HL2: Deathmatch error

[Vox Populi Vox Dei]

So i've played this game for quite a while now but now Steam is being a b!tch.

The error I get is this:

This game is currently unavalible.
Please try again later

Steam says it's 100% ready so I'm not sure what's up

And yes, it's original

 

[killadoob]

please post cd key here for me to validate

steam wont accept my 100 rand copy lol

 

[James]

I have had this often with CSS, just shut down STEAM and fire her up again. Normally works for me.

 

[w1z4rd]

didnt know people played this with BF2 around

 

[James]

didnt know people played this with BF2 around

BF2 is EA *Spit*, just as bad as Telkom

 

[Vox Populi Vox Dei]

I have had this often with CSS, just shut down STEAM and fire her up again. Normally works for me.

Shut it down but it still doesn't work

didnt know people played this with BF2 around

Still play some BF2 but it's nice to have a new game for a change ...although this will probably change to CoD2 when it comes out.

EDIT: Well I've deleted my clientregistry.blob file and Steam is updating now.

 

[thisgeek]

Shut down Steam.
Go into your Valve\Steam folder, and delete the file ClientRegistry.blob (or rename it if you prefer.
Start Steam up again, and voila. Problem should be solved.

I occasionally see that Steam reckons all my games need to be installed. Deleting that file usually solves it.

 

[James]

Shut down Steam.
Go into your Valve\Steam folder, and delete the file ClientRegistry.blob (or rename it if you prefer.
Start Steam up again, and voila. Problem should be solved.

I occasionally see that Steam reckons all my games need to be installed. Deleting that file usually solves it.

Lol the good old clietregistry.blob fix forgot about that one

 

[Vox Populi Vox Dei]

Shut down Steam.
Go into your Valve\Steam folder, and delete the file ClientRegistry.blob (or rename it if you prefer.
Start Steam up again, and voila. Problem should be solved.

I occasionally see that Steam reckons all my games need to be installed. Deleting that file usually solves it.

Didn't you see my edit?

The only problem is that I deleted the .blob file before I shut-down Steam. However it did the updating thing but it still didn't work

 

[thisgeek]

Didn't you see my edit?

The only problem is that I deleted the .blob file before I shut-down Steam. However it did the updating thing but it still didn't work

Nope. Probably opened the thread before you edited

Bugger. Make a steam backup, uninstall steam. Delete the whole valve folder, re-install steam, then run the backup executable.

See if that works. Major schlepp, but it's worth a shot, cuz valve support takes about a month to get back to you.

Also maybe try the forums at www.steampowered.com

 

[photonman]

didnt know people played this with BF2 around

Hey!! - dont u bad mouth HL2 deathmatch!