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doctorfrog posted:If I'm not mistaken, GG games require activation, making it about the same in my mind as Impulse games, and my recent purchase from Amazon: The New York Times posted:GAME DOWNLOAD REQUIRES ACTIVATION
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I bought The Witcher yesterday from GoG, and I'm having trouble installing it. When I try to install it, the File Integrity Check starts, and fails near the end because it can't find one of the BIN files. If I look in the folder, all of the CHUNK files are there (200 of them), so I'm hoping there might be an easy way to get it to just turn them into the BIN file without redownloading the whole 8.5GB. I really hope that something isn't corrupted, because I don't have internet access at home at the moment, and I had to spend the afternoon in a bar with free Wi-Fi yesterday to download it and I just want to play my game.  Does anybody know if what I want is possible, or am I just going to have to suck it up and download the thing again?
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May 23, 2011 10:45
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Bardeh posted:I bought The Witcher yesterday from GoG, and I'm having trouble installing it. When I try to install it, the File Integrity Check starts, and fails near the end because it can't find one of the BIN files. If I look in the folder, all of the CHUNK files are there (200 of them), so I'm hoping there might be an easy way to get it to just turn them into the BIN file without redownloading the whole 8.5GB. It sounds like the download is corrupt (Might be down to the bar's internet connection) - so I guess you'll have to download it again. Have fun!
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May 23, 2011 11:05
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Bellmaker posted:I was looking to scratch a pinball itch and was wondering if any of the ones on Gog are worth my time? The Pro Pinballs seem to be rather well received, but are they really only one table each? Yes they are, but they were the best pinball simulations available until the recent Williams collection on consoles and in some ways they're still better since you've got an incredible amount of things to tweak and settings to adjust. My personal favorite is Big Race USA.
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May 23, 2011 11:34
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Bardeh posted:I bought The Witcher yesterday from GoG, and I'm having trouble installing it. When I try to install it, the File Integrity Check starts, and fails near the end because it can't find one of the BIN files. If I look in the folder, all of the CHUNK files are there (200 of them), so I'm hoping there might be an easy way to get it to just turn them into the BIN file without redownloading the whole 8.5GB. I had the same problem. Delete one of the chunks from the .bin it can't find (should be 2, 2-1 to 2-5) then restart the installer and download. If there's any corrupt files afterwards, do the same thing but also delete the corrupt .bin.
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May 23, 2011 11:40
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It's only the GamersGate downloader that requires authentication, which is kind of a far cry from DRM.
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May 23, 2011 11:42
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Thanks for all the Arcanum tips and the link to the Arcanum thread from a few pages back! I played my min-maxed powergaming mage for a while but just spamming Harm gets kinda boring and I feel like I'm neglecting the role-playing aspects of the game. I also accidentally killed Virgil who appears to be one of the more interesting NPC party members while messing around with the somewhat unintuitive interface. So instead of going on with that character and worrying about stats I've been reading the (hilarious) manual and playing through the beginning with some different characters just to see what's cool flavor wise so I can enjoy the story and all the role-playing stuff.
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May 23, 2011 11:53
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The Jagged Alliance 1.13 team has been working on the next rev of the mod for a spring release. And now, there's a garish countdown on their site. http://www.ja-galaxy-forum.com/board/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm&c=11
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May 23, 2011 23:23
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doctorfrog posted:The Jagged Alliance 1.13 team has been working on the next rev of the mod for a spring release. And now, there's a garish countdown on their site. Ah! I was just wondering yesterday whether they'd done anything major lately. Guess they're about to. Perhaps a proper, polished multiplayer framework in this next version? I'd love to see them develop more of that side of the game. A built-in framework for launching variant campaigns would be pretty sweet as well. There's a surprising number of directions they could take the project.
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May 23, 2011 23:27
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Sheep posted:It's only the GamersGate downloader that requires authentication, which is kind of a far cry from DRM. This is true. But if GoG were going to take on major releases then they wouldn't even require that. Why settle for downloader authentication when there just shouldn't be any DRM? Although I doubt GoG will Witcher 2 was just a one off thing of awesomeness, although it leaves me hoping for more.
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May 23, 2011 23:54
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ymgve posted:Thankfully, the "DRM" on GG games is easy to remove. Start installer, make a copy of the setup.exe or install.exe, cancel install, copy the file back again. You've now circumvented their DRM. Mods? Mods?!?
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May 24, 2011 02:46
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Paper_Masochist posted:I had the same problem. Delete one of the chunks from the .bin it can't find (should be 2, 2-1 to 2-5) then restart the installer and download. If there's any corrupt files afterwards, do the same thing but also delete the corrupt .bin. Thanks for the tip. I got it sorted in the end by simply adding the game to the downloader again, and it had to redownload some very small file, and it's all working now.
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May 24, 2011 07:41
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Lord_Pigeonbane posted:I was playing Witcher 2 today, and I challenged an NPC to a dice game. When I beat him, he gave me a strange relic that he was carrying. That's funny, I fought an enemy in Dragon Age and he dropped an item that, when I examined it, said "Unlock this item for use with just 300 Bioware points!"
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May 24, 2011 07:55
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Lurchibles posted:This is true. But if GoG were going to take on major releases then they wouldn't even require that. Why settle for downloader authentication when there just shouldn't be any DRM? Logging into the GOG site to press "download using _____" is literally the exact same thing, doubly so if you use the GOG downloader which also requires you to login. The fact that install files are encrypted means nothing when GG offers tacit approval of users backing up their files in ways mentioned previously in the thread. The end product is the same, and arguing otherwise is just seems kind of nitpicky.
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May 24, 2011 08:11
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new release thats on sale until monday: Spellforce 2 http://www.gog.com/en/news/new_release_spellforce_2_shadow_wars edit: correction, the first Spellforce game is 4.99 until the 31st.
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May 24, 2011 13:09
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DEVILDOGOOORAH posted:new release thats on sale until monday: Spellforce 2 http://www.gog.com/en/news/new_release_spellforce_2_shadow_wars Doesn't look like the expansion pack comes with this one. If you want it, you should just get the Gold edition from Steam, then buy the soon to be released expansion pack I'm hoping will make it as good as the first one.
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May 24, 2011 13:28
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Lol. On that new expansion pack: On March 25, 2011, JoWooD Entertainment has announced that the game has been delayed indefinitely, the main reasons being that the game needs more polishing and testing.[2] That's something, for JoWooD to say 'oh poo poo this is below our standards'
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May 24, 2011 14:20
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Vertigus posted:That's funny, I fought an enemy in Dragon Age and he dropped an item that, when I examined it, said "Unlock this item for use with just 300 Bioware points!" Nice. What are Bioware points? Do you have to pay for them? Do you earn them by registering your game?
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May 24, 2011 16:23
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Lord_Pigeonbane posted:Nice. What are Bioware points? Do you have to pay for them? Do you earn them by registering your game? It's their version of microsoft points, aka pretend money that you pay for with real money because just paying real money for something directly doesn't leave you with extra points that you paid for but aren't enough to actually buy anything. *edit* But is it as bad as having John Cleese shill DLC to you every time you go to the menu in Fable 3? Either way, shameful practice really. I don't mind DLC as a concept but don't break the game's setting by having characters just come out and say "Hey buy this stuff!" VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV The Cheshire Cat fucked around with this message at 16:46 on May 24, 2011 |
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May 24, 2011 16:31
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Lord_Pigeonbane posted:Nice. What are Bioware points? Do you have to pay for them? Do you earn them by registering your game? I was joking, but I probably didn't need to because there literally is an NPC that goes "If you want to unlock my quest line, buy the DLC!"
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ParagonParadox27 posted:Lol. On that new expansion pack: On March 25, 2011, JoWooD Entertainment has announced that the game has been delayed indefinitely, the main reasons being that the game needs more polishing and testing.[2]
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ParagonParadox27 posted:Lol. On that new expansion pack: On March 25, 2011, JoWooD Entertainment has announced that the game has been delayed indefinitely, the main reasons being that the game needs more polishing and testing.[2] JoWood is having financial troubles and there's a strong possibility of them going under so that may have something to do with it.
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May 24, 2011 19:10
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JoWood filed for bankruptcy so don't expect anything from them. Ever.
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al-azad posted:JoWood filed for bankruptcy so don't expect anything from them. Ever. Well lets hope that another good studio takes them on then. We might never see another JoWood game, but they're some really talented people and I hope they find their feet. I was really happy when Crytek took on Free Radical (GoldenEye development team who left Rare, made "Second Sight" on GoG) and turned them into the MP team for Crysis 2. Putting good dev teams in the best places 
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All right, Die by the Sword is making me angry. Killing stuff is basically random from what I can tell. I flick the mouse pretty hard but my guy just swings his sword really slowly. Are there any good tips to get into this game other than hours and hours and hours of practice? I can barely get past the second fight in the first stage.
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Momonari kun posted:All right, Die by the Sword is making me angry. Killing stuff is basically random from what I can tell. I flick the mouse pretty hard but my guy just swings his sword really slowly. Are there any good tips to get into this game other than hours and hours and hours of practice? I can barely get past the second fight in the first stage. Use the numeric keypad for swings. gently caress the mouse.
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Lurchibles posted:I was really happy when Crytek took on Free Radical (GoldenEye development team who left Rare, made "Second Sight" on GoG) and turned them into the MP team for Crysis 2. Putting good dev teams in the best places
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Blodskur posted:I'd be happier if they let them make TimeSplitters HD for our modern day consoles. One can dream If Crytek have any sense they'll realise that Time Splitters still has a horde of fans (including fans of the original GoldenEye) and let them do something like this. TimeSplitters in CryEngine 3? That would be awesome.
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May 25, 2011 19:39
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Rayman 2: The Great Escape is now on GOG for $5.99.
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Blodskur posted:Rayman 2: The Great Escape is now on GOG for $5.99. I'll now make a very controversial statement: Rayman 2 is the best 3D platformer ever created. Seriously. Better than Mario 64. And the PC version is basically the definitive version so $5.99 is a frickin' steal.
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I'm thinking of playing Baldur's Gate but I'm not sure if I should buy both of them or just the second. Any suggestions?
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May 26, 2011 15:25
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gmq posted:I'm thinking of playing Baldur's Gate but I'm not sure if I should buy both of them or just the second. Any suggestions? Go for the second and don't look back.
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gmq posted:I'm thinking of playing Baldur's Gate but I'm not sure if I should buy both of them or just the second. Any suggestions? The first is a weaker game and takes place in the worst levels of D&D (1-9? If even that far?) However, there are some parts in part two that you would get more out of if you had played part one, not the least of which are all the various characters that pop back up again. I'd say get both because they're both classics, but if you only have money to spare for one, just go with the second.
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May 26, 2011 15:31
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BG1 is actually a lot of fun, but there is a huge difficulty curve you have to deal with in the beginning.
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May 26, 2011 15:43
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One is frustrating as hell, but it just makes the second more sweet. Plus, if you play two and think "I'd like to go back and see what happened", it will never happen once you start. Once you get past the friendly arm and start getting up to levels 2 or 3, it takes off and you can do a lot. A lot of the challenge for me comes from doing it all with almost no resources.
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May 26, 2011 15:48
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I'll argue that the pre-teen levels of D&D are the best because you haven't been overwhelmed by cheesy spells or nigh immortal enemies that can only be defeated by exploiting their AI. In BG1 the small bonuses like chugging potions and buffing up are largely noticeable. In BG2 you start relying more on a smaller handful of abilities the higher you get.
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May 26, 2011 18:53
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I like lower level D&D too, and BG1 is an amazing game that people shouldn't skip just because their fancy new character got eaten by a wolf. There's a difficulty slider if you're having trouble with the game. I'm pretty sure if you turn it down you can start dropping fireballs at your feet and they won't hurt your own party. After you earn the ability to cast fireball, of course. 
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May 26, 2011 18:59
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BG 1 is unforgiving and can be annoying, especially if you're new to D&D, but I think you will appreciate 2 more if you've played through 1. 1 has a much more open world compared to 2, so there's that too.
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BG 1 really does start incredibly slow, but once you get into it, you'll probably find that it has a few advantages over the second game. The dungeon design, most notably - Durlag's Tower is still one of the most well-designed dungeons in any video game I've played.
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If you're the kind of player who picks a direction then heads off into the wilderness just to explore, BG 1 is definitely the best infinity engine game to scratch that itch.
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