Ello,
Just wondering, as allot of the HL2 forums appear to be plagued with installation issues, how many people got HL2 installed fine?
I for one had 0 Issues, but then I got the silver steam package so did not technically install...
Yes
No
Ello,
Just wondering, as allot of the HL2 forums appear to be plagued with installation issues, how many people got HL2 installed fine?
I for one had 0 Issues, but then I got the silver steam package so did not technically install...
I got the basic retail package, and except for the stupidly long install time, I was fine![]()
no issues at all
dead simple preload, and validated in just a couple of minutes
I'd say yes it did install fine, the only problem I had was with the Uni blocking steam, but i kinda got round that... *ahem*
1 problem I have noticed is that if you have the dvd version, if you try and install HL2 without CS:S steam will refuse to unlock the files, thus resulting in CS:S having to be installed, shame as I hate CS with a vengeance
I've noticed Retail - i.e DVD buyers all have to have the disc in the drive to play HL2 or CS
Now... I know that this is going to a MAJOR pain in the ass - and no doubt that peoples discs will be getting more and more scratched. Hopefully Valve will update steam and include the no-cd to stop this occuring![]()
steam silver package here, had no probs what so ever. WELL DONE VALVE!!!
Basic Retail Package - installed without a hitch at all. Couldn't have had a smoother install. I was expecting a pig tbh with all the authentification but I congratulate Valve.
I am friends with Steam again!
HEXUS|iMc
Can I ask?Originally Posted by directhex
Did you use the inbuilt backup function or just drag & drop?
anyone tell me if i bought this from a shop whats incolved in actually installing it? is it a case of having the pc on the internet and going through to steam?
is there anyway to install it on a machine that has no internet connection?
acidrainy, i used the backup option, which is currently highly unstable - it crashed towards the end, on a gcf i didn't care about (cscz), so i rebuilt the filenames & it was fine. when the backup option is fixed & stable, it'll be great
ceejay, not with _NO_ internet connection - you need to be able to connect to the net, and to steam, a minimum of once.
I got the bronze pack from Steam and was playing the game on the 16th with 0 problems
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I was unnoyed at not being able to choose the drive on which to install it. Or was it just me not finding the way to do it? In any case they could've made it like everyone else does... Other than that ok, part from stupid dvd being read every time i start.
Tough on mirrors, tough on the causes of mirrors.
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