Day of Defeat Chat Thread

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• Agreed! I think that overall, BF2 is the greatest game around. But what it's lacking is VIOLENCE - the ... : Captain_Vegetable

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  use a rifle, right click. Only works with rifles : higround
  • ok. thanks. used only MG and MP so far. : pulsar

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• Er I mean I liked the KAR from old DOD. : TrptJim
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  actually the kar isn't that bad. when i was playing on the shack server i was getting like 120+ ping and ... : infiltrator`
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    It takes more than 1 shot to kill a guy at full health. And the fact that you get no pistol, and can't st... : TrptJim
    • there are definitely one shot kills with the kar98. in fact the majority of my kills have been one shot k... : infiltrator`

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  Same problem with the pretty grass in SOF2 years ago - I remember people saying how cool it was to hide i... : abrasion
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    you are about to say something about consoles, aren't you? : flibble2k
    • No, but I spose that's a good point. : abrasion
• I was just running around checking it out. As far as I could tell, it only really acted to make bright st... : SpiderMonkey
• works fine on my 9800pro : cltcprd
• It's a much more subtle effect than any of the pre-release screenies or even movies showed. Definite... : dawurz
• I don't like it, it's far too bright when it turns on. Walking out of a door makes me squint and then it ... : nutcrackr
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  Yeah, until HDR is forced on for everyone, it actually is a disadvantage. : Dynotaku
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    I find the effect pretty subtle, and practically impossible to offer a gameplay disadvantage. It's never... : monofurioso
    • iawtp : kevp
• Won't making it fullbright just make it global lighting? : Kerath
• it's LAME... disabled : dumptruck

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• when the second server was up it was smooth as silk, I don't know why that first server is having so much... : shotgun1
• I run a CS server and everyone had low pings (sub 30s) but it was really choppy, this was with sys_ticrat... : SomeLlama

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  They're actually light machine guns. : Havoc1c4
  • How very very important. I actually like the sound of a distant MG best. : bundy
• The spray on the autos is crazy. Feels like the gun goes out of control if you hold down the trigger too... : helvetica
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  I guess you haven't played the MOD Red Orchestra for UT2K4? I would say that as far as a WWII game goes i... : crapolla
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    The allies sport a .50 cal. : sgtsanity
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      Really? Looked like a browning 1919 to me, which is a you guessed it .30 cal Cheers : crapolla
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        That's correct, it's a Browning M1919A6 .30 caliber light machine gun. There is no heavy machine gun in m... : TigerRei
        • WTF. I must be thinking of something else, or am engaging in a variety of other fairly-reasonable activit... : sgtsanity
  • Yes i have played it and i liked it for about a month, but being used to DoD from the HL1 days, i got imp... : Decepticon Matrix

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  uhm it should be? : Maarten Goldstein
  • not with the Vivendi boxes which were sold in stores, not even the CE. Wasn't part of the deal! Poor gu : Luminair
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    Nope, gotta pay for it. I preloaded it a few days ago, and loaded up Steam a few mins. ago and clicked on... : MatthewPhillips
    • that blows, yeah i would feel screwed too : Maarten Goldstein
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      Suxors edition? I have it too. : Sylvanus
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        The fact that those that bought the hl2 collectors edition and paid C$100 for it and didn't get DoD:S is ... : ev0ljon
        • I'm pretty sure it's more Vivendi related than anything else : j33uk
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          Vivendi was the distributor, and you're the one who paid an additional $30 for the T-shirt, knowing that ... : sgtsanity
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            i have hl:source which i didn't pay for. also got blueshift and opposing force. am i not supposed to hav... : ev0ljon
            • Well fuck me sideways. You're right. :( : sgtsanity
            • You did NOT get blueshift and opposing force with the Collectors Edition though. : sharkII
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          Here's a hint: it told you exactly what was in the box before you took it to the counter and bought it. : SpiderMonkey
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            That's not really fair; HL2 Collector's Edition by any standards was a very unfortunate attempt at suckin... : MatthewPhillips
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              i bought HL2 silver over steam because i knew exactly what i was getting. and it was the same price as th... : pyide
              • *edition. wtf words : pyide
            • Good sir, i will say this only once so pay attention: Collectors Editions of just about every game are... : [7]kami
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    HL2: Collector's Edition didn't come with DoD:Source or HL:Source. : sgtsanity
    • Collectors Edition DID come with HL:Source. CE users do not get DOD or Blue Shift for free download. : sharkII
• It didn't come with DoD? That sucks : ColoradoCNC
• Wierd, I bought the silver edition and I get basically everything for free. : Dynotaku
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  It's really too bad that Valve is deciding to exclude the people who purchased HL2:CE from DoD:S. Unfort... : fintalones
  • Agree. I'm in the bitter CE owner crowd also. A $10 discount for CE owners would have translated into a... : rms

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• So it's like playing CS then? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Well honestly, my major complaints are this: Thompson/MP40 are way too inaccurate now. Or maybe accura... : TigerRei
  • Honestly, I complained about the kar back in the days of 2.0-2.1-3.0-3.1 because of it's accuracy and kil : snuff
  • "it wreaks havok on the server " pun intened?....:) havok physics : mblissp
  • Dude - wow. Your comments about the BF2 physics and the grenade physics were fucking hillarious! Kudos! : RSVDoomsday
  • just a fyi, there is NO ragdoll physics in this game. its all premade animations : Buckyfg1

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  New Forceware beta drivers or no? : Ratsofatsorat
  • Yeah, using the beta ones that just came out... : TabsAZ
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    thats kinda dissapointing.... I was hoping my 4000+ and x800 pro would be enough too play with hdr on : godm0de
    • Yeah I dunno, guess I'm gonna have to mess around with it - I am running it High Quality 4X/16X, but that... : TabsAZ
• Ouch, that sucks I take it my 2.4GHz A64 w/ a 7800GT won't be able to do 1280x960 w/ FSAA + TSAA + HDR... : DKo5
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  I have a 6800OC with 1.5gigs of ram and an amd 3000 and I can get pretty decent fps as long as water is t... : ColoradoCNC
  • amd 2000, that is : ColoradoCNC
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  I understand what you mean. 4400+, 7800GTX, 2gb of RAM here. With HDR on the game appears to run 50fps+ b... : hardfl1p
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    50fps with that rig? What. The. Fuck. Whats your normal hl2 fps? : spdon
    • 100 or so. I fixed it - I had AA enabled in the Nvidia control panel, and in-game too. I disabled the in-... : hardfl1p
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  How do I check my fps? I have the exact same setup using the nonbeta 78.01 or whatever and no problems 1... : kevp
  • cl_showfps 1 You have to enable the console first from the "keyboard" options menu. : kin83

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• Being worked on by a different team, I'd guess. : ElectricOrange

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• you downloaded the modern-art edition... : buzzbat
• hax : tunis5000
• No, but I kinda wish I did... that looks awesome! : bigimp
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  Had to turn HDR off to get rid of it; not sure what's wrong (I updated my drivers to the new nVidia ones ... : mittense
  • Wich videocard? : [7]kami
• It's a little piece of mine, I like to call it "Despair". Do you like it? Want to touch my monkey? : Fred Garvin
• not a clue, but it looks bloody cool : johnsto

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• sound quality = low? : derean
• Tried that, no go. : Athlon7
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  Fast Writes off? : sharkII
  • I have PCI Express. Can I even turn that off? : Athlon7
• By the way, the stuttering problem seems to be same kind experienced back in the early days of HL2 by tho... : Athlon7
• i had the same problems in CS:source last year.. run driver cleaner, make sure to remove everything, reb... : simon_tack

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• Thanks for the links. Now I'm pissed that I won't get to play until this weekend. :/ : Serpico74

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• I am pleased. : freshyk
• Not pleased at all. Having the feeling of running through jello + recoils that go through the roof = no ... : paravis
• I'm not really impressed, pretty meh : nutcrackr
• I quite like it. Then again, I only played the original once or twice, so I wasn't sure what to expect go... : mittense
• I like it alot. : jonin
• It needs fixing, or all 6 servers I tried with less than 40 pings suck. I havnt joined a server with mor... : Pneum0
• Pleased. Its fun, easy to figure out, and a nice change from CS. I kind of wish sometimes I could use the... : bozer
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  I love it. Themelon's server was hell on wheels (minus the wheels) at first, but is extremely playable ri... : sgtsanity
  • Glad to see it got better... : themelon
• Just 4 maps is pretty sad. Considering I hate 2 of them as well. I never bitched about CS:Source because ... : Pettytheft
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  So far its cool. Finaly sniping is fun again. Fuck bf2 sniping. : deeveee
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    yeah, BF2 the .50 cal barret took 2 hits to the chest....wtf. : Turd Ferguson
    • yeah if u could even hit him with the 50 cal. oh and the bolt action was just dandy. : shacktool
• Not pleased. Potential, but I'm getting awful stuttering, and the models can get clipped into one another... : Athlon7
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  Does Valve run any servers? Just curious, it would help immensely if they did. Also, wtf happened to that... : u sir name
  • i think power play is out of the picture.. remember that lag compression Valve introduced back in counter... : ballystix
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  Needs a fucking uphill battle fight like dod_charlie. : snuff
  • And what the hell took this so long to come out? : snuff

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  Because they're not charging $50 for it? : Ratsofatsorat
  • Well, yeah I guess $20 is ok. : pillzer
• People actually wanted to play this game on the Source engine. :P : AlexXdude
• uhm...since when has dod or cs been released yearly as a pay to play upgrade? : MuteMode
• Unless you are a huge DoD: Source fan, then yeah it isn't really worth buying outright. But, many people... : SolrFlare
• Why is that a bad thing anyway? Nobody's forcing anyone to buy it. My only complaints about DoD: Source i... : bigimp
• Because the wheels were falling off the old versions of these games. : SpiderMonkey
• Because this is more believable than Manny Ramirez making a full speed diving catch. Seriously, EA, what-... : snuff
• NBA Live 99 - i still play this : sherwinpg
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  Yeah DoD has now had a whopping two engine upgrades since 1999 or 2000. And before now, each upgrade to t... : glio1337
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    It's had 1 engine change, and it's NO LONGER A MOD. It's a full, retail game. Valve bought it and therefo... : machima
    • Yeah I meant to say "two engines" and I never called it a mod =P and it was always free if you owned HL1. : glio1337

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• Yeah it pretty much follows the same path as CS:S. Started off as a great mod, and was bought by valve a... : Decepticon Matrix

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• Sweet. Thanks dude. You're awesome. : dltrem
• Dunno when it was done, but the video is up. : DKo5
• The HDR render seem to have some cool lighting shifts from the clouds. : Fred Garvin
• More videos coming : DKo5
• Does it have SWEET RUBBER-BANDING too? : Ratsofatsorat

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  If you're looking at upgrading, all those cards sound like shit - you'd be better off with a 128mb 6600GT... : abrasion
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    Yeah, a 6600GT isnt that much more than those I don't think and a MUCH wiser investment. You're gonna be... : uncle slappy
    • anyone know what the clock speed of a x600pro and x600xt is? : c0v3rt@speakeasy.net
  • This man is correct. A 6600GT would be the best bang for your buck. : Sapiens
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  Well you also seem to be forgetting that a X700 pro is just as good in some cases better then a 6600 GT i : Dabest4ever
  • Nice triple-post. The only time an X700 outperforms a 6600GT is when you overclock the former but not ... : Sapiens

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• They don't show up as well as they did in the original because the map textures aren't horrendously pixel... : sgtsanity
• They're alot harder to catch, too. Like the grenade hitboxes are smaller or something. : rotten element

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• Someone come join...!! other is packed =( : bozer
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  how come when I try to add server it doesn't list? : Beef-
  • same for me, no listing. : Pneum0
• I'm in after... 44 seconds :O : nomaad
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  why was it shut down? (second server?) it was doing great. : shotgun1
  • yeah i was havin loads of fun :( : lonepie
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  Dead? I got 'server shutting down' :( : nomaad
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    Sorry nomaad I swear someone said FF was off. =( : helvetica
    • that definentally wasnt me on the other team... heh : buzzbat
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      You shot me in the stomach. Twice. :( : nomaad
      • I was going for the head. =( : helvetica
  • Yea me too. Just when I got home to play : deeveee
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    that was fun though, bit of a stand off at the end there for a while. : shotgun1
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      Yeah that corner is really tricky. Dark recesses which are easy to snipe from, the US uniform really blen : nomaad
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        yeah, I just started flanking/counterflanking and going for the back alley kills. : Turd Ferguson
        • Pretty much all I did was go to the back alleys to get easy kills. : freshyk
  • yep, good games. : Turd Ferguson
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  will they be listed on http://www.shackbattles.com/servermonitor/ ? doh, now thats down : uncle slappy
  • But that page no longer exists. : deeveee
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    Thats down right now, but when its back up I'll tack it in. (actually, you know, i've got a backup versi... : mojoald
    • does game geiger need to be updated to work with dods? : shotgun1
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  ok maybe I'm dumb but when I try to add this server to favorites I get the CS server : tunis5000
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    Yeah same here, I don't get it. =( : helvetica
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      To the both of you... add the port, which is 27016 : CrimsonHandHiro
      • Okay thanks! : helvetica
• ok anyone having problems adding the server, it's 68.142.120.138:27016 : tunis5000

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  that sucks, cuz the original had amazing sounds. : Sgt_Boomstick
  • The machine guns sound like woodpeckers. : deeveee
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  I was actually very impressed with the sounds... : rasputinreborn
  • As was I. Everything has a very nice punch to it. : mittense
• No kidding, the recoil is just nuts. : Fred Garvin
• yeah even the SMGs seemed to climb too much for full auto semi usefull. Small bursts work fine, but cra... : Turd Ferguson
• Sounds great, and the recoil is just as I remember it. :D : sgtsanity

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• There is something far better than the shovel now. It's the Sergeant's fist. Loving that one. : Pettytheft

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• I turned it off, not worth it if the game chugs : byorn
• I've got Radeon 9700Pro, Athlon 3200+, and 1 gb RAM and I turned it off after admiring it for the first f... : freshyk
• I have the same specs (but with 1.5GB) and it runs pretty damn smooth with everything except AA and AF on... : bigimp

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• i have the exact same (cept 1.5 gb ram) and I run it with HDR, 1152X864, and 4AA/AF with absolutly no pro... : buzzbat

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• Hay, DoD is incomplete and I didn't even get a shirt :/ : rotten element
• I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess this was supposed to be a reponse to my post lol A $2 DVD ca... : MatthewPhillips

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• QFT my friend. Will F.E.A.R multiplay hold me over till Q4? : paravis

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  I did, exit and restart steam. : Turd Ferguson
  • Yup, that worked. Thanks. : Fred Garvin

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  So it's pretty much a disadvantage for competitive players then? Oh well, I can see it put to better use... : PenicillinX57
  • Yeah the people who take it too seriously are going to have their HDR turned off, their gamma and texture... : snuff
• So is this what a "gimmick" is? : AtaR1
• Whats the use of having all these flashy cool effects if people are just gonna turn them off? : jonin
• I'm kind of dissapointed with the HDR. It's cool, but at the same time it just seems like bloom is trigge... : bozer

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• its been out since hl2 came out.... : buzzbat
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  I concur. I have zero doubt that Alfred is working his butt off getting it ready, but why on earth wasn't... : Fuzzwah
  • ^^ IAWTP :: Godspeed! : graincloud

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• my Pent 2.4 & Radeon9700Pro are crying :( : byorn
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  One part there is the XP 3000+ is crap : mojoald
  • More like the video card was a waste of money since it's horribly bottlenecked by the CPU. I'm not getti... : Sapiens

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  You bought Vivendi sh_t. Now you need to buy some serious Valve stuff. : Grapenthin
  • That doesn't change anything - the whole fight between the 2 stupid juggernauts just pissed off the users... : abrasion
• Buy the full version? Sorry, there's nothing else we can recommend. : nomaad
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  grrrrrr. ya just realized that after checking steam "Retail version (store bought) version of HL2 doe... : mblissp
  • How about you read about the box contents (on the box itself or the internet) before buying? Damn, people... : Mad Brahmin Disease
• What made you think that? Does the box say it's included? I hate to tell you, but you were never promis... : PenicillinX57
• ez shackers, I am well aware of my error. Just expressing my frustration freely on the internet. No w... : mblissp

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  Would you rather they wait another 6 months to polish additional maps? More will be released just like C... : AcesnEights
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    If I would have had to purchase this game for $20, then yes. : Bob422
    • Well the game will still be around, and probably still be $20 in 6 months for the people that make that d... : SpiderMonkey