they fall off). Also, tanks can neither reach you nor hit you with rocks (they always fall short). So you're basically invincible while on "the rock." It's still there, you just can't jump on it anymore. Although there is another rock to the left... but smokers/hunters can get ya... EDIT: If you wanna take a gander at my achievements, search for Cooliem. Also, *gasp* i somehow gained 998 karma... UPDATE The rock has been patched, but it is only harder to get on. You can still actually jump on it if you look at it and jump at just the right angle. Another drawback is that now you can be pulled off by smokers while on it. I don't think hunters can pounce you because it has never happened to me, but you never know. Enjoy!
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Post by Mr. Digits on Feb 20, 2009 14:49:53 GMT -5
Pretend you're at the Death Toll finale, looking at the house (with the water behind it). If you go to the far right side, there is a rock in the corner. If you jumped at the right angle, you could get on top of it. While on it, smokers and hunters can't get to you, and the normal infected have to climb up it (just melee and they fall off). Also, tanks can neither reach you nor hit you with rocks (they always fall short). So you're basically invincible while on "the rock." It's still there, you just can't jump on it anymore. Although there is another rock to the left... but smokers/hunters can get ya... EDIT: If you wanna take a gander at my achievements, search for Cooliem. Also, *gasp* i somehow gained 998 karma... UPDATE The rock has been patched, but it is only harder to get on. You can still actually jump on it if you look at it and jump at just the right angle. Another drawback is that now you can be pulled off by smokers while on it. I don't think hunters can pounce you because it has never happened to me, but you never know. Enjoy! Well, I found out around a week ago while I was fucking around in my clan-server (located at 69.12.98.93:27015 in case you forgot) that while you're in noclip, you can still get dragged by smokers (although they do no damage), and that you can get pounced by hunters as well, and they DO damage (they may also pull you out of noclip too, I can't remember). Getting biled by a boomer pulls you out of noclip, which renders you vulnerable to damage also. What's annoying is that you can't just turn on cheats and god yourself up -- we tried that and it didn't work (although I haven't tried to god myself as a server-side command -- god was turned on through rcon and then we tried to run god as a local command, so maybe that was the problem. I'll give it a shot and see what happens)....
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Post by [CDF] Stillman on Mar 5, 2009 21:33:22 GMT -5
VISTA IS EEEEVVVVIIIILLLLLLLL!!!!!
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Post by Mr. Digits on Mar 6, 2009 19:03:57 GMT -5
VISTA IS EEEEVVVVIIIILLLLLLLL!!!!! Agreed. That whole "DRM at the kernel level" bit really drags it down.
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