CS/Steam Issue-- no resolution yet.

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m0unds

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I posted today that I was having an issue with steam/cs not functioning, but every other HL mod working on steam- i went to steam's useless forums (FPS this, FPS that, OH KNOWS I AM A CHEETER AND GOT BANNED BY VAC, etc) and posted.. and then a few hours later, some other people started threads with the same problem as me:



I just reinstalled my Half-Life !!! Edition and downloaded Steam. Once I got it I dled the tfc and cs updates as well. For some weird reason my CS now only shows me games but wont let me join. TFC works fine, letting me do everything normally. CS on the other hand shows a dialog box with the information (players in game and ping) then the ping skyrockets and it wont let me join.

I've tried multiple servers but the same thing happens. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.


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I will start up Steam and everything looks good, then I click "Games" button and all the servers pop up. It all looks good, servers all showing latency, player count everything. Then I click on the server and hit the "connect" button and the menu comes up showing the server info, but right at that point I think Steam is dropping off the net or loses it's connection. Latency goes form what was listing in the servers list(Like 53) to 1054, then to 2000 and it will not connect when I click "join game". then I close out steam and I have now also lost my internet connection all together. Now I have to reboot my computer to get my net back up. So then I tried going the other route by hitting the "servers" button on the main Steam menu, all the servers come up just like with the "games" button and all looks good. But the same thing happens. I click "join game" and the latency jumps to 2000 and it wont connect to the game and my net connection once again is cut off. What is going on and how can I fix this problem. Please help.... thank you

any of my [H]ard Brethren know anything of what might cause this sort of issue? i'm absolutely stumped...
 
Have you tried copying an IP you want to join, joining a TFC server (so your in game), and bringing down console and typeing in "connect xxx.xx.x.x:27015" ..? When you try this, does this still time you out, or can you connect?
 
I feel for you m0unds. The exact same thing happened to me a few weeks ago. Basicaly what I did to fix it was format my computer and then download and install the full steam client (~700 megs or something). After that it worked fine. . .well as fine as anything can be with steam. . .which isn't saying much.
 
um...don't install half-life first? just download the steam cs client and go from there.
 
yea- it's interesting. it's only cs that's affected. and as for an update-- i noticed I can connect to servers NOT running on 27015, but I can connect to any server in any other mod, regardless of port. it's odd. And this is a fresh install, and yes, i installed steam without halflife. installing halflife first has zero bearing on whether or not you can play CS on the internet. you just need a valid CDKey.

anyhow- my machine is setup behind an intelligent firewall that allows my desktop (i.e. the machine I play on) to receive all incoming traffic. it's essentially a DMZ. Anyhow, it gets all data from all ports, except for SSH, FTP and a few others, which have their own dedicated server, so i've ruled it out as being a program error, since it only affects one facet of a program, but no other, and if it were a routing issue, all programs using that port series would thus be affected.
 
or that.

i'm inclined to want to do that myself <growl>


i should just give up.. ive been playing since beta 1.1, that's too long.
 
im goinig to be setting up a 1.5 server and a beta 5.2 server

i got banned by VAC because i was "caught" running HLamp

winamp = hax?

:(

steam = :mad: :mad: :mad:
 
HLamp when you run it, VAC see it as a false positive. I dont think they fixed it yet.
 
its a damn shame a company as big as valve, with all those programmers, cant fix simple little bugs like that one. wtf is their priority? Support the damn customers with something they own, and worry about HL2 later. not coming out till summer anyway, noone would notice.

some of these bugs are freakin ridiculous.
 
Sad to say Valve basically washed their hands clean of Steam. If you ever try contacting Valve for support, you flat out will not reach anyone, not even the president, believe me I know... it's rough, but there's nothing you can do about it. Steam has their own support, horrible support, and only via email... they don't listen to the customers, and expect people to invest money into their programs, and when they screw up, you have to invest more money in another CD Key... it's horrible, but it's the facts of life... :/
 
Originally posted by Punkrulz
Sad to say Valve basically washed their hands clean of Steam. If you ever try contacting Valve for support, you flat out will not reach anyone, not even the president, believe me I know... it's rough, but there's nothing you can do about it. Steam has their own support, horrible support, and only via email... they don't listen to the customers, and expect people to invest money into their programs, and when they screw up, you have to invest more money in another CD Key... it's horrible, but it's the facts of life... :/
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no way in hell i am giving valve/steam any money, even if its $15 for another copy of HL
 
Originally posted by FLECOM
no way in hell i am giving valve/steam any money, even if its $15 for another copy of HL
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Completely agree with you FLECOM, and that's exactly what they want to. Their lack of support on when you get banned, their lack of caring, their lack of wanting to help you, causes people to stay permanently banned, and the only way to fix that is to 1) Get a new CD Key and 2) Create a new Steam ID. That's how they work it, you get banned from a game you love so much... you better get another CD Key, because there is no way you're getting unbanned.

If you get banned by cheat detector, they give you false hope; in the form of a form you have to fill out to plead your case on why you should be unbanned. So far, to this day, they have yet to even acknowledge the fact that people are wrongfully getting banned. When I got banned, I made 45 phone calls, left 39 voice mails for the receptionist, 3 voice mails to the president Gabe Newell, and 5 faxes... not a single one of those was acknowledged. I tried playing the game of, "Well I'm going to keep calling until they get tired of me and deal with me" but even that failed. I tried seeking support on the forums, but they were true to their word that they will delete any posts that involve someone getting banned from cheating, as the forums do not help, and it makes you look even more suspicious.

I tried getting help on the forums on other forms of contacting them, but all I got was, "Valve does not offer support for Steam, and the only support for Steam of which is available is through email... email of which they do not acknowledge". I'm sorry, but I honestly am beginning to find this worst than the M$ BS that goes around of this sort all the time... It's horrible that we were given a medium to play games, and they don't even support it... and yet we're the customer base. Horrible.
 
I recently formatted my harddrive and reinstalled Steam, now it says my CD-Key is already in use with another account, but I dont remember the login I originally used or the password. I actually liked the Steam client till now. This is really pissing me off! if Hlf-Life 2 is bound to Steam I wont be getting it no matter how good it is, forget your password and which quistion you choose to be asked for verification and your screwed. It gived you a choice of quistions to answer, but when you go to reset the password it doesn't tell you which quistion you answered, If you cant remember the password how are you going to remember that also! What a bunch of fucking Idiots!
Guess I'll try playing CS 1.5 instead of 1.6
 
Originally posted by Diablo2K
I recently formatted my harddrive and reinstalled Steam, now it says my CD-Key is already in use with another account, but I dont remember the login I originally used or the password. I actually liked the Steam client till now. This is really pissing me off! if Hlf-Life 2 is bound to Steam I wont be getting it no matter how good it is, forget your password and which quistion you choose to be asked for verification and your screwed. It gived you a choice of quistions to answer, but when you go to reset the password it doesn't tell you which quistion you answered, If you cant remember the password how are you going to remember that also! What a bunch of fucking Idiots!
Guess I'll try playing CS 1.5 instead of 1.6
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It looks like you're trying to use the CD Key you used previously with another account... sad to say, you can't. On really old accounts [like my first one] I was able to register my CD Key twice... but then at one point they fixed that. You have to get another CD Key, in order to play the game, there's no way around that. :/
 
Originally posted by FLECOM
im goinig to be setting up a 1.5 server and a beta 5.2 server

i got banned by VAC because i was "caught" running HLamp

winamp = hax?
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Obviously you didn't read sites like CSNation or whatever. HLAmp has been detected by VAC for the longest time(since last year), it's even said on the frontpage of www.hlamp.com
 
i think vac likes banning people using hlamp cuz it uses a hook to work in CS properly. who knows. there's a URL for pleading your case w/valve, if you want, i'll send it to you
 
Originally posted by Punkrulz
It looks like you're trying to use the CD Key you used previously with another account... sad to say, you can't. On really old accounts [like my first one] I was able to register my CD Key twice... but then at one point they fixed that. You have to get another CD Key, in order to play the game, there's no way around that. :/
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That is the problem but I'll be damned if I buy another cd-key for a game I already own! There is a post about this on Steams forum but I wont hold my breath till they fix it.
 
Diablo2K said:
That is the problem but I'll be damned if I buy another cd-key for a game I already own! There is a post about this on Steams forum but I wont hold my breath till they fix it.
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There again.....

I have a number of games I have bought TWICE just so I can play them through Steam; and I get not discount.

Its a one-way street for them.

Also this....

9-YEARS in Good Standing....
THEN
I got banned for a month for what should have been seen as an amusing comment, in response to a pointless non-response comment by some dude in a thread he just stuck one word in; and which had no context, no specifics in terms of reference, and was not responding to anyone about anything in particular...Seriously.

He said;-

"good"

BUT NOBODY KNOWS WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT...
So, I said:-

"Another pointless and empty post.

Don`t bother commenting unless you can explain what was `good`; as you could be talking about the reproductive organs of your pet goat for all we know.."

STEAM SAID THIS:-
You have been banned from Steam Discussions
You have been banned from Steam Discussions by a Steam Community Moderator for your post in "http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/648814845404204770/":
Ban Reason:
filter bypass(has been edited)/ infraction history across forums/ not altering behavior.

Please review the Discussions Rules and Guidelines.

This ban will expire on 26 May @ 3:46am. Until then, you will not be able to post in Steam Discussions.

Q.
Are they braindead or what?
 
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