[DEFINITIVE] Half-Life 2 Thread

[Chicane-UK Veteran]

Ok - i've some how managed to get pretty far into things without the hovercraft. I've already got to the point linked below without the boat somehow..

Am I meant to have it already?!

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

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

you got that far withought the watter buggy, omg, spoiler white from now on go back to where the rockets start comming down and releacing headcrabs, toward the end of that sewer canyion area, there isa side passage with a wodden walkway on teh side, go down it, youll get the water buggy, then have fun, cause imho it is. :whistle:

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?!

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[Weasel]

Steam is going to have trouble holding up at the current rate:

Note the grey line is theoritical maximum, but in practice throughput can never be 100%

Steam is currently outputting 4.5 Terabytes per hour!

Edited November 16, 2004 by Weasel

[jkinzer]

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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Check out this website: click.

It should help you through the process. If you still can't figure it out, go to Start -> Control Panel -> Windows Firewall. Click Off. This is not the best idea, but will be okay until you figure out how to open ports.

[S.MULLA]

steam seems to be down.. cant create an account..!!!! :angry: stpid idea steam is.. :angry:

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

doubt it, youll notice they jacked their bandwith up also to keep with demand, if there is more stress on steam, they will jsut get more bandwith (i have a feeling there is an ISP just callign them up going, you need more, we got more, you shure you dont need more atm"

Steam is going to have trouble holding up at the current rate:

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[LOC Veteran]

steam seems to be down.. cant create an account..!!!! :angry: stpid idea steam is.. :angry:

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Steam is working fine here.

[afterlife]

i can't even login to my steam account right now.....servers must be flooded..

[dougkinzinger]

Picking mine up tonight, reserved, from EB Games. Awesome.

--DK

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

steam isnt down, im still downloading HL1:S atm

at first i was aganst steam, but lately iv been using it for past couple of days, and startign to see its uses/liking it. honestly i wouldnt mind seing other developers using it

steam seems to be down.. cant create an account..!!!! :angry: stpid idea steam is.. :angry:

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[Fr3d]

at first i was aganst steam, but lately iv been using it for past couple of days, and startign to see its uses/liking it. honestly i wouldnt mind seing other developers using it

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same here! like a launch-pad & updater 4 all ur Valve games :D

[DjmUK]

Once this "Source SDK" has finished downloading and installing - is there any way of saving the downloaded content, that way I don't need to download 35MB every time I wipe my computer (which is quite often).

[sin-ergy]

steam is cool but uses too much mem :/

[crackhbob]

I think it's good to have that option, but requiring authentication over it isn't necessary.

I'm crossing my fingers for a fix to my loading crash on the steam forums. :blush:

[sin-ergy]

Once this "Source SDK" has finished downloading and installing - is there any way of saving the downloaded content, that way I don't need to download 35MB every time I wipe my computer (which is quite often).

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you can burn it to disc.

[DjmUK]

Burn to disc - yeah I was thinking that, but where will it be stored after download?

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

cause i dont have any of the tools area installed this may not work, but right click a game or one of the tools, and select teh backup option, will give you antoehr screen to where you can select what to back up, then select the directory /file you want it to be

Once this "Source SDK" has finished downloading and installing - is there any way of saving the downloaded content, that way I don't need to download 35MB every time I wipe my computer (which is quite often).

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[sin-ergy]

Burn to disc - yeah I was thinking that, but where will it be stored after download?

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not sure what you mean. i mean steam has the option of backing it up to disc (right click on game) but as far as where it goes on your HD, probably somewhere's in your steam folder ;)

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

you select where its stored / what its called

not sure what you mean.  i mean steam has the option of backing it up to disc (right click on game) but as far as where it goes on your HD, probably somewhere's in your steam folder ;)

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[Chicane-UK Veteran]

Went back and found the boat.. thought the maps past there were a bit bland and painful... back to it now!

Cheers :)

[Weasel]

doubt it, youll notice they jacked their bandwith up also to keep with demand, if there is more stress on steam, they will jsut get more bandwith (i have a feeling there is an ISP just callign them up going, you need more, we got more, you shure you dont need more atm"

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As you can see from the newest graph, the current bandwidth is experiencing a sudden drop. Note that we are just beginning what is usually the peak hours of internet traffic (afternoon). So there are two possibilites:

1) Demand for HL2 is decreasing.

2) Network congestion is causing packets to be lost.

If I had to take a guess #2 is more likely.

[Fr3d]

wen u download hl2 from steam, can u specifiy wer u wannt install it? cos i've only got about 1.2GB free on my C:\ drive... and its JUST for windows and programs... i have another drive that i wanna put it on... how do i tell it to? does it give me installer wizard, or just put it where it thinks is best?

thnx!

[sin-ergy]

wen u download hl2 from steam, can u specifiy wer u wannt install it? cos i've only got about 1.2GB free on my C:\ drive... and its JUST for windows and programs... i have another drive that i wanna put it on... how do i tell it to? does it give me installer wizard, or just put it where it thinks is best?

thnx!

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no, i think it goes into your steam folder. nice spelling btw :p

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

i thought the grey line was avaliable bandwith. and the yello was usage, youll notice at 20:46 near the 16th there was an increase in avalaible, there will probally be anothe rincrease agian.

but i do also see the spikes as it were of the avalable bandwith, who knows, could jsut be hickups from being slammed, but ill will say this, this is a big test of steam, if it hold up to this withought goign down, then it will be popular.

As you can see from the newest graph, the current bandwidth is experiencing a sudden drop.  Note that we are just beginning what is usually the peak hours of internet traffic (afternoon).  So there are two possibilites:

1) Demand for HL2 is decreasing.

2) Network congestion is causing packets to be lost.

If I had to take a guess #2 is more likely.

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[DjmUK]

not sure what you mean.  i mean steam has the option of backing it up to disc (right click on game) but as far as where it goes on your HD, probably somewhere's in your steam folder ;)

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I see, I've just selected that backup method for HL2, and it'll take 25 mins to complete (woah!).

Just To Confirm

1.) This backup isn't a backup of the entire game;

2.) This backup isn't a complete backup (as in, original DVD > this one)

3.) This is only the activation stuff that's been activated

4.) It's encrypted, so it will only work for me (Steam Login Details)

5.) If I wipe me machine and reinstall the game from DVD, how do I import these backed up file (because essentially I'm installing the game twice.

If there wa a manual I wouldn't be asking too many questions ;)