Steam

[Ja5on]

steams just gone mental on me. Went to play FM2010 and it saod there was a fatal error and steam needs to be reinstalled!?!?!

anyone got any ides why its done this? that mean Ive lost all the games etc I had?

 

[GeordieClioDriver]

No idea, sounds like its been corrupted during backup, happened to me on MW2.

Did a re-install and logged in, and no you dont lose your games, there all on your steam account!

all i did was log back in!

 

[Ja5on]

tried that mate. Just says it cant find my account

 

[saltyhair81]

Just try running the installer again, if not backup your steamapp folder located in your steam directory before removing to save downloading them all again

 

[Darren S]

Just try running the installer again, if not backup your steamapp folder located in your steam directory before removing to save downloading them all again

Quite a key one that, Jason - it's certainly worth backing that folder up specifically.

What might be worth noting is that Steam itself has been a bit flakey these past few days, where normally I never have any problems. Several times it has said that it can't connect to my account and three or four times, it has simply locked - requiring a shutdown of Steam.exe within Task Manager.

There's also been a v1.1 update for FM2010 - so potentially that may have been causing your issues - if it hasn't fully downloaded/installed/etc?

Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling the Steam client?

D.

 

[dk]

talking of steam, they are banning cheaters on mw2

Activision has announced that its Call Of Duty franchise has passed the $3 billion (£1.823bn) revenue landmark, largely thanks to the success of Modern Warfare 2.
Using data from NPD, GfK Chart-Track and other sources, the publisher confirmed that all six titles in the first-person shooter series have sold a combined 55m units worldwide.
The figure has been buoyed by the colossal success of Modern Warfare 2, which smashed UK sales figures by shifting 1.23 million copies in its first 24 hours.
In a statement, Activision chief executive Bobby Kotick claimed that Call of Duty is now one of the "greatest entertainment franchises of all time".
He added: "If you consider the number of hours our audiences are engaged in playing Call Of Duty, it is likely to be one of the most viewed entertainment experiences in modern history."
Meanwhile, Modern Warfare 2 developer Infinity Ward has begun clamping down on PC gamers who flout the rules in multiplayer contests.
On the studio's official Twitter feed, press representative Robert Bowling said that "top men" are working on efforts to stop cheating in the game.
"In fact, the Steam ban hammer is coming down on about 2,500 confirmed MW2 cheaters on PC today," he said.
The studio's controversial decision to introduce a peer-to-peer matchmaking system for the PC game was designed to make it easier to crack down on cheating.

not been cheating have you jason?

 

[Ja5on]

all sorted.

had to do what you said darren, complete uninstall and reinstall of the steam software. took me a fecking age to find the original game disc I has used haha. Seems to be fine now

 

[Darren S]

all sorted.

had to do what you said darren, complete uninstall and reinstall of the steam software. took me a fecking age to find the original game disc I has used haha. Seems to be fine now

Ah. You could have just downloaded the Steam install again from here....

http://store.steampowered.com/

It's tiny too. Would have downloaded in no time.

D.

 

[Ja5on]

Ah. You could have just downloaded the Steam install again from here....

http://store.steampowered.com/

It's tiny too. Would have downloaded in no time.

D.

tried that but it wouldnt let me, said there was a further error and it had to be taken from the disc

 

[Darren S]

tried that but it wouldnt let me, said there was a further error and it had to be taken from the disc

Weird! :S

Oh well - at least it's working now.

D.