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Posted by Wild Card on Tue Dec 7th at 1:58am 2004

Would I still be able to play HL2?

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Posted by omegaslayer on Tue Dec 7th at 2:02am 2004

Ummm I mean this with the greatest respect when I say "Duhhhh you will". Steam makes it so that if you log on to your account from anywhere you can download and play your games from anywhere. So in short yes, you just have to either download HL2 or reinstall it.
Note If you downloaded it and you dont want to again, use the back-up files utility that comes with steam and burn it onto a DVD or CD.
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Posted by Wild Card on Tue Dec 7th at 2:20am 2004

Ok was just wondering cause of the whole unlocking of files thing. I mean, to valve they might see it as me lending my CD to someone else. [addsig]



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Posted by Nickelplate on Tue Dec 7th at 2:25am 2004

? quoting Wild Card
Ok was just wondering cause of the whole unlocking of files thing. I mean, to valve they might see it as me lending my CD to someone else.

that is what i never understood. how do they know who's cheating and who just had to reformat. Also after you reload, don't they know you will go thru about 12 hours of that "1337 autoupdating"?

Definitely "back up game files..."

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Posted by Crono on Tue Dec 7th at 2:31am 2004

Because, it isn't determined from anything other then you steam account ID. Reformatting doesn't matter because it doesn't effect the steam servers. Your account still exists on their servers all you have to do is sign in.

Now, whether you should be formatting or not is another question entirely [addsig]



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Posted by Monqui on Tue Dec 7th at 2:50am 2004

Actually, if you have a spare partition, just go ahead and save your entire Steam folderto that. Then, throw a shortcut on your desktop to the Steam.exe in the Steam folder, run it, log in, and call it a day. [addsig]



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Posted by scary_jeff on Tue Dec 7th at 10:14am 2004

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I mean, to valve they might see it as me lending my CD to someone else.


If you tell somebody else your account password, there's nothing to stop you from doing exactly that. The only problem is that you can't both play at the same time.



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Posted by Gwil on Tue Dec 7th at 3:46pm 2004

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I mean, to valve they might see it as me lending my CD to someone else.


If you tell somebody else your account password, there's nothing to stop you from doing exactly that. The only problem is that you can't both play at the same time.


As mentioned in dozens of threads before this.. Steam isn't big brother esque control and anti-piracy guarantee, it's a way for Valve to circumvent the publisher and increase their profits.






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Posted by Wild Card on Tue Dec 7th at 4:11pm 2004

? quoting Crono
Now, whether you should be formatting or not is another question entirely

Well you've heard of my computer performance issues. Besides, whats the harm in a reformat?

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