Comments on: Darwinia available for pre-order & pre-load; demo imminent http://steamreview.org/posts/darwiniapreorder/ Comment and discussion on Valve Software's digital communications platform. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:49:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: bigburpco http://steamreview.org/posts/darwiniapreorder/comment-page-1/#comment-49 bigburpco Wed, 14 Dec 2005 06:04:04 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/?p=28#comment-49 The Darwinia demo's now out on Steam. (Demo2, the Rocket demo) The Darwinia demo’s now out on Steam. (Demo2, the Rocket demo)

]]> By: Garry http://steamreview.org/posts/darwiniapreorder/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Garry Mon, 05 Dec 2005 17:08:34 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/?p=28#comment-43 I've preordered out of curiosity.. Which I think a lot of people are probably doing too. The trickle updating was a good idea but I don't think any of the games had the foresight to use it properly. Plus I think most people would rather just download the lot rather than run the risk of stalling and pausing half way through. I’ve preordered out of curiosity.. Which I think a lot of people are probably doing too.

The trickle updating was a good idea but I don’t think any of the games had the foresight to use it properly.

Plus I think most people would rather just download the lot rather than run the risk of stalling and pausing half way through.

]]> By: Tom Edwards http://steamreview.org/posts/darwiniapreorder/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Tom Edwards Fri, 02 Dec 2005 20:42:23 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/?p=28#comment-40 That's content streaming. It's one of the core Steam features, or at least it would be if they could make their damn games work with it. It won't let you play the old version while the new downloads (that's trickle updating, which is yet another abandoned feature) but it will let you launch with only the code and menu system in place. That’s content streaming. It’s one of the core Steam features, or at least it would be if they could make their damn games work with it.

It won’t let you play the old version while the new downloads (that’s trickle updating, which is yet another abandoned feature) but it will let you launch with only the code and menu system in place.

]]> By: Tom http://steamreview.org/posts/darwiniapreorder/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Tom Fri, 02 Dec 2005 19:49:07 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/?p=28#comment-39 This isn't relevant, but I just noticed something odd. I double-clicked Counter-Strike Source in my Steam menu, even though it was still updating (98%). It started up right away, and seemed to be working, but when I tried the new map, it hung for a long time on the loading thing, as though it was still downloading it. I gave up waiting in the end, even though it was occasionally making progress, and am just leaving it updating in the background now. Is it possible this is some kind of new system whereby you can play the old version of a game before it's fully updated, but have to wait if you want to try the new stuff? It's a nice idea, and a technical miracle if it's true. This isn’t relevant, but I just noticed something odd. I double-clicked Counter-Strike Source in my Steam menu, even though it was still updating (98%). It started up right away, and seemed to be working, but when I tried the new map, it hung for a long time on the loading thing, as though it was still downloading it. I gave up waiting in the end, even though it was occasionally making progress, and am just leaving it updating in the background now.

Is it possible this is some kind of new system whereby you can play the old version of a game before it’s fully updated, but have to wait if you want to try the new stuff? It’s a nice idea, and a technical miracle if it’s true.

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