Portal is now FREE! for EVERYONE! even on a MAC!

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Soliloquy

Yes, this is in the "Games on Sale" thread, but I think this warrants a new subject so that more people will see it, even if they don't check that thread often.

If you've never played portal, go get it. Right now. Seriously, stop dallying around and just get the damn thing, I don't care who you are.

The free game lasts until May 24th, so really, just go get it now.
 
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Soliloquy

Spread the word! if anyone you know hasn't played portal get them to play portal!
 
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Roxxoredizorz

I can't. :( My copy of Steam doesn't seem to work. It keeps saying that Steam needs to be connected to the internet to update, yet I've tried both Wired, and Wireless, and no dice.
 
figmentPez

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Roxxoredizorz said:
I can't. :( My copy of Steam doesn't seem to work. It keeps saying that Steam needs to be connected to the internet to update, yet I've tried both Wired, and Wireless, and no dice.
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I'm guessing Steam is overloaded with people trying to download the game and Steam itself. Check back in a day or two and it'll probably work.
 
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Soliloquy

Dave said:
I just bought the game on sale like a month ago.
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Hey, I bought it as part of the orange box for 50 bucks when it first came out.

No complaining. I'm just excited that I can now make GLADoS Jokes to all my newly-initiated friends.

♪ This was a triumph... ♫
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

I bought it when it came out and all I got was this lousy T-shirt...


And playing the game several times. Not to mention, modding it into Half-Life 2 is fun.
 
Silver Jelly

Silver Jelly

I'm loving it! Not only the game mechanics (in wich I'm sometimes completely moronic and sometimes feel like a genius) but also because of its dark humor! I haven't finished it yet, though: I just went through the first level you see a malfunctional wall panel and the little hole full of grafitty and random junk.

I'm so glad they allowed me to change the language to english, though. The spanish translation and dubbing are AWFUL.
 
Covar

Covar

Replaying Portal...ON MY MAC!!!

Game needs a patch as you can't see through the portals, makes the game slightly harder when you can't see what you're leaping into. Still this is truly one exceptionally good games. Nothing bad to say about Portal.

I also bought Torchlight for $9.99 yesterday. Still haven't played it as Portal keeps distracting me.

Steam ID is crcovar if anyone cares.
 
Covar

Covar

Amorous Eyes;385694][QUOTE=GasBandit;385687][QUOTE=Covar said:
ame needs a patch as you can't see through the portals,
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Well that kind of blows... freakin macs.[/QUOTE]

Workaround:
rbarris said:
We saw this bug and thought we had it fixed. One thing that affected this bug's behavior in our sleuthing was whether or not the game started up in windowed mode.

Please try this - right click the "Portal" title in the Steam game list, and select Properties. In that dialog click the "Set Launch Options" button. Then in that text field just put this text:

-windowed

This will cause the game to start up in windowed mode (which you can then change back to FS using Options->Video tab)

This is just an experiment for you to try, to let us know if you see the same behavior that we did. It's a very strange bug. It's not portal depth related, it's a rendering bug.
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More workarounds with Valve responses:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1265578[/QUOTE]
That workaround worked great. Thanks.
 
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Roxxoredizorz

I got the Portals to be see-through by just turning off Colour Correction.
 
Timmus

Timmus

I gotta say so far I'm pretty dissatisfied with steam so far.

I can't install portal, for the last two days I have been getting an error message that the server is too full. I've tried changing my download location and have tried downloading at non peak hours like their faqs have suggested.


I tried making an account on their forums and got it authenticated and I'm not even allowed basic posting privileges. It says I'm in a moderation queue.

I know I'm complaining about a free release but the difficulty I've had even getting some basic information about what's going is making me reluctant to spend money on the service down the line.

All in all this has been a pretty poor demonstration of what steam is capable of.
 
bhamv3

bhamv3

I'm pretty sure it's an issue with the huge number of people trying to download Steam and Portal and register on the forums at the moment. This is, like, the mother of all peak usage times. Usually it's not like this.

Give it a few days, there's a good chance it'll clear up.
 
Timmus

Timmus

I hope that's all it is.

Apologies if I'm mistaken bhamv but you live in China right? Have you ever had any serious problems using steam in China?
 
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