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Batman: Arkham City PC release date now Nov 18 - Steam version uses Steamworks
- Thread starter sk3tch
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I've diagnosed the problem: it seems I can't enable PhysX without the game crashing. :/
It's as if he's talking to a McDonald's clerk who served him badly.
MightyKAC
Member
This made me laugh lol
In game he was taking about Mr freeze but then I read the subtitle... lool
I haven't played the game yet but I read that with Bale-Batman's voice in my mind...
*shudders*
Mohonky
Member
Sorry can't report any problems here, game has worked flawlessly with wireless controller + wireless dongle here.
He commits crimes on holidays. Rumor is that he has something special to say about Thanksgiving if you speak to him.
My wireless 360 controller works perfectly fine. It might something external of Arkham City, so check out your drivers for the dongle and controller.
What card are you using? Maybe you should check out the physx*.dll files in the game directory or try to update the Physx drivers specifically.
I have a GTX 570. I'll try updating PhysX.
Having some terrible sound issues with the cutscenes in this. The video ones, at least. The audio goes all out of sync and stutters on both the in game video's and the Nvidia video at start up.
Other than that, impressed with the game so far although the added sense of scale is quite overwhelming right now. Game is running well for me and looks great in DX9. Hoping the DX11 stuff get's patched up before I go for a second play through.
Other than that, impressed with the game so far although the added sense of scale is quite overwhelming right now. Game is running well for me and looks great in DX9. Hoping the DX11 stuff get's patched up before I go for a second play through.
Did so to no avail.
For reference, here's the crash message. I just noticed it mentions the PhysXParticleSystem.cpp file in particular.
It's the exact thought that came to mind.
He does. And it's suitably creepy.
It's probably GFWL. Try reinstalling GFWL by googling the latest version or something (or if the install file is included on the disk/download of AC).
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Go to the courthouse basement.
XOMTOR
Member
I think everyone is having the audio stuttering at the Nvidia logo. Kinda leaves a not so good impression when that's one of the first things you see upon launching the game.
Anyway, I finally got up the nerve to install this and surprisingly it all went well. Securom and G4WL didn't cause any issues; created my offline account for the latter and got on with it.
It runs fairly well under DX9 (60 fps, 1080p, all maxed, no PhysX w/ dual GTX-260's on an i5-750 @ 3.8Ghz) but there's still some slight hitching. It's not from lack of GPU resources, it seems like good 'ol UE3 load stuttering. For example, if you swing the camera quickly in a new area, or if you're flying and all of a sudden the engine needs to load additional assets. Seems to occur sometimes when opening doors also. GPU usage doesn't increase any but FPS may drop to 52-55 for a split second. I know that Unreal engine titles often do this but it's almost as if they didn't tweak the engine for this game to take advantage of the PC's additional resources and RAM availability. I know Boobphysics made mention a few posts back about the streaming, so hopefully he's on to something there.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
I'm not sure of the validity of this, but I sure do love a good videogame conspiracy theory. From the Steam forum:
That same compile date is also mentioned in the crash message I linked to above, so it's legit.
I wouldn't even call it a conspiracy. As far as WB is concerned this is what actually happened until they can prove otherwise. It's clear they didn't even play the fucking thing since DX11 is broken and the game in DX9 doesn't run as great on some machines as it should be running.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Oh, also, I'm sure this has been mentioned before, but if you want to skip those annoying intro videos and get right to the title screen: go to Steam > steamapps > common > batman2 > BMGame > Movies and rename these 2 files: Startup.swf and StartupNV.swf.
Just to add to the conspiracy, xbox 360 version was either compiled or it finished certification at 6th September. That's the date mentioned on the executable.
Console games are usually finished 1-2 months before release, that period is usually much much much smaller on PC, so the delay is definitely arbitrary. It looks like they could have done a simultaneous launch if they wanted to.
Look 3 posts up from your own. This isn't an allegation without tangible evidence - the v1.00 PC build was compiled in September.
Not that I care. I just want PhysX to function.
José Mourinho
cocknose
I got this gifted. It says the EU release is tomorrow. Is there no pre-load?
Oh yeah, I forgot about this... even though I used it myself.
Throw steam://install/57400 into your browser.Foliorum Viridum
Banned
I used that trick through your web browser to pre-load the game. Look a few posts back, might work for you.
It's not showing up as pre-loaded in my library, but it's in my Steamapps folder as "batman2" so I hope it's going to work.
It's not showing up as pre-loaded in my library, but it's in my Steamapps folder as "batman2" so I hope it's going to work.
Oh, I didn't mean to imply it was incorrect. I just used the word conspiracy since morningbus used it too and it sounded funny.
Haha, fair enough.
José Mourinho
cocknose
Cheers, I'll just wait I guess. It's only a few hours and I'm on a 30MB line. So it will DL in no time anyway.Nope, but there is an unlocked (and uncracked) Steam copy of the game floating around in the ether of the internet, so you could download that as a sort of de facto pre-load. Just extract the files to steamapps\common\batman2 and Steam should acknowledge the existing data when you install the game.
Oh yeah, I forgot about this... even though I used it myself.
Edit: Ah, as for your edit. Do I just copy that in to my steam broswer?
Edit: Oh, you were referring to my first suggestion.
That may work, but you can just put it in Firefox/IE/etc. or the Run box in the Windows start menu.
José Mourinho
cocknose
Got it. I was trying in Chrome but it just gave me a google search on it. Worked in IE9. Cheers mate!
Yaska
Member
Works. I got fed up with waiting so decided to use vpn to decrypt it earlier. Works straight outta box.
So yeah this game's pretty damn good and it's been taking me a while to advance. 29% done with the main story in about 10-11 hours and only 25% overall, but then in about 1 half hour sequence or so I jumped to 40% done with the story. Kinda sad about that, but it was a pretty fun section.
boss spoiler
boss spoiler
Talking about the Ras al Ghul section and boss fight, really fun
There's more where that came from:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=32921118&postcount=9987
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=32891161&postcount=9944
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=32891320&postcount=9945
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=32891559&postcount=9946
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=32891704&postcount=9947
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=32904174&postcount=9962
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=32920566&postcount=9985
I 100%'ed the story in maybe 8 or 9 hours (my timer on Steam is off by maybe an hour or two) ... it's as long as maybe AA, but then again I pretty much skipped almost every sidequest but I'm doing them now, those are damn fun too and that's gotten me another 10 hours along with some of the challenges.
Wait til you get to the best boss fight though, you are almost there
obvious answer is Mr. Freeze, soooo fun
faceless007
Member
Is anyone playing this on something close to a Core 2 Duo/GTX 275? AA ran smooth as butter for me, wondering about AC.
Yeah, I'd like to know about this as well..
Random screenshot comparison time! I've got nothing better to do since European release is still some hours away, grr! I dunno where I got the PC screenshot from, but I think it was this forum.
http://h10.abload.de/img/batdx9e9pgu.jpg - PC
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd60/TzarSectus/batman/Untitled11-floor.jpg - 360
Not the same area, but it's definitely the same texture and it looks much much sharper on PC.
http://h10.abload.de/img/batdx9e9pgu.jpg - PC
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd60/TzarSectus/batman/Untitled11-floor.jpg - 360
Not the same area, but it's definitely the same texture and it looks much much sharper on PC.
If you don't want to wait you can just use a free vpn and decrypt the game, provided you've preloaded it through the browser command.
Anyway, those screenshots makes me glad I'm playing the PC version. Some of the textures are really nice.
It's only 6 hours to wait. Some of the VPN stuff sounds like a hassle and I dunno how it'd affect the cloud saves, so I might as well wait.
Wondered if it was just me. I'm REALLY enjoying the Catwoman bit. It's a really nice side dish to the main Batman game.
Also, the PC version is really, really nice looking in parts. I only recently went through Arkham Asylum again (which was a visual step up from the 360 version I originally played on release), but Arkham City is another step up again from that. I'm an absolute sucker for perching on the highest points possible around the City and just taking it all in..
I really think a Green Arrow game could work from Rocksteady, he or Wonder Woman.
Thanks.
I'm sure they could make a good game with nearly every superhero, but let's face it: no-one cares about those characters. Batman is just a more interesting character with a much bigger fanbase.