First post, by rfnagel
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First of all, it took 'em over a WEEK to initially respond to my tech support ticket.
And then, brief snippets from the messages:
Support Ticket Subject: Problems with DoD (non-source) game after Steam Client update
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Message by RichNagel on Wed, 13th Jul 2011 4:26 am
I have only one Steam game that I've been playing for about a month now, "Day of Defeat", the non-source version. After the recent Steam Client update, I'm having a strange performance problem with the game.
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(*lots* of detailed info on the problem)
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Anyhow, I'm *sure* that the problem is due to the recent (July 12) Steam Client update.
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I have my entire Steam directory backed up/copied to a DVD (the previous version that I originally installed back in the beginning of June). I deleted my entire Steam directory, copied everything back to my hard drive from the backup DVD, and everything is fine... that is, until Steam autoupdates itself (which happens fairly quickly).
Seems that my framerate within the games isn't quite as good as it was either... little "hiccups" during gameplay.
And lastly, seems that when the problem is not happening, the DoD executable ("HL.exe") is using about 59% of my PC's system resources. When the problem is happening (run game; start a new game, disconnect back to the game's main menu), the DoD executable is using 100% system resources.
Like I posted above, it doesn't happen before the Steam Client update.
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Message by RichNagel on Wed, 20th Jul 2011 10:48 pm
Hello???
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Message by Support Tech on Thu, 21st Jul 2011 2:40 pm
Please try the following:
Exit Steam entirely.
Browse to your Steam installation (Usually C:\Program Files\Steam\). Rename the "steamapps" folder to "old_steamapps"
Re-launch Steam and re-install the game. Once the installation is complete, test the issue.
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Message by RichNagel on Thu, 21st Jul 2011 5:15 pm
Unfortunately, that didn't help. It's still exhibitng the same problem/lag in the main menu of the game, as the game in question ALREADY has *ALL* current updates applied... the actual game hasn't been updated in *YEARS*.
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Message by Support Tech on Fri, 22nd Jul 2011 1:10 pm
Please try new Steam updates as they are released to see if one of them resolves the problem. If you have any further questions, please let us know - we will be happy to assist you.
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Message by RichNagel on Sat, 23rd Jul 2011 12:01 pm
I *WAS* using the latest update. Per my first message, the July 12 Steam Client update.
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In other words, "hopefully a future Steam Client update *might* just fix the problem, but then again, MAYBE NOT... guess your're SOL". AARRGGHH!!!
Rich ¥Weeds¥ Nagel
http://www.richnagel.net