[DEFINITIVE] Half-Life 2 Thread

[wstokeley]

Hi,

Funny story,

I'm at university, and the only way we can acess the internet is via a proxy. Mostly this is all well and good, but as you can see, I bought HL2 today, with a friend. We couldn't get steam to connect via the proxy, so:

We drove 70 miles to my house to try it on the net there.

It didn't work.

Well, that's not strictly true, my friend managed to get his registered, but it "wont work in offline mode" my copy failed to register at all.

So, with much anger we drove 70 miles back.

Has anyone got a clue how you can get steam to work through a proxy? Or possibly a workaround to this problem?

At the moment, i'm feeling highly frustrated and angry with valve and sierra. I paid ?55 ($100 + ) for this game (inc petrol) and it still doesn't work. I actually could file a lawsuit.

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

i remember seing HL2 icons on wincustomize if thats what your looking for

Can someone post the icon for the Half-life 2 CD(s) please? I would like them for my steam backup DVD.

Please PM me the link (or i'll give you my email).

Cheers.

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[Airw0lf]

just click with your right mouse button to "halflife 2" in your steam. then click "make a desktop shortcut"

and there you go a nice hl2 icon ;)

[andrefreitas404]

Anyone having problems login on to steam? I have the game right here, but i can't create an account @ steam... damn it :angry:.

Steam is: ONLINE

Edited November 16, 2004 by funquiada

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

as far as a mod, i wouldnt midn seing that soccer/europe football mod thats for UT2k4/2k3

the ball the robot dog plays with and the grav gun make it easy and ideal

think its called powerball or soemthing

[psychoticDEMENTO]

hmmmm, it seems the people who have it working easiest and best bought it through steam and pre-loaded it.... and we also have some extra shelf space too!

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It also works for the people with brains. :ninja:

[ProfessorX]

here u go i got the screenshot. weird eh?

[curme]

Gee, it was soooooooooooo much fun stacking barrels for two hours. :rolleyes:

And I especially liked it when I had a seizure everytime I was close to building some steps, and it all came crumbling down! :angry:

[Fr3d]

but why does steam hog my cpu usage for 4mins before proceeding to the next step?  :no:

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probly cos its un-encoding the files... :p

I have never completed HL. Think I should finish it before I get going on HL2?

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yes... even if its on cheats :p that way u'll meet all the characters and stuff... and make sure u play it on software emulation mode, not D3D or openGL... then u'll see it "as it is/was meant to be played... then" :p ;)

[Video_9]

Yea im having the same problem.. Steam servers are either too busy or dead....

[Symbiotic Hat]

Who knew the anti-gravity gun would be soooo cool.

Oh yeah ... Ant lions rule.

[^babagonoosh^]

me tooo

:angry: :angry: :angry: :angry:

[ChicoCahill]

this game is by far living up to my expectations

[|Holocaust|]

You cannot turn off page files.  You can only turn off Windows ability to intellgently manage.  Your hard drive will ALWAYS be paged to even with page management off.

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So if I go to Control Panel > System > Advanced > Performance > Advanced > No Paging File, you're telling me there is still a paging file?

[Hupp]

so i play for about 5 minutes to test it out this morning and restart my computer , come down this after noon and I can't even log into steam to play this is so weak. Wow, what a great system steam is....

[Hypoxiaicon]

Awww :(

^^ Edited my post. Thought it was a bit mean. :)

Edited November 16, 2004 by hypoxiaicon

[Hupp]

yeah get over it? you pay money for a game that requires online activation every time you want to play it even in off line, thats Bull-**** , and if they are going to do that they could atleast over prepare.

[notuptome2004]

it dont requier online activation everytime ya load it and 2ndly i have used steam i know many who use steam and steam works perfect on ther Pcs so try it agian reinstall it and if it dont work then your SOL and it is prolly due to user error not Steam

[GameOverRob]

This game is absolutely awesome and not overhyped one bit unlike the dissappionting doom3

[kingbob]

Uhhh...Steam is broke. I forgot to set offline mode on Steam, and now I can't play HL2. Me very ****ed. Steampowered is even down. :angry:

[G4M3R]

Very nice :yes:

[Hupp]

it dont requier online activation everytime ya load it and 2ndly i have used steam  i know many who use steam and steam works  perfect  on ther Pcs so  try it agian reinstall it  and  if it dont work then your SOL  and it is prolly due to user error not Steam

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really user error? you are quick one, just the fact thats it all over the steam forums and shacknews. congrats on your genius... It doesn't require activation sorry but i need to log in right now to even access the game and well i can't even do that.

[Lanky]

Yep its bull****, ive been waiting for 2 hours now to play but I cant login.

[SimplyPotatoes]

Perhaps you could lead a prayer in school during class hoping that god improves steam?

[SOSAGES1]

or spend less time bitching about it and try and fix it ..now go away