http://steamreview.org/posts/steamdrvfilesystem/ Comment and discussion on Valve Software's digital communications platform. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:33:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://steamreview.org/posts/steamdrvfilesystem/#comment-3957 Steam Media Player available; Steam driver added and removed - The Steam Review Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:04:49 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/?p=55#comment-3957 [...] have now responded to this post with an explanation of SteamDrv.sys’s role. Tags: comprehensive entertainment [...] [...] have now responded to this post with an explanation of SteamDrv.sys’s role. Tags: comprehensive entertainment [...]

]]> http://steamreview.org/posts/steamdrvfilesystem/#comment-3945 Red Orchestra load times traced to Steam - The Steam Review Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:33:42 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/?p=55#comment-3945 [...] large numbers of Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 users have been traced back to Steam and its new ‘virtual drive’ system, used by Ostfront to access its GCFs. Red Orchestra: Ostfront is a testbed for new Steam [...] [...] large numbers of Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 users have been traced back to Steam and its new ‘virtual drive’ system, used by Ostfront to access its GCFs. Red Orchestra: Ostfront is a testbed for new Steam [...]

]]> http://steamreview.org/posts/steamdrvfilesystem/#comment-1423 The Steam Review » Blog Archive » Red Orchestra load times traced to Steam Tue, 12 Sep 2006 12:35:09 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/?p=55#comment-1423 [...] The long load times that currently plague large numbers of Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 users have been traced back to Steam and its new ‘virtual drive’ system, used by Ostfront to access its GCFs. Red Orchestra: Ostfront is a testbed for new Steam technologies. [...] [...] The long load times that currently plague large numbers of Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 users have been traced back to Steam and its new ‘virtual drive’ system, used by Ostfront to access its GCFs. Red Orchestra: Ostfront is a testbed for new Steam technologies. [...]

]]> http://steamreview.org/posts/steamdrvfilesystem/#comment-1422 The Steam Review » Blog Archive » Atari’s back catalogue on Steam by June? Tue, 12 Sep 2006 12:34:33 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/?p=55#comment-1422 [...] While storage and bandwidth might prove a headache for Valve, recent Steam technology will keep the workload down for Atari and their developers - crucial if a large number of games are to go online. It’s certain that the Steam Virtual Drive will be used to manage each game’s GCF and extracted content, and it is probably possible to feed Steam-generated CD Keys to multiplayer games, keeping their connectivity without requiring Steam integration. Needless to say though, games using this non-intrusive process won’t be protected by VAC. Neither will they stream, but we’re used to that by now. [...] [...] While storage and bandwidth might prove a headache for Valve, recent Steam technology will keep the workload down for Atari and their developers - crucial if a large number of games are to go online. It’s certain that the Steam Virtual Drive will be used to manage each game’s GCF and extracted content, and it is probably possible to feed Steam-generated CD Keys to multiplayer games, keeping their connectivity without requiring Steam integration. Needless to say though, games using this non-intrusive process won’t be protected by VAC. Neither will they stream, but we’re used to that by now. [...]

]]> http://steamreview.org/posts/steamdrvfilesystem/#comment-254 Andy Simpson Fri, 17 Mar 2006 17:09:23 +0000 http://www.steamreview.org/?p=55#comment-254 Told you so :-) Told you so

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