[Steam] Thread XVII: /sm_rename "Steam Thread": da]mexitt hr[a vise

[shadow_archmagi]

Okay guys! streaming starts now at THIS LINK

Come for the movie, be amused by the Rico!

Sorry I'm late getting started.

[The Linker]

Important question for you streamers: How much bandwidth does this streaming thing suck up? Lots? I'm home at my parents' place right now, and my mother informed me they got a warning saying they've used 75% of their monthly allotted usage, which is apparently something like 95 gigs in total. They didn't even know they had a monthly limit, so we've certainly never gotten close before. The only new variables are Netflix, and my streams of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children and Æon Flux.

If it is the streaming that's sucking up the usage, I'll have to delay Matrix with Rifftrax to Sunday night, or even Monday.


Oh, and I'll be unable to watch the Hogfather with you all, unfortunately. Keep the recording on your channel and I'll watch it later.

[The Glyphstone]

Sigh. Day 3 of the Steam Sale, and no TF2 yet. Fingers remain crossed.

[potatocubed]

For 5 Bucks torchlight is a steal, I recommend it to those who enjoy MMO Games. Or any RPG.

Yeah, it's not the world's greatest game but for that price? Well worth it.

[Dragero]

Meh...nothing to great today.....though I do remeber having fun with freedom force a few years back, I'd recomend it for people who liked Torchlight but thinks it needs more Captain America rip-offs. (Also a squad of super-heros, and more mission based gameplay)

Shame I lost my disk.

[The Glyphstone]

I saw Torchlight - it looked like a decent Diablo clone, is it worth the $5 then?

[blackfox]

I saw Torchlight - it looked like a decent Diablo clone, is it worth the $5 then?

Yes, IMO. Not worth the $20 it usually is, though.

[CarpeGuitarrem]

Meh...nothing to great today.....though I do remeber having fun with freedom force a few years back, I'd recomend it for people who liked Torchlight but thinks it needs more Captain America rip-offs. (Also a squad of super-heros, and more mission based gameplay)

Shame I lost my disk.

Blasted fun game. I still need to finish the second one. I love the gameplay, and the characters are greatly cheesy.

[shadow_archmagi]

Keep the recording on your channel and I'll watch it later.

Honestly I have no idea how the channel sorts recordings. I didn't even know it did it until I logged in to test my own stream and saw the "WATCH OLD STUFF NOW" button.

Anyway, as for bandwidth, I have no idea. I generally run around 400 kbps, but that's UPLOAD speed, and I have no idea how that factors into a monthly limit.

Anyway, according to my math, at 400 kilobytes a second it'd take a looong time to burn through 95 gigs.

But what do I know (I know very little)

[Dragero]

I saw Torchlight - it looked like a decent Diablo clone, is it worth the $5 then?

YESYESYESYESYES

Torchlight is AMAZING. Imagine Diablo 1, but instead of ending at floor 15, it just goes on forever! Same basic classes (Fighter, Mage, Ranger types), same random items/floors, same developers. Torchlight was actualy made by some of the original Devs of diablo. It`s pretty much Diablo with updated graphics, ect. It`s practicly an enhanced remake.

Is it worth $5? Hell yes.

[Arbitrarity]

Odds are you're getting close to the bandwidth UPLOAD cap, which is typically set very, very, very low.

Otherwise... well, downloading/streaming HD movies can get you near that cap quickly. A movie can range from 1-8 Gb, which rapidly chews through your allotted bandwidth. Netflix may be a factor here.

[Neftren]

Sigh. Day 3 of the Steam Sale, and no TF2 yet. Fingers remain crossed.

TF2 isn't going on sale as far as anybody knows. I posted a list earlier, and so far it's been 100% correct.

[Dragero]

Important question for you streamers: How much bandwidth does this streaming thing suck up? Lots? I'm home at my parents' place right now, and my mother informed me they got a warning saying they've used 75% of their monthly allotted usage, which is apparently something like 95 gigs in total. They didn't even know they had a monthly limit, so we've certainly never gotten close before. The only new variables are Netflix, and my streams of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children and Æon Flux.

If it is the streaming that's sucking up the usage, I'll have to delay Matrix with Rifftrax to Sunday night, or even Monday.


Oh, and I'll be unable to watch the Hogfather with you all, unfortunately. Keep the recording on your channel and I'll watch it later.

According to the Netflix website, a normal movie will use about 1GB of bandwidth per hour, while an HD movie will suck up 2GB per hour.

I think we found your probleml

[shadow_archmagi]

Should probably mention: Scott Pilgrim will be delayed one week, since next friday will be Part Two of Hogfather, as we were unable to finish tonight.

[watsyurname529]

I saw Torchlight - it looked like a decent Diablo clone, is it worth the $5 then?

Yes. Hell yes. Especially with all the mods.

Yes, IMO. Not worth the $20 it usually is, though.

Eh, it's worth it if you really enjoy that type of game and mod it to your heart's content.

[Fawkes]

Here's a question: I've been buying the indie packs, and this last one came with World of Goo. I already had Goo from the Humble Indie Bundle. If I install the Steam version, will I be able to play my old file?

[AlterForm]

Booted up VVVVVV

Played for about an hour.

Died just over 700 times.

Veni. Vidi. Vici.

If you don't know, Veni Vidi Vici is a Nintendo Hard section of the game. Look it up on Youtube for a video.

[chiasaur11]

Here's a question: I've been buying the indie packs, and this last one came with World of Goo. I already had Goo from the Humble Indie Bundle. If I install the Steam version, will I be able to play my old file?

Dunno.

Maybe, but you'd probably need to shuffle some files.

[Demon 997]

Hoping for some help from those with better computer-fu than I: Downloaded the demo for Dawn of War 2 and when I tried to play it said it couldn't start because xlive.dll was missing from my computer. I went online and download xlive.dll and placed it in the windows32 folder per instructions. It still won't work. Any suggestions

I've been having similar issues with other games I'd got through steam so I figured this was the place to get help instead of making another thread.

[Drascin]

Booted up VVVVVV

Played for about an hour.

Died just over 700 times.

Veni. Vidi. Vici.

If you don't know, Veni Vidi Vici is a Nintendo Hard section of the game. Look it up on Youtube for a video.

Hah. Yeah, love that one. Died who knows how many times (likely a hundred or two) trying to beat it, but I did. It was cause for much celebration!

And then my hard drive exploded and now I have to start again. Blargh.

[Byrnbot08]

Hoping for some help from those with better computer-fu than I: Downloaded the demo for Dawn of War 2 and when I tried to play it said it couldn't start because xlive.dll was missing from my computer. I went online and download xlive.dll and placed it in the windows32 folder per instructions. It still won't work. Any suggestions

I've been having similar issues with other games I'd got through steam so I figured this was the place to get help instead of making another thread.

Operating system (ie, Windows XP, Vista or 7?)

Restart Steam and try launching the demo again. There should be a short delay while Steam updates the files and places correct copies of everything into place for you.

If that doesn't work, try the steps below.

Go to your add/remove programs window, uninstall something called:
"Microsoft Games for Windows LIVE Redistributable"

Then after it has been uninstalled, download the latest GFWL client. It can be found here.


Install that, restart Steam and try again.

If that doesn't work, feel free to bash my head in with a rock for wasting your time.

[Cogwheel]

Briefly pondered getting the DoW2 pack for Chaos Rising, but nah. Saving up for the next few days. Got Eve Online yesterday, though - not for myself, mind, but still.

I hope Neftren's list continues to be right, it'd mean Just Cause 2 coming up.

[blackfox]

Eh, it's worth it if you really enjoy that type of game and mod it to your heart's content.

Fair enough. I guess I don't like that kind of game as much as BG-type WRPGs, so I can't be arsed to mod Torchlight.

[Jahkaivah]

Booted up VVVVVV

Played for about an hour.

Died just over 700 times.

Veni. Vidi. Vici.

If you don't know, Veni Vidi Vici is a Nintendo Hard section of the game. Look it up on Youtube for a video.

While I've yet to beat Veni Vidi Vici I'd say its beaten in difficulty by getting a good time in the Super Gravitron.

[Shas aia Toriia]

Before it goes off sale, I want to recommend DoW2 one last time.
It really is a great game.

[Drascin]

Before it goes off sale, I want to recommend DoW2 one last time.
It really is a great game.

I've wondered whether to get it, but I'm not going to have a computer capable of running it until at least February (if no sudden expensive emergencies happen in the meantime), so it really seemed kind of silly. It'll probably go on sale on Christmas anyway.

[AlterForm]

Eh, today's deals are similarly un-noteworthy.

[Dragero]

Sales just launched, nothing too great.....L4D2 for 5 bucks tho, and the CSS 6 pack for......well it hasn't been put up apparently, but CSS is fun....

Don't know if Supreme commander 2 is any good, but it's $3.75

[potatocubed]

The King's Bounty games are good fun - a lot like HoMM, with a sense of humour.

[Volatar]

Don't know if Supreme commander 2 is any good, but it's $3.75

:O :! !!!!!! Definitely worth buying that. The first game was rather good.