For now there will be 3 directories (this case won't be common, most people have one user per machine). We plan on adding the ability to specify the install location of each game in the future (and you could point all 3 users to one place then).
You should install all 3rd party content in the Half-Life directory. - Alfred botman wrote: >> That is the way I have coded steam support - if the game > matches any of > the >> 'official' games, it uses the hl.exe in that specific directory, >> otherwise it falls back to the hl.exe in the [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> directory. >> >> Kris. > > ...also, since the Steam e-mail address is part of the directory > name, if 3 people are using the same computer with 3 different Steam > logins, doesn't that mean that a MOD would need to be installed 3 > times... > > Steam\SteamApps\email_user_1\halflife\BlasterMOD\50megabytes_w > orth_of_files > > Steam\SteamApps\email_user_2\halflife\BlasterMOD\50megabytes_w > orth_of_files > > Steam\SteamApps\email_user_3\halflife\BlasterMOD\50megabytes_w > orth_of_files > > ...instead of having a shared directory... > > Steam\SteamApps\halflife\BlasterMOD > > ???, I'm not sure I understand the requirement for the e-mail address > in the pathname. The e-mail address would still be required to > authenticate with Steam and Steam shouldn't care about whether a user > has paid for a non-Valve MOD and wouldn't need to restrict access to > MODs that someone hasn't paid for, right? > > Jeffrey "botman" Broome > > > _______________________________________________ > hlds_apps mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_apps _______________________________________________ hlds_apps mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_apps
