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Reply #140 on: July 22, 2010, 03:57:34 PM

Is there a way to change the difficulty too?
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Reply #141 on: July 22, 2010, 04:13:20 PM

Is there a way to change the difficulty too?


When you set up the "create game".

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Reply #142 on: July 22, 2010, 04:14:33 PM

Sorry MrB, Steam decided I wasn't connected to the internet any more halfway through that game and wouldn't reconnect.

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Reply #143 on: July 22, 2010, 04:16:04 PM

Same here.

I thought it was just me. I spawned in, and just sat there making perdy fireballs, had to open the task manager to quit :/

Hit me up for round 2, its growing on me.
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Reply #144 on: July 22, 2010, 04:26:22 PM

Feel free to toss an invite if you guys want a 3rd.

Also, I'm trying asw_fast_reload_under_marine 1 but does anyone know how to increase the size of the hud? When it is moved under the marine it is tiny.
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Reply #145 on: July 22, 2010, 07:09:35 PM

Is there a way to change the difficulty too?
When you set up the "create game".
OIC those are switches for an online game. I thought those were hacks to practice mode.
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Reply #146 on: July 23, 2010, 09:08:45 AM

Similar to this thread that contains guides for each step?

Edit - there's even a guide for working with Hammer (I haven't checked it out and don't know how detailed/good it is, I just see that it is one of the parts of that thread).

Huh, I didn't catch that when I went looking. Time to get my learn on!

As for the Hammer tutorial, if it's the same one I went through with TF2, it can be a bit overwhelming.
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Reply #147 on: July 23, 2010, 10:52:41 AM

Hmm, major lag issues today - really needs a ping count when you are picking a game.

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Reply #148 on: July 23, 2010, 12:12:45 PM

Hmm, major lag issues today - really needs a ping count when you are picking a game.

You can start the normal server browser from the console ("openserverbrowser") to see the ping just like TF2, but that one doesn't display the difficulty of the game you are joining. So you can measure either the ping or the difficulty of a server but not both at the same time... Sounds like they hired Dr. Heisenberg as a coder.
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Reply #149 on: July 23, 2010, 08:59:29 PM

Finished my first Hard campaign. Moving fast and using the flame throwers and telsa cannons seemed to be the best strategy for our group. Both weapons seem somewhat overpowered given their "AoE control" abilities.
Telsa cannon got nerfed Ohhhhh, I see.
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Reply #150 on: July 24, 2010, 06:15:54 AM

I was in one game where everything had unlimited ammo.
Cargo Elevator + Inferno Mines, seemed OK to me in theory, till you realize its unlimited inferno mines, and you can't resist dropping more and more... and more.
It proved successful.

...

Until our entire team was engulfed in a wave of flames when they were almost all tripped at once. Oh ho ho ho. Reallllly?
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Reply #151 on: July 24, 2010, 09:59:25 AM

Is there any reason at all not to run every mission with 2 medics and 2 techs?

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Reply #152 on: July 24, 2010, 10:05:53 AM

er, nm.

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Reply #153 on: July 24, 2010, 10:08:01 AM

I got into a game with 2 idiots and one guy who was already level 25 the night after the game was released. He destroyed almost every area by himself with the chainsaw. Since I was the tech me and him basically duo-ed the entire campaign while the two idiots kept killing themselves.

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Reply #154 on: July 24, 2010, 01:00:20 PM

Anyone doing this in First Person? Was gonna post that link and console commands, but saw someone already did a page back that I hadn't read.

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Reply #155 on: July 24, 2010, 01:06:34 PM

FPS mode actually looks like an improvement to me.

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Reply #156 on: July 24, 2010, 01:06:52 PM

I got into a game with 2 idiots and one guy who was already level 25 the night after the game was released. He destroyed almost every area by himself with the chainsaw. Since I was the tech me and him basically duo-ed the entire campaign while the two idiots kept killing themselves.
Yeah I played a game with that sort of person too. He was max level (as in 27 + max promotions) and played tech with flamethower and chainsaw. It was work just trying to keep up with him.
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Reply #157 on: July 24, 2010, 06:00:41 PM

As usual this game proves why I think forced coop is stupid and why I'm playing fewer and fewer games anymore.  I want to play and learn the game while enjoying myself.  Not spend 45 mins looking for a game where I don't get shot in the back by random_mouthbreather, votekicked because I chose Healer instead of DPS or votekicked because the 3 other idiots in the game say "Dude you stole our friends spot" because they're too stupid to create a private game.

 Ohhhhh, I see.  I love the public.

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Reply #158 on: July 24, 2010, 06:47:16 PM

Normally I'm right there with you in this opinion, but that's honestly very different than my experience with this game so far (not to say I don't believe you, I was actually wondering where the scumbags were). Even when I first started people were pretty nice about it, and I've only had two assholes. My plans changed this weekend so I've played quite a bit too with the free time I've gained as a result, and still only two people that I wouldn't play with again.

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Reply #159 on: July 24, 2010, 08:41:40 PM

Is there any reason at all not to run every mission with 2 medics and 2 techs?

Try it on insane.

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Reply #160 on: July 24, 2010, 09:13:38 PM

As usual this game proves why I think forced coop is stupid and why I'm playing fewer and fewer games anymore.  I want to play and learn the game while enjoying myself.  Not spend 45 mins looking for a game where I don't get shot in the back by random_mouthbreather, votekicked because I chose Healer instead of DPS or votekicked because the 3 other idiots in the game say "Dude you stole our friends spot" because they're too stupid to create a private game.

 Ohhhhh, I see.  I love the public.
My experience is similar to Segoris's so far. I've played with one griefer (wielded doors, trapping us behind) so far and a couple of "bossy" leaders telling people to get this or switch to that. One guy in particular irked me cause he didn't want me to take a telsa cannon or flamer on an egg level cause other people had them and they "didn't stack" (this was pre-telsa cannon nerf) Facepalm I heeded his wishes and of course we all died cause the other two people weren't using the AoE weapons as their primary weapons.

If you want to play by yourself and don't care about exp you can use the "asw_show_all_singleplayer_maps 1" console command lesion posted to play practice games on any map and any difficulty:

asw_show_all_singleplayer_maps 1

I would recommend leveling up to at least 13 so you have the flamethrower unlocked when playing practice games with the AI on the "egg" levels (the last 3 maps).


If you want to play online games by yourself use the "asw_ignore_need_two_player_requirement 1" command:
asw_ignore_need_two_player_requirement 1
Note that it's pretty challenging playing by yourself. You can level up this way but it's really slow compared to playing with others.

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Reply #161 on: July 25, 2010, 04:45:41 AM

The only annoying trend I've encountered is fuckers who host games and then quit if they get killed early in a mission, dropping everyone else as well. If you can't cope with having to watch your teammates play through then either don't host or make sure you don't die. The last one was especially annoying because the fucker killed himself flinging a grenade while surrounded by swarm. Mostly though people have been pretty nice, not many griefers just a few idiots.

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Reply #162 on: July 25, 2010, 03:59:03 PM

Should we start a "Bad Groups" thread for Alien Swarm ala the thread in WoW?  awesome, for real

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Reply #163 on: July 26, 2010, 06:52:04 AM

or votekicked because the 3 other idiots in the game say "Dude you stole our friends spot" because they're too stupid to create a private game.

Yeah, I got this a couple of times.  Retarded.

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Reply #164 on: July 26, 2010, 04:58:34 PM

Oh good, I was beginning to think it was just me.  Now I know they just hate those of of UK ancestry.  awesome, for real

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