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The Ready Room => Off Topic => Topic started by: Nuketheplace on October 20, 2004, 03:46:14 PM

Title: Half-life 2
Post by: Nuketheplace on October 20, 2004, 03:46:14 PM: So I booted up my computer today and started up steam. Getting ready to play ns I was greeted with something different. There was that little "Unlocking Game Files" thing that you saw when you first got Counterstirke:Source. Then I look below the little status bar and see it says now unlocking Half-Life 2. Will someone please tell me whats going on?
Title: Half-life 2
Post by: ANeM on October 20, 2004, 03:54:37 PM: They unlocked.. certain parts. Not quite sure why
Though I'm now able to browse the GCF files with gcfscape, which I can't remember doing before.

Edit: Congrats on 200 posts.. unless your postcount got edited previously.. in which case uh.. something.
Title: Half-life 2
Post by: Isamil on October 20, 2004, 03:59:57 PM: Yeah that happend to everyone.
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Post by: Grimm on October 20, 2004, 05:04:19 PM: Except for those of us that didn't let it preload Halflife 2.
Title: Half-life 2
Post by: bacon_flaps on October 20, 2004, 05:43:54 PM: Because those people are weirdos.
Title: Half-life 2
Post by: Satiagraha on October 20, 2004, 06:01:19 PM: heeyyyy, I didn't preload HL2... :angry:
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Post by: Evangelion_2 on October 20, 2004, 07:08:03 PM: I read on some thread on the steam forums that it is like half of the key you need to unlock the files and when the game is released they send you the other part.
Title: Half-life 2
Post by: Grimm on October 20, 2004, 08:04:32 PM: I didn't preload HL2 either, but it doesn't make any of us weirdos. I just didn't quite care to have the files sitting there, taking up space without having any immediate purpose.
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Post by: Malevolent on October 20, 2004, 08:08:15 PM: I didn't preload it either. I like to have a copy in my hands.
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Post by: Anarki3x6 on October 20, 2004, 08:09:07 PM: yeeeessssss, it unlocked some stuff for me when i went to play cs:s
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Post by: lolfighter on October 21, 2004, 03:08:31 AM: Aye. Why waste precious bandwidth on preloading unless you plan on buying it online? If you buy the retail version, you don't need the preloaded files.
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Post by: Isamil on October 21, 2004, 04:12:39 AM: Well, I bought it online.
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Post by: Seth on October 21, 2004, 05:34:47 AM: same, silver pack.

last i heard it was nov. 16th-18th release date. :ph34r:
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Post by: Dubbilex on October 21, 2004, 06:26:32 AM: Quote
Aye. Why waste precious bandwidth on preloading unless you plan on buying it online? If you buy the retail version, you don't need the preloaded files.
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well, apparently most are preloading it even IF they buy it from the store. they just simply want to have it already residing on their hard-drives, ready to be installed as soon as they can get a cd-key (freeing themselves from the cd-install hassle)

lazy, eh?
Title: Half-life 2
Post by: lolfighter on October 21, 2004, 09:13:57 AM: Ultra-lazy. And these are the people that will complain about bandwidth as soon as you post a few pictures in a thread or place custom user icons on your game server.
Title: Half-life 2
Post by: Grimm on October 21, 2004, 09:35:00 AM: I'll be buying it online, so eventually I'll be downloading it anyway. I just didn't see much point in downloading it two months in advance. Plus I may or may not be wiping my harddrive and reformatting it before the release, so it'd have been a waste to get it twice.
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Post by: That Annoying Kid on October 21, 2004, 11:02:45 AM: grimm makes excellent points, and I am willing to sit thur a cd / dvd install
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Post by: Isamil on October 21, 2004, 03:39:35 PM: Quote
I'll be buying it online, so eventually I'll be downloading it anyway. I just didn't see much point in downloading it two months in advance. Plus I may or may not be wiping my harddrive and reformatting it before the release, so it'd have been a waste to get it twice.
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Grimm, you just need to backup the GCFs on CD. They also compress really well, you can do all the source ones in 3-4 CDs.
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Post by: Mr.Bill on October 21, 2004, 04:15:53 PM: How can you make a shrine without the cdcase/box? HOW?!
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Post by: Grimm on October 21, 2004, 06:49:38 PM: Gold version gets a box anyway, along with all the other stuff (although all I really want it for is the soundtrack CD).
Title: Half-life 2
Post by: BobTheJanitor on October 23, 2004, 08:50:29 AM: My preload seems to be stuck at 69%. I don't know why. It just sits there. I don't want to have another 31% to download when I finally buy it. :blink:
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Post by: Malevolent on October 23, 2004, 04:57:48 PM: Maybe Valve likes that number. My preload is stuck at zero for some reason. :p
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Post by: Anarki3x6 on October 23, 2004, 09:10:27 PM: i got another unlocking hl2 files today... prolly just a steam bug or some dumb stuff... :shrugs:
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Post by: Isamil on October 24, 2004, 09:07:46 AM: It needs to unlock them to update them.
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Post by: Clashen on October 24, 2004, 11:51:22 AM: yea they're like updating some maps for CS:S and stuff.
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Post by: EmperorPenguin on November 02, 2004, 08:33:14 PM: Hey, has it been confirmed that if you buy the Gold package off of Steam, you actually get the game on disc in addition to all the other bonus stuff? I've been looking around without much luck, and I'm trying to decide whether to buy it on Steam (having gotten my free Bronze pack makes it worthwhile) or just buy it at the store. Because, like others, I want my CDs/DVD!
Title: Half-life 2
Post by: Fewlio on November 06, 2004, 12:03:37 AM: Isn't gold twice the price of bronze? Although you get a HAT! Come on guys, free hat!
Title: Half-life 2
Post by: Grimm on November 06, 2004, 01:13:05 AM: Gold comes with the soundtrack CD of Half Life 2. If there was no soundtrack CD, I'd pick up silver along with everyone else, but since it's there, and since I'm a music freak, I gotta go for it.
Title: Half-life 2
Post by: ANeM on November 06, 2004, 06:01:56 PM: I'm going to guess the "Unlocking" of HL2 files was for hammer/teh sdk... since I'm seeing a fair number of "c17" textures in the texture window.
Title: Half-life 2
Post by: Malibu Stacey on November 07, 2004, 01:07:15 PM: Quote
Isn't gold twice the price of bronze? Although you get a HAT! Come on guys, free hat!
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That wins oxymoron of the year award.