Steam related discussions

[noob]

Anyone one completed this game ? AI looks good.

BTW, Crisys 2 has dumbest AI ever

[Zangetsu]

Because when you register the game on steam and install using steam client then it will download the latest updates too. Better to download whole thing from steam than first installing from DVD and then downloading updates.

cud explain a bit in points 1,2,3,4 etc

[ico]

cud explain a bit in points 1,2,3,4 etc

I am now explaining this for the last time. It is not as confusing as you are perceiving it to be, honestly.

1) You register a Steam ID
2) You like a game. You buy that using your Credit Card and you can download as many times as you want using your Steam ID from any part of the world.
3) You have to log-in to your Steam account to play your games.
4) Offline mode also exists given that you have logged into your Steam account atleast ONE time before on that particular machine with your password saved.
5) Some games can be bought in Retail and then activated on Steam. These games are mentioned here: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_...7480-wusf-3601
6) The activation on Steam is done like this:

7) If Steam sees that the game on your machine is outdated, it will always _update_ it before letting you play it.
8) Due to the above reason, the retail games which you buy have updates available _98.5 percent_ of the time after you install using retail DVD, so you will have to _obviously_ download updates before playing them. example: Metro 2033, Mafia II.
9) So what makes sense for me? Buy Retail games which use Steam. Example: Mafia II is Rs.400 on retail and $30 on Steam. DVD Box will be delivered to your home. Open it. Activate the serial number on Steam and throw the DVD Box including DVDs in the dustbin and download from Steam.
10) Take back-up of games on a portable hard disk like I do. Or burn the back-up on DVDs and store the "updated" DVDs.

huh....if they send DVD then why to download from steam ?? cant i just install the game from DVD ? or do they send blank DVD he he xD

after installing the game from DVD, i can link it to steam.

It won't work like that. Retail DVDs will have outdated games and Steam _will_ download updates before you'll be able to play them. Please read my above post. Read point 9.

[noob]

10) Take back-up of games on a portable hard disk like I do. Or burn the back-up on DVDs and store the "updated" DVDs.


It won't work like that. Retail DVDs will have outdated games and Steam _will_ download updates before you'll be able to play them. Please read my above post. Read point 9.

Which folders do you copy and how do u restore it ?

saved games are too backed-up ?

[ico]

Which folders do you copy and how do u restore it ?

saved games are too backed-up ?

You take the back-up using Steam's back-up feature which creates a "dump" at the location you want. And then you restore the game from the dump using Steam's restore feature.

Saved games are to be backed-up manually. Copy-Paste the save files.

[JojoTheDragon]

Activate the serial number on Steam and throw the DVD Box including DVDs in the dustbin and download from Steam.

You might not want to do this. Why bear the pain of downloading that which is already hard-copied in a disk? (atleast for people with lame bandwidth like me)

[Faun]

Hurrah ! Borderlands 75% off on steam

[Tachyon1986]

Yeah, I'm seriously considering buying it. Btw, do any of you guys still play Borderlands online? I'm buying it purely for the co-op.

[Faun]

i ma getting "failed to contact key server" when i click on cd key for borderlands goty.

[Ethan_Hunt]

Check if this helps: Steam Support

[Faun]

^^I guess they ran out of keys.

Btw anyone up for borderlands co op next week ?

[varunb]

I am more interested in playing up the DLCs of borderlands in coop. I had already completed the main story last year.

[Faun]

^^I too have completed the game. I remember that I do have the ISO of Borderlands. Can I use that and register with steam with the serial provided ? Download the DLC and then co op this sunday ?

[JojoTheDragon]

Hmm, maybe. I applied a similar method with no results.

Try it out, it might work.

[Faun]

^^I hope I won't have to download the whole 12 GBs :/

[varunb]

It works. Here's the procedure:

1. Install Borderlands (any rip) + all the DLCs (if you have the reloaded's releases)
2. Make a copy of the entire folder now.
3. Uninstall the Borderlands that you installed in Step 1. This is just to ensure that there are no registry conflicts, shortcuts, corrupted icons, etc when Steam installs Borderlands.
4. Now install Borderlands from Steam. When the NCF files have been created & the download is at 0% then pause the download.
5. Now paste the copy you made in Step 2 & paste it at the steamapps/common/Borderlands location.
6. Now do a verify integrity cache & resume the download. It worked for me cos it took only an hour more to finish the 12GB download.

The serial keys will only be needed when you want to teleport to a location associated with that DLC for example. Do make sure to revoke the activation of the 2 DLCs using securom's revoke tool when you are going to uninstall Borderlands in the future or remove windows for a clean install.

[Faun]

^^I have got only the Borderlands ISO, no DLCs. I will try your method.

[JojoTheDragon]

^^ atleast you won;t have to download 6 GB more if it works.

[Ethan_Hunt]

It works. Here's the procedure:

Varun, I have quoted this post of yours on TE forum to help someone out, who had the same doubt. I have credited your name against it as well. Hope it's OK with you.

[JojoTheDragon]

Bully Scholarship Edition @ $3.74
Max Payne Bundle @ $3.74

i'm getting Bully.

All hail R*

[Faun]

Rockstar sale 75%off on Max Payne 1,2 and Bully.

[Faun]

Metro 2033 50% off weekend deal !

[iTaher]

I am planning to get a credit card in next month. I just wanna know that which bank's credit card works on Steam!!! I was thinking about HDFC bank CC, will it work on steam? any other suggestions???

[DigitalDude]

^^^ all CCs work on steam. it's the debit card thats problematic.



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[Tachyon1986]

If you have a savings account with HDFC , you can actually make a purchase on Steam with your debit card albeit indirectly.

HDFC has a service called NETSAFE that lets you generate Virtual Credit Cards. These are one time use cards. All you have to do is create a NetSafe account and link your debit card to it. Then you simply transfer funds from the Debit card to the VCC , say Rs. 1000. This card is valid for 24 hours and one time use.

Now, say a Steam game costs Rs. 985. You purchase it with your VCC (which I assume you created with 1000 Rs as the cred limit). The remaining 15 Rs is transferred back to your savings account in 1-2 days.

So, go get a HDFC savings account already if you haven't! (Why else do you think I switched from ICICI )

[baccilus]

Isn't the minimum balance for an HDFC Savings account Rs 10,000/-. I can buy from steam with my Canara bank VISA Debit card too.

[Tachyon1986]

Isn't the minimum balance for an HDFC Savings account Rs 10,000/-. I can buy from steam with my Canara bank VISA Debit card too.

Minimum balance is Rs. 10000 if the branch is located within the city. Open a savings account outside the city (sub-urban areas) and it's just Rs. 5000/- . That's how I did it.

[baccilus]

I will see if I can do that too. Rs 5000 is much too since most other banks charge around Rs 1000/- only with checkbook.

[Faun]

EA week starts

DA 2 25% off
DA 1 50% off
DA O 50% off

meh...

Need For Speed Day

Hot Pursuit
Shift
Undercover

Imma waiting for Mirror's Edge and Burnout Paradise The Ultimate box DD

[sygeek]

1200 hours of counter-strike on steam....>_<