EvaUnit02 on 23/2/2009 at 17:48
This began a few weeks ago when I installed Steam under my recent Vista x64 partition, right on top of my XP partition's Steam folder. It's worked for me in the past without a hitch. Anyway, all my games where stuck in a "Download starting..." or "download updating..." state - verifying integrity, defragging and deleting *.blob files did jack shit. I couldn't play my games in offline mode because of this. It turned out to be a (
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=797037) widespread bug, that's been around since the current stable build was a beta candidate. Nice job there Valve QA team, failing to catch such a big bug during the beta phase! Anyway, it was fixed in the current beta candidate, so I was happy for the time being.
Then I went to play my Steam-bought copy of Painkiller Gold and it was having trouble connecting to the key server. The usual reboots, verifying integrity, etc. didn't work here. I had to opt out of using the current beta candidate to get Painkiller to work. Everything seemed hunky dory for a few days, I could play my games in offline mode, but I went online over the weekend to buy the "Ultimate Indie Pack" that was on sale and left it in that state.
Today rolls around and none my games were accessible. The "My Games" tab was stuck in a state where it was "scanning for Steam game upgrades". Downgrading from the beta candidate must've screwed up the installation.
So I backed up Steamapps folder and reinstalled Steam, which took a few hours because my Steamapps folder is 100+ GB. Now I'm back to Square One with my original problem, all of the games are stuck in a "download starting" status and I thus can't use offline mode. :nono:
june gloom on 23/2/2009 at 17:54
Do you use PeerGuardian 2? Turn that off when using Steam.
[edit] Please, please, please guys let's not turn this into another bullshit thread arguing over whether or not Steam is the Great Satan. I beg of you.
EvaUnit02 on 23/2/2009 at 17:55
No, PG2 doesn't work with Vista x64 SP1.
Ulukai on 23/2/2009 at 17:55
Quote Posted by EvaUnit02
This began a few weeks ago when I installed Steam under my recent Vista x64 partition, right on top my XP partition's Steam folder.
Stop right there, sonny.
gunsmoke on 23/2/2009 at 17:58
Damn, did you try like a system restore? This is fucked. I would call VALVe, or contact them. Sounds like a huge problem, and they should have caught it. I like STEAM quite a bit. It is these occasional hitches that tend to leave a bad taste in users' mouths, and that just makes it worse for everyone. :( Keep us updated.
june gloom on 23/2/2009 at 17:59
Try calling your ISP as well.
Ulukai on 23/2/2009 at 18:02
I think he needs a Bigger PSU
EvaUnit02 on 23/2/2009 at 18:03
Quote Posted by Ulukai
Stop right there, sonny.
It's not my error, that method had always worked in the past for me when juggling Steam between multiple Windows partitions. Did you read the whole post? The perpetual "download starting" bug is entirely Valve's fuck up that they failed to catch in beta. You must be kidding if you think that I'm going to have multiple installations of Steam when there's over 100GB of installed games tied to it.
Ulukai on 23/2/2009 at 18:07
I'm of the opinion that your might as well be saying "Juggling Piranhas has always worked in the past", given the description of what you've done.
Sorry, no sympathy from me ;)
gunsmoke on 23/2/2009 at 18:13
LOL, Ulu. No offense, EvaUnit, but my initial opinion was that it was a questionable tactic. Actions like that may work, but tend to be FAR less than rock solid. Just my 2 cents. I dunno.
