*** Steam / HL2 / Source FAQ ***

Originally posted by player
QUESTION*****


is half life 1:source



the original half life with the half life 2 engine and graphics? And can I only get this with the silver package upwards on steam?
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Yes, it is Half-Life 1 on the Source engine. Don't think much work will have gone into updated maps etc though.

You can get it on the Silver package, or the Collectors editon, which isn't going to show itself for a while in the UK.

there should be an option, once you own half-life 2, to upgrade retail / bronze packages to the silver package which should cost around £6.
 
Originally posted by hardkore
ok at the moment my dvd-rom drive is nackerd for some unknown reason. My preorder copy (retail) of HL2 should be here soon. Can i just use the cd key from the retail version and download it through steam? Just like for a while until i get another dvd drive sorted out?
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Yep, download the pre-load now, you'll just enter the CD-Key that comes with the game. Don't need the disk.
 
Originally posted by BoomAM
Right:
I figued that im gonna have to install steam sometime, so i did it last night. I fished out my HL:Gen CDkeys and registered them. They now appear in the list.
I try my blueshift key, and it says that ive already registered it. But i cannot see it on my list?!
Whats going on there?

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Blueshift isn't on the Steam List, as they have not made it a Steam game unfortunately. That's why you can't register it.

you'll have to play it without Steam.
 
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Originally posted by BoomAM
Wonder why that is. Strange...
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From what i've just found on the Steam forums, Blueshift uses a slightly different version of the HL1 engine due to the high definition models etc. That's why the game was a standalone pack and did not require HL1 to play. Basically, I don't think VALVe can be arsed to convert it.
 
Originally posted by TheGreatGrrrr
A quick question:

I have 6 Partitions, I want to have HL2 and CS:S on my C:, steam on G: and HL1 Source and the rest on H:.

But from what I gather everything has to go in the steam folder? :(
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From what I have seen, you have to have everything in your Steam folder.
 
Originally posted by BoomAM
I know that, but he wants JUST steam on his G: drive. Why not have it on the same drive as HL2, it`ll save you loads of problems.

It`d could probably be done, how he wants it, if he just brought it retail. Then he could install the games to wherever he wants to.
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I get what you mean for your first point now, though your second is not true, as Half-Life 2 retail is installed with Steam anyway, so it'll still be with it.
 
Originally posted by BoomAM
Not if you pre-download and install Steam :).
Download Steam now, install it to his G:.
Get HL2 retail, install it to wherever, and then he wont have to install another copy of steam will he?.
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Educated guess, but HL2 will probably look for existing installations of Steam, then install there, nowhere else.
 
Originally posted by BoomAM
I cant see it working like that. Games and programs, that are brought, ALLWAYS install where you want them to. If i want it on my games drive, even if i had Steam on my data drive, it will be installed to my games drive, even if i have to drag the directory to it and alter the registary! lol.
However, im ok whatever, i have Steam installed in:
"D:\Games\Valve\Steam"
Where i`ll also put HL2 under "Valve", and ive just installed BlueShift there as well.
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Half-life 2 isn't a normal game though, the retail package is just the locked .gcf files, so they'll be stuck with the rest of the .gcf files in the SteamApps directory, ready to be unlocked when the correct Steam account is logged into.
 
Originally posted by BoomAM
Aparentely i wont be getting my collectors edition tomorrow.
Can i buy a normal version, and then when my collectors edition finally arrives, just sell the normal version to my mate? Or will Steam throw a hissy fit?
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As long as you give your mate all the access to the Steam account that your copy is registered to, don't see a problem.
 
Re: Re: *** Steam / Half-Life 2 / Counter-Strike: Source FAQ ***

Originally posted by leaskovski
Hmm, then how would they be reading this then...

:rolleyes:
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Don't be a smart arse :rolleyes:

You really would be suprised with how many people on here don't have te net on their gaming PCs are / know people buying the game without realising this.
 
You'll still only have 1 registered copy of HL1 engine based games.

What exactly is happening when you try to play on a LAN? Steam won't let you play online at the same time, as you need separate accounts, though LAN shouldn't be a problem.
 
Sorry, confused myself too :)

Yes, you should be able to play all the Half-Life 1 games now that you own HL2 silver.
 
Originally posted by yabadaba
Thanks for that....I just hope that the Half Life 1 games on the PC with HL2 on it will now use that 'new' serial rather than the original one, otherwise I won't be much better off!
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Not sure what exactly you mean about serials. Your Steam account will have 1 registered copy of HL1 on it, even buying HL2 with another copy of HL1, that still only gives you 1 HL1 copy.
 
Re: Re: *** Steam / Half-Life 2 / Counter-Strike: Source FAQ ***

Originally posted by Vertigo1
Nice FAQ, but...


Mine seems to let me play both HL2 and CS:Source without the original DVD in the drive. Weird.
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Maybe they've changed it now.... as lots of people were moaning about it etc. You got no other image of the DVD on the system?
 
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