Lotus Not Connected To Steam?

[Data 2]

What does it mean when the Lotus servers aren't connected to steam? So far I noticed none of the new weapons work but that doesn't mean we can't get the new achievements and unlocks right?

[KillerKeg 10]

What does it mean when the Lotus servers aren't connected to steam? So far I noticed none of the new weapons work but that doesn't mean we can't get the new achievements and unlocks right?

It means Gabe doesn't know how to do a proper update of TF2.

[Game AI Dev (Dave) 17]

Last night was odd on a lot of fronts. First, my friends list said I was offline although I was logged in to Steam. I had to exit and restart Steam. I go into Dustbowl and the new stuff seems to be showing up. To get rid of the annoying shadows, I turned down the shadow detail level to low, at which point I locked up. Had to blow up the game. This time, when I went to start TF2, it started downloading the patch... which I thought I already had. Then, when I was in, it locked up again for some reason. The third time I was in, my frame rate was about half of what it usually is (and people said I looked like I was lagging despite a ping in the 30s). Very peculiar.

Steam stuff will settle out a little once the initial rush of patch-lovers and $9.99 newbies is past. I just hope that the tech glitches get addressed quickly.

As for Gabe not releasing a patch correctly. Keep in mind that most other game companies don't even operate in this fashion. Steam is really one of the first portals (so to speak) to allow for this live patching of non-MMO games. It's a real bitch to cover everything given the massive variety of combinations of hardware, drivers, OS software, etc. You can only have so many test machines. That's one of the benefits of writing for consoles is that you know what you are working with and can optimize and test accordingly.

Still, I agree that some things could have been caught... like the duplicate items that people were getting. *shrug* That's just something that should have jumped out on any QA tests.

[You suck and have no life 203]

Last night was odd on a lot of fronts. First, my friends list said I was offline although I was logged in to Steam. I had to exit and restart Steam. I go into Dustbowl and the new stuff seems to be showing up. To get rid of the annoying shadows, I turned down the shadow detail level to low, at which point I locked up. Had to blow up the game. This time, when I went to start TF2, it started downloading the patch... which I thought I already had. Then, when I was in, it locked up again for some reason. The third time I was in, my frame rate was about half of what it usually is (and people said I looked like I was lagging despite a ping in the 30s). Very peculiar.

Steam stuff will settle out a little once the initial rush of patch-lovers and $9.99 newbies is past. I just hope that the tech glitches get addressed quickly.

As for Gabe not releasing a patch correctly. Keep in mind that most other game companies don't even operate in this fashion. Steam is really one of the first portals (so to speak) to allow for this live patching of non-MMO games. It's a real bitch to cover everything given the massive variety of combinations of hardware, drivers, OS software, etc. You can only have so many test machines. That's one of the benefits of writing for consoles is that you know what you are working with and can optimize and test accordingly.

Still, I agree that some things could have been caught... like the duplicate items that people were getting. *shrug* That's just something that should have jumped out on any QA tests.

1. Killerkeg successfully votemuted you.

2. Your team got steamrolled.

3. I dominated you.

4. You claim to have been getting 15 fps. Get a better job newb so you can buy a better computer.

FYI Dick Deard was laughing so hard when you got votemuted. He knew that would piss you off since all you do is talk.

Talk about loads of laughter on the winning team.

[Rydawg 14]

1. Killerkeg successfully votemuted you.

2. Your team got steamrolled.

3. I dominated you.

4. You claim to have been getting 15 fps. Get a better job newb so you can buy a better computer.

FYI Dick Deard was laughing so hard when you got votemuted. He knew that would piss you off since all you do is talk.

Talk about loads of laughter on the winning team.

I'm lost, caus eyour post has nothing to do with the topic or his post. Mana should mute you for posting useless shit. I miss the Mana days of 'keep it on topic or i lock it'

[Melissia 7]

I've been able to equip weapons myself... but steam's been a bit fucked up recently...

1. Killerkeg successfully votemuted you.

2. Your team got steamrolled.

3. I dominated you.

4. You claim to have been getting 15 fps. Get a better job newb so you can buy a better computer.

FYI Dick Deard was laughing so hard when you got votemuted. He knew that would piss you off since all you do is talk.

Talk about loads of laughter on the winning team.

Shutup child, the REAL people are talking over here. Go troll the official steam forums like all the other little kiddies.

Edited May 22, 2009 by Melissia

[+Henry Spencer 117]

Huntsman is so awesome.

Plus, kritz on an Ambassador Spy = win

[Mana 3,867]

I'm lost, caus eyour post has nothing to do with the topic or his post. Mana should mute you for posting useless shit. I miss the Mana days of 'keep it on topic or i lock it'

Even better. I'll go back to warning people once I get my multi forum mod working with IPB3. Right now I can't even move topics across subforums. Only to trash :X.

[friedrice 8]

1. Killerkeg successfully votemuted you.

2. Your team got steamrolled.

3. I dominated you.

4. You claim to have been getting 15 fps. Get a better job newb so you can buy a better computer.

FYI Dick Deard was laughing so hard when you got votemuted. He knew that would piss you off since all you do is talk.

Talk about loads of laughter on the winning team.

Wow, nice job being an ass to Dave. I bet that made you feel stronger