SiN Episodes: Emergence Dated, Pre-Loading

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  I used a debit card. : marmite
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    How the hell do I use a debit card? : manlyman
    • A debit card looks and is used exactly like a credit card : Chris Remo
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  Just the same? Enter the long number, the type of card, expiry date. : marmite
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    Hrmm, I am from Canada. The option isn't there, maybe thats why? : manlyman
    • Canadian debit cards aren't the same as US ones. You need a CC if you're in Canada AFAIK : deKaf
    • US debit cards appear to go through companies like VISA. Ours are directly through the bank and aren't a... : dantastic
• I use my debit card all the time. : jonin
• Debit cards should work fine if they are issued by Mastercard or Visa. If you are having trouble with ... : Doug_Support

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  2.2 Who made SiN? SiN is made by Texas-based developer Ritual Entertainment . A team of 15 people wor : Chris Remo
  • I find it odd how I forgot that Maarten is Hexagon. : Kentor
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    15 people working 18-hour days, 6 days a week, for almost 2 years ;) : levelord
    • That is hellish. That sure is dedication though, great work. : megarust32
    • But see, now they do that at EA with ten times the people! ;) : Chris Remo

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• Yeah I got the same problem. : manlyman
• Its probably due to them checking the card by debiting $1. My bank doesn't allow debits of $1 or less, so... : Smellsy
• If you are having trouble with your credit card in Steam...follow the link below to the Steam Support web... : Doug_Support

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• Spiffy fast (oh, the agony of levels loading on my old P133.) : Matt Burris

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  From the Main Menu, go to Controls->Video Controls. Hit the "Right Arrow" key until you get to the pro... : Ritual-MikeR
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    Heh, I just realized that I've been using the wrong desktop resolution all this time. :p Changed to 1280x... : freshyk
    • Not necessarily. A lot of LCDs are 1280x1024...just make sure it is actually supposed to be 1280x960 bef... : flashmasta
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  how do we get 16:10 resolutions? :) : cltcprd
  • I was wondering this too, but then I remember that for Quake 2, you have to use a hacked .exe to get wide... : Matt Burris
• preordered and ready for PARADOX again !!! Hell yeah! That's the spirit! : paradox

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  The only audio issue that we found was with older SoundMax integrated audio chipsets. If you can run o... : Ritual-MikeR
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    Nice. Okay, I'm definitely in! : EvilDolemite
    • No way to download it for free if we already own SiN, huh? I do plan on buying SiN Episodes, but from th... : Hollow Man
• Hello SoundStorm buddy! It works perfectly here :) : MrLonghair

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  I think someone else published WoS? So I doubt you'll be seeing it.. : Athlon7
  • They said they were looking into it, so I bet if this is successful, we'll see it. : K1Bond007
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  Is WoS a good expansion pack? : nutcrackr
  • Wages is probably the best FPS expansion pack ever made. A new single player campaign, new weapons, new e... : badman

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  Well support your independants is all I will say. Ritual deserves the love. Supporting this stuff gives n... : italiano3d
  • You do indeed have good points. I bought RO for similar reasons, and had a LOT of fun in there until Obli... : Athlon7
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  What command line do I do so I can play at 1280x1024 res? : freshyk
  • nuke plz : freshyk
• Seriously. I'll buy tomorrow. Just saw this too late :( : K1Bond007

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  I doubt many people will have it downloaded tonight... I'm only downloading at 50kB/s : Bingo
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    I'm pulling 155kb/s right now and I'm almost done so you can have some of mine when I'm done : melkore
    • you better give it all to me. I asked first! : Bingo
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    Yeah, it's going real slowly for me too. 66% so far so not too far away. I'd be up for a quickie tonight.... : freshyk
    • I stopped the preloading of Ep. 1 since there's no hurry. It's even downloading faster now! (65kB/s) : Bingo
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  Perhaps a (snakes on a m*f*-ing) server would help? 66.180.121.117:27015 We're still showing up as ... : Ritual-MikeR
  • Awesome, I'll check it out when mine finishes : melkore
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    First person just joined the server, and suicided accidentally with the DeathQuad. For full informatio... : Ritual-MikeR
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      Yea that was me, I had no idea what powerup I had or how to get rid of it. Figured it out though and mas... : melkore
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        SinCTF guide right here: http://www.ritualistic.com/games.php/sin/info_ctf.php : badman
        • Man, stop kicking my ass with that rocket launcher! : melkore
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  Wish I could join, but the measly 10kb/sec is making this an impossibility. :( : Matt Burris
  • Yeah, 21kb/sec here. Gonna be a while. : megarust32
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  I'm too stupid, how the hell do i join a game? : cltcprd
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    use the steam server browser, browse to server, launch that bitch into orbit. enjoy. : NeoMoose
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      ah, well shit no one is there now. : cltcprd
      • well I was there. And I owned : Bingo
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      how come i can't find the game in the server filters waaaah : dantastic
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        Small glitch - the servers are showing up as "valve test app 1309" right now. We're working on it. : Ritual-MikeR
        • aaah good to know, thanks... i tried looking for that in the filters too though and its not listed... may... : dantastic

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• yep its pretty excellent for Ritual : Maarten Goldstein
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  There have been a few documented cases of publishers only taking notice of a game when Valve sign it up f... : Beady
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    I am loving it, it really puts the publishers in their place. They all go "oh nobody will buy this, we do... : ovrlrd
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      Whats surprising is that it's Ea supporting valves digital distrobution method by doing delivery of the t... : italiano3d
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        Perhaps things are indeed changing. : Sturm08
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          More like it's the only way they can get a cut of the pie...a very tasty pie. : pulse2115
          • I like pie! : Deathstalker2015
          • yes but thats the thing, instead of taking the whole pie as they normally do, and wouldn't publish withou... : italiano3d
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        What I find funny is that on Valve's games you don't see the EA logo anywhere on the box. Unless it's cha... : freshyk
        • yes thats what happens when you can say look we don't need your distro channel but we want your distro ch... : italiano3d
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  Doesn't it push back the digital distro date? I mean if this were all digital distribution, then we wou... : pzilla
  • Every other major steam release has been at the same time as the game appearing on store shelves, so yeah... : Serpico74

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• Quake II engine AMIRITE? It had better run smooth! : Athlon7

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  (It actually comes with a new game also.) : Chris Remo
  • yeah yeah you bastards already sold me its already preloading haha shackhype makes my wallet hurt ever... : dantastic
• I just bought a JC version at a computer show this past Saturday for 10 bucks but I can play it without d... : thejm4n

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  Yeah I am going to have way too much to play. At least Dreamfall comes out this month so I can get a star... : ovrlrd
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    It....it does?? : buzzfunk
    • I am upset the shack didn't put a gone gold post for it. Tsk tsk. : manlyman
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    wuts Dreamfall? : Haku-Jin
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      Isn't Dreamfall the sequel to The Longest Journey? : aasyranth
      • Yes, it is. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • http://www.shacknews.com/extras/2006/031606_dreamfall_1.x : Chris Remo

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• Preordered and downloading! : megarust32
• DONE. Preordering now! : jonin
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  Do we know how long the pre-order is going to remain active? I need my credit card to cycle this month b... : Wadmaasi
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    Until the day of unlock (May 9). : badman
    • *shew* Thanks! : Wadmaasi
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  Ooo.... I never played the first Sin... please don't hurt me! : FatBaby
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    Not many of us have, I'm still waiting for the first level to load! : zipperface
    • Talk about an old joke! ;) : flashmasta
    • I played about halfway through. Buggy as all hell but it was fun. : jonin
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  Is Sin 1 source updated? : abrasion
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    No, direct port. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • Still a great game. : abrasion
• Pre-ordered a while ago. I'll be playing some old school Sin DM tonight! : sneak
• Awesome, bought! : Serpico74
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  10%, they might as well just say save $2, because it almost seems silly to say 10% for so little amount o... : ovrlrd
  • Valve has done this on all the pre-orders. It always comes to a silly amount $1.47 !!!! or something.... ... : sharkII

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  Civ4 has built in G15 support too. I'm using my LCD mainly for fraps, but it's really handy with TS, and ... : Dusty_Slim
  • that's what I'm using it for mainly too (except for Civ4). I started making applets for it too but didn't... : Bingo

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• Link to my Love Post for just the first level -- http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11926308 : NeoMoose

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  http://www.sinepisodes.com/index.php?episodes_emergence You can use HL2 as a good indicator of how wel... : Ritual-MikeR
  • Sweeet, didn't see that. Thanks, Mike! : Mad Brahmin Disease

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• Old original SiN 1 Steam comes with multiplayer, Episode 2 or one of those later add MP to SiN Episodes. : Mad Brahmin Disease

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• * P R E O R D E R E D 'D 'D * : Mad Brahmin Disease

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• No, not until May 9th. Duh : highlander
• Sin1 is playable today from the preorder. Episode 1 is the product that you have to wait for. : Squibbon
• Mine said they have a problem with the auth service for my cards so I won't be able to play SiN till they... : marmite

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• Status report Mr. Johnston! NOW! : FatBaby

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• Oh just count your blessings - I'd love to be in college again. :) : dumptruck

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• I look forward to it. : inition

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• I believe $20'ish was mentioned previously. : aasyranth

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• You jerks better send me a signed copy of the Retail box!!! P.S. $20 = 6+ hours of gameplay *OR* ... : Wyeth

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  "as long as it doesn't suck" Oi. I knew we were forgetting something. Guys, we need to postpone the da... : Squibbon
  • Awwww AGAIN!?!?!?!?! : Normality
• Trust me, it won't suck. I've playtested it. The Ritual team is continuously bringing in outside people... : aasyranth
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  I have bought plenty of fullpriced games that lasted me under ten hours. Even if I speedrun this in four ... : MrLonghair
  • Don't get me wrong, I fully agree! I was fine with paying $50 for Max Payne 2. I'm ecstatic that SiN Ep... : PenicillinX57

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• \m/ NORMALITY \m/ This should be very good, I really liked the first game. : -efx-