(Insert Curse Word) Steam

**Centurion1** · 03-15-2011, 05:21

I HATE IT!

SO MUCH.

I always heard yall complaining about it but because of computer hardware limitations i had never progressed beyond age of empires two and rtw (believe it or not; i was more than content with just those two games) i had never really worried about it. Until now. I used direct2drive and boought empire total war. so far so good. its okay blah blah blah. until i get bored with vanilla and its faction selection. so ill do the most common mod on a total war game ever ill edit the factions in.

Problem number 1.

Yeah can't find the file because in the download everything falls under steam. (if someone can help me with this conundrum please do i would really appreciate it).

Problem number 2 (clincher)

After having to wait an interminable amount of time for sweden to finish its turn im forced to turn off my computer and restart. At which steam tells me its broken. IN ONLINE AND OFFLINE MODE. So i can't play my damn game because STEAM is broken. Im not even sure what steams purpose is for gods sake. So i'm like no problem ill reinstall. IT WON'T. some sort of pathing error. finally i work it out and then it tells me i need to re sign in to use steam. which is the only way i can use empire. HOW THE HECK DOES THAT MAKE SENSE!
So now im stuck with a worthless drain on my hardrive.

So of course your saying why not just connect to the internet. My house has dial up. yes laugh away dialup. and im on spring break. i should have gone to florida....... not to mention i shouldn't need to to play my own damn purchased game.

SCREW STEAM.

/end rant

**Monk** · 03-15-2011, 05:35

How did you download 15gb on dial-up?

Yeah can't find the file because in the download everything falls under steam. (if someone can help me with this conundrum please do i would really appreciate it).

It'll be in your steam directory. Default location: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Empire - Total War.

Note the x86 is because I am on a 64-bit OS, if you're not you will find the steam directory in the normal Program files.

After having to wait an interminable amount of time for sweden to finish its turn im forced to turn off my computer and restart. At which steam tells me its broken. IN ONLINE AND OFFLINE MODE. So i can't play my damn game because STEAM is broken. Im not even sure what steams purpose is for gods sake. So i'm like no problem ill reinstall. IT WON'T. some sort of pathing error. finally i work it out and then it tells me i need to re sign in to use steam. which is the only way i can use empire. HOW THE HECK DOES THAT MAKE SENSE!
So now im stuck with a worthless drain on my hardrive.

The long turn times were a plague of ETW and, for me, never got any better with the subsequent patches. That's not steam's fault, you can blame ETW for that.

Due to the nature of your internet connection, steam likely cannot decide whether or not you're connected to the internet and thus, can't tell you what mode it's in. You must be signed in to access your steam library unless you've already toggled steam into offline mode. I know, its a real round-about way of getting to offline mode. One of the biggest turn-offs of the system. If you want to do anything in relation with your steam games (like uninstall or install them), then connect to the internet, log in to steam and go to your library. From there you can do whatever.

If issues persist that prevent you from logging in them go to the steam support website. They are generally very nice as long as you're nice to begin with.

**Centurion1** · 03-15-2011, 05:51

im usually at university. high speed internet there and i play off my laptop.

It'll be in your steam directory. Default location: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Empire - Total War.

Note the x86 is because I am on a 64-bit OS, if you're not you will find the steam directory in the normal Program files.

thank you for this.

and i knew about the turn times being etw's fault i was just saying why i had to go thorugh all the bother.

its just annoying and i miss the good old days prior to steam or othe rplatforms.

**Monk** · 03-15-2011, 05:58

Originally Posted by Centurion1

im usually at university. high speed internet there and i play off my laptop.

thank you for this.

and i knew about the turn times being etw's fault i was just saying why i had to go thorugh all the bother.

its just annoying and i miss the good old days prior to steam or othe rplatforms.

If it makes you feel any better (it won't i know

) steam implementation in ETW is by far the worst i've ever seen in any game. Seeing as I own 65 games which are connected to my steam account.. i'd say that's saying a lot.

By and large for the other games I never notice it as a hinderance.

**TinCow** · 03-15-2011, 13:39

I too hate the Steam directory system, I don't know why they don't simplify it to make access easier. That said, I like Steam a lot. It's very, very fast and it's actually my preferred source for purchasing games these days.

Of course, none of that makes things less frustrating if it breaks for you. My condolences. I suggest uninstalling steam and then reinstalling it.