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Game Forum / Action Games / Half Life / May 2008Dailup 56k
Does any one here use steam with dailup I have been trying to get steam to install for a month now and supports no use. > Does any one here use steam with dailup What's "dailup"? Some new mod for Half-Life? > I have been trying to get steam to install for a month now and > supports no use. What supports no use?  Signature"Ubuntu" - an African word meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". * Dan C is quoted & my replies are inline below : >> Does any one here use steam with dailup > > What's "dailup"? Some new mod for Half-Life? s/dailup/dial-up?/ But you knew that. >> I have been trying to get steam to install for a month now and >> supports no use. > > What supports no use? s/supports no use\?/support's no use./ or s/supports no use\?/support is no use./ But you knew that, too. Signature0 ____ 0 __ ,+-----+ __ 0 ,+---+ (Cv` 0 __ (Cv` +-----+'| * 'vT) +---+'| __ 0 Jz (Cv` /\ |PiG$$| + [C4!] rL | | + 'vT) /\ +-----+' +---+' /\ > * Dan C is quoted & my replies are inline below : >>> Does any one here use steam with dailup >> What's "dailup"? Some new mod for Half-Life? > s/dailup/dial-up?/ > > But you knew that. Well, yes, I did. >>> I have been trying to get steam to install for a month now and >>> supports no use. >> What supports no use? > s/supports no use\?/support's no use./ > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > But you knew that, too. Yep, indeed. Just trying to do what little I can to keep under-educated bozos from bastardizing the English language any more than it already is. Probably wasted effort on my part, but at least I try. I honestly wonder how some folks make it through life, sometimes, or at least how they're not embarrassed to speak/write in a public forum the way they do. Signature"Ubuntu" - an African word meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". * Dan C is quoted & my replies are inline below : >> * Dan C is quoted & my replies are inline below : >>>> Does any one here use steam with dailup [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > least how they're not embarrassed to speak/write in a public forum the way > they do. Yesterday morning on one of the breakfast shows here in Australia they were interviewing a father and son who are suing the kid's school because he was in grade 7, or something like that, and was 5 years behind the other kids. Couldn't read/write properly etc. Father blamed the schools, but surely if he took enough notice/care about his kids he should have known? OTOH how did he keep getting put up a grade if he was so bad? Signature0 ____ 0 __ ,+-----+ __ 0 ,+---+ (Cv` 0 __ (Cv` +-----+'| * 'vT) +---+'| __ 0 Jz (Cv` /\ |PiG$$| + [C4!] rL | | + 'vT) /\ +-----+' +---+' /\ * PiG$$ is quoted & my replies are inline below : > * Dan C is quoted & my replies are inline below : > [---=| Quote block shrinked by t-prot: 23 lines snipped |=---] [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > notice/care about his kids he should have known? OTOH how did he > keep getting put up a grade if he was so bad? That being said, I should add that this is USENET. You get what you pay for... Signature0 ____ 0 __ ,+-----+ __ 0 ,+---+ (Cv` 0 __ (Cv` +-----+'| * 'vT) +---+'| __ 0 Jz (Cv` /\ |PiG$$| + [C4!] rL | | + 'vT) /\ +-----+' +---+' /\ > I honestly wonder how some folks make it through life, sometimes, or at > least how they're not embarrassed to speak/write in a public forum the way > they do. One thing you might consider... it's an International public forum. Is 'Lost it' a native English speaker or is it their second (or third) language? Maybe, maybe not. > > I honestly wonder how some folks make it through life, sometimes, or at > > least how they're not embarrassed to speak/write in a public forum the way > > they do. > One thing you might consider... it's an International public forum. Is > 'Lost it' a native English speaker or is it their second (or third) > language? Maybe, maybe not. It's also possible he or she is dyslexic. SignatureChris Meadows aka | WWW: http://www.terrania.us | Somebody Robotech_Master | ICQ: 5477383 AIM: RoboMastr | help, I'm robotech.master@gmail.com | Skype, LJ-Gizmo: Robotech_Master | trapped in robotech@eyrie.org | Yahoo: robotech_master_2000 | a sig file! >> > I honestly wonder how some folks make it through life, sometimes, or at >> > least how they're not embarrassed to speak/write in a public forum the way >> > they do. >> One thing you might consider... it's an International public forum. Is >> 'Lost it' a native English speaker or is it their second (or third) >> language? Maybe, maybe not. > It's also possible he or she is dyslexic. I don't think so. AFAIK, dyslexia causes a person to sometimes swap a letter or two around by mistake, but not to completely ignore capitalization and punctuation. Signature"Ubuntu" - an African word meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". > > > I honestly wonder how some folks make it through life, sometimes, or at > > > least how they're not embarrassed to speak/write in a public forum the way [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > It's also possible he or she is dyslexic. I think you should just quit pondering the musing's of a 52 year old virgin. >> I honestly wonder how some folks make it through life, sometimes, or at >> least how they're not embarrassed to speak/write in a public forum the way >> they do. > One thing you might consider... it's an International public forum. Is > 'Lost it' a native English speaker or is it their second (or third) > language? Maybe, maybe not. I understand that, but not bothering with (any) capitalization or punctuation goes beyond that. Faulty grammar can perhaps be a result of non-native English ability, but not using all lower case letters and no punctuation. Signature"Ubuntu" - an African word meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". > Does any one here use steam with dailup I have been trying to get steam > to install for a month now and supports no use. That is slow but I can't see why it should not work. Does the install start at all? Does your isp have a session time limit? Do you have a shitty, slow modem? I don't know how big steam is, but a dialup may take a long time to get megs and megs. > Does any one here use steam with dailup I have been trying to get steam > to install for a month now and supports no use. Are you having trouble downloading a game or downloading the Steam program itself? While I wouldn't find it out that you were having trouble downloading a game, as the games are rather large for a 56k connection, the Steam program (SteamInstall.msi) is only 1,49MB, so you shouldn't have a problem downloading it. >> Does any one here use steam with dailup I have been trying to get steam >> to install for a month now and supports no use. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > connection, the Steam program (SteamInstall.msi) is only 1,49MB, so you > shouldn't have a problem downloading it. I can get the steam installer. I have half life 1 with team fortress on cd brought it new some time ago,but i cant play the game untill steam updates i'v tryed two computers with windows xp sp2. The steam client from the cd rom and the downloaded one does the same thing it will update too 28% or 33% and then restart at 28% after about three times it will close I deleted the ClientRegistry.blob it's the only thing steam support has come up with I ask my isp if they were blocking any thing I'v even tryed with my firewall and antivirus turned off when i reboot with no connection I get a steam exception error but when i connect to the net it starts updateing and restarting. Any suggestions? Thx >>> Does any one here use steam with dailup I have been trying to get steam >>> to install for a month now and supports no use. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > to the net it starts updateing and restarting. > Any suggestions? Use punctuation. Ugh, I'm not fighting with anyone's shitty grammar. >>> Does any one here use steam with dailup I have been trying to get >>> steam to install for a month now and supports no use. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > suggestions? > Thx Thank you corky! How bad is it? > Does any one here use steam with dailup I have been trying to get steam > to install for a month now and supports no use. When HL2 came out I used to be on dialup and it would work but had to give it lots of time to get updates. If it's a first time install and you are trying to get all the updates it would take about a month to download it all. :-( What I have done is find a buddy with all the files downloaded and updated. - Install your steam and add you game keys - Shut it off and copy the every large *.GCF from an updated PC - delete your clientregistry.blob file - restart steam and let it update online SignatureJethro[AGHL] aka Phat_Jethro Reply Email: jethro86 (at) gmail (dot) com >> Does any one here use steam with dailup I have been trying to get steam >> to install for a month now and supports no use. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > copy the every large *.GCF from an updated PC - delete your > clientregistry.blob file - restart steam and let it update online I just wont to get the game to play as it comes from the cd. Thank you >> When HL2 came out I used to be on dialup and it would work but had to >> give it lots of time to get updates. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > I just wont to get the game to play as it comes from the cd. > Thank you I'm afraid it won't simply play as it comes on the CD (DVD actually). Steam downloads a considerable volume of data in order to unlock the version of HL2 on the DVD, which is unplayable without it. It isn't merely patches, but since you will have to go online to do this, I believe it will recognise that your retail version is out of date and won't play until you also patch it up to date. It was the first single-player game to require this kind of online registration and file-unlocking. I too was on dialup at the time HL2 was released. ISDN, so pretty fast as dialup goes, but it still took me two whole nights to unencrypt the game... and then it was corrupted, so I had to do it again. I was not very happy. I'd suggest (though it didn't say it on the box) that a broadband connection is required for HL2. If you can't get that, Jethro's advice is the way to go. -- Paul (Johnny_Ace[AGHL]) >>> When HL2 came out I used to be on dialup and it would work but had to >>> give it lots of time to get updates. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > suggest (though it didn't say it on the box) that a broadband connection is > required for HL2. If you can't get that, Jethro's advice is the way to go. I'm sure there is a way of doing this and avoiding the patches. Rob tested it in csipga so I'm x-posting in case he's around, sees this and can help... >>>> When HL2 came out I used to be on dialup and it would work but had to >>>> give it lots of time to get updates. [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >tested it in csipga so I'm x-posting in case he's around, sees this and >can help... It didn't take me very long to decrypt HL2 using a 56k modem (relatively speaking of course). Unfortunately Steam has automatic updates for its games turned on by default. If a person doesn't realise that then Steam will decrypt the files for HL2 and download all updates as well. Right click on the entry for HL2 in the games list in Steam and then select "Properties". From there on it's obvious what to do next. Do that as soon as possible and updates will stop. Here is a link to a screen capture I took at the time when we were discussing the difference between fact and FUD when it comes to Steam. http://gallery.filefront.com/busted404//841110/ SignatureRob >>>> When HL2 came out I used to be on dialup and it would work but had to >>>> give it lots of time to get updates. [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > tested it in csipga so I'm x-posting in case he's around, sees this and > can help... I tried to do that in WoW (my next fav game besides HL2);it didn't work... (I saved all updater-files on a dvd, but the game presumably wants to download them by itself). I did that, when I bought a new computer. It was 1.1 GB download, about an afternoon on a 1 Mb DSL connection.... SignatureTzortzakakis Dimitrios major in electrical engineering mechanized infantry reservist hordad AT otenet DOT gr >>>>> When HL2 came out I used to be on dialup and it would work but had to >>>>> give it lots of time to get updates. [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > download them by itself). I did that, when I bought a new computer. It was > 1.1 GB download, about an afternoon on a 1 Mb DSL connection.... Unfortunately your 1mb connection seems to be showing you 6months old posts... :-) >>>>>> When HL2 came out I used to be on dialup and it would work but had to >>>>>> give it lots of time to get updates. [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > Unfortunately your 1mb connection seems to be showing you 6months old > posts... :-) Yeah, but now I got a new computer, and the Orange box, my previous machine was too crappy to run anything but half life 1 and HL2 with very throttled resolution.... And now I thought that there might be a newsgroup dedicated to HL.... SignatureTzortzakakis Dimitrios major in electrical engineering mechanized infantry reservist hordad AT otenet DOT gr >>>>>>> When HL2 came out I used to be on dialup and it would work but had to >>>>>>> give it lots of time to get updates. [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > resolution.... And now I thought that there might be a newsgroup dedicated > to HL.... There is (AGHL) and you've found it. Welcome! 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