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You sure it's not due to your speaker set-up? Surround sound will split the audio between the front left/right speakers, which will make it harder to hear.
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I never had an issue with any of the diaries or Atlas either. Maybe it's an issue unique to your configuration. I believe there's also the option for subtitles if you prefer that.
I never finished the first Bioshock so I started playing it again to prep for the first and see the end. My audio does exactly the same thing as Joph's. Journal's/Radio are quiet rest of noises loud.
It was actually a lot of forum reading just to get the game to launch in Win7 64x with realtek audio. Then the sound did not work at all in game. Had to enable a setting called "Stereo Mix" in my recording setting's for the sound properties. Then adjust the launch variables default.ini. Game was released for XP, so I had tried compatibility mode for both the game.exe and the steam.exe with no love. Fortunately the .ini fix I found did the trick.
I was just happy to get it launched and with sound, I can live with the journal being quiet becuase it's fun going back into Rapture. :)
It was actually a lot of forum reading just to get the game to launch in Win7 64x with realtek audio. Then the sound did not work at all in game. Had to enable a setting called "Stereo Mix" in my recording setting's for the sound properties. Then adjust the launch variables default.ini. Game was released for XP, so I had tried compatibility mode for both the game.exe and the steam.exe with no love. Fortunately the .ini fix I found did the trick.
I was just happy to get it launched and with sound, I can live with the journal being quiet becuase it's fun going back into Rapture. :)
An old silent pond...
A frog jumps into the pond,
splash! Silence again.
~ Matsuo Basho
A frog jumps into the pond,
splash! Silence again.
~ Matsuo Basho
I found the subtitles option right before bed last night so, better late than never, I suppose.
No funky audio set-ups here; just a pair of off the rack, ten year old $12 computer speakers.
No funky audio set-ups here; just a pair of off the rack, ten year old $12 computer speakers.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Jophiel wrote:
As a brief update, Bioshock is well worth the $5 I paid for it but I have one gripe. The recorded "diaries" (and updates from Atlas, et al) are really quiet and I have to crank up the sound to hear them. The option to adjust the "voices" only seems to affect the plasmid-zombie-thingies and not the diaries. I don't really need more help hearing some woman scream in my face as she attempts to brain me with a pipe but hearing the plot bits without turning up the volume each time would be nice. Especially when said Slicer decides to wait until I'm trying to listen to a recording of a mechanic ******** about frozen pipes before she rushes screaming "WHY WON'T YOU LEAVE ME ALONE?!!?!?" with my volume turned way up.
Edited, Jul 5th 2011 10:05pm by Jophiel
Edited, Jul 5th 2011 10:05pm by Jophiel
Been working my way through Oblivion. I had played Morrowind, but for some reason had never picked up Oblivion. I always seem to hate the start to Bethesda's games, but I know that if I push my way through the tutorial level and a quest or two into the story, I'll be hooked.
Today's deals:
Batman: AA GOTY $7.50 (75%)
L4D2 Franchise 75% off: Either game $5, both for $7.50
Far Cry franchise 75% off: Far Cry 2: Fortune's Edition $5, Far Cry $2.50
Kings Bounty franchise 80% off, $3-5 per game
Sims 3 franchise 66% off, the main game $13, and all 417 expansions 66% off or a complete pack for $80
Jamestown $5 (50%)
Lost Planet 2 $20 (50%)
Gothic series 75% off. Gothic 4 $12.50, or bundle with everything $9
Atom Zombie Smasher $3 (70%)
Killing Floor $5 (75%) or bundle with DLC $7.50
Grand Theft Auto 4 complete (with dlcs) $10 (75%)
Prototype $15 (50%)
I thought I remembered hearing that L4D2 is primarily co-op/team play with little single player appeal. Is this correct?
Everyone and their dog seems to love Batman AA so maybe I'll break my two day no-buying streak before it's three days. How's Far Cry 2? Worth getting? I only remember the name.
Batman: AA GOTY $7.50 (75%)
L4D2 Franchise 75% off: Either game $5, both for $7.50
Far Cry franchise 75% off: Far Cry 2: Fortune's Edition $5, Far Cry $2.50
Kings Bounty franchise 80% off, $3-5 per game
Sims 3 franchise 66% off, the main game $13, and all 417 expansions 66% off or a complete pack for $80
Jamestown $5 (50%)
Lost Planet 2 $20 (50%)
Gothic series 75% off. Gothic 4 $12.50, or bundle with everything $9
Atom Zombie Smasher $3 (70%)
Killing Floor $5 (75%) or bundle with DLC $7.50
Grand Theft Auto 4 complete (with dlcs) $10 (75%)
Prototype $15 (50%)
I thought I remembered hearing that L4D2 is primarily co-op/team play with little single player appeal. Is this correct?
Everyone and their dog seems to love Batman AA so maybe I'll break my two day no-buying streak before it's three days. How's Far Cry 2? Worth getting? I only remember the name.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Far Cry 2 is great. It's like Crysis without the nanosuits and the ability to play it on normal-ish systems.
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"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
— James D. Nicoll
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"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
— James D. Nicoll
Someone elsewhere said L4D2 was still amusing as a single player and I know some folks I can co-op with so I did L4D2, Far Cry 2 & Batman: AA.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
I'm picking up King's Bounty pack. Only 7 dollars, looks worth it.
I bought Terraria yesterday. Fun little game, like the other topic on that game said, Minecraft + Castlevania. A lot harder than Minecraft.
I signed up for my steam account yesterday, never really thought about using it before. When I was in college, all my friends just used it to play counterstrike or some ****. I didn't really think it was for anything else back then. These sales are pretty nice though.
I bought Terraria yesterday. Fun little game, like the other topic on that game said, Minecraft + Castlevania. A lot harder than Minecraft.
I signed up for my steam account yesterday, never really thought about using it before. When I was in college, all my friends just used it to play counterstrike or some ****. I didn't really think it was for anything else back then. These sales are pretty nice though.
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Someone elsewhere said L4D2 was still amusing as a single player and I know some folks I can co-op with so I did L4D2, Far Cry 2 & Batman: AA.
welcome to the steam sale backlog of games you'll never finish :P
I look at it as giving me options.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
For the price you're paying now you won't feel guilty if you never finish them.
I'm having a weird "shaky camera" issue with Fallout: New Vegas. Any time I look around (I use my laptop's trackpoint) it does so with a noticeable vibration. I can't quite tell if the vibration is in the pointer, or if the in-game textures are twitching. Never had any such problem with F3. It's annoying.
Couldn't find anything about it on Google. I'll tamper with my graphics settings when I get home...hopefully something will fix it.
Edited, Jul 7th 2011 10:53am by Eske
Couldn't find anything about it on Google. I'll tamper with my graphics settings when I get home...hopefully something will fix it.
Edited, Jul 7th 2011 10:53am by Eske
Thursday's sales:
Audiosurf $1.50 (85%)
Risen $15 (50%)
Rift $10 (75%)
Quake franchise 75% off, or a complete pack for $7.50
Dead Rising 2 $20 (50%)
Sanctum $3.75 (75%) or 4 pack $10
Command and Conquer franchise 80% off, all games either $4 or $6
Street Fighter 4 $15 (50%)
Company of Heroes Franchise 75% off. $2.50 original, $5 expansions.
Tomb Raider franchise 75% off
Cities XL 2011 $8 (80%)
Counter-strike Source $5 (50%)
Folks are saying I should get Audiosurf for the buck-fiddy so I'll probably do that. Maybe Company of Heroes as well; at least the original.
Audiosurf $1.50 (85%)
Risen $15 (50%)
Rift $10 (75%)
Quake franchise 75% off, or a complete pack for $7.50
Dead Rising 2 $20 (50%)
Sanctum $3.75 (75%) or 4 pack $10
Command and Conquer franchise 80% off, all games either $4 or $6
Street Fighter 4 $15 (50%)
Company of Heroes Franchise 75% off. $2.50 original, $5 expansions.
Tomb Raider franchise 75% off
Cities XL 2011 $8 (80%)
Counter-strike Source $5 (50%)
Folks are saying I should get Audiosurf for the buck-fiddy so I'll probably do that. Maybe Company of Heroes as well; at least the original.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Broke my 2 day no buy streak with a splurge on Sanctum for $3.75. FPS/RTS tower defense sounds fun.
Almost got SF4 but the new AESF4 comes out tomorrow. I would have prolly just tooled around with the single player anyway but my backlog of games is getting pretty ridiculous already.
Almost got SF4 but the new AESF4 comes out tomorrow. I would have prolly just tooled around with the single player anyway but my backlog of games is getting pretty ridiculous already.
An old silent pond...
A frog jumps into the pond,
splash! Silence again.
~ Matsuo Basho
A frog jumps into the pond,
splash! Silence again.
~ Matsuo Basho
I bought the original Company of Heroes, downloading it now.
Hyolith wrote:
I bought the original Company of Heroes, downloading it now.
Awesome game. Plays like Dawn of War.
I bought Company of Heroes and the Opposing Fronts pack. Also Audiosurf which I wasted two hours on last night without realizing it. I'm a global champion on Doris Day's "Girl From Ipanema"! 
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Friday's deals:
Mafia franchise, Mafia $2.50, Mafia 2 $7.50, DLC 75% off
Splinter Cell franchise 66% off, or a pack for the last 4 games + a dlc for $18
Amnesia: The Dark Descent $5 (75%)
The Last Remanent $10 (75%)
Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga $20 (50%)
Dirt 3 $33.50 (33%)
Empire and Napolean Total War with all DLC $10
Fallout 3 GOTY (all dlc) $10
Worms Reloaded $5 or 4 pack for $17
Red Faction Armageddon $33.50 (33%)
Universe Sandbox $5 (50%)
Mass Effect Franchise 66% off - both games $7 each
Not sure anything in there grabs me. Maybe the Total War pack. I liked the first Medieval: TW but didn't care for Medieval: TW II that much so I'm not sure. Never did Fallout 3 so I suppose maybe I'll go with that but for some reason I'm not really enthusiastic about it.
Mafia franchise, Mafia $2.50, Mafia 2 $7.50, DLC 75% off
Splinter Cell franchise 66% off, or a pack for the last 4 games + a dlc for $18
Amnesia: The Dark Descent $5 (75%)
The Last Remanent $10 (75%)
Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga $20 (50%)
Dirt 3 $33.50 (33%)
Empire and Napolean Total War with all DLC $10
Fallout 3 GOTY (all dlc) $10
Worms Reloaded $5 or 4 pack for $17
Red Faction Armageddon $33.50 (33%)
Universe Sandbox $5 (50%)
Mass Effect Franchise 66% off - both games $7 each
Not sure anything in there grabs me. Maybe the Total War pack. I liked the first Medieval: TW but didn't care for Medieval: TW II that much so I'm not sure. Never did Fallout 3 so I suppose maybe I'll go with that but for some reason I'm not really enthusiastic about it.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Jophiel wrote:
Not sure anything in there grabs me. Maybe the Total War pack. I liked the first Medieval: TW but didn't care for Medieval: TW II that much so I'm not sure. Never did Fallout 3 so I suppose maybe I'll go with that but for some reason I'm not really enthusiastic about it.
Fallout 3 + DLC is a vertiable boatload of content for $10. I'd highly recommend it.
I'm kind of curious about Amnesia, but just don't think I'd get much mileage out of it. I really have to drag myself to complete true horror games.
Very tempted by Fallout 3.
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Jophiel wrote:
Friday's deals:
Mafia franchise, Mafia $2.50, Mafia 2 $7.50, DLC 75% off
Splinter Cell franchise 66% off, or a pack for the last 4 games + a dlc for $18
Amnesia: The Dark Descent $5 (75%)
The Last Remanent $10 (75%)
Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga $20 (50%)
Dirt 3 $33.50 (33%)
Empire and Napolean Total War with all DLC $10
Fallout 3 GOTY (all dlc) $10
Worms Reloaded $5 or 4 pack for $17
Red Faction Armageddon $33.50 (33%)
Universe Sandbox $5 (50%)
Mass Effect Franchise 66% off - both games $7 each
Not sure anything in there grabs me. Maybe the Total War pack. I liked the first Medieval: TW but didn't care for Medieval: TW II that much so I'm not sure. Never did Fallout 3 so I suppose maybe I'll go with that but for some reason I'm not really enthusiastic about it.
Mafia franchise, Mafia $2.50, Mafia 2 $7.50, DLC 75% off
Splinter Cell franchise 66% off, or a pack for the last 4 games + a dlc for $18
Amnesia: The Dark Descent $5 (75%)
The Last Remanent $10 (75%)
Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga $20 (50%)
Dirt 3 $33.50 (33%)
Empire and Napolean Total War with all DLC $10
Fallout 3 GOTY (all dlc) $10
Worms Reloaded $5 or 4 pack for $17
Red Faction Armageddon $33.50 (33%)
Universe Sandbox $5 (50%)
Mass Effect Franchise 66% off - both games $7 each
Not sure anything in there grabs me. Maybe the Total War pack. I liked the first Medieval: TW but didn't care for Medieval: TW II that much so I'm not sure. Never did Fallout 3 so I suppose maybe I'll go with that but for some reason I'm not really enthusiastic about it.
It's my opinion only, so take it for what it's worth. Both FO and ME are 2 of my favorite gaming series in recent years. FO is just massively huge, and ME is a story I just had to buy a 360 for. The fact that it was later released on the PC chaps my *** a little bit, but oh well. Like someone else mentioned, FO3 + all the DLC is a serious assload of content for 10 bucks. I'm even thinking about grabbing it because I don't have all of the DLC for the 360.
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Kastigir wrote:
ME is a story I just had to buy a 360 for. The fact that it was later released on the PC chaps my *** a little bit, but oh well.
So the fact that ME2 was released on PS3 doesn't bother you at all?
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"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
— James D. Nicoll
91PUP/BLM 86SMN/BST 76DRK
Cooking/Fishing 100
"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
— James D. Nicoll
Picked up ME 1 & 2, FO3 and Amnesia. People elsewhere were recommending it with one guy saying "The only reason not to buy this for $5 is if you really don't own $5. In which case, PM me and I'll gift it to you because you should play this game."
As it turns out, I do have five bucks but that was a heck of an endorsement.
Edit: I've played FO 1 & 2. I'll admit that the first person thing gave me pause and the worry that it was trading in some of its charm for slickness.
Edit II: I suppose I should be thankful that game-makers' obsession with consoles has retarded technical development since it means that my "pretty new but hardly top of the line" system still exceeds the recommended specs for these games.
Edited, Jul 8th 2011 7:00pm by Jophiel
As it turns out, I do have five bucks but that was a heck of an endorsement.
Edit: I've played FO 1 & 2. I'll admit that the first person thing gave me pause and the worry that it was trading in some of its charm for slickness.
Edit II: I suppose I should be thankful that game-makers' obsession with consoles has retarded technical development since it means that my "pretty new but hardly top of the line" system still exceeds the recommended specs for these games.
Edited, Jul 8th 2011 7:00pm by Jophiel
Belkira wrote:
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