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Posted by gimpinthesink on Mon Sep 15th at 6:13am 2003

World Opponent Network

Found that out cos I had to reinstall hl and on the auto update thingy that is in there has a big banner at the top of it





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Posted by Ryandor on Mon Sep 15th at 6:51am 2003

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I believe Steam will keep you from having a bunch of people play from one copy on a LAN while not connected to the internet. However, you could probably keep a version of HL that is not steam updated and use it for your LAN only diversions; that is if you have the disk space.


Heh, I have like 4 full installs of HL as it is, along with about a dozen mods. Disk space? I actually thought I'd run out by now, but I've still got about 75GB out of my 300GB free.

When the time comes, finding a way to play a LAN game without being connected to the internet will be easy, I'm sure. People (including me) will not tolerate it otherwise.

-Ryandor



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Posted by DocRock on Mon Sep 15th at 12:46pm 2003

Looked into pre-ordering HL2 thru BestBuy.

They said the release date was set for Feb 2004...

maybe by then they'll have Steam working?

so what happened to Sept 30?   Maybe Valve's thinking that if ya purchase HL2 thru Steam on Sept 30, maybe by Feb of 2004 the whole thing will be downloaded





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Posted by KoRnFlakes on Mon Sep 15th at 4:03pm 2003

Doc m8, dont trust retailers release dates. They get changed to several dates all the time because of confusion.

Ive had hl2 pre-ordered for a while via game.net & theyve changed from spt30th to november to "to be confirmed"

They just dont know tbh m8 & with the whole shipping of 3 SKU schemes id worry about pre-ordering now m8. You may end up buying the single player only option & be disheartened.

[addsig]



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Posted by Vash on Mon Sep 15th at 8:27pm 2003

I hate valve so much right now...

  • They are Releasing THREE different verision of HL2
  • They are using Steam instead of WON

I mean, WTF?! Why release three? Newell stated it`ll go like this:"There will be 1 version that only has singleplayer, 1 version with Singleplayer and Multiplayer, and then theres That other thing, with bounus stuff"

Wow, wtf did idiots pop into valve and start calling the shots?

[addsig]



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Posted by Leperous on Tue Sep 16th at 1:56am 2003

? posted by Vash

I hate valve so much right now...

  • They are Releasing THREE different verision of HL2
  • They are using Steam instead of WON

Er, those are Good Things, excluding the fact that currently Steam is supposedly a load of cack.





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Posted by Campaignjunkie on Tue Sep 16th at 2:03am 2003

? posted by Vash

I hate valve so much right now...

  • They are Releasing THREE different verision of HL2
  • They are using Steam instead of WON

I mean, WTF?! Why release three? Newell stated it`ll go like this:"There will be 1 version that only has singleplayer, 1 version with Singleplayer and Multiplayer, and then theres That other thing, with bounus stuff"

Wow, wtf did idiots pop into valve and start calling the shots?

1) Each version is marketed toward a different demographic. It's a pretty good idea actually; it will increase the appeal of Half-Life 2.

2) WON sucks. I never liked it to begin with, but was forced to use it with Half-Life anyways. There's nothing wrong with Steam except some instability in the client and lack of content servers.

[addsig]



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Posted by Vash on Tue Sep 16th at 2:15am 2003

I always hated steam, because of the beta -_-... Ima try it in a few days, maybe it`ll be better

[addsig]



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Posted by Gorbachev on Tue Sep 16th at 4:34am 2003

If steam takes away my ability to use HLSW I don't think I'll be playing anymore. Mapping still, but won't play. [addsig]



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Posted by blu_chze on Tue Sep 16th at 4:36am 2003

? posted by Campaignjunkie

For now, WON is still up, so you can still play normally.

Steam is basically replacing the frontend (i.e. the menu shell and such) for Half-Life and to better serve authentication/anti-cheat measures (WON is sort of iffy), not to mention content delivery and instant messanging. In the future, it WILL be required to play HL and HL2 online I believe... Try looking at the FAQ on the Collective for an accurate answer.

k. i had chat with a mate here in perth - he plays CS nightly almost - he says that steam isnt up yet over here. rekons that since steams been released, worldwide sever count has gone from about 44000 to about 20000... yes this is at the same time of day (midnight over here)

posted by Cash Car Star

I believe Steam will keep you from having a bunch of people play from one copy on a LAN while not connected to the internet.

so valve is actually tryin to do something good. despite steams' reputation? ( becomes )

[addsig]



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Posted by gimpinthesink on Tue Sep 16th at 6:13am 2003

There supposed to be releasing some installers which include the cache files for DoD, TFC and Dedicated server today but if it happens I will be a little suprised.

They will prolly be released in 2-3 days





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Posted by gimpinthesink on Wed Sep 17th at 5:41am 2003

well there out all 7 of the new installers head over to phl for the links thats if you want them of course



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Posted by Bruce on Thu Sep 18th at 6:45am 2003

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Do I have to be connected to the Internet when I play Steam games?

The short answer is yes.

All Steam-enabled games require you to be connected to the Internet in order to play.

Note: some Steam-enabled single-player games (such as Half-Life 2) purchased at a retail store will allow offline play until the user decides to play online or enable other Steam functionality. From that point on, an Internet connection will be required.



Just posting this to make something clear (if it hasn't been cleared up already). A couple of people misunderstood and thought they needed to be online to play single-player aswell, from this answer in the Steam FAQ, the answer is no to single-player.





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Posted by DocRock on Fri Sep 19th at 4:59pm 2003





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Posted by fraggard on Fri Sep 19th at 5:08pm 2003

 Excellent!



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Posted by Gollum on Fri Sep 19th at 5:24pm 2003

Seen it before, but it's still damn funny




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