Author Topic: Half-life 2  (Read 4689 times)

October 20, 2004, 03:46:14 PM
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Nuketheplace

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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?

October 20, 2004, 03:54:37 PM
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ANeM

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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.
« Last Edit: October 20, 2004, 03:55:40 PM by ANeM »

October 20, 2004, 03:59:57 PM
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Isamil

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Yeah that happend to everyone.

October 20, 2004, 05:04:19 PM
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Except for those of us that didn't let it preload Halflife 2.

October 20, 2004, 05:43:54 PM
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Because those people are weirdos.
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October 20, 2004, 06:01:19 PM
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heeyyyy, I didn't preload HL2... :angry:

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October 20, 2004, 07:08:03 PM
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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.
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October 20, 2004, 08:04:32 PM
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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.

October 20, 2004, 08:08:15 PM
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I didn't preload it either. I like to have a copy in my hands.
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October 20, 2004, 08:09:07 PM
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yeeeessssss, it unlocked some stuff for me when i went to play cs:s
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October 21, 2004, 03:08:31 AM
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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.

October 21, 2004, 04:12:39 AM
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Isamil

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Well, I bought it online.

October 21, 2004, 05:34:47 AM
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same, silver pack.

last i heard it was nov. 16th-18th release date.  :ph34r:
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October 21, 2004, 06:26:32 AM
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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?

October 21, 2004, 09:13:57 AM
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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.

October 21, 2004, 09:35:00 AM
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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.

October 21, 2004, 11:02:45 AM
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grimm makes excellent points, and I am willing to sit thur a cd / dvd install
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October 21, 2004, 03:39:35 PM
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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.

October 21, 2004, 04:15:53 PM
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How can you make a shrine without the cdcase/box? HOW?!

 
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October 21, 2004, 06:49:38 PM
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Gold version gets a box anyway, along with all the other stuff (although all I really want it for is the soundtrack CD).