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Just a quick survery.

What games do you know of that require steam?

Do you think steam is a good thing to have or not?

Do you think it should be optional?


I know Empire Total War requires Steam, and it won't install on my PC without a huge update.
I think Steam should be completely optional.

Apparently it updates for ages and then people launch the game, and it launches, but with missing textures etc... as t hasn't finished download all of them. Say what? :? The install dvd's have all the required textures unless you are talking about the special edition of the game? That one has to do...

Apparently it updates for ages and then people launch the game, and it launches, but with missing textures etc... as t hasn't finished download all of them.

Have you guys tried updating Steam? http://store.steampowered.com/news/2323/ It fixes the "endless update" bug. BTW, has anyone seen the game at Incredible Connection? I know they're pretty rubbish, but I have a gift card I'd like to use ;) Yes, I did that - updated to the very latest ver...

Have you guys tried updating Steam? http://store.steampowered.com/news/2323/ It fixes the "endless update" bug. BTW, has anyone seen the game at Incredible Connection? I know they're pretty rubbish, but I have a gift card I'd like to use ;) Yes, I did that - updated to the very latest ver...

Aaaww... :( And I really wanted to buy the game. Previous games were excellent. Now they had to team up with steam... The ONLY game I would buy and play through steam (because I don't have another choice) is HL2 and all of its episodes (still waiting for ep3 :D ). Now I don't want this game anymore...

I uninstalled Both Empire Total War and that Steam crap off my PC. :evil: :evil: :evil: I'll try to take it back to the shop - which I'm sure many people who bought the game will be doing. If they don't take it back, then I'll leave it on a back shelf until someone comes up with a patch or crack to ...

About how big was the update? 100Megs? 1Gig?

When you were updating, did the percentage go up very very slowly, and give speeds of around 80KB/s?

Interfan: What version of Steam do you have? I assume mine is the latest as it installed and then updated itself as well. Gone are the good 'ol days of just buying a game on a CD/DVD and then installing it in under 5-10 minutes.. Now we have to rely on this damned steam to be an intermediary which j...

I think its the 4MBit connection. Sometimes I download at 400KB/s etc.. not on steam though..

:lol: What Internet connection do you have? Dial Up? :P I wont avoid it, I enjoyed the others way to much :). The fastest ADSL that Telkom offers. The Steam download speed is around 70KB/s.. but it doesn't say how big it is.. It does give a percentage downloaded, but that can't be right (as stated ...

Anakha56 wrote:http://howdoiinstallempiretotalwar.wordpress.com/

Wow what a interesting problem with Steam...

It is indeed... and then when I do all of that, it does seem to install off the DVD's, but....... then it starts to update at the end.. and it updates very......veryyy...very slowly... What a ripoff

Off the Sega site: If you have the boxed retail version of Empire Total War and it is trying to download the full game via Steam, please follow the instructions below: 1. Launch STEAM and click the 'My Game' Tab. 2. Right click on Empire: Total War and click 'Delete local content'. The non-installed...

I had the same problem with Dawn of War 2 :(. Problem is by the time we get the game on our shores there have already been a few patches released. DoW 2 had a lovely problem whereby the first patch d/l the all the install files files again :?. I will be picking up my collectors tomorrow afternoon, ...

The command line patch is this...

Make a shortcut and put this in it: Use d or e or wherever you DVD drive is.

"C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" -install d:

I have still not had any luck... I'm thinking of taking it back to BTGames tomorrow, but not sure if they will accept it back...

Well I went out and bought Empire Total War - looks amazing on the internet. :D Tried to install it :) - Steam then started downloading all 15Gb of data :roll: ... not a good idea in SA... so I cancelled the install.. I then found a way to install it using the DVD's :D - yes had to actually search t...

Press the PRT SCR button.

In paint open up a new picture witht the screen dimensions and click on edit/paste.

Trackmania.

Free Wallpapers... Or wallpapers or photos taked by pcformat members..

schase wrote:A DVD is only 12cm in diameter. How many free wallpapers can you fit on it?

This must explain the problems you've been having with your CD-Rom drive...

How about including some free wallpapers on the DVD?

G15 is very very nice. It looks very nice when the room is dark. Very hi-tech, and with the option of turning the orange led's off. Very nice touch as well.

What would you recommend, and where do I het them? I'll of course have to try and dump the 4x 1GB modules then..