Call Of Duty World At War!

delankster · December 16, 2008, 01:07:36 PM

:thumbsup2:

DuVeL · December 30, 2008, 04:39:03 PM

Just bought the game..
:boxing:

Slider 46 · December 30, 2008, 05:19:58 PM

Ok folks, I got cod5 for crimbo, hoorah. It took two hours to install and then the dreaded blue screen of death when i hit the play button. Rainbow6 vegas took a long while to install too but it did play ok afterwards. I installed cod5 twice, once from each dvd drive and it took the same time. Both drives cant be knackered so the quick question is.... how long should/did your cod5 take to install, roughly?
If two hours is normal, i'll take to the pub and prop up a wobbly table with it.

Cheers,
Slider.

DuVeL · December 30, 2008, 06:42:12 PM

Downloading it atm through Steam, takes a while...

Wanted to buy it through play.com but they ask for 29,99 pounds 41 Euros.

delankster · December 30, 2008, 10:48:49 PM

:g:er... i remember it taking a while to install but 2 hrs:blink:
half hr max i would say.... but def worth the wait:)

Slider 46 · December 31, 2008, 09:28:08 AM

Quote from: delankster;256479:g:er... i remember it taking a while to install but 2 hrs:blink:
half hr max i would say.... but def worth the wait:)

Cheers Matey, i knew 2 hours was abit much but i thought i'd better check before attacking the pc.

delankster · January 03, 2009, 07:06:31 PM

have added my shop brought cod waw to steam, but for some reson can't activate it :sideways: saying invalid cd code
so i can't join anyone who playing......
any ideas chaps

Doorman · January 03, 2009, 11:46:32 PM

Is it possible to un-add it from Steam? Don't give to Steam that which is not Steams. If they had their way, you would have to add your first born to Steam. :sideways:

DuVeL · January 04, 2009, 12:10:13 AM

It's Steam....
Reinstall?

Anonymous · January 04, 2009, 10:40:50 AM

Quote from: delankster;256965have added my shop brought cod waw to steam, but for some reson can't activate it :sideways: saying invalid cd code
so i can't join anyone who playing......
any ideas chaps

Steam and retail versions of games do not always go together. What you will need to do is to install it from DVD and enter the key you have and then add it to Steam using the "add a non-steam game" option.

The only game I ever got where the key for the CD was compatible with Steam was L4D

delankster · January 04, 2009, 12:38:30 PM

Quote from: BlueBall;257053Steam and retail versions of games do not always go together. What you will need to do is to install it from DVD and enter the key you have and then add it to Steam using the "add a non-steam game" option.

The only game I ever got where the key for the CD was compatible with Steam was L4D

thats basically what i did, i installed waw over a month ago and it wasn't untill i noticed someone on steam playing that i decided to add it to steam, so i could join them.
but unlike my other games(steam brought) was unable to.
so i put in the cd code into steam, to activate it and see if that worked, but as i said it didn't except the code:sideways:

so its inherent problem with steam ? :g: or worth a reinstall

GhostMjr · January 07, 2009, 03:05:59 PM

Quote from: delankster;257093thats basically what i did, i installed waw over a month ago and it wasn't untill i noticed someone on steam playing that i decided to add it to steam, so i could join them.
but unlike my other games(steam brought) was unable to.
so i put in the cd code into steam, to activate it and see if that worked, but as i said it didn't except the code:sideways:

so its inherent problem with steam ? :g: or worth a reinstall

I think the problem lies more in that steam are allocated only certain licenses. Therefore their database only holds the ones that they can sell. However, steam isn't under any obligation to provide you with the ability to input the code as you haven't made a contract (paid them any money for the game) so why should they do it. I to wish this worked but it seems that only valve games will add to steam. Besides at least the retail copies no longer ask for a cd like hl2 did

Anonymous · January 07, 2009, 03:51:46 PM

Quote from: GhostMjr;257611I to wish this worked but it seems that only valve games will add to steam.

You can add CoD4 to Steam using the "add non-Steam game" option

DarkAngel · January 07, 2009, 04:16:19 PM

I think can just add shortcut's into the steam game's folder?

Anonymous · January 07, 2009, 04:33:24 PM

That's right and is what I have been trying to say all along. I have just added retail CoDWaW to Steam by doing this to prove to myself that it works.

Delankster,

Ensure you use the "Add non-Steam Game" button and NOT the "Activate a Product on Steam" button.