A little steam question

[AngryPhoenix]

Hi,

Is there a way to know if your completely up-to-date on your HL2 preload? I ask this because when I purchased HL2-silver I DLed all the way to preload 6 in one shot. I was away for a few days and PL7 came out and when I try to DL it says I'm already at 100%. Now someone else uses my comp while i'm away. Does steam update itself when the comp is turn on or do I need to do it myself?

One more question. If we ordered HL2 through steam, do we actually get a CD copy sent to us once it's out?

 

[StarMonkey]

1, If steam is set to load when the pc is turned on, then yeah, it's likely that you've got the latest preload. Do you have the 'Source SDK' in the tools section? If you've got that then it's likely that your pc has downloaded the latest updates.

2, No, steam will have an inbuilt backup to cd/dvd feature, but you won't get sent a copy of the game.

 

[AngryPhoenix]

Ah cool nice way to check.

Unfortunatly I do not have sdk. So I wasn't set up for auto DL. So, I guess the question now is how come it says 100% when it's not. I've looked around and don't see any auto DL feature. Unless "run steam on windows start" is what your talking about. It was checked.

 

[Varsity]

1, If steam is set to load when the pc is turned on, then yeah, it's likely that you've got the latest preload. Do you have the 'Source SDK' in the tools section? If you've got that then it's likely that your pc has downloaded the latest updates.

The deciding facter is if you've bought a HL2 package. Having it pre-loaded or not is irrelavant.

The 7th pre-load is localised data, so if you live in the US you'll have nothing to download and if you live in the UK only very little. The bottom line is, Steam won't - can't - say you have 100% unless you actually do.

 

[AngryPhoenix]

Ah ok. I live in Canada. So same as US. Thanks for the answer. Now I can sleep better.