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Steam

  • 29-10-2009 10:14pm
    #1
    shaunybhoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭


    Hello hello

    Some time back i bought half life 2: orange box, had it installed on the steam client so never really had to bother much with the cd's so needless to say, after much neglect, they've disappeared. Anyway this was never really a problem until recently, I've had to wipe pretty much everything on my laptop quite a few times for various reasons so ive lost the steam client and whatever games it had on it.

    Is there any way i can download these games again without the discs or will i have to buy it again. I'd imagine i'd need proof of purchase but not too sure, cant find a lot on the subject, cheers in advance


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  • #2
    witnessmenow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,264 ✭✭✭witnessmenow


    Yes

    Download steam

    Log into your old account

    Download your games :)


  • #3
    shaunybhoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭shaunybhoy


    Thanks, much appreciated, karma headed your way


  • #4
    MrMagic1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭MrMagic1


    You can actually go to any pc anywhere in the world and do the same, Your games are tied to Your account, not Your pc

    Tip, do it on a friends pc and set the account to offline, then they can play the sp game :D


  • #5
    thebman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,012 ✭✭✭✭thebman


    and now with steam cloud you can sync controls between PC's too as they'll be stored on your profile on steam.


  • #6
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,729 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Im bemused by this thread :) im sure you must be giddy now having fully realised exactly what steam was all about from the begining.


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  • #7
    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,282 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    Steam is brilliant.

    /thread


  • #8
    kaimera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,396 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    Kiith wrote: »
    Steam is brilliant.

    /thread
    steam is now brilliant.


  • #9
    Coriolanus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,879 ✭✭✭Coriolanus


    Might as well hijack this for my own purposes.

    My interwebs connection has degraded badly of late, still alright for surfing but downloading even updates off of steam or anywhere else has become a chore. For non-Steam stuff, it's all good, I can go to the interwebs cafe and stick the patches on a flash drive.

    Anyway to do this for Steam that doesn't involve me hauling my entire case into town? I want my E:TW :(


  • #10
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,520 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    When you say you're interwebs has degraded do you mean you've moved to a poorer service or your current provider had gotten ****?
    Run a Speedtest and see how fast it is.
    Perhaps you just need to change your location in Steam.
    (In Steam go to File>Settings>Downloads and change the download region)

    One option is to install steam on a friends PC. Download the content there. Copy the Steamapps folder, bring it home and add the contents to your PC's steamapps folder and restart steam.


  • #11
    FruitLover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,534 ✭✭✭FruitLover


    Nevore wrote: »
    Anyway to do this for Steam that doesn't involve me hauling my entire case into town?

    There's a way to back up the game content to a file, which you can probably then burn to DVD or copy to a USB drive in an intertron cafe and restore on your home PC.

    If just copying the steamapps dir works as mentioned above, this would probably be quicker though.


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  • #12
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,520 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    It does but It doesn't include your save games I think.


  • #13
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    5uspect wrote: »
    It does but It doesn't include your save games I think.

    Are Your saves and settings not saved online with Steam Cloud, or is this just with games thet support it


  • #14
    Sarky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,967 ✭✭✭✭Sarky


    You can find your save games easily enough. Some are saved in the game's own directory, some end up in My documents.


  • #15
    Coriolanus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,879 ✭✭✭Coriolanus


    It's my current provider turned to shite. 3 Mobile, was great when it first came out, was able to play WoW, EVE, TF2 with zero ping problems. Now it's absolute murder.

    I'll try the interwebs cafe/ copy game directory thing tomorrow, see if it works.

    Apparently I was set to dl from UK, I've changed that to Ireland and see if that helps at all.

    Thanks all.


  • #16
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,729 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    Are Your saves and settings not saved online with Steam Cloud, or is this just with games thet support it
    Nope. The closest thing you have are newer games which use the cloud to save your control preferences.


  • #17
    thebman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,012 ✭✭✭✭thebman


    Nevore wrote: »
    It's my current provider turned to shite. 3 Mobile, was great when it first came out, was able to play WoW, EVE, TF2 with zero ping problems. Now it's absolute murder.

    I'll try the interwebs cafe/ copy game directory thing tomorrow, see if it works.

    Apparently I was set to dl from UK, I've changed that to Ireland and see if that helps at all.

    Thanks all.

    FYI this could make things works changing to Ireland.

    O2 route through UK so I can play TF2 better on UK servers than Irish ones.

    Mobile BB isn't really suitable for gaming though. Playing TF2 on mobile BB was a pain compared to my fixed wireless connection where I live.

    Its better than nothing but I couldn't do it all the time or I'd go mental. You wouldn't want to be in a competitive team with mobile bb.


  • #18
    Coriolanus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,879 ✭✭✭Coriolanus


    thebman wrote: »
    Mobile BB isn't really suitable for gaming though. Playing TF2 on mobile BB was a pain compared to my fixed wireless connection where I live.
    Its better than nothing but I couldn't do it all the time or I'd go mental. You wouldn't want to be in a competitive team with mobile bb.
    When it first came out, 2-3 years ago now? it was pretty damn good, 50ms latency in WoW.


  • #19
    thebman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,012 ✭✭✭✭thebman


    Nevore wrote: »
    When it first came out, 2-3 years ago now? it was pretty damn good, 50ms latency in WoW.

    You must be right beside the mast to get those speeds. On O2 in a non-busy sector, with the mast about 200 metres down the road, I was getting 100-150ms ping times with speedtests showing almost 2Mb down and 1Mb upload.


  • #20
    Coriolanus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,879 ✭✭✭Coriolanus


    thebman wrote: »
    You must be right beside the mast to get those speeds. On O2 in a non-busy sector, with the mast about 200 metres down the road, I was getting 100-150ms ping times with speedtests showing almost 2Mb down and 1Mb upload.
    Dunno, I don't get them anymore. Last time I bothered to log into WoW from home I got about 500ms, spiking up to 1000ms.


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