A Steam Problem Created 18 years ago2006-04-13 04:19:58 UTC by Slasher_101

Hey everyone, some of you might remember me from a while ago.

Well, I'm trying to come back to TWHL, but I don't want to until my Hammer is working.

So here's the problem:

My Steam runs fine, and I can see updates and stuff.
But none of my games can update, like for example, HL2DM is stuck on 5% and Hammer is stuck on 85%

If I run a game which is updating, it says Game is currently unavailable. Or the Steam servers are to busy.

But its been like that for about a month :

So yea, if anyone can help me it would be great. ^^

done all the normal stuff - opened ports, firewall etc. and made sure steam can connect to the internet?
also check the bandwidth monitor and see if steam is doing anything.
if all this fails, check the steam forums, if nothing, move the gcf to another place (restart steam) and see if you can install the game from steam again.

I sure remember ya.

I sometimes find that games don't update unless I try and run them and leave the "preparing to play <game>" thing open.

I'm remembered! ^^

Thanks, how do you open ports ?

Try what I said first. He meant "forwarding", anyway.

About what you said 7th, :

Well, what happens is,

• I double click on Half-Life 2: Deathmatch [which is on a constant 5%],
• It says "Preparing to play Half-Life 2: Deathmatch..." for about 2-3 seconds,
• The it says "The game is currently unavailable".

[and how do you forward ports]

EDIT:

Isn't there any Launch Options I could try ?

You shouldn't need to forward any ports, I don't think. Check out the Steam website, it's got some useful helpful stuff.

I've tried everything, and all the stuff Steam told me to do, still doesn't work.

So I guess I'll install another copy and spend a few days updating, installing, downloading, registering...

I hate Steam ^^