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[DragoFireheart]

It's a Steamworks game so I'm pretty sure your only option is to sail the high seas.

play it on somebody else's pc.

The way things are going, if you don't like steam there won't be much other than indies to play in the next few years

How bad is Steam?

 

[The Brazilian Slaughter]

I just got a transmission from future Codex again, but its all garbled.

*Chhhh crrrkkk
GABE N *Chhhhhk* STEAM EARLY ACE*chhhhk* DECLINE *Cchhhhhk* No more *chhhhk* PC, *chhhhk* repeat, no *chhhhk* Steambox *chhhhhk* all there is *chhhhhk* they got Vogel! *chhhhk everyone *chhhhhk* ITZ Cam *Chhhhhk*

Then it stopped

 

[SuicideBunny]

How bad is Steam?

some games crash in offline mode and steam has stupid trading cards morons spend real money on. that's as bad as steam gets.

 

[DragoFireheart]

some games crash in offline mode and

Does Fallout: New Vegas crash in offline mode?

 

[DalekFlay]

some games crash in offline mode and

Does Fallout: New Vegas crash in offline mode?

No.

Also I never have had that problem, and I was offline for a whole year while I was in Europe.

 

[DragoFireheart]

I ask because of this:

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2595239&page=2

EDIT:
And this
http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/828937979095845728/

EDIT: Fuck Steam and Valve. Maybe I'll go sail the high seas some day.

 

[SuicideBunny]

some games crash in offline mode and

Does Fallout: New Vegas crash in offline mode?

No.

Also I never have had that problem, and I was offline for a whole year while I was in Europe.

it mostly happens with indies that just made it to steam and have bad steamworks integration. usually gets fixed after a few patches.

 

[Onholyservicebound]

Since this is the NV thread... I saw some recent user screenshots of the game and I was blown away by how crisp the game looked. Has there been any major visual overhauls done for NV or is my PC just shit? I think I even saw the piss filter removed.

You'd have to specify your specs before we know whether your pc is shit, but basically, ENBs with max quality on all filters, URWLNV Ultimate Edition is one of the better ones, but it looks like Vanilla to me, which is meh, I use desert enb with nevada skies. NMC texture pack for the general world, born again book of flesh for the creatures, born again mutants for the mutants, Fallout character overhaul for the NPCS, Eve for energy weapon textures, meshes, visuals, sights, Millenia's weapon retextures for the guns and some explosives, NCR trooper overhaul for the ncr, XV enclave rework for the enclave armor, assorted armor retextures/mesh fixes for other power armor(Bornagain series has a few), ADAM for ranger coats, riot gear, etc, There's also UHQ terrain from FO3 nexus that works with Vegas and is in the midst of being ported.

Low res screenshot of the same character:

 

[Spectacle]

How bad is Steam?

For practical purposes it's not bad at all, in fact it's rather good I'd say. The client is convenient and easier to use than the windows start menu for running your games, and installing games with a few clicks is fast and easy if you have a good net connection.
Many people object to what the feel is giving up direct control of their game collection to a single company though.

 

[Renegen]

Very impressive mods, I need to get NV sorted out so I can have another run. Nevada Skies is a no-no, all it did was conflict with other mods and crash my game after 5 minutes, apparently it's quite common. My computer is around 5 years old, it may have something to do with it.

 

[Onholyservicebound]

That sucks, I like it for things like the the sandstorms, some ENBs also have an effect where white/bright blonde hair is super ridiculously bright and it looks retarded, Nevada skies seems to fix that.

Although the URWLNV ultimate doesn't seem to have that effect to begin with. I'd recommend that one if anything.