How big is the file to download from Steam?

 

*macnoob here

Whops read that worng.

Nevermind

about 10GB+ littleboy. Since its mac (and not many have it) you cant copy from a friend. OR, to save bandwidth. get a friend who wants it too, you download half, copy over the steam files etc to him, he downloads the other half, then you delete them off your PC...Mac...Whatever and he copies the finished product over. twice as slow to do, but saves 50% on the download.

 

Oh, and on my way home from Army I remembered this little comic strip:

How big is the file to download from Steam?

 

*macnoob here

The total game files should equal around 7.6GB, less if you have certain other source games (as they often borrow files from each other.) Although it might be different for Mac.

Question for any "Spah" users, how do you effectively spy? EVERYTIME I try Im gunned down by a stray bullet, spraying Heavy or a Pyro who forgot where the "off" nozzle was. It's my favorite role, I've got the Ambassador+Cloak'n'Dagger/Pocke[bleep]ch thing but I just cant get the timings right. :|

Question for any "Spah" users, how do you effectively spy? EVERYTIME I try Im gunned down by a stray bullet, spraying Heavy or a Pyro who forgot where the "off" nozzle was. It's my favorite role, I've got the Ambassador+Cloak'n'Dagger/Pocke[bleep]ch thing but I just cant get the timings right. :|

Ambassador is useless.

 

Disguise (anything but medic or spy usually) then stealth. Run till it's almost out, let it recharge, etc. Try to stay in corners where they aren't likely to look. Once you get behind them, start running behind someone, unstealthing within 15 feet, then backstab.

 

When taking out engy installations, sap the sentry, bs the engy, then sap the tele/dispenser.

Question for any "Spah" users, how do you effectively spy? EVERYTIME I try Im gunned down by a stray bullet, spraying Heavy or a Pyro who forgot where the "off" nozzle was. It's my favorite role, I've got the Ambassador+Cloak'n'Dagger/Pocke[bleep]ch thing but I just cant get the timings right. :|

Watch some youtube spy guide/gameplay videos, helped me get the hang of it.

-Ambassador isn't useless. It's good for sniping from a distance and getting out of tight situations.

-Disguise in your color when you aren't on the enemy's side.

-Save some cloak for escaping

 

And you should remember that the spy is a support class, you aren't supposed to fight on the front lines. Get behind the enemy or die trying.

 

 

Got tf2 when it came out on mac and nearing 100h total playtime and 30% of achievements unlocked. Sniper, spy and engineer are my favorite classes, scout, demoman and medic are my worst ones. It's a good game.

Question for any "Spah" users, how do you effectively spy? EVERYTIME I try Im gunned down by a stray bullet, spraying Heavy or a Pyro who forgot where the "off" nozzle was. It's my favorite role, I've got the Ambassador+Cloak'n'Dagger/Pocke[bleep]ch thing but I just cant get the timings right. :|

This helped me a lot.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-qD30EOO-o

 

The Ambassador is good at taking out engies at long range (or used to). The brightest and biggest thing on the engie...is his helmet. :mrgreen:

 

I've recently played more sniper and spy. Had a couple of good games of spy, and more as snipers.

Just bought The Orange Box for 360. Gonna try out TF2 soon, I've never played it before. :eek:

I once managed to scare away an enemy attack party in a CTF game by disguising as a friendly heavy :thumbsup:

Just bought The Orange Box for 360. Gonna try out TF2 soon, I've never played it before. :eek:

TF2 for 360 fails.

Just bought The Orange Box for 360. Gonna try out TF2 soon, I've never played it before. :eek:

TF2 for 360 fails.

Probably, I don't really care though. I just wanna see what it's like.

Just bought The Orange Box for 360. Gonna try out TF2 soon, I've never played it before. :eek:

TF2 for 360 fails.

Probably, I don't really care though. I just wanna see what it's like.

Well, the 360 version really isn't what the game is like. It's basically the PC version, except with less precise controls, and none of the updates and user made content. That doesn't just means less achievements/maps/weapons/etc, it also means many bugs and issues aren't fixed.

Well nevermind then. :wall:

http://www.teamfortress.com/loosecanon

 

Dude. I love how they are fleshing out the story of TF2 plus, well, Engi update coming!

I find the dead ringer to be a much better alternative to the normal spy watch or cloak and dagger. Very useful for running away from pyros, you let them flame you for a bit then cloak when going round corners and they genuinely think you're dead most of the time :twisted:

 

Beat my (current) engi record last night, 51 points in one round on goldrush, didn't get it just through teleports either, I only did 30 ish.

I find the dead ringer to be a much better alternative to the normal spy watch or cloak and dagger. Very useful for running away from pyros, you let them flame you for a bit then cloak when going round corners and they genuinely think you're dead most of the time :twisted:

 

Beat my (current) engi record last night, 51 points in one round on goldrush, didn't get it just through teleports either, I only did 30 ish.

 

Normally, a pyro will take out your deadringer with the flamethrower, then keep going and get you while you're cloaked. There are very few players that can actually use the dead ringer well, and when they do, they are much more annoying than invis watch spies, lol.

 

For anyone struggling with spy, watch that video. It helps a TON. I'd love to stop seeing dumb spies that keep rushing at the enemy on my team once in a while :)

Found out 1 problem. I was playing it last night at a friends on his PC, I was dominating as a Spy the whole time there. I think its THIS PC in general. the CPU is the equiv' of Pentium 4 which is worthless now and cant support so much data flying in. (and low RAM: 1GB). on his PC I was basically gliding around the place, many shanks left, right and above.

Question: Does TF2 rely on the video card a lot or the CPU a lot?

TF2 is actually surprisingly hard on both. A computer that could run this in 2007 would have a lot of problems running it now, since it's gotten more intensive.

A computer that could run this in 2007 would have a lot of problems running it now

....Mine's a 2002 Model... :ohnoes:

Well this game was pretty much already duck hunt for me on public servers even before the mac release. I haven't played in a while but I might start playing some PUGs or something since I have a broken leg...and it's the middle of summer.

 

Also this game has always been really hard on my computer, to the point where I had to use an FPS config to get it to run smoothly.

FPS config? Do tell, because that's my problem.

Ah, because I've got a CPU from 2005, but I'm getting a video card that can run Crysis at highest settings. Could I run TF2 smoothly at at least medium settings?

Use this:

 

http://cyri.systemrequirementslab.com/CYRI/

Ah, because I've got a CPU from 2005, but I'm getting a video card that can run Crysis at highest settings. Could I run TF2 smoothly at at least medium settings?

 

Tf2 is more cpu heavy, but a better graphics card definately helps. As long as you have a decent cpu you should be able to run it at low to medium though.