So, I've bought quite a few games from Steam over the last year or so and I've noticed that the occasional game won't install to 100%. Instead, it installs 99% of the way and then stops. the install button of the game's page changes to the play button but when I click on the game to play it, I get a message saying that the game in currently unavailable and to try again later. Until today, the games that this has happened to haven't really been a big deal because they were game that I got when I bought a pack of game together and they weren't really the focus of my purchase.
Today, I tried to play Dragon Age 2 , and I got that annoying little message saying the game wasn't available now and I should try again later. Anyone else have these issues? What did you do about them that didn't involve throwing your mouse and keyboard across the room in frustration?
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A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
Have you ever had problems with Steam?
Usually logging off and logging in fixes that for me. Of course, when I get "not currently available" while in offline mode and with no internet connection, I'm basically screwed. That's usually when I start thinking of throwing objects around.
Deleting clientregistry.blob in the Steamfolder solves most problems people have.
As for me, name a huge game launch and I did not have trouble with getting that game authorized/decrypted over Steam. Either there's been great mirrors around even for the HL2 launch back in 2004 in my country or it's pure luck all the way. Leaning towards great file mirrors and internet infrastructure, because I never wait long to even patch my PS3.
" I am struggling to buy any game from them. There has been an internal error initializing your transaction. Please contact support for assistance.I did trying eeverything any possible payement from the client and from the web. Terrible Crap. "Then contact support. They're usually pretty great.
" Deleting clientregistry.blob in the Steamfolder solves most problems people have. As for me, name a huge game launch and I did not have trouble with getting that game authorized/decrypted over Steam. Either there's been great mirrors around even for the HL2 launch back in 2004 in my country or it's pure luck all the way. Leaning towards great file mirrors and internet infrastructure, because I never wait long to even patch my PS3. "I've only experience that same issue once myself and deleting the clientregistry was the perfect fix, far better than having to uninstall and reinstall my entire games collection.
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