Steam = Argh!

TeaLeaf · September 16, 2003, 08:40:25 PM

I think it is more a case of steam being under soooo much pressure that it has liquified totally and is danger of turning into a solid.

Wait, is the best advice and hope that Valve sort their sh*t out.

TL.

smilodon · September 16, 2003, 08:44:12 PM

Their servers "seems" to be under no particular load right now, so it's bugs.

Of course you can get the bug fixes real quick through Steam

err unless you can't connect to Steam due to bugs in which case you're err shagged

I'm gonna love to see how Steam copes with the HL2 release. Pay you money, take your game home, load it up and watch Steam stop you playing it :blink:

Gandalf · September 16, 2003, 09:06:43 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by smilodon@Sep 16 2003, 07:44 PM
Their servers "seems" to be under no particular load right now, so it's bugs.

Of course you can get the bug fixes real quick through Steam err unless you can't connect to Steam due to bugs in which case you're err shagged

I'm gonna love to see how Steam copes with the HL2 release. Pay you money, take your game home, load it up and watch Steam stop you playing it :blink:

if they do that, then I'm gonna get a plane to america or wherever the TANGO they are and burn their offices down :rant:

ChimpBoy · September 16, 2003, 09:14:10 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by "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!!!).

Sigh.... I would have had no problem with the reg process taking a while - unfortunately it didn't and binned me out after about a minute of trying to create my account with an error message.

So I figure I'll try and create the account again using same details - but then it tells me the email is already being used! I'm loath to use another email as I have little confidence in the set-up.

So now when I try to connect I either get - "Steam isn't responsive" or "This account doesn't exist" when it clearly does. :learn:

JonnyAppleSeed · September 16, 2003, 11:10:24 PM

chimp its says that when steam is to busy to log on ...dont panic....when things calm down u should be ok......mine is the same when busy

0ddeh · September 16, 2003, 11:23:13 PM

so your saying leave it for few days / week and il be able to log on ?

Doorman · September 16, 2003, 11:30:52 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by JonnyAppleSeed@Sep 16 2003, 11:10 PM
chimp its says that when steam is to busy to log on ...dont panic....when things calm down u should be ok......mine is the same when busy

Do you then envisage a time when it will not be busy? Of course! When 50% of the people now finding it busy decide to end it all! Then the ones who toughed it out will be able to connect.

smilodon · September 17, 2003, 12:30:48 AM

Logging on is NOT a server load issue IMHO. Steam Servers have been nowhere near full capacity since Sunday night when the Steam cache files were released. (Unless Steams server page is a complete lie). I've also tested Steam by logging in and out about ten times tonight and joining about six servers - without issue

So it's a borked client on your PC a software conflict or a bug.

If Steam tells you that your e-mail is already in use then you did indeed register. And you do have an account.

What you also appear to have is a client that doesn't think it's registered and so hasn't updated properly and isn't sending valid user ID info. Therefore you should have this problem for ever unless you fix it.

If it's a norsed up registration try my post in THIS THREAD

If it's bugs then you're on your tod.

Likewise if you have an overly agressive firewall or an Anti-Virus called Norton...(spit :angry: ) you may be in trouble. Turn off your firewall and buy a real Anti-Virus and test it again

DarkAngel · September 17, 2003, 01:08:59 AM

Wohoo 1.6 steam is working finally.

JonnyAppleSeed · September 17, 2003, 01:39:48 AM

I say it has busy network just down to the fact that it runs sweet for me in the early hours of the morninig....but as soon as it hots up i cant connect its slow and get various error messages with the different apps....network..friends ect :unsure:

but when i get home in the morning i can host/join games and find its also busy updating DOD TFC and all my other mods :huh:

smilodon · September 17, 2003, 02:10:50 AM

See that's odd cause I can get onto a game anytime. The Yanks are all at it right now yet I've just been playing on a server fine?

I don't actually have a clue whats going on :lmfao: :unsure:

TeaLeaf · September 17, 2003, 07:33:19 AM

I haven't been able to connect to the Friends element for about 36 hours now.

Deleting the ClientRegister.blob fiel in the steam dir also seems to give it a kick start when you then reload steam.

TL.

JonnyAppleSeed · September 17, 2003, 09:02:38 AM

HOT TIP HOT TIP

"i find that if yu start cs and click the friends icon on the main ct page it works everytime then"

and it works ....thankyou good night <_< :byebye: :byebye:

Aga · September 17, 2003, 09:13:39 AM

If you had problems while first registering then you may have problems connecting.

Look here http://www.steampowered.com/forums/showthr...?threadid=13852

I've not tried yet using another mail account yet because I don't have another mail account yet. If this turns out to be correct then it's a bigger steaming pile than I thought.

Aga · September 17, 2003, 09:51:28 AM

The steaming pile worked after registering again with a different mail address. How rubbish is that? Having to make another mail address just to register with Steam because it messed up the first registration. I guess I'm lucky it only took 2 mail addresses, I could have been at it all day using hundreds of them.

I joined MH to test and the graphics on Aztec look better. I'll see you all tonight.

<_<