Steam = Argh!

[Gh0st Face Killah]

Download the version with the steam cache and try with that. I had to completely delete the old version of steam 1st and have finally got it to work.

You can get that version of steam from blackadder.

[0ddeh]

Originally posted by smilodon@Sep 15 2003, 07:22 PM
steam is most definately UP right now with more that 50% of it's capacity available. Are you having firewall issues maybe?

how do u mean ?

i disabled nortan and tryed still got the same message :/

any other ideas?

[smilodon]

Up as in the Steam servers are online.

You can check the system Here

Bear in mind that a zillion other people are checking this page too so it's a bit slow to load sometimes. As far as I am aware from the Steam forums and CS Nation the Steam Network is up and running. It crashed at the end of last week but since most people have been downloading the 380+mb cache file the servers have all been back on line.

As more and more people upgrade to 1.6 and more and more servers do likewise, the load on Steam will drop a lot and signing in and authenticating will get quicker. So they say.

Dodgy Zone Alarm settings and the built in XP firewall cause a lot of problems. This will trip up signing up with Steam, logging on with Steam and connecting to a game

You may well have a Steam account but Steam can't get through your firewall to authenticate you so your client says that either Steam or your internet connection is down. You also have to allow Half-Life to have access through the firewall (That's the new half-life exe file in the steam folder and not the old one in the sierra folder).

Also installs that fell over part way through or appeared to hang and were terminated by the user will also leave Steam in a mess.

Finally only register ONCE. If you scrap Steam and start again with a new e-mail there is every chance that Steam will already have your HL CD-key allocated to the original e-mail you submitted. It will not stop you setting up a new account but will stop you logging on to a game as it thinks (rightly) that another e-mail has used your key and you are an imposter.

[FATAL]

lol im still trying to get 1.6 from somewere anywere plz

Posted: Sep 15 2003, 05:25 PM  

You just need to keep at it. I got the same message but after some tries it connects.

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-=[dMw]=-Sadako

keep at it ,ive been trying all day monday :frusty:  :frusty:  :frusty:  :frusty:  :frusty:  :frusty:  :frusty:  :frusty:  :frusty:  :frusty:  :frusty:  :frusty:  :frusty:  :frusty:  :frusty:  :frusty:  :frusty:  :frusty:

[FATAL]

ive managed to update to 1.6 got me script sorted,putme id on enemydown joined the sport league thingy but i cant seem to connect or sign into steam friends any ideas any 1  



 :frusty:
not ass many headbanging smilies

[Anonymous]

friends is down i reckon

[A Twig]

Erm right, I've decided I'm not gonna bother! At least for several weeks. Quite frankly I can't be arsed. And besides there is the distraction of EA Rugby 2004 now!

[ChimpBoy]

So I took the plunge and what a load of tosh - I can't even connect to the steam network (after many, many, many tries), I ain't sure if I've created an account or not as it would never confirm if I had been successful in trying to set one up, and I definitely have no background apps such as virus, trojan, or firewalls to bork it up !

Help (please   )

[smilodon]

Help how?

[Doorman]

Originally posted by smilodon@Sep 16 2003, 07:49 PM
Help how?

        (Hysteria) This morning I was Steaming away like a very steamy thing. Now, zilch! :lmfao:  :lmfao:  :lmfao:  :lmfao:  :lmfao:  :lmfao:  :lmfao:  :lmfao:  :lmfao:  
Oh look, nice young men in their clean white coats.  :dribble:  :dribble:  :dribble:  :dribble:

[Aga]

I've had probs to. First it wouldn't create an account, then when I tried again it said my e-mail address was already in use, so I tried a password reset and I DO have an account. It won't connect to anything though so it might as well not be there. Grrr

[ChimpBoy]

Exactly the same prob that I'm having Aga - What a bunch of feckin TANGO.  Do I have an account or not?  Can't work it out.  Says the email is registered then won't let me log in using same email.  Bugger.   :angry:

Guess I'll go back to the good old days of MOH and AVP2 online - sod this steam malarkey  :angry:

[Aga]

I still can't connect. The XP Pro firewall is turned off, ZA has all ports and all protocols open for Steam and still connects to bugger all.

It's a steaming pile off and I'm getting fed up fast.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by Aga@Sep 16 2003, 08:23 PM
I still can't connect. The XP Pro firewall is turned off, ZA has all ports and all protocols open for Steam and still connects to bugger all.

It's a steaming pile off and I'm getting fed up fast.

If it looks like it is doing nothing then be patient. Then be more patient. it can take forever but once it starts working proerly you will be OK

[smilodon]

The first time you log on you have to wait a fair while (5 - 10 minutes) before you get authenticated. Bin the process early and you are in all sorts of problems. I think there's some additional updating going on plus your registration  request gets queued behind other new users. After that it seems to take about 60 seconds to load Steam and about 2 minutes to log in. CS games load in about 60 seconds (so faster than WON!!!).

I'm not sure what inbound connections Steam needs to make to your machine. Theoretically none as you are client with no services being offered. However as Steam is effectively a distributed network you may have to allow some incoming connections. Windows XP's firewall (such as it is) will block inbound connections, so maybe turning it off will help.

Clearly Steam works in principal as I'm having zero problems with it. So either there is something specific with your PC-set-up that's causing the problem, you were impatient with the LONG registration process and dumped it too soon or Steams servers have bugs in them that screw up random registrations. Mine worked yours didn't

If you know how to check firewall logs you might want to see what Zone Alarm is doing.