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Posted by reaper47 on Tue Jan 9th at 2:14pm 2007

Yesterday, when starting Steam I noticed the interfaces and platform updates finally arrived. I must say I like the changes. The games window now has some order to it again. Also the whole thing seems to load a bit faster (maybe I'm just making this up, though). I like the new default skins. The military green was getting old.

From the day they introduced the rounded edges for the Steam windows I knew they'd be gone in the next redesign. I mean rounded edges? Who needs them. It's so 2005.

Simple changes mostly, but I like them!


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Posted by asterix_vader on Tue Jan 9th at 2:23pm 2007

i knew someone had to start this topic soon or later.

i'm testing if it loads faster... and i think it does. they said steam will update in background, not in startup, so it will definitively load faster.

about the skin, i like it too. it was time for a change!





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Posted by FatStrings on Tue Jan 9th at 2:26pm 2007

what can i say but: I agree



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Posted by Captain P on Tue Jan 9th at 2:49pm 2007

I found Hammer crashing, Steam acting up and all and when I restarted it, it took it's time to update. Then I saw the new interface and all. Nice, I think it's an improvement, but did they had to disturb me for that? :P


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Posted by Pvt.Scythe on Tue Jan 9th at 2:56pm 2007

I only get "Steam is temporarily unaveilable " on the Steam platform is updating window. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/sad.gif">



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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Jan 9th at 3:38pm 2007

I cannot even get steam to turn on, let alone update. I click the icon and it blinks once then nada.

Anyone else?





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Posted by Pvt.Scythe on Tue Jan 9th at 3:54pm 2007

I used the miracle fix for most Steam problems and deleted the clientregistry.blob and now it finally updates.



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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Jan 9th at 4:00pm 2007

Tried your miracle fix. No dice.

Just a blink then nothin.





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Posted by Flynn on Tue Jan 9th at 4:42pm 2007

I dunno...I liked the rounded edges. I mean, it's just basically gone back to a cleaner looking version of the way it was before now. But it still looks very, very, very, nice!


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Posted by supacomix.njb on Tue Jan 9th at 4:51pm 2007

Yeah the new look is pretty nice, but i agree that some things seem to be erroring more. On Hammer i get these purple and red lines which go from the corners of entities to somewhere off the grid and im not sure what thats for... its just messey.


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Posted by Natus on Tue Jan 9th at 5:06pm 2007

Steam is unavailable for me too, miracle didn't work either.


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Posted by Pvt.Scythe on Tue Jan 9th at 5:10pm 2007

My best bet is that the servers are stuffed. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/sad.gif"> That would mean that what usually works with Steam when it refuses to update itself didn't really work this time.



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Posted by reaper47 on Tue Jan 9th at 5:29pm 2007

oh.. I haven't tried Hammer yet in the new Steam.


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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Jan 9th at 6:24pm 2007

OK, this is genuinely getting annoying.

Is anyone besides me having trouble today?

I click the steam link and nothin...





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Posted by Jinx on Tue Jan 9th at 6:33pm 2007

Is Hammer for Source screwed up again? This is why I quit Source mapping to begin with. Having your primary tool screwed up or buggy for weeks on end sort of puts a damper on things.

Wish to hell they would make Hammer a stand-alone program.


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Posted by Andrei on Tue Jan 9th at 8:10pm 2007

Hmm...that's odd: everything seems to be working for me. Now is the time to panic.



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Posted by RedWood on Tue Jan 9th at 8:44pm 2007

Hammer crashed on me too, for the first time in a long time. but it was also the first time i tried clipping a sphere. I am assuming it was that, but u think something so simple wouldn't do crash it.
The sdk stat window still looks the same. Think they forgot it?
To bad they couldn't get the system cost down more <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_cry.gif">



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Posted by Captain P on Tue Jan 9th at 8:45pm 2007

? quote:
Hmm...that's odd: everything seems to be working for me. Now is the time to panic.


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Posted by azelito on Tue Jan 9th at 9:28pm 2007

Good update, less is always more.
Congratulations to Valve for creating the first online instant gaming store. It's brilliant, now that some of the other publishers are distributing their products through it.


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Posted by asterix_vader on Tue Jan 9th at 9:59pm 2007

well those who are having problems, don't wonder, don't complain. remember that whenever they update Steam, they have to, they must, they can't update without, it's necessary to, etc, screw up something... or the whole thing.




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