Steam Problems

SikSLV

So how i will be able play NS:C if steam don`t works because of my internet connection who is fast but it`s proxy and all games and programs who auto-patches don`t works <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo--> any suggestions ? (except changing my internet provaider ... i can`t pay for any other that fast)

Nemesis_Zero

Seeing that WON is going to be discontinued, we don't really have a choice. I'd suggest you search the Steam forums and FAQs for a possible solution.

Rhodri

isnt there anything else we'l be able to use other than steam? grrrr silly valve people

MrMojo

Nope, steam only. If you want to play 3.0, you'll get steam.

Palin

I suggest you talk to your ISP and see if you can arrange being placed on a "direct connect" service or possibly just switch ISPs.

The only other option I can give is to manually download the new game caches when they come out. I don't know if NS.net will make this available, but it sure beats vying for Steam bandwidth on opening day.

Swiftspear

is dling the caches even possible at this point? I have yet to find them hosted anywhere.

Palin

Actually you may have a good point about that. I've never actually d/l any of the caches myself (from steampowered.com) and I don't know that the current caches that they offer are the most current caches. They may be like a v1 cache that still needs further updating, but allows the user to d/l the majority of it outside of steam to free up steam bandwidth.

PseudoKnight

If I'm following your English correctly, have you configured your firewall for Steam?
I'm not exactly sure what the problem is.

Tyrain

Thats router. Thats mainly much harder to configure than a firewall. But it shouldn't be that much of a problem.

I just did a quick search on there forums.

Please check your internet connection to make sure it is functioning properly.

If you're sure that your 'Net connectivity is functioning but you are still unable to log in to Steam, it may be because the required ports are blocked by a device on your network (such as a router).

The following ports must be "open":
UDP 1200
UDP 27000 to 27015 inclusive
TCP 27030 to 27039 inclusive

It seems that this problem is not yet solved and appears to many players with and withtout router. The only advise I can give you is to shut down your XP firewall (if you're running on XP). If that's not working I don't know what it could be.

Read <a href='http://steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=45829&perpage=15&highlight=router&pagenumber=2' target='_blank'>this thread</a> for more info.

Someone that actually had the problem and fixed it:

"Yeah i got that once too but then i found out how to fix it.
Well what i did was. I deleted all my Steam files off my computer and on the recycle bin. Then... i reinstalled Steam with the new installer they got and downloaded it again. Remember to pick the correct internet connection. Thats all and Have fun. If it dont work after this? then there must be something wrong all i can say. After i did this it worked just fine with me."

"I deleted clientregistry.blob and started steam. It updated then worked."

typical_skeleton

explain the proxy configuration, etc.

if it is going through a proxy you should be able to configure it to support auto-patches, depending on what type of proxy.

Palin

I believe he means that his ISP serves as the proxy / firewall. Many ISPs are beginning to do this for "Home" service plans as it provides firewall protection to users without them having to pay for other products (ie. make it fairly simple for your average end user). In this case there is actually no way to configure it is the configuration is ISP controlled and not user controlled. The only way around this is to switch to an open connection service where they simply provide the bandwidth and you provide the rest. This is how most Cable ISPs work and some DSL ISPs (working with no proxy that is). I believe connecting through AOL Broadband is one such proxy ISP where you can sign up for either a "protected" service or an open service. Protected service means that your traffic is filtered before sent to you by their proxy for whatever traffic they deem "possibly harmful" and this includes a realm of vulnerabilites that just happens to act just like an auto-update system to legit software.