Post your Steam questions here!

[Babblearossa]

Trying to try the demo, I got steam installer

SteamInstall.msi

click that go through dialogue boxes and installs something then get to box

"Steam has been successfully installed. Click the Finish button to exit this installation."
"Steam will now continue installation."

click Finish and get small popup window

Error
Steam.exe (main exception): Unable to load library Steam.dll

the only option given is the [ OK ] button, and it exits.
I've tried it thrice with one reboot and still it's stuck.

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Any help? This is the first time I've ever tried steam, I don't usually have any trouble installing
things, and haven't run into anyhing this unhelpful in a long long time. They do get bonus points
for the unclarity of telling me it's both finished installation and will continue to install, maybe that's
a clue as to what went wrong?

[Babblearossa]

Trying to try the demo, I got steam installer
yadda yadda yadda

Oh, sorry to reply so soon to my own post, maybe it'll save someone trouble

am using Online Armor firewall, for some reason it didn't pop up to learn new rules about
Steam ( it normally does this for new executables ). So I had to click it and put it into
Learning mode while I launched steam. Might have to do that again after demo is installed,
Steam lists these as the associated executables
* steaminstall.exe
* steam.exe
* hl.exe
* hl2.exe
* steamTmp.exe

yay, 5 exceptions with clear names like 'hl.exe'...

[A Very Super Market]

guadalpha:

Did you change your steamID? Because the one you use in the application is the one you use in the webpage.

Babblearossa:

Never mind.

Mr. BEST NAME EVAR:

No, you need to install into steamapps, otherwise it will just tell you to put it in there. 'Sallright, you can still mod things.

[quadalpha]

I'm using the same ID. I've tried logging out of Steam app and logging back in - works fine. I've tried changing my password in the app, also works fine. I've tried logging into Steam webpage while logged out of Steam app, and that doesn't work. Strange, eh?

I'm not too bothered at the moment since I can play and browse the store from the app (just pre-ordered!), but I'm slightly worried if this is indicative of a problem that might crop up in the future.

[A Very Super Market]

You mean logging in to steampowered.com right?

Don't worry about, if you don't use steam as an actual program, then its perfectly fine.

[SirGrotius]

I've never had a problem with Steam, and I don't understand why everyone freaks out about it. If it were my intellectual property, I'd go through an established system such as Steam for distribution.

[ArtillerySmoke]

I have 2 questions:

1) Does Steam auto-update this game? As in, you can't play it unless you have the latest patch installed?

2) What happens if you're in the middle of a campaign and a patch is available? If it's auto downloaded and it dl's during a campaign you have saved, is it save game friendly?

Thanks.

[Sir Beane]

I have 2 questions:

1) Does Steam auto-update this game? As in, you can't play it unless you have the latest patch installed?

2) What happens if you're in the middle of a campaign and a patch is available? If it's auto downloaded and it dl's during a campaign you have saved, is it save game friendly?

Thanks.

1) Yes, but only if you go online while Steam is running.

2) CA would be stupid not to make patches save game friendly, but I can't confirm it.

[ArtillerySmoke]

1) Yes, but only if you go online while Steam is running.

2) CA would be stupid not to make patches save game friendly, but I can't confirm it.

1) I'm always connected to the internet when the PC is on. Right now (computer off, power cord unplugged due to cleaning the room) is the first time I've been offline since I got the PC over a year ago lol.

2) You see what I'm saying though? If the game is auto patched, it HAS to be save game friendly. It would be insanity to have campaigns abandoned left and right due to an oversight.

We'll find out soon enough I guess.

[Sir Beane]

1) I'm always connected to the internet when the PC is on. Right now (computer off, power cord unplugged due to cleaning the room) is the first time I've been offline since I got the PC over a year ago lol.

2) You see what I'm saying though? If the game is auto patched, it HAS to be save game friendly. It would be insanity to have campaigns abandoned left and right due to an oversight.

We'll find out soon enough I guess.

Yeah I can definitely see the problem with the game patching itself in the middle of a campaign. This is such an important issue I'm sure CA have thought about it however .

[ArtillerySmoke]

Yeah I can definitely see the problem with the game patching itself in the middle of a campaign. This is such an important issue I'm sure CA have thought about it however .

Thanks for the quick replies Beane...you rock.

Yeah, my gut tells me we'll be alright. If not, it's something we'll all deal with and it'll be patched ASAP I'm sure.

[Barkhorn1x]

Yeah I can definitely see the problem with the game patching itself in the middle of a campaign. This is such an important issue I'm sure CA have thought about it however .

Umm...I doubt that as the vaunted Steam is a bug ridden mess. Read the forums. MANY users have issues with the digital d/l completing properly. Amazing really as this should be fairly basic stuff.

If I knew this was going to such an ordeal I would have bought retail.

[Sir Beane]

Umm...I doubt that as the vaunted Steam is a bug ridden mess. Read the forums. MANY users have issues with the digital d/l completing properly. Amazing really as this should be fairly basic stuff.

If I knew this was going to such an ordeal I would have bought retail.

The people having trouble are an unlucky and vocal minority. I think that the majority of people had a smooth download and install. It seriously sucks for the unlucky ones though, and I wish Valve would do something to fix it. A certain number of problems are almost inevitable in a release of this scale however .

I'm way too paranoid not to buy retail.

[ArtillerySmoke]

Umm...I doubt that as the vaunted Steam is a bug ridden mess. Read the forums. MANY users have issues with the digital d/l completing properly. Amazing really as this should be fairly basic stuff.

If I knew this was going to such an ordeal I would have bought retail.

I always know that d/l'ing a title has a chance to be a force march...therefore, I would never do anything other than buy the retail disc.

I need it physically. I just don't trust the d/l process. Further, you can uninstall and reinstall in minutes with the disc. D/L? Who knows.

[jawalla]

has anyone thought of steam coming out with an empire 2? that was by far my favorite game but i wish they could expand it into africa and the german unification all the way up to world war 1

[MiyazakiTenshi]

Hello, I have a windows 7 laptop and today i have purchased and downloaded Star wars Knights of the old republic. for some reason every time i click on it to play it, the game says ''Star wars knights of the old republic has stopped working'' then it checks for a solution as to why it's not working.

But then it came up with changing my screen resolution to '1366 x 768' when that is already my screen resolution. And i have tried restarting my laptop but nothing has changed. Please help.

Thanks, Phillipa.

[Fisherking]

Try posting the problem down in the Hardware and Software area of the Forum.

Someone there may have some things you can try.

[InsaneApache]

I recently lost my internet connection for five days and was therefore was unable to play ETW and NTW. Now I understand why CA did this but it's a bit of a bugger to shell out for two games (upwards of £50) and not be able to play them.

Surely there must be a way to play these games if you have no internet.

I'm not holding my breath though.

nm. After trawling the net I found the answer.

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...et-connection-!!!

Typical.

BTW Thanks Monk.