Add Friends On Steam? How?

LigerXT5LigerXT5 Join Date: 2005-01-09 Member: 34114Members
I have a few friends and im not sure how you add friends to steams freind list.

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  • Femme_FataleFemme_Fatale Join Date: 2005-06-21 Member: 54310Members, Constellation
    usually through an accountname or an emailaddress
    just login to friends with steam then click on add friends.
    then fill in his steamacc name or his email he uses for his steam account.

    on certain newer mods its possible to add ppl ingame.
    i wouldnt have a faintest clue how to do this in NS. <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • ZephyrYHKZephyrYHK Join Date: 2004-04-23 Member: 28130Members
    edited June 2005
    steam.friends.does.not.work. period.

    I've been waiting for valve to fix it for about two years, but they dont seem to do so.
  • SwiftSwift Lost Keys Join Date: 2005-02-19 Member: 41683Members, Constellation
    it works.. just.. very very rarely.
  • Femme_FataleFemme_Fatale Join Date: 2005-06-21 Member: 54310Members, Constellation
    i think most ppl that actually like the concept, use Xfire..
    i find it...
    ehm..
    annoying .
  • R_A_CR_A_C Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16273Members
    I think a freinds list built into steam is a great idea, but what is so hard for valve to program? They made HL, HL2, the whole steam thing which works great except for friends. WHY CAN'T THEY GET A SIMPLE IM AND BUDDY FINDING THING TO WORK!?!?!?!?!?
  • LigerXT5LigerXT5 Join Date: 2005-01-09 Member: 34114Members
    i think their to busy with making their games. lol

    mother: Son! get off that contraption and get out side and play with your freinds!

    son: But MOM! I'm making games and making tons of money, even my freinds are doing the same! We're hoping that the
    wars will on pc's instead of real soon too!
  • Lt_PatchLt_Patch Join Date: 2005-02-07 Member: 40286Members
    meh, use xFire, it's much more efficient than waiting for ValVe to put out the fire that is the Friends servers...
  • JazzXJazzX cl_labelmaps ∞ Join Date: 2002-11-19 Member: 9285Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester
    Valve have said, on the Steam forums, that they know Friends is broken and didn't work as they had intended, which is why they took it down. They say their intent is to redo the whole thing to make it more reliable, but have given no timeline, or even what they feel the priority on the project is.
  • DejikoSamaDejikoSama Join Date: 2005-06-30 Member: 54996Members
    i have x-fire but it works even less than steam friends does! (i got friends to work ONCE) im behind a router but i have no idea how to change those port things to let x-fire thru =/
  • LigerXT5LigerXT5 Join Date: 2005-01-09 Member: 34114Members
    edited July 2005
    well that answers y i dont see anyone at all, only freinds of test freind
  • Lt_PatchLt_Patch Join Date: 2005-02-07 Member: 40286Members
    edited July 2005
    Just to clear up some mess here, if you can connect to xFire, then it is working fine.

    To see people in your friends list, then you need to add them, using their xFire name, much in the same way as MSN or something like that works. The reason why you can only see "Friends Of Friends" is because you only have "testfriendxxx" in your friends list. This is done so no-one will have an empty list.

    If you are having firewall problems, then the login process will timeout, and xFire will just sit at the logon screen.

    *edit*
    If you have a router, then xFire will be able to connect via any outgoing port. If you have locked down the ports, then you will need to unblock port TCP 25999. then restart xFire, then log back in.
  • SandstormSandstorm Join Date: 2003-09-25 Member: 21205Members
    Based on my experiences with Steam, I would guess that Valve never committed enough resources to the Friends Server to meet the demand. It did work fine during the Steam Beta (considering how often Steam crashed then <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> ), but as Steam became more popular, it became more difficult to connect. I have no idea how much money Valve would need to spend to get it stable, but they certainly don't seem willing to spend it.
  • Shadow_SporkShadow_Spork Join Date: 2005-01-07 Member: 33306Members
    I just use xFire. *points to sig*

    Friends was working, but since it hasn't been for almost two years (and Valve being busy with other things), I basically gave up on it.

    And where the hell are the parlour games? False advertising anyone?
  • LigerXT5LigerXT5 Join Date: 2005-01-09 Member: 34114Members
    ok, thats what i have too, i was just woundering about the freinds deal with valve's steam
  • gaz170gaz170 Join Date: 2010-08-16 Member: 73660Members
    i receantly on steam had a friend and know him in real life, i acsedently blocked and removed him, and now i try to add him it say "you are blocking all communications with this player." now can i unblock him and add him again, thank.
  • FehaFeha Join Date: 2006-11-16 Member: 58633Members
    I have never had any real torubles with friends. I accepted friends yesterday (or if it wa day before that), and during the last two years I both sent invites trough the ingame system and the "add friend" system many times.
  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1794757:date=Aug 17 2010, 11:51 AM:name=Feha)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Feha @ Aug 17 2010, 11:51 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1794757"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I have never had any real torubles with friends. I accepted friends yesterday (or if it wa day before that), and during the last two years I both sent invites trough the ingame system and the "add friend" system many times.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    That's correct, but the posts about friends being broken are from 5 years ago when it legitimately was broken.
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