I just thinking, how long does 3Gb take to download?
Considering a 700Mb ISO takes me about 170 minutes, that's a long time.
And I is stuck. How the hell do you get out of the Route Kanal level? That one where you ride that hydrofoil thingie across the radioactive lake? Bugger.
I played hl2 for an hour and got a crowbar , yep I'm very bad at this game .
BTW, how the hell do I get out of the train station with just a crowbar
John.
An hour to get to the crowbar section is a little slow, but not too slow, you've negotiated a fair bit then - but hey I took nearly an hour as I walked around and experimented witht he enviroment - picked up a doll that made a noise at me - threw some bottles and stuff around.
You obviously did not play half life 1 or you know the crowbar is the 1st weapon you get, it's the default - just run actos the railway yard, there is an exit on the other side (use the car roofs) and you'll get your 1st gun (after you use your crowbar)
Now I've not been playing it madly like some people - and I have not finnished yet (Just got to part 2 of Ravenholm) but so far I am loving it.
The air boat level was much much longer than I expected (pleasant surprise) and I also found it alot of fun driving the damn thing (especially running down combine police *GRIN*)
I have bumped the difficulty level up as was finding it a little too easy taking out guards etc in one shot
Loved the "dog" and playing fetch - the grav gun is a fun weapon - been using the saw blades and gas cylinders (love watching the guys run around screaming on fire) - hmm perhaps it's time for my appointment with my shrink ....
Anyhow - enjoying the game heaps - I loved Half Life one, this is a superb follow up
Got home this aft, installed Steam about 1/2 hour ago. Took 10 minutes to find what is posted above about activating product I already own, entered the key. Says I have 2 hours to go till playtime WHEEE
Darn you all and your spoilers, no matter how small
Says I still have 40 minutes to go. If done then, all in all 3 hours to get HL2 with zero preloading - not bad at all. Cable connection but 6 computers thru the router (ssshhhhh dont tell my provider).
Yeah, I hit one of 'em with a soda can and he ran over and hit me with his electric baton. Actually, they'll baton ya even if all you do is get too close. Those guys are jerks!
OMFG! I'm going insane right now! Tomorrow! TOMORROW! I GET HALF-LIFE2!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG I"M GOING NUTS, I CANT WAIT!!!!!! UGH ANOTHER 7 HOURS OF WORK THEN SLEEP THEN WAKE UP THEN GET PAYCHECK THEN BUY GAME THEN BE HAPPY! :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
I'm a little surprised at how large some of the travel sections of the game are. Rather than the "dungeon crawl" that HL1 was, you traverse a whole lot of the outside area as well in HL2.
I think it provides the needed variety scenery wise that Doom3 sorely lacks. The differing areas provide for different types of puzzles and obstacles to overcome (even if the enemies don't change that much). I bought doom3, played it for awhile, then got so bored of it I didn't bother finishing it. I uninstalled it and the discs collect dust.
There's also the fact that I have NO IDEA what's going to happen next (I'm nearing the endgame now) and I WANT to know, whereas with Doom3 I don't care.
Graphics wise HL2 didn't my eyes pop but the characters are stunning.
Ugh... I was playing until like 6AM and then I got called to teach a first grade class at 8AM... So yea... Dealing with 19 6-7 year olds on two hours of sleep is so much fun I think I'll burst... I got stuck in RavenHome last night... Probably because it was 6AM and I was missing something... I walk all around the place that I'm in and can't find a door or anything...
Another thing about the puzzles, they are pretty intuitive if you understand some basic physics.
Also, they for the most part are very localized (you stay in one spot while figuring it out) while with Doom3 you have to run around the whole damn level 5 times over collecting PDA's just to unlock that one door (why can't I just blast it? grrr). This helps keep the frustration factor down.
omg best news all day! thank you.was having fits cause the time i don't actually have a full computer (motherboard and PSU are being RMA'd) half life 2 comes out. Just downloading the final stage now and then i probably won't sleep tonight!
i want to back up half life 2 onto a dvd but i don't want to go though the whole steam back-up process because the system it is doing it on is saying that it is going to take 50 minutes! is there a quicker way i.e just copying the steam folder to a dvd?
In an earlier post I said I was stuck. I ain't stuck no more. Some of these problems are quite ingenious.
And some say it's linear, perhaps it is, but it ain't that linear. Going back a level or two to find out how to progress is quite a good idea, if a little frustrating sometimes.
Really quite refreshing, Gotta say most enjoyment I've had from a game for quite some time.
But it's bad, oh, it's really bad. I have got very little done today that I had planned to do. And my eyes are sortta vacant...
The retail Half-Life 2 package is essentially akin to the bronze package at the price of the silver Steam package. I don't quite appreciate paying more than I have to to get less than I should because I want a real CD.
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I guess I have to dig through the Valve folder and try and figure out what to burn. And how to get it to install.
Scott
Considering a 700Mb ISO takes me about 170 minutes, that's a long time.
And I is stuck. How the hell do you get out of the Route Kanal level? That one where you ride that hydrofoil thingie across the radioactive lake? Bugger.
Right click on half life 2 and click "backup" and it will backup all your half life 2 releated files into 1 file.
Backing up now
Scott
An hour to get to the crowbar section is a little slow, but not too slow, you've negotiated a fair bit then - but hey I took nearly an hour as I walked around and experimented witht he enviroment - picked up a doll that made a noise at me - threw some bottles and stuff around.
You obviously did not play half life 1 or you know the crowbar is the 1st weapon you get, it's the default - just run actos the railway yard, there is an exit on the other side (use the car roofs) and you'll get your 1st gun (after you use your crowbar)
Now I've not been playing it madly like some people - and I have not finnished yet (Just got to part 2 of Ravenholm) but so far I am loving it.
The air boat level was much much longer than I expected (pleasant surprise) and I also found it alot of fun driving the damn thing (especially running down combine police *GRIN*)
I have bumped the difficulty level up as was finding it a little too easy taking out guards etc in one shot
Loved the "dog" and playing fetch - the grav gun is a fun weapon - been using the saw blades and gas cylinders (love watching the guys run around screaming on fire) - hmm perhaps it's time for my appointment with my shrink ....
Anyhow - enjoying the game heaps - I loved Half Life one, this is a superb follow up
Darn you all and your spoilers, no matter how small
I got 2 mins to go till its finished, started downloading about 3 1/2 hours ago.
Apart from the steam server being down for about 1 hour.
Welcome to the future lads.
lol, I got to bed early amazingly.... 3am;)
Right now I'm out of Nova Prospekt, pretty cool.
I think it provides the needed variety scenery wise that Doom3 sorely lacks. The differing areas provide for different types of puzzles and obstacles to overcome (even if the enemies don't change that much). I bought doom3, played it for awhile, then got so bored of it I didn't bother finishing it. I uninstalled it and the discs collect dust.
There's also the fact that I have NO IDEA what's going to happen next (I'm nearing the endgame now) and I WANT to know, whereas with Doom3 I don't care.
Graphics wise HL2 didn't my eyes pop but the characters are stunning.
Also, they for the most part are very localized (you stay in one spot while figuring it out) while with Doom3 you have to run around the whole damn level 5 times over collecting PDA's just to unlock that one door (why can't I just blast it? grrr). This helps keep the frustration factor down.
Athlon XP 1800
Asus A7V333 (latest via etc)
512mb pc3200 ram
Radeon 9800 pro 128mb
350W PSU
Recomended settings anyone?
Please say it will run ok!
It will auto select settings for you but im sure there's some room for improvement
We tried on an inspirion(spelling) 5150(?) And that only has a mobile 5200 and still ran amazing and looked great(not many shader effects though)
I also finished the game a little while, really good ending certainly leaves alot more questions opened then answerd
Roll on expansion packs and HL3.
What expansion packs would you like to see?
I personally think they will be making Alyx's backstory, and possibly Barneys. Possibley Adrian Shepard might be making an appearance(OPFOR)
Im personnaly going to work on a mini mod aswell as the larger mod I work on.
NOT the game directory
I use used this program before the backup feature from steam was included, http://www.wrgn.net is pretty nifty.
And some say it's linear, perhaps it is, but it ain't that linear. Going back a level or two to find out how to progress is quite a good idea, if a little frustrating sometimes.
Really quite refreshing, Gotta say most enjoyment I've had from a game for quite some time.
But it's bad, oh, it's really bad. I have got very little done today that I had planned to do. And my eyes are sortta vacant...
The retail Half-Life 2 package is essentially akin to the bronze package at the price of the silver Steam package. I don't quite appreciate paying more than I have to to get less than I should because I want a real CD.