CS 1.6 gets LAN Version (Official this time ;) )
 

Official News by www.cstrike.de :

(Srz, is in German and I'm to lazy to translate 9_9)

LAN-Version von Steam/CS kurz vor Testphase - jwm 12.02.2004 22.38
Was lange währt wird hoffentlich irgendwann gut. Alfred Reynolds kündigte auf der HLDS_LINUX-Mailingliste an, dass die LAN-Version bald in die Testphase geht und dann zügig released werden soll.
Diese Nachricht zusammen mit der News dass Bram Cohen von Valve angeheurt wurde läßt hoffen, dass auf die massive und andauernde Kritik der Community reagiert wird :)

Alfred Reynolds [alfred@valvesoftware.com]:
Offline play is in development, its about to go into testing. More details will be available when its released, but in short if you have a full cache (i.e its 100% loaded) then you will be able to play without an internet connection.


Link: http://www.cstrike.de/fullnews.php?newsid=8806
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In diesem Sinne, lasst uns guter Dinge sein XD

Ps.:If someone wants to translate, pls do so ;)

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That's great! English would be better... and should be posted in offtopic forum!

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Ok, moved.

in basic english:

Alfred Reynolds anounced on the HLDS_LINUX list that final beta testing will be done on the offline CS version and it will be released "asap" [*g* what else to use for translation]. If you have a full Steam cache (100%) you will be able to play w/o being online.
Together with the news that Valve hired Bram Cohen makes us hope that Valve is reacting to the massive and enduring community brickbat [criticism].

Cheers memed

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Aaaaahhhh, finally... well, it was about time, too!

You know, if you're on a bandwidth-limited flatrate, you just don't want to waste 50% of your bandwidth for something that'll be obsolete the following week... That's why I'm still using my trusty old 1.5. 9_9

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i couldve sworn i heard this news before

Re: CS 1.6 gets LAN Version (Official this time ;) )
 

I believe Valve did say that they were working on this a long time ago. It was also supposed to done last October.

Re: CS 1.6 gets LAN Version (Official this time ;) )
 

Here are some fresh news by www.cstrike.de :
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There will be a number of significant Steam events in the coming days.

The first will be a long-awaited Steam client release. The highlights from this release will be:

• Offline Play
• Account validation (via e-mail)
• A new Half-Life 2 hardware survey
• Support for purchasing games through Steam

There are a number of other small changes along with the ones listed above, as well as a number of changes planned out past the launch of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero.

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So, lets hope the best ^^ :)

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I can't wait for this release!!!! I have a lan next month, and I want to play offline!! :D :D

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so am i

Re: CS 1.6 gets LAN Version (Official this time ;) )
 

Some fresh News:

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German

Was länge währt, wird endlich gut? Hoffen wir es. Wie auf der Steampowered Homepage zu lesen ist, kommt das versprochene Steam Offline Play Update diesen Mittwoch um 6:00am PST. Das entspricht 15 Uhr unserer Zeit. Ein bisschen müssen wir also noch warten...

P.S. Während des Updates wird das Steamnetzwerk für ungefähr 3 Stunden heruntergefahren.


This update will include the changes previously mentioned:

Offline Play
Account validation (via e-mail)
A new Half-Life 2 hardware survey
Support for purchasing games through Steam


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ENGLISH

There will be an update to Steam this Wednesday beginning at approxamately 6:00am PST. Steam will be unavailable for the duration of the update, which is expected to last three hours.

This update will include the changes previously mentioned:

Offline Play
Account validation (via e-mail)
A new Half-Life 2 hardware survey
Support for purchasing games through Steam


The Steampowered.com website will be avilable during the downtime window, and will be updated as status changes.
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As alway, LETS HOPE THE BEST :)

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3 hours downtime for this update ???? are they kidding ???

I should cancel our clanwars for this week...

Re: CS 1.6 gets LAN Version (Official this time ;) )
 

hmm still no update, i bet it will start at 19:00 CEST so my mates and me will realy be reminded how nice CS 1.5 was ...

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UPDATE (EDIT !!!)

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Erik Johnson:
Steam is currently down for maintenance while we get the next release ready.

This downtime should be complete by 9:00am PST.
Once Steam is back up, there will be a Steam update available.
Thank you for your patience.
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YEAH !!! 8)

Ps.: For all german Users, 9:00am PST euqals 18:00 GMT (Mitteleuropäischer Zeit ;) )

EDIT

www.Steampowered.com
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The maintenance to the Steam system is now complete.
When you start your Steam client you be automatically be updated to the latest version, which includes these major changes:

Offline Play
Account validation (via e-mail)
A new Half-Life 2 hardware survey
Support for purchasing games through Steam

There are a number of bug fixes in Steam included as well.
The Half-Life 2 survey will be updated throughout the day with the results tallied here .
Thank you for your patience during the downtime.
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I'm downloading Update right now and it seem to take a while ...
Or perhaps its just the traffic ;)

When finished, I'll post how big/much/long it is/took me :D
[T-DSL !!!]

Update1:
looool, when looking at Steam Status says that "Bandwidth Available" euqals "Bandwidth Used" .... damn me that gonna SUCK ^^ 8o

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As I said, I should cancel our wars...

sv_mehasupdate 1
 

Ok, i succeded t download Steamupdate (early in the morning 9_9 )

1. This Update took me about a maximum of 5 minutes to download (3x 100%)

2. You have to log in ONCE (!) to use offline mode, thats atm the biggest problem ... (don't dare to delete "clientregistry.blob" that would undo your login ... ;) )


2. Once logged in you you can disconnect or what else you want and just restart steam (I advise you to disconnect, for otherwise steam WILL try to connect :( )

3. When starting Steam it trys to find Valve (*urks*) Content Servers and after a while it ask you to retry or work offline ...

So download have fun and play ... gl and hf @ all 8)
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For the once having probs, ask me perhabs I can help you ...

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What about Deciated Servers??? Or is this only on the client side?

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Think it's clientside as you can make dedicated servers LAN only.

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I don't get the way Steam works on LAN. You exit Steam and so it disappears from the taskbar but it's still running as a daemon in the background ? What's the point of quitting Steam then ??? it's just as if our puters were running a little Steam auth service available to localhost ?

And what if I don't trust Steam and don't want this crappy service to run AT ALL ? well, I can't play my games then. Stupid thing.

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Well, during the DDOS attack at steampowered I tried this LAN version.
The trick they do is simple:
If you used the "Exit" menu (and not the "Exit and Logout" menu) the steam auth data is kept on your disk.
The next time you start steam it tries to connect to the auth server. If it cannot reach it you'll presented a screen where you can select if you want to play on LAN or exit steam...
I also noticed the running steam process after "Exit" but it disappeared after some time...

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Oh, that's just great. :| So if I wanted to play 1.6 offline, all I'd have to do would be a. run one storey down and shut off the router, which would cut all 3 computers in our house off the internet and disable the LAN interconnection between them, b. run back up and fire up STEAM, c. wait till it has finally realized that "STEAM call home" is not available right now, and d. answer that in this case I'd like to play offline, pretty please?

HOW STUPID IS THAT???? >:( >:( >:(

Would it be too much to ask that Valve offer a startup screen where you can select "go online and find 1.6 servers" or "play offline on LAN" ?
The sad thing is, I suspect it IS too much to ask... :(

But what if I installed my trusty old ZoneAlarm and told it in the "program control" section that STEAM always has to ask for my permission in order to access the 'net? In this case ZA ought to prompt me with a screen "STEAM is trying to access the internet. Do you want to allow that?", and if I answered "no", theoretically it should work, huh? Sure hope it does...

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@ZoneAlarm:
That trick should do it too ;)

@rest of posting:
If you have an internet connection you should be are to play on LAN too - without interrupting the internet connection. This new "feature" is for LAN parties which don't have an internet connection.

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Ah, well - at least that. Good to know that although STEAM still sucks it doesn't suck quite as much as feared...

Thanks for making that clear, Terran.

Oh, btw, aren't you and your clan mates those guys who did such terrific HLTV overviews? Like for cs_hive_apc, for example?
Right from the start, I knew that I had seen your Avatar pic before... now I remember where!
Those were some of the best OV's I've ever seen. I've only reached a comparable level some weeks ago, and after making about 25 OV's I'm ashamed to look at nowadays...

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Yes, those overviews were made by a teammate and me 8). But he did the most of them (and the really good ones!)