Fuck steam

[burgerkingdiamond]

what is this shit? It seems like every time I want to sit down and play Jamestown for a few minutes this happens.



this is why I want a real physical copy of my games.

[Observer]

Are you still complaining about this? Did you check the Jamestown thread?

Get the bloody HIB #4 and enjoy your DRM-free Jamestown once and for all!

I do agree Steam becomes useless during this damn sales. Nothing is working properly and you can clearly see the GLARING horrors of digital distribution only.

edit: I really want to encourage most devs to have non-Steam (or whatever distribution service they use) versions ready. One day the web WILL blow up and I would like to at least be ready for The Event.

[Stormwatch]

Fuck that Steam shit. The only game download stores I trust are GOG and the Humble Bundle.

[Observer]

Fuck that Steam shit. The only game download stores I trust are GOG and the Humble Bundle.

And buying directly from the devs, like I did with Waves and Charlie's games.

Recently I've seen an obsessive compulsive tendency on people where if the game doesn't have a Steam key, then it's not worth it.

[burgerkingdiamond]

Are you still complaining about this? Did you check the Jamestown thread?

Get the bloody HIB #4 and enjoy your DRM-free Jamestown once and for all!

I do agree Steam becomes useless during this damn sales. Nothing is working properly and you can clearly see the GLARING horrors of digital distribution only.

edit: I really want to encourage most devs to have non-Steam (or whatever distribution service they use) versions ready. One day the web WILL blow up and I would like to at least be ready for The Event.

well it randomly worked last time I tried to play it (a month ago or more. I don't remember).

I tried to fire it up again today and lo and behold... shit. I guess I forgot that I've complained about this before.

[Moniker]

Have you tried booting it directly from c:\programfiles\steam\steamapps, etc.?

[Observer]

burgerkingdiamond> It's ok, no biggie. But I was pretty sure you were one of those who cheered the decision of making Jamestown DRM free so you can now play a Steamless version thanks to the Humble Indie Bundle (plus you get the OST!).

Check that out and rejoice! (Or tell me how it installs because I have the installer at home and couldn't try it yet.)

I still agree the Steam-mania can turn into a terrible double edged sword (especially during these busy events) and, when in doubt, I would prefer most indepents at least trying to release their stuff DRM free too. Just as long as they aren't like the Sanctum people, god I'm starting to hate Sanctum, its aesthetics and it's single map paid DLC. (Plus it's the only one you couldn't obtain DRM-free).

Also, follow Moniker advise or wait two hours until things calm down a bit and people stop turning coal into 25% discount coupons on Valve games, lol.

[Elixir]

Fuck Steam and their bullshit regional pricing.



Steam is actually pretty popular despite all of this, I guess it's the drive-thru experience. Did I mention there's bandwidth caps here? Sometimes it feels like I'm the only one who doesn't waste money.

[Observer]

Ah, yeah, the price and the regional issues. The reply you always get is that it's the publishers who determine this kind of stuff. So Australia and NZ get f---- over because the publishers cut deals with the retailers, games get banned because of that nazi censorship commission in Oz, etc.

At least you guys got Arkham City. It's not available in my region. Good ol' region locking, something you usually don't see on PC, thanks to Warner & Co (Was it Warner?). I assume the retail version is going to be published here in stores, obviously at a massive over-price.

You know, the Stalker bundle is actually cheaper there than here. Most prices don't make sense at all.

Anyway, yeah, we should sticky the Jamestown thread so people at least stop worrying and buy the HIB before it ends to get it DRM free.

[Necronopticous]

Have you tried booting it directly from c:\programfiles\steam\steamapps, etc.?

Yeah, any time this happens for me I just boot directly. You won't get Steam achievements or anything while playing like this, but they will all show up at once as soon as you boot through Steam again.

[burgerkingdiamond]

I'll try booting directly. Thanks for the tip.

observer

I haven't been following the Jamestown thread. I didn't know that it was available through any other means than Steam. That's good.

[Observer]

I'll try booting directly. Thanks for the tip.

observer

I haven't been following the Jamestown thread. I didn't know that it was available through any other means than Steam. That's good.

As I said, no biggie. I do blame this on the guys not clearly updating their site or barely answering stuff on Twitter so, yeah, we kind of had to guess it on our own. It really surprised me when I bought the bundle and found a DRM free download. Made my day.

[Siren2011]

This thread couldn't have come at a better time. Guess what this FFFFFUCKING PIECE OF SHIT service did? Apparently when you don't sign in for over two years, STEAM DELETES YOUR MOTHERFUCKING, CUNT LICKING ACCOUNT AND ALL THE GAMES WITH IT. There is no way for me to re-install the games, because by their nature, the CD key can only be entered once for ONE installation, into ONE account. That means I have to buy all those games over again.

"You have entered a password and user name for an account that is no longer available."

As you might have guessed, I'm a little upset by this. hahaha.

[rancor]

The future is digital!

[Barrakketh]

This thread couldn't have come at a better time. Guess what this FFFFFUCKING PIECE OF SHIT service did? Apparently when you don't sign in for over two years, STEAM DELETES YOUR MOTHERFUCKING, CUNT LICKING ACCOUNT AND ALL THE GAMES WITH IT. There is no way for me to re-install the games, because by their nature, the CD key can only be entered once for ONE installation, into ONE account. That means I have to buy all those games over again.

"You have entered a password and user name for an account that is no longer available."

Accounts are only supposed to be deleted for inactivity if you have no games on it. Have you tried contacting support?

[Cuilan]

It is almost 2012 and I still don't have a Steam account. Let's see how long I can hold out.

[njiska]

I'll try booting directly. Thanks for the tip.

observer

I haven't been following the Jamestown thread. I didn't know that it was available through any other means than Steam. That's good.

That message always indicates steam is having a problem connecting to it's servers. Just put Steam in offline mode from the menu and it won't even attempt the check. Problem solved. I've had to do that at times in the past when my network was spotty.

[burgerkingdiamond]

I'll try booting directly. Thanks for the tip.

observer

I haven't been following the Jamestown thread. I didn't know that it was available through any other means than Steam. That's good.

That message always indicates steam is having a problem connecting to it's servers. Just put Steam in offline mode from the menu and it won't even attempt the check. Problem solved. I've had to do that at times in the past when my network was spotty.

I though offline mode would do the trick but it didn't.

[Barrakketh]

I'm pretty sure it needs to connect when you put it in offline mode, but after that is done it shouldn't check again.

I guess I'm in the group that doesn't have many problems with Steam. 47 hours of TF2 over the past two weeks (closer to one week IMO since I was on hiatus until the Australian Christmas 2011 update) and only had one problem connecting the night of the update. I still need to work on the Gundemonium Collection achievements for Smissmas.

[linko9]

All this is worrying me; I just got a new computer and got steam for the first time, along with a shitton of games (thanks indie bundles and holiday sales). I only recently found out that if you're not connected, you can't access your save games.... what the hell? Is there some way to fix this?

[ELabit]

If it's yours, sweet Triumph. I sold my baby last year and I'm missing her dearly.......

[drauch]

Did you really have to pirate Lost in Translation?

[Aguraki]

It is almost 2012 and I still don't have a Steam account. Let's see how long I can hold out.

I have a an account for a while and never bought a game,I'm a pirate at heart(hush hush) but they do give free games once in a while so it doesn't hurt to have the account.
I think I got alien swarms and Portal which I didn't play anyway...
I hate the "need connection" to play too.

[mesh control]

Did you really have to pirate Lost in Translation?

Could be the soundtrack.

[Mischief Maker]

Did you really have to pirate Lost in Translation?

Slight tangent, but has Sophia Coppola ever made a film that wasn't about the ennui of rich people? She even made a film championing Marie Antoinette, fer chrissakes!

[njiska]

I'm pretty sure it needs to connect when you put it in offline mode, but after that is done it shouldn't check again.

I guess I'm in the group that doesn't have many problems with Steam. 47 hours of TF2 over the past two weeks (closer to one week IMO since I was on hiatus until the Australian Christmas 2011 update) and only had one problem connecting the night of the update. I still need to work on the Gundemonium Collection achievements for Smissmas.

Steam for Windows only needs to connect the very first time you launch a game to verify that the correct dependancies (DirectX versions, .Net Framework, etc.) are installed. After that you should be able to go into offline mode at anytime and start the game. I used to do it all the time because my wifi was spotty.

I though offline mode would do the trick but it didn't.

Really? Colour me surprised and confused.

[Khan]

Personally ive never had many problems in the 3 or 4 years ive been using steam O_o besides the occasional offline maintainence they do, but lately ive noticed the sales surge and the lame competition has caused some things to malfunction :/ I lost 2 copies of games I had that i wanted to gift they seem to have dissappeared from my Inventory so as you can imagine at the moment im not very happy with them

[burgerkingdiamond]

Did you really have to pirate Lost in Translation?

?

EDIT: ahhh. I see it's on my desktop... I figured it would be the perfect time to watch it again while I was in Japan. I actually met a guy who used to bartend at the bar from the movie. It's called the New York Bar, at the Grand Hyatt in Tokyo.

[burgerkingdiamond]

If it's yours, sweet Triumph. I sold my baby last year and I'm missing her dearly.......

thanks.

[rancor]

Did you really have to pirate Lost in Translation?

?

It's a folder on your desktop pic that you posted.