Half-Life 2 Thread of Release

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  What graphics card + driver are you using? - Brian Jacobson (Valve) : zodvalve
  • geforce 6800 128mb version 61.77 Already tried the latest drivers, rolled back to these to test with ... : mwasher
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  note, i'm also playing off a dvd collectors copy... so it's not like i'm preloading all this data off ste... : mwasher
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    NVidia was over earlier this week testing that board with their latest drivers; we didn't see that proble... : zodvalve
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      alright, i'll let you know shortly already filed a report, but thought i'd throw it up here too since ... : mwasher
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        Another thing that you can try is to add the command-line option "-autoconfig" one time to force the defa... : garymct
        • reinstalling did the trick. doesn't let me know what it was, but it fixed it. incredible game. would... : mwasher
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  If you unlocked the extra pipelines with RivaTuner go back to the 12x1. That fixed it for me. : airrob
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    ^^^^ SEE HERE : airrob
    • i did not alter the default driver settings almost back in, will let you know : mwasher
• playing hl2, its awesome and i was so hard i blew all over myself when alyx came on screen will you co : doomed

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• yeah nvidia stupid to never fix that. I <3 soundstorm for my a7n8x-d though! : Iwannaacura
• any valve guys care to comment? : wunderbred
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  I just played for a few hours, I seem to be getting 5.1. I'm going DD5.1 via the SPDIF port to a DD5.1 r... : onethumb
  • Hmm, maybe I was hallucinating or something. When I hop into CS:S and do the Audio test, I only get clon... : onethumb
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  NVidia is working on a driver update to get 5.1 sound working properly. -Gary McTaggart (Valve) : garymct
  • Kudos, Gary. You guys really outdid yourselves. Say hi to Charlie and everyone else. Incredible game... : onethumb
  • thanks for letting me know. :) : wunderbred
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    and how do i setup my 5.1 with an audigy 2 + inspire 5500 set? and i have an ATI x800pro ..? when i selec... : simon_tack
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      Are you using the digital out? if so you must remember that the audigy 2 will not output 5.1 from the sp/... : supaslasha
      • You seem to be wise in the ways of digital out - HL2 locks completely for me after stuttering on the 1st ... : kyronie
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    There's some beta nForce drivers around also that will fix the problem : goldengun
    • where?! : Cpt. Baseballbat

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• Cool. INF please :) : twids-
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  Hey dude, did you know your game IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING?!? Man, incredible job. Thanks for making it! : Armand28
  • I'll second this, HOLY SHIT! How was I able to stop playing, just because there is a work meeting in 5 ho... : loboca
• Your game is my favorite game. Thx. : PUPSTAHS
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  Very nice to see Valve people posting on community sites and helping with support issues in the wee hours... : ferus
  • Amazing dedication and service Valve...thanks a ton! : StuMan
• I am very impressed to see Valve posting and trying to help us. I don't know if I will be able to get th... : dn112233
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  Well, that suggestion DID help. I renamed the file and downloaded it again. I can now start a game succ... : dn112233
  • Try lowering your sound quality or your texture quality and see if that helps. -Gary McTaggart (Valve)... : garymct
• VALVE, you effing rock. Seriously. Have my man-babies. : slickdoody
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  I'm gonna name my kids Half, Life and Valve :)) : d3m0n5
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    Name them Gordan, Barney, and Headcrab. I already feel sorry for Headcrab though. : Simulacrum
    • No love for Lamar? :( : MrMethane
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  does not work. steam is shit. having to reg even to play single player, retarded move. who got the fuckin... : darksouldathird
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    You're a fucking idiot, please go knock yourself out with a steal bat. And boy I would LOVE to see Gabe s... : nemes1s3000
    • so much for fucking nukem threads like that : aliengrey
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  I paid for the game, I played it last night. It's awesome. Now I can't login. Sooo pissed right now. ... : rawkhan
  • Did you have steam save your account settings? If so try unplugging your net connection so steam forces ... : smacknca
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  Thanks to Steam, you just lost a customer for future games. I'm looking at 13.5+ hours time passing befor... : kaboomite
  • what happens if you dont have access to to the internet is there some other way of activating the product... : Cpt. Baseballbat
• Domo arigato gozaimasu Eriku Johnson-San : adas3dhw

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  If you get skipping, you can try lowering your texture detail if it's cranked all the way up. If that do... : garymct
  • My hitching was fixed by turning off my gpu's oc'ing. FX-55 6800 Ultra Asus A8V 1 GB OCZ Plat. Rev ... : Stangs44
  • 9800 pro 256 meg so full detail textures should be no prob...but it skips every so often...i know for a f... : flasher 907
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    I was skipping a bunch even when I'd have around 80fps solid inside. I just turned my rate up to 25000 f... : Eclipse^
    • how do you do this?? : Busta J
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      What rate are you talking about here? : unlurker
      • Yeh having to log in to some overloaded service just to play a game that is installed and sitting on your... : gavinjcd
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    Gary, could u help me out? I'm not sure if i need a new CPU/mobo 1.5 Ghz P4 512MB Nvdia 6800 (regular... : jazz_uc
    • try changing the fov in the game to something like 90 for sickness, rosewood was having the same problem.... : Busta J
  • Hey Gary, how about disabling the steam sharing when you are actually playing the game. I mean its alr... : disc
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    On second thought, before lowering the texture detail, lower your sound quality. This has fixed the ski... : garymct
    • How does this effect gameplay? Less sounds, lower bitrate, fewer channels, exactly what does it do? : Carfaz11
    • Excellent! Lowering the sound quality from High to Medium basically solved the stuttering issue for me. : samb
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    Thanks for the response, it's pretty cool to see you guys doing tech support so late, heh : j33uk
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      I have an ATI x800 pro 256mb of DDR3 ram, and a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Gamer. I run the game on rec... : firefighter1983
      • similar position... at this point i agree, its probably the game :( : jojomcbobo
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        It has to be the game. I gets the same stuttering when playing HL:Source and we all know that 90% of the ... : bstrad
        • I pulled my Audigy 2 in favor of my onboard Realtek ALC850 chip, and get the same stuttering problems. T... : fraeone
        • Its true i ran doom 3 much better. where to begin 1. No matter what setting of vieo i run the game a... : mimehand
• I dont know......a wee bit disappointed. I am running an Athlon 2500 not o/c'ed, 1.5 gig pc2700ddr and... : jinjur

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  I noticed that too ... its the first time I thought a chick in a game is pretty hot. : johnny skidmarks
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    you're full of shit dude, did you never play street fighter 2? : f1xxx3r
    • Nope. Last fighting game I played was Mortal Kombat 2 in the arcade. I havent played a console game since... : johnny skidmarks
  • Mona! Max Payne 2!! CRAZY HOT!! (also, she has a shower scene). : jackrabbit
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  is that how the game names screenshots? very cool if it is. : SlamDunk
  • yep. straight from the screenshots folder : epit
• I was kinda hoping she would notice that I was staring and say something. They should patch that in or s... : rahba
• no no no!!! she actually has buttcrack with shadow!!1 : ScreenKill
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  well, she is at least 1/2 black right? sista's got junk going on in the trunk. : vassili_zaitsev
  • ahahaha : nyranger66
  • :D : Jonny Be Good

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• Get another copy and give it as a xmas present?? : G0aTCheeZ

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• ok, never mind. fixed with the 'codec pack fix': http://www.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=dee... : the sponge

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  I am such a noob. I ran around for a while looking and it was right in front of me. : shell shocked
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    I was caught there too. But what a fall! I honestly hollered "HOLY SHIT!" : TastyWheat
    • Did you see the G-Man? : MONGOLOID

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  meh, If anyone is super worried about spoilers they should stay far far away from this thread. Now if th... : goats ecx
  • You're wrong. Too many people are in here trying to fix problems for people not to use the spoiler tag. I... : Merconium

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  I'll come post some initial impressions. I'm only gonna play for a little anyway then I'm gonna go to bed... : greh kleh
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    Ditto. Hope you don't mind sloppy seconds. :/ : boarder2
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      lol. you wish... she's kinda hot though... http://vicarious.digitaleclipse.net/photo/me/1.jpg http://... : greh kleh
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        yeah she is. i thought you were straight edge and didnt do the sex drugs and rock and roll stuff though? : Morgin
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          I'm almost straight edge... I guess you could say I was at one point, but not by choice, rather by situat... : greh kleh
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            she sorta looks like alex. Maybe you dont need her anymore... : Morgin
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              http://vicarious.digitaleclipse.net/photo/me/smile.JPG so cute. : greh kleh
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                dude, I am in love with her... please treat her well or I'll kick your ass : sludge vohaul
                • lol I will. : greh kleh
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                  vicarious relationship'd : rasputinreborn
                  • she's looks exactly like the type of girl I'm into... so yes, vicariouslyrelationship'd or whatevrer... i... : sludge vohaul
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                    I have a feeling I shouldn't have shown you freaks her pictures... *shifty eyes* she's mine... st... : greh kleh
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                      let's just say next time you give it to her, you're gonna be having a spiritual gangbang : rasputinreborn
                      • lmao @ spiritual gangbang : zuga
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        doesn't look japanese.... : jazz_uc
        • im only half. damn this thread was interesting : rejecting
• I'm only going to stay up until 12:30am, so I'll give you impressions of the intro (assuming it actually ... : Dimmona
• I'll play until I have to sleep and post a few notes : mr.sleepy
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  I will play for exactly one hour, and then come reply to this post. : fleabug
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    Ok. I just alt-tabbed to tell you that this game is indeed awsome. The begining feels exactly like th... : fleabug
    • OK, I'm High. The begining feels exactly like HL1. There. :\ : fleabug
• so yeah, come back in an hour! : Morgin
• I played for 1 hour and then made this post: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9016329 : egofumpapa

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  Friend of mine has this problem and has been driving me and others BATSHIT insane all day about it. He's ... : loafywonk
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    BTW, any help from any Valve employees would be awesome. : loafywonk
    • I solved it, found out how to on VU's message boards. I hope it works for your friend... My DVD Drive ... : Charles314

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• Didn't work. Fuck it for now... I'm playing WoW. I'm gonna try reloading the entire thing as I sleep toni... : Zeeliv

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  sv_cheats 1 fov 90 (for example) -Gary McTaggart (Valve) : garymct
  • thank you. : tree8
  • Doesn't work. still stuck at 75. : tree8
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    I was thinking this may be why I get so dizzy in HL - hell, in the 25 seconds of HL2 Ive played, I am abo... : rosewood
    • It started working for me when. I met the girl. Not sure why, I didn't change anything but now the comm... : tree8
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      Hey Rosewood, Are you having problems getting FOV to change? Also, if you get any insight into why it... : garymct
      • Yes - I was not able to get the fov change. Im going to hop in and try it again : rosewood
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        Like tree said above, after that point I was able to change my fov. Setting it to 90 helped a lot. Im g... : rosewood
        • Setting FOV to 90 helped decrease your sickness? *I may yet find a cure for my poor poor wife* : sharkII
      • I haven't met the girl yet either, and can't change the FOV. And if I can't play with at least a 100 ... : Nimrod
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      What?? The default fov is 75? That's insane. : michae l
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        Very true, I think Halo is the same way, and can't change it as far as I can tell, it feels claustrophobi... : Speedy8
        • Yuck. fov 90 is bad enough as far as unnatural and claustrophobic goes. : jrock
  • Here is how to do it right. Enable the ~ in the Advanced tab under options. Then Hit the ~ and en... : watersharer
  • Ok, according to most state (I read thru about 20) drivers license rules, binocular vision must be 140 de... : watersharer
• What's the default in Counter-Strike: Source and in Half-Life 1? Is it 90 or 75? : Barbarian

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• that kind of error probably has a lot of possible causes. i got that a lot before i realized i had a bad ... : foof
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  New drivers, system reset, DX9.0c. : Jeff Y
  • Just tried the latest Catalysts, no go. Done a half-dozen resets. Have the latest DirectX. Thanks th... : NoodlesNogan
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  getting the same thing - doing a preload all over after trying many things :( what you running? Athlon ... : scalper12
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    Pentium 4 2.8 800 FSB Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb stock Asus P800-Deluxe mobo XP SP2 with all the latest 1G... : NoodlesNogan
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      heh nothing in common but an ATi card - Im try a new preload - might as well give it a shot ..I'll just s... : scalper12
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        G'luck :) I'm going to try the same thing. Except the alarm bit, it's only 7:30pm here. : NoodlesNogan
        • thanks heh - you too :) : scalper12
        • I'm having the same problem when I try to start a new it crashes and gives me two pop ups: Map version... : dn112233
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  I have the same error but for a different mem location, 0x00e8f5c0. I don't have any hardware in common w... : zeroprey
  • I don't get to the point of hearing sound. It happens a couple of seconds after the Valve logo/guy with t... : NoodlesNogan
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  I had this issue 2 times with blizzard games. I solved it when I opened the computer and cleaned the rams... : JohnnyDanger
  • I tried moving around the memory sticks. I even switched in a totally different stick (different brand, ... : dn112233
  • me too had this same problem with Blizzard's WC3, ended up being my mobo.. these kinda problems arrise wh... : spaceyme
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  You overclocked? : Armand28
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    I'm certainly not. If anything I think I may be a bit underclocked, but I am having similar problems. : dn112233
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      Hm. Heard several reports of memory issues, leaks and errors. Probably a chipset issue. I'm sure Valve... : Armand28
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        I have the same problem. But it tends to happen during a certain part of the game when its trying to prel... : thevoicewi
        • Same problem, same place (last part of the airboat, as you are getting to the end of the tunnel). I've tr... : ganex
• underclock your ram if you can do it. this can fix the problem too. My brother had this issue in wc3 and ... : JohnnyDanger
• Does anyone who has this problem use a creative soundblaster card? : thevoicewi

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  You'd still need Steam. : Helter Skelter
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    But atleast I wouldn't have to download like 4 gigs on 120k/sec speeds : Blackdawgg
    • Hey, I did it. ...several weeks ago. : Helter Skelter
• you could have done it weeks ago : vandal

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• sounds about right to me... : skinlab133
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  Normal is really hard - in the first combat scene in the whole game I died once or twice on Normal hahaha : scalper12
  • I was killed by the train :( : MrMethane
• omg he said crowbar! spoiler alert! : flasher 907
• time to step up to bat, nancy : snuff

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• Yup got just a hair further than you. This is the longest work day ever. As soon as it started and I saw : Simulacrum

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  you have disconnect/disable your internet connection to stop Steam from connecting.... : Yari Yashigaru
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    Make sure and tell Steam to remember your password (while connected), and then you should be able to play... : garymct
    • Thank you Gary : GodFather
    • Did anyone tell you that you guys rock? I have NEVER seen this level of care and support for the gaming c... : bounty838
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      Gary, I did per your instructions. having Steam remembering my password and it even says offine mode en... : GodFather
      • I have the same problem...this is really ridiculous, I get the error "HL2 is not enabled for offline play... : ldlr

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• I wait with baited nuts breath : TastyWheat
• physics effects killed a cat? : Daggoth
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  it's great and all, but... jeeze man. crying? journals? wow : feek
  • seriously. : burning eye
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    you obviously haven't been playing games the last 20 years to see this for what it is. this is the pin... : ingentis
    • You smoke crack, don't you? : headless
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  this game is goregous. wow. the first sequence on the boxes, having to stack them, the level of i : ingentis
  • more to come later in a full review back to playing :) : ingentis
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    You talk about that first physics puzzle but when I got to the second one, with the water and the empty b : SpaecKow
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      I am having a TON of trouble with that, everytime i stack the barrels and try to climb up they fall over.... : mikeyjoe2
      • if this is the one i am thinking of then lol @ you there is a ladder around the left side of that thin : moz

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• best to just let it do its thing and head to work. : packav

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• http://steampowered.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/steampowered.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=231&p_created=1... : shotgun1