if it buys retail copy he won't have much to download... and MP should probably be fine
what happens if you download more than your FUP allows?
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what happens if you download more than your FUP allows?
im buying it on DVD-ROM > installing > activating online > but the actual online mutliplayer data transfer?
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I'd only play single player if I wanted to practice a certain part of a map on my own, it's the type of game that is multiplayer only really.. It'll get stale quickly if you just play on your own
Guys I can play on Saturday and Sunday.
I still have the Clown campaign to complete, we failed 3 times in a row on the finale the other night, I fancy doing this in expert to get it out of the way, anyone else? Steve?
I also have the Parish to go through
I'd only play single player if I wanted to practice a certain part of a map on my own, it's the type of game that is multiplayer only really.. It'll get stale quickly if you just play on your own
Guys I can play on Saturday and Sunday.
I still have the Clown campaign to complete, we failed 3 times in a row on the finale the other night, I fancy doing this in expert to get it out of the way, anyone else? Steve?
I also have the Parish to go through
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Yeah, that crossed my mind. Joys of physical media
Multiplayer would be playable maybe, but not by any means great with those kind of pings.
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Took part in a completed Hard Rain last night, good fun - was on Normal though and still atmospheric, though id love to have had more action in the weeds part when you have the fuel.
Probably do the Parish one today.... not really liking the Swamp map, got to the end but never survived it as yet.
Probably do the Parish one today.... not really liking the Swamp map, got to the end but never survived it as yet.
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My copy just arrived
First impressions: bloody love it!
Sticking to campaign for a while, but I might throw in some versus later tonight...
First impressions: bloody love it!
Sticking to campaign for a while, but I might throw in some versus later tonight...
30MB is nothing & to be honest im getting the cable line installed on 24th so its not like im going to be using it again apart from the odd youtube clips etc.
Think il download a bandwidth monitor just incase.
MeLoveYouLong time returns!
Certainly am, give us a shout when you're ready.I've seen them twice - once in Dead Center, once in Dark Carnival - and I've played a good 18 hours or so - so they're pretty rare! They're great though. Add an AK47/74 and you've got a winning combo
Lyon, you about today for a game? I have nothing planned all day.
Soldato
That mall level (chapter4) on dead center is a ***** on expert, the hordes just dont stop coming. We finally made it through the map limping to the end and a bloody tank was waiting there for us and took us out. Frustration at its worst!
Goddam it, it's friday and my L4D2 hasn't arrived. Normally play delivers it on its day of release. I've ended up paying more to get it off play than off steam with the offer, also supposed to get it 3 days later despite paying more, and now I don't even get it 3 days later. Play can screw themselves, not using them again.
yeah, well me and mates will do the same but for far less good reason lol so I can't really complain. but they coulda just votekicked right away instead of letting me sit there for 5 minutes before even thinking about it...
and I didn't realise you'd taken them in there I thought it was just a random server search they had ended up on ocuk...
besides, tell me you wouldn't be a bit irritated
my mate has put a server up for l4d2, will see if he'll let me add to OcUK group as well as ours
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Eventually got to play some online games last night, no friends online so i went into a few random vs games, but quickly switched to scavenge as every game i played only lasted a map or so before half the teams quit.
But yeah played scavenge and its actually pretty fun even with randoms, nice short little rounds so people didn't RAGE and quit quite as much. Ended up on a good team with two other blokes using voice, and at one point we managed to pull back a 3 can deficit in overtime (seemed like 4-5mins of it but it cant have been) to win, with a few last second can grabs and screaming down the mics not to drop the cans! While franticly explaining overtime to them. Excellent fun
But yeah played scavenge and its actually pretty fun even with randoms, nice short little rounds so people didn't RAGE and quit quite as much. Ended up on a good team with two other blokes using voice, and at one point we managed to pull back a 3 can deficit in overtime (seemed like 4-5mins of it but it cant have been) to win, with a few last second can grabs and screaming down the mics not to drop the cans! While franticly explaining overtime to them. Excellent fun
guess I should give scavenge a go if theres no versus games with spaces tonight
Possible fix for those having crashes, I'll be testing this out today
Paged Pool Memory Issues (Looping Sound Crash)
These crashes are most commonly a result of running out of a special type of memory called paged pool memory. Paged pool memory is allocated by the OS kernel for use in applications such as Direct3D resources. Running out of paged pool memory can result in Direct3D crashes (a.k.a. game crashes) and in the Steam.exe process using 100% of the processor. In some cases you may get an error message stating there is an issue with paged pool memory and/or there will be black textures and missing models. In most cases, you will not see any such error message - your game will simply crash and the sound will loop.
How to check your paged pool memory
Paged Pool Memory Issues (Looping Sound Crash)
These crashes are most commonly a result of running out of a special type of memory called paged pool memory. Paged pool memory is allocated by the OS kernel for use in applications such as Direct3D resources. Running out of paged pool memory can result in Direct3D crashes (a.k.a. game crashes) and in the Steam.exe process using 100% of the processor. In some cases you may get an error message stating there is an issue with paged pool memory and/or there will be black textures and missing models. In most cases, you will not see any such error message - your game will simply crash and the sound will loop.
How to check your paged pool memory
- Download and extract Process Explorer.
- Run Process Explorer. Press CTRL + i to bring up the System Information window.
- Run the game in a window.
- Go to Steam's My games menu.
- Right-click on the problematic game.
- Select Properties > General > Set launch options.
- Add -sw to the launch options.
- Launch the game.
- Watch the System Information > Kernel Memory (K) > Paged Physical value. If the value exceeds 150MB, you are using too much paged pool memory.
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?p_faqid=150
Yer you shouldn't hit your limit also I think most mobile phone companies allow 1 month where you can go over the limit but if you keep going over your limit you will be warned/cut off for the month.
But I've never used 3G so I'm not sure, just what I've read
Soldato
Ahah, as mentioned by Euology and Kearny earlier, we played Dark Carnival last night on Expert, took us 4 hours to complete.
At one point we had 3 people in capped, a tank on fire and he was chasing our last guy who had the nade launcher. He managed 8 launchers into him and the tank still chased him down and battered him. Tank beatdown...not so sure, it doesn't even slow him down.
However:
Essentially I think the carnival finale on expert took us about 8 tries or so. We almost had it the second but due to the way it pans out, there is a little luck involved at the end really and we lost and had to repeat.
We could have done it several times, but leaving people behind and we all wanted to survive for the achievement. The key on that finale is location and weapon choice. You need a good spread, auto's, rifles and the nade launcher is almost a must.
Who else is doing the campaigns on expert at the moment? I see most people talk of normal/advanced here. Only asking because I'm finding it a refreshing challenge after L4D1.
Took us two hours to do Dead Centre (1st campaign) on tuesday and took almost 4hrs last night to do Dark Carnival. That was mainly due to the damn events which are quite rock solid (especially map 4!!).
Just wondering if they had such a difficult time, gave up, haven't tried yet or just found it easy?
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