 Half-life 2 Questions |
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 Jan 8 2005, 04:53 PM
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Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 143 Joined: 7-January 05 From: Ashtabula, Ohio USA Member No.: 2,027  |
I have heard that Half-Life 2 requires you to have steam installed, and be connected to the internet in order to play it. I have extremely slow dial-up, and I really dont want to wait 3 hours to start Half-Life 2. Is this true, and is there any way around it if it is true?
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Jan 8 2005, 05:08 PM
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Member - Active Contributor Group: Members Posts: 80 Joined: 8-January 05 From: England Member No.: 2,047 |
There is an offline mode for single player play however i don't know about the time required to authenticiate the first time of play on dial-up as this would still be required.
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Jan 13 2005, 08:55 AM
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Member [ Level 1 ] Group: Members Posts: 39 Joined: 13-January 05 From: Australia Member No.: 2,132 |
Unfortunetely, I think you do need to be connected on the net the first time you try to play Half-life 2. After that though, you should be able to play offline.
The reason you need to be online is so Steam can unlock your HL2 files. It is their attempt at stopping piracy and must be frustrating for dialup users such as yourself  This would probably take a while on dialup and you are best starting it before work, considering you decide to buy it. |
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Jan 13 2005, 09:59 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 149 Joined: 18-November 04 From: Cairo,Egypt Member No.: 1,413 |
If you do own a LEGIT version of Half Life2 , you can use a CD check / Steam Check removal utlitly as means of not using the CD or Steam , but that's only LEGAL if you do own the game .
GOOGLE for nosteam . hope I helped . |
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 Jan 14 2005, 12:34 PM
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Newbie [ Level 1 ] Group: Members Posts: 0 Joined: 14-January 05 Member No.: 2,145 |
do visit the forum on Steam..
they have got a thread on how to play offline... hope i was able to help u.. |
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Mar 11 2005, 12:24 AM
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Member [ Level 2 ] Group: Members Posts: 73 Joined: 2-March 05 Member No.: 2,850 |
you do need an internet connection do play half life 2
it doesnt take too long to load up |
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Mar 11 2005, 12:01 PM
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Way Out Of Control - You need a life :) Group: Members Posts: 1,366 Joined: 14-September 04 From: Nottingham England Member No.: 570 |
just to clear this all up....
When you install Half-Life 2, you need to connect to the internet once. you dont need to download anything, you just need to use a web page to validate your cd. then you can select "remember my password for offile mode" you will need a fast internet connection to play online multiplayer though ! |
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Mar 15 2005, 11:46 AM
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Member - Active Contributor Group: Members Posts: 89 Joined: 8-March 05 Member No.: 2,971 |
What are the minimum requirements of half-life 2? I would like to buy this title. Is the character still gordon? Is gman there? I can't wait to play this game title.
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Mar 17 2005, 01:59 PM
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Newbie [ Level 2 ] Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 17-March 05 Member No.: 3,089 |
It is possible to play Half Life 2 without being conected to the internet, but you need to correctely configure your firewall while being online in steam otherwise you will get the message 'The Operation Could Not Be Completed At This Time'. This means, if you don't have a configurable firewall you will have to be connected. You will have to be connected no matter what the first time you install Half Life 2, becuase the instalation requires file validation, which took me about an hour on my 512kb Broadband.
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Jan 21 2008, 06:55 AM
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Newbie [ Level 1 ] Group: Members Posts: 0 Joined: 1-November 07 Member No.: 25,869 |
I want to install Korin wii 0.8 Mod... but....
Half-life 2 Questions I want to install Korin wii 0.8 Mod, this mod must be copied at SteamApps/SourceMods/, I downloaded half life without steam and these folders were not created, somebody please help me, where should I copy this mod? -Savage3X |
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