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Half-Life 2 Chat Thread

by Maarten Goldstein Nov 16, 2004 8:04am CST tags: Valve, Steam, Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2 chatting continues here. The game's been unlocked on Steam and showing up in stores, and so far the word is extremely positive. When discussing game events and story elements don't forget to use the SPOILER TAG.

In case you're having problems starting the game, check this post from Valve's Erik Johnson. There's a brief Valve Q&A about the game on the G4techTV site.

Update: Here are some notes kindly provided by the Valve guys in the comments here:
- A fix for the 'map version' error
- A note for SoundStorm owners
- A note on adjusting FOV
- A note about 'hitching' and adjusting sound quality
- A note about 'hitching' and adjusting texture quality
"hmm, I feel lame asking for help but I simply must do it so I can move onward the part on high..."3547 Comments
        

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