matt74441 Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 I finally broke down and bought Half-Life and CounterStrike and a bunch of the other mods on Sunday, and it just arrived at my doorstep :) However, I have run into a problem. I followed the installation instructions to the letter, and I'm at the step where I have to download the updates. Whever I do that, it complains that my Internet connection is invalid, check your settings and try again. I have no idea what the problem is, so if anyone could help me it would be most appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolvereen Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 Been said before. Uninstall everything from your system. Install STEAM. Use your Half-Life serial for online play. Kick yourself for buying software you can now get for free. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt74441 Posted January 27, 2004 Author Share Posted January 27, 2004 I'll give that a try, but I'll kick myself later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Bull}{Dog~ Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 Forget Steam, its the worst way to play online games I've had the misfortune to see.. Download the latest patch from Sierra and install it manually. I could never get the auto patcher thing to work either. Also dont forget to pat yourself on the back for buying one of the best single player games ever. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koto Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 You bought all of them? :blink: You know... The original Half-Life key works with them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolvereen Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 Been running STEAM since it launched. Launch was MAJORILY sucky and filled with bugs. To be honest though, been happy with it recently. Haven't had any issues. You can BitTorrent the complete STEAM install too to save yourself time.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt74441 Posted January 27, 2004 Author Share Posted January 27, 2004 You bought all of them? :blink: You know... The original Half-Life key works with them all. I'm a Half-Life and all of it's mods n00b. I had looking online for it for a while, I finally saw it on FutureShop, and bought it. I couldn't buy Half-Life separately, it only came in a 5-in-1 package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malechai Veteran Posted January 27, 2004 Veteran Share Posted January 27, 2004 nice buy matt (Y) i always found myself downloading the patches from sierra and installing them manually. the auto update thing for me either 1) was too slow or 2) didn't work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt74441 Posted January 27, 2004 Author Share Posted January 27, 2004 I can finally see what all the hype is about. Steam is downloading right now, and it should be done in an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death By Sexy Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 nice buy matt (Y) i always found myself downloading the patches from sierra and installing them manually. the auto update thing for me either 1) was too slow or 2) didn't work same here. but then i had the problem of the updates being sooo slow to download even though i had a fast connection. but its worth the wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FudgeMonkey Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 I'm a Half-Life and all of it's mods n00b. I had looking online for it for a while, I finally saw it on FutureShop, and bought it. I couldn't buy Half-Life separately, it only came in a 5-in-1 package. well look after the box & stuff and it might become a collectible :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowpie Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 Rofl, you bought the whole shabang? You can get legal HL keys online for like 5 bux, and the yjust send thru email..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt74441 Posted January 28, 2004 Author Share Posted January 28, 2004 Rofl, you bought the whole shabang? You can get legal HL keys online for like 5 bux, and the yjust send thru email..... Again, I'm a n00b. Besides, if I give Valve some money, maybe they'll release Half Life 2 faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted January 28, 2004 Veteran Share Posted January 28, 2004 Who cares if how he bought, he did and he is going to have hours upon hours of fun ahead of him. I definitely suggest getting steam because it just ameks things so much easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt74441 Posted January 28, 2004 Author Share Posted January 28, 2004 Speaking of Steam, can someone recommend a good spot to download it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuruptnation Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 www.steampowered.com Is what you want :) Or if you want to download the whole thing at once use: http://www.steampowered.com/index.php?area=getsteamnow Or someone can be nice enough to post a Bittorent link for you :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt74441 Posted January 28, 2004 Author Share Posted January 28, 2004 Got it downloading over Bittorrent. Screw waiting in line :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 Moved here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hulibecker Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 Just installed Steam.. OMG!! On same server as was ten mins ago and my latency has gone from average of 70 to 1300!!!!! LLLAAAGGGGGG Anyone ne ideas why this is?? Is steam this bad??? HELP!! (And not got ne other progs runnin or D/Loading!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machima Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 Just installed Steam.. OMG!!On same server as was ten mins ago and my latency has gone from average of 70 to 1300!!!!! LLLAAAGGGGGG Anyone ne ideas why this is?? Is steam this bad??? HELP!! (And not got ne other progs runnin or D/Loading!) It's you. Steam is fine for the majority of players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Bull}{Dog~ Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 Steam has been plagued with problems since its release. Its starting to put me off Half Life 2 and the next bunch of mods already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjiggag23 Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 Just installed Steam.. OMG!!On same server as was ten mins ago and my latency has gone from average of 70 to 1300!!!!! LLLAAAGGGGGG Anyone ne ideas why this is?? Is steam this bad??? HELP!! (And not got ne other progs runnin or D/Loading!) dont worry about that, i had really high latencies too. after one of the updates, i went from an average of 250 to an average of 35. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptiPlex Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 off-topic, but do you have to be an admin to run Steam? can you run if it your privileges are restricted? wouldn't that cause problems with patching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt74441 Posted January 31, 2004 Author Share Posted January 31, 2004 I gave up on Steam yesterday. You guys should have warned me, its complete crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Bull}{Dog~ Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 I tried :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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