Members satannica Posted December 16, 2009 Members Share Posted December 16, 2009 Hiya all I'm running windows 7 pro x64 and I got the Half Life Orange Box on the way to me. My PC is set up perfectly for my music apps, Cubase 5 Studio, Reason, Superior Drummer. I've heard the horror stories of using Steam so never used it. But apparently, even if you have a DVD version of Orange Box, you still need Steam. So in reality, does Steam {censored} up anything badly? Or does it sit quietly in the background? Think I'll make a full backup first though - just in case. Just wondered if anyone had any experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grumphh Posted December 16, 2009 Members Share Posted December 16, 2009 Funny, i did just install that game last week, and so far have not discovered any adverse effects on other software. But i run a veeeery old OS (2K) and old software - so this might not translate to your system. And apart from the obvious that i don't like to have to connect to the net to search for "updates" before getting a singleplayer game up and running i have had no problems with the steam thing. And no problems with the connection to steam - sometimes being a really late adopter has its advantages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ckreon Posted December 16, 2009 Members Share Posted December 16, 2009 You can quit steam at any time, and it doesn't have to start up with windows. But aside from that, even if you left it running, the only problem i could foresee is it eating up memory (fairly noticeable footprint), and possibly sucking bandwidth during updates (which would also take some memory and cpu time away from your DAW/whatever). So basically, shouldn't screw up anything if it's on, just maybe take up some processing that would ordinarily be open - and you can always turn it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Oops-A-Paisley Posted December 16, 2009 Members Share Posted December 16, 2009 I've just installed windows 7 and funnily just loaded HL2 anywayssteam is fine, no need to worry,. I did have an issue with loading episode 2 , got all mixed up with how to activate it/load it up, but clicked something and it worked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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