Star Wars Battlefront 2 Steam special

[StoneCold]

Hi guys,

Just a quick heads up, Steam currently has a special on all it's Star Wars catalog titles. I'm going to pick up SWBF2 and Republic Commando for $3.39 each 

[Unit 33]

I caught this earlier today. They decided to use the SWBF1 box art to promote the sale, which instantly raised my hopes up thinking that SWBF1 had come to Steam.
BUT NO

[{Alpha}Sgt.Gamma]

Woah that sounds like a great deal.

[Ltin]

I caught this earlier today. They decided to use the SWBF1 box art to promote the sale, which instantly raised my hopes up thinking that SWBF1 had come to Steam.
BUT NO

i demand we file a formal lawsuit for obstructing justice!
Sweet find!

[Roxas]

Steam is bulky.

[tirpider]

I would totally buy it if I could get more than 10 fps out of BF2 on this machine.

[Kit Fisto]

I would totally buy it if I could get more than 10 fps out of BF2 on this machine.

It's odd that you say that. SWBFII actually runs better on my computer than SWBFI. I have no clue why.
I have to have mods that I made for SWBFI to lower the resolution of maps while playing at all low settings to get a decent frame rate. But for SWBFII I can play almost all maps (if they aren't riddled with unnecessary vegetation and effects) at a great frame rate. I even tried out some SWBFI conversions for SWBFII and they look better and have better frame rates! 
It must be the engine. The Cider wrapper I use to run both games is the same. 

[tirpider]

The 10 fps is a guess.  When I tried it, it was so choppy it was simply unplayable.  I suspect it's the ancient laptop grade, integrated video chipset.  Nvidia doesn't even admit it exists because it's one of those pc manufacturer hack jobs (thanks Sony.)

SWBF 1 runs nice though, and I like it better anyway.

In other steam news, I have managed to get Team Fortress 2 to run.  Everything is dialed down and it looks awful.
It looks like it would be a blast if it weren't for old hardware.

One day I will buy a new machine and be able to play modern-ish games ....  or not.  SWBF works and so does Minecraft (till they move to a higher opengl version), so I'm set. (Unless the Oddworld folks finally get another title together, then new hardware becomes a priority again.)