Rather Annoying Steam Problem

[AH_Viper]

Im going to post this on the Steam forums as well once i sign up but this is a BIG problem that i havent seen mentioned before.

We all know with steam that once you login onto a user account for the first time it downloads CS.

But did you know that because it put CS in your account folder on the hard drive that if you login as someone else, i.e. your mate comes around and want to see his buddies that are online and join them in a game of CS then he has to download CS again into HIS account.

Now, i havent tested this, but you could probably just copy and paste the CS files from your account into his account as downloading it, even on Broadband can be teadious. What this does is leave you with two exact copys of a game with only maybe the keys changed!!! 400MB wasted.

Now for most of us, that may also not be a problem, but when i play CS at uni, where we can download the entire 400MB in under 5 mins, it does cause problems and i would ask Vavle to maybe look into a way around it.

P.S. PLEASE tell me if im just being a n00b about this, really, I just dont get it.

 

[Asz]

I've got a big problem with steam myself. It wastes nearly 2.5GB and crashes when I try and download the new HL2 movies.

:hmph: :thumbs: :E :frown: :imu: :flame: :x

 

[AH_Viper]

Woo, sounds like fun.

One other thing i just remember is that in uni Steam doesnt take note of user accounts.

i.e. if i logon as me on my computing account on a computer then someone else comes along and log on as themself on thier own computing account then they are still logged in as me on steam :s

 

[ferd]

it still full of bugs, now like 4-5 bugs

 

[Anwar]

I have had no problems with STEAM. Seems easy to use. I like the server list it's fast. It reminds me of many MMORPG games that need people to log in to check for updates before you can play.

All the HL2 media and CS 1.6 ect is a way to make people use it so they can test it before they release any games on it.

 

[Llevar]

Another thing that bugs me is the fact that it just starts downloading things when it needs to update without asking for confirmation. What if I dont' want to download that update. My ISP has download caps. What if I'm about to go over the cap but tomorrow is a new billing period? I will end up paying extra money for no reason. I think steam should ask you every time it needs to update something whether you actually want it to do that.