Explicit Instructions On How To Play Ns In Steam

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  • Fade_ManFade_Man Join Date: 2004-06-19 Member: 29396Members
    Problem is I have steam but no HL...

    Got CZ which I can play CS w/o HL...

    Do I have to buy it or can I just do somethin else
  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Thansal+Jun 20 2004, 08:30 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Thansal @ Jun 20 2004, 08:30 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> install HL

    it comes with Steam, it is one of the offical game thingys, just double click it and it will download. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    in the steam games menu

    HL should be listed as one of the games.

    doubleclick on it and you should be able to download it for free.....
  • Fade_ManFade_Man Join Date: 2004-06-19 Member: 29396Members
    It asks me for a cdkey when I only have a condition zero cdkey which won't work on Half Life.

    So it kinda sucks I can't even play NS!
  • Lord_KillmoreLord_Killmore Join Date: 2003-07-17 Member: 18239Members
    hmm i installed NS with all the new patches.
    somehow now the message comes:
    this game is not ready to be played
    #
    or something like this.
    i don´t have a online connection at the mom but till now every mod worked fine but a few days ago this message appeared when i tried to play any mod on Steam
  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    edited June 2004
    Fade: You tried to use the CZ CD key? (like you actualy typed it in?)

    Did you try and download the Steam installer with HL?

    oh well, if you can't use CZ with MODs I am just gona laugh <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> (as yet again it is proven that the best version of HL is the $5 one in the bargin bin)

    @Killmore:
    You should have posted in in a new thread.

    Please do so and try to make the request clearer.

    Include EXACT error messages.
  • spikeymaycry2spikeymaycry2 Join Date: 2004-07-11 Member: 29860Members
    hello... i got a problem .... i keep getting this when i try to enter a server
  • DragonMechDragonMech Join Date: 2003-09-19 Member: 21023Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-spikeymaycry2+Jul 11 2004, 09:36 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (spikeymaycry2 @ Jul 11 2004, 09:36 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> hello... i got a problem .... i keep getting this when i try to enter a server <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Make sure you have the right version of NS. Get V3.0 B1, B4, B4a - and then install in that order.
  • spikeymaycry2spikeymaycry2 Join Date: 2004-07-11 Member: 29860Members
    I AM REALLY GREATFUL FOR THAT MAN ... i was almost gonna pick up half life and throw it away... i got so **** i didnt know how to add ns to my game list :s now all i gotta do is to upgrade the game <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • HappyEulerHappyEuler Join Date: 2004-06-14 Member: 29314Members
    edited July 2004
    Ok I still need help... I've decided, due to the shutdown of WON, to finally upgrade my computer's half-life to steam. Thus I will be upgrading to 3.0. I have changed 2 of my computers before into steam comps, running ns without any problems; however, this time it doesn't want to work...Please help!

    Now everytime I try to install 3.0 (following all the given instuctions), it doesn't work. I then tried these instuctions given, every last bit of it; however, my problem is that in steam's "Games" window, the ns icon will not appear. Please help me... I have tried all of the suggestions given (I have the memory to install ns twice so memory is not the problem....).

    So far this is what my steam directory looks like: Steam\SteamApps\email\half-life\ns

    In the half-life folder in the steam directory I have the fmod.dll in there.


    Any help would be nice (if more information is needed, just reply and I will provide what I can).
  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    it should be nsp

    and did you play HL atleast once?
  • HappyEulerHappyEuler Join Date: 2004-06-14 Member: 29314Members
    edited July 2004
    <span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'>Edit:</span> Thanks for the help I have it running now. You where right just name it nsp did the trick.
  • Rusty1Rusty1 Join Date: 2004-07-08 Member: 29791Members
    I followed these instructions and they did work thankyou. The only problem I have was just yesterday my Steam stopped working. When I tried to open it came to an Initialize window. after it reached about 5 yellow bars an error messege popsup everytime replying

    "Steam.exe (Main exception); ERROR: Delete of Steam.exe failed, Win32 Error 5 "Acces Is Denide."

    Do you know what this means? And how I could fix it?
  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    looks like it is trying to update, and the Steam.exe file needs to be replaced...

    try making sure it isn't readonly or something.
  • RychonuxRychonux Join Date: 2004-07-25 Member: 30118Members
    I followed ALL of the instructions, it still doesnt show up in the games window. I had it working 2 days ago but Steam had an error so i had to re-install it. i played through the tram ride, i played through the training mission, installed the betas in the correct order (like i said, i had it working before.) but it STILL didnt show up in 3rd party games. its so freaking annoying to look at the instructions, follow them exacly and it still not work. Im sure its in the right directory because its Valve/steam/steamapps/email/half-life/nsp Im so frustrated right now i feel like just giving up. hopefully, soemone will know whats wrong. thanks.
  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    search your HDD for steamapps

    if you have 2 then tat is probably your problem.

    My guess is that you changed your install path when you reinstalled.
  • RychonuxRychonux Join Date: 2004-07-25 Member: 30118Members
    OMG FINALLY <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> ! AFTER 9+ HOURS OF MESSING WITH IT! I dont know what was wrong, maybe something was wrong with the installers, but I FINALLY got it to work. 3 words: HOLY FREAKING CRAP! I wasted my whole day on this <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif' /><!--endemo--> Yeah, my whole day. YAY
  • Gangsta_MonkeyGangsta_Monkey Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24589Members
    I'm sorry if someone posted this before me but.
    I have ns version 3.0 beta 4a
    I have installed it sucessfully, but when I try to play a co_ game a get a message saying that my .dll differs from the server's, and when I try to play a ns_ game I get a message saying that my .bsp differs from the server's. I have steam installed in my D:\\Games\Steam\Steamapps\myname
    If you require any mor info ask for it.
  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    READ

    UNDERSTAND

    OBEY

    <!--QuoteBegin-Thansal's Guide on how to friken install NS+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Thansal's Guide on how to friken install NS)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->1) Install Steam.

    2) Play HL atleast Once via Steam (just booting up the training mission will do).

    3) Download these 3 files:
    ns_install_v3_b1.exe
    ns_v30_b4_patch.exe
    ns_v30_b4a_patch.exe

    4) Install NS V3.0 Beta 1 (ns_install_v3_b1.exe) (This should auto install to steam\steamApps\your@email\half-life\nsp, if it does not, move the NSP folder there).

    5) Install NS V3.0 Beta 4 (ns_v30_b4_patch.exe) (point this at steam\steamApps\your@email\Half-Life\ do NOT include the NSP).

    6) Install NS V3.0 Beta 4a (ns_v30_b4a_patch.exe) (See * at bottom).

    7) Search your Hard drive(s) for folders named nsp.

    8) If you have more than one you messed up.  Goto Step 3.


    If you folow these steps properly you will not get client.dll or map.bsp errors.

    If you are positive you have folowed them corectly then redownload the installer form a different location.

    *There aslo seems to be a bug with, atleast some of, the 4a installers.  Try pointing it at steamApps\your@email\ instead of steamApps\your@email\half-life

    Note: This is a file stored on my desktop because I have to use it so many times.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
  • panicpanic Join Date: 2004-08-01 Member: 30300Members
    Hi everybody, I am new to NS... so new I can't get it to work! I swear on my favourite zippo, I followed the instructions, but I can't swear I didn't make a mistake, so here goes!

    System specs:
    Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 1
    System Model: A7N8X2.0
    BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
    Processor: AMD Athlon™ XP 2500+, MMX, 3DNow, ~1.8GHz
    Memory: 1024MB RAM
    GeForce FX 5200

    All of the drivers are up to date, and I run Norton 2002 in the background (also current).

    I was already a Steam user (Day of Defeat, and HalfLife) so I just directed the three files to "programs/steam/steamapps/myemailaccount/half-life" (no quotes). I disabled my antivirus, ran Halflife before installing, exited Steam completely, installed the files and reactivated Steam. Natural Selection appeared in my Third Party games, and I could make my own server and run around blissfully chomping my alien maw. But I got the same problem <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Gangsta Monkey :  I'm sorry if someone posted this before me but.
    I have ns version 3.0 beta 4a
    I have installed it sucessfully, but when I try to play a co_ game a get a message saying that my .dll differs from the server's, and when I try to play a ns_ game I get a message saying that my .bsp differs from the server's<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> when attempting to get into one of the only two NS Steam servers I could find. Any ideas? All I wanna do is evolve... little help? Thanks <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->6) Install NS V3.0 Beta 4a (ns_v30_b4a_patch.exe) (See * at bottom).

    7) Search your Hard drive(s) for folders named nsp.

    8) If you have more than one you messed up.  Goto Step 3.
    <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    break
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->
    *There aslo seems to be a bug with, atleast some of, the 4a installers.  Try pointing it at steamApps\your@email\ instead of steamApps\your@email\half-life
    stored on my desktop because I have to use it so many times.
    <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
  • panicpanic Join Date: 2004-08-01 Member: 30300Members
    Ok, tried those (thanks for the help btw <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->), and still nothing doin'. If I try to install to my email address (no "\half-life" on the destination) it tells me I have to have 1.1.1.0 Half-life installed... which I do through Steam. I try to update it using the old WON updater, and it tells me I am current - no updates available. So I install NS into "\half-life"... and the game is recognized in Steam, yay! Now patch it, same folder (both "ns" and "nsp" appear in "\email\half-life"). Run around, yes, kill online, no. Also tried one inside the other, but most of the permutations resulted in Steam not recognizing the game at all, so they were out.

    Whatever I am doing wrong is small (and forehead-smacking dumb too) so yeah... if I can't get it to install, imagine how well I play! <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    Thanks for the help. I will read more and see if something clicks.

    ps. Ever move a few folders around a few times, and forget where they all started? Shoulda had more coffee...
  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    <!--c1--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>CODE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='CODE'><!--ec1-->1) Search your Hard drive for ns and nsp.

    2) Deleate all folders named that.

    3) Start from step 3 in my guide.

    4) Make sure you are using the properly named files for each step, the file name is listed with the step.

    5) Make sure you point each file at the place listed with the step
    5a) The first one should auto install with no choice of destination
    5b) The second one goes to: Steam\SteamApps\your@email\Half-Life
    5c) The 3rd should probably go to Steam\SteamApps\your@email\

    6) After each install step in my guide (steps 4, 5 and 6) search your hard drive for nsp
    6a) If you find only one folder, and it is located at Steam\SteamApps\your@email\half-life\nsp then you are good to go.
    6b) If you have only one nsp but it is some where else, move it to that location.
    6c) If you have 2 nsp folders, then move the one that is not in that location, over writing all files when prompted.
    6d) Each time you move an nsp folder search your hard drive again for nsp to double check.

    Here ends my Slightly more advanced Guide on how to friken install NSv3.0B4a

    It is now becoming another file on my desktop.<!--c2--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--ec2-->

    <!--QuoteBegin-Thansal's Guide on how to friken install NSv3.0B4a+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Thansal's Guide on how to friken install NSv3.0B4a)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->1) Install Steam.

    2) Play HL atleast Once via Steam (just booting up the training mission will do).

    3) Download these 3 files:
    ns_install_v3_b1.exe
    ns_v30_b4_patch.exe
    ns_v30_b4a_patch.exe

    4) Install NS V3.0 Beta 1 (ns_install_v3_b1.exe) (This should auto install to steam\steamApps\your@email\half-life\nsp, if it does not, move the NSP folder there).

    5) Install NS V3.0 Beta 4 (ns_v30_b4_patch.exe) (point this at steam\steamApps\your@email\Half-Life\ do NOT include the NSP).

    6) Install NS V3.0 Beta 4a (ns_v30_b4a_patch.exe) (See * at bottom).

    7) Search your Hard drive(s) for folders named nsp.

    8) If you have more than one you messed up.  Goto Step 3.


    If you folow these steps properly you will not get client.dll or map.bsp errors.

    If you are positive you have folowed them corectly then redownload the installer form a different location.

    *There aslo seems to be a bug with, atleast some of, the 4a installers.  Try pointing it at steamApps\your@email\ instead of steamApps\your@email\half-life

    Note: This is a file stored on my desktop because I have to use it so many times.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
  • panicpanic Join Date: 2004-08-01 Member: 30300Members
    Thanks all! Just got into my first game - looking to see if any glitches I was reading about trying to solve mine appear.

    It was a combination of things apparently. The installer for the beta was corrupt (a second one solved it). The default destination was wrong for the 2nd installer, and I don't know if it helped, but I jammed a beta3 patch in there too.

    Thank you again, sometimes it helps to be "explicit" <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • shortiboy9shortiboy9 Join Date: 2004-08-04 Member: 30343Members
    Can anybody help me? I've installed NS 3.0 beta 4a, Steam, and done all the instructions in this forum to try to get NS running, but it still won't work. Everytime I try to join a server, it says my .dll cl_dlls\client.dll differs from the server's OR it says all my maps differ from the servers. Can anybody tell me wat's wrong and how to fix it?
  • shortiboy9shortiboy9 Join Date: 2004-08-04 Member: 30343Members
    P.S. I've already tried the above instructions and it doesn't work
  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    sorry ot tell you this, but there is no way that they are wrong.

    did you follow EVERY STEP?

    includding searching your hard drive for nsp?
  • shortiboy9shortiboy9 Join Date: 2004-08-04 Member: 30343Members
    okay...let's say i find 2 nsp folders..wat do i do then? go back to step 3? then those folders will still be there...argg....please tell me like...major detail plz how to get my ns running cuz i've been working at it for about 6 hours and it's still showing the client and map bsp errors
  • shortiboy9shortiboy9 Join Date: 2004-08-04 Member: 30343Members
    ya ok iono wat to do..when i followed your instructions thansal, it said to install ns 3.0 beta 1 to steam/steamapps/email/half-life/nsp, so i did that. THen i followed your 2nd instrctions to install ns 3.0 beta 4 into steam/steamapps/email/halfl\-life, i then get the following message that says this directory has already been installed, continue anyway? Then i followed your instructions for ns. 30 beta 4a and pointed it at steam/steamapps/email and it said the same message about "the directory has already been installed, continue anyway?" So i am completely stumped....
  • shortiboy9shortiboy9 Join Date: 2004-08-04 Member: 30343Members
    there is a half-life folder inside my half -life folder
    In addition, there is a ns folder inside the half-life folder that is inside the MAIN half-life folder..wat do i do?
  • shortiboy9shortiboy9 Join Date: 2004-08-04 Member: 30343Members
    nm...its working now...i reinstalled steam like 4 times so now it worked <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> thanks thansal
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