Counterstrike Source - Page 6

pixelsink · 22nd January 2006, 04:23 PM

No shops in town have it

krashd · 22nd January 2006, 04:56 PM

my tsb card has solo or switch and i managed to get it, i went for the HL2 silver pack i think, this gives you Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2 Deathmatch (the online multiplayer side of HL2), Counter Strike Source and Day of Defeat Source. you also get a bastard load of special shit like Half-Life 1 converted with the source engine and odds and ends for half-life like the lost coast level.

totally worth every penny, HL2 is the best pc game ever, the deathmatch lets you throw radiators, paint tins, chairs etc at people with a gravity gun to kill them aswell as a tonne of deathmatch weapons, CS is awesome, DoD is gorgeous WWII loveliness and worth every one of my 34 quid or whatever it's dollar translated too. the only higher pack was platinum but that only adds a valve T-shirt and a mousemat :/

on the subject of cs_militia and lag, this is the first map to be realeased to utilise the High Definition Range, or HDR technology of uberfast PCI-Express cards, so i recommend that anyone with less than the highest 9800XT 256MB super radeon bitchcard disable HDR completely in there video options on all source games. the whole reason the half-life 2 special game lost-coast was even developed was to give players a look at HDR effects at first glance.

HDR basically goes against the physics technology that lighting has been using for the past few years and requires it's own arseload of processing power to generate. it's effects include dark/light transitions such as when your eyes adjust to a darkened area or haze a little when leaving one to go into brightness, the strange effect light has when shining through tiny gaps making the light on the other side seem about 3,000,000watts when it's just a dull day on the other side of the wall. basically HDR is another step in the game-to-reality path that technology is taking and although it munches on my system like a bastard loading lost coast with full hdr on really does look like some little fishing hamlet rather than a level for a game.

Rob

Rebelius · 22nd January 2006, 05:38 PM

I'm a pedant so I'll point out that HDR in Source games stands for High Dynamic Range. :P

but yeah, this basically lets your monitor pretend to represent a lot higher range in brightness than it actually can. But it's a beast on your hardware.

kj · 23rd January 2006, 09:51 AM

i love the militia map, its beautiful.

pixelsink · 23rd January 2006, 02:30 PM

I saw no option to use a switch card otherwise I would have used mine.

It was Visa, Mastercard, Discovery or JBC

Col

kj · 23rd January 2006, 03:16 PM

isnt Switch run by VISA now? My Switch has a VISA badge on it.

pixelsink · 23rd January 2006, 04:26 PM

Switch is no longer. it has changed to maestro. Anyone with a bank card that has a switch symbol on it will have it replaced by maestro when they get a new card.

You do get Visa debit cards. My other half has one on her halifax bank card.

I might just try a transaction with my Switch/maestro and see what happens.

pixelsink · 23rd January 2006, 04:28 PM

Just did a quick web search and apparently Maestro Debit cards are linked to mastercard.

Off to give it a go

pixelsink · 23rd January 2006, 04:32 PM

nope

kj · 23rd January 2006, 04:44 PM

take yo ass to toys r us and pick it all up for £24.

Rebelius · 23rd January 2006, 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pixels|ink

You do get Visa debit cards. My other half has one on her halifax bank card.

I might just try a transaction with my Switch/maestro and see what happens.

Can't you just use her Visa card and give her cash?

pixelsink · 23rd January 2006, 05:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rebelius

Can't you just use her Visa card and give her cash?

Are you MENTAL!!! If she caught me buying games i'm a dead man

Quote:

take yo ass to toys r us and pick it all up for £24.

What is 'all'?

Rebelius · 23rd January 2006, 05:43 PM

your other half doesnt let you play games??? i think it's you that's MENTAL!!!

23rd January 2006, 09:51 AM	#79 (permalink)
kj gimp Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Scotland Posts: 13,709 Band: A band of merry men	i love the militia map, its beautiful. __________________ This community cannot survive without your continued support. galleries \|\| links directory \|\| profiles \|\| wiki

23rd January 2006, 03:16 PM	#81 (permalink)
kj gimp Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Scotland Posts: 13,709 Band: A band of merry men	isnt Switch run by VISA now? My Switch has a VISA badge on it. __________________ This community cannot survive without your continued support. galleries \|\| links directory \|\| profiles \|\| wiki

23rd January 2006, 04:44 PM	#85 (permalink)
kj gimp Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Scotland Posts: 13,709 Band: A band of merry men	take yo ass to toys r us and pick it all up for £24. __________________ This community cannot survive without your continued support. galleries \|\| links directory \|\| profiles \|\| wiki

22nd January 2006, 04:23 PM	#76 (permalink)
pixelsink Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: www.carbonhideout.com Posts: 4,697	No shops in town have it

22nd January 2006, 04:56 PM	#77 (permalink)
krashd Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Kirktonia Posts: 2,064 Band: Crosby, Stills, Nash, krashd and Young	my tsb card has solo or switch and i managed to get it, i went for the HL2 silver pack i think, this gives you Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2 Deathmatch (the online multiplayer side of HL2), Counter Strike Source and Day of Defeat Source. you also get a bastard load of special shit like Half-Life 1 converted with the source engine and odds and ends for half-life like the lost coast level. totally worth every penny, HL2 is the best pc game ever, the deathmatch lets you throw radiators, paint tins, chairs etc at people with a gravity gun to kill them aswell as a tonne of deathmatch weapons, CS is awesome, DoD is gorgeous WWII loveliness and worth every one of my 34 quid or whatever it's dollar translated too. the only higher pack was platinum but that only adds a valve T-shirt and a mousemat :/ on the subject of cs_militia and lag, this is the first map to be realeased to utilise the High Definition Range, or HDR technology of uberfast PCI-Express cards, so i recommend that anyone with less than the highest 9800XT 256MB super radeon bitchcard disable HDR completely in there video options on all source games. the whole reason the half-life 2 special game lost-coast was even developed was to give players a look at HDR effects at first glance. HDR basically goes against the physics technology that lighting has been using for the past few years and requires it's own arseload of processing power to generate. it's effects include dark/light transitions such as when your eyes adjust to a darkened area or haze a little when leaving one to go into brightness, the strange effect light has when shining through tiny gaps making the light on the other side seem about 3,000,000watts when it's just a dull day on the other side of the wall. basically HDR is another step in the game-to-reality path that technology is taking and although it munches on my system like a bastard loading lost coast with full hdr on really does look like some little fishing hamlet rather than a level for a game. Rob

22nd January 2006, 05:38 PM	#78 (permalink)
Rebelius Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 7,165	I'm a pedant so I'll point out that HDR in Source games stands for High Dynamic Range. :P but yeah, this basically lets your monitor pretend to represent a lot higher range in brightness than it actually can. But it's a beast on your hardware.

23rd January 2006, 02:30 PM	#80 (permalink)
pixelsink Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: www.carbonhideout.com Posts: 4,697	I saw no option to use a switch card otherwise I would have used mine. It was Visa, Mastercard, Discovery or JBC Col

23rd January 2006, 04:26 PM	#82 (permalink)
pixelsink Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: www.carbonhideout.com Posts: 4,697	Switch is no longer. it has changed to maestro. Anyone with a bank card that has a switch symbol on it will have it replaced by maestro when they get a new card. You do get Visa debit cards. My other half has one on her halifax bank card. I might just try a transaction with my Switch/maestro and see what happens.

23rd January 2006, 04:28 PM	#83 (permalink)
pixelsink Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: www.carbonhideout.com Posts: 4,697	Just did a quick web search and apparently Maestro Debit cards are linked to mastercard. Off to give it a go

23rd January 2006, 04:32 PM	#84 (permalink)
pixelsink Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: www.carbonhideout.com Posts: 4,697	nope

23rd January 2006, 05:43 PM	#88 (permalink)
Rebelius Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 7,165	your other half doesnt let you play games??? i think it's you that's MENTAL!!!

23rd January 2006, 05:50 PM	#89 (permalink)
pixelsink Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: www.carbonhideout.com Posts: 4,697