Getting online

whenever I try to find a server on Half life, it just keeps requesting, and never finds one. Whats goin on? i'm using freeserve if that helps. (dont refer me to steam, cos that'd take me 4ever to download :sad: )

matt said:
whenever I try to find a server on Half life, it just keeps requesting, and never finds one. Whats goin on? i'm using freeserve if that helps. (dont refer me to steam, cos that'd take me 4ever to download :sad: )

ok, i won't tell you that most likely, everyone in the world running a server, is..

how long do you think 400Mb would take to download on 56kbit? Anyway, the problem has resolved itself now, something to do with my firewall.

matt said:
how long do you think 400Mb would take to download on 56kbit? Anyway, the problem has resolved itself now, something to do with my firewall.

depends on your connection.. i used to manage a filesize like that in 2 days..

400Mb would take me near 3 weeks to d/l :sad: I'm only able to connect to the internet after 10pm as other people use the same phoneline in our household (after 10 nobody tends to call/need to use the phone). So I get a total of about 1-2hrs each evening to d/l things. As you can imagine, 400Mb would take a fair while - and then Sod's Law will strike and the file will appear on a magazine cover CD about a day after you've finished d/ling the damn thing

I only got my own connection this week :biggrin: , so i havn't really done a lot yet. I did a little searching and found the base steam installer - 500k, its updating itself now. As for only be able to go online after 10, damn that sux.

400Mb would take me near 3 weeks to d/l :sad: I'm only able to connect to the internet after 10pm as other people use the same phoneline in our household (after 10 nobody tends to call/need to use the phone). So I get a total of about 1-2hrs each evening to d/l things. As you can imagine, 400Mb would take a fair while - and then Sod's Law will strike and the file will appear on a magazine cover CD about a day after you've finished d/ling the damn thing

Haha, I used to have the exact same 10pm limit, the solution is stay online until 2 :razz:

i dont think i'd be too keen on downloading 400mb on a 56k connection if i knew that the software was still a buggy beta. i know they said it was the finished article, but i really don't think so. it will probably show up, stuck to some mag cover, once they get it sorted.