HL2 Lost Coast is out

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2005-10-28 03:22am

Get it through steam

D/L is slow as hell

The Grim Squeaker · Post by **The Grim Squeaker** » 2005-10-28 03:46am

You're talking to someone downloading at about 15 kb/s (Bloody shared adsl connection)

Spyder · Post by **Spyder** » 2005-10-28 03:58am

Got it, visually it is one of the most stunning things I've seen in an FPS. Makes my GF6600 cry though, and it crashed on me when I got near the top of the cliff.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-10-28 07:30am

Should I even bother putting my 9600Pro into the ring?

Though I will be seeing it in its FULL glory on a 68GT, VERY soon.

Zac Naloen · Post by **Zac Naloen** » 2005-10-28 08:35am

sorry, i can;t get onto steam through my uni network (this is really fucking annoying) can i get it any other way?

and also... how pretty is it?

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2005-10-28 09:55am

Hmm, something to get for tonight.

EDIT: Ah, installed already. But it's going to kill my system so I don't see why I bothered. With an ancient Radeon and half gig of RAM, the only thing I have going for me is a P4 that overheats. Ho-hum.

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2005-10-28 10:04am

Well that was a small level, but nice graphics indeed.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2005-10-28 10:07am

What exactly is the level like then? I know it will look amazing, but I'm waiting till Xmas to upgrade my RAM and GPU.

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2005-10-28 10:13am

Admiral Valdemar wrote:What exactly is the level like then? I know it will look amazing, but I'm waiting till Xmas to upgrade my RAM and GPU.

Supershort, 5min max to go through it.

It is more of a tech demo than a game, with some comments and stuff about how they made it and why.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2005-10-28 10:17am

Interesting. I was expecting something longer, but for a tech demo that's acceptable. I'm wondering, on a related topic, what would be a good GPU to go for this December? I'd limit myself to £200 tops, but am unsure what I'd need to really get the most from this demo and future games.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-10-28 10:21am

AGP would be a 6800GT unless your system will be held back.

PCI-E would be very dependent on prices then, with X1800 MAYBE arriving into the market.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2005-10-28 10:27am

Hmm, my RADEON 9200 (yes, old) is registered on a PCI slot, but has another entry as a secondary with AGP in the name. My last PC was clearly AGP only from the motherboard, this one is giving me doubts.

I'll have to look into that more, but either way, evaluating potential cards would be good.

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2005-10-28 02:00pm

ANy idea how to turn commentary on after running through with it off?

Grand Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Grand Admiral Thrawn** » 2005-10-29 05:00pm

2000AD wrote:ANy idea how to turn commentary on after running through with it off?

Go to audio in the options menu, you can turn commentary on and off from there.

Ypoknons · Post by **Ypoknons** » 2005-10-30 01:44am

Admiral Valdemar wrote:Hmm, my RADEON 9200 (yes, old) is registered on a PCI slot, but has another entry as a secondary with AGP in the name. My last PC was clearly AGP only from the motherboard, this one is giving me doubts.

Remember, your 9200 is on good old PCI, not PCI-express. Make sure you check your power requirements and space available inside the case before buying anything.

Chris OFarrell · Post by **Chris OFarrell** » 2005-10-30 01:51am

I wonder where this would have been put into Highway 17. I guess the ending where you're lowered back down to the start would have been different. Possibly when you reach the top then you get back into your car or something, which had been lifted up there wihtout you for some reason.

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2005-10-30 02:52am

Lets see, my video card barely meets the minimum requiremets, though it does have extra ram that they don't usually take into account (radeon 9600 w/ 256 megs) on low cards from it's era and my processor's too slow. I also only have 256 megs over the minimum ammount of main memory. In other words it'll absoulutely devour my computer if I even attemt to run it.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2005-10-30 04:07am

Ran on my computer just fine 1024x768 with 4xAA and 16AF. Lowest FPS was 24FPS in the church after tossing gerenades into Combine. Pretty map.