Sven Co-Op 3.0 Half-Life Mod Released

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday December 24, 2003 @10:42PM from the viking-power dept.

Thanks to the official Sven Co-Op page for their announcement that version 3.0 of their popular Half-Life modification has finally been released. According to the site: "Sporting over two hundred and fifty features and changes ranging from new physics and AI systems to the Improved Cockroach, 3.0 is the largest, most significant update in Sven Co-op's history." The mod is described as "a co-operative modification... you are not fighting against other players - they are your allies, and you need to work with them to overcome large numbers of AI-controlled enemies", and the download page includes multiple mirrors for the 127mb file, which will also "be officially available for download via the Steam network at a later date."

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Steam sucks by CAPSLOCK2000 · 2003-12-25 03:23 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Now why are the releasing the .exe before they release it on Steam? The best reason I can think of is to protect the Steam network from overloading. As we see with pretty much any update to Half-Life or Counter-Strike. Steam was supposed to be resistent to slashdotting, but it clearly can't stand the stress. Valve should have made it a distributed network, so everybody can add their own mirrors, instead of relying on a few, frequently down dedicated servers.