Steam Ns
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Join Date: 2003-10-29 Member: 22106Members
Join Date: 2003-10-29 Member: 22106Members
<div class="IPBDescription">whens does it come out and what not?</div> hey yea i am new but iam wondering when is the Steam supported version of ns comin out? and if it is already out and i just havent noticed where do i get it <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::onos::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tiny.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tiny.gif'><!--endemo-->
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NS 2.1 will be coming out soon and will fix all of these problems.
Max
Even the 500k version eats your hard disk.
Must make a petition against steam... mutter mutter...
if you mean when will NS appear on the official games list, hopefully soon but I think Valve's priority is getting CS:CZ off the ground.
if you mean when will NS appear on the official games list, hopefully soon but I think Valve's priority is getting CS:CZ off the ground. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
The right click menu bug is fixed as well?
Lots of servers with lots of people? I like NS 2.01 on Steam as it is, though as a newbie, I don't know the right click menus.
if you mean when will NS appear on the official games list, hopefully soon but I think Valve's priority is getting CS:CZ off the ground. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The right click menu bug is fixed as well?
Lots of servers with lots of people? I like NS 2.01 on Steam as it is, though as a newbie, I don't know the right click menus. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The right-click menu is fixed and looks perfect.
i currently have nothing
steam full ? steam for ns? ns patch? half life? ^^
gimmie teh ordering
<li>Try to run Half-Life, you will either need the cache (Steam will download this for you) or the game will do a quick build and run.
<li>Ride the train for a bit, play the training map, something. This makes sure all the files are there.
<li>CLOSE STEAM (Use the correct method, not Ctrl+Alt+Del)
<li>Get the beta installer (beta forums) and install this. It automatically detects the appropriate directories.
<li>Run Steam again. Natural Selection will appear at the bottom of your games list.
<li>Double click to play, all servers are in Steam's browser.</ul>
the 770mb steam installer has cs, dmc, rc, tfc, and a few other offical valve mods, so u don't need to download the cs steam cache
just install the steam cache, and do as was said above
amckern
After browsing through the Steam installation directory, I found that I could eaily purge most of the junk and get a nice 'small' 1.5 gigs. Though this is as big as Windows XP, it is better than the 5gig monster I started out with.
If you have many mods in your original half life directory, they will be copied over to steam and changed to Cache files. If you dont ever intend to play FLF, DoD, or Opera on steam, then these of course can be deleted straight away.
"[Steam instalation folder]\SteamApps" and "[Steam instalation folder]\SteamApps\[Your Steam Email]" contain the cache files.
AFAIK, 'half-life engine.gcf', 'half-life localized.gcf', 'half-life.gcf' and 'platform.gcf' cannot be deleted. Pretty obvious really. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
Also note that if you still have Ns.1.04 installed in your orriginal HL directory (ie, you renamed it before installing NS 2 to play the traditional way,) Steam will convert that too. For some reason my 'Third Party' games section had 5 listings of 'Natural Selection' in no particular order.
Any commments on this wouldbe welcome. HTH!
You would loose all the other mods you have installed! For those of us (me not included, <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->) with 56k connections, downloading steam cache files for all the mods would be a nightmare...
Still, I agree that you would free up a lot of space.
You would loose all the other mods you have installed! For those of us (me not included, <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->) with 56k connections, downloading steam cache files for all the mods would be a nightmare...
Still, I agree that you would free up a lot of space. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
you can jut convert them over to steam...though some mods (like the challenger deep) might need some manual work in order to get them to work right. (complicated, go to the steam boards to find out more)
if 2.1 only supports steam, i'll not install it
if 2.1 only supports steam, i'll not install it <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
great...thats your opinion. I like steam.
Looks like your not going to be playing 2.1 any time soon. It only for steam.
i havent had a need for steam yet though, is it really that bad???
i like ns alot, but thanks to steam, i think i can't play it ever again <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->