I want to buy Opposing Force off steam. But first i have some questions for the people who have used it before.

1.Does the game immediantly appear in the steam "my games" thing?
2.How do i preload a game?
3.Prices are american i take it?

Simple questions really.

1.) Have you tried google?
2.) Have you tried looking up people that previously talked about steam that could help you?
3.) Have you tried anyone in your IM list?

Just trying to help you find better ways to do this thing we in the academic community call "research". I really don't care if you ask here, as I consider it another form of research, but I just want to show you there's more than Massassi.

Haha, you made a thread asking massassians about steam. Prepare yourself for "OMG, THAT PIECE OF **** SOFTWARE THAT MAKES IT EASIER TO GET GAMES! OMG!"

Preloading just downloads a majority of the game. On game day, you download one more handful of files (Which can be annoying when everyone else is doing it too) and you've got the game. And it appears in my game's window when you pre-order it.

1. After it's downloaded, yes.
2. I'm pretty sure preloading works for games that aren't out yet... you pay for the game, and then download most of the files, and finish with the rest of the files once the game is released. (or at least I think that's how it works)
3. Yes, prices are in USD.

Thank you SC.

Steam does suck though. It keeps thinking I don't own CS so I have to restart it all the time (which requires me to end the process in the windows task manager for some reason).

Mine is also suddenly doing this. I just close steam and restart it, no reason to end process >.>

gawd steam sux
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Sometimes on PC, the process will linger for many minutes, and won't let me start another instance of steam after I've closed it.

Ocassionally steam decided to use an excessive amount of ram as well.

Not to mention it's terrible offline mode, clunky interface, and insistance on pissing me off.

[QUOTE=Cool Matty]Mine is also suddenly doing this. I just close steam and restart it, no reason to end process >.>[/QUOTE]

That happened to me with DoD:S once.

I just went and bought the platinum collection, HL, BS, OF, TF, CS, all in one for $20.

ive had nothing but problems with steam, i had to completely reload hl2, which ended up not fixing the problem, half life 2 won't even load anymore

I haven't had any major dilemmas with Steam.

But I haven't ordered anything since HL2 Silver in November 2004, mainly because:



Taxes from downloading? Geez.

if you have a retail copy of HL just put in your cd key and you get HL, OpFor, BS, DoD, CS, TFC, DMC, and i think some other crap

+1 to all of the above and also: After clicking the steam shortcut on my desktop, I literally have to wait 15 MINUTES for the application to even show any visible signs of loading.

And I'm also getting this "Preload complete" crap for Half-Life and Day of Defeat when I've owned the games for like five years.

My friend's steam takes forever too. Whacky stuff.

How come steam works fine on my comp without any slowdowns? Not to mention that this comp is 9 bloody years old! I can boot up any game in less then 30 seconds. How come your top end computers cant i'll never know.

I keep Steam running all the time. Even if I didn't, it wouldn't take 15 minutes *shrugs*.

1. Yes. The game will be immediately downloadable and playable, even before your card is validated or charged. If there is a problem with the purchase, your access to the game will be revoked and you will have to reorder with correct information.
2. Preload links are given on a timely basis, usually before the release of a major title (IE HL2, HL2EP1), in which case links are easy to find on the main Steam page. Preloads may also automatically occur when downloading demos for certain games where all registered content is included, but only unlocked when bought (ie Defcon, Rag Doll Kung Fu).
3. Yes, all prices are in USD. I find Google is useful for quick conversions to other currencies.



Right click problematic games and click Properties, Local Files tab, Verify integrity button, and let it work.

Also be sure you have the latest stable drivers for your video card.

If you still have problems, delete Steam\SteamApps\<username>\half-life 2 folder. This will force Steam to reinstall the game (you still have it downloaded) when you relaunch HL2. Just make sure to back up your saves (\half-life 2\saves) first.

When all else fails, you could try Steam's SUPPORT PAGE. You know. Just a random idea that just came to me.

[QUOTE=Cool Matty]Mine is also suddenly doing this. I just close steam and restart it, no reason to end process >.>[/QUOTE]

Mine did that to me once. It was a bit odd... it only happened once though. If you get it quite frequently, try deleting your ClientRegistry.blob and relaunching Steam. Steam'll be forced to generate a new one with default settings.



You probably take good care of it. Also you might not run many other programs... Steam would start up blazing fast if it was the only thing I had running on boot, but I have a bunch of other apps launching at the same time as well.



Steam takes a minute or two to shut down after the window closes. Be patient before trying to run it again.

I find the interface pleasant. Better than Steam v2 definitely. I usually keep the main window in "mini" mode, full height, docked on the right. Then I close it and call it up with the system tray icon whenever I want it.