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Steam Update

by Maarten Goldstein, Jan 10, 2005 4:14pm PST

Related Topics – Half-Life 2, Steam

It's that time again, there's a new Steam update. There are mostly changes to the Source Engine, including a whole bunch of optimizations (including, once again, for sound hitching). Restart Steam to update.

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Is this the patch the makes the friends list work?

Jan 10, 2005 5:50pm PST

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Is this the patch the makes the friends list work? : Phreakin
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  it does if both you and your friends are logged on (which cant always happen granted) : Cygnus X-1
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    I can never get it to work even when I know the other person is online. : Phreakin
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      Never works here. I have four people added to the list. Only two ever show up, and they're perpetually ... : fortyseven
      
      i just wish it would link to the ip of the game my friend is in every time instead of 1 in 10 : marmite

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I hated Steam at first, but it's quickly going on me with things like this.
Automatic updates=sweeeeeeet.

Jan 10, 2005 4:26pm PST

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I hated Steam at first, but it's quickly going on me with things like this. Automatic updates=sweeeeeee... : aggressor
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  yep. good shit. : GrimmyD
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    Yeah. Seriously, I have no idea why there's so much hate for steam. I've had nothing but good experiences... : Dusty_Slim
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      Maybe because auto updates are pretty easy without the need of a system you have to register to and load ... : rorshack
      
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      Wow, why the Hatorade? : Phreakin
      
      Whatever, dude -- I don't like it and I really hope it's the last game I have to play with it. It's my pe... : rorshack
- Just like an MMO :) : TheNarcis
- it's like xbox live :) : burning eye
- I like it. Removes the whole 'babysitting' of each and every game on my system. Oh want to play Battle... : flasher 907

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Meh. I haven't played HL2 since WoW came out. Suppose I should get around to finishing it, prolly take me 10000 hours to download all the forced updates they've come out with since before it'd let me play though.

It was nice when a guy could just play a game whenever he wanted to and not have to wait for a forced update imho. But to each thier own.

Jan 10, 2005 9:50pm PST

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Meh. I haven't played HL2 since WoW came out. Suppose I should get around to finishing it, prolly take ... : kaboomite
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- You could always turn off the automatic updates for Half-Life 2... that won't help with Steam's updates, ... : Saint Lucifer

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So will my FPS increase? I can't really use FSAA 2x on all the maps, it's really close though, just need like 10-15 extra fps accross the board.

Jan 10, 2005 4:34pm PST

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So will my FPS increase? I can't really use FSAA 2x on all the maps, it's really close though, just need... : DraconianDevil
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- Don't hold your breath on that. Maybe it's time to upgrade? : ukiimail

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still stutt..ee..rr.r.r.rr
but better, thanks valve

Jan 10, 2005 7:54pm PST

still stutt..ee..rr.r.r.rr but better, thanks valve : scottk52

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Why wouldn't steam automatically detect new updates and either download them or have a popup message? lazy programmers.

Jan 10, 2005 4:42pm PST

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Why wouldn't steam automatically detect new updates and either download them or have a popup message? laz... : jayares
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  Way back in the beta it used to automaticaly download updates, not sure why they started making you resta... : magila
  - i dunno, most of the updates that have come out lately seem to be updates for the engine itself. now, cor... : GrimmyD
  - It seems that way back in the beta was when everything in Steam worked. Friends, updating, being able ... : famine101
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  im gonna guess its to save on bandwidth. still, they could update a new group of users every hour or so t... : Maarten Goldstein
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    Hopefully that BitTorrent guy they hired can help them come up with something... : suqur
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      Yeah, that's weird. They hired him a while back, but the most recent articles about him don't mention his... : sgtsanity
      
      That made me wonder if it was the same guy or not? : iamgoat

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How about a new official HL2DM map? Anyone? Bueller...

Jan 10, 2005 5:20pm PST

How about a new official HL2DM map? Anyone? Bueller... : Priest77

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Has it fixed the sound hitching for anyone? I'm pretty much good except for when I first click on "Save game", "Load Game", "New Game", etc when the menu screen first comes up (love those dynamic backgrounds!). After that, I'm fine, but it's that initial hiccup that gets me.

Jan 10, 2005 4:54pm PST

Has it fixed the sound hitching for anyone? I'm pretty much good except for when I first click on "Save ... : nilpoint