[hlcoders] Does Valve compress files?

2004-11-08 Thread Pavol Marko
Some time ago, I thought about buying HL2 through Steam. As I have only 5GB internet bandwidth available monthly, I decided to ask in #steam on Gamesurge how much Megabytes I have to download (to preload of course) if I decide to buy HL2 now. They told me it was 4.1 GB. Now I have a question: What

RE: [hlcoders] Does Valve compress files?

2004-11-08 Thread Alfred Reynolds
Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pavol Marko Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 1:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [hlcoders] Does Valve compress files? > Some time ago, I thought about buying HL2 through Steam. As I have > only 5GB in

Re: [hlcoders] Does Valve compress files?

2004-11-09 Thread Gregor Brunmar
Will Valve support some sort of backup of HL2? Lets say I buy and download HL2 via Stream and backup the files to some CD-R:s, external harddrive or somewhere else. Then after some months I format my harddrive. Can I then just take my backup-files and copy them to the Steam-download folder, even if

Re: [hlcoders] Does Valve compress files?

2004-11-09 Thread Jeffrey \"botman\" Broome
Gregor Brunmar wrote: Will Valve support some sort of backup of HL2? Lets say I buy and download HL2 via Stream and backup the files to some CD-R:s, external harddrive or somewhere else. Then after some months I format my harddrive. Can I then just take my backup-files and copy them to the Steam-do

RE: [hlcoders] Does Valve compress files?

2004-11-09 Thread Ben Davison
al Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gregor Brunmar Sent: 09 November 2004 21:30 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Does Valve compress files? Will Valve support some sort of backup of HL2? Lets say I buy and download HL2 via Stream and backup the fil

Re: [hlcoders] Does Valve compress files?

2004-11-09 Thread Brian \"Satertek\" Irelan
L PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gregor Brunmar > Sent: 09 November 2004 21:30 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Does Valve compress files? > > Will Valve support some sort of backup of HL2? Lets say I buy and > download HL2 via Stream and backup

RE: [hlcoders] Does Valve compress files?

2004-11-09 Thread Ben Davison
Brian "Satertek" Irelan Sent: 09 November 2004 22:57 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Does Valve compress files? If you don't see "backup files" in the menu (I don't) typing "steam://backup/" in a web browser works as well. __

RE: [hlcoders] Does Valve compress files?

2004-11-09 Thread Alfred Reynolds
l only be released in the UK. > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gregor > > Brunmar > > Sent: 09 November 2004 21:30 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject:

Re: [hlcoders] Does Valve compress files?

2004-11-09 Thread Childe Roland
On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 21:53:30 -, Ben Davison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > And retail DVD version will only be released in the UK. ... CORRECTION: Only the DVD will be released in the UK. The DVD and CD versions will be released in the US. -- Childe Roland "I will s

Re: [hlcoders] Does Valve compress files?

2004-11-09 Thread Gregor Brunmar
ECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian >"Satertek" Irelan Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 2:57 PM To: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Does Valve >compress files? > > > >>If you don't see "backup files" in the menu