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#361 November 26, 2008, 10:19:03 pm

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Quote from: Sarevok on November 26, 2008, 02:35:36 pm

Hahahaha, you were the one telling us to constantly pass around pills to 'cheat' the achievements. ;)

I said/tried that once, and then you continued to talk about it the next few times whenever i tried to pass them to seperate people to get my score up.

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#362 November 28, 2008, 10:48:41 pm

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How long does Valve usually take to release the source sdk for their games? I've heard it is coming out soon, but I would really like to make my own L4D levels and play them with friends!

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#363 November 28, 2008, 10:52:07 pm

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Hey, anybody know if I get the same game updates as the Steam users if I buy a hard copy?

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#364 November 28, 2008, 10:53:15 pm

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I think you do. Why wouldn't you?

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Sarevok

#365 November 28, 2008, 10:53:40 pm

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Yep. Just add your CD key to steam and it will act as if you purchased it on steam.

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Marcus

#366 November 29, 2008, 01:29:46 am

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I can't play this game ;_;

For that matter, I can't play any steam games anymore (well, any SOURCE engine games). I basically get the title screen half loaded and then this little "64-bit mode" thing pops up and then it hangs up. I'm running on 64-bit vista with amd phenom quad core bullshit, 4gb ram and ati radeon 4870 (which I heard the latest graphics cards fuck up with 4gb of ram on pretty much any game older than 2 years).

Any help, guys?

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#367 November 29, 2008, 01:38:08 am

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Quote from: Marcus on November 29, 2008, 01:29:46 am

4gb ram and ati radeon 4870 (which I heard the latest graphics cards fuck up with 4gb of ram on pretty much any game older than 2 years).

What are you even talking about?

Anyways this seems more likely to be a 64-bit Vista issue than anything else. Why are you even using 64-bit? I can only imagine it's more of a headache than what it's worth (like 500-750mb extra ram for you).

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#368 November 29, 2008, 02:55:04 am

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Vista 64 bit and even Xp 64-bit have pretty bad support for games, especially the older ones. 3gb is more than enough for today's games.

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#369 November 29, 2008, 03:27:21 am

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Quote from: Farmrush on November 29, 2008, 01:38:08 am

What are you even talking about?

Anyways this seems more likely to be a 64-bit Vista issue than anything else. Why are you even using 64-bit? I can only imagine it's more of a headache than what it's worth (like 500-750mb extra ram for you).

The newest graphic card drivers use some sort of special feature when you have exactly 4gb of ram. I haven't tried removing 2gb but I don't know if that would make a difference.

As far as the OS, it came with my rig. I buy commercial hardware and then upgrade it with a better processor or graphics card. I can get a decent mobo, tower, sound card, and plenty of ram in a circuit city sale cheaper than I could if I ordered all the parts separate and then I overclock the processor and toss in a new graphics card.

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#370 November 29, 2008, 03:31:22 am

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I've never heard that, but then switching to 32-bit should resolve any problems with 64-bit compatibility and that mysterious ram problem??

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Sarevok

#371 November 29, 2008, 03:49:10 am

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I run in 64 bit with 2 gig of ram and quad core, no problems whatsoever. I guess if that 4 gig ram stuff is true then maybe yeah try removing a stick?

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dragonx

#372 November 29, 2008, 05:57:58 am

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I use 4gb ram and dont have a single problem with anything on 64bit...

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#373 November 29, 2008, 07:22:13 am

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Quote from: Farmrush on November 29, 2008, 03:31:22 am

I've never heard that, but then switching to 32-bit should resolve any problems with 64-bit compatibility and that mysterious ram problem??

Can you switch from 32bit while using a 64 bit platform? If so please do tell.

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I use 4gb ram and dont have a single problem with anything on 64bit...

what gfx card are you using because i guarantee if you have more than one core and you're using one of the latest 512mb gfx cards like the radeon 4800 series or geforce 9600 whatever then you'll have problems. if not then pm me your set up because i must know

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#374 November 29, 2008, 08:51:48 am

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Quote from: Marcus on November 29, 2008, 03:27:21 am

I buy commercial hardware and then upgrade it with a better processor or graphics card. I can get a decent mobo, tower, sound card, and plenty of ram in a circuit city sale cheaper than I could if I ordered all the parts separate and then I overclock the processor and toss in a new graphics card.

Parts are always cheaper than pre-made systems. At least here in America.

And you ALWAYS get more choice.

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#375 November 29, 2008, 09:18:54 am

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I'm thinking it's because you overclock your processor, some games don't really like it too much.
I've never run into any problems and I do have 4gb of ram, a dual core processor and a HD4850, hell, even games from the 90s work fine on it (note, I am running WinXP Pro 32bit, but I wouldn't blame it on Vista either way as the sole reason I didn't switch to it was because I already had a copy of WinXP handy).

But yeah, usually, underclocking a little fixes quite a bit of problems with certain things.

Anyhow, I'm having a lot of fun with L4D, just wish server admins would stop installing that mod that puts a cooldown time on melee if they're going to force the server on expert for versus.

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#376 November 29, 2008, 11:21:02 am

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Doubt it has anything to do with overclocking. My processor is overclocked, I use 64-bit vista, got 8800GTX and 6 gigs of ram and no problems whatsoever. I'm not really sure what could be wrong, that 4 gigs of ram thing sounds really weird and hard to believe.

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#377 November 29, 2008, 06:25:40 pm

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Parts are always cheaper than pre-made systems. At least here in America.

And you ALWAYS get more choice.

yeah, not how i shop. i'm a thrifty guy and i keep my eyes out for sales. the only thing you can rarely if ever get for cheap is a good graphics card.

i'm thinking it's all of these things + 64-bit windows because the game specifically says NOW RUNNING IN 64-BIT MODE before crapping out. i don't know shit all about OS' so if there's some way to make it NOT 32bit mode without installing a brand new OS then please drop suggestions

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#378 November 29, 2008, 07:21:55 pm

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I really want to do some mapmaking when this comes out, but I've never done anything like it before. How hard is it to get into mapmaking? Is it really technical, does it require 3D modeling etc, or is it (once you get the hang of it) just as easy as mapping in RPG maker or something?

That’s right, you have the young gaming with the old(er), white people gaming with black people, men and women, Asian countries gaming with the EU, North Americans gaming with South Americans. Much like world sporting events like the Wolrd Cup, or the Olympics will bring together different nations in friendly competition, (note the recent Asian Cup; Iraq vs. Saudi Arabia, no violence there) we come together. The differences being, we are not divided by our nationalities and we do it 24-7, and on a personal level.

We are a community without borders and without colours, the spirit and diversity of the gaming community is one that should be looked up to, a spirit and diversity other groups should strive toward.

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#379 November 29, 2008, 07:43:47 pm

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Quote from: stern_gupples on November 29, 2008, 07:21:55 pm

I really want to do some mapmaking when this comes out, but I've never done anything like it before. How hard is it to get into mapmaking? Is it really technical, does it require 3D modeling etc, or is it (once you get the hang of it) just as easy as mapping in RPG maker or something?

Why don't you look up some hammer/source sdk tutorials on youtube? It can go quite in depth but it's not overly difficult either.

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Sarevok

#380 November 29, 2008, 09:32:32 pm

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Yeah, I have an 8800GTX as well.

Try adding "-32bit" or "-64bit" (first one is recommended first), see if that stops it?

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