Counter-Strike v1.4 & Steam

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• I was impressed at how fast I got single player HL running. I actually wanted to re-install it, but ... : h0rus
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  how fast is your DSL? it's FECKING SLOW here : Toraz Chryx
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    3mbps down, I have Frontier LightningLink ADSL here in Upstate NY. : positive
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      >:( 512K downdstream here 64KB/s makes baby jesus cry! : Toraz Chryx
      • It's pitifully slow in .AU also - I nuked it, don't like the game anyhow : abrasion
      • come over to my house. 55k/sec. : Dechter

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  Steam is a content delivery system. It's how they get the game to you, isntead of you downloading and in... : Dan[WSB]
  • Sounds shitty. : jrock

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  http://steamsupport.valvesoftware.com/ : SlimJim
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    Steam is a digital content management system that provides content delivery, component revision control : smax
    • lol yeah wtf? In English doc! : str8upkiller
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      All that and more. : SlimJim
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        No, seriously... Wtf does that mean? : smax
        • it means it can auto-update patches for anticheat stuff or just new game content like a new version. : Turd Ferguson
    • Ability to download new games and mods, patches and anti-cheat tech. : seemlar
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      Hmm, I wonder what this does for cheats and shit like that, if all games start being "shared" and up... : h0rus
      • it means cheaters will be stuck in a race with an automated update system. : Raziel
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  It means, software for rent... : driller
  • I was waiting for someone to spell it out. : trove

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  Broadband. How much a month are you paying for 56k? : SlimJim
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    Broadband may not be available in some areas : snuff
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      ISDN has always been available everywhere. : SlimJim
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        Shallow minded fool : abrasion
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          I guess not in the Aussie outback though... :) : SlimJim
          • :) Many countries don't have more than 56k OR in .AU there's *2* broadband suppliers Australia wide. ... : abrasion
      • I wouldn't count ISDN as broadband : snuff
      • You sir, are an idiot. x2 : starless
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    Well, I'm paying £10 a month, including calls. I think it's important to note that not everyone can a... : Balboa
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      10 a month for 56k and voice? That is pretty good. I'd like to get something like that when I move out... : SlimJim
      • Oops, sorry - that's just my net charges (6pm-8am weekdays/all weekend). Line rental is extra :( : Balboa
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    Not an option (no, ISDN is not broadband, nor realistic) Nor should it have to be. The game plays per... : seemlar
    • I think it has to do with this: From the steam support site: http://steamsupport.valvesoftware.c... : h0rus
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    I live ONE BLOCK too far to get cable modem. No DSL, and no ISDN either. : V0lk
    • 200!!! like it was difficult ;) : Raziel

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• they do, go to Technet and get 'em : Downforce
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  Amen. I *hate* reinstalls because theres so much shit that has to be streaming installed. Streamin... : seemlar
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    but... its free... why are you complaining if its free... are you stoopid? : barbs
    • He's 'abrasion', he must complain! : h0rus
    • It's annoying, a waste of time, less flexible, terrible for backup purposes, and some of us don't have u... : seemlar
  • Tell that to people who played Sin! : indeego
• why dont you enjoy redoing your configs everytime! is pissed cause he is a arrow player : ghost in my shell
• you're in Australia FFS what do you expect? : Raziel

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• * * N T F S ' D * * : Toraz Chryx
• something that doesn't suck the poo : Turd Ferguson

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• yes you is. : Turd Ferguson

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  I remember when we had to walk 6 miles to play computer games! : indeego
  • and i had to crank it to start it up, and i wore an onion on my belt which was the style at the time. W... : Turd Ferguson
• YEAH! Those where the days when my P90 made you my bitch.... : [7]kami
• I remember when a few q2 ctf servers disabled the scoreboard and only shown team wins...oh boy those wer... : ghost in my shell
• LOVE YOU MEGA!!!! : pg19

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• I think we can all see where this is heading... http://www.realarcade.com/ : SlimJim
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  I think that might have more to do with the fact that a person who doesn't own Half-Life or Counter-Stri... : seemlar
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    interesting you can download halflife for free eh : Morgin
    • that's what I've been doing! : timmie

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  Prolly cos it's just a BETA, and they want enough people to try it without the bother of individuall... : h0rus
  • ibut -> o that's a 4:1 compression ratio! well done! : Experiment IV

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• Refresh the page after it times out and try again. : SlimJim

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• you're done with cs, good, we dont need lame players like yourself : barbs

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  it is just the install program, it connects with the steam servers to download the rest when you go to s... : Turd Ferguson
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    hmm... i tested it... i deleted cs... and then got it again... and it got 520 meg worth of data.. in tha... : impact
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      are you talking about the install program? : Turd Ferguson
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        no.. CS : impact
        • 1.4 when it said building cache or cs 1.3? : Turd Ferguson
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  my steam folder is 530mb but i only spent no more than 5 minutes downloading stuff wtf i dl at most 7... : diarrhea
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    yah man it took me like 20 secs, wtf eh ? i just got HL too.. in like 20 sec fucken weird.. i dont ev... : impact
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      I think steam is like norton ghost : firehawk
      • I'm going to say more like PC ANYWHERE... weak ! : Downforce
  • Mine's now 1.5 Gigs. WOuld be nice if it warned us it was caching that much! : indeego
• is there a way that you can tell how fast it downloading ? : impact
• I think it just copies over the appropriate HL files from your current directory Anyone want to try t... : Spezzer
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  I'm curious..... : rossimo
  • hat i thnik it does here... is... it downloads all of the stuff right off the bat.. and makes it a file c... : impact
• I think the cache file is an instantly created filesystem on your system of that size and it didn't ac... : Feightal
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  How big is counter-strike if you only have the required .dll's, the models, sounds and one map? Go in y... : snuff
  • About 10 megs. : SlimJim

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• thouroughly, too. cool shit. : indeego
• Play TFC or DOD or HL Team DM or single player HL with it then. : SlimJim

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• that would be fucking halarious : rosewood
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  Naaa.. Look for that in TF2 though : baron calamity
  • That is never going to come out so shh : rosewood
  • TF2... lol, I used to care for that game, when TFC and whatnot actually had like cool gameplay. Now it's... : Gongo
• It might be a option like instead of going to a store and buying it, you could like rent it through stea... : firehawk
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  negative, i can't find the exact post but have seen seen multiple posts like thin in the 1.4 forums and ... : Turd Ferguson
  • baby Jesus will weep infinitively if it becomes a pay to play game. : Wolfanoz

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  Absolutely. : wunderbred
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    well, hot damn! Time to finally play Half-Life (and try CS) :) : timmie
    • wait a minute...you don't have half-life? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU MISTER! : Fuel[BTEG]
    • looks like you can play the single player game as well through this... : LightningBoy

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  which new map havanna or chateau? : Turd Ferguson
  • whichever has Che Guevara all over. : g30f

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  My suggestion would be to click on one of the 40 links to the Steam page and reading up :) : phreakin911
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    fuck that thats why we have messages I dont need to READ : rosewood
    • lazy bastages ;) : IcomeINpeace
    • Exactly what I was thinking! (lazy but true) : abrasion

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• As a side note, apparently Valve has gone into the IM market as well with "Tracker" a game oriented ICQ ... : phreakin911
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  the public really hasn't been properly informed of what Steam is yet. - All of your configs are defau... : Luminair
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    "Of course they are, you're running a totally new game. What did you expect them to do, put on a psychic... : phreakin911
    • its a new game. Uninstall HL and CS and steam will still download CS 1.4b for you and it'll work entire... : Raziel

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• analog lovin' : RiNgMaStEr

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  second'd : Gandalf
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    third'd : spector
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      fourth'd : Wolfanoz
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        fifth'd : wunderbred
        • sixth'd : Raziel
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  i would if i could. ill email and ask someone to gimme the code. ill fire up a temporary server on the w... : Steve Gibson
  • the SSCSSODTR? ShugaShack Counter-Strike Server Of Death Type-R : timmie
• Or a DoD 2.1 server HINT HINT : Mugsy

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  no just that level. It caches the next level as you play. : indeego
  • oh dear lord. not even going to try it now. : snuff
• very ugly. I would wait for final release. : IcomeINpeace
• Actually, it can. I had forgotten I never had HL installed when I ran it the other day after a format, a... : Gimik