Moving from WON to Steam

Steam is Valve's new broadband platform for direct software delivery and content management.

If you've been playing on WON up until now, you need to install the new Steam version of your game to continue playing.

With Steam you'll be able to:

• Buy Valve games via the Internet, and start playing within minutes of confirming your purchase.
• Access your games from any PC.
• Stop worrying about product updates and patches--they're all handled automatically!
• Instant-message your friends, even while playing games.
• Browse and connect to game servers.
• See when your friends are playing, and join their games.

You can install Steam now using the Steam Installer (Approx. 700 KB): SteamInstall.exe

Note: Some users have reported that the download occasionally stops before it's complete. Keep trying until you get the complete installer.

Place the installer in a temporary directory, such as C:\SteamInstall.

Make sure that you've exited out of any Internet programs, such as Kazaa, Internet Explorer, email, and instant messaging programs.

Then double-click on the Steaminstall.exe file. Follow all the instructions and use the default installation path if you can.

You'll have to create a new Steam Account, be sure to use a memorable Account name and password and Secret Question/Answer. Your contact email is also VERY IMPORTANT, make sure it's a good email address and if you change emails addresses later be sure to update the contact email for your Steam Account.

Once you register your CDKey to this account, you won't be able to register that CDKey to any other account. Account names can't be changed and CDKeys can't be transferred.

If you're using a firewall, you'll need to give Steaminstall.exe, Steam.exe, and HL.exe permission for all ports and for TCP & UDP if the firewall asks. If Steam hangs, your firewall is probably blocking access and you may have to update the permissions again.

Steam will not ask you for your CDKey until you select the option "Register a product I already own" in the "Browse Games" portion of the Steam menu.

Once you've entered your CDKey, Steam will download all the necessary content for the game.

Before the download starts, please make sure that your Internet connection rate for Steam is properly configured. You can adjust this rate in the Steam settings dialog.

Although it's possible to start playing before the download is completed, it's best to wait for 100% of the game to be downloaded before you attempt to play. You can check on the download progress in the Steam Monitor and in the game properties; right-click on the game in your games list and select "Properties" from the popup menu.

If you have a lot of custom maps from your old WON installation, you'll want to transfer them over to your new Steam install. To do this, copy the appropriate folders from (typically):

C:\Sierra\CounterStrike

directory to the new location, typically:

C:\program files\Steam\Steamapps\<your account>\Counter-Strike\Cstrike.

WARNING: Do not copy over any Standard maps and other Stock content! If you do, you will likely have disconnects for "map differs from server" and "bad file consistency" problems.