[DEFINITIVE] Half-Life 2 Thread


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Uhh..what was all that

Would playing the original HL really clarify what just happened, i mean doesnt seem like much of an ending

and whos that guy with the briefcase at the end..he seems weird

i tried searching google for a layout of the hl1 storyline but couldnt find one

anyone know a site?

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If you have completed it, can you help me with where to go now?

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Yes! I've fiannly completly got rid of stuttering in game. there a second stutter just as the loaded game start and than ir rock solid and smooth.

here my autoexec.cfg

cl_forcepreload "1"

sv_forcepreload "1"

cl_smooth "0"

snd_mixahead "0.5"

mod_forcedata 1

snd_async_spew_blocking 1

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Where is this autoexec.cfg file? Do I have to create it or something?

Is it actually the config.cfg file in the HL2 cfg folder? Because I do see some, not all, of the same options there...

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RoFL King Mustard.

I think you go down...

You're in Novaprospekt yes?

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I was already down. I have worked my way up and there was a supply crate up there that I destroyed with bullets, so I am guessing it's where I should be heading...

Uhh..what was all that

Would playing the original HL really clarify what just happened, i mean doesnt seem like much of an ending

and whos that guy with the briefcase at the end..he seems weird

i tried searching google for a layout of the hl1 storyline but couldnt find one

anyone know a site?

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You need to play HL1 to know who the guy with the briefcase is. He's more than what you think.

Lets just say he's a businesssssss guy...

I was already down. I have worked my way up and there was a supply crate up there that I destroyed with bullets, so I am guessing it's where I should be heading...

Well, theres certainly no puzzle there. Im sure you go down... You fought off a lot of Combines right? They are on top arent they? I think you change sides, the path is cut off somewhere so you have to go to the other side somehow.

create one.

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Thanks for the reply.

Created it, and maybe it is my imagination and wishful thinking, but it does actually seem to have helped some.

S-s-stuttering is still there, but nowhere near as bad is it was. In fact the helicopter which always cause stuttering did not for the first time with these settings.

So it looks like this is indeed along the right track.

Thanks FatCat (Y) Definitely better. Off to try some of the other fixes.

Hey I am stuck ...

Trying to get into the combine hq to stop the white "supression" weapon ... but I can't figure out how to get into that place, the blue shields are up and barney and I are running around but can't figure out where to go.

Thanks

Hey I am stuck ...

Trying to get into the combine hq to stop the white "supression" weapon ... but I can't figure out how to get into that place, the blue shields are up and barney and I are running around but can't figure out where to go.

Thanks

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Follow the blue sensor lines. They usually help, theres one open pathway at the corner of the building. There, theres a blue sensor that activates some security turrets, destroy them and I htink its quite linear from there.

hmm cant afford any more games rite now

so ill have to find a synopsis for hl1

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Did you get the Silver Package or Bronze Package? The Silver Package has Half Life Source - Which is a refurbished (Rubbish refurbishment) version of Half Life. Theres going to be a release of the original Half Life by some team. Watch out for that. I think www.planethalflife.com should have it. Opposing Forces and Blue Shift are optional, but give you a good perspective of what GMan really does. Maybe G stands for God?

:yes: Yup, I'm reading about (and trying to fix) it now.

Related links:

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.as...8&enterthread=y

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.as...MVIEWTMP=Linear

http://www.steampowered.com/forums/showthr...threadid=176802

I'm trying the codec thing in the third link now.

--DK

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It might be just a little to early to tell, but I left the autoexec.cfg file as is with FatCats changes, and I also tried the 3rd link provided by DK above with the codec trick (just follow the instructions on the page), and that combination SEEMS TO HAVE DONE THE TRICK!!!!!!

After disabling the MP3 audio codec as the thread istructs you to do, I just played a good 10 minutes with NO STUTTERING!!! I am keeping my fingers crossed this does work, but 10 minutes without a single stutter is WAY better than what I have experienced so far.

@nekrosoft - you might want to try that codex trick as well.

Thanks to everyone! Even if the problem is not fully fixed, it us obviously much better than it was!!!

Did you get the Silver Package or Bronze Package? The Silver Package has Half Life Source - Which is a refurbished (Rubbish refurbishment) version of Half Life. Theres going to be a release of the original Half Life by some team. Watch out for that. I think www.planethalflife.com should have it. Opposing Forces and Blue Shift are optional, but give you a good perspective of what GMan really does. Maybe G stands for God?

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G stands for government, i'm not saying he works for the government but that's what the G stands for in gman (in half-life and out)

Yea SaLiVa is right, that guy is GMan. Mystical man, I think the HL2 ending was quite good, bit short, I just hope there is a HL3.

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of course there will be hl3, they already probably started working on it.

hl is a big money maker, they will keep making next parts until people gonna get sick of it

im stuck to..

Im am supossed to kill every snipers with my grenades .. i have thrown about 10 grenades in every open window but barney wont move?

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RoFL! Poor you. There were only two snipers in Normal Mode. Just to check you count. Maybe you need to trigger it somehow (Throw the grenades to the windows). Or maybe Barney needs to get an MIT education like Gordon :p

I just started playing and am stuck here:

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go to the other room, jump down, find a valve, turn the valve fill up the room, return to this room, swim down and into the whole behind you, swim down then break the wood to release the platforms (3) jump the platforms and be on your merry ass way :p

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