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CardJoe · 4th Nov 2008, 11:06

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/11...cloud-launch/1

Valve has dated the launch of the new Steam Cloud service, pledging that it will go live with Left4Dead.

yakyb · 4th Nov 2008, 11:19

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Cloud is a new system that'll constantly run in the background on Steam

is this optional?

Denis_iii · 4th Nov 2008, 11:27

sweeet! though don't think will be buying anymore games off steam as premium to high with current excahnge rate

proxess · 4th Nov 2008, 11:40

Will this be available to modders with their mods hosted on Steam?

adamc · 4th Nov 2008, 11:50

Sounds like this will be monitoring your settings for every steam app... and I wouldn't think you can disable it yakyb, it'll probably run like the stats-collecting features built-in, but not detrimental to performance.

johnnyboy700 · 4th Nov 2008, 12:29

I trust Valve to do this right, maybe not at the first attempt but it will be fine. Loads of people had issues with Steam at first (although mine was fine) and I think its turned out just fine so I have every confidence.

ozstrike · 4th Nov 2008, 12:32

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Originally Posted by Denis_iii

sweeet! though don't think will be buying anymore games off steam as premium to high with current excahnge rate

I thought if you bought stuff like Left4Dead at retail, then it would basically just be adding it to your steam account anyway?

CardJoe · 4th Nov 2008, 13:06

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Originally Posted by ozstrike

I thought if you bought stuff like Left4Dead at retail, then it would basically just be adding it to your steam account anyway?

It is, but you can find better deals through retail often.

steveo_mcg · 4th Nov 2008, 13:40

Not to mention the saving on bandwidth.

Omnituens · 4th Nov 2008, 14:17

Wonder if it will remember resolutions too per PC - annoying when new source games default to stupid res. suprised they dont just check what HL2 is running at and default to that instead.

DarkLord7854 · 4th Nov 2008, 14:48

Ooh this should be nice

Carpet3 · 4th Nov 2008, 15:22

sounds like a great idea

TreeDude · 4th Nov 2008, 15:34

Does this cloud colleact your game saves as well? That would be the only thing I would care about.

impar · 4th Nov 2008, 22:33

Greetings!

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Originally Posted by TreeDude

Does this cloud colleact your game saves as well? That would be the only thing I would care about.

Planned to be added later on.

Amon · 5th Nov 2008, 03:59

This is primarily for LAN cafes.

r4tch3t · 5th Nov 2008, 05:44

Great idea in my opinion, if only for the save game saving to be added. Would be really useful if you constantly use more than one computer. You can just continue were you left off.

Mentai · 5th Nov 2008, 05:54

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Originally Posted by CardJoe

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Originally Posted by ozstrike

I thought if you bought stuff like Left4Dead at retail, then it would basically just be adding it to your steam account anyway?

It is, but you can find better deals through retail often.

Wow, really? I guess it depends on your country. All steam games are about 30% off on release due to exchange rate and a week or so early in NZ, except for when certain publishers decide to charge differently per country to continue ripping us off. I'm looking at you Activision!
I would've bought fallout 3 off steam by now if they weren't charging more than the standard rate (though their price is not as insane as CoD4's), it pisses me off.
Admitedly that discount is being reduced quite quickly thanks to the world ending, so lets pretend I was complaining 6 months ago :P

On topic, I pre ordered Left4Dead so I'm excited about getting the demo. Although I thought it was supposed to be out Halloween? I guess it is on Valve time haha. I always forget to backup my saves etc when I reformat, so steam cloud will be good for me

I hope they implement it in all their other games within a reasonable time frame.

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Denis_iii Hypermodder Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 873	sweeet! though don't think will be buying anymore games off steam as premium to high with current excahnge rate

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adamc Modder Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 62	Sounds like this will be monitoring your settings for every steam app... and I wouldn't think you can disable it yakyb, it'll probably run like the stats-collecting features built-in, but not detrimental to performance.

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johnnyboy700 Hypermodder Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 786	I trust Valve to do this right, maybe not at the first attempt but it will be fine. Loads of people had issues with Steam at first (although mine was fine) and I think its turned out just fine so I have every confidence.

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TreeDude Multimodder Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 239	Does this cloud colleact your game saves as well? That would be the only thing I would care about.

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