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ram1009   11-01-2007 at 04:28:42 PM

I've had nothing but trouble with my downloaded version of HL2:E2. After a brief period of running fine it refused to start at all. My only remedy was to reset my machine to a previous restore point. Now, it won't start and gives me a message that the Steam servers are too busy and I should try again in a few minutes. That's been going on for days now. I have logged requests for help with Steam's support group but haven't heard a word from them on any subject. This is the first game I have downloaded from Steam and it will definitely be the last.

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STEMNIN   11-01-2007 at 04:55:34 PM
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Have you tried in offline mode?

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ram1009   11-01-2007 at 06:21:27 PM
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Sorry, Stemnin but I don't know what you mean. The only way I know to run the game is to click on the desktop icon created by the installer.

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STEMNIN   11-01-2007 at 06:59:34 PM
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Can you open Steam and go to the "my games" tab, is it still there? (I only ask incase you got some international version, as they were all made unusable by Valve because of pricing.)

Whenever I try to launch one of the Source engine games (any HL, counter strike, etc), it makes Steam startup (login etc) can you run it in offline mode? Follow this to use offline mode. Because it says Steam servers busy, in offline mode you do not connect to any steam server.

http://support.steampowered.com/cg [...] _faqid=213

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pjumpleby   11-02-2007 at 01:46:08 AM
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could try backing up your games and re-installing steam. had problems like this before myself but it affected all my source games not just one in particular.

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ram1009   11-05-2007 at 05:24:25 AM
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Whatever the problem was Steam has fixed it. the game is running normally now. They never even contacted me.

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