Archive for the ‘Software’ Category

OnLive: The Lan Center Killer!

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Okay, I’ve heard alot about this service.  I’ve had a lot of people ask my opinion on it, and I’ve always said, “I doubt it will change much.”  Well, I finally bit the bullet signed up for an account and began gaming.  I used the computer client for my purposes, but they do have a [...]

Smartlaunch: Adding Steam Games not Included in the Cafe Program

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This is  a guest post by Robert Steele of Level up in Augusta, Georgia to help assist in installing non-cybercafe steam games in smartlaunch. Robert is one of SALC’s first game-center owners that started on SALC and remains a very active member on SALC.  Feel free to check out his website at levelupaugusta.com. (I swear [...]

List of Steam Application IDs

Okay I pulled all these Steam Application Ids  from the Valve Software Developer Wiki.  Hopefully this list keeps you from having to search all over the place.  If you kind find the application id your looking for here.  There is another method to find the application ID. This process can also be used for Demos, [...]

No-cd/dvd patches for major games.

Due to some copy protections, its not possible to use ISOs to mount in Daemon tools on a Gaming rig in order to play it.  So unfortunately, it is necessary to use no-cd/dvd patches for some of the games you will be installing.  Honestly I used it on Call of Duty 4 because I was [...]

Save money use a Linux Fileserver

When your running a Lan Center you will often need ISOs for you games to load.  It would be nice for it to be economical to put these ISOs on ever computer but unfortuantely its not. So, your next thought will be okay I can set up a file share on my smartlaunch server and [...]

Getting publisher licenses for your game center

If you look at most game’s term of use or term of service it will state that you can not use their video games to make any sort of commercial profit. The gray area here is the fact that you are charging to use your computers not necessarily a specific PC game. Well to cover [...]

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