"Error - This game is currently unavailable

[TheMastahC]

I can play DoD:S (Awesome by the way) But when I quit, and try to play again, I'll get an error saying "This game is currently unavailable. Please try again at another time." So I just exit out of steam and relaunch it.. takes a few seconds... but, anyone else having this problem?

 

[BrimStone04]

I was messing with resolutions to see which i wanted to use, and it would close dod while it was changing the res, and when i tried to reopen it i woul get the same msg, i also had to restart steam to get it to work. Are u adjusting any settings at all?

 

[sinkoman]

I get it all the time. Just restart steam.

 

[Retro_X]

Yeah, I get it with DoD Source too.

 

[TheMastahC]

Are u adjusting any settings at all?

Negitive

I get it all the time. Just restart steam.

Well, thats what I've been haveing to do.

 

[f1r3b4ll]

Its just because the authentication server your currently on is maxxed out - restarting steam puts you on another - and usually works

 

[sinkoman]

Well, thats what I've been haveing to do.

I know. Was just trying to reassure you that you're not the only one getting it :thumbs:

 

[shotmeagain]

i get the same message on day of defeat but when i try to restart steam dont work its because i tryed to put that update bot in then i deleted it now i have deleted old one a downloaded it again now it still not working please can anyone help? :dozey:

 

[Seal]

^^ Same thing happend to me, i've tryed everything steampowered support says to do... any help would be very very nice about now.

 

[dirtysanchez365]

yeh i get that message now, and nothing seems to work, not even restarting steam. started happaning after i installed the hl2 mod minerva..any suggestions?

 

[sp0tz]

got it now and restarting didn't help...

 

[ninojman]

got it now and restarting didn't help...

Yep happens to me althou restarting always works for me.....Some ppl have to delete some file in their .blog or w/e

steam forums or trypants has the answer somewhere i'll link if i come across it again

 

[rp0094]

For anyone still stuck:

I noticed that after I installed Half-Life 2(for the second time ..properly without errors), (In Steam) the "Updating starting.." next to it didn't move, after many PC and Steam restarts.

I tried everything everyone else suggested, and here's what worked for me:

Right-click Half-Life 2, go to Properties, Local files:

(1) Verify integrity of game cache
(2)[most importantly] Defragment cache files

Defragment, lastly as I did, worked for me. Though I don't know if this will work for everyone.

 

[crazycolin2]

I get it all the time. Just restart steam.

I've been getting the error with Counter-Strike: Source and i tried to restart but it didn't work. Also not to long ago i got it with source SDK

 

[crazycolin2]

For anyone still stuck:

I noticed that after I installed Half-Life 2(for the second time ..properly without errors), (In Steam) the "Updating starting.." next to it didn't move, after many PC and Steam restarts.

I tried everything everyone else suggested, and here's what worked for me:

Right-click Half-Life 2, go to Properties, Local files:

(1) Verify integrity of game cache
(2)[most importantly] Defragment cache files

Defragment, lastly as I did, worked for me. Though I don't know if this will work for everyone.

I did all that and even restarted steam when it was all done but CSS still doesn't work

 

[danil1]

27-09-2005, 08:19 am

 

[|\|1g|-|T|\/|@R3]

Ahh, I always get that problem. Makes me feel a little annoyed sometimes. Just restart your steam, and it will work fine tho.

 

[blackvest]

I GOT IT!

I always got this on my half-life 2 and i couldn't play on my steam game menu and i dont know why. so i always have to make a shortcut but after fiddling with this, i got it why its doing it like this

ITS THE UAC of windows vista!, after turning it off and restarting, works like a charm now

steps on how to turn it off:
1. type "msconfig" on ur search on ur start menu
2. go to tools tab, and scroll down to disable UAC
3. restart
4. tada no more of this, this game is unavailable

Hopefully this helps