Important Steam Info

JB · September 27, 2003, 10:59:38 AM

Damn fine stuff this Steam, works a treat. Don't let anyone else tell you diffrent, they've done a great job of it.

tugs · September 27, 2003, 07:44:37 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by TeaLeaf@Sep 26 2003, 09:56 PM
Persevere Tugs, persevere.........

reinstall, try again or do whatever - just get it to work..... cos you'll need it at the LAN

TL.

Not being funny, TL, but there's only so far I can persevere before I wonder why they bothered.

I've installed 3 different versions of steam now - latest is the "full" 700mb install which was recommended after some update problems with the 400mb install. It seems to succesfully performs updates when I run it. It then doesn't log in. Repeatedly.

I've opened up the desired ports on my firewall and static mapped them to my machine - no change.
I've put the machine in the DMZ (against my better judgement) - no change.

Not that I should have had to do any of that, given that it should be _normal_ for software to expect to function through a firewall these days.

And I still get the same error. For the sake of completeness, I'll reinstall it tonight and see how it goes, but I am seriously running out of patience. I've got things to spend my time on (much though it pains me to say it) other than running the same program repeatedly in the slim hope it might work for once. *shrug*

Fingers crossed this reinstall finally cracks it...

tugs

tugs · September 27, 2003, 08:08:29 PM

Update: Uninstall. Reinstall. No change.

tugs · September 28, 2003, 02:46:06 PM

Yay. Final triumph.

Re-registered using a new email, and all is well. It looks like my account got corrupted between beta and latest. Helpful.

Still, working now. Hurrah.

tugs.

JB · September 28, 2003, 03:08:01 PM

Exactly same as me, you should have said what was happening and i'd have told you. It was only when i read somewhere that registering multiple account with the same wonid does something towards locking those accounts out. Btw if Stryker reads this I had to use the e-mail he said he set up when crosswired were handing out the webspace to dMw regulars, so can you check that the @nsr.deadmen.co.uk is working correct ta. Nothing seems to be being forwarded to me.

JonnyAppleSeed · September 28, 2003, 03:08:21 PM

nice one tugs u will be on tonight then

FBG · September 28, 2003, 03:34:29 PM

you said something about beta account?? well they deleted all of those when they released it properly. Thats why you could do jack.

TeaLeaf · September 28, 2003, 05:24:13 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by tugs@Sep 28 2003, 02:46 PM
Yay. Final triumph.

Re-registered using a new email, and all is well. It looks like my account got corrupted between beta and latest. Helpful.

Still, working now. Hurrah.

tugs.

w2g dude :thumbsup:

:cheers:

TL.

tugs · September 29, 2003, 07:13:25 AM

QuoteOriginally posted by FBG@Sep 28 2003, 02:34 PM
you said something about beta account?? well they deleted all of those when they released it properly. Thats why you could do jack.

Well, the account was not failing to login according to the error message.

That is, if the account had disappeared, it wasn't telling me that the account didn't exist. Whereas if I typed the wrong password, it was very clear that there was a problem. So the account definitely existed in some form or other. Other, I suspect.

Thanks.

DarkAngel · September 29, 2003, 08:59:16 AM

If you install reinstall to many times your account info containing your cd key is lost and steam wont work and you have to contact steam support, in that case you is lucky.