I were able to install my boxed copy this morning??
Been playing all day, it's sweet.. now though, time for food.. :o
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I were able to install my boxed copy this morning??
Been playing all day, it's sweet.. now though, time for food.. :o
Apparently you can install it right now :2thumbsup:.Quote:
Originally Posted by Namarie22
Those who have the game, any comments about the load times and performance compared to the demo would be greatly appreciated!
I doubt any of them will be able to tear themselves away from the game to comment until tomorrow :laugh4:.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rufus
True enough, and that in itself could be a good sign, since they'd be running to the forums to complain if it didn't run well!Quote:
I doubt any of them will be able to tear themselves away from the game to comment until tomorrow.
From what ive heard load screens are alot better here...
For anyone who manages to install from STEAM
http://worldofwarcraft.mmocluster.co...349e2712fb.jpg
I don't get the hate about steam, but this is hardly the right place to diss them
So i have the boxed version of the game, i try to install it says my copy is validated. However it then says 'Steam Servers are too busy, please try again' it has been 2 hours now. I have tried changing servers, i have deleted registery files clientblobs. Nothing doing.
So, Steam servers being busy? Is just lies cause its really that the boxed version isn't activated yet? When is it. 9am GMT?
Its a staggered release throughout the world. Expect it by 4pm in your local timezone. I doubt they could be that slow, but midday should be the likely latest point.
Ok, the solution was, Special Forces, evidently i had to use the code on the back of the manual, and use the special forces key later! Holy crap!
I always read the manuals, and now cause i was so excited i didnt bother and have been sitting here for the last 2 hours going mental about Please Try Again Later!
Yeah, the instructions on the leaflet help, or that other thread where the guy had the same "problem" :grin2:
Problem fixed in other thread.
mine worked yesterday
mine appears to be stuck on Download starting and 0%
is this thing going to work, is it worth waiting?
any help appreciated
Does it give you a speed?
no it just says 0% and theres no activity on my modem
ok sorry it has just strated working
thankyou anyway
Always good to hear it starts working. Especially for a fellow Aussie. :2thumbsup:
I have just received the boxed version. How and where can I change the harddisk-partition for the installation. Steam apparently wants to install everythin on c: :no:
Edit:
Hmm, it seems I shouldn´t have installed Steam on c: in the first place. Uninstalling Steam and re-installing it on d: seems to help.
Nevermind :oops:
"The Steam servers are too busy to handle your request" is the error message I'm getting, just after typing in my activation code. Otherwise the same as Zoring reports above (I have the boxed version, Special Forces, with the Death's Head Hussars special unit).Quote:
Originally Posted by Zoring
This is exactly the sort of crap that using a DRM system puts ordinary innocent customers through. Meanwhile, pirates will already be playing their cracked versions of the game I expect. I want to swear. :furious3:
And every time I select reinstall from the DVD menu, it asks for my product activation code again. I have to type in 25 characters (it won't let me skip this step) and then it tells me I have already registered this code, and I didn't need to type it in again. If a Computing Science undergraduate of mine designed a user-interface like that, I'd fail them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord of the Isles
Try restarting steam, if this fails to solve the problem you can try a hard restart of your system, or delete the clientregistry.blob file in the Steam directory and then restart .Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord of the Isles
clientregistry.blob is effectively, to put it in simple terms, Steam's cookies file. Its the file that steam writes to on your machine that tells it what your account is allowed to have. Deleting it will force Steam to create a new one, and thus "refresh it".
A new file should be generated that has all your details set.
Thanks Monk, I really appreciate the help. I tried removing the .blob file above and rebooting, but no change to the error message about busy servers. I've also googled the Steam error message and that produced some suggestions that some firewall/anti-virus/anti-spyware stuff may be a factor. So I tried a number of things:Quote:
Originally Posted by Monk
1. I uninstalled ETW from the Add/Remove Programs Control panel (even though my install never even got as far as creating a folder in C:\Program Files for ETW, it was listed in the Control Panel). Or at least I tried to: it started up Steam in the My Games section, where no games were listed. So, on to...
2. I uninstalled Steam from the Control Panel. This seemed to work. Then went back to ETW to try to remove: I told me it couldn't find Steam but at least removed itself from the list in the Control Panel. Then I removed the C:\Program Files\Steam folder completely. Then deleted Steam from my Zone ALarm program list, so that it would ask me for permissions next time it ran.
3. Rebooted. Should have a fairly clean system now - though I didn't check/delete anything from my registry so there may have been stuff remaining there.
4. Install ETW. It all seemed to go promisingly at first, including installing Steam from scratch, then asking me my Steam a/c details, then Zone Alarm asking me to give permission for Steam to act as a Server (granted). Then enter the activation code (I have all 25 characters just about memorized now), the usual stuff about it already being registered. Then the usual Steam servers busy please try again later message.
So no further forward. I may try turning off all my security programs and attempting again, but to be honest I doubt they are the issue. And in any case, why the (*"£^% should I need to risk my PC on the Internet w/o any protection just to install a game that I have the DVD for in front of me that I have just legally paid for?
Sigh.
Yup. The explanation, if you wanted it, is that Steam wants all of its games in the steam/steamapps folder.
Fixed, I think.
I was using the 25 character Special Unit activation code, and not the 25 character code that is printed on the back of my manual. I'll take some of the blame for being stupid, but only some. When it asked for the code first time I did look at my DVD case, DVDs, Manual and box as ordered, but didn't see the relevant box. Also, surely the Steam registration process could have figured out what the likely problem was and given an error message more helpful than "Steam servers busy" (by "more helpful", I really mean "not completely wrong"). Also, I looked in the Installation section of the Manual, the STeam Help pages, the Total War official web site about installation/Steam activation and threads here and at the other fan site. At no point I could find did Sega ever mention this activation code system.
Unfortunately Steam's errors are not that descriptive. A common error is "Game is Unavailable, please try again later" Which really just means "Hey, I need you to restart your system!" :sweatdrop:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord of the Isles
Glad to hear everything is fixed. :yes:
I've installed the game, but when I try to launch it I just get an error report.
What's going on?
From the "its here!!!!!" thread
Yeah...Quote:
"This game is currently unavailable please try again at another time"
...
*Chokes from swearing*