to Steam, or not to Steam

(LyndonL) #261

sigh … If Steam can’t connect you simply restart it in offline mode. You can then run your game, and still have access to multiplayer facilities, you just can’t see your friends list.

I use the same servers and as such have them added to my “favourites”. Depending on where their master server is (if they use a Steam database, or their own) you may not be able to see all the servers availaible to play on, but you can still connect to your favourites, or to any server via ip.

It’s really not a big deal.

(LyndonL) #262

From 8:30am Pacific Time until around 8:30pm Pacific Time today, June 9, several key components of Sony’s PlayStation Network will be unavailable for users.

The PlayStation Store, for example, will be closed. You also won’t be able to manage your account, so if you felt like changing your avatar to that little yellow poo guy, sorry. Most importantly, you may also “encounter some difficulty” trying to sign into the PlayStation Network itself, which would put the kibosh on any multiplayer plans you had for your Wednesday.

Source

OMG, another network suffering downtime? I thought only the evil Steam had such a malevolent system… :tongue:

(BioSnark) #263

Not sure what you mean by that. Doom 2 only supports LAN. If you have the doom2.wad then you can download multiplayer ports and such.

(Apples) #264

Read my posts above before opening please, and tell me where did I post a pic of steam? People allways choose the convenient posts to answer heh? The only one whio spoke intelligently on the subject was voxie, hats off!

The others are just blind and keep repeting that as they dont experience multiples problem with steam, there must be no problem at all, the best part is when some of you tell me that it must be my pc and steam can in no way be bugged. Thats why maybe one way to prove them wrong is to show them pics of bugged steam as they are so blind they still think that in their unicorn and fairy world steam is THE solution to every problem.

Anyway I lol’ed enough here and what I said before still apply, whats done its done, no brink for me, this thread is/was useless and moderators should lock it.

Peace

(Voxie) #265

Aw, shucks. :tongue:

Regarding the recent debacle about downtime, at the risk of being redundant, allow me to rephrase what has already been said into what could be regarded as easier terms:

No one debates whether Steam has downtime or not, so screengrabbing an error sign will get you nowhere. Instead, try to find data to back up your feeling that Steam has more downtime than comparative services (Games for Windows, Impulse, a hypothetical custom made framework by Splash Damage, etc).

Also keep in mind that after you’ve authenticated your copy of the game online, you can use the Offline Mode at anytime (trust me on this - after seven years, that feature finally works as intended).

(murka) #266

Well, 98% of all statistics are false…

(Voxie) #267

And 78% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

(signofzeta) #268

since I don’t like to use source ports, because it isn’t exactly the original experience sans age of computer, I kind of was ticked off that they didn’t have setup.exe to set up the type of sound and music I want, instead of changing numbered variables in some file, and also it was missing DM.exe (deathmanager), IPXSETUP.exe, and some other files too.

Heretic and Hexen had those files, but simply copying them and pasting them into doom 2 didn’t work.

I figured out a way to fix this problem, but it involves me getting a pirated copy of the actual disk based version, getting the necessary IPXSETUP.EXE, DM.EXE, SETUP.EXE, and all that stuff, and pasting it on the folder where steam installed the game.

I also had to run directly from my own dosbox, instead of directly from the steam launcher, because steam’s dosbox is old, and it isn’t configured properly.

Although it it says doom 2 has multiplayer, steam version doesn’t. No multiplayer. If you want any resemblance of a 2nd player in steam doom 2, forget it. You need to get a source port, or if you want vanilla, you need to get a pirated copy, or borrow a friend’s doom 2 disks, and extract the necessary multiplayer files.

Also, the dosbox that steam uses does not have IPX emulation yet, but I am not sure.

Although this isn’t the case, take this as an example. Imagine the DVD based retail ETQW is like the ETQW we play today. Whoever sent ETQW to steam forgot to add in some files necessary for lan and online play, which means you can only play with bots. This is exactly the same situation as Doom 2 on steam.

At least they used dosbox, and not doom 95. That program was ugly.

(Voxie) #269

While that problem might be interesting in its own right, please remember that we’re discussing what implications Brink using Steam will have, nothing else. If what you’re thinking about bringing up doesn’t directly affect Brink, spare it for another thread.

This thread is like a version of Groundhog Day where Bill Murray’s character doesn’t learn anything.

(Nail) #270

actually, he learns something each day and corrects accordingly

(Voxie) #271

Yeah, you don’t say?

“This thread is like a version of Groundhog Day where Bill Murray’s character doesn’t learn anything.”

(Senethro) #272

Use a source port you big baby, they’re very good!

(Nail) #273

“This thread is like a version of Groundhog Day, except Bill Murray’s character doesn’t learn anything.”

there fixed it then

(badman) #274

As some have suggested, the scope of this topic has changed quite a bit over the last 14 pages. With Steam being confirmed, it’s best to reboot this discussion in a shiny new thread.