Comments on: A Very Short Review of Portal and Steam http://push.cx/2007/a-very-short-review-of-portal-and-steam A traveling geek's blog on development, games, and the web Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: McKay http://push.cx/2007/a-very-short-review-of-portal-and-steam/comment-page-1#comment-86551 McKay Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:44:04 +0000 http://push.cx/2007/a-very-short-review-of-portal-and-steam#comment-86551 So, I'm running Vista, and I remember having similar difficulties. I downloaded the latest video drivers, even though I had gotten latest ones a monthish before the orange box release. That seemed to fix the problem. But I'm a huge fan of Portal, and I also hate Steam too. So, I’m running Vista, and I remember having similar difficulties. I downloaded the latest video drivers, even though I had gotten latest ones a monthish before the orange box release. That seemed to fix the problem. But I’m a huge fan of Portal, and I also hate Steam too.

]]> By: James http://push.cx/2007/a-very-short-review-of-portal-and-steam/comment-page-1#comment-86415 James Sat, 15 Dec 2007 02:44:27 +0000 http://push.cx/2007/a-very-short-review-of-portal-and-steam#comment-86415 Snarky: there's a slight chance my crashes are due to my sound card, which I'll investigate when I next reboot. You could pick up a copy of HL on ebay for $5 and use its CD-key. It is slightly shocking to think about how I've put ~$150 into my Steam account, which only exists at the whim of Valve, the completely unaccountable account managers. Snarky: there’s a slight chance my crashes are due to my sound card, which I’ll investigate when I next reboot. You could pick up a copy of HL on ebay for $5 and use its CD-key. It is slightly shocking to think about how I’ve put ~$150 into my Steam account, which only exists at the whim of Valve, the completely unaccountable account managers.

]]> By: Snarky http://push.cx/2007/a-very-short-review-of-portal-and-steam/comment-page-1#comment-86372 Snarky Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:03:13 +0000 http://push.cx/2007/a-very-short-review-of-portal-and-steam#comment-86372 My only dealing with them has been 'proving' I own a copy of Half-life (the original). It involved mailing in the CD cover and proof of purchase. Of course they promptly lost them... and now I have absolutely no recourse. So, I'm completely agreed their customer "support" sucks, and was hoping Harkins might find a solution without them. But if TF2 is crashing *sigh*, I guess I'm not going back to Valve products. --Snarky My only dealing with them has been ‘proving’ I own a copy of Half-life (the original). It involved mailing in the CD cover and proof of purchase. Of course they promptly lost them… and now I have absolutely no recourse. So, I’m completely agreed their customer “support” sucks, and was hoping Harkins might find a solution without them. But if TF2 is crashing *sigh*, I guess I’m not going back to Valve products.

–Snarky

]]> By: James http://push.cx/2007/a-very-short-review-of-portal-and-steam/comment-page-1#comment-86354 James Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:42:10 +0000 http://push.cx/2007/a-very-short-review-of-portal-and-steam#comment-86354 Steam used to be working fine for me under Linux, but recently TF2 has started crashing not long after starting the game. I predict your score for Steam will go negative, unless you request a chargeback. Valve's customer support is abysmal, to the point of claiming their anti-cheat system is perfect when it banned someone for cheating, when they'd left a Dwarf Fortress UI addon running that poked into the DF process memory. Steam used to be working fine for me under Linux, but recently TF2 has started crashing not long after starting the game. I predict your score for Steam will go negative, unless you request a chargeback. Valve’s customer support is abysmal, to the point of claiming their anti-cheat system is perfect when it banned someone for cheating, when they’d left a Dwarf Fortress UI addon running that poked into the DF process memory.

]]> By: Snarky http://push.cx/2007/a-very-short-review-of-portal-and-steam/comment-page-1#comment-86339 Snarky Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:32:06 +0000 http://push.cx/2007/a-very-short-review-of-portal-and-steam#comment-86339 Ouch, that sucks. I'm assuming this is on your Macbook, which as I recall you tossed Linux, as well as Windows on. What drivers have you gotten running in Linux? If you managed to get 3d acceleration, which Ubuntu 7.10 seems to be fairly friendly towards, I'd recommend giving her a go under Cedega. Sure, Cedega's not the best solution, and of course they should have done better checking under Windows for supported products, but this might be a somewhat easy way to turn that frown upside down. I was able to play CS:Source all summer under Cedega just fine, though newer Steam updates may have broken that, I'm not sure. --Snarky Ouch, that sucks. I’m assuming this is on your Macbook, which as I recall you tossed Linux, as well as Windows on. What drivers have you gotten running in Linux? If you managed to get 3d acceleration, which Ubuntu 7.10 seems to be fairly friendly towards, I’d recommend giving her a go under Cedega. Sure, Cedega’s not the best solution, and of course they should have done better checking under Windows for supported products, but this might be a somewhat easy way to turn that frown upside down. I was able to play CS:Source all summer under Cedega just fine, though newer Steam updates may have broken that, I’m not sure.

–Snarky

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