[DEFINITIVE] Half-Life 2 Thread

[jerry]

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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Thanks (Y)

[Faiden]

Dog and the tame headcrab (what?s HER name?) are the greatest...

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

All I will say, is I spoke to soon :cry: :/

Valve, The Vendors with drivers, whomever is to blame, Please fix this issue soon.

[Lingwo]

Ok i've played around and finally worked out how to get it.

You go to the level you get it "our benefactors" and when you get it type in the consoles "changelevel mapname" and it'll carry it over to that level... you can use it on the first level just use the impulse 101 cheat. Its quite funny in parts.

Also this bad boy is powerful enough to pick up a complete strider!

[Ritalin]

I just bought the retail version for 45 bucks :)

Amazing so far!

[nekrosoft13]

thanks Larry

[Max Veteran]

Also this bad boy is powerful enough to pick up a complete strider!

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I must try that.

[ANova]

I didn't see this mentioned but it may help some of you. HL2 only uses 64 MB of ram by default so what you have to do is rightclick on the games icon then go to properties and launch options then add "-heapsize 256000" without the brackets (for those with 512 MB) and 512000 (for those with 1 GB). You can tell if it worked by opening the console when you first start up the game and it'll say "heapsize xxx" amount.

[doubledragonxz]

So the problem is still there Larry? even with the two fixes? Im getting my copy next week and I want to make sure Im ready for anything.

[jerry]

Stuck again :cry: I suck at puzzle solving.

[Island Roots]

Valve released a Steam update just now and also commented on the audio issue:

Steam Client Update Released

November 19, 2004, 3:03 pm ? valve

A small number of Half-Life 2 customers have been experiencing problems while playing the game, and we have traced these issues to corrupt Steam cache files. We've released a Steam update to help resolve these issues. If you have been experiencing problems such as crashing during gameplay or startup of Half-Life 2, please restart Steam and then click on one of the links below. Steam will then automatically verify your cache files. The verification process will take roughly five minutes to complete.

To validate Half-Life 2 click here

To Validate Counter-Strike: Source click here

To Validate Half-Life: Source click here

We're also investigating a solution for the sound skipping problems a small number of users are running into. We'll have a solution for this as soon as possible.

[Dashel]

Um, use the barrel to jump up? You don't even need the barrel, see the broken...

[jerry]

Um, use the barrel to jump up?

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I used it to go left, climb the ladder and found some goodies. It was a dead there.

[Dashel]

Sorry, I've already forgotten that part. I swore the exit was to the left.

[jerry]

I'll check again if I missed something there.

[Shadrack]

i find it hard to believe that valve or whoever didn't know about half of these problems before the game came out... what are they doing releasing a game full of stuttering, spluttering sound and bugs all over the place! there must be like 1 single spec out there that it runs fine on and everything else has problems!!

This is gonna be just like hl1... wait for about 8 patches to come out before its playable :(

still, it IS a great game...!

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I'm having sound stuttering on my machine, but it seems to be linked to video stutters as well. I've tried both the onboard sound and a SBLive 5.1 card. I agree with you that they had to know about the problems before they released the game, and that really ****es me off. But unfortunetly I think it is a very common thing in the PC gaming industry. Which really dissapoints me because for all the games I have, it is like I have to install a patch before I can even play them. I think I may be moving to a console in the near future. Maybe next gen.

[+virtorio MVC]

Does on my old desktop computer (PIV 1.6, 512mb, GeForce FX 5200 64MB) but doesn't on my laptop (PIV 3.06 HT, 512mb, Mobility Radeon 9000 with 64mb shared).

[Kupo-Cheer]

is this the same barney from HL1?  barney rocked!

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Yup, same Barney, better look, and not part of some weird Black Mesa Clone Army for security guards.

[Kupo-Cheer]

So what about g-man sightings? I know hes been seen a lot on the level Route Canal, but I missed that. I'm playing through a second time and the first time I noticed him is in Dr. Kleiner's lab where there's a security camera system and you have to cycle through them by pressing the use key. On one of them you can see the g-man staring into the camera and then he walks away. (I'm gonna go take a screenie since I didn't catch one the first time)

[devnulllore]

I have the free coupon version of HL2. If I do the "backup"through steam and archive the file it makes does that actualy work? I.E. my system crashes and I have to restore from scratch will that actualy restore the game?

[Neolink]

i have only seen him at some docks, and on a camera in NovaProjekt , he was behind some glass then walked away :ninja:

[Rogue`]

Valve released a Steam update just now and also commented on the audio issue:

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Was just about to comment on it....ive tried the autoecec.cfg and turned off the mp3 codec in ffdshow...and although its allot better, it still stutters....but hey :p VALVe are working on it so lets hope they fix it soon :)

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

So the problem is still there Larry? even with the two fixes? Im getting my copy next week and I want to make sure Im ready for anything.

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Yes, unfortunately the problem is still there.

What is even worse It worked like a charm when I first started playing, lasted about 20 minutes, and then all hell broke lose and it was actually worse than it has ever been, which is even more frustrating that it had promise to work.

Sorry I spoke to soon nekro... hopefully maybe it still works for you...

Going to try ANova's advice right now, it seems promising, and I am going to wait at least an hour until I post if it worked or not this time too.

And also I must say it is nice to finally hear Valve address the issue as well.

[andy2004]

+++ spoiler alert ++++ ( enlarge in word to read lol )

For me so far the best bits of the game have been when your on the hoverboat thingy and your crusing along that river trying to get away , you turn a corner and whats the next thing you see ? one huge ass chimney stack about to fall on you :laugh: man thta was amazing had to play hat bit 2/3 times and also when you first get the gravity gun and you play catch with dog !!! i thought that was a nice touch :) also where you have to cross under the bridge man that was amazing !! just dont look down lol :pinch:

what do you guys think of the weapons ? my favourite has to be the crossbow and also the rifle that the enemy use ( sorry forgot the name will have to go back and have a look lol )

so far so good. Ive just come down the lighthouse and im taking the secret path along the coast :happy:

[Sn1p3t]

I have one question. Why is it that the HEV suit can run an entire computerized system that monitors your entire body, yet the flashlight wastes its power in about 10 seconds? :p