About 24 hours of downloading a game later...

[StonkThis]

I bought GTA IV on steam for the PC. It won't launch. It says launching GTA IV, setup for initial start up. After 1 or 2 seconds, the window disappears, the game doesn't launch. Before that, I told it to launch, it started installing VC++ or something like that, I know there was a ++. After that, my videos started to lag. The video it self, doing nothing, while the audio continues. It also seems to make my computer slower in general. I did a virus scan and got nothing. This game took me a day to download seeing as my internet blows and steam's servers are being flooded... I already know I meet the PC requirements, so it's not that. I restarted my computer three times, nothing.

PS. I'm not sure whether you're supposed to ask questions such as this on the escapist so... Just tell me if you're not.

EDIT: And if I'm not, then I'll add a question... What game did you spend the most time waiting for it to download?

 

[Cherry Cola]

The Watchmen game.

.... DON'T LAUGH AT ME FOR BUYING IT!

 

[Danny Ocean]

I bought GTA IV on steam for the PC. It won't launch. It says launching GTA IV, setup for initial start up.

I *think* you might just need to leave it to work for a bit.

And yes, you can ask tech questions here.

The Watchmen game.

Hahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahhaahhahahahahahha

Cool...

 

[AgentQV]

well I downloaded final fantasy 7 for psp it took forever but it was worth it

 

[Distorted Stu]

Game i spent so much time waiting for it to download - Deus Ex .. then my girlfriend at the time came around with the damn CD >_<

Ive had problems like yours with some games (i cant remember which). I downloaded it again and it worked, but im sure you want a faster solution.

 

[Loop Stricken]

I can't answer your plight, Steam is a mystery to me.
But in answer to your tacked-on question; I have downloaded no game, unless World of Warcraft patches count. In which case, those.

 

[Cherry Cola]

I bought GTA IV on steam for the PC. It won't launch. It says launching GTA IV, setup for initial start up.

I *think* you might just need to leave it to work for a bit.

And yes, you can ask tech questions here.

The Watchmen game.

Hahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahhaahhahahahahahha

Cool...

Dickface
Thank you.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

I once waited 24+ hours for Shivering Isles to download. Back when I had shitty internet. Now, I spent 6+ hours DL'ing "The Bard's Tale" from Steam, only to find that the framerate is absolute shit on my PC.

 

[j0z]

Just let it install the VC++ redistributle, and then it should work. Just be patient

 

[kinky257]

Visual C++ is pretty normal for an install, and its no surprise it caused your computer to slow down during the install.... you should just of left it alone for the whole 2 minuets it takes to do it. If its refusing to launch you'll just have to delete local content and re-download it.
On the other topic i guess the Last Remnant at 16 gig or so was the longest download.

 

[DeadlyYellow]

The Watchmen game.

.... DON'T LAUGH AT ME FOR BUYING IT!

I wouldn't laugh at you for buying the first game. Only if you bought the second.

Longest I believe was Unreal3 from Steam.

 

[rabidmidget]

The Watchmen game.

.... DON'T LAUGH AT ME FOR BUYING IT!

I wouldn't laugh at you for buying the first game. Only if you bought the second.

Longest I believe was Unreal3 from Steam.

I downloaded UT 3 from steam too, that took ages, but $30 AU when the retail price is $100 AU? You can't give up on a deal like that

 

[Cherry Cola]

The Watchmen game.

.... DON'T LAUGH AT ME FOR BUYING IT!

I wouldn't laugh at you for buying the first game. Only if you bought the second.

Longest I believe was Unreal3 from Steam.

I did not, thankfully enough.

 

[Internet Kraken]

Fallout 3. I downloaded it on launch day, and it took forever. Which was really frustrating since I was anxious to play the game.

 

[ThePirateMan]

God I love these steam sales..

But god I hate how the downloads take forever during the sales, since everyone is buying everything.

Longest time spent downloading a steam game? I have no idea..

 

[DeadlyDad]

Well, before last month I would have said 'Betrayal At Krondor' (26MB) It took 3 days & 5 attempts with a 14.4kbps modem because people kept picking up the &%$*&#%& phone. Now, 'Fallen Earth' wins, hands down, with the most ridiculous updating system I've ever seen - it insisted on downloading each and every file of the 5GB+ install separately...uncompressed. At one point, it estimated that it would be done in 3 weeks. Seriously. I ended up spending an entire weekend downloading, adding 16GB to my bandwidth usage, and only succeeded after finding an alternate method of installation that required yet another 5GB d/l. (OTOH, the game itself is actually pretty cool. Go figure.)

 

[geldonyetich]

I got the game too. It was only like $7.50 on the steam sale. About $40 later, I picked up probably $100 worth of good games.

 

[AndyFromMonday]

The Watchmen game.

.... DON'T LAUGH AT ME FOR BUYING IT!

Spoiler: Ha Ha!

OT: Empire: Total War. Waited 10 hours for it to download. Luckily, everything went smooth after that.

 

[nolongerhere]

The Watchmen game.

.... DON'T LAUGH AT ME FOR BUYING IT!

NO ONE TELLS ME WHAT NOT TO DO!

Spoiler: Point and Laugh

 

[The Rascal King]

The longest for me was KOTOR 1 off of Steam, it took like 5 hours.