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I tryed that and everything else when using STEAM, didn't help

2.8 isn't the cause of my horrible FPS, it's STEAM!!! I uninstalled Steam and put my Half-Life files back where there were originally. I played 2.8 on a NO-STEAM server and my FPS was just fine. STEAM is huge piece of crap IMO.

Does anyone know why my FPS took such a nose dive since I installed 2.8??? I used to get 40-60 FPS all the time and now I get 5-20 FPS. I have never had any problems with any other release of FA. I realize that I don't have the best PC in the world but this is absolutely rediculous. I have a 700 Celeron, 196 Ram, and a Voodoo 3 video card. I run in open GL and have never had a problem with low FPS in FA, CS, or DOD. I tryed switching to D3D and it's even worse. I tryed changing from 800x600 to 600X480 and it's still aweful. I can't even play. When I get into a CQ fight with somebody, my frames are so BAD that it's unplayable. I spent about 5 hours last night trying to get the game to work with STEAM. I finally get it working and I can't even play cuz of the crappy FPS. When I load STEAM, it takes for ever for it to come up. It takes for ever to launch a game. I even downloaded the full version of 2.8 and reinstalled Half-Life. This STEAM idea seems like a big mistake to me. I don't understand how I can receive such a severe FPS loss just by going from 2.7 to 2.8. I'm not that thrilled about 2.8 anyway. Why did they take the Steil nades away? Did we really need another machine gun? The night vision goggles are useless. The SMG's seem pretty useless now. The AK-47 is going to be the new whore weapon. Why couldn't they have just fixed some bugs and pretty much left it the same? I'm pretty discusted right now and I think FA is going to lose a lot of players. Not everyone has a new PC with a 2ghz processor and 512 RAM. I considering removing FA from my PC and going back to DOD.

Yes, I'm back. I kinda got hooked on Day of Defeat for a while. It was something new to me and I found it to be a very interesting and fun. But I started to get bored with it and decided to come back to FA and the Armory. I'm sure you all missed my clays and nades, right? lol Anyway, it's good to be back

Thanks to all that responded.

I didn't have this map so I downloaded it. When I try to join the server while this map is playing, I get the error message "WARNING: couldn't open valve/push.wad. What does this mean??? How do I fix??? Thanks.

Thank you Gator

I have some cool screenshots of 3 players stacked on top of each other in the blue base of Force. How do I upload them to the picture gallery? I don't see anything on that page about uploaded images. Thanks.

I was playing Golan earlier today and was on the blue team. Almost eveytime I left our spawn and started up the hill, I got sniped. I kept trying to find this sniper. I went up the hill to left, up the hill to the right, up the hill to the middle, no sniper. I finally looked up on the cliffs to the right and I see a red dude running around up there. It's bad enough to get sniped when you just leave your spawn area but when the sniper is way up on the cliffs where you don't expect anybody to be, it sucks. I am so discusted with all of the exploiting of maps I can't see straight. Something needs to be done and soon.

I see some TA members telling players that there are NO exploits aloud already. As much as I would like that to happen, nothing has gone into effect yet. Per Gator.

FINALLY!!!, thank you Gator. This map exploiting is getting WAY out of control. It used to be one or 2 people every few maps would exploit. It seems like lately there are many players exploiting on EVERY map. I wish that players that know how to exploit maps would NOT show others how to do it. We all know who the king of exploits is. Not only does he exploit but he shows his whole team how to do it. I don't understand why players can't just play the map the way it was intended to be played. Maybe I just don't get it or something. It ruins the game for everybody else that wants to play fair. "Climb onto hills, cliffs, buildings, or any high-elevated areas where the opponent does not have a reasonable opportunity to counterattack" The only problem I see with this wording is that it can be interpreted in different ways. It's to vague. I think it will only lead to arguments and problems. I think the only way it's going to work is to not allow and cliff or roof exploits of any kind. That way it's cut and dry. Just my opinion.

Exploiting cliffs and roofs is getting kind of out of hand. It's not to bad if one or two players do it during a game but when SOMEBODY shows the whole team how to exploit, it kind of ruins the game for everybody. I was there at the Willow exploiting frenzy also Klif. Please, PLEASE don't show everyone how to exploit these maps. Thanks :evil:

Thank you Gator

Yes you are, but they must give extra points for time played, because as of today, you have played:3days 22hours 57minutes in the past 14 daysThat equates to:95 hours (5700 minutes) of game play :mrgreen: With a daily average of 407 minutes (6.7 hours a day) Gator, up until today, [AA]-Sgt.Zy had more time online playing than I did and I didn't see his name in the top 100. You make it sound like my time playing is the only reason that I am ranked #2 on this server and #24 in the world. I may not be the best FA player but I do have have SOME skills. Why do I get the feeling that people think that anyone that played as much as I do would be ranked very high just because of time online?Phsychostats and these World Ranking stats are based in large part on capping and destroying objects. I try to complete objectives on each map because I am a team player. I am not just worried about how many kills I get. That's why I have high rankings.

Actually I do have a life AlaraphonAMD and I resent that comment. I have been on disability since December from a slip and fall accident I had in the Wal-Mart restroom. I suffered a serious neck and wrist injury. I am bored to death not being able to work and not being able to do many physical activities. I spend much of my time playing FA or watching TV as of late because I can't do much else. I am slowly recovering and hope to be back to work soon. Thanks for the concern.

I am currently ranked #24 and my highest was #14. I believe I am the highest ranked regular at TA. Unwantedhero, I don't even see your name in the top 100. You say you are 3rd? Did I miss something? Looks like the highest ranked TA member is Macgyver at #119.

Why did you remove Paradise from the rotation Gator? That is a fun map. It's very challenging to be on the red team and try to get the ammo. Especially when blue is doing there job and trying to protect it. I know a lot of people don't like it but I think it's great. I like that you have added Sandblast and Mexico. One thing about Mexico, you know how the red team almost always wins the map because we can get reinforcements by defileing the temple and blowing the munissions dump. And it's so hard to get the Menkey when you are blue and get it to the red spawn with only a knife. I think that the Menkey exploit to where you can have a gun should be OK now. Especially when most other maps now let you use your gun when you have an item. It would probably make the map more balanced. About Wartorn, you could probably see from my post about the 5 maps that you would add to the rotation, that I chose Wartorn. I changed my mind. It is an Ok map when teams aren't capping constantly but when you have to respawn every 2 minutes it gets old fast. I was just playing it and the blue team was capping contantly. I couldn't hardly even get into battle without having to respawn. The blue team was killing us as we parachuted down also. I just left the game. It was NOT fun at all. Gator, can you consider replacing Warton with Invasion or Inlands? Thanks.

You know how the clip for the G36E is clear and you are supposed to be able to see the bullets? Well, I can see them for a few seconds but as soon as I start to move they all disappear. I've tryed several different models and they all do the same thing. Is this just a bug or something? It looks so cool when you can see the bullets as they leave the clip. Is there a way to fix this? Thanks.

Klif, what was the damage before and what is it now?

Just curious what you guys think of the new mortar damage. Anyone know exactly how much the damage has been decreased? It appears to me to be about half of what it used to. I never even heard this talked about in the changes before 2.7 came out. At first I was kind of bummed because I loved getting those 3 & 4 kill blasts but the more I play 2.7, the more I think it is better for the game. No more can one team dominate because they have 5 guys on mortars with a marker at some chokepoint. It definately makes playing the smaller maps like iwojima and rubble more fun.

I'm just curious what 5 maps you would choose to add to the current rotation? I'm sure Gator might find this helpful if he ever decides to add more maps in the future. I think mine would be Mexico, Sandblast, Inlands, Invasion, & Wartorn. Also, have any of you guys ever seen the map tc_caen_r4? I have it and have checked it out in LAN but have never played it. It looks absolutely awesome.

The map itself is cool but it would be so much better without all the damn free claymores. Why do these mappers insist on giving out free clays to blow up objectives? Most players don't even use them for there intended purpose. Why couldn't they have made it like Durandal or Force where you just shoot the crates? I would much prefer a system like Bocage where you have to set the timer for the explosives. Didn't this mapper of Oberland realize that it would just turn into a big claymore frenzy? Don't get me wrong, I love claymores but on normal maps I use 4 credits every life to get my claymore kills. When they are free and everyone has a clay it just gets to out of control. Seems like the majority of players hang around that room with the music so they can get the free clays and wait for the other team to come in there to blow them up. If there wern't so many claymores I would probably love the map.

Thank you Laxton

LMAO Klif. You will have to take me out to dinner a few times before I would consider it. :wink:

Thank you Bullet and Sterling. I just want the game to be fair and fun.