I'd have to look at my code again, but essentially I was getting all the IDs from one of the valve employee's game list, then going to each of those pages and grabbing the current price of that game.
Wait, so are you already doing the historical pricing thing?
Anyone have any experience with using one steam account on multiple computers? I want to play world of goo on my netbook but I also don't want to have to pirate it or buy it again.
1-install steam on the netbook.
2-install World of Goo via steam on the netbook.
3-play World of Goo.
4- you cant be logged in on two computers at once.
Thats the only caveat though.
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freakish lightbutterdick jonesand his heavenly asshole machineRegistered Userregular
edited October 2009
if you log in, put that computer to sleep, log in on another one and wake the first computer back up I think you can be logged in both places at once. I think it's happened to me on accident once or twice.
if you log in, put that computer to sleep, log in on another one and wake the first computer back up I think you can be logged in both places at once. I think it's happened to me on accident once or twice.
Wouldn't it be easier to just change Steam on the netbook to Offline mode? That way he can just run it without it connecting.
RoshinMy backlog can be seen from spaceSwedenRegistered Userregular
edited October 2009
I was playing through the new Crash Course DLC for Left 4 Dead, when I heard the following conversation between Bill and Zoey. I was moving past a broken pipe blowing out steam when it happened.
Bill: Hey, watch out for that steam! Zoey: Hmmm, steam... Bill: Yeah, steam's alright, I guess.
I couldn't hear if Francis expressed his hate for steam, though.
I was playing through the new Crash Course DLC for Left 4 Dead, when I heard the following conversation between Bill and Zoey. I was moving past a broken pipe blowing out steam when it happened.
Bill: Hey, watch out for that steam! Zoey: Hmmm, steam... Bill: Yeah, steam's alright, I guess.
I couldn't hear if Francis expressed his hate for steam, though.
I know valve use to have some weird policy about connecting to your steam account from multiple IPs, did they get rid of that?
I'm pretty sure that the point of Steam has always been that you can access your games on any computer. You just can't be logged in at more than one place at the same time.
Anyone have any experience with using one steam account on multiple computers? I want to play world of goo on my netbook but I also don't want to have to pirate it or buy it again.
I use Steam on two different computers and have had no problems. I've got one here at home, and one PC at my fiancee's. The only weirdness I get is that sometimes when I get home from her place after spending a weekend up there, I'll have to log back into my Steam account down here (it's usually set to automatically log in).
One thing you might need to do is copy your saved games from one PC to the other if you want to pick up where you left off. I did this with Puzzle Quest for a while.
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Last night I was playing Audiosurf and decided to give Edge of Sanity's "Crimson" a shot in mono pro mode. For those who don't know, "Crimson" is a 40-minute song. I hit a gray block in the last minute of the song. I was....quite unhappy.
HenroidMexican kicked from Immigration ThreadCentrism is Racism :3Registered Userregular
edited October 2009
Wooo!
Well I can see who is playing what I guess, right? That's not pointless. Besides, it's better than giving anyone the illusion that I'm actually FRIENDS with them. <_<
I was playing through the new Crash Course DLC for Left 4 Dead, when I heard the following conversation between Bill and Zoey. I was moving past a broken pipe blowing out steam when it happened.
Bill: Hey, watch out for that steam! Zoey: Hmmm, steam... Bill: Yeah, steam's alright, I guess.
I couldn't hear if Francis expressed his hate for steam, though.
It's Francis and not Bill that says that.
Yeah, that's half the joke. Francis hates everything. Except Steam.
I really wish the pricing on STEAM was more competitive. Apart from weekend deals, I can often find the games for much cheaper on Amazon. I always thought that with DD the games might be cheaper. Still, the availability of older games is something that retailers like Amazon can't match.
I really wish the pricing on STEAM was more competitive. Apart from weekend deals, I can often find the games for much cheaper on Amazon. I always thought that with DD the games might be cheaper. Still, the availability of older games is something that retailers like Amazon can't match.
It might be that Valve wants to offer a lot of games at a lower price, but the publishers won't let them. It might also be that the publishers know that digital distribution offers an advantage over retail sales, for the consumer, so even though there's less costs in terms of production and shipping, they can charge just as much. For the convenience.
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HenroidMexican kicked from Immigration ThreadCentrism is Racism :3Registered Userregular
I always thought that with DD the games might be cheaper.
Let's not spark that argument. But I'll try to sum it up: The retail level holds a lot of power.
And as you noted, availability is a strong point. Buying through DD means it's there waiting for you. Amazon or Gamestop or Wal-Mart, etc, might be out. Which is time wasted.
And what's more valuable than time in this world?
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RoshinMy backlog can be seen from spaceSwedenRegistered Userregular
I was playing through the new Crash Course DLC for Left 4 Dead, when I heard the following conversation between Bill and Zoey. I was moving past a broken pipe blowing out steam when it happened.
Bill: Hey, watch out for that steam! Zoey: Hmmm, steam... Bill: Yeah, steam's alright, I guess.
I couldn't hear if Francis expressed his hate for steam, though.
It's Francis and not Bill that says that.
Yeah, that's half the joke. Francis hates everything. Except Steam.
Just installed steam and it is stuck at zero percent updating for about 20 minutes now, I am guessing it is the firewall. Unfortunately I am connected to a public wifi connection and can't change the settings, is there any way around this?
Buying through DD means it's there waiting for you. Amazon or Gamestop or Wal-Mart, etc, might be out. Which is time wasted.
And what's more valuable than time in this world?
The whole "time is money" adage is overplayed. It's not like I'm making money every second of my day. I only make money when I'm at work; I think this applies to most people. If I go to Best Buy on the way home from work and they don't have what I'm looking for, I'm not down $5,000,000 because I wasn't able to call my fictitious stockbroker during those 10 minutes and tell him to sell everything!
Buying through DD means it's there waiting for you. Amazon or Gamestop or Wal-Mart, etc, might be out. Which is time wasted.
And what's more valuable than time in this world?
The whole "time is money" adage is overplayed. It's not like I'm making money every second of my day. I only make money when I'm at work; I think this applies to most people. If I go to Best Buy on the way home from work and they don't have what I'm looking for, I'm not down $5,000,000 because I wasn't able to call my fictitious stockbroker during those 10 minutes and tell him to sell everything!
I think you're taking my statement a little too literally with regard to value (as in, currency). You should try philosophizing sometime.
Buying through DD means it's there waiting for you. Amazon or Gamestop or Wal-Mart, etc, might be out. Which is time wasted.
And what's more valuable than time in this world?
The whole "time is money" adage is overplayed. It's not like I'm making money every second of my day. I only make money when I'm at work; I think this applies to most people. If I go to Best Buy on the way home from work and they don't have what I'm looking for, I'm not down $5,000,000 because I wasn't able to call my fictitious stockbroker during those 10 minutes and tell him to sell everything!
I think you're taking my statement a little too literally with regard to value (as in, currency). You should try philosophizing sometime.
Yeah, but I do see people trying to push that idea all the time.
Anyone have any experience with using one steam account on multiple computers? I want to play world of goo on my netbook but I also don't want to have to pirate it or buy it again.
Buy it straight from the devs. They get more money for an indie developer, and as a bonus, they give you a DRM free version that you can use however you want. Which is awesome.
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I've had STEAM for a while but I haven't utilized the Community features at all. What am I missing out on?
Jumping straight into a game of TF2 or L4D with them. Chat and voice coms across all games.
I would like an invite too.
Is it eastern time, some other time, or whenever they feel like it time?
If anything it would be Pacific time (since they're based in like Seattle or something) but usually it's whenever they get around to it.
Wait, so are you already doing the historical pricing thing?
And in fact that was all work I'd done for SteamCalculator.com a site which I no longer have any affiliation and have no access too.
I'd have to re-engineer a solution from scratch if I wanted to make a calculator. But I can't be assed to do it.
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
Sure did look pretty though.
What happened with Steam Calculator?
2-install World of Goo via steam on the netbook.
3-play World of Goo.
4- you cant be logged in on two computers at once.
Thats the only caveat though.
Wouldn't it be easier to just change Steam on the netbook to Offline mode? That way he can just run it without it connecting.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/idolninja
Bill: Hey, watch out for that steam!
Zoey: Hmmm, steam...
Bill: Yeah, steam's alright, I guess.
I couldn't hear if Francis expressed his hate for steam, though.
It's Francis and not Bill that says that.
I'm pretty sure that the point of Steam has always been that you can access your games on any computer. You just can't be logged in at more than one place at the same time.
http://steam-gamer.com/news.php?id=34
I use Steam on two different computers and have had no problems. I've got one here at home, and one PC at my fiancee's. The only weirdness I get is that sometimes when I get home from her place after spending a weekend up there, I'll have to log back into my Steam account down here (it's usually set to automatically log in).
One thing you might need to do is copy your saved games from one PC to the other if you want to pick up where you left off. I did this with Puzzle Quest for a while.
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Last night I was playing Audiosurf and decided to give Edge of Sanity's "Crimson" a shot in mono pro mode. For those who don't know, "Crimson" is a 40-minute song. I hit a gray block in the last minute of the song. I was....quite unhappy.
Well I can see who is playing what I guess, right? That's not pointless. Besides, it's better than giving anyone the illusion that I'm actually FRIENDS with them. <_<
Yeah, that's half the joke. Francis hates everything. Except Steam.
It might be that Valve wants to offer a lot of games at a lower price, but the publishers won't let them. It might also be that the publishers know that digital distribution offers an advantage over retail sales, for the consumer, so even though there's less costs in terms of production and shipping, they can charge just as much. For the convenience.
Let's not spark that argument. But I'll try to sum it up: The retail level holds a lot of power.
And as you noted, availability is a strong point. Buying through DD means it's there waiting for you. Amazon or Gamestop or Wal-Mart, etc, might be out. Which is time wasted.
And what's more valuable than time in this world?
Yes, that makes more sense, of course.
The whole "time is money" adage is overplayed. It's not like I'm making money every second of my day. I only make money when I'm at work; I think this applies to most people. If I go to Best Buy on the way home from work and they don't have what I'm looking for, I'm not down $5,000,000 because I wasn't able to call my fictitious stockbroker during those 10 minutes and tell him to sell everything!
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time
I KISS YOU!
I think you're taking my statement a little too literally with regard to value (as in, currency). You should try philosophizing sometime.
Yeah, but I do see people trying to push that idea all the time.
Buy it straight from the devs. They get more money for an indie developer, and as a bonus, they give you a DRM free version that you can use however you want. Which is awesome.