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Re: Get Portal for free

#51

Post by aperiodic »

MikeCapone wrote: post #48
MikeCapone wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't even get that, just a blank screen :( edit: It seems to be working now. I think I needed to go verify my email first. If you are also a new Steam user trying to download portal, go check your inbox first.

Steam is being a huge pain so far. I was downloading portal and it crashed. I relaunched it but it didn't resume downloading, yet I couldn't play the game, and didn't find a way to restart the download. Ended up deleting the whole thing and I'm now trying again from the start... sigh edit: Great, I re-installed but it still lists Portal in my "library", and I don't see any way to re-download it or delete it or anythi…

Did you try cleaning out the local game cache files in ~/Documents/Steam Content/?

Also, if you right-click on the game in your Library, and then select "Properties," there's a "Local Files" tab which lets you delete the local cache, and verify that everything's there. Hopefully one of those will make it realize the download didn't finish.

Re: Get Portal for free

#52

Post by MikeCapone »

aperiodic wrote: post #51
MikeCapone wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Steam is being a huge pain so far. I was downloading portal and it crashed. I relaunched it but it didn't resume downloading, yet I couldn't play the game, and didn't find a way to restart the download. Ended up deleting the whole thing and I'm now trying again from the start... sigh edit: Great, I re-installed but it still lists Portal in my "library", and I don't see any way to re-download it or delete it or anythi…

Did you try cleaning out the local game cache files in ~/Documents/Steam Content/? Also, if you right-click on the game in your Library, and then select "Properties," there's a "Local Files" tab which lets you delete the local cache, and verify that everything's there. Hopefully one of those will make it realize the download didn't finish.

I'm on a Mac, so this doesn't quite applies. But thanks anyway. If someone else on a Mac had the same problem, I'd love some help. Thanks.

Update: Okay, somehow my download resumed from where it crashed last time. Not sure what I did; i think their servers are just really slow, and if you keep trying, at some point it will work. I think that what I did is go to "library", then went to Portal (my only game), and the "downloading" thing on the left ended up connecting after a long time. Then I could click on the downloading progress bar on the bottom and I can see the download speed. HOpefully it'll work this time.

Re: Get Portal for free

#54

Post by msg »

MikeCapone wrote: post #42
msg wrote: post #18

It's apt. APT! http://xkcd.com/606/

That's totally me. I never played portal, got very late into COD4. The only game that I'm likely to get when it's released is Starcraft 2.

You should be able to get a beta key if you preorder it, and you could start right now...

Re: Get Portal for free

#55

Post by sketerpot »

rufo wrote: post #28
RevRal wrote: post #21

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I laughed so hard when it was revealed that there was actually cake.

You may not want to eat the cake when you find out what's in it. http://www.planetfortress.com/dfa/portal-recipe.html

I don't know what a "trans-borehole magnetic imaging rhubarb" is, but I want one. It's in the recipe, too, but for some reason the rhubarbs were not transcribed on that page.

Re: Get Portal for free

#56

Post by aperiodic »

MikeCapone wrote: post #52
aperiodic wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did you try cleaning out the local game cache files in ~/Documents/Steam Content/? Also, if you right-click on the game in your Library, and then select "Properties," there's a "Local Files" tab which lets you delete the local cache, and verify that everything's there. Hopefully one of those will make it realize the download didn't finish.

I'm on a Mac, so this doesn't quite applies. But thanks anyway. If someone else on a Mac had the same problem, I'd love some help. Thanks. Update: Okay, somehow my download resumed from where it crashed last time. Not sure what I did; i think their servers are just really slow, and if you keep trying, at some point it will work. I think that what I did is go to "library", then went to Portal (my only game), and the "…

I'm on a Mac, too. ~/Documents/Steam Content/ is where Steam dumps all its content on a Mac. The "Properties" option is in the context menu when you right-click on Portal in your games list in the Steam client, and that brings up another Steam box that lets you verify the local game cache. I wasn't referring to the Windows Explorer "Properties" option (which I think you thought I was referring to).

Re: Get Portal for free

#57

Post by MikeCapone »

msg wrote: post #54
MikeCapone wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's totally me. I never played portal, got very late into COD4. The only game that I'm likely to get when it's released is Starcraft 2.

You should be able to get a beta key if you preorder it, and you could start right now...

Oh, I didn't know that's how the beta worked. Thanks!

Re: Get Portal for free

#58

Post by MikeCapone »

aperiodic wrote: post #56
MikeCapone wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm on a Mac, so this doesn't quite applies. But thanks anyway. If someone else on a Mac had the same problem, I'd love some help. Thanks. Update: Okay, somehow my download resumed from where it crashed last time. Not sure what I did; i think their servers are just really slow, and if you keep trying, at some point it will work. I think that what I did is go to "library", then went to Portal (my only game), and the "…

I'm on a Mac, too. ~/Documents/Steam Content/ is where Steam dumps all its content on a Mac. The "Properties" option is in the context menu when you right-click on Portal in your games list in the Steam client, and that brings up another Steam box that lets you verify the local game cache. I wasn't referring to the Windows Explorer "Properties" option (which I think you thought I was referring to).

I'm sorry, I think I read what you wrote too fast because I thought I recognized a windows path at a glance. Thanks for the tip!

Re: Get Portal for free

#59

Post by fairlyodd »

MikeCapone wrote: post #41
DTrejo wrote: post #25

"The Steam servers are currently too busy to handle your request. Please try again in a few minutes"

I don't even get that, just a blank screen :( edit: It seems to be working now. I think I needed to go verify my email first. If you are also a new Steam user trying to download portal, go check your inbox first.

AAh! Thank you!
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