you can just burn your updated .gfc files to cd.

Didn't know that. Thanks!

i know you can do this and that to backup your updated files, but i really prefer standaalone updates for those who have dialup, or doesnt have an internet connection and wanna play condition zerio with its bots.

- I'm on Dialup. I *really* don't feel like downloading tons of patches every time I decide to wipe my computer. Why can't I just download incremental patches for burning on CD or something?

you can just burn your updated .gfc files to cd.

Email me to see if we can fix this up.

- Alfred

I'm currently locked out of both of my steam accounts. I know its partly my fault because I forgot my passwords but I was relying on the fail safes to be able to recover them.

I have been requesting emails for both accounts for the last week to get it reset and none of them have come to my address. I used 2 address on 2 different ISP's.

I have emailed steam tech support and all they told me to do was read the troubleshooter which I did many times before emailing them.

I know that if I decided to get Half-life 2 I will be writing the steam password down somewhere safe as the password reset system isn't reliable.

My last resort is to mail off my keys to Valve and in a months time they might reset them. I think I will just give my keys away to some friends who want half-life ( and don't want to pay for it ) cause I can't be bothered with it any more.

This comment was edited on Jun 29, 19:07.

"However, it looks like the 'You can just go back to 1.5 if you don't like the changes' argument is going to disappear pretty soon."

To my knowledge you can still install v1.5 as a Half-Life Steam mod and play it that way, so for the people who are going to be broken in half by the change (*groan*) they'll still be able to keep on fighting the clock.

-It is a bit slow, but that's because it has to log you in and scan for any updates in all of your games. You can make special shortcuts to make it faster, but even without them, it's not terribly long.
-This is part of the platform, but you could disable autoupdating for all your games and just wait for any updates to download whenever you want to play.
-Just take and copy or RAR up the whole game directory and burn it to as many CDs as you need, or copy it to another computer. Then, reinstall Steam, and copy/extract the files back.
-You can play for three days without authenticating if you don't have an internet connection available; after that, you have to verify via email to extend it by another three days. So, for games that have SP components, only a minimal connection is required.
-Apparently it's not implemented yet. But then, what's the point of it?
-There's some basic stuff that will always auto-update (HL Engine, Steam platform), but if you have a game set to 'Do not automatically update this game', it won't.

However, it looks like the 'You can just go back to 1.5 if you don't like the changes' argument is going to disappear pretty soon. Maybe everyone's forgetting, but WON wasn't exactly the best system either. The in-game server browser for HL-engine games was godawful, and there were fairly frequent outages. Steam's interface is much nicer, it's quite stable, and although it still seems incomplete, it's obviously still getting some love from Valve. Hopefully it'll see even more love when more of the HL2 team is finished, so it'll be pretty feature-complete and robust for The Big Launch.

Bleh. I've tried Steam. It installed fine. There are still a great many things I dislike about it though.
- It starts up too damn slow.
- Don't really feel like having to download updates every time I start the thing up.
- I'm on Dialup. I *really* don't feel like downloading tons of patches every time I decide to wipe my computer. Why can't I just download incremental patches for burning on CD or something?
- Why do I have to connect to Steam to play Half-Life Singleplayer?
- Why can I never click the 'Pause all Updates' or whatever buttons in the steam monitor?
- Why do games still update even after I set them to not Autoupdate...

Don't get me wrong. I do not *hate* Steam. I just think its rather incomplete and little or no thought was given to us supposed "few" Dialup users still left.

I'm not even going to get into the evils of Steam.

oh do tell. the beta of Steam was shit for sure, and aside from the fact that the IM system is crap, Steam has come along way.

This comment was edited on Jun 29, 15:18.

lol I can't believe people are still using won. Steam HL/CS is great - runs perfectly fine 99% of the time (some issues with updates occasionally, but had the same issues with manual patching so meh) and I really like their GUI.

Last time I connected, the update borked Steam (again), so I decided to just delete the damn thing.

been connecting fine here.

Anyone else been unable to connect to steam for the last week or so?

Nah, it's a lot better now. As for shield, just look for servers that don't use it. I agree that shield is weak sauce.


"In this dirty-minded world you are either somebody's wife or somebody's whore - or fast on your way to becoming one or the other. If you don't fit either category, then everybody tries to make you think there is something wrong with you."
- John Irving

Counter-Strike phased out by the end of the summer

I wish

Counter-Strike phased out by the end of the summer, eh? I'm sure as hell not "upgrading" to 1.6. From what I've read it uses way to much server CPU. There's also the little matter of weapon balance and shield exploits. I'm not even going to get into the evils of Steam.

Hopefully someone will figure out how to make their own WON server. A lot of people still like 1.5 and would continue to play it if it were available.