First Wednesday STEAM Update

Posted by Dev at 00:07 14/11/2003.

Wednesday saw the first of the soon to be frequent 'Wednesday' updates. Throughout the night (for many of you sometime Thursday or after) when you restarted your STEAM clients the thing will have updated. The changelog for this release was quite large but below are a few of the more 'vital' updates:

  • Fixed a Steam authentication error ("Invalid User ID Ticket") that occurred when connecting to any server which was run from the Steam Games list
  • Fixed 'load failed' error causing players to timeout from server during level changes
  • Fixed timer graphic not displaying in Counter-Strike
  • Fixed game menus still be clickable even when hidden by game load dialog

Check out the full changelog by clicking here.

Comments

Sy
2seXeh 2perfoRm
00:14 14/11/2003
gg [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Sy
2seXeh 2perfoRm
00:14 14/11/2003
with the clock that is! vital part of cs :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Genics
thed0n
00:15 14/11/2003
here was me thinking wednesday was yesterday, infact its firday now! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Wlobban
thed0n
00:15 14/11/2003
it not Friday mate? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Weebull
00:21 14/11/2003
its not that big an update though, took me about 3 mins to get the lot of it it seemed [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
MiG
00:26 14/11/2003
it actually updated on wednesday 7pm PST, around 3/4pm GMT, Wednesday update if you live in the US, Thursday updates if u live in Europe ;) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Wlobban
thed0n
00:28 14/11/2003
MiG it dont change the fact that its friday now :/ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Genics
thed0n
00:30 14/11/2003
strange that mig as mine updated at about 1am on thursday [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
FragMentor
00:37 14/11/2003
they'll never fix the biggest bug. steam. [ Score: 2, funny | Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Dev
theb0g
00:37 14/11/2003
i'm all messed up wiv my days! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Psy^
xtreme9.uk
00:44 14/11/2003
I've had Load Failed 3 times since this update, VALVe are f***ing pathetic lol [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Rhyzz
Nocturne
00:48 14/11/2003
patch came out yesterday
nice one [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Rhyzz
Nocturne
00:52 14/11/2003
lol Psy, valve are pathetic? 1.6 is the best version of CS every released, Steam is a good program that makes things much easier, CS runs much better, never crashes, and the Friends thing is the best program since Online Poker.

get a gun, 10 bullets, and use it on your cancerous fingers please. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Otis
Rush!
00:58 14/11/2003
yer all getting mixed up. There were 2 updates realeased, a steam update in the early hours wednesday morning and the cs update which was released early yesterday (thursday morning). Today is friday. Thanks. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Otis
Rush!
00:58 14/11/2003
and i agree with Rhyzz.nl [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
gaz
eNvy!
01:09 14/11/2003
still having steam problems though when connecting to server i get
"This server is using an older protocol (46) than your client" [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Otis
Rush!
01:11 14/11/2003
yeah thats cos the server hasnt updated and/or restarted yet [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
gaz
eNvy!
01:34 14/11/2003
ahhh [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
-Naz-
fightclubclan
02:23 14/11/2003
i knew they changed the clock! I KNEW IT I KNEW IT goddamn no one believed me, look at you now LOOK AT YOU [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
-Naz-
fightclubclan
02:27 14/11/2003
rhyzz if u think steam is a "good program" u must be retarded or just never seen a properly bug-tested program before. believe it or not a "good program" shouldnt need constant bug-fixing and maintenance after its official release. u really are as thick as ur fat face. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
callous
Specster
02:59 14/11/2003
what clock? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Jolleh
Team56
03:33 14/11/2003
rhyzz u daft t**t steam is f***in s***e [ Score: 0, abusive | Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
fsk
twisted Reality
04:05 14/11/2003
get a gun, 10 bullets, and use it on your cancerous fingers please.

hahaha rhyzz, genius :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
pop
quality Teamplay
07:18 14/11/2003
leave rhyzz the f*** alone u fkn priks, he gets way too much abuse on these forums and its wrong just fkn wrong u fkn tard f*** lords, all ou just fkn die plz.

i get the feelin ur just bitter towards rhyzz for wotever reason, fkn diklords. Clearly no nobbers are gonna reply to this till about 4pm ish ? schools close at 3.30 yer ?

Pricks
Now leave Rhyzz the f*** alone, thx u! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Scara
North & South
07:28 14/11/2003
Im bitter cause rhyzz aim got him into noc [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Psy^
xtreme9.uk
07:33 14/11/2003
lol rhyzz true, 1.6 is better than 1.5, but it still crashes, load failed still happens, client userid ticket blah blah still happens, and im not the only person.....steams a good program but still has some bugs to iron out...Especially the resource hogging one :P [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Wolfie
WanadooWolfie
07:34 14/11/2003
diklord sounds like a playground insult to me, but anyway

what clock? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
bop
Last Chance
08:06 14/11/2003
the clock u get when your dead! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Weebull
08:34 14/11/2003
I thought that was one of those gay server mods :o [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
frantiC``
Shoot First Ask Later
10:04 14/11/2003
agree paul steam f***ing rox !!!! n the people who do abuse u r blatently disgusting ;/ 1.6 > n e other version =] [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
10:08 14/11/2003
"get a gun, 10 bullets, and use it on your cancerous fingers please."

"u really are as thick as ur fat face."

rofl i can't decide which is funnier, someone help me! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
AnNuM
10:23 14/11/2003
I ain't played CS for a week but 1.3 > 1.6 anyday.

Lay off Rhyzz I love him. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Krispy
11:20 14/11/2003
go on then Psy. You do better! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
yates
11:31 14/11/2003
at least you'll have something to post about on wednesdays [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
commentmaster
11:37 14/11/2003
omfg. i h8 u all. please just die. if anyone says anything about me i will butt rape u ass donkeys!! .... get the picture?

common! insults are so stupid get a life and read the comments / comment on them but not flame, expeciall taking the p*** outta fat ppl, think they dont have a hard enough time living with them selfs as it is?
u r ghey!

lolage [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Jimmeh
11:58 14/11/2003
comment matset u fat gayard [ Score: -1, abusive | Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Jimmeh
11:59 14/11/2003
master even [ Score: -1, pointless | Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
critter
12:38 14/11/2003
comment matset only 14.99 from halfords [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Jimmeneh
UFO
12:41 14/11/2003
and pop is fat. |AHAWIUAWGHAWIHAHH. [ Score: -1, abusive | Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
BaroN
2seXeh 2perfoRm
12:47 14/11/2003
and your mature! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
McClane
Input / Output
13:01 14/11/2003
Anyone that says 1.6 is the best version yet prolly thinks so cause they get loads of bs default interp kills. The number of bs kills people get when they're clearly a mile off a moving target is stupid.

1.6 isn't more stable for me. Never had a problem with earlier versions stability. Steam sucks as well. Biggest pile of s*** ever to come out someones arse. I guess all the people that like it are too used to microsoft products. I think steam beats any microsoft program for being a piece of buggy w**k though. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Rhyzz
Nocturne
13:09 14/11/2003
oof a fat joke, theres comedy genius! get that man on TV!

The whole idea of steam is that it can be constantly updated and made better, every has this dim view of it because of when it was released, and people dont understand that it works through cache, but then again some people spend there lives stacking shelves instead of going to college and learning things.

Steam is a great program, and 1.6 is amazing.

freaks [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
AnNuM
13:11 14/11/2003
Paul 1.3 > 1.6 and Halo > CS and you know it. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Pimpboy
feo
13:13 14/11/2003
after steam update you cant add .dll files anymore which means if your wanting to cheat you have to use an actuall hook which in turn is far easier for valve to eventually catch with VAC so some good news i suppose even if 1.6 is a bit poo at times.

Time to stop using CD on servers tbh and let VAC do its job cos it will catch them eventually, the regular update will see to that.CD is just a cheaters paradise atm dont fall for the crap that its better than VAC.l [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
N3M-
endeffect
13:14 14/11/2003
when will they sort the awful fps drops ? :/ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
AnNuM
13:15 14/11/2003
Yeah but VAC sets the default interp to 0.1 when in 1.6 it's 0.01. When I-eS played mouz, they wanted VAC to be removed, I think that was the reason, not sure if i'm 100% right though. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Pimpboy
feo
13:17 14/11/2003
ohhh didnt know that :o [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Pimpboy
feo
13:18 14/11/2003
so does that mean when VAC is on you cant interp? and when VAC is off you can? im confused :( [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
McClane
Input / Output
13:22 14/11/2003
Yeah steams so f***ing great, every time i reinstall windows I have to redownload the content instead of just installing one big patch which would take less than a minute. Oh and every time cs is updated everything goes to s***. Like the last update, my hltv dont work now even though I've updated it. I can't watch the hltv demos I made in the last few days. Got that ticket error s*** which they haven't completely fixed dispite claiming they have. Oh and a lot of servers didnt automatically update and restart :/ WP [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
McClane
Input / Output
13:25 14/11/2003
in 1.6 you automatically interp.

Anyway to answer you question interp has been fixed so you set ex_interp to 1/updaterate. So 0.1 isn't the right value anymore. For example, anyone that uses 101 updaterate should set ex_interp to 0.01 (0.0099 to be more precise) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
commentmaster
13:40 14/11/2003
your all f**king geeks. get a job and a haircut. YOU! the fat kid in the corner eating that death by chocolate cake, get off your fat arse and put your belly under thhe grill, ccut that fat lump off u and mail it to the afgans.
You, that realy ugly kid, dont go to LAN your bringing the cs community down + u stick of s*** and i can see grease dripping from your hair.
YOU, the ukt bully, grow up and get a life noone likes u and u look like a fag

i didnt mean any of that ^^^ but thats pretty much what UKT is about :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
13:42 14/11/2003
steam is good in theory, s*** in practice as it's so buggy - it'll get there eventually, but at this rate it's gonna be ~4/5months before it's stable and beyond beta standard [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Montaver
theb0g
14:16 14/11/2003
LOL, 1.6, the gamneplay changes are just about bareable, but as for it being a decent program? f*** off. Can you record a demo without your fps being screwed? I dont think so. Is your framerate worse than 1.5, yes it probably is! Does it now fail to load between maps? yes it probably does! I would continue but their are enough other people who hate steam and enjoy lamenting it, so i'll leave it to them. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
AnNuM
14:19 14/11/2003
Yeah 1.6 you defaultly interp. (Does that make sense?)

To 'not' interp and use 0.1 VAC has to be taken off(?) I'm only going of what ive heard from other people.

I DON'T EVEN PLAY THE GAME ANYMORE!!!!!!! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Flavas
Game Dimension Online
14:19 14/11/2003
new update has lowered my fps by about 40

anyone else get this prob? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Lyo`
eSports.Edge
14:25 14/11/2003
the interp is the new netcode, which is much better than the old netcode ppl have just gotta get used to it [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
McClane
Input / Output
14:25 14/11/2003
You woulda thought valve would be clever enough to automatically set your value of ex_interp but allow you to change it. I mean it's not hard. It's just another value which isn't set properly cause by default it's wrong. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
McClane
Input / Output
14:27 14/11/2003
Lyo yes the new netcode is better but it's also more bs than before. You can't tell me that if i'm running along someone should be able to awp me when they've clearly missed by a mile? It happens with all the guns but it's most noticable with awp then deagle :/ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Otis
Rush!
14:28 14/11/2003
Yeah steams so f***ing great, every time i reinstall windows

say no more [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
CaLe
ImaGine
14:35 14/11/2003
i pld halo, it sux [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
McClane
Input / Output
14:39 14/11/2003
I haven't actually reinstalled windows since getting steam (if you're trying to imply i'm a spastic who f***s things up) :) Just know a lot of people who have. Anyway it's healthy to reinstall windows every few months seeing as it gays itself. I take proper care of my windows but still good to reinstall. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Phoenix[FuN]
theb0g
14:58 14/11/2003
Funny.
New netcode? ye right. this bs "interp" and "missing shot by miles, yet hit" started when Valve entered their netcode in beta 6.5., they may have tweaked some but the overall effect is still the same.
Took too many versions of cs for the masses to notice and complain about it. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Negotiator
Clan ONE
15:09 14/11/2003
mike cs > halo

its well poo!

and 1.3>1.6 easy

rise i used to think ur opinion was decent untill u said 1.6 was cs's best! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
WidoWMakeR
#The.ChoseN
15:19 14/11/2003
i agree with most, 1.6 is the best version of cs to date, but thats not because of steam, steam has had bugs left right and centre since it was released, the programmers are just been lazy and overlooking lots of things, they bring out a patch which fixes 2 problems and creates 3 more,

bit silly really [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
SFAL^Sarge
Viva la!
15:40 14/11/2003
wish they would fix the NAT overloading problems associated with routers.

soooooooooo many people getting connection time outs when using routers and u have to reboot your router to get your NAT settings + internet back, apprently its a netcode problem, conutless pages of complaints on the steam forums, yet no one from valve replies, gg. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Montaver
theb0g
15:57 14/11/2003
It does that to me sarge, it never loads a map (I have to quickly type disconnect when the map ends). Then no servers will refresh for about 20 seconds, before getting the latest firmware tho my router required a total restart every time. Still, pretty lame really. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
MiG
16:18 14/11/2003
Wlobban
thed0n
00:28, 14/11/2003 MiG it dont change the fact that its friday now :/

ye but it went out at 3/4am on Thursday, ur fault for not logging on :)

Genics
thed0n
00:30, 14/11/2003 strange that mig as mine updated at about 1am on thursday

lucky you [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Otis
Rush!
16:24 14/11/2003
genics is *special* [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Dev
theb0g
16:25 14/11/2003
I haven't had any router problems yet (thank god) but i get the time out on map change a lot :( The update hasn't really fixed it.

Bring back beta 4 community on cs 1.3 is what i say :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
shads
theb0g
16:33 14/11/2003
every time i reinstall windows I have to redownload the content instead of just installing one big patch which would take less than a minute.

umm yes u can, there was mass content installers on fileplanet last time i checked, but u're right u'd have to re-dl all the mini-patches that have been released since it :/

dev if u're gonna go that far, bring back bunnyhopping ! :P [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Dev
theb0g
16:35 14/11/2003
you could bh on beta 4 keith!!!1

/me remembers when Colt had a zoom and you could be a ghost when dead. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
shads
theb0g
16:36 14/11/2003
i do know, u said beta 4 COMMUNITY tho u fag :[

Fixed mouse cursor staying visible when alt-tabbing back into the game when in windowed mode

that was so fking annoying, had to always bring up console & back down every time i alt tabbed (ie every 30 seconds) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Dev
theb0g
16:37 14/11/2003
true keith! brain is so f***ed up atm, god dam freshers flu :( [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Psy^
xtreme9.uk
17:06 14/11/2003
kris i'll admit i can't, whereas valve say they've fixed things that they obviously haven't =) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Rhyzz
Nocturne
18:02 14/11/2003
whinewhinewhine
i have a Tbird 1.4ghz, 256mb ram, geforce 2 ultra, and a 6gb hard drive.

My CS runs fine, rarely dropping below 50fps, except on aztec and in 100000 smoke grens.

If you cant afford a good PC, learn to play on a s*** one.

idiots [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
reddy
gameSlave
18:04 14/11/2003
yer rhyzz, my second machine is a 1.2 t-bird with 256 SDRAM, and a gf 1, the fps on that machine stays above 60 all the time(other than smoke) and i played on that without any tweaks [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Montaver
theb0g
18:08 14/11/2003
Yeh because 50fps is really playable .. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Rhyzz
Nocturne
18:09 14/11/2003
lol yes it is, i seem to do ok [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Psy^
xtreme9.uk
18:22 14/11/2003
Intel P4 1.4Ghz, nVidia geForce 2 MX400, 128mb RAM

I'm not bothered about the probs, just VALVe saying they've fixed what they havent! =) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Del`
Sniper's Alley
20:04 14/11/2003
Almost all people I know who've been playing since beta rate 1.3 > 1.6.

Was better in so many ways. Sure there's been undoubtable steps forward in recent versions, and 1.6 is better than 1.5, but 1.4/1.5 were such huge steps backward gameplaywise it will take a lot of improvement to get to how good 1.3 was, imo [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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