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Game Forum / Action Games / Half Life / May 2008Kinda OT post - Steam
Hi all, just wondering if anyone here has had a similar prob. I've just bought Lost planet and installed it. It installed it into the default location without asking me. It installed itself into the steam folder. I was wondering if anyone knows if its possible to somehow move it out so that it lives in my games folder? ie, d:\games\lost planet Atm, the closest I can get is putting the entire steam folder into my games folder but thats a little messy. Basically I'd like this game to be on its own like 99.9% of the rest of my games, in my d:\games folder. Any ideas? Cheers Dre "Dre" skrev > I was wondering if anyone knows if its possible to somehow move it out so > that it lives in my games folder? Sorry not possible - Peter > "Dre" skrev > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > - Peter Thats kinda what I've found :( Thanks for letting me know anyway. Yet another -1 for steam... Cheers Dre "Dre" skrev > Yet another -1 for steam... Why a -1? You can install steam in eg d:\games and add all you exsisting games to the "my games" menu in Steam I don't see a reason/purpose for a d:\games\lost planet other than the "that's what I usually do" - Peter > "Dre" skrev > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > - Peter The -1 is because again, time and time, steam proves how annoying it is. Thats kind of how i have it setup now. There is now a steam folder in my games folder which has ep1, ep2, portal, tf2 and lost planet. It sucks though cause before steam I had a folder for each game and was able to download and update my games when I felt like it. This is how I like it, even if you dont see a reason/purpose for it. Steam isn't for everyone. Now when I get a new game, I have to wait until the update has finished within steam before I can even look at it and everytime there is an update I have no idea how big it is or how long its going to take. Simple little addition, but hey, valve obv have better things to do that make steam usable *for everybody*. There is *no* reason why they cannot allow you to move the location of a game install. Dont even get me started on the stupid annoying friends popups sh.t. Steam is a good idea in some ways but it will *never* work for me unless they make some *huge* changes to the client. Cheers Dre > The -1 is because again, time and time, steam proves how annoying it is. You must be new to Real Life, eh? > It sucks though cause before steam I had a folder for each game and was able > to download and update my games when I felt like it. This is how I like it, > even if you dont see a reason/purpose for it. Steam isn't for everyone. Then don't use it. You don't always get things exactly the way you want, Junior. > Now when I get a new game, I have to wait until the update has finished > within steam before I can even look at it and everytime there is an update I > have no idea how big it is or how long its going to take. Simple little > addition, but hey, valve obv have better things to do that make steam usable > *for everybody*. There is *no* reason why they cannot allow you to move the > location of a game install. There are reasons, which you are obviously ignorant of. > Dont even get me started on the stupid annoying friends popups sh.t. Steam > is a good idea in some ways but it will *never* work for me unless they make > some *huge* changes to the client. Perhaps you should learn how to configure your software a little. Pathetic.  Signature"Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org >> The -1 is because again, time and time, steam proves how annoying it is. > > You must be new to Real Life, eh? Nah been around for a while... >> It sucks though cause before steam I had a folder for each game and was >> able [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Then don't use it. You don't always get things exactly the way you want, > Junior. LMAO, have I struck a nerve?? you must *love* Steam :) >> Now when I get a new game, I have to wait until the update has finished >> within steam before I can even look at it and everytime there is an [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > There are reasons, which you are obviously ignorant of. Please inlighten me oh great one, tell me why steam is incapable of tracking a game in a diff folder than inside the steam one. It works for Half-life 2, so why not the rest?? Please tell me I'm oh so ignorant, LOL! >> Dont even get me started on the stupid annoying friends popups sh.t. >> Steam [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Pathetic. Not quite as pathetic as your weak response. PLONK! Cheers Dre > Not quite as pathetic as your weak response. > > PLONK! Woohoo! Been a while since we've had a bit of action round here! Civilian_Target >> Not quite as pathetic as your weak response. >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Civilian_Target Good to see pretty much everyone is still here. Seen Stri? McG. "McG." wrote... > Good to see pretty much everyone is still here. Seen Stri? He's not posted here since his abrupt departure last June, but he still gets the opportunity to email poor-quality jokes to people he doesn't like much. Last one was a couple of months ago... ;o) @ Stri, if you're still listening... >"McG." wrote... > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >;o) @ Stri, if you're still listening... It's really been almost a year since he left!? >>"McG." wrote... >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > It's really been almost a year since he left!? Hard to believe a year has passed. So quickly. McG. > > It's really been almost a year since he left!? > Hard to believe a year has passed. So quickly. What happened to him ? >> > It's really been almost a year since he left!? >> Hard to believe a year has passed. So quickly. > > What happened to him ? He's around. Doin other things. I see him on my Friends lists occasionally. McG. > Good to see pretty much everyone is still here. You have to knock quite fiercly on the woodwork these days, but most people will come out eventually ;) SignatureBen Cottrell "Speedy thing goes in, speedy thing comes out" >> Good to see pretty much everyone is still here. > > You have to knock quite fiercly on the woodwork these days, but most > people will come out eventually ;) I'm here, just don't have much to say at present! BTW, turned 74 on April 1st. Kind regards to everyone here, Rene >>> Good to see pretty much everyone is still here. >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Kind regards to everyone here, Rene Hey, happy 74th (and a month) birthday Rene!!! >> Good to see pretty much everyone is still here. > > You have to knock quite fiercly on the woodwork these days, but most > people will come out eventually ;) Heh, yeah likewise with Steam. Every time I start it, it has to update :\ McG. > It sucks though cause before steam I had a folder for each game and was able > to download and update my games when I felt like it. You still can Uncheck the "keep this game up to date" thing for each of your games >There is *no* reason why they cannot allow you to move the > location of a game install. True, it should be a matter of configuration, but conflicts a little with the idea behind Steam In some ways Steam GUI and Steam design principles also conflicts with the design principles done in Windows eg storing of userdata etc On the other hand I don't have any program which is as easy to maintain than games which runs under Steam > Dont even get me started on the stupid annoying friends popups sh.t. How is it annoying, just curious :) Most of the time Steam is shut down on my PC, only when I wants to play a game now and then I'll start the program - Peter >>Dont even get me started on the stupid annoying friends popups sh.t. > > How is it annoying, just curious :) > Most of the time Steam is shut down on my PC, only when I wants to > play a game now and then I'll start the program You can turn off the friends list too, just keep it signed out, and no problem :) SignatureBen Cottrell "Speedy thing goes in, speedy thing comes out" "Dre" wrote: > It sucks though cause before steam I had a folder for each game and was > able > to download and update my games when I felt like it. You still can Uncheck the "keep this game up to date" thing for each of your games Yep, but I'm talking about the first patches, the ones that the game requires to start, you cant run it until you have the update. It would be so nice if steam would at least tell you how big the update is, that way people wont accidentally blow out they monthly quota for example... >There is *no* reason why they cannot allow you to move the > location of a game install. True, it should be a matter of configuration, but conflicts a little with the idea behind Steam In some ways Steam GUI and Steam design principles also conflicts with the design principles done in Windows eg storing of userdata etc On the other hand I don't have any program which is as easy to maintain than games which runs under Steam > Dont even get me started on the stupid annoying friends popups sh.t. How is it annoying, just curious :) Most of the time Steam is shut down on my PC, only when I wants to play a game now and then I'll start the program - Peter When I moved the steam folder, it reset all my settings, I got millions of popups saying that blah has added me to their list. I switched all the popup crap off, but they still came in thick and fast. Just a small little niggle thats all, but steam (imo) is full of them, whats worse is they could fix *all* of them simply by giving the user more options. Everytime I run steam, it updates itself, but I never ever see any changes, so what do they keep updating? I'm the same, I only run steam when I have to, otherwise its shutdown. Cheers Dre |
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