[DEFINITIVE] Half-Life 2 Thread

[toastyghost]

The new patch seemed to fix my sound stuttering, which is lovely. The only other bugs I've found are from me abusing the physics far too much, such as stacking the big containers using the crane, and knocking them over. For some reason they bounced off each other at high speed.

But I think thats more of a Havok engine problem.

[S.MULLA]

i fell through maps..at some points. glicthes in graphics itself, and the major problem was lock ups.. when loading level, during gamepaly during saves..etc.. but since yesterday i havent had any problems..so the fix over steam seems to fix it all. :)

[koocha]

Hey

Had a look - there isn't a 4.1 setting in HL2. It's set to quadrophonic. It's like the sould should be coming out of a centre speaker though. Strange. I'll just have to have my back to everyone when I talk to them.

[Krudomanic]

Are you on about EAX 4.0 by any chance because I have the same problem with HL2... turn off EAX and everything is fine put it back on and everything is quiet apart form background noice... turn from left to right and the sound comes back then it drops again...

[koocha]

Are you on about EAX 4.0 by any chance because I have the same problem with HL2... turn off EAX and everything is fine put it back on and everything is quiet apart form background noice...  turn from left to right and the sound comes back then it drops again...

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How would I go about disabling EAX4? There's nothing in the HL2 option about hardware sound, so is it in the creative driver?

Cheers

[Kev1n]

doesnt only the pirated version have disabled AI?

[Elliot B.]

I voted: A little. Just minor bugs though.

[Varsity]

Yes. Same for the full but red aux power bar.

[OrangeChicken]

Run console and write ai_disable 0 or ai_resume

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Thanks alot NG_Nigma!!!

[Krudomanic]

How would I go about disabling EAX4?  There's nothing in the HL2 option about hardware sound, so is it in the creative driver?

Cheers

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Sorry I meant disable all features for the sound card so it sounds like a normal soundcard and it's fine put everything back to normal again and everything is quiet even talking...

I have the Audigy2 ZS Platimum Pro soundcard... and all was working fine until I install HL2...

[SureGuy]

Various reports on the SteamPowered forums indicate that the posted "fix" doesn't solve the issue for many users. Apparently it just changes one of the config values - so you'll likely not even see the update window. Assuming the value was changed on my PC I don't notice any difference - even with audio and video settings turned down.

SureGuy

[[ timko ]]

I checked my Steam status monitor and found that it did give me an update today. And no this wasn't the recent platform update as I got that the other day... guaranteed cos I sat there and watched it saw "Platform update mother f***a!" (Y)

They need to add something like a version number or at least a date to something somewhere to indicate how up-to-date a given installation is.

[Varsity]

Apparently it just changes one of the config values

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That's all you SEE it do. It fixes 2 of the 3 of causes of stuttering.

They need to add something like a version number or at least a date to something somewhere to indicate how up-to-date a given installation is.

All your games and the platform cannot be anything less than the latest version...:s

[jtchange]

About how high do you think I'll be able to have my settings(for half life 2) with the specs i have(in sig)

I think everything will be fine but my graphics card, because it's a pci card and it's a low end card.. :pinch: hopefully the 128mb will pull through?

thanks

[Varsity]

With that card low, no question about it.

[BananaMan]

if you woulda bought it gold from steam you get the back catalog, more free stuff a soundtrack cd and the full stratagy guide.  :laugh:

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I'm on 28.8k (not by choice, inferior telephony infrastructure in my area) - so this is not possible. HL2 CE was my only choice.

[Elliot B.]

I'm on 28.8k (not by choice, inferior telephony infrastructure in my area).

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Ouch :pinch:

[Xtreme $niper]

Yeah go towrards the building in the third pic.

[Varsity]

Get off the airboat and take a screen for us. There should be a few differences.

[rajputwarrior]

http://www.tweakguides.com/HL2_1.html

great guide, should help get tthe extra fps outta ur system!

[Mx]

Cool, I'll have a read :)

[The Jorge]

Actually half of the SDK is out

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Half? Wow. Valve is really lazy then. No Gordon model or multiplayer. What else have they not finished and released as completed?

[Cyrilix]

Good enough.

My rig (see sig) runs the game at 1024x768 with medium models, everything else low. Yours should do better.

[SaLiVa]

I'd like to actually have a real sniper rifle instead of one of those crappy crossbows that shoot slowly and have a tendency to hit a bit lower than what the crosshair displays...

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hehe The reason why

High Tech > Low Tech

But I like the physics implemented by Valve for the crossbow, if ever there was a medival setting in a mod, that physical characteristic should be taken into consideration. It would add the the realism, and not to mention if they had a 120 player map and all shoot arrows at once =D w00t!

[mko]

I passed HL2, and I don't really like it either. In fact only passing NFSU2 days before getting HL2 I can say I actually enjoyed NFSU2 more. I think FPS games are the most inflexible when it comes to gameplay. I've played a lot of FPS in my time so HL2 was "just another shooter" for me. Sure it has nice graphics and physics, but as technology progresses all games are going to be like this. The game is also painfully linear, which is where I can safely say Farcry owned HL2 in this regard.

Some other more enjoying games of the year were Battlefield Vietnam, Sims2 and UT2004. I think Doom3 and HL2 are going to go into my 'soon to forget' drawer where I doubt I'll ever dish it out again for another game for a while now.

Not to mention it ends there without the lack of a multiplayer component based on HL2.