How Do I Get Steam On Ns Or Ns On Steam? :s
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Join Date: 2003-09-10 Member: 20723Members, Constellation
Join Date: 2003-09-10 Member: 20723Members, Constellation
<div class="IPBDescription">help the newbie</div> Just a couple of questions on this whole steam thing:where do i get it and how do i get it to work. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
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Ok, I laready posted this in another thread but I hope people will actualy see this
oh and all of this is leached from
<a href='http://www.steampowered.com/faq.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.steampowered.com/faq.htm</a>
<!--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-->How do I install and use mods in Steam?
If you have a Half-Life mod installed before installing Steam, Steam will automatically convert and install the game for you. It will then be accessible in the Steam "My Games" list under "Third Party Games."
If you want to add a mod after installing Steam, you need only to put it in the Steam/SteamApps/your_email_address/Half-Life directory. The next time you open the "My Games" list it will be listed under "Third Party Games."<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
for Steam to work:
<!--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-->The following ports must be "open":
UDP 1200
UDP 27000 to 27015 inclusive
TCP 27030 to 27039 inclusive<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--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-->Does Steam upload information or files from my computer? Is Steam Spyware?
Nothing gets uploaded from users' machines to Steam other than account login information and other server communication/protocol information. We transfer no files from the client to the Steam system.
Some users have seen non-Steam related information (like names of private files on their computer) show up inside their Steam cache files, raising privacy concerns. This is actually a result of the way Windows handles files. The cache file gets created on the client using the Windows CreateFile() command. This command will create the file but not initialize it. Due to the large size of the file, we don't bother initializing the empty data blocks in it as this can take an appreciable amount of time. On NTFS machines, files created with this method happen to have the property of appearing empty (initialized to zero) but for FAT32 machines, it shows up as whatever old data was sitting on drive in the sectors that just got allocated for the cache. The people that are reporting this behavior are actually seeing old data from their hard drives. It's never uploaded or even looked at by the client. Eventually, as they download more data, it gets written over.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--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-->How do I stop Steam from running automatically when I start my computer?
From the Steam icon in the notification tray, select Settings. Switch to the Interface tab, and uncheck the box that says "Run Steam when Windows starts".<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<a href='http://www.haxgames.com/steam.html' target='_blank'>http://www.haxgames.com/steam.html</a>
Enjoy all you poor people who can't get it to work! I will update asap with the finishign steps, but this should at least help you a bit for now.
<span style='color:white'>*updated with instructions for the fmod thingy*</span><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I won't touch steam with a 50 foot pole but people were saying this was working for them in OT where it was posted, so try this out.
if you constantly can't conect to steam REBOOT!!!!
aparently when you boot your comp it randomly chooses a steam server and sticks with it! (what a pos)
so reboot and hope for a better server <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
I have to say the same <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
After installing my NS was recked...
Unfortunately I did a leap of faith....
.. as it installed I choose to remove old versions <b><<<---- FOOL</b>
This was big mistake NS wouldnt work in Steam and then I couldnt get it to work outside of steam (getting missing file errors).
I couldnt reinstall it or HL (got same errors)
Within Steam HL DOD and CS worked but not NS (I play em all BTW).
After a lot of messing around I had to remove Steam HL, NS (also DOD and CS) removed folders and once it was all gone reintall it using the leave old version where it is option. An nightmare as lost all d/loaded maps etc <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo--> from difff mods inc NS.
I have all working now (NS still a bit iffy)
Its upto you guys but...
My advice - If you are not up to messing about with it to get it the way you want it, dont install it untill it has been updated.