Fellow BootCampers, Left 4 Dead on sale Steam $24.95

[aznguyen316]

I suggest you get it. It runs fine on my 2.0 Alu MacBook, medium settings so any Alu and Pro and even iMac users that like to game go for it! Awesome game, picked it up last week lol but yeah

Steam: aznguyen316

*edit* This deal has ended/expired. Hope you guys got in on it!

[Mackilroy]

I've had it for around a month now. I play Versus almost exclusively, which is great fun. :)

[Jack Flash]

Just grabbed it! Working on a tweaked .cfg file for iMacs.

[P-Worm]

I just saw that yesterday. I'm actually installing Windows on my Mac Pro right now, so I'm going to pick it up and join the fun. See you in the horde!

P-Worm

[aznguyen316]

I just saw that yesterday. I'm actually installing Windows on my Mac Pro right now, so I'm going to pick it up and join the fun. See you in the horde!

P-Worm

glad to hear it! Runs perfect on my x64 Tiny Vista Bootcamp, just finished playing some versus, I suck bad, but it was fun!

[Dagless]

Heh, bought this for my girlfriend for Valentines day (Valve fangirl :D, snagged a good one here!) for the full price in a store. Got back and it was £13!

Yea. So £13 for us Brits. Worth every penny. Runs perfectly (everything on high except the GPU setting - put that on med) on a 9400M Macbook. Runs really smooth on my X1600 iMac with everything on low (but resolution at 1680x1050).

[drlunanerd]

Great deal. Like raggedjimmi I bought this as a gift for a friend. Turned out they already had it, so I kept it and found out first-hand what a good game it is :D

[aznguyen316]

Great deal. Like raggedjimmi I bought this as a gift for a friend. Turned out they already had it, so I kept it and found out first-hand what a good game it is :D

can't complain @ $25, I'm enjoying it a lot. Wish I could run it in Crossover though, but ain't no thang.

[xparaparafreakx]

With prices like this, I am able to buy two copies for my roommates. I was going to buy one but at $25, I was able to get 2 for 1.

Now we never have to worry about not having enough people to play. Everyone has Left 4 Dead.

[aznguyen316]

With prices like this, I am able to buy two copies for my roommates. I was going to buy one but at $25, I was able to get 2 for 1.

Now we never have to worry about not having enough people to play. Everyone has Left 4 Dead.

Hoorah! what a nice roomie btw..

[mangaturtle]

problem. i bough the game when it was on sale, loaded it and everything, but i can't play it. I'm running steam through Crossover and steam warns my that my video drivers are not up to date to play the game. i have searched and updated my computer but it appears that my drivers are up to date. at any rate i have no video when i play. I'm running a top of the line mac pro, custom made with the best options. any ideas please? feel free to YIM for answers as well. thank you. i really want to play this.
if it helps, it also gives this error message about Half life 2 episode two, but the rest of my games work fine.

[tominated]

i bought it before when it was $45 or something, but never have been able to ue it. it doesn't work with crossover and i don't have enough disk space for bootcamp

[aluminumapple]

does any have a problem when you start the game but you dont see the menu icons but you can see the background full of burning cars and zombies?

[aznguyen316]

problem. i bough the game when it was on sale, loaded it and everything, but i can't play it. I'm running steam through Crossover and steam warns my that my video drivers are not up to date to play the game. i have searched and updated my computer but it appears that my drivers are up to date. at any rate i have no video when i play. I'm running a top of the line mac pro, custom made with the best options. any ideas please? feel free to YIM for answers as well. thank you. i really want to play this.
if it helps, it also gives this error message about Half life 2 episode two, but the rest of my games work fine.

Your problem is Crossover will not work on Left 4 Dead. The issue is something about the gsgl or something.. it's in the codeweaver L4D forum. You shouldn't have a problem running Bootcamp though since you have a MacPro. It's why I said Bootcampers in my thread title, it won't work (yet) in Crossover until either Apple updates drivers on the Mac side for the nvidia or codeweavers does something.

[aznguyen316]

does any have a problem when you start the game but you dont see the menu icons but you can see the background full of burning cars and zombies?

no menu is typically seen when using crossover.. you're not are you? Other than that, can't help without system information.. should put it in your sig.

[Dagless]

Heh, a few more friends from other communities got this. Nothing beats a good Steam sale!

[aznguyen316]

Heh, a few more friends from other communities got this. Nothing beats a good Steam sale!

no kidding, I just helped a guy out on another community from France that wanted in on the $25 deal hah

[Supaklaw]

I missed the Xmas sale so snagged it yesterday, now just looking for a decent headset. :)

[Consultant]

Thanks for the tip. Just got it. $50 was too much for me. $25 is much better.

=)

[P-Worm]

I picked it up and $25 was a steal. Excellent game. I'm completely new to Steam/PC gaming. Is there a way for us MacR people to meet up and play through the campaign together?

P-Worm

[Miharu]

I just had to do it too. I went and bought it. At this price, other publishers ought to reconsider selling their games for half price as well (looks at gametreeonline, Ancient Cider Ports for 39,99 brrrr).

[Consultant]

I picked it up and $25 was a steal. Excellent game. I'm completely new to Steam/PC gaming. Is there a way for us MacR people to meet up and play through the campaign together?

P-Worm

There are at least 2 very small groups, join at least one of them and you can find me there.
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=397293

To play together, just add other members as friends.

[thunderclap]

I saw this sale listed on another forum. For $25 I couldn't resist. I haven't played this type of game against people in ages... probably Quake or Quake 2 back in 1997. It was a blast meeting up with some friends to do this.

And is runs perfectly on my Mac Pro under Windows 7 Beta through Boot Camp.

[aznguyen316]

Sale extended til the 17th!! get it while it's hot!

[drlunanerd]

Can anyone tell me what the differences are between buying this on a physical DVD or via the Steam store?

1. Do you get a separate install key with the download version as you do with the DVD?

2. Is it the case that irrespective of how you purchase the game, the key is permanently tied to a Steam account once you register it?

3. Say I gift L4D to a friend (who I know has a slow 'Net connection), if I copied/lent them my L4D install DVD could they use that to install the game I've bought for them with their install key (see question 1.), or does it have to be downloaded via Steam?

I'm not that keen on the DRM aspects of this :(

[disambiguates]

absolutely... everyone should get this game.. I bought it friday and have played it more than any game released in the last few years

Works pretty well on my new macbook, but anything less than the 9400m may be a bit slow with high detail.

[Consultant]

Can anyone tell me what the differences are between buying this on a physical DVD or via the Steam store?

1. Do you get a separate install key with the download version as you do with the DVD?

2. Is it the case that irrespective of how you purchase the game, the key is permanently tied to a Steam account once you register it?

3. Say I gift L4D to a friend (who I know has a slow 'Net connection), if I copied/lent them my L4D install DVD could they use that to install the game I've bought for them with their install key (see question 1.), or does it have to be downloaded via Steam?

I'm not that keen on the DRM aspects of this :(


1. No cd key with download version, just appears in the account.

2. Yes, tied with steam account.

3. You can try or look up their FAQ. You are probably not the first one who thought about doing this.

[drlunanerd]

1. No cd key with download version, just appears in the account.

2. Yes, tied with steam account.

3. You can try or look up their FAQ. You are probably not the first one who thought about doing this.

Thanks. Looked in FAQ but couldn't find an answer.
Given your answer to 1. I doubt it will work.

[aznguyen316]

Buying retail and buying steam is the same thing. The only difference is what you're asking, about being able to copy files over from DVD w/ retail rather than waiting on a download. I don't mind either, it's usually where I can get the best price and usually that's retail, but in this case, you can't beat this price. Although other games that are non-VALVe I would prefer via steam b/c some DRM annoys me as well as I like not having the disc in to play.

anywhere here's a way to do what you asked on 3) with Unreal Tourney, so maybe you could do this w/ L4D as well.

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=664290

[TheSVD]

Yeah i got this for xmas :D
Runs insanely on my sig macbook pro!
16xAA, 16xAF, everything at full :eek:
hehehehe:D:apple:

[Supaklaw]

Out of curiousity... I've had no issue playing L4D but PeerGuardian doesn't play nice with the Steam mini-app, and then L4D wouldn't launch. Will it work without internet access, it seemed to only launch once the Steam app launched.

[MattZani]

I Running this on my MBP with 8600M GT 512Mb, but i found at its recommended settings, it would sometime stutter, and it even rebooted mid game!

I Now have 2xAA and No AF, and its running smoothly, but i also turned of Vertical Sync and Multi Core Use, so i may see if that was the problem, and see if i can turn AA and AF Back Up.

[tdgrn]

I saw this last night, but it wasn't until I realized that so many of you guys gamed, and played this that I decided to purchase this! What a deal:D

[Mackilroy]

I Now have 2xAA and No AF, and its running smoothly, but i also turned of Vertical Sync and Multi Core Use, so i may see if that was the problem, and see if i can turn AA and AF Back Up.

I've heard with the older MBPs it's Multi-core Rendering that's the problem.

[P-Worm]

Well, it looks like the sale is over. We should all meet up online some time and play a few of the campaigns.

P-Worm

[Dagless]

Out of curiousity... I've had no issue playing L4D but PeerGuardian doesn't play nice with the Steam mini-app, and then L4D wouldn't launch. Will it work without internet access, it seemed to only launch once the Steam app launched.

The Steam app needs to be running yes, it handles all the multiplayer connections through it. PeerGuardian 2 does block it so you'll have to close it.

Well, it looks like the sale is over. We should all meet up online some time and play a few of the campaigns.

P-Worm

Might be difficult given we're all over the world, from another community that I play a campaign or 2 a night with, the Americans (we're mostly Brits) have terrible lag when we host and vice versa when they host. Thats my only complaint about this game.

[Miharu]

Ah... If only Apple had paid that 1 million dollars for Valve to port their games to Mac... This game is so awesome. I hardly ever promote a game like a religion but man. Now I have to use Boot Camp all the time.

[Admonitor]

I actually bought a copy of Vista to play TF2 (which admittedly runs ok on Crossover) in better quality and to run L4D :D

[Dagless]

I actually bought a copy of Vista to play TF2 (which admittedly runs ok on Crossover) in better quality and to run L4D :D

The only reason I run XP now is because of the Steam service :)

I definitely wouldn't repurchase my library if they brought the service to OSX though. I think that ship sailed a long time ago, I've got 50 games on Steam and I play most.

[Admonitor]

The only reason I run XP now is because of the Steam service :)

I definitely wouldn't repurchase my library if they brought the service to OSX though. I think that ship sailed a long time ago, I've got 50 games on Steam and I play most.

Yeah, although I can't imagine they'd make us rebuy them (or I'd hope not). I have a lot of games on Steam and like you, there's no way I'd pay again for them, not matter how much I play them.

[Jack Flash]

Yeah i got this for xmas :D
Runs insanely on my sig macbook pro!
16xAA, 16xAF, everything at full :eek:
hehehehe:D:apple:

Eh, I don't know if it runs 'insanely' on a 9600M GT.

This might be Source Engine but 16xAA? I'm willing to be framerates well under 30.

[MattZani]

I've heard with the older MBPs it's Multi-core Rendering that's the problem.

Yeah it is, i have kept that off, im now on

1440x900
8xCSAA
4xAF
Double Buffer Sync
Rest at Max.

Game looks sweet, but i sometimes turn it down when online so i dont lag.

[aznguyen316]

I'm totally down to getting together on L4D to play a few matches. We should make if not already a MacRumors group on steam =) It'd be an easy way to keep track who's on to play..

anyway max settings on MPB? insane!! I wish I could run this via crossover, I hate rebooting, even though my steam games run just soo much better in windows. I'm willing to take the hit on video settings for Crossover, but no go w/ L4D.

[Consultant]

I'm totally down to getting together on L4D to play a few matches. We should make if not already a MacRumors group on steam =) It'd be an easy way to keep track who's on to play..



See post #22.

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[aznguyen316]

See post #22.

Added:
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thank you sir

[TheSVD]

Eh, I don't know if it runs 'insanely' on a 9600M GT.

This might be Source Engine but 16xAA? I'm willing to be framerates well under 30.

nope, a steady 40 for me!
:)

[Consultant]

Within 5 hours of playing L4D, on vs mode I killed all 4 human players with a tank!

Knocked 2 out with a tree as they came out, then punched one out, then chased the last guy and punched him out too.

=)

[Jack Flash]

nope, a steady 40 for me!
:)

FRAPS or it didn't happen. :)