HL2 Preload Has Begun

[SoulStriker]

Oh, I never said the game would be bad. Just the corporate entity behind it. Honestly, I don't think it's very professional to take jabs at the competition while your company is in the ****ter regarding security and scheduling.

And we STILL have no idea if they've fixed the stupid nvidia pipeline issues or not. Has Gabe issued any .plans regarding the status of the game?

And yeah, Doom needed raw horsepower to run high. HL2's only real intense effect is the physics, which are probably more processor dependant instead of Doom's vidram dependant textures and bump mapping.

Anybody got any screenshots of HL2? I haven't seen it in almost a year.

Yea, I agree. Valve has handled themselves very poorly as of late. I'm just hoping all the crap that Valve has done dosn't affect HL2 as a game. I've already come to terms with the fact that Valve is *screwed*.

I havn't seen any recent screenshots myself, I don't really care for them either. I judge the game once I play it, not from screenshots or videos.

 

[Smith|]

Guess I'll be waiting for a while. They allowing people to pre load, even those who haven't bought it yet?

EDIT, just saw the picture. I think it's a mistake to allow pre loading... HL2 is already going to be one of the most pirated games ever... pre loading it gives you everything except a crack.

Actually, the preload only loads things that are 100% completed and will never be changed, like textures, sounds, and other stuff. It won't release anything that will actually make the game playable.

 

[Arthos]

The only thing that cracking the preload file will reap, is materials for modding....if they're lucky.



I'm unsure about preloading it, since I have two machines to load it to. But both machines are using the same account. My father uses the same steam account as me.....and only ever will, He'll likely only use Steam to play HL2.....so I have no concerns, but if he ever wants to do anything else, he will need to get his own damn account...either way, I'm unsure about Downloading it just yet.

 

[arucard89]

Of course some moron will leak that file while Gabe Newell is too busy cracking up the office with flashlight jokes.

rofl

ontopic: yea uhhh... half-life 2 preload done -_-

 

[Big Kyle]

Everyone stop talking about cracks, next person that does I will give them a warning.

 

[-JLN-]

I think I'll buy the actual game. God forbid if something buggered up my steam account and I had to pay for another HL2. I know, it's not likely that there's an error that can't be repaired, but it's just my way of thinking I guess.

 

[crazykorean10]

when your done with pre load can you play it cause i want to dl all these mods that are on hl2

 

[Enix]

, there arent any mods released for HL2 yet, its not even released, let alone the HL2 SDK. But no, you cant play the pre load.

 

[Arthos]

Well, it's not out yet, But you can acutally map for it with Hammer/Worldcraft. Hard for me to beleive, but it's true! Which means, that i can actually Map for HL2! The only game mapping program that I ever learned to use was Hammer. Not very well, but I was on my way. In fact, I was trying to create my first released Level for ESF....on a late alpha I think. No matter. When I have it all figured out again, I will do like I did with HL1. I'll build my own house.

I took the plunge and Preloaded BTW.

 

[DragonDude]

Yeah, the new map editor is just a modified Hammer with the new features of the Source engine and more advanced tools. I was expecting they'd do that, I'm glad they did.
The texturing is done completely different though, so not everything's the same.

 

[GaZeeBo]

i still havent been able to start preloading ...
guess im just unlucky hehe

 

[Hash]

Are all of you actually gonna buy hl2 through steam? Or are you just preloading it for the hell of it.

I really don't see the point. Woohoo, you get to play it the minute it comes out. I'd rather wait a few days, and get it on a cd. That way if I ever uninstall it, or have to reformat or something, I don't have to spend 4 hours downloading the whole game again. Plus, I just feel way more secure knowing that I can actually physically hold the game in my hand, instead of having it just floating around in cyberspace.

 

[GaZeeBo]

well... you can probably burn it on cd when you have it downloaded...
or at least copy all the files you need on a cd and then just copy them back on your haddisk when needed

plus .. they say you can get the cd's for free but.. i live in holland so when i want to get it on cd i have to pay about 15 dollar shipping costs. how is that free ?

 

[Majin_You]

I was thinking of pre-loading it - it is a relatively neat idea, despite obvious security risks. However, I don't think I'd want to buy the game through Steam. In the time it'll take me to pre-load the game, I can probably have it installed several times over. Besides, a hard, legit copy of the CD is always my preference above Steam authentication. I've got nothing against Steam, but I simply don't trust it to that extent. I'm going to pick up the game from my local Best Buy or Future Shop

 

[Sonic the Vampire]

Since I have a half life 2 voucher I will use Steam to save money. Word on the street is also that people who preordered Half life 2 through Steam (which is not yet available) will be allowed to play it before the game is officially released. That would be feasible since they can just unlock our files before rest of the community as a reward for preloading, but it probably wont be too long before September 30th.

 

[DiebytheSword]

I was thinking of pre-loading it - it is a relatively neat idea, despite obvious security risks. However, I don't think I'd want to buy the game through Steam. In the time it'll take me to pre-load the game, I can probably have it installed several times over. Besides, a hard, legit copy of the CD is always my preference above Steam authentication. I've got nothing against Steam, but I simply don't trust it to that extent. I'm going to pick up the game from my local Best Buy or Future Shop

I downloaded it in less than two hours, it wasn't bad at all.

 

[Big Kyle]

I already own Half Life 2, CD Key that is. The idea of releasing things to the public over and over after your game was already leaked and still isnt released, has to be the dumbest idea game developers can do. You would think they would keep it nice and tight and get extra secruity and not release anything, but no they are like hookers on a street corner, giving it to everyone.

 

[Majin_You]

I downloaded it in less than two hours, it wasn't bad at all.

That's rather fast compared to my download...I was receiving in the area of .2% of the file about every 5 minutes...must have been a bad day for Shaw - I wager that download shouldn't have to take 16 - 17 hours.

Still, I'd rather purchase the game from a local source and get my legit HL2 CD complete w/ CD key...what can I say? I'm old-fashioned =P

 

[DragonDude]

I'm probably going to buy the game and get the CD too. This computer probably isn't going to be the one I'll be enjoying HL2 at its best, and I'd rather just pop the CD into another computer than mess around with a Steam account.
My download only took about two hours too, I guess I got lucky.

 

[SailorAlea]

? Pre-loading HL2 only took me about 25 minutes.. didn't seem that particularly fast..
Maybe the servers were just jampacked when you guys downloaded it.