DrakeEdgelord TrashBelow the ecliptic plane.Registered Userregular
edited January 2010
X-Com pack boughted.
I've had TftD for a while. I haven't played it since they first put it up on Steam as the first X-Com game on there. I haven't played it much since I got it. I'm still having difficulty sitting.
So this is awesome. I'm looking forward to engaging in a manageable level of butthurt, and then maybe one day I can be the sodomizer in TftD (who am I kidding).
OK, problem with the Steam version of X-Com: DOSBOX and everything runs fine, it runs at normal speed- but the mouse cursor is moving about 20 times as fast as it should. Is that adjustable in DOSBOX's config files anywhere?
Open the Dosbox-0.XX.conf file, and look for the sensitivity line. It should be visible at the top.
Illustrated behind the cut:
# This is the configurationfile for DOSBox 0.73.
# Lines starting with a # are commentlines.
# They are used to (briefly) document the effect of each option.
[sdl]
# fullscreen: Start dosbox directly in fullscreen.
# fulldouble: Use double buffering in fullscreen.
# fullresolution: What resolution to use for fullscreen: original or fixed size (e.g. 1024x768).
# windowresolution: Scale the window to this size IF the output device supports hardware scaling.
# output: What video system to use for output.
# Possible values: surface, overlay, opengl, openglnb, ddraw.
# autolock: Mouse will automatically lock, if you click on the screen. # sensitivity: Mouse sensitivity.
# waitonerror: Wait before closing the console if dosbox has an error.
# priority: Priority levels for dosbox. Second entry behind the comma is for when dosbox is not focused/minimized. (pause is only valid for the second entry)
# Possible values: lowest, lower, normal, higher, highest, pause.
# mapperfile: File used to load/save the key/event mappings from.
# usescancodes: Avoid usage of symkeys, might not work on all operating systems.
Anyone? Ah well, guess I might have to go in blind then.
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DrakeEdgelord TrashBelow the ecliptic plane.Registered Userregular
edited January 2010
So I just played through my first X-Com: UFO Defense mission. I only lost two soldiers. All aliens are dead and all that stuff. That was pretty awesome.
Highlights include: A soldier who threw his gun at the first alien he spotted (this was me, thinking the throw command would have him throw a grenade, not whatever he has in his hand.) and using a rocket launcher to blow the stairs out from under an alien hiding at the top of them, and then having the dudes I had on the ground floor pump him full of good old terrestrial lead.
So first mission completed, with only two casualties and full recovery of the UFO and its stuff. Awesome.
Awww fuck I just failed a terror mission against Floaters. I was doing great, 3 of of the bastards dead with no casualties, and then one of them threw a grenade and killed FOUR of my people at once, including my brother-and-sister heavy weapons people!
Man, just wait until you newbies start doing terror missions. Those will be so fun. God, Chrysalids. If ever there was a more fucked up enemy in a video game...those motherfuckers...collateral damage be damned. EVERYTHING gets turned on for a Chrysalid.
Night missions in X-COM are still creepy as shit. I always liked the 1 second of alien you would see, moving around in the darkness at the perimeter. You know that fucker's out there, waiting to pull off a snap shot as soon as you move into position...
As many times as I've gotten to the last mission, I've never beaten X-COM.
I picked up the X-Com pack, and I'm trying out UFO Defense for the first time. It's really interesting.
Very, very few games ever actually make you feel vulnerable. The videogame convention when it comes to alien invasion is to have a super soldier mow down thousands of the little fellas over the course of a day or two. But in X-Com, the aliens didn't travel across the universe just to have their asses handed to them by a bunch of primates. The aliens brought their own super soldiers this time, and they're ready to throw down. So now our noble human heroes can die just as quickly and with as little ceremony as the countless aliens that have fallen in other games.
I think it's a bit unsettling for gamers when "low-level" enemies actually pose a threat--in this case, when alien grunts are as effective as the player's human grunts. But while it can be frustrating, it also makes the larger conflict much more engaging. Seven well-trained soldiers just got wiped out on a mission gone terribly wrong? Yeah, well, fucking aliens have invaded the planet, shit's gonna get crazy. Start planning for the next mission; we've got work to do.
I actually felt fear when the fuckers invaded my base. My first reaction was "wtf, they can do that?" and then I quickly realised that this could end very badly for me, if I wasn't clever and lucky.
Edit: Good grief, Mass Effect 2 is good. I love everything about it so far, the story, the dialogue, the characters, etc. Dragon Age was really good, but this pees all over it.
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Man, just wait until you newbies start doing terror missions. Those will be so fun. God, Chrysalids. If ever there was a more fucked up enemy in a video game...those motherfuckers...collateral damage be damned. EVERYTHING gets turned on for a Chrysalid.
Night missions in X-COM are still creepy as shit. I always liked the 1 second of alien you would see, moving around in the darkness at the perimeter. You know that fucker's out there, waiting to pull off a snap shot as soon as you move into position...
As many times as I've gotten to the last mission, I've never beaten X-COM.
My favorite way to do that missions is have at least two dudes loaded up with Blasters plus all the ammo they can carry. After blasting a couple of tough spots to hell without ever moving from the safety of the lifts, I always enjoy clearing out the entire base except for the last target, scouting out the target, and launching a blaster round on an elaborate course throughout the entire base and culminating in a massive explosion which wins the game for me. Helps make up for those occasions when I drop down for a night mission and a grenade zooms out of the darkness to condemn my crack team into a downward spiral of insanity, cowardice, and mortal wounds.
15 days after the invasion of earth. Had my first encounter with an enemy UFO. Second one spotted over my territory.
Things went fairly well, but I see places that I could use improvements. For starters,I should learn how to shoot back at the aliens. Lost the whole squad of ~10 because they were just standing next to the aliens like idiots. Pulled out after the first few died, so nobody will be able to report the tragedy that went down.
X-Com tips off the top of my head after not playing for awhile
Explosives are your friend (and enemy)
Research laser weaponry medkits and armor asap
Save enough for a crouching snapshot at the end of turns (always crouch everyone before ending a turn!)
15 days after the invasion of earth. Had my first encounter with an enemy UFO. Second one spotted over my territory.
Things went fairly well, but I see places that I could use improvements. For starters,I should learn how to shoot back at the aliens. Lost the whole squad of ~10 because they were just standing next to the aliens like idiots. Pulled out after the first few died, so nobody will be able to report the tragedy that went down.
Sounds like your guys didn't have enough action points left to do anything, then? If you spend all their points in a round, they can't shoot at the aliens. They just stand there holding their dicks and then they die.
So I bought Psychonauts this week. I just finished
The Milkman Conspiracy.
This game is fucking hilarious. And awesome.
Not going to spoil anything but that level is an interesting turning point in the game where the difficulty jumps up but the story and the general enjoyment of the game takes a step back for a while. Though I found the next three "minds" to be the weakest of all, especially the very next one. Thankfully those aspects return after that section.
X-Com: I've yet to figure out what the shoot button is. I assume it is one of the three squares in the bottom that look like lines followed by a person and dots to represent bullets, but no idea how they work. I'll look at the manual soon enough.
Mirror's Edge: finished it today. Steam clocked me in at 5 hours. Figure in the time spent doing the tutorial again, sitting there on the screen while I fixed lunch and the 60 deaths at the same damn spot in the very first mission where you have to grab a pipe less than a minute into the map, may have lasted a whole 4 hours max. Would have been severely pissed if I paid $50 or even $60 for it. Interesting game but I didn't really enjoy it, all the fun had from the outside levels jumping building to building was ruined by all the instances where I was forced to fight or time spent crawling in air ducts.
I think I've got the hang of Tropico now. It's a pretty fun game.
It is. I was surprised that Tropico 3 was such a retread of Tropico (plus Mucho Macho), but since this retread also happened to address like 90% of my issues with the original I guess that's cool. But I swear the only significant addition to the new game (other than graphics and related improvements) were real streets/cars. Other than that, you might as well be playing Tropico.
But that's cool, because I loved Tropico.
I just failed miserably in my first game, though...been a while.
So I bought Psychonauts this week. I just finished
The Milkman Conspiracy.
This game is fucking hilarious. And awesome.
Not going to spoil anything but that level is an interesting turning point in the game where the difficulty jumps up but the story and the general enjoyment of the game takes a step back for a while. Though I found the next three "minds" to be the weakest of all, especially the very next one. Thankfully those aspects return after that section.
Really? The one after the Milkman was pretty weak, but still so amazing and different, and I absolutely loved the two following that.
So I bought Psychonauts this week. I just finished
The Milkman Conspiracy.
This game is fucking hilarious. And awesome.
Not going to spoil anything but that level is an interesting turning point in the game where the difficulty jumps up but the story and the general enjoyment of the game takes a step back for a while. Though I found the next three "minds" to be the weakest of all, especially the very next one. Thankfully those aspects return after that section.
Really? The one after the Milkman was pretty weak, but still so amazing and different, and I absolutely loved the two following that.
Yeah, that sums up my feelings. Milkman is great, and I think the rest are too.
I brought the X-Com and Freedom Force pack and decided to play Freedom Force first after reading how unforgiving X-com is. Man this is a pretty tough game too, died on the first mission.
I brought the X-Com and Freedom Force pack and decided to play Freedom Force first after reading how unforgiving X-com is. Man this is a pretty tough game too, died on the first mission.
Few games will let you spend hours doing research, missions, and base building, then surprise you with a base assault that wipes you out. Of course, I can't think of another game series which instills more paranoia for being prepared, but neither can I think of one which makes you feel more vindicated when your paranoia pays off and you utterly vaporize an invading force.
I’m playing this at the moment and really enjoying it. A very well made game with hints of ‘Adventures Of Lolo and Lemmings.
Yeah - just tried it on a whim, and it's really quite good. A 'proper' puzzle-platformer, where there's exactly one way through a level and you're given the tools to do it - the challenge comes from working out the correct place, order and time to use your items. Looks nice and sharp at 1080p, supports Steam Cloud and Achievements, supports Xbox 360 controller with rumble - it's a really well-done port. The plasticiney art-style grows on you too.
Hey! A Warhammer 40K mod was just released for half life 2.Each map pits Imperial Space Marines against the Tyranid swarm, competing in a series of mission objectives, culminating in a battle to decide the fate of the planet.
Hey! A Warhammer 40K mod was just released for half life 2.Each map pits Imperial Space Marines against the Tyranid swarm, competing in a series of mission objectives, culminating in a battle to decide the fate of the planet.
Seems interesting, except one of the devs are saying they are broke and therefore can not host any more servers outside the two 4v4s they have up. So good luck finding a server.
I guess, like all things in life, it takes the greatest effort in order to obtain the greatest reward. XCom doesn't hold your had at all, but when you win, few games come even close to the feeling of triumph.
Hey! A Warhammer 40K mod was just released for half life 2.Each map pits Imperial Space Marines against the Tyranid swarm, competing in a series of mission objectives, culminating in a battle to decide the fate of the planet.
Seems interesting, except one of the devs are saying they are broke and therefore can not host any more servers outside the two 4v4s they have up. So good luck finding a server.
I've been playing on a 20 player server for the past hour or so, and this game is pretty great. It is in pretty ''beta'' condition, though.
HenroidMexican kicked from Immigration ThreadCentrism is Racism :3Registered Userregular
edited January 2010
Can anyone enlighten me as to what the hell Steam is doing exactly that needs so much bandwidth when it is starting up and has the small dialog box that says "Connecting Steam account: (whatever)" with the cancel button? It can't be updating, because I got the update box before this one came up (as per usual if there's a small update to Steam when I'm logged out from it).
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I've had TftD for a while. I haven't played it since they first put it up on Steam as the first X-Com game on there. I haven't played it much since I got it. I'm still having difficulty sitting.
So this is awesome. I'm looking forward to engaging in a manageable level of butthurt, and then maybe one day I can be the sodomizer in TftD (who am I kidding).
Thanks much.
Anyone? Ah well, guess I might have to go in blind then.
Highlights include: A soldier who threw his gun at the first alien he spotted (this was me, thinking the throw command would have him throw a grenade, not whatever he has in his hand.) and using a rocket launcher to blow the stairs out from under an alien hiding at the top of them, and then having the dudes I had on the ground floor pump him full of good old terrestrial lead.
So first mission completed, with only two casualties and full recovery of the UFO and its stuff. Awesome.
I'm starting over, this time it's (another) war!
Night missions in X-COM are still creepy as shit. I always liked the 1 second of alien you would see, moving around in the darkness at the perimeter. You know that fucker's out there, waiting to pull off a snap shot as soon as you move into position...
As many times as I've gotten to the last mission, I've never beaten X-COM.
It was originally a Gameboy Colour game. It got remade for Wiiware, and this is the new PC version.
Not actually played it myself, but am thinking of getting it too.
Eurogamer review of the GBC version.
Also, from the comments of my post on it on SavyGamer:
I actually felt fear when the fuckers invaded my base. My first reaction was "wtf, they can do that?" and then I quickly realised that this could end very badly for me, if I wasn't clever and lucky.
Edit: Good grief, Mass Effect 2 is good. I love everything about it so far, the story, the dialogue, the characters, etc. Dragon Age was really good, but this pees all over it.
My favorite way to do that missions is have at least two dudes loaded up with Blasters plus all the ammo they can carry. After blasting a couple of tough spots to hell without ever moving from the safety of the lifts, I always enjoy clearing out the entire base except for the last target, scouting out the target, and launching a blaster round on an elaborate course throughout the entire base and culminating in a massive explosion which wins the game for me. Helps make up for those occasions when I drop down for a night mission and a grenade zooms out of the darkness to condemn my crack team into a downward spiral of insanity, cowardice, and mortal wounds.
Things went fairly well, but I see places that I could use improvements. For starters,I should learn how to shoot back at the aliens. Lost the whole squad of ~10 because they were just standing next to the aliens like idiots. Pulled out after the first few died, so nobody will be able to report the tragedy that went down.
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Explosives are your friend (and enemy)
Research laser weaponry medkits and armor asap
Save enough for a crouching snapshot at the end of turns (always crouch everyone before ending a turn!)
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Sounds like your guys didn't have enough action points left to do anything, then? If you spend all their points in a round, they can't shoot at the aliens. They just stand there holding their dicks and then they die.
This game is fucking hilarious. And awesome.
Totally one of the best segments in any game ever.
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Not going to spoil anything but that level is an interesting turning point in the game where the difficulty jumps up but the story and the general enjoyment of the game takes a step back for a while. Though I found the next three "minds" to be the weakest of all, especially the very next one. Thankfully those aspects return after that section.
X-Com: I've yet to figure out what the shoot button is. I assume it is one of the three squares in the bottom that look like lines followed by a person and dots to represent bullets, but no idea how they work. I'll look at the manual soon enough.
Mirror's Edge: finished it today. Steam clocked me in at 5 hours. Figure in the time spent doing the tutorial again, sitting there on the screen while I fixed lunch and the 60 deaths at the same damn spot in the very first mission where you have to grab a pipe less than a minute into the map, may have lasted a whole 4 hours max. Would have been severely pissed if I paid $50 or even $60 for it. Interesting game but I didn't really enjoy it, all the fun had from the outside levels jumping building to building was ruined by all the instances where I was forced to fight or time spent crawling in air ducts.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/Cykstfc
It is. I was surprised that Tropico 3 was such a retread of Tropico (plus Mucho Macho), but since this retread also happened to address like 90% of my issues with the original I guess that's cool. But I swear the only significant addition to the new game (other than graphics and related improvements) were real streets/cars. Other than that, you might as well be playing Tropico.
But that's cool, because I loved Tropico.
I just failed miserably in my first game, though...been a while.
Yeah this hasn't gone very well at all.
Really? The one after the Milkman was pretty weak, but still so amazing and different, and I absolutely loved the two following that.
Yeah, that sums up my feelings. Milkman is great, and I think the rest are too.
This will be here until I receive an apology or Weedlordvegeta get any consequences for being a bully
Few games will let you spend hours doing research, missions, and base building, then surprise you with a base assault that wipes you out. Of course, I can't think of another game series which instills more paranoia for being prepared, but neither can I think of one which makes you feel more vindicated when your paranoia pays off and you utterly vaporize an invading force.
Yeah - just tried it on a whim, and it's really quite good. A 'proper' puzzle-platformer, where there's exactly one way through a level and you're given the tools to do it - the challenge comes from working out the correct place, order and time to use your items. Looks nice and sharp at 1080p, supports Steam Cloud and Achievements, supports Xbox 360 controller with rumble - it's a really well-done port. The plasticiney art-style grows on you too.
http://www.moddb.com/mods/exterminatus/news/exterminatus-has-arrived
Seems interesting, except one of the devs are saying they are broke and therefore can not host any more servers outside the two 4v4s they have up. So good luck finding a server.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/Cykstfc
Edit: wtf
I've been playing on a 20 player server for the past hour or so, and this game is pretty great. It is in pretty ''beta'' condition, though.
I'm guessing you don't list "perseverance" or "problem solving" on your resume as skills.
My connection at the moment doesn't handle Steam very well. That is, at all.
File --> Go Offline should work
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Dang, beaten like a red headed step-child.
EDIT: Beat'd x2