PseudoPhreak
Captain Hammer!!
get it if you havent, make sure its fully updated by friday!
Team Fortress 2 - Half Price Until Friday! £6.99 on STEAM
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Sweeper128
New Member
I spent so long waiting for the update last night... I couldn't be bothered and now I have to wait until 9pm tonight to even attempt to get new weapons.
I don't think you can do that off-line either, at a LAN.
I don't think you can do that off-line either, at a LAN.
Sweeper128
New Member
I would have thought that this is VAC-Bannable.
VAC only bans for known cheats. Restoring from another persons account is not cheating.
I did however contact Steam support about this exact issue. I dont have the response right now (Work blocks Steampowered) but I will post it here once I get home tonight.
It basically goes along the lines of, "Creating a backup of your game for others to restore from is a breach of the Steam Subscriber Agreement and will result in account closure"
Apparently it is to prevent games for which a person does NOT own being restored/installed to their account.
I am well aware that is completely over the top, completely unecccessary and pointless anyway. As even if a person restores a game they dont have steam refuses to allow it to launch. I guess they are paranoid someone will find a workaround.
Either way, (very unfortunately) I have no intention of creating backups for others to use ever again. I guess I'm paranoid but I have spent over £2k on Steam Games and I have no intention of doing anything to put that in jeopardy.
I STRONGLY SUGGEST that anyone who is going to breachlan, ensures they have ALL their steam games installed and up to date AND STEAM RUNNING IN OFFLINE MORE before they packdown their computers for breachlan.
I did however contact Steam support about this exact issue. I dont have the response right now (Work blocks Steampowered) but I will post it here once I get home tonight.
It basically goes along the lines of, "Creating a backup of your game for others to restore from is a breach of the Steam Subscriber Agreement and will result in account closure"
Apparently it is to prevent games for which a person does NOT own being restored/installed to their account.
I am well aware that is completely over the top, completely unecccessary and pointless anyway. As even if a person restores a game they dont have steam refuses to allow it to launch. I guess they are paranoid someone will find a workaround.
Either way, (very unfortunately) I have no intention of creating backups for others to use ever again. I guess I'm paranoid but I have spent over £2k on Steam Games and I have no intention of doing anything to put that in jeopardy.
I STRONGLY SUGGEST that anyone who is going to breachlan, ensures they have ALL their steam games installed and up to date AND STEAM RUNNING IN OFFLINE MORE before they packdown their computers for breachlan.
PseudoPhreak
Captain Hammer!!
yeah, even if you copy the steam cache, there still the chance that i might not work.
The best thing to do is be up to date.
The best thing to do is be up to date.
Bloodnok
Well-Known Member
I have spent over £2k on Steam Games/quote]
Chirst, I could off got my Mini going with that...
Bloodnok
Well-Known Member
http://www.game.co.uk/PC/Action/FirstPersonShooter/~r331494/Half-Life-2-The-Orange-Box/
The best option if you don't own any of the games but at long time to update before lan...
The best option if you don't own any of the games but at long time to update before lan...
***STEAM SUPPORT'S RESPONSE TO THIS EXACT PROBLEM***
Hello Greg,
Thank you for contacting Steam Support.
Here is a way you can backup the files. Steam users can only play games that are registered to their account. Sharing your game copies with users who do not already have that game on their account is against the Steam User Agreement.
Title: Using the Steam Backup Feature
Link: http://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8794-YPHV-2033
Title: Setting Steam to run at LAN events
Link: http://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7508-WRYO-2418
If you have any further questions, please let us know.
Hello Greg,
Thank you for contacting Steam Support.
Here is a way you can backup the files. Steam users can only play games that are registered to their account. Sharing your game copies with users who do not already have that game on their account is against the Steam User Agreement.
Title: Using the Steam Backup Feature
Link: http://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8794-YPHV-2033
Title: Setting Steam to run at LAN events
Link: http://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7508-WRYO-2418
If you have any further questions, please let us know.
Cerridwen
Member
Question
How do I setup Steam for LAN events?
Answer
When preparing a LAN event, you should ensure that everyone bringing their own computer, updates the games to be played prior to arriving and sets their machines to run Steam in Offline mode.
In the event that players show up missing an update, you can copy the .gcf files associated with the game from one of the updated computers to the out-of-date computer.
^^ Interesting statement
How do I setup Steam for LAN events?
Answer
When preparing a LAN event, you should ensure that everyone bringing their own computer, updates the games to be played prior to arriving and sets their machines to run Steam in Offline mode.
In the event that players show up missing an update, you can copy the .gcf files associated with the game from one of the updated computers to the out-of-date computer.
^^ Interesting statement
PseudoPhreak
Captain Hammer!!
not really, geminis just says that you cant copy games that you dont own.
If you own the game but just dont have the data, you can copy the data no problem, no breach of contract.
If you own the game but just dont have the data, you can copy the data no problem, no breach of contract.
Bloodnok
Well-Known Member
February 25, 2009 - Team Fortress 2 Update Released
Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:
Gameplay changes
Fixes
just what we need right before the lan...
Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:
Gameplay changes
- Removed the damage reduction against non-stunned enemies on the new bat
- Players with full health can now pick up dropped sandviches
Fixes
- Reverted the change that treated chat text starting with / as a command instead of passing it through as chat
- Fixed a crash related to baseball impacts
- Fixed the Heavy's hands disappearing when he's stunned while wearing the KGB
- Fixed the BONK! particles appearing in the air when the bat's taunt kill is used on a target
- Fixed Force-A-Nature description not fitting inside the item window
- Fixed the Axtinguisher
just what we need right before the lan...
Sweeper128
New Member
It's just took me two minutes, small update, but would annoy people who have already packed.