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STEAM announcements & updates 2012 Thread - Summer sales usually last week of June
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Steam is down on my end, except for the Store. My Friends list won't work.
edit: see above.
balladofwindfishes
Member
I can't even get any of my games to load
this is going to be a painfully long hour
this is going to be a painfully long hour
Right, I switched Steam to Swedish (such a delightful language) and it started downloading an update for Hamilton's Great Adventure, the only game I have installed that is also in Swedish, apparently.
Now, the way it updated the files was in a separate window which also let me cancel the update. I assume that's not what you are seeing. It might just be that they are regular updates. Bloodlines for instance was apparently switched to Steam's new content delivery system. I remember someone (I think the guy with the black and white Bart Simpson avatar; don't remember your name, sorry) mentioning that in the old thread.
When was the last time you started Steam before the whole updating spree started? If you took an extended break from Steam it may just be a regular update. Don't know if there's any way to cancel those, but the Steam forums might have something on that...
YianGaruga
Banned
Just tried to set the Language to French in the Properties of Vampire, and yep, it's downloading 3GB as we speak.
Haven't found a way to make it stop yet. Pretty stupid.
ElRenoRaven
Member
I think it's time for some serious upgrades. The service hasn't been doing that great up time wise for awhile now.
Ha, never mind then. So it's updating through the regular download section, not a separate window, like what I was seeing with Hamilton's Great Adventure?
I always have Steam on, so there wasn't any extended period of time. Do you know how you got that separate window?
edit: yeah, it's in the regular download section.
I didn't even change the language in Vampire's properties, I changed only Steam's interface language. And I had de-activated Vampire's auto-update, which makes this even stupider.YianGaruga said:
SteveWinwood
Member
Disabling auto-update NEVER works. Ever. For anything. Ever.
YianGaruga
Banned
Yeah, a regular update. I then changed the language back, clicked around in the properties and changed the update setting back and forth, now it's sitting at 99% and not doing anything. Currently verifying game cache.
Seems somewhat buggy.
Changing the overall language on Steam probably changes all the individual game settings too. I also had Vampire set to not auto update, but it did it anyway.
EDIT:
Got it to stop.
Do what I said above, check if the language for the game is set to english in properties, change update behaviour (I actually have it set to always keep up to date now), and then verify game chache. Worked for me.
worked alright for me, was just playing lord of the rings war in the north.
That's a mystery to me too right now. This is so weird.
Did it already switch the language in the properties to French? It switched it over automatically for me, so maybe try switching to English. Pretty sure that won't do it, but you should try anyway. edit: Nevermind, I didn't think of verifying the cache on top of that.
This is so stupid.
SteveWinwood
Member
I enjoyed the first fear game alot. Is 3 worth it for 7 bucks? I also just realized I've never played fear 2...
Edit: And it looks like GMG is out of keys anyway... I'll just pass I think.
Edit: And it looks like GMG is out of keys anyway... I'll just pass I think.
I'm a little confused. You said it's 20GB, with an additional 20GB if you want the English versions back, so if you changed back to English, why isn't it just 20GB if they're only listed once?
Tried to use the 33% off valve games coupon on Monday. Didn't work.
Emailed customer service and they sent me some boilerplate that said the coupon wouldn't work until the 2nd. Which was Monday, the day I attempted to use it.
Now I can't use their site to discuss the issue further because of their issues.
Aces.
Emailed customer service and they sent me some boilerplate that said the coupon wouldn't work until the 2nd. Which was Monday, the day I attempted to use it.
Now I can't use their site to discuss the issue further because of their issues.
Aces.
YianGaruga
Banned
When you change the language, it starts to download the whole game again, as an update. If you change the language back, it does not stop the update, so the theory is, that after downloading the whole french version, you'd have to download the english version again if you want to play it in english.
The coupons started working on Monday AFTER the sale was over.
It's not the community server that's down, everything is down. I couldn't validate a game key right now because, well, the servers are down.
Marsipolami
Member
I liked 1st, hated 2nd, haven't gotten around to 3rd but bought it anyway. I know I'll probably hate it.
Go figure.
LQX
Member
Steam basically updates on West Coast time at noon. So maybe you tried it before then?
That is completely fucked up. If Steam hasn't deleted them, try verifying the game data see if it stops it now it's back in English. But maybe it has deleted them and it's just registering that you haven't gained 20gb of HDD space because Steam has reserved it for your downloads or something.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Steam Servers (UK) seem stuffed tonight. Have 'no connection' and friend's list is 0.
YianGaruga
Banned
As I said above, I got it to stop by doing something like that.
Steam Support
We're working on some issues with inter-server communication. We should have a fix within an hour or so. We apologize for the inconvenience.
If you just resume the downloads it should be ok (at least it was for me). It will likely download a few mb again and that's it.
They are having some issues right now.
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=28242755&postcount=369
Exactly my situation. But aside from the occasional defender of 3, most people seem to say it sucks. This is why I passed on it for 7.50. It's a decent price, but seems like it's a shell of its original sense and not worth the time required to play it.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Thanks guys, probably should have taken the time to read a few posts above!
If you do, I'll paypal you for it :/.
Doesn't seem to work right now...maybe Steam needs to be up. I'll get back to you on that.
I didn't even try this
I'll do this as well.
Lord British
Member
Aaaargh, Space Marine is so cheap. But it sucks, right? I don't need it, right...!?
It's the best 3rd person shooter to hit since Max Payne 2.
YianGaruga
Banned
Why does it need to be good? It's CHEAP.
RoaringHawk
Member
I was so close to getting Space Marine during Xmas sale, then I thought I had too many games to play.
I can't pass on a price like this. BOUGHT! and on the day I upgraded my Internet to 16Mb/s!
I can't pass on a price like this. BOUGHT! and on the day I upgraded my Internet to 16Mb/s!
CecilRousso
Member
If you buy games when you actually want to play them, you will probably save so much money that prize doesn´t matter.
That is if you can resist the Steam meta game, which actually is kinda fun.
great choice! loved the game
and playing it for the Winter Achievement made me like it even more
just go in with zero expectations, it isn't as bad as what the reviews make it out to be
Lord British
Member
I played the demo way back and it was pretty by-the-numbers. I don't have much interest in 40k, so it seemed like the game wasn't for me.
SteveWinwood
Member
Back up for me.
And only 2 other friends for some reason...
And only 2 other friends for some reason...
I thought it was just me that hated the game but everyone seems to love it for some reason. I mean it's basically mash x and y down tight linear areas for 6+ hours. It must be the setting and the warhammer universe which does nothing for me.
It doesn't really, except for a few GAF people with bad taste.
It was one of the best straight-up action games of last year.
$2.50/€2,50/£1.75
I crafted coal and got this game (but I haven't "used it" yet)
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