I hate Steam

[TW]Fox · 13 Nov 2009 at 17:14

Been playing MW2 SP a lot lately. It's great.

Thought I'd pop on again and for another go - not played it since yesterday.

Double click the icon on my desktop and.... 'Steam servers are too busy to handle your request. Please try again later'

What?

Why should I try again later? I dont care about stupid Steam servers, I simply wish to play a single player game :rolleyes:

ScottehBotteh · 13 Nov 2009 at 17:16

You can set steam to offline mode for SP games. Not very useful if you cant get on first to set it up but useful for the future.

Using Offline Mode
Please follow the instructions below to configure Offline Mode on your machine:

1.Start Steam online - make sure the Remember my password box on the login window is checked
2.Verify that all game files are completely updated - you can see the update status for a game under the My Games tab (when the game shows as 100% - Ready it is ready to be played in Offline Mode)
3.Launch the game you would like to play offline to verify that there are no further updates to download - shut down the game and return to Steam once you have confirmed that the game can be played
4.Go to Settings to ensure the Do not store account information on this computer option is not selected
5.From the main Steam window, go to File and select Go Offline
6.Click OK to restart Steam in Offline Mode

psychas · 13 Nov 2009 at 17:45

restart steam

Squark · 13 Nov 2009 at 17:46

psychas said:
restart steam

Yep, always worth a try, it solves most steam related problems

Tummy · 13 Nov 2009 at 18:04

Poor Fox

Try

Offline mode
Restart

Hamoodii · 13 Nov 2009 at 18:04

delete the .blob file

iNPUt · 13 Nov 2009 at 18:08

I love steam, means I dont have to go outdoors, get knifed by eager gamers wanting their pc game first.

Calneon · 13 Nov 2009 at 18:27

psychas said:
restart steam

Always do this first.

chaparral · 13 Nov 2009 at 18:44

iNPUt said:
I love steam, means I dont have to go outdoors, get knifed by eager gamers wanting their pc game first.

You don't have any postmen where you live......

Tefal · 13 Nov 2009 at 18:50

[TW]Fox;15310337 said:
Been playing MW2 SP a lot lately. It's great.

Thought I'd pop on again and for another go - not played it since yesterday.

Double click the icon on my desktop and.... 'Steam servers are too busy to handle your request. Please try again later'

What?

Why should I try again later? I dont care about stupid Steam servers, I simply wish to play a single player game

heh. you know the pirates don;t have to put up with this crap and can play without an internet connection

rypt · 13 Nov 2009 at 20:35

Tefal said:
heh. you know the pirates don;t have to put up with this crap and can play without an internet connection

like omg

Totality · 13 Nov 2009 at 20:58

Tefal said:
heh. you know the pirates don;t have to put up with this crap and can play without an internet connection

Lol well I lost my internet connection last night and had the joys of Steam. At startup I couldnt open steam as it was saying "Another instance is already open" although it wasnt as no steam icon was appearing. After about 5 minutes of nothing happening it suddenly popped up asking if I wanted to go into offline mode and then I could play single player MW2.

No idea why it takes so long before deciding it's offline. Happened today as well as I still don't have a new wireless card so I'm on the laptop!