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[DaleinCalgary]

I've just bought Portal 1 and 2 for my xbox series x and I can't play it. I love these games very very much but I just can't play at 30fps or less after all these years.

I think this game needs some love.

 

[Dream-Knife]

Because that game came out 15 years ago. They're also $2 each.

 

[ReBurn]

Because that game came out 15 years ago. They're also $2 each.

Except they're like $20 each on the Xbox marketplace. Which is crazy.

 

[radewagon]

 

[Kacho]

Your best bet is to wait for Microsoft to enhance more BC games with the 60fps treatment. It will be a while though since they encountered some issue which is preventing them from updating more games.

The other option is a build a PC but that’s obviously not a practical solution.

 

[TheMay30thMan]

If you’re gonna to be this picky, just move to PC and stop wasting everyone’s time. Especially your own.

 

[kingpotato]

NSFW?

 

[BennyBlanco]

Valve definitely isn't touching these again. MS would have to do it. I would imagine modern cheap as hell laptops could run these at 60 fps and they are $2 each on steam.

 

[Hugare]

You played yourself by buying them without researching first.

It wont happen.

1 - enhancement patches are made by MS, not the developers
2 - MS ended the whole BC program

Even a toaster can run these games at 60 fps. Play it on your notebook or PC, OP.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[Hoddi]

I completely agree. Valve has always been great at pushing patches even for their old games on Steam and there's really no reason they couldn't do it on other platforms. The rest is on the platform holder.

They still patch HL2 from time to time. The Portal games could easily run at 4k120 probably even on the Series S.

 

[ReBurn]

I completely agree. Valve has always been great at pushing patches even for their old games on Steam and there's really no reason they couldn't do it on other platforms. The rest is on the platform holder.

They still patch HL2 from time to time. The Portal games could easily run at 4k120 probably even on the Series S.

When Microsoft buys Valve Phil will get it done

 

[Swift_Star]

Why would they care?

 

[Hoddi]

Why would they care?

Because Valve is basically at the top of the heap when it comes to supporting their old games. Why even speak against that?

 

[Dream-Knife]

When Microsoft buys Valve Phil will get it done

Valve is pushing linux to specifically get away from MS.

 

[alabtrosMyster]

These are primarily PC games ported to console.... no problem on PC!

 

[captainraincoat]

When ms buy them next wed they will add it to fps boost

 

[Magic Carpet]

Saw the NSFW tag and thought there would be pics of Glados in a bikini. Very disappointed.

 

[Pagusas]

i’m pretty sure a 2021 Potato computer could run Portal 2 at 60fps.

 

[ReBurn]

Valve is pushing linux to specifically get away from MS.

Is that why they are working with AMD to support Windows 11 on Steam Deck?

 

[lh032]

because 1 + 2 = 3

 

[Dream-Knife]

Is that why they are working with AMD to support Windows 11 on Steam Deck?

Source?

 

[ReBurn]

Source?

Valve Is Collaborating with AMD to Help Ensure Windows 11 Works on the Steam Deck

Up until now, Valve's main focus has been on delivering compatibility with Windows 10.

gizmodo.com

Without Valve's investment in Proton they would probably have to eat or pass on the cost of a Windows license for Steam Deck. But their bread and butter is Windows, hands down. If Valve's move is to get PC gamers to move to Linux by creating software that lets them play Windows games on Linux then that sounds like playing on Windows with more steps.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Spoiler: NSFW Thick

 

[Shmunter]

Absolutely leaving money on the table for not doing an orange box next gen

 

[TexMex]

Because people still buy them without

 

[Dream-Knife]

Valve Is Collaborating with AMD to Help Ensure Windows 11 Works on the Steam Deck

Up until now, Valve's main focus has been on delivering compatibility with Windows 10.

gizmodo.com

Without Valve's investment in Proton they would probably have to eat or pass on the cost of a Windows license for Steam Deck. But their bread and butter is Windows, hands down. If Valve's move is to get PC gamers to move to Linux by creating software that lets them play Windows games on Linux then that sounds like playing on Windows with more steps.

That is exactly what they are trying to do.

Windows compatibility is neat though and gets more skeptical people on board.

 

[JayK47]

My goodness, when will we be satisfied with FPS? I am guessing in the not too distant future we will regularly see posts complaining about the lack of 240 fps in games. Next gen perhaps.

 

[Shmunter]

My goodness, when will we be satisfied with FPS? I am guessing in the not too distant future we will regularly see posts complaining about the lack of 240 fps in games. Next gen perhaps.

Played quite a bit of 120 recently. The bump from 60 is minor, whereas from 30 to 60 it’s a game changer. Personally can do without the 120.

 

[Nocturno999]

Human eye can't see beyond 30 fps anyway

Also, it gives the game a more cinematic feel

I've seen people still repeating this madness.

 

[nkarafo]

You could probably build a PC from parts you could find in a recycle bin that can run both games at 60fps easily.

 

[Yoboman]

Valve's license to source engine development tools expired so they can't make any updates

 

[nkarafo]

Valve's license to source engine development tools expired so they can't make any updates

Portal 2 has a nasty visual bug (ugly artifacts in several surfaces) if you use a NVIDIA card released in 2016 or later. This bug has existed since then and has been reported everywhere but it's still not fixed. The only way to avoid it is to play the game at medium shader settings (but that would also remove all shadows). There no other ini or console command fixes for this.

So yeah, i wouldn't expect Valve to care about playing those games at higher frame rates on consoles. The games are pretty much completely abandoned.

 

[Spukc]

That’s why you do PC op
3D nes games?
VR doom 1 ?

No problem

 

[Soodanim]

VR doom 1

This makes perfect sense but I’ve never thought of it. I need to find footage… or a VR headset

 

[stranno]

I don't know how it is limited on console, but on PC is just a damn var (fps_max). So, if that's the case, pretty lazy, yeah.

Even lazier is the Crysis compatibility. On Crysis 1, 2 and 3 for XBOX 360 or Playstation 3 you can cap the framerate at 60FPS just changing one line of text in a configuration file inside a pak file (zip renamed). So they could have ran perfectly fine at 60FPS on XBOX Series. I finished Crysis 2 years ago with cap set to 60FPS and had no bugs whatsoever. Of course it does not really worth, it rarely goes beyond 30FPS on 360.

 

[Holammer]

The work required is likely trivial. I'm surprised MS did not fix it while they updated all those others games.
Your best bet is to get your parents to convince Valve that you are autistic and love playing the game on your Xbox. Or just buy it on PC like everyone else already suggested and play it with superior M+KB controls.

 

[KloetenQuetsche]

Every 30fps Game can be played in 60 when you activate Motion Flow (Sony).
Every TV has such a mode where frames where interpolated. It comes with a input Lag, but in games like Portal this is not the problem.

 

[Stitch]

This makes perfect sense but I’ve never thought of it. I need to find footage… or a VR headset

 

[rofif]

4k120 is the easiest tweak for valve games.
The patch could be 1kb

 

[22:22:22]

The work required is likely trivial. I'm surprised MS did not fix it while they updated all those others games.
Your best bet is to get your parents to convince Valve that you are autistic and love playing the game on your Xbox. Or just buy it on PC like everyone else already suggested and play it with superior M+KB controls.

What does autisme have to do with it?

I have the same wish OP

 

[Esppiral]

Because that would be the third patch for each game, and valve does not know how to count to 3.

 

[Holammer]

What does autisme have to do with it?

I have the same wish OP

I hate to explain jokes, but here's the context that you obviously missed.

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/sean-murray-nms-redemption-arc-continues-autistic-child-happy.1628950/#post-265470820

 

[22:22:22]

I hate to explain jokes, but here's the context that you obviously missed.

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/sean-murray-nms-redemption-arc-continues-autistic-child-happy.1628950/#post-265470820

Do you go through life expecting people understand references so obscure they originate from a forum thread? =P

That said thank you, I'll take a looksie <3

 

[Notabueno]

I've just bought Portal 1 and 2 for my xbox series x and I can't play it. I love these games very very much but I just can't play at 30fps or less after all these years.

I think this game needs some love.

Because Valve leeches money off of other publishers and developers with Steam, they don't do shit themselves besides failed products at the exception of Alyx.

 

[JimboJones]

They stopped doing console stuff a long time ago, mainly they where unhappy with Sony's Microsofts and other "walled garden" policys on updates.
Too much red tape and then your update being put on wait lists for months.

But that was over 10 years ago could be different now

 

[Thaedolus]

Because Valve leeches money off of other publishers and developers with Steam, they don't do shit themselves besides failed products at the exception of Alyx.

Providing a service for a fee that the publisher and developers agree to is not leeching.

 

[lastmessiah]

Valve is pushing linux to specifically get away from MS.

MS literally develops a Linux virtual machine that runs flawlessly on Windows. With GUI support.

What is Windows Subsystem for Linux

Learn about the Windows Subsystem for Linux, including the different versions and ways you can use them. Microsoft Loves Linux.

docs.microsoft.com

lol at this forum, everyone here is still living in the 90s.

 

[sncvsrtoip]

Funny also started portal 2, to be honest dont think in this type of game 60fps is must

 

[Notabueno]

Providing a service for a fee that the publisher and developers agree to is not leeching.

It is, they profit off of the lack of regulation for digital distribution platforms (unlike physical stores that are regulated and have a maximum tax/margin authorized), they make tons of money while providing a very low effort/value service compared to actual publishers and devs, also because they have a monopoly that governments also didn't regulate and see coming.

In any case, and this is the case for any investor funds or other digital platforms applying disproportionate sale taxes or low streaming payments, they are leeching off of the money of people who actually work, produce and create intrinsic value for the markets and the consumers.