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#1 FatalNeurotoxin
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The problem with Modern Warfare 2's multiplayer (besides no servers and no mods) is that it runs over Steam (correct me if I am wrong), this means that instead of playing locally with only one copy of the game installed on every computer, you need to have multiple purchased copies of Modern Warfare 2 and multiple steam accounts.

Because of a recent update to steam, you cannot login to the same account with multiple computers.

Unfortunately, having multiple copies of MW2 for a LAN game would be theoretically the same as playing over the internet, so unless there is a way to run the same version of MW2's multiplayer at once on separate PCs, your question is irrelevant. :cry:

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Unless you run steam in offline mode, then how would it know?

And if you're lanning then it dosen't matter if you're online. (unless you need to be logged into something to play, i don't actually have the game)

The legal versions of the game run over steam and REQUIRE it to be online, there is no LAN play in MW2; however, I'm pretty sure that there is an illegal way around it...if you look hard enough. I tried to run MW2 Multiplayer in Steam Offline and it will not function, the only way to play this game legally with another person is if you both have copies.

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#3 FatalNeurotoxin
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The problem with Modern Warfare 2's multiplayer (besides no servers and no mods) is that it runs over Steam (correct me if I am wrong), this means that instead of playing locally with only one copy of the game installed on every computer, you need to have multiple purchased copies of Modern Warfare 2 and multiple steam accounts.

Because of a recent update to steam, you cannot login to the same account with multiple computers.

Unfortunately, having multiple copies of MW2 for a LAN game would be theoretically the same as playing over the internet, so unless there is a way to run the same version of MW2's multiplayer at once on separate PCs, your question is irrelevant. :cry:

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#4 FatalNeurotoxin
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I already have the money to buy it, but it's not meant to replace my PC as my main gaming console (though it could be that way). One problem I have is that some developers don't take the time to learn the PS3s capabilities and end up producing technically inferior games to those on other consoles. The PS3 version of the Orange Box is a good example, and so is Fallout 3. What I do find depressing is that some great games on the Xbox/PC are not brought to the PS3 (Mass Effect 2 is a game that I really want to play), or are only ported a long time after the Xbox/PC versions (COD4), and attempts to bring RTS games to any consoles is usually met with mediocracy (Halo Wars was mediocre! It was only because there was nothing else on the Xbox the rivaled, that it was successful). Furthermore, I just cannot get used to the controls, after playing PC FPS games for so only the lack of percise aiming is harsh. (Yes, UE3 supports mouse/keyboard, but I already have that on the PC).

What I meant by the PS3 library being smaller was simply this...yes, the PS3 has some great exculsives at the moments (MGS4, Uncharted, Killzone 2, etc.), but the general library of good games is marginally larger on the Xbox360, but again, that's most likely only because it had a whole year as a head start and because it's version of DirectX is easier to program. Furthermore, if you compare the PS3 with the PC, there is no comparison...one great thing about the PC is that you can run programs from previous generations. Battlefield 2 + 2142, Fable, Command and Conquer, Total War, ect. It would help alot if Sony didn't stop producing PS3 that are backwards compatible. Truth be told, that is about the only thing that makes me hesitant to buy a PS3, I only have access to this generation. What if I felt the urge to suddenly play a game like Final Fantasy 12 that is only available on the PS2? I don't want to go out there to get an older console just so I can play older games. At least there is one version of the PS3 (or two, if you count the 20gb version), that is backwards compatible, the Xbox360 seems to have a harder time with the backwards compatibility (maybe it would help if the people Microsoft could accually design hardware...).

I own approximately 130 games all for the PC, most of them are not from this generation.

Considering I have 130 games (a lot of them are AAA titles)...I can't see myself playing more then a few select games on the PS3

Assassin's Creed 2

Red Faction:Guerilla (is that for PS3?)

Bioshock

COD: WAW (I already pre-ordered Modern Warfare 2 for the PC)

MGS4

Killzone 2 (maybe)

Infamous

If you don't agree with me about the PC/PS3 game comparison, just check all the gamespot reviews for the PC and then all of them for the PS3. There are approximately 175 games that have a score of 9.0 or higher on the PC and only 20 on the PS3 (and I've played some of them on the PC). :(

I do want to get a PS3, but now is a little too soon for me, I'll wait until there are more AAA titles available for the PS3...or until there is a price drop.

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#5 FatalNeurotoxin
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Thank you all for posting!

It seems that the PS3 might be worth looking into, but I think I'll wait for the price to fall down, or at least until November/October when some new games come out. The main reason I am considering switching to a PS3 is DRM, EA and Microsoft seem determined to prevent me from playing games which I want to play! God, they ruined Far Cry 2, Mass Effect, Red Alert 3, Crysis Warhead (I'll kill EA for that), Bioshock, and others. I am not buying a piece of software that can only be installed three times, that is just stupid, I payed full price for it and I should not have to worry about installing it. Plus some DRM software embed themselves into your operating system.

As for the PS3 library of games, well...it is still on the small side compared to the lineup of the 360 (but then again, 360 came out a year earlier). I'll wait until Assassin's Creed 2 comes out, maybe by then the price of the PS3 will be cheaper, and I will finally be able to play MGS4, Uncharted 2, and Infamous.

Is there a way you could use a mouse for FPS / Strategy games on the PS3?

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#6 FatalNeurotoxin
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Hi, I'm a PC gamer, but the cost of keeping up with the cutting edge of computer hardware really takes a toll on my wallet, to remedy this, I thought I would buy a PS3.

I have a pretty high-end PC gaming machine, but it will soon start to show its age as soon as Moore's Law inevitably goes into effect, I personally cannot decide between buying the PS3 or not, and if I buy, which version should I buy? But overall, my biggest question is: should I buy a PS3? An 80GB version is about $400 on amazon.com, but I need to search around to find what is best.

If you read this and are thinking to yourself, "why doesn't the guy just buy an XBox360," here is my response: hardware and Xbox Live, paying a monthly subscription for something as simple as going online and fragging someone is quite a stretch there, furthermore the Xbox has more than its fair share of hardware problems...red ring of death.

What I really want to know is this: considering I have a high-end gaming PC, should I buy a PS3 and which one?

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#7 FatalNeurotoxin
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DirectX 11, or should I say, Direct3D 11 features an upgraded pipeline of that pipeline in Direct3D 10. DirectX 11 is not really a revolution, merely an upgrade of Microsoft's previous graphics API. Yes, they added tesselation, but honestly, Microsoft's products almost always fall short.

Instead of redesigning their graphics API for performance, Microsoft is adding gimicks in an effort to make Direct3D 11 faster than D3D 10. It's the old "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." Yes, they added a bunch of cool stuff, but it is not really a revolution, is it? DX10 was supposed to take full advantage of Vista's API, and that's why Microsoft did not release it on XP.

There is also the problem of consoles. Part of the reason developers have not taken advantage of DX10 or DX10.1 yet is because of the XBox360 and PS3, the majority of the market is on the consoles, not the PC (partially for reasons of affordability). Why learn DX10 when you can use DX9 to make a PC port? The library of DX10 games has not even hit triple digits and its been three years (give or take)!

I have the nVidia 295 GTX, and I don't really see the need to upgrade to DX11anytime soon, developers will be hard pressed to even get a singe DX11 game out Q1 or Q2 next year. General advice - save your money until both developers and manufacturers have learned to make the most of DX11, and by that time, DX12 will be on the horizon. I really don't get the whole point of upgrading anymore...

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#8 FatalNeurotoxin
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DX11 is supposed to faster than both the DX10 and DX9 SDKs. Unfortunately, I don't think anyone will take advantage of it until the next DX SDK comes out. Most developers for PC are still sicking to DX9 SDK even 7 years after its release. I don't know any games that seriously take advantage of DX10, Crysis was nice, but the difference between DX9 and DX10 was minuscule. Furthermore, the DX10 version of Crysis performed far worse than the DX9 version. The only real difference is the motion blur and the lighting is a little prettier.

DX11 cards won't be publicly available until 2010, so don't be too excited, Microsoft always makes a big thing about their new DirectX, and, personally, DirectX 10 was a complete disappointment, the library of games that use it is so small it was hard to justify upgrading to Vista and getting a new graphics card a few years ago.

People will not start really making games for DX10 until DX11 is out and by then it will be obsolete. Same goes for DX11, most likely, developers will not be able to take full advantage of it until DX12 is out and so on and so on.

I might upgrade my gaming rig with a new shiny DX11 graphics card when they come out, but again, you can't really justify upgrading until they release games that take advantage of DX11, and honestly, judging by how quickly developers took advantage of DX10, that could take a while. Save your cash until the upgrade is truly worth it, there will be better graphics cards by then anyway.

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#9 FatalNeurotoxin
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I had the same error on my computer, whenever I tried to install the entire C&C: FD, it would always crash, and tell me that there was a CRC error.

My disk had some minor circularscratches on it.

My first solution to this problem was to everything besides the program that crashed (Red Alert 2), unfortunately, though, that only avoids the problem and doesn't solve it.

EA recommends to install it in safe mode, I tried that, but it didn't work.

However this solution did work for me: (NOTE: you need a temporary 10 GB ofhard disk space for this)

make a folder on your desktop called "CnCInstall", then copy the everything on the disk to the folder.

If youreceive an error that means your disk is damaged and illegible, however, if you don't you can proceed with the next step:

run the setup.exeexecutable and install everything, once the installation is finished, see if it works and delete "CnCInstall"

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