It is rather silly that people cannot play the game without the internet, as they are now potentially losing customers who do not have any form of the internet. I'm sure there will be some sort of way to install it without the internet, but you'll have to wait and see.
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I've been downloading CS: Source, but it stopped last night and said "game currently not available"
I started again today, its going really slowly and doesnt seem to have resumed from where it was last night??
I started again today, its going really slowly and doesnt seem to have resumed from where it was last night??
2 things
firstly
The only problem is that a) cs & dod used to be free b) most of us have hl 1 anyway and they've made a big thing of the fact that the graphics havent changed and it was only ever made as a demo to mod makers for importing hl1 mods! c) their back catalogue is only any good for non devote people that havent bought it yet.
HL2 itself will hopefully be a great game, but I think there's an element of recycling the same material and selling it over again going on here! And we're not talking about bargain prices.
Secondly. I mentioned it in another thread and it got pooh poohed, but I can't find it anywhere else in these forums.
How come they're charging us VAT? Are they set up with a british company (presumably not paying in $) or are they really going to be donating sums to Custom and Excise? I dont know what the law states on this one, it would be interesting. Technically if you're importing a good (over 18quid) then you have to pay duty and VAT - but I've not been charged VAT before on any d/l I obtained from US companies.
firstly
The only problem is that a) cs & dod used to be free b) most of us have hl 1 anyway and they've made a big thing of the fact that the graphics havent changed and it was only ever made as a demo to mod makers for importing hl1 mods! c) their back catalogue is only any good for non devote people that havent bought it yet.
HL2 itself will hopefully be a great game, but I think there's an element of recycling the same material and selling it over again going on here! And we're not talking about bargain prices.
Secondly. I mentioned it in another thread and it got pooh poohed, but I can't find it anywhere else in these forums.
How come they're charging us VAT? Are they set up with a british company (presumably not paying in $) or are they really going to be donating sums to Custom and Excise? I dont know what the law states on this one, it would be interesting. Technically if you're importing a good (over 18quid) then you have to pay duty and VAT - but I've not been charged VAT before on any d/l I obtained from US companies.
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I can't seem to check the rate its downloading at? seems to be very slow though, i'm on a Uni LAN so that might be a problem... I can usually get upto 1mb/s off the net though, it might not be going through the Uni Proxy though which wont help..
You can check the rate by right clicking on the Steam icon in your task bar. From there, select "Monitor". That will give you your DL rate in kb per second, don't be confused by that number, divide it by 8, that'll be in KB per second
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Originally posted by DaveyD
You can check the rate by right clicking on the Steam icon in your task bar. From there, select "Monitor". That will give you your DL rate in kb per second, don't be confused by that number, divide it by 8, that'll be in KB per second
Ahhh
It's going ok.. when its connected... its frustrating though that it keeps disconnecting and i have to go to play the game again!
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Argh its been rubbish all weekend. Only 32% of the way through counterstrike and its been going a few days on/off.. just keeps disconnecting from the server!
Half Life 2 is going to take forever!
Half Life 2 is going to take forever!
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Originally posted by DaveyD
Unfortunately that's Uni networks for you. Probably best to just buy the retail version if you have not already forked out for the game.
Only 17 days left anyway
bit late now
If i'd known Steam would be like this..!
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When its downloading.. its not too bad, it jumps around 10kb-100kb..
the problem is, it can never seem to connect, and when it does connect it'll go on for a while then say game currently unavailable/servers to busy/etc.
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Hmm, think i've got it sorted now!
I started pre-loading HL2 and it did 8% overnight... it just stays on permenantly... its just CS:S that is a bit of a pain, i just have to keep restarting it, but it'll finish eventually i think.
I started pre-loading HL2 and it did 8% overnight... it just stays on permenantly... its just CS:S that is a bit of a pain, i just have to keep restarting it, but it'll finish eventually i think.
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ohhhh... had to reinstall windows and didnt think to backup steam properly (i just backed up what it had downloaded) and now its not loading the damn program up because its having problems updating
well ive just bought the silver version and am having my first ever experince with the infamous steam. im currently downloading cs source at a rather low 20KB/s, but hopefully ill have everything i need to start playing by tonight, i cant wait 
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so if i buy HL2 bronze from steam its about £33 ?
but looking at online shops its about £5 cheaper ?
so might aswell wait for the retail version and buy it in the shops right ?
but looking at online shops its about £5 cheaper ?
so might aswell wait for the retail version and buy it in the shops right ?