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STEAM | February 2017 - Giveaways are back

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Ban Puncher

Ban Puncher

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Nvidia Gefore Experience keeps telling me to download the latest driver, I download it but then it says download and not install. I've downloaded the driver a bunch of times now. Where's the beef?
 
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Knurek

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Ban Puncher said:
Nvidia Gefore Experience keeps telling me to download the latest driver, I download it but then it says download and not install. I've downloaded the driver a bunch of times now. Where's the beef?
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Did Windows Update take ownership of the C:\NVIDIA folder for you? It's know to do that, breaking the possibility of manual updates.
 
Tizoc

Tizoc

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Rayge said:
Man I love me some Berserk. As much as I know this Musou isn't going to do the IP justice... I'm still going to buy it :(
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I am either gonna blind get it day 1 or wait for impressions
Someone convince durante to test the game before launch. I aint trusting a koei release without some good word of mouth on the port
 
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Pixieking

Banned
Ban Puncher said:
Nvidia Gefore Experience keeps telling me to download the latest driver, I download it but then it says download and not install. I've downloaded the driver a bunch of times now. Where's the beef?
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I've had a similar issue, fixed by downloading the driver as a separate file from http://www.nvidia.com/download/index.aspx on a different PC. Something about my connection seems to corrupt some (but not all) Nvidia and Geforce Experience driver downloads.

Not exactly the same problem as yours, though, so may not fix it.
 
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shockdude

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Nvidia driver 378.49 caused my laptop to bluescreen/hardlock any time I tried to use the GPU for more than 5 minutes, so I reverted to 376.33.
Now Windows 10 wants me to update to the mysterious 376.54 driver. I'm not doing that.

Fake Edit: I see 378.66 just released, and according to the release notes, the "games crashing" issue was addressed. Dunno if the "entire computer crashing" was fixed though.
 
jediyoshi

jediyoshi

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Ban Puncher said:
Nvidia Gefore Experience keeps telling me to download the latest driver, I download it but then it says download and not install. I've downloaded the driver a bunch of times now. Where's the beef?
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Sad that Steam dropped its update video drivers feature. Never used it, but if it was as adamant as GeForce Experience as reminding me to update, I would've.
 
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Hektor

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zkylon said:
so, uh, in p4 i beat like the bad guy and then i beat his big evil eye buddy and then it jumped like 30 days and i'm eating christmas cake with yumi (wth is christmas cake)

did i beat the game?

i'm confused
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Knurek said:
Bad ending IIRC.
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That's the normal ending. You can now either continue until the credits roll or try to unlock the "true" ending.

The true ending is only more gameplay tho, from a story perspective it's irrelevant
 
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Uzzy

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Hektor said:
That's the normal ending. You can now either continue until the credits roll or try to unlock the "true" ending.

The true ending is only more gameplay tho, from a story perspective it's irrelevant
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Reaching out to the truth is totally relevant to the story though!
 
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MUnited83

For you.
HP_Wuvcraft said:
Watch Dogs 2 currently pulling in a 6GB update. Whut?
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Title Update 1.11: Patch Notes
9 FEBRUARY - UBI-ELYON


This patch introduces several free content updates, tweaks to online gameplay, improvements, and bug fixes and will be pushed to all platforms soon. It will also prepare the San Francisco Bay Area for the arrival of the Human Conditions DLC.

Because the Bay Area is very large, this patch is pretty hefty. As all of our online activities take place in a seamless world, we need to make sure everyone has the update so that we don’t split the community. The patch will be about 10 GB on both PS4 and XB1, and 14 GB on PC (PC-specific updates in this patch can be found at the bottom of the article).

As a final note, we’d like to add that all present and future online DLC content is available in Guest Mode. If you don’t own the DLC, but your friend does, you can experience that content with them by having them invite you through the multiplayer app.

Now, on to the free updates, gameplay tweaks, improvements, and bug fixes included in this patch:

New Content and Features

• New Dances – Marcus loves to get down to his favorite tunes, and we thought it was unfair that he only had one move to express himself. We’ve added new variations to his dance emote that can be triggered by wearing different types of clothing.

• New Emotes – We’ve added two new emotes, Mock and Laughing, to give you more ways to communicate with other players. Just try not to, you know, be too much of a jerk about it.

• New Clothing – Speaking of expressing yourself, we’ve added 12 new clothing items across various shops, and 4 DedSec clothing items. Feel free to turn your swag on accordingly.



• New Ubisoft Club Rewards (For Honor & Ghost Recon: Wildlands)– Two new outfits will be available in the Ubisoft Club, featuring designs celebrating the upcoming For Honor and Ghost Recon: Wildlands games.



• Bounty Hunter Respawn – We want to keep you in the fight a little longer. As a hunter, you’ll now be able to respawn once if killed while in pursuit of a target. You’ll respawn a safe distance away to rejoin the chase, should you choose that option.

• Narrative – Without spoiling all of the fun in the patch notes, we’ll just say that if you’ve finished the story you should replay the last mission to watch a little extra something at the end.

Tweaks & Balancing;
Leaderboards

We realized the leaderboard interface and user experience was not optimal, and some players were confused about how it works. For example, some people wonder why their rankings are reset - it’s because there’s a new Season every 3 weeks with new rewards to win. You can read this blog post[watchdogs.ubisoft.com] explaining the leaderboard system in detail, but here’s what we’ve done to improve the overall experience:

• An end-of-season debrief message will display when you open the app for the first time after the season ends. It will show the rank you’ve achieved and the reward you earned for that Season.

o There will also be a notification in your phone when the Season ends

• We’ve also reworked the overall clarity and legibility of the Leaderboard App. We’d be here all day if we listed every specific tweak, but you should see a noticeable improvement.

Multiplayer

• [Online Invasions] Display Online Invasion download zone before it begins – We want the hacker to be able to visualize the download zone when the attack is initiated. This will give the hacker a tool to be more strategic in their approach, helping to further balance the mode.

• [Online Invasions] No more Online Invasion radius trolling – Previously, hackers could pop in and out of the search radius without penalty to avoid being detected by the victim. This is a frustrating loophole that we’ve closed by adding a decreasing delay to return to the zone each time the hacker exits the radius (or goes into the water).

• [Bounty Hunter] Reduced co-op respawn advantage in Bounty Hunter – We applied the same respawn timer to Bounty Hunter targets that is present in Co-Op Missions. This should make the gameplay more balanced when there are two targets.

• [Bounty Hunter] Removed escape disadvantage for targets in Bounty Hunter – The police AI are no longer given the last known position of the target when a hunter enters their session. Previously, this made it very difficult to escape the police in this mode. Escape time has also been reduced once the target loses line-of-sight from their pursuers.

• We nerfed shotties – We discovered through extensive playtesting and data analysis that automatic shotguns were overpowered in PvP modes. We’ve reduced the effective range to 40m to make it function more like an actual shotgun instead of a medium-range random sniper headshot generator. This adjustment also affects single player gameplay.

• IED/ElectroShock Notifications – You’ll hear a small noise when approaching either of these devices if they were placed by another player. You’ll still probably die if you’re close enough to hear it, but at least you’ll know what happened.

• Hackerspace camping addressed – It was possible for a player to barricade themselves in the shop adjacent to the SF Hackerspace since there’s only one entrance. Objects, a junction box and camera have been added to this area to minimize camping.

Other

• Shooting polish – We’ve made numerous improvements to the feel of shooting in the game, but nothing that impacts gameplay. Improved recoil experience, tweaks to bullet tracers, sound improvements, and more. Let us know what you think.

• Improved Car On Demand – Car on Demand vehicles will now spawn closer and in more convenient locations. Additionally, they’ll no longer spawn in redzones or mission layouts.

Bug Fixes & Performance

Stability / Crashs / Performance

• Improved performance and stability

AI

• When honking behind a car in the road, the car will switch lanes if there’s enough room

• Bug fix for AI sometimes entering wrong state of combat a non-lethal takedown

Game Systems

• Fixed an issue where the Bounty Hunter in the Bounty event would not be rewarded followers if the event was cancelled

• Fixed an issue where the player could get stuck inside the boats if he was hijacked by another player

• Fixed numerous edge-case scenarios where the player could fall under the map

• Fixed an issue where the Auto-Hack bullets would not always work as intended

• Fixed an issue where some of the hacking options became momentarily unavailable after distracting a civilian

• Using the Mass Vehicle Hack as a car passenger will now clear the way in front of the driving player

• Tweaks on controllers trigger ratios for vehicle acceleration

• Fixed minor graphical issues on some vehicles

Missions

• Fixed an issue where the introduction cinematic would not play when replaying operation W4tched

• Fixed a problem that made it possible to order a car on the barge in operation Shanghaied

Localization

• Multiple Localization fixes

Online

• Exploit : Fixed an issue that allowed players to hack vehicles without consuming Botnets

• Exploit : Fixed an issue that allowed coop partners to reveal the location of the hacker in specific conditions

• Multiple Leaderboard Fixes

Side Activities

• Fixed a visual issue with circuit terminal path visual in the Greenhouses Coop mission layout

• Fixed an issue that prevented some users from completing the side operation Zodiac Killer

• Fixed an edge case issue where a prisoner in a specific coop mission couldn’t be freed

World / 3D / Graphics / HUD / Menus

• Fixed an issue where two specific pairs of pants in the Stach & Vine shop (Corsaire - Blanc + Cendre) were not added to the inventory after purchasing

• Fixed collision issues in Alcatraz

• Fixed numerous minor graphic issues in the world

• Fixed multiple HUD and interface related issues

• A ton of world issues fixed. (Out of map, misplaced items, floating, etc.)

PC-Specific Updates

• [Video Options] SMAA T2x – This patch adds new Post-Process Anti-Aliasing mode – SMAA T2x, improved version of SMAA with a temporal component. As SMAA T2x uses temporal techniques, it doesn’t work with Temporal Filtering turned on.

• [Video Options] Dynamic Particles – This patch adds a new video option that allows you to turn off dynamic particles, like leaves and effects of bullet hits.

• [Controls Options] Camera auto-centering – This patch adds two new mouse & keyboard options that allow you to turn off camera auto-centering while driving and sprinting. Some default bindings were changed: [F9] and [F10] are now used for Mock and Laugh emotes. Song Sneak action is now assigned on [Backspace], and Tutorial action is assigned on [Home].

• Fixed various minor issues with flickering, multi-monitor modes, UI, text and gamepad controls.

If you continue to experience any of these or other issues, please report on the official forums[forums.ubi.com] or contact us directly via customer support[support.ubi.com].
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Rickenslacker

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With Valve's lack of titles and the whole anyone being anything attitude, does that mean they don't hire janitors? Security? Someone goes from mopping up the floors and then goes back to slaving away on Dota 2?
 
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Arulan

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How many times must the reason why Steam shouldn't have content curation be explained before people stop listening to every YouTube channel or journalist with a rant?
 
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Ascheroth

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Dinjoralo said:
Yeah, I heard about using bombs and whatnot to brute force your way through, and I should probably do that. I just feel like all the side story cutscenes are coming in faster than I can progress, and I don't want them to run out before I'm done because I don't know what I'm doing. It doesn't help that I can't remember how hard the monsters are in all the different areas, and I end up making a lot of wasted trips trying to remember what place has what ingredients.
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A bit late, but you can check your Encyclopedia to see where which materials and enemies can be found.
Also I've come a cross a few 'stopping points' where you have to manually decide when you want to move forward with the main story, thankfully.
 
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Pixieking

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Arulan said:
How many times must the reason why Steam shouldn't have content curation be explained before people stop listening to every YouTube channel or journalist with a rant?
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It's games. It's so cyclical, it's like a goldfish version of BSG. Before you can say "all this has happened before", we're back on the same topic...
 
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MaxiLive

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Vazra said:
Vamp (1986)

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The best part of that gif is seeing the puppeteers hand lifting up the arm :D
 
Tizoc

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Lain said:
Yeah, and it's pretty good too.
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Well I ought to avoid getting burned out on Metroid/Metroidvanai-like games until Hollow Knight releases (i GOT Ghost 1.0, Hell Yeah! and HLD in my backlog to clear but I'll put them off after HK and work towards other stuff in my library).
 
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Orgen

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Went to the Buy/Sell/Trade to try to trade some codes from the Freedom Bundle and came back overwhelmed :S

I think it'll be better doing a giveaway when I check all the games that I won't play from the bundle...

Anyone knows if there's going to be more games added today?
 
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Ludens

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Complete Cayne, just 90 minutes long. Great game, considering also it's totally free. A thing I hated are the lines of the main character, in my opinion they ruin the mood of the game, so cringy.
 
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Durante

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Did anyone try this before? It's interesting and potentially useful.
Durante said:
You know what? I just did some superficial testing and it seems you can actually exclude tags, there's just no interface for it.

Searching for "blue":
http://store.steampowered.com/search/?term=blue
Adding the "indie" tag to the search:
http://store.steampowered.com/search/?term=blue&tags=492
Manipulating the URL:
http://store.steampowered.com/search/?term=blue&tags=-492

Seems to result in a list without things tagged "indie". Something like enhanced Steam could add an interface that adds something like a "-" button to click for each tag and constructs this URL.
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Vuze

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Region-locked gifts don't get their region-lock removed after 6 months, right? That was only for runtime region-locks?
 
Jawmuncher

Jawmuncher

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Wok said:
Has anyone received an invite to the GWENT beta since the start of February?

I have not received any invite despite the following tweet on February 3rd:



and the confirmation email from June 2016:



Strange. Maybe they lied.
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You should've grabbed a code when pc gamer or whoever was giving away like 10K
 
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