Steam

Stanley_txpStanley_txp Join Date: 2003-10-04 Member: 21426Banned
in NS General Discussion
<div class="IPBDescription">your opinion?</div> hey, i just wanted what people who have used steam in the last 2 weeks think about it
i'll go first, i love it, it is much sleeker than the won system, and it is easier to join servers without using an outside program (like game spy arcade) i also like the friends system and i find that it has drasticly stabilized since launch
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  • Ugly_JimUgly_Jim Join Date: 2002-11-29 Member: 10235Members
    agreed, steam has gotten a lot better, but it's still far from perfect. I hate how it owns my fps for no reason
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  • Amped1Amped1 Join Date: 2003-02-08 Member: 13287Members
    IMO, It should be good enough by the 3.0 release. If not Valve should start working on it more do to the sudden flood of players...
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  • WarriorWarrior Join Date: 2003-02-16 Member: 13624Members
    I like it, but i think they need to tweak it for slower PCs and slower internet. It still needs a bit of work but its getting better
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  • Jabba_The_HuntJabba_The_Hunt Join Date: 2003-01-05 Member: 11850Members
    edited November 2003
    I've always been very pro steam, yes there are problems, but you we seeing fixes on a weekely basis which i find brilliant, lots of small updates is great (i get bored really quickly). I also think friends is great <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->.
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  • SnidelySnidely Join Date: 2003-02-04 Member: 13098Members
    edited November 2003
    The only reason I'll be getting it is because of NS, frankly. Oh well. <i>Ce sera sera</i>.
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  • Hologram0Hologram0 Join Date: 2002-11-19 Member: 9303Members, Constellation
    I love it (speaking as a moderately powered pc owner with broadband) auto update allows for fixes all the time its great!
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  • Bo_SelectaBo_Selecta Join Date: 2002-11-19 Member: 9374Members, Constellation
    I like the idea of it (love it actually), but I wonder whether they've done a -really- good beta-testing before release. Some of the bugs I've seen REALLY shouldn't be there....
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  • Stanley_txpStanley_txp Join Date: 2003-10-04 Member: 21426Banned
    edited November 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--Bo Selecta+Nov 29 2003, 09:20 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Bo Selecta @ Nov 29 2003, 09:20 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I like the idea of it (love it actually), but I wonder whether they've done a -really- good beta-testing before release. Some of the bugs I've seen REALLY shouldn't be there.... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    no, they didn't do proper beta testing, the beta version just updated the won version, but the new steam is a lot different, and never had a true beta stage
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  • CatpokerCatpoker Join Date: 2002-06-25 Member: 816Members
    when it works, i love it.

    but when i have to reinstall becuase it gives me errors, i do not like it


    right now, it works, and works great

    I have only had to reinstall 5 times over the past month so....
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  • Ashaman_JoeAshaman_Joe Join Date: 2003-11-11 Member: 22559Members, Constellation
    I use it and I haven't noticed any apocolyptic problems. I like the new interface, console and all, but editing the textsize can be a pain.

    Wish it hadn't eaten my FPS though. I had 6oish using BrigadierWolf's models before, now I have 60ish without. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • Warped_DevotionWarped_Devotion Join Date: 2003-08-27 Member: 20273Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    I love steam. only thing i hate about it is even after several patches, it **** my ram and cpu......


    and i got a P4@1.4ghz and 512md of RDRAM.
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  • AerowinderAerowinder Join Date: 2003-08-27 Member: 20274Members
    Once in a while, for about 5 minutes, Steam hogs about 30FPS. I have no idea how or why, and it occasionally makes me lag... 2.08GHz.
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  • 0003900039 Join Date: 2003-03-18 Member: 14653Members
    it's ok but I prefer won cause I'm on dialup and for some strange reason auto update comes back out when I lauch HL through it and I have to alt-tab and turn it back off so I can have a playable ping <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • PseudoKnightPseudoKnight Join Date: 2002-06-18 Member: 791Members
    In response to the beta testing comments, some of the later beta versions seemed more stable than official release. I think this is because of two things: Steam is highly bandwidth dependent (when content servers are loaded, Steam acts funny); Steam has a very integrated architecture. (they change something here and it has unseen consequences there, ie. bugs)

    As for lower FPS, I believe that is the new HL version, (VGUI2) not Steam. Many people continue to mix up the two.
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  • Ashaman_JoeAshaman_Joe Join Date: 2003-11-11 Member: 22559Members, Constellation
    Errr <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif'><!--endemo--> I'm clueless.

    Does this mean I can't blame Steam for all my (Close to non-existant) troubles?
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  • S2R2S2R2 Join Date: 2003-09-25 Member: 21209Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Warped_Devotion+Nov 29 2003, 11:16 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Warped_Devotion @ Nov 29 2003, 11:16 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I love steam.  only thing i hate about it is even after several patches, it **** my ram and cpu......


    and i got a P4@1.4ghz and 512md of RDRAM.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Odd I never had it do anything to my computer and my computer is a P3 866 Although mine is a workstation class computer
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  • WindelkronWindelkron Join Date: 2002-04-11 Member: 419Members
    I like it. I haven't tried ASE in conjunction, so I'm having trouble filtering for no-awp servers. Yes, that is an unfortunate side effect of steam; I've started playing CS again D: D: D:
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  • XiileXiile Join Date: 2003-02-22 Member: 13818Members
    I dont really give two poos about Steam... it's the future, deal with it... <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • TerrTerr Arthritic Skulk Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7486Members
    Regarding the 30-fps stealing---make sure it's not trying to update a game while you're playing. It's happened to me and it really slowed everything down.

    Steam doesn't bother me as a platform as much as I dislike the principle of subscription software. (Which steam will be a platform for.)

    I don't have an overwhelming campaign platform of reasons, but it makes me very uneasy. You want to feel similar unease? Read the following text. (I've made it even worse by adding potential exploitation of DRM...)

    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->"Your Windows 2XP registration has [43] days left! Would you like to renew your yearly subscription over the internet for the low low price of $149.99?

    [Yes (Use Credit Card number on file)] 
    [Yes (Enter new accounting information)]
    [No, Please tell my vendor (Dell) that I wish to recycle my computer.]
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