[DEFINITIVE] Half-Life 2 Thread


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at last i've got it to register. but now when i come to activating it by entering my cd key- it tells me to f*ck off..!!! "We are experiencing problems- we have not been able to fully activate your retial copy"

then in the next paragraph " you will be able to play this retial copy for the time being until we fully complete your transaction"

but then it just quits. telling em i havent fully activated it..!! arrhh.!!!! i hate this stupid stem business.!!!! 3hours now trying to get this sh!t to work .!!!! :angry:

cough cough

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

and why do i recieve a message from steam saying steam is curently facing problems??!!

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I have my NIS firewall, as well as windows firewall turned off.  Steam freezes up when I try to create a new account.  This is driving me mad.  It jumps up to using 50-75% of my cpu... :angry:

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I know you aren't gonna probably like this one, but why do you have so much stuff running in the background when you are launching it? 65 processes?!?!

Steam.exe is only using a little memory, but you are using nearly 500 megs of your memory from other things? (Unless there is a process that's sucking it all up at 100% cpu)

I know you aren't gonna probably like this one, but why do you have so much stuff running in the background when you are launching it? 65 processes?!?!

Steam.exe is only using a little memory, but you are using nearly 500 megs of your memory from other things? (Unless there is a process that's sucking it all up at 100% cpu)

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Yeah, I have a crapload of stuff running right now. I'll be killing all that for playing, I just didn't expect steam to need so much cpu... I've since been able to get as far as purchasing the silver pkg. Onward I go!

Yeah, I have a crapload of stuff running right now.  I'll be killing all that for playing, I just didn't expect steam to need so much cpu...  I've since been able to get as far as purchasing the silver pkg.  Onward I go!

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Yay!

Once you get in, prepare to never come out.

downloading it, almost done, but its nothgin special, just source physics engine and some water effects, thats about it. not a total overhaul

anyone played HL 1 : S yet?

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It happens with the CD version also. I did not do CS (see post above) cause all that I have is Dialup so I ain't playing online.

Will try with CS tonight.

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try it, it'll work.. it's completely amazing that a bug that simple (and i daresay common) could slip through. I think the whole install process is a joke, all this steam cr*p just wastes time and adds complication...

How long should I expect the dl to take?  I'm on a 3 megabit line.

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The whole thing? Depending on network congestion right now, it should take anywhere from 1.5 hours to 3 hours to download HL2.

CS:S will be ready in about 30 or so minutes though. (if you are getting it) and Half-Life: Source in about the same time.

The whole thing? Depending on network congestion right now, it should take anywhere from 1.5 hours to 3 hours to download HL2.

CS:S will be ready in about 30 or so minutes though. (if you are getting it) and Half-Life: Source in about the same time.

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I already started downloading HL2, should I load CS:S in tandem or just wait?

EDIT: NVM, one at a time it is.

ok im getting this weird installation error. im getting Error 1334: something something something file hl2.ico1 cannot be found sometthing something something from hl24.cab something something something. this happens when i have CD4 in it. any clues whats going on?

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

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Nah, no need. Just so long as you have the basic idea, I think you're good. The storyline is HL2 is pretty clear, so it's really not an issue either way :)

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