Note on the HL2 DM release update news

[ManHacks]

http://www.steampowered.com/index.php?area=news&id=365

"Last night at about 9:00 PST, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch was released. Earlier today there were about 12,000 simultaneous HL2DM players. People seem to have gotten the hang of tossing toilets and radiators and cars at each other pretty quickly.

Immediately after the release of HL2DM last night, users who run Source Engine games (including Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike: Source) under DirectX 7 or who run with less than the recommended amount of RAM were affected by a game crash. This caused them to be unable to run HL2 or CS:S for a short time. Shortly after midnight PST, we released a fix which cleared the problem up.

We're planning a small dedicated server release soon to improve weapon re-spawn behavior.

Also, If you're handy with Hammer (Valve's level editor), be sure to enter the HL2DM map contest.

We hope everyone's enjoying the game."

Why am I still getting the problem
I dont think my steam is updating itself.
It seems that everytime an update comes out I have to delete the clientregistry.blob file to get the update. This isnt normal right?

 

[iamfrank]

Delete your user folder.

 

[The Dark Elf]

http://www.steampowered.com/index.php?area=news&id=365

"Last night at about 9:00 PST, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch was released. Earlier today there were about 12,000 simultaneous HL2DM players. People seem to have gotten the hang of tossing toilets and radiators and cars at each other pretty quickly.

Immediately after the release of HL2DM last night, users who run Source Engine games (including Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike: Source) under DirectX 7 or who run with less than the recommended amount of RAM were affected by a game crash. This caused them to be unable to run HL2 or CS:S for a short time. Shortly after midnight PST, we released a fix which cleared the problem up.

We're planning a small dedicated server release soon to improve weapon re-spawn behavior.

Also, If you're handy with Hammer (Valve's level editor), be sure to enter the HL2DM map contest.

We hope everyone's enjoying the game."

Why am I still getting the problem
I dont think my steam is updating itself

errr thanks for that late news report

 

[ManHacks]

Thanks that helped. Running like a charm now. I just need to download the rest of the games

To The Dark Elf: Well I posted it so people could see what i was talking about, go ahead and trim it if you want, I had a serious guestion to ask... Wasnt posting just the news.

 

[iamfrank]

You deleted your whole Program Files folder? OMG... I didn't mean that folder...

 

[ManHacks]

You deleted your whole Program Files folder? OMG... I didn't mean that folder...

No i didnt, thanks for your advice, its all i had left to do. Hopefully it will work, big download

 

[brimstone]

http://www.steampowered.com/index.php?area=news&id=365[/url]]Immediately after the release of HL2DM last night, users who run Source Engine games (including Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike: Source) under DirectX 7 or who run with less than the recommended amount of RAM were affected by a game crash. This caused them to be unable to run HL2 or CS:S for a short time. Shortly after midnight PST, we released a fix which cleared the problem up.

Hmm... wonder why my DirectX9c running system with 512 RAM was affected then? I love HL2, and having done several game mods have some understanding of what it's like to hunt and fix bugs, but the constant downplaying of the problems, like the also "small" number of people suffering the stuttering is getting irritating. I expect bugs in a new game, and can wait for the fixes- but leave the spin crap to Washington...