[DEFINITIVE] Half-Life 2 Thread


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it already is out, its in the tools area below "my games"

juts righclick select install

are they gonna release an SDK so people could make mods, it would b e really cool if someone could make a multiplayer mod of the HL2 game

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LINK to screenshot please?

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http://homepage.ntlworld.com/chicane-uk/greencrap.jpg

Don't click the link if you want to see a section of the game!

if thats the way you came from, turn around and take a screen, if youdidnt come that way, go that way on the waterbuggy thing

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/chicane-uk/greencrap.jpg

Don't click the link if you want to see a section of the game!

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See I can't help but feel I am meant to have the waterbuggy thing by this point as the barrels I am using should be for another puzzle which I solved..

Where the hell is the waterbuggy then?!

hmmm i tried that too but just doesnt seem to work

i cant belive havin the game on my hands n not bein able to play :no:

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Is your Windows Firewall enabled also? If so, turn that off for now. Reference the ports I posted above to get your firewall(s) to play nice with Steam. Good luck! Off to play...

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Well i'm stuck already.. on my way through the waterways and I just found a lake of green crap and all I can find to get me across it are 4 barrels... tried throwing em in and hopping across and I am just not getting anywhere. Any suggestions?

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I think I know the section, I'm writing it out below in white (so highlight to view):

4 Blue Barrels, and the ramp...place the 4 barrels under the ramp (in that cage), then use the Hovercraft [with a run-up] and fly over :)

Is your Windows Firewall enabled also? If so, turn that off for now. Reference the ports I posted above to get your firewall(s) to play nice with Steam. Good luck! Off to play...

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man im not familiar with proxys n those ports, wud u be able to help me out

I'm getting the same error. Really friggin ****in me off. No proxy here. I am on a University connection, so it's not like that's the problem either.

I think that Steam is just bogged down. Go to Steam's website. It is barely loading. Stupid Steam. Great idea Valve!

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I don't know if you know this or not, but if you look at every other post on here lately, it's from some College kid trying to figure out how he/she is going to authenticate and run HL2 behind a College internet connection. The University connection probably is the problem.

it already is out, its in the tools area below "my games"

juts righclick select install

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I was looking for this aswell - thanks, I'm also downloading it now :)

To be honest, at first I didn't like this idea of STEAM, but I'm seeing the advantages of it now.

However, after installing it (like 5 seconds), it says it will take 26 minutes to prepare to play it..???

I don't know if you know this or not, but if you look at every other post on here lately, it's from some College kid trying to figure out how he/she is going to authenticate and run HL2 behind a College internet connection. The University connection probably is the problem.

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Nope. It's because I didn't think about the fact that I needed to open some ports for Steam. :)

Is your Windows Firewall enabled also? If so, turn that off for now. Reference the ports I posted above to get your firewall(s) to play nice with Steam. Good luck! Off to play...

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where do i go first to enable those ports, i know its a lame question but hej neva had the chance to learn al that

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