Not to get unduly personal in this post; however, I must say that I’m lucky to have a girlfriend who is able to put up with my geeky-ness. I say that because, after her interview at WallyWorld (Walmart for those not in the know :p Or is it not just a regional name?), and I happened to spot Metro 2033 for $43 (before tax)… and then proceeded to buy said game, she just laughed and showed as much interest as it is possible for a non-gamer girl to show.
Anyways, it’s now 2 days later, and i finally get to crack open the game. I put the disc in the drive and hit Install. It first installed steam since I hadn’t gotten around to re-installing it after upgrading my computer and reinstalling windows. I then logged into my steam account (I was luckily able to remember my password even though I haven’t had to enter it in about a year) and entered the product code…
And then waited for the game to download whatever small update would be needed. However, looking at the download screen, I noticed that Steam was downloading all ~7 GB of the game from the internet while my DVD just sat in the drive.
Looking around the internet for a solution, I noticed I wasn’t the only one having this problem. If this happens to you, I encourage you to read this forum post by Cerebelum. I followed the quick 4 steps, and Steam was then happily installing from the DVD :).
Steam updating after installing from the DVD, much quicker than downloading all ~7 GB!
Happy gaming :)
Awwww!!!!! lol. [ at the mention of me] btw, i miss you!
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