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Game Forum / Action Games / Half Life / December 2003Steam...
So...is steam now needed to play HL / CS or whatever...havent played for a while, refreshed some servers on ASE for CS..not much there...what gives ? :p dae/aghl STEAM IS NOW NEEDED TO PLAY THE NEWER VERSION OF GAMES LIKE DOD,HL,CS,TEAM FORTRESS CLASSIC,DEATHMATCH CLASSIC,OPPOSING FORCE AND RICOCHET. BUT IF YOU DONT WANT/LIKE STEAM YOU COULD STILL PLAY THE GAMES BUT YOU NEED THE LAST PATCH BEFORE STEAM CAME OUT THAT IS STILL IN USE LIKE CS 1.5 P.S. I LIKE CHEESE > So...is steam now needed to play HL / CS or whatever...havent played for a > while, refreshed some servers on ASE for CS..not much there...what gives ? > :p > > dae/aghl > STEAM IS NOW NEEDED TO PLAY THE NEWER VERSION OF GAMES LIKE DOD,HL,CS,TEAM > FORTRESS CLASSIC,DEATHMATCH CLASSIC,OPPOSING FORCE AND RICOCHET. BUT IF YOU > DONT WANT/LIKE STEAM YOU COULD STILL PLAY THE GAMES BUT YOU NEED THE LAST > PATCH BEFORE STEAM CAME OUT THAT IS STILL IN USE LIKE CS 1.5 I think your caps lock is on. > P.S. I LIKE CHEESE Me too. -- There are 10 types of people in this world. Those who understand binary and those who don't. Lief proclaimed... > So...is steam now needed to play HL / CS or whatever...havent played for a > while, refreshed some servers on ASE for CS..not much there...what gives ? > :p As far as I am aware you can still play the older versions of HL, CS etc. Even ValvE had patched the game and forced everyone to play the most recent version there would still be a diehard few running the old server versions which you could find with ASE.  SignatureEmail - scott @ stri dot tk Site - www.stri.tk Forum - www.stri-forum.tk > Lief proclaimed... > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > most recent version there would still be a diehard few running the old > server versions which you could find with ASE. Actually, that made me think of an interesting question, who runs/owns WON ? I guess if it was Sierra/Valve they'd have closed it down and forced people to use Steam? > > As far as I am aware you can still play the older versions of HL, CS > > etc. Even ValvE had patched the game and forced everyone to play the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > guess if it was Sierra/Valve they'd have closed it down and forced people to use > Steam? WON itself is now owned by Flipside (Who i believe bought out a lot of the old online gaming services, such as WON, TEN, Heat, etc etc) , however Valve ultimately control the HL authentication servers, and are going to close them down eventually, but not until Steam is working properly (Ref - steampowered FAQ). So sometime in the not too distant future it will most likely not be possible to play older versions of HL online. -- Ben Cottrell AKA Bench "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." - Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989 Sry if it's a stupid question, but, have Sierra/Valve set a release date for HL2, after all the palava with the source code getting scoused. > > > As far as I am aware you can still play the older versions of HL, CS > > > etc. Even ValvE had patched the game and forced everyone to play the [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > and listening to repetitive electronic music." - Kristian Wilson, > Nintendo, Inc, 1989 > Sry if it's a stupid question, but, have Sierra/Valve set a release date for > HL2, after all the palava with the source code getting scoused. No, there's no release date yet. -- Ben Cottrell AKA Bench "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." - Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989 I have read that signature about a 1000 times, and I never got it till tonight... It is exactly what alot of kids (and some adults) are doing today. > > Sry if it's a stupid question, but, have Sierra/Valve set a release date for > > HL2, after all the palava with the source code getting scoused. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > and listening to repetitive electronic music." - Kristian Wilson, > Nintendo, Inc, 1989 > I have read that signature about a 1000 times, and I never got it till > tonight... Ahh, better late than never :-D > It is exactly what alot of kids (and some adults) are doing today. Yes i believe that is what Kristian is implying ;o) I just love the fantastic sense of irony in the quote.. I must admit it took me a few reads before I grasped exactly what he was trying to say too! -- Ben Cottrell AKA Bench "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." - Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989 > I have read that signature about a 1000 times, and I never got it till > tonight... Wait a sec.. You've read 1000 of my inane ramblings..? you must have too much spare time on your hands! -- Ben Cottrell AKA Bench "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." - Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989 > > I have read that signature about a 1000 times, and I never got it till > > tonight... [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > and listening to repetitive electronic music." - Kristian Wilson, > Nintendo, Inc, 1989 WAY too much time on my hands >Sry if it's a stupid question, but, have Sierra/Valve set a release date for >HL2, after all the palava with the source code getting scoused. "Sometime in the spring", though they carefully don't note which year. 8*) SignatureWilliam Smith ComputerSmiths Consulting, Inc. www.compusmiths.com > > Actually, that made me think of an interesting question, who runs/owns WON ? I > > guess if it was Sierra/Valve they'd have closed it down and forced people to use [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > future it will most likely not be possible to play older versions of HL > online. Their must be someway to replace/bypass the authentication server's when Valve do shut them down, though i'm guessing that may not be legal or something, plus who would we trust to run the authentication servers...... this is assuming Steam does turn out to be even worse than it is now :o) > > WON itself is now owned by Flipside (Who i believe bought out a lot of > > the old online gaming services, such as WON, TEN, Heat, etc etc) , [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > who would we trust to run the authentication servers...... this is assuming > Steam does turn out to be even worse than it is now :o) Well, HL is 5 years old, and "skr1pt kiddiez" have been trying to do just that for most of the duration of this time.. as far as I'm aware, noone has succeeded yet... Maybe valve will make a patch which makes steam 'immitate' the WON servers or something.. but it seems unlikely. However, I'm optimistic about steam... I like the ideas behind it, and believe when they finally get it working for *everyone*, it will be better than the old WON system. -- Ben Cottrell AKA Bench "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." - Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989 In the times of Yore, approximately 3 moons after Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:01:38 +0000, there was a signal from the heavens from where the angel Ben Cottrell <bench@bench333.screaming.net> emblazoned these words across the heavens: >Well, HL is 5 years old, and "skr1pt kiddiez" have been trying to do >just that for most of the duration of this time.. as far as I'm aware, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >believe when they finally get it working for *everyone*, it will be >better than the old WON system. You can. The problem is hacked clients can only play on hacked servers, which happen to be full of cheats. I'd rather Steam to that, I'd imagine. I've yet to install steam on my own PC, but playing it on friends PCs I was quite unimpressed. Civilian_Target Tadhg Pearson tadhgp@bigfoot.com ICQ: 23337589 --- "The great thing about pessimism is that you are either 'right as usual' or 'pleasently surprised' > >Well, HL is 5 years old, and "skr1pt kiddiez" have been trying to do > >just that for most of the duration of this time.. as far as I'm aware, [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > cheats. I'd rather Steam to that, I'd imagine. I've yet to install steam on my own PC, but playing it on > friends PCs I was quite unimpressed. Somehow I imagine that there won't be any hacked servers which aren't full of cheats either. :) What were you unimpressed about? bearing in mind that the "offline mode" for steam is still in the production line. -- Ben Cottrell AKA Bench "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." - Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989 In the times of Yore, approximately 3 moons after Sun, 28 Dec 2003 21:45:15 +0000, there was a signal from the heavens from where the angel Ben Cottrell <bench@bench333.screaming.net> emblazoned these words across the heavens: >What were you unimpressed about? bearing in mind that the "offline >mode" for steam is still in the production line. The offline mode, actually. It's rather important to me. But that aside, the whole game finding thing looked like a lesser-version of all seeing eye to me. Civilian_Target Tadhg Pearson tadhgp@bigfoot.com ICQ: 23337589 --- "The great thing about pessimism is that you are either 'right as usual' or 'pleasently surprised' > >What were you unimpressed about? bearing in mind that the "offline > >mode" for steam is still in the production line. > > The offline mode, actually. It's rather important to me. But that aside, the whole game finding thing > looked like a lesser-version of all seeing eye to me. I haven't used the steam in-game thing, I still use All-seeing Eye ... there's a seperate tab in ASE for Steam CS/Steam HL and normal HL... it works fine -- Ben Cottrell AKA Bench "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." - Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989 |
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