QUOTE (kccustom @ Nov 18 2004, 07:33 PM) I got mine from Walmart, it does have Counter Strike Source, says right on the box
great news! Guess I'll go by the store tomorrow and pick it up! I can't wait. I just wish my computer could play it a little better!

If you preload it off of steam do you have to preload HL2, CS:S, and HL:s in order for it to work correctly?

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Finally finished installing HL2! playing it now, wow! The graphics in HL2 is awesome, as good as Doom3 and Farcry with a different distinction. Very nice sound and original gameplay. The phsyics and facial expression on the characters are the best i've seen. I'm using 66.93 forceware drivers to play.

My only complaint about the Whole HL2 experience is installation process. It took 30 min! 5 install CDs and registration with Steam for DSL users really sucked big time. It took forever to unlock HL2 software , plus CD activation number was not helping matters either. Then the game won't start because I didn't insert the right playing CD. finally, after all that it took forever to load the game!

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Yeah, took about 15mins on my new A64 monster to install. I got one of the NF3 Chipsets that doesnt like the 2ghz HT link, so I am messing with that. I once ran my HT link at 500, to play it....ran ok. but jerked at times. Now I am running it at 1.6ghz, and it runs so dang smooth. Cant wait til I get my X800XT.

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It installed pretty fast off the DVD for me. But it took atleast an hour to even log into steam.. my activation is pending still, several days after installing it. at this rate ill have the game beaten before its activated.

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I didn't have a single issue with mine.

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My activation took about 8 hours. But I am riding high now. Probably going to have to format before I beat the game. Which sucks. But, that just means I get to see the beautiful game that is HL2 over and over.

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- Wurd?

QUOTE (LVSeminole @ Nov 19 2004, 07:05 PM) My activation took about 8 hours. But I am riding high now. Probably going to have to format before I beat the game. Which sucks. But, that just means I get to see the beautiful game that is HL2 over and over.

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if I ever end up doing that I would never clear the game everytime that I was in the middle of a game and I had to format and lose the saved files I wouldn't play with that game anymore, I did it with far cry

QUOTE (Ardrid @ Nov 19 2004, 10:03 AM) I didn't have a single issue with mine.
Same here, took about 15 minutes from putting the DVD in to playing the game. Less than 3 minutes of that was actually authorization. I did all this ~5pm CST too.

i havnt been bothered to play hl2 , waited 2 years now i cant be arsed.

Looks like we'll be able to play HL2 in linux:
http://www.transgaming.com/news.php?newsid=135' ">http://www.transgaming.com/news.php?newsid=135

Only wish I had a comp so that I could play it at all heh. Not that I have the time atm, but there's always Christmas.

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My only complaint is the crosshair color. I want something other than white becuase its hard to see sometimes!

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QUOTE (SLaY3r @ Nov 19 2004, 06:00 PM) My only complaint is the crosshair color. I want something other than white becuase its hard to see sometimes!
can't you change that in settings? I know you can in cs:s

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Classic Half Life 2 thread. jsut thought i would bring it up back to the top of the pile for nostalgic reasons.

still, has nothing on the Doom III thread

Finally the full HL2 thread. Good thing it's gonna be 1 thread instead of the old 10to30.

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