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Udating Half-Life

Re: Udating Half-Life Posted by TealSlut on Fri Jan 2nd 2004 at 8:50pm
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right a bought a real copy of half-life couple o days ago right, and it says it was the new version, but when i try to go online it says i need a update. r u with me so far? So when it checks the interenet 4 updates it says "Your version of Half-Life is up todate." So u see mi problem . By the way if u go again it does da same thing. :confused:

Please Help!!!!, much apprecieted
Re: Udating Half-Life Posted by Kage_Prototype on Fri Jan 2nd 2004 at 8:58pm
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Right, go to the Half-Life directory on your HDD. Right-click on either hl.exe or hlds.exe and select properties. There should be, on one of them, a version tab at the top. Click on that and check what version it says. If it is not 1.1.1.0, then your Half-Life is not up to date. Go to http://www.fileplanet.com and download the latest patches for Half-Life.

Hope that helps.
Re: Udating Half-Life Posted by OtZman on Fri Jan 2nd 2004 at 8:59pm
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Do you have steam? I think you need it to play HL.

You can download it here:
http://www.steampowered.com/
Re: Udating Half-Life Posted by Vash on Fri Jan 2nd 2004 at 9:00pm
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http://www.fileplanet.com/files/50000/57317.shtml

http://www.steampowered.com/index.php?area=getsteamnow
Re: Udating Half-Life Posted by Kage_Prototype on Fri Jan 2nd 2004 at 9:01pm
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You do not need Steam to play HL. At least not yet anyway. It's best to stick with the Half-Life you bought, as Steam is still very buggy for a lot of users, and is also very demanding on computer resources, more so than Half-Life. Steam will become mandatory once Valve have deemed it bug-free.
Re: Udating Half-Life Posted by Vash on Fri Jan 2nd 2004 at 9:05pm
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In other words, once valve starts charging for it kage :biggrin:
Re: Udating Half-Life Posted by Leperous on Fri Jan 2nd 2004 at 9:06pm
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TealSlut said:
but when i try to go online it says i need a update
You need Steam, follow the links above!
Re: Udating Half-Life Posted by Kage_Prototype on Fri Jan 2nd 2004 at 9:07pm
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Heh, you mean being able to sell games over it, not actually charge for Steam itself :smile:
Re: Udating Half-Life Posted by TealSlut on Fri Jan 2nd 2004 at 9:35pm
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But i have 54K modem with pay as u go, r u crazy! :mad:
Re: Udating Half-Life Posted by Sim on Fri Jan 2nd 2004 at 10:00pm
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Well get a monthly payment connection if you want to play internet games, it will save you lots of money. And it's a 56k modem I believe.
Re: Udating Half-Life Posted by OtZman on Fri Jan 2nd 2004 at 10:16pm
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TealSlut said:
But i have 54K modem with pay as u go, r u crazy! :mad:
I think HL will lag if you play with a 54k/56k connection...
Re: Udating Half-Life Posted by ReNo on Sat Jan 3rd 2004 at 2:51pm
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Not necessarily, I've played HL online for years on a 56k, loads of people do.
Re: Udating Half-Life Posted by Bruce on Mon Jan 5th 2004 at 12:06am
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Uhm you probaly won't lag on a local server, but if it's "pay as you go" I recommend not playing Half-Life at all. Save some money and get a better internet provider/subscription.

Because if you don't you will soon be thousands and thousands of dollars in det. :smile:
Re: Udating Half-Life Posted by Myrk- on Mon Jan 5th 2004 at 3:34am
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OtZman said:
TealSlut said:
But i have 54K modem with pay as u go, r u crazy! :mad:
I think HL will lag if you play with a 54k/56k connection...
LOL I play Halo and Operation Flashpoint online on my 56k!
Re: Udating Half-Life Posted by Forceflow on Mon Jan 5th 2004 at 5:01pm
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It's all a matter of the right config and the healthy computer ...

Sometimes, my ISP puts me on "smallband" for a couple of days. (that's when I download over 10 GB in 30 days, it's some kind of ... punishment). I just use another config to play online games in that period. (rates low, cmdrate, updaterate, etc ...). Works not perfect, but it gets the job done.

:smile: