Half-Life 2 Steam Preloading

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  How about giving the fans an extra map to play with on Counter-Strike: Source until then?! :) : slip42o
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    Uh that'd require another CS: Source release which would push the HL2 preload back again. : Carnivac
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      Why would they need to release a new version of Source just to play a new map? : slip42o
      • Nevermind I misinterpreted Erik's comment. : Carnivac
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  What happened to the the system/video testing tool? Was that only intended for the CS:Source testers or ... : smacknca
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    That was only intended for the CS: Source beta users. : slip42o
    • Bummer. That imformative post lead me to believe I was getting a treat. :( : smacknca
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  less CS more HL2 thnx : Senor PoopyPants
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    Sooner CS:S is done, sooner HL2 is done, thnx : mallrice
    • Yeh! That's right, fool! heh : slip42o
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    Yeah, screw playable content. We want art assets that we can't touch NOW! : Leonard Ghostal
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      HL2 Delayed. Shocking. Gabe Newell saying "wrong dates" (to give him the benefit of the doubt by saying t : Cpt. Baseballbat
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        Anonymous = Stupiditous. : nachowray
        • Either way, today is tuesday and there's no sign of preloading, so this could be added to their modest li... : Samshel
• Thank you for the info! : sgtsanity
• you fuckign bunch of gay ass tossers, give us the game nowwwwwwwwwwwww :D : Cpt. Baseballbat
• I'd rather have a hl2 preload then a update to cs. At least that way I know hl2 is really coming. I think... : rmf145
• blah blah blah WEDNESDAY and still nothing. http://www.planethalflife.com/half-life2/delaymovie/ TH... : Samshel

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• Yes, and every other Valve game since WON servers went down last month. : Serpico74
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  No, but you have to have Steam to play multiplayer. Even if you download HL2 via Steam, you can play the ... : speon
  • this is the correct answer. : slickdoody
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    Really? It is my impression that Steam is not just what enables multiplayer, but is the front end of Valv... : Serpico74
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      that's a good point. I'll be interested to see how HL2 installs. as well. When I think of steam, i think... : slickdoody
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        At the moment it's the front end of Half Life and all associated mods. All HL1 and mod content goes under... : Serpico74
        • And when I say "requirement", I mean "integrated aspect" of HL2 :) : Serpico74
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      Could be...the retail, boxed version of HL2 might use Steam as the frontend/installer, I'm not sure. I st... : speon
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        Checking Fileshack, the last time there was a manual patch for Half Life was June 2002. Ditto Counterstri... : Serpico74
        • Yep, that's what I'm assuming too...I did however, find all of the latest HL, OPFOR, and BS patches on pl... : speon

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• Because you dont own CZ, and didn't get an ATI coupon. : mallrice
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  Yay!! I have both!!! Yay!!! : silverback1138
  • free code then? shackmessage me it plz. : rand04

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  Why does this date even matter? How can you be genuinely upset about it? : mallrice
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    It's just dates from them in general. If you can't do it, don't even say it. Just shut up and finish th... : silverback1138
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      Dude, STFU. I can live with you whining like a 5 year girl about release dates, but don't fucking start i... : bigimp
      • 100% agree'd. : [7]kami
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  Valve missed the original CS:S date, and missed the HL2 pre-load date twice...gotta love them : zefucb
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    fucking whiners, don't buy their shit if you don't like it... bunch of little girls : lodit
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      Fuck that, I bought their game and I have every right to complain. Why can't Valve ever admit when they ... : zefucb
      • lol yeah your measly $50 grants you all the powers of complaining, considering theyve spent millions on d... : VegasX
• Everytime you post something, you lose more credibility to the Shack. : [7]kami
• my opinion is that you spend too much time in front of a computer : VegasX

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  It will be a simultaneous release. Steam buyers will be able to preload before the game is available on t... : mallrice
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    Well, as far as the people who want boxes copies, tough for them. They decided that they want it that wa... : silverback1138
    • Do you always play the victim, or only on the internet? : mallrice
• I wonder how much time you spend on thinking about other things : VegasX

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• not really... they can load sound and image files and still make tons of tweaks to the levels and code fo... : Str8Dog
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  Yes but are they taunting us so? Why not an ETA or info on how to order it via Steam? : Lightzout
  • remember what happened last time they gave an ETA? : Str8Dog
  • nm I guess they do have linkage: http://www.steampowered.com/marketing/hl2_preload/english.html I am ... : Lightzout
  • I wouldn't call it Gone Gold unless the gold master is ready. I doubt they will burn a master until they ... : yakz
• I wouldn't be surprised if it goes gold soon. : stelth
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  Thats debatable, because when it "goes gold" they flick a switch and you start playing "on the spot". Of ... : kraemer
  • It's in their contract with Vivendi, got to wait until it's in stores. : Carnivac
• What do you think of Steam, George? I haven't heard any big name developers comment on it : rockerbsf
• when does DNF start preloading? : Turd Ferguson
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  george said it, so it has to be gold, now! ;D : lonestar3
  • i do think he knows something. He started getting all talkie the night before Doom3 went gold, so he knew... : kevp
• i'll beleive it when i see it on shelves : CoRDS
• i thought i'd never see a "Gone Gold" post from george : fsck

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• Half Gold 2 . : sirtesticles
• not really, cause when it does go gold at least you'll have it pretty much straight away instead of waiti... : red2lucas

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  dividing by 8 is hard stuff : rockerbsf
  • ya, and dividing by 1 is even tougher. : flasher 907
  • Just shift right three times, in your head. : protozone

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  Seems a little risky. The warez people will love them for it :(. : bigimp
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    Only the art assets are being downloaded. You can't extract the cache and play. : kin83
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      No, but warez is usually set back by bandwidth. Since this covers the majority of the game (as far as siz... : bigimp
      • I'm sure Valve is aware of this and are biting the bullet so people who order HL2 thru Steam will be able : kin83

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  You'll see a new section called "Coming Soon" above your "My Games" one. HL2 will appear there once the p... : xpl0
  • "My Games" <- where is this? Do you mean "Play Games"? I can't find my "Coming Soon" tab either... :( : Stangs44

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• Perhaps you could just punch in your cdkey to unlock HL2 after purchasing the media. : Sarcastro
• Uh, it's for people who will be buying the game through Steam. Also, people who have ATI vouchers can sta... : bigimp
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  I think you can just enter the CD key from your retail copy of HL2 if you have already preloaded it. No n... : Serpico74
  • i'm pretty sure this is true. i can just enter my half life/opposing force cd-key and it can download th... : ermac

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  Has proloading actually started just yet? : Turd Ferguson
  • nope, probably not until 6-7:00 PM PDT : magila

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• i thought there was no DVD version at all... : mc-fine

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  This is the first HL2 preload. The subtitles thing somehow slipped into the CS:CZ cybercafe phase. : Carnivac
  • ding, that's the part i was missing. thanks : slickdoody

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  Now if we could get DNF and a new Heritic it would be the second coming of the FPS.. : Str8Dog
  • I'll be happy if DNF is a 2004 game. I doubt it. I think there will be a Hexen 3 : NewTypez
• I'll bet on Aug 24th : rockerbsf
• Well, the new PCGamer says they have an Earth shattering exclusive for next month. Also, The Vede says "A... : stelth

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• does that button do anything? I don't have steam installed at work. : Turd Ferguson
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  Does that link work for anyone? Does nothing for me, even though steam is running :(. : bigimp
  • It doesn't work for anyone yet. : kin83
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  Im doing it fuck waiting for it to ship here(Alaska). My only real question is with the amount of people... : oneshot
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    i'd jump on it too, but even if you reinstall it twice in a year, that's two too many times to be downloa... : kevp
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      Im gonna burn it to CD after it downloads : rockerbsf
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        can you burn the cache files to disk and then just copy them over later after a reinstall? : kevp
        • yes : magila

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  can you see the 'HL2 comming soon' in steam? : epit
  • mm.. no. : draconic
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  How do you even open "the monitor"? : slickdoody
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    right click the tray icon and hit monitor. : draconic
    • skanks : slickdoody

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• Should be there if you right click the Steam icon in the system tray. : kin83

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  this is my question too. and what abt the ppl who dont buy it..they just wasted 2gb of bandwidth and t... : epit
  • iirc, you have to tell it to start preloading once it appears under "coming soon" : rasputinreborn
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    where is this "comming soon" tab? /me cant find the pre-load on steam. :( : Subarushian
    • It's not there yet. Give it a couple of more hours. All the recent steam events happened at late hours (P... : xpl0
• It appears under "coming soon" and you have to actively choose to pre-load it. it's only for people that ... : n0v4

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  thats prolly cuz thats how long it will take to finish downloading on Steam, HAHAHAAA : madclown
  • took me 25 minutes to download CS: Source last night : rockerbsf
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    yeah but HL2 is like what? Ten times that? : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • GabeN talked about 2 gigabytes preload size. (compared to the ~430mb of CSS) : xpl0
    • 4 times apparently : rockerbsf

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• Commas and periods are illegal! : rockerbsf

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  why is that bad ? i thinks it's very good news.. (a couple of gigs)..? that means ALOT of the game is d... : simon_tack
  • He just kept talking in one long incredibly unbroken sentence moving from topic to topic so that no one h... : sgtsanity

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• there will be a DVD version... : rjklevels

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• Everyone can start preloading, but you can't buy it until they "release" it. (Which should be the same da... : xpl0