The boy who stole Half-Life 2

From the archive: the story behind the $250m robbery.

”On 2nd October 2003, Valve Corporation director Gabe Newell awoke in the large American city of Seattle to find the source code for the game his company had been working on for almost five years had leaked onto the internet.

The game had been due for release a couple of weeks earlier but the development team was behind. 12 months behind. Half-Life 2 was going to be late, and Newell had yet to admit how late. Such a leak was not only financially threatening but deeply embarrassing. ”

The boy who stole Half-Life 2 • Eurogamer.net

Augmented Steam

Tämä lisäosa korvaa jshacklesin kehittämän Enhanced Steam -lisärin, joka parantaa Steam-kaupan käytettävyyttä monilla eri tavoilla. Projekti Githubissa.

”Improve your browsing and shopping experience at Steam with many features and quality of life improvements!

This browser extension is based on the Enhanced Steam. Currently maintained by IsThereAnyDeal team.”
Chrome-lataus:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dnhpnfgdlenaccegplpojghhmaamnnfp/

Firefox-lataus:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/enhanced-steam-an-itad-fork/

Gimlet Media

Gimlet Media is the award-winning narrative podcasting company that aims to help listeners better understand the world and each other. Gimlet was founded in 2014 and is based in Brooklyn, New York. Gimlet podcasts are downloaded millions of times per month by listeners all over the world.

Home | Gimlet

DiRT Rally 2.0 – Tips & Tricks

Dirt Rally 2.0 Graphics Options Performance Breakdown

”We’ve put together a Dirt Rally 2.0 PC performance guide to help you achieve the perfect balance between visual fidelity and high frame rates. We’ve benchmarked each and every one of Dirt Rally 2’s 30 (thirty!) graphics options. Using the chart below, you can find out just how demanding each graphics option is in Dirt Rally 2.0. demonstrating the percentage drop in frame rates when turning the graphics setting from Low to Ultra. This can provide an at-a-glance look at which graphics settings affect the frame rate the most in DR2.”

https://www.game-debate.com/news/26623/dirt-rally-2-0-performance-breakdown-and-most-important-graphics-options

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Dirt Rally 2.0 – Kausipassit

Ensimmäisen kauden lisäsisällöt on julkistettu (Season One):

– Week 1: ŠKODA Fabia Rally, Citroën C4 Rally
– Week 3: Monte Carlo Rally, Special Livery
– Week 5: BMW M1 Procar Rally, Opel Manta 400, Special Livery
– Week 7: Sweden Rally
– Week 9: Ford Focus RS Rally 2007, Subaru Impreza, Special Livery
– Week 11: Germany Rally

Season Two:
– Week 1: Peugeot 205 T16 Rallycross, Ford RS200 Evolution, Special Livery
– Week 3: Latvia RX
– Week 5: Porsche 911 SC RS, Lancia 037 Evo 2, Special Livery
– Week 7: Wales Rally
– Week 9: Lancia Delta S4 Rallycross, MG Metro 6R4 Rallycross, Special Livery
– Week 11: Germany RX

Season Three:
– x

Season Four:
– x

Flat Out Pack tulossa ilmaiseksi kaikille kausipassin omistajille.

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Korjaus pitkiin latausaikoihin (huom. vanhentunut)

Tämä ongelma on jo korjattu pelin päivityksissä.

Tämä testatusti toimii, latausajat tippuivat puoleen:
Step 1: Open Dirt Rally 2.0
Step 2: Open Task Manager
Step 3: Go to ”Details”
Step 4: Right click on ”dirtrally2.exe”
Step 5: Click on ”Set affinity”
Step 6: Disable ”CPU 0”

Tai pikakuvakkeen ritirimpsulla:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c start ”” /High ”C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\DiRT Rally 2.0\dirtrally2.exe”

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EECMT – EgoEngine Camera Modding Tool

Loistava apuohjelma pelin kameroiden manuaaliseen säätämiseen. Lataus tekijän Github-sivulta. Ohjeita ohjelman käyttöön Youtube-videosta.

This is a generic Camera Modding Tool for (presumably) ALL Codemasters racing games using the EGO Engine (since Dirt 1). It allows to edit any value for any camera on any car (or a selection thereof), all at once, instantly. You can backup and restore all the camera files, and even easily package them for publishing them on the internet.
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DirtFix (DiRT Input Glitch Fixer) v1.3

Recent Codemasters ”DiRT” series games check for game controller changes every 2 seconds, which can cause a spike in frame times, leading to gameplay glitches. DirtFix suspends this background polling to eliminate the glitches it causes.

Tested with DiRT Rally, DiRT Rally 2.0, and DiRT 4.
https://github.com/simonowen/dirtfix

Stuttering Fix:

https://forums.codemasters.com/topic/41690-fps-stuttering-pc-non-vr/

Linkkejä:

Dirt Rallyn tiekartta:
https://www.rally-maps.com/Dirt-Rally-Finland-J%C3%A4ms%C3%A4-2015

Tuning Chart:

Pelit – Pelien vuosikirjat

Vanhojen Pelit-vuosikirjojen arvostelut ovat luettavissa yhdestä paikasta (vieläpä alkuperäisten kirjoittajien suostumuksella): Mielenkiintoista ja kulttuuriteko parhaasta päästä.

”Pelit was a Finnish-language (bi)annual book published from 1987 to 1991 containing gaming-related articles, tips and most importantly game reviews. Here you can find all the reviews, scanned from the books.”
Ensimmäisen kirjan kanteen liittyvää triviaa:

https://solvalou.com/pelit

Trackmania Nations Forever & Windows 8/10

Suuren suosion jo Steamin puolella saanut ohje TMNF-pelin saattamiseksi toimintaan Windows 8/8.1/10 koneilla on nyt myös täällä. Käännöstä suomeksi sitten jossain vaiheessa…

Elikkäs, näin se käy:

1. Edit Nadeo.ini -file (this is the default installation path, your game files might be elsewhere.)
C:\Program Files\(x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\TrackMania Nations Forever\Nadeo.ini
2. Find a row with ”Distro=XXXXX”. Delete contents after ”Distro=” and change it to ”Distro=MILIN”. Save and close the file.

3. Download the update file (it says ”United Forever” in it, but it works great with TM Nations too)
http://files2.trackmaniaforever.com/TmUnitedForever_Update_2010-03-15_Setup.exe

4. Install the patch and point it to your Trackmania Nations Forever folder, for example:
C:\Program Files\(x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\TrackMania Nations Forever

5. That’s it! When the installation is finished, you are ready to play the game. Depending on what the problem was, the game should work well now.

No One Lives Forever 1 & 2 Revival Project

”Download a fully functional version of No One Lives Forever (NOLF), No One Lives Forever 2 (NOLF 2), and Contract Jack with the latest community patches for free. Download the full game for PC now. Play single-player and multiplayer NOLF games for free!

You cannot buy a functional version of No One Lives Forever or Contract Jack any more. As a result, in an attempt to keep the community alive and attract new players, No One Lives Forever and Contract Jack Revival Edition are available to all for free and are a breeze to install and play on all modern operating systems. Double click on the installer, pick a directory to extract the files, and then double click on the desktop shortcuts to play. It’s that easy.”

No One Lives Forever (NOLF 1 & 2) Revival Edition HD Widescreen Play for Free

Ja latauslinkit löytyvät tietysti itse pääsivustolta:
• No One Lives Forever 1 and 2 NOLF Contract Jack Free Download PC Revival Edition