So I just got it, um, I'm new to steam, and I just installed it, so, how do I get the games? Do I really have to download it off steam, or are they on the cds?
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So I just got it, um, I'm new to steam, and I just installed it, so, how do I get the games? Do I really have to download it off steam, or are they on the cds?
no, its updating, and it is downloading it at 150 kb/s
gonna take all night at this rate...
I do, it turns out...
You shouldn't have to download if you have the CDs, at least not the entire game(s).
You install the games from the CDs, and then once your account is up and running on Steam, and you add the keys etc, Steam should only download the needed updates to the game(s) you have installed. If you installed say just Team Fortress 2 from the CDs, then Steam would download just the needed updates to TF2, including the latest patch (which was quite a big one for the game) etc.
If you did NOT install the games from the CDs, then yes you would download the entire thing off Steam itself.
Yes you can install from the DVD:s, altho autostart didnt work so I had to go there and find the installer exe.
Already have, still the same problem.