Team Fortress 2

[Malintex_Terek]

Has anyone else mastered the art of playing this game with a touchpad?

Also, how does one equip melee weapons?

[Sakonosolo]

What do you mean equip? They should already be with you so you just switch to them.

[Tsukento]

Has anyone else mastered the art of playing this game with a touchpad?

Also, how does one equip melee weapons?

Nope. I use the good ol' keyboard/mouse combo. :P

As for Melee weapons, they're your third equip weapon.

[Malintex_Terek]

I cycle through the weapons but the melee is always shaded, and I end up going back to my first weapon.

As I said, in most of my games I end up getting killed in close comabt when someone switches to melee (head shot?), I've only managed to do damage as a Sniper and while hidden.

[SSM]

So what do you think of the Soilder's prize for this war against an overpowered enemy?

Lol, some fucking boots.

[Tsukento]

The boots were gonna be rewarded to either class that won since both use their weapons to long jump.

[Sakonosolo]

I can't figure out how to long jump. I manage to go about 10 feet but I see people all the time that jump all the way across the level.

[Tizoc]

OK, silly question: Is this game available on the PS3?

[Sakonosolo]

You can buy the Orange Box for the PS3, yes. I've heard that it wasn't very good for the PS3 though, so I wouldn't recommend it. Full of problems and stuff. If you're going to get it for a console I'd suggest the 360 but overall I'd say get it for the PC.

[The Dude]

you'd be dumb to get it for a console - no updates

[Sakonosolo]

That too .

[Tsukento]

I can't figure out how to long jump. I manage to go about 10 feet but I see people all the time that jump all the way across the level.

Believe it or not, I had the game since the release and had no idea about the longer jumping ability for Soldier and Demoman until their update.

The idea is that just as you get ready to launch yourself, instead of just jumping as you use the blast, you crouch AND jump at the same time.

OK, silly question: Is this game available on the PS3?

To be a bit more detailed, it's available on the PS3 and 360, however they're not worth it. The PS3 version was handled by EA and is more or less a shoddy port. That version has framerate and connection issues and will never be updated, as it was disliked by the developer for how it turned out on the console.

The 360 version received a couple of server updates, but mainly to fix rampant cheating. Other than that, it's still the same version from 2007 without any of the updates that have made it to the PC version. While Valve did say they will update it once the final class update is done, it's still a good while away and Microsoft wants to charge people for the update when it's completely free on PC.

[Tizoc]

you'd be dumb to get it for a console - no updates

Really? Well I've been considering getting for PC anyway

[Tsukento]

As someone who owns the 360 and PC versions, I can safely say that the PC version is much, much better.

With the console ports, servers are hosted by one person. They go, the server drops. Whereas on PC, you don't need to rely on a host. You also cannot use voice commands in the console ports except to call a Medic. So you can't signal when there's a Spy nearby. The controller is also really not meant for TF2, regardless of the version you play on. It ends up leaving you feeling crab handed.

[Malintex_Terek]

The boots were gonna be rewarded to either class that won since both use their weapons to long jump.

Except, the Demoman won the war - more Soldiers were killed overall. But for some reason Valve awarded the boots to the Soldier anyway.

I haven't played with Demoman much, nor encountered them much, so I can't really comment if they're overpowered or not, but I get killed pretty often enough as the Soldier and the Soldier's build is like the offensive version of the Demoman's.

[Tsukento]

Actually, Soldier won.

6,406,065 Demomen killed
6,372,979 Soldiers killed

The top is the kill count for Soldiers having killed Demomen and the bottom is vice-versa. The only issue was that both sides cheated quite a bit on achievement servers and bots.

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http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/4...1412585630.png

Looking there, you'll see a pit full of Soldier bots and players, while several Demomen launch everything inside to kill them. They ended up double checking after the update when looking at the kill counts and times.

[Sakonosolo]

Except, the Demoman won the war - more Soldiers were killed overall. But for some reason Valve awarded the boots to the Soldier anyway.

I haven't played with Demoman much, nor encountered them much, so I can't really comment if they're overpowered or not, but I get killed pretty often enough as the Soldier and the Soldier's build is like the offensive version of the Demoman's.

I actually don't think the Demoman's overpowered as I'm killed quite often when playing as him. Might just be me sucking though . I want to play with the sword but I can't ever get it in a random drop and I'm having difficulty getting some of the achievements.

I do something that might be able to be called a long jump but I don't think I'm doing it right as it always takes down about half my health when I do it .

[Malintex_Terek]

That's hilarious, Tsukento. Gathering all the Soldiers into a pit and shooting them. :O

Might just be me sucking though .

The only classes I can play as are Sniper and Engineer simply because I'm playing off of a laptop with no mouse, just a touchpad. That makes it impossible to do anything that requires aim, although I can still run places...while looking down. :/

[DaGoomer]

To do achievements justy go on a bot server...

[Malintex_Terek]

OK guys, I need so tech support.

I'm running TF2 on my desktop, but the game closes mysteriously after playing the Valve logo. It's in Windowed mode apparently, not full screen. Nothing I do seems to have any effect.