Natural Selection 2.1

beetle_juice101 · October 2003

<div class="IPBDescription">Questions ...</div> I have only been playing NS 2.0 for a week or so now, and tbh its better than CS which I regularly play and am in a clan.

But I was wondering if:

1. NS 2.1 will be an official Steam game when it comes out.

2. If not will NS 2.1 work better with Steam with less crashes.

3. Is there a rough idea on a release date on NS 2.1 (after BETA testing etc).

4. And finnally will it be available through Steam or seperatly.

I know these may seem like pretty stupid questions and a little impatient but I love NS and obviously hate all the crashing and bugs on Steam.

Plz reply ...

Cheers ! <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

Rue · October 2003

1. dont think it will be official but.
2. yeh it will work better with steam
3. I know this phrase has been uses so many times now, "when its ready"
4. Well since u can still use WON to play it, u will still have to dl it

and welcome to our world <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

XCan · October 2003

4. I believe Valve as agreed to host NS via steam once, I think I read it in a post by Flayra or something.

eggmac · October 2003

2.1 includes a complete steam installer.

Hypergrip · October 2003

2.1 is steam only

JoltGris · October 2003

2.1 will no longer be a third-party game in the Games menu in steam

esuna · October 2003

2. NS 2.1 has worked virtually flawlessly with Steam, and what errors there are will be fixed for the final release.

Note to kids: Steam is good, being a hippy, communist Steam-hater is not. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

Crisqo · October 2003

Note to esuna: Blatantly stealing lines from Monsieur Evil, is also not cool.

I think he said it best when he said "...And stop calling me 'Dude' like we are buddies or something."

esuna · October 2003

Needless flamage. It's gone now.

Torgo · October 2003

Hey, you may not know - maybe calling "kids", "hippie communists" is an ancient family tradition or something...anyways...

So, just to be 100% sure, 2.1 <i>will</i> be strictly Steam, correct? So, gamespy arcade and the like will not work?

esuna · October 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Torgo @ Oct 26 2003, 05:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Hey, you may not know - maybe calling "kids", "hippie communists" is an ancient family tradition or something...anyways...

So, just to be 100% sure, 2.1 <i>will</i> be strictly Steam, correct? So, gamespy arcade and the like will not work?  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
Currently ASE picks up Steam Half-Life as a viable game, so i presume in the future, yes, it will indeed be possible.

I've no idea, however, if Gamespy Arcade will update their system to cater for Steam, so be prepared to switch to ASE in the future if it doesn't. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

taboofires · October 2003

NS will eventually be steam-only, once it becomes practical to do so (ie it actually works right in steam). 2.1 will be either steam-only or both won and steam supported, depending on how well the whole steam thing works out this version.

It will probably be a while yet for 2.1 to be released, as they are still working on some major issues (some steam, some balance, but most of the old bugs look pretty well fixed).

Valve has shown a lot of support for NS. I wouldn't be surprised if it became an "official" mod, but that would probably only mean that steam will be able to install it automatically if you want it to, and updates come through steam. Retail sales, if it ever, are still a long way off.

beetle_juice101 · October 2003

I have heard that Valve will begin making people pay a monthly fee to use Steam and all its games as soon as Steam is at 100% with almost no bugs.

Is this true ... plz so NO !

Sniper_Chance · October 2003

No, that's only if you subscribe to HL2 on Steam.

beetle_juice101 · October 2003

What about NS:Combat ... will this be included in NS 2.1 or seperate?

Forlorn · October 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (beetle_juice101 @ Oct 26 2003, 03:27 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> What about NS:Combat ... will this be included in NS 2.1 or seperate?  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
Included.

Natural Selection 2.1

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