Well I fixed it but... I'm trying really hard to be optimistic here, but this is 4th time, I have took a week or so off from coding, I did not use steam during the duration and when I returned steam did not work. I tried restoring, even deleting the blob file, rebooting, nada. Only way to fix it is to uninstall, then REMOVE the steam dir and reinstall. 4th time valve, maybe I'm doing something really weird to my computer each time, I don't know hot to explain it because it makes no since. Its almost like steam is mad is because I ignored it for week. Yes I know that's stupid to say, but its just my metaphor for how it has behaved on my pc. I'll do more testing because I would like to help you guys as much as possible make this a sold app as I see It has potential beyond any game network ever created.
BTW I read the patch chances, can I remove the second copy of steam.dll to debug? I'm glad its no longer necessary because I was really confused the first time steam.dll was modified in an update, my program behaved very strange and it took me a few hours to realize I had to copy over the new dll. Anyway im glad that's fixed -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kyle Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 9:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [hlcoders] Is there anyawy to get steam on the lan and not have to connect each time? This is a multi-part message in MIME format. -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Think it's a simple problem with my end, steam hangs up when it says "connecting to server" Any advice? I have not used steam in about a week, so I think its being a few gigabytes of patches already *tongue in cheek*. Anyway, it updated fine, but I just can't start or join any server. I need to get back to coding, I have been wasting my time this week with final exams. -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders

