Bad news,Good news.

I will be moving soon. So far back I doubt they have even invented 56k yet. I would like to say that for the most part it has been a very enjoyable, and quite a fantastic learning experience being here. My thanks to everyone whom took a moment to assist me in my trial period.

I will be back if I am able.

Take care.

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NOOOOO!!! UNDERDOG!!!

We''ll miss you m8. Do take care and don't forget your tooth brush.

Yeah, your foray into our forum definitely made the SnarkPit more interesting.

So long...

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"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -- Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin Rouge

I will be moving soon. So far back I doubt they have even invented 56k yet.

Where are you going, Underdog? Wherever it is it sounds remote,
and none the worse for that - you lucky bugger. All the best,
mate. Bon voyage.

You are the real Hero of the Forum :smile: , we will miss you, hope you are back soon

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Mess with the best, die like the rest

Pitty you were only active for a short bit of time, you've been a stand up member!

But a 56k should work wherever there is a phone. Where exactly ARE you going?

As I wrote in the readme for Dm_valley, sorry for being mean to you.. Lets be friends, ok?

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As i wrote in my readme for dm_valley, sorry for being mean to you, lets be friends, ok? =)

56k ... aaargh. Poor guy.

Thanks a lot for being here.

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:: Forceflow.be :: Nuclear Dawn developer

Ouch, sounds like hell but I'm sure it will have its benefits too. Hope
to see you back man; its nice to have a more experienced and level head
around the forums...particularly with most of our other older members
currently being inactive. Best of luck with the move :smile:

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Designer @ Haiku Interactive | ReNo-vation.net

Good luck with move mate, hope to see you again. :smile:

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What the Snarkpitters listen to!

Pitty you were only active for a short bit of time, you've been a stand up member!

LOL You said Stand Up member..

Sorry.. too much bevis and butthead..

i wish i had even a 56k

to bad i never got to know you

apperently you are a gr8 guy

Later Underdog, it was nice to meet you.

May you have luck on the road of life.

Until Later... There is going to be a later right?

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DVS Administration
http://www.dvstudio-production.com/

where are you going?!
well see you later, mate, i hope there will be another time!

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Bullet Control: $5000 for a bullet.
"I would blow your f**king head off! ...if I could afford it. I'm gonna get another job, start saving some money... then you a dead man!"

Hey, underdoggy, You can't possible be any more remote that I am. And u can always get Satellite Broadband like me!! www.direcway.com available at radio shack stores. W00t.

Where are you moving? Plan on falling into The Land Of The Lost?

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I tried sniffing coke, but the ice cubes kept getting stuck in my nose.
http://www.dimebowl.com

Well all. The good news is, I am most appreciative for the sentiments given, both good and the other kind. Most importantly, I have an internet connection, of sorts. After DSL for so long, 56k is an experience that is akin to internet hell, but being the person I am, I will endure. Some connection, is better than the purgatory I have endured these last 3 weeks without any connection at all.

Now, all I need do is set my machine to cope with 56k. Meaning, turning off all the niceties such as images and what not.

Again. thank all.

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Finally, got a permanent residence. Sadly I am still on 56k but hey, its better than soup cans and a string.

The nightmare began what, only a score days ago? Seems like months. Since last I was here, some slopehead on a road grader plowed up the phone lines and ruined everyones connection. Then when I move I find out that this residence had no phone lines. EVER! Phone company just now, TODAY got all my lines installed.

Anyway, my hopes are to be around a bit more often.

The good news? I had a chance to finally play my very old, but new copy of Unreal II. Played it through to the end and must confess the graphics were phenomenal. :eek: The storyline however was more closely reminiscent of Quake. Marine type rescues so and so.

It was nice to know that my machine was up to the task of running it full tilt. :smile:

I do however have one MAJOR complaint. I could NOT play HL2 off line. Does anyone know how to activate offline mode?

I must also confess that I missed a few of you in my imposed absence. Its good to be back.

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Welcome back :smile:

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You have to get it running like with steam connected ... then go to offline mode (exit ... not logout if you have that option, cut the net connection, then start steam again)

That should work, if it doesn't browse the support section of steampowered.com for an answer. If you don't find one ... may you have a non-peroulis journey through the wastelands of steampowered forums ... or send an email which will probably not get answered.

But their support it pretty decent.

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Blame it on Microsoft, God does.

Usually, as long as you've downloaded 100% of the content it will be
available for offline play. You might have to check the "Make
Available Offline" box under one of the options.

Sadly, I have been offline so long, that the total downloads for "Steam,HL2 & Vid Drivers" is astronomical for a 56k user. I cannot even test your theories yet due to the massive amount of info being transfered to me.

I will update you all on my insights when I am able.

Thanks for your time.

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Good to see you back mate, glad you've finally settled in and got the
old 'puter connected back to the glorious internet (however unglorious
it may seem through the eyes of a 56k!) :smile:

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Designer @ Haiku Interactive | ReNo-vation.net

yea, verily, verily I say unto thee: It pleaseth me to see thine avatar once again in mine presence.

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I tried sniffing coke, but the ice cubes kept getting stuck in my nose.
http://www.dimebowl.com

My thanks to you all for the warm welcome back. It seems however that the download exceeded my time awake so I will have to continue this experiment in the morning.

My hopes are that, updating will be far in between henceforth. Offline play would be a welcome treat as well. I fear however that I will have to log in each time, even with a full updated game.

Night everyone.

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wow ive never known better than 56k

if you get online with steam and change your settings so it runs when
you log in it will ask you if you want to run it in offline mode

No, once you're in offline mode and everything works, you could stay that way forever ... it also, as I remember, wont connect to the steam network if you're already in offline mode ... you'd have to exit and sign on again ... ALTHOUGH, if you LOGOUT as in .. remove your presence on the steam servers, then yes: you will need to log in every time you try to use Steam.

Anyway, good luck.

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FatStrings said:
wow ive never known better than 56k

Me neither :$. You could get someone to maybe send you a cd of the gcf's if you really need to update?

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Reckless disregard for childrens well being, women and nothing but utter contempt for other cultures.

MisterBister said:
Lets be friends, ok?

Much easier than being enemies. Much more work involved and since my disposition won't allow for that kind of time dedication, I accept. I have never been able to fathom how anyone could dedicate enough time necessary to acquire an enemy. It is after all the internet and removing the offending person is a log off away. I would however advise to henceforth, if I happen to say something contrary to your views on a map to only ignore it, don't remove my right to have that viewpoint.

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The good news is, my Steam now acknowledges "Offline Mode"

The bad news, My HL2 refuses to load. It gives no error messages, it simple fails to load.

Subsequently, my Hammer editor now claims "No textures present"

Any clues?

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9 hours+ and no one knows?

(groans)

I reckon I finally came up with an original dilemma around here.

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Mapping forum. Search.

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I tried sniffing coke, but the ice cubes kept getting stuck in my nose.
http://www.dimebowl.com

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<DIV class=quotetext>Mapping forum. Search.</DIV></DIV>

Unless you would care to inform the the keywords for the search I would have to say "The search option sucks ass"

"Offline Mode" is not it BTW.

I noticed however that, searching for things like "Polls" and such also suck ass.

Now, the question is/was, how can updating my system for offline mode remove my textures and render my game unloadable?

Nickel, I have probably searched those forums more since I have been here, than you have so that advice also sucks ass. :sad:

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I made most of my snarkmarks by answering Editing questions, Dickenstien. You would probably search for "no textures."or something... Dude, it may not be there, i dont know.

anyway, I don't think offline mode would do anything to your textures. I run in offline all the time and it still gives me my textures...

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I tried sniffing coke, but the ice cubes kept getting stuck in my nose.
http://www.dimebowl.com

Calling someone names? Thats your answer?

I am telling you this slowly, since your ability to come into a conversation in the middle seems to enlighten you but little. My machine worked prior, it fails now. End of story.

My editor worked perfectly, now it does not. All I have done since then and now, is hook my machine to 56k, ( I had DSL and it always was up to date) and after a few hours I had no functional HL2 or Hammer.

If this is a new issue, so be it, but I am a self problem solver and only ask for assistance when I have exhausted all other recourse.

Do not call me names again, at least not without due course.

I need assistance, not pricks. I can get that in real life.

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Thanks for taking a dump in my thread. Screw it, I'll sort it myself.

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When you say it fails to load, do you mean it just doesn't do anything
when you double-click it? If so, I think I did hear about a similar
problem, but I can't remember where (helpful as ever). I rarely
recommend this, but the steam forums and the steam support system might
be good places to start. I get a problem where after a while CS source
will say it's loading, and then the screen will disappear and nothing
else will happen. It acts as if I never clicked on it in the first
place. A simple reboot seems to fix this. If you have a friend who has
the latest Steam caches you could copy them across - I used to do this
to update before I got broadband.

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First and foremost, I would like to apologize for my poor handling of this situation between Nickel and myself. You must understand, I have a very limited time frame to play on my computer so any disruption is aggravating. Second, you must also understand that I am very self reliant on my own skills at solving problems. I had indeed searched countless threads prior to the poor advice I received to "Search".... Thirdly, the issue couldn't have been solved by anyone here because you did not have all the variables, for that matter neither had I. The solution was simple once I knew them all and I will explain them in a moment. Be aware that I do not ask for assistance often, nor easily. It is my practice to exhaust all other sources before crying for help. I would like to say however that since this was my first crisis, Snarkpit as a whole handled it poorly, but as I stated, even if anyone tried to help, it would have amounted to nothing. Now on to the solution.

1: Be absolutely certain that YOU are the only individual working on a problem when attempting to resolve an issue. As it turned out, my son was trying to help, without my knowledge and we were essentially messing things up worse.

2: I have 56k. (groans repeatedly) It was taking me literally hours to update. I had the update set to "Load game upon completion" or whatever it says when you check the little box. Apparently it finished while I was away and my son took over.

3: Upon loading Steam, there was a pop up message stating that my video drivers were out of date as well. My son obliged me by downloading the new drivers. What he is not aware of is, you MUST uninstall the previous drivers BEFORE installing the new ones. There was apparently a driver conflict and neither the game nor the editor would load due to the lack of a proper driver setting. In spite of the fact that no messages popped up, this was indeed the problem.

4: After uninstalling the old and reinstalling the new drivers, both work perfectly again.

Again, I apologize for my poor handling. I was distressed, and my only advice seemed to be an insult to my already extra-ordinary attempts at utilizing the search option. The search option BTW sucks ass. There simply was to many variables to sift through, AND not knowing the real problem didn't help matters any.

Thanks for your time.

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