Cannot connect to Steam or Steam forums?

Aod · 21 May 2008 at 17:50

1mm3 said:
Im still having problems?

have you tried restarting steam?

1mm3 · 21 May 2008 at 17:51

Yes, also tried restarting pc etc.. but still cannot login..

Aod · 21 May 2008 at 17:53

ah, thats a different issue. delete the file "clientregistry.blob" in the steam directory.

i was able to login during the whole time, just nothing else...

Dano · 21 May 2008 at 17:53

jojothemonkey69 said:
Thats a bit OTT they're uptime must be 99.9% you can't complain about that.

It's not really though is it, it is denying people access to legitimately owned software no matter for how short a time, they should have in place a system whereby offline mode can be enabled in the event of the servers being down, something that I was led to believe was already in place.

Oh and it's 'their' not 'they're'

Aod · 21 May 2008 at 17:56

Dano said:
It's not really though is it, it is denying people access to legitimately owned software no matter for how short a time, they should have in place a system whereby offline mode can be enabled in the event of the servers being down, something that I was led to believe was already in place.

Oh and it's 'their' not 'they're'

i was able to access all of my games that didn't require downloading anything or connecting to a server browser, ie HL2, EP1 & EP2, as well as any other game in my list that didn't need updating.

i was hardly "denied access" to my legitimately purchased games.

NeilF · 21 May 2008 at 18:38

Aod said:
i was able to access all of my games that didn't require downloading anything or connecting to a server browser, ie HL2, EP1 & EP2, as well as any other game in my list that didn't need updating.

i was hardly "denied access" to my legitimately purchased games.

I couldn't log into Steam, so couldn't play any Valve/Steam game... (eg: HL2)

james.miller · 21 May 2008 at 18:41

its a couple of hours in one day. in the middle of the day. on a weekday!

its hardly the end of the world infact its pretty much a non-issue. hardly worth talking about. steam as a whole is fantastic.

Greenlizard0 · 21 May 2008 at 19:24

Hurray it appears back on line

NeilF · 21 May 2008 at 20:02

james.miller said:
its a couple of hours in one day. in the middle of the day. on a weekday!

its hardly the end of the world infact its pretty much a non-issue. hardly worth talking about. steam as a whole is fantastic.

Indeed... But the sake of a fall back server responding with a message so Steam knows the main server is down so it actually say the servers are down and will be back soon, rather leavign people completely in the lurch???? At the moment we get:-
1) A message saying there is a problem and you cannot connect. Imlpying the problem is at your end...
2) Offering a link to tips how to solve the connection problem, which when you connect it you get a non-existant/loading page...

Biohazard · 21 May 2008 at 20:17

folk in my clan were moaning about this, I seem to be fine all day though!

Dano · 21 May 2008 at 20:39

Aod said:
i was able to access all of my games that didn't require downloading anything or connecting to a server browser, ie HL2, EP1 & EP2, as well as any other game in my list that didn't need updating.

i was hardly "denied access" to my legitimately purchased games.

Good for you, I couldn't access squat.

Aod · 22 May 2008 at 00:20

Dano said:
Good for you, I couldn't access squat.

i was able to log in-and-out more than 30 times while waiting for the servers to come back online.

psychas · 22 May 2008 at 00:23

big storm in usa power down in seatle usual cra... it came back 5 pm but its working for people who were loged in before 1 pm and if your steam is still not up u are really unlucky

Aod · 22 May 2008 at 01:01

psychas said:
big storm in usa power down in seatle usual cra... it came back 5 pm but its working for people who were loged in before 1 pm and if your steam is still not up u are really unlucky

thanks for the info.

also, "crap" isn't considered an offence any more.

NeilF · 22 May 2008 at 08:55

Biohazard said:
folk in my clan were moaning about this, I seem to be fine all day though!

Indeed... Until the next time the servers are taken down and we go thru all this nonsense again, for the sake of one informative message from Steam - "Sorry our servers are down for maintenance at the moment. Try later..."

Not hard is it!