So I'm new to Steam?.

[Shadow flame master]

?.and I need some help. Today, after importing some music on my computer (it's a desktop) I decided to check out my Steam account since I hadn't messed with it since sometime in november because of finals. Anyway, when I checked it, I saw that I had two games in my library that had the same name: Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad. One is a beta and apparently the other is a 2 day trial.

I have no idea how these 2 games found themselves in my library. But I'm not really complaining about it, seeing as free games in my book are awesome. Right now I am installing them on my computer and after 3 hours, it is at 14 percent and I want to know what I can do to improve the installation time.

 

[Tuesday Night Fever]

This sorta thing happens whenever it's a free weekend promotion for a game. Once the promotion is over it won't appear in your library anymore. Unless you install it... then, I dunno what happens. Chaos, maybe?

 

[Bravo Company]

Installing the beta is probably a waste of time because there probably aren't any servers up for it/nobody playing it.

Right now you're not exactly installing the game but downloading the files to your computer, you can go to the settings --> download + cloud and change your region/what kind of internet you have and that may help. Otherwise you'd have to upgrade your internet to download any faster. Its pretty much the main disadvantage to digital distribution.

 

[Voulan]

I got confused by that sort of thing myself. The only reason I have Steam is because they had Portal free for a weekend at one point, and I'd always wanted to play it.

It's the only game in my library. Perhaps if the next console generation really does suck, then I can actually make use of it.

 

[ohnoitsabear]

Basically, what other people said. Although I want to add that if you are considering buying a game on Steam, wait. The holiday sale is going to start in the next couple weeks, and then just about everything will be on sale, sometimes for 75% off or more.

 

[recruit00]

Basically, what other people said. Although I want to add that if you are considering buying a game on Steam, wait. The holiday sale is going to start in the next couple weeks, and then just about everything will be on sale, sometimes for 75% off or more.

Oh, god. Not the Christmas sale.

Sniff. Goodbye money. I'll miss you...

 

[Frission]

Well first make sure that you've marked the proper location of where you live in steam.

Also as everyone else said, wait until Christmas.

 

[Rose and Thorn]

My steam loading times are super fast, I love my laptop. I can't really help you...just bragging I guess, sorry!

Welcome to steam, be prepared for the christmas sale.

 

[CommanderL]

as an aussie it takes years for my games to download But steam is worth the wait with dat cheap bounty -read game's-

 

[Murrdox]

Listening

I got confused by that sort of thing myself. The only reason I have Steam is because they had Portal free for a weekend at one point, and I'd always wanted to play it.

It's the only game in my library. Perhaps if the next console generation really does suck, then I can actually make use of it.

The idea of an empty Steam game library is as foreign a concept to me as if someone described to you having a shelf with only 2 XBox360 games is to you.

And yeah, that person is me. Actually I think we have 5 XBox games. 4 of them are different "Rock Band" games. Our XBox is a Rock Band machine

I'm so happy to have Steam now if for no other reason than I don't have to keep track of CDs and game manuals with CD Keys on them for years, just in case I want to re-install the game again.

 

[thiosk]

Listening

I got confused by that sort of thing myself. The only reason I have Steam is because they had Portal free for a weekend at one point, and I'd always wanted to play it.

It's the only game in my library. Perhaps if the next console generation really does suck, then I can actually make use of it.

The idea of an empty Steam game library is as foreign a concept to me as if someone described to you having a shelf with only 2 XBox360 games is to you.

And yeah, that person is me. Actually I think we have 5 XBox games. 4 of them are different "Rock Band" games. Our XBox is a Rock Band machine

I'm so happy to have Steam now if for no other reason than I don't have to keep track of CDs and game manuals with CD Keys on them for years, just in case I want to re-install the game again.

My wii is a rock band machine now

I fell in love with steam for the same reasons. I now will generally not buy games unless they are on steam. This, I'll never see what happened to Shepard after I bogged the blue chick.

 

[Murrdox]

I now will generally not buy games unless they are on steam. This, I'll never see what happened to Shepard after I bogged the blue chick.

I used to be a BIG fan of Impulse (Stardock), but now that they've sold-out to Gamestop I don't buy Impulse games anymore. I wanted to be loyal to Stardock, so all of Stardock's published games like Galactic Civilizations, Sins of a Solar Empire, and DemiGod I purchased through Impulse.

After Impulse turned Gamestop I figured I'd be "Steam-Only" forever.

Then yesterday I discovered GoG... and I was very happy to start an account on there to pick up Planescape: Torment and Dungeon Keeper 2 and Baldur's Gate 2.

BUT I agree with you... the thought of having to install Origin on my computer to play Mass Effect 3 makes me sort of feel like I'm volunteering to have somebody poop on me. Even after I shower I won't be able to get it all off.