HeNdie
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Registered: 8th May 04
Location: Wigan. Drives:Saxo VTR!
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currys have it, weve had it in a week but only allowed to sell it 2day.
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AdiSRI
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Registered: 1st May 02
Location: Berkshire
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it is very good, im getting wellinto it, not keen on the man hacks tho...
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Dave1682
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Registered: 18th Jul 04
Location: Cleveland, UK
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What's the deal with online games on HL2? Are they just the usual deathmatches, team deathmatches, ctf's etc?
Or has everybody just been playing the single player?
[Edited on 16-11-2004 by Dave1682]
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1600power
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Registered: 22nd Apr 04
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right im off 2 PCWorld 2moz to purchuse my copy for definete and my degree is definetly going to suffer as a result 
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Sims
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Registered: 15th Aug 03
Location: Bath/Bristol area Drove: 1994 Corsa SRi Now: VTR
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saw this post but can't be bother to read everyones replies.
I paid for HL2 about a month back through steam to play Counter-Strike:Source which i love to bits.
Just got home from work and about to try it out now. can't wait to play it 
i'll post back later....
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Chump
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Registered: 1st Feb 04
Location: Sharnbrook
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on scoobynet people are saying that each time you want to play the game you have to login over the net - is this what everyone else is experiencing?
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smack
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Registered: 7th Jul 04
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I really want this game , but i need a better graphics card i think, so can anyone recomend a good one, found a few cheap ones on ebay but i no nothing about pc's? 
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
Location: Sydney, Australia
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave1682
Cyber, the X800 XT is still a pretty good card though is it not? I was looking at a PC the other with one of these, and I thought they were quite good?
Should be getting a new machine in january - i need to be able to play Half-Life 2, GTA:SA (when it's eventually ported) and Battklefield 2!!!!
Yes the X800 card is still a damn good bit of kit!
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SetH
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Registered: 15th Jul 01
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Just got a new Geforce 5900 ultra of ebay for bargain price
will be buying hl2 tommorow 
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
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Seth, dont wanna piss on your fire at all, but the 50 series Geforce cards were... well... awful. I havent had any experience with them, but report back and tell me how well it works!!
BTW, Half Life 2 is gonna trounce all over GTA:SA in the game of the year awards.
Dave
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Cybermonkey
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Originally posted by Ojc
Sounds crap.
If its not WW2 im not intrested
Just the storyline and interacting with the people in the game is enough to get you hooked ollie. Its based in a city in eastern europe, where nazi's used to wander...
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Sam
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Note the blue screen of death on the monitor at the bottom! Bloody Windows! 
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
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FPMSL at sam! does anyone else think that bird looks fit 
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Sam
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quote:
Originally posted by Cybermonkey24
FPMSL at sam! does anyone else think that bird looks fit
Marks out of two? I'd give her one...
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
Location: Sydney, Australia
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i have just bought it, £35 nae too bad. Only basic version though. im poor.
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
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Played for 2 hours. I only have one thing to say. OH MY GOD!! i came out of some underground sewer, there was a combine guard at the top and i pushed him down the stairs, the physics engine is like real life!!!!! he just tumbled like a real human would!! And G-man at the start, that was fookin scarily real...
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
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BTW, my system is:
AMD Athlon 2200XP (1800mhz)
524MB DDR 333mhz RAM
Geforce 4 Ti4800 Overclocked
Seagate Barracuda 120GB 7200rpm HDD
And it runs pretty good, with all effects displayed. Im scared to max it out though, im afraid i might cry if i cant run it higher than it is
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Dave1682
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Registered: 18th Jul 04
Location: Cleveland, UK
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quote:
Originally posted by Cybermonkey24
BTW, Half Life 2 is gonna trounce all over GTA:SA in the game of the year awards.
I have to agree, the recent big releases (GTA:SA, Halo 2, PES4) will not be able to touch HL2. I haven't played it yet, but I've read plenty of reviews, seen plenty of vids and screenies, and it's like a whole other generation ahead of anything else. It's frightening really.
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_Allan_
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Registered: 24th Mar 04
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I can't get the fucker to work 
I get a Visual C++ runtime error for the .exe when it's run from steam.
I have seen this error from people before but for all sorts of other programs. I can't find a soloution. I have reinstalled, rolled back drivers, updated drivers, updated chipset drivers, updated and rolled back direct x, reduced AGP size. I have tried all soloutions suguested by people with similar problems but not with this game. I don't know what else to try and wondering if I have a dodgy copy. Can anyone tell me the size of their hl2.exe in both the half life directory and the counter strike source dir. Mine is 1,956 KB. They only thing I thought of was I installed the game initially fromthe DVD burner rather than the ROM. Fuck knows it's pissing me off
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Dave1682
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Registered: 18th Jul 04
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Al, what does the error say exactly? If you've seen it before, chances are other people will as well, so what I'd do is copy the error text into google and hit search. With a bit of luck you'll find a forum where someone has had the same problem, and someone else will have offered a solution.
Good luck! 
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
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quote:
Originally posted by _Allan_
I can't get the fucker to work
I get a Visual C++ runtime error for the .exe when it's run from steam.
I have seen this error from people before but for all sorts of other programs. I can't find a soloution. I have reinstalled, rolled back drivers, updated drivers, updated chipset drivers, updated and rolled back direct x, reduced AGP size. I have tried all soloutions suguested by people with similar problems but not with this game. I don't know what else to try and wondering if I have a dodgy copy. Can anyone tell me the size of their hl2.exe in both the half life directory and the counter strike source dir. Mine is 1,956 KB. They only thing I thought of was I installed the game initially fromthe DVD burner rather than the ROM. Fuck knows it's pissing me off
Sorry to hear that Allan. Anyway, my hl2.exe fle is 1.91mb. Couldnt find the Counterstrike Source dir. All i can think of is to uninstall Steam and start again, i had problems with Steam to begin with, since i had it for a while before i got HL2 today. Also,i thought there was something wrong with my CD key, but i was putting in too many digits Good luck.
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_Allan_
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Registered: 24th Mar 04
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Thats the thing the visual C++ error is the same for others but for different programs.
Runtime error!
C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\<account>\hl.exe has caused an error
abnormal program termination
I have updated library files. I'm gonna do a fresh re-install tonight and maybe take it to a mates and try on his to see if it's not my copy. I have had games before in the past that have had missing files on the disc.
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Dave1682
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Registered: 18th Jul 04
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Allan, check out the link below:
http://forums.viaarena.com/messageview.cfm?catid=30&threadid=59651&enterthread=y
Someone has been having the same trouble as you. Towards the end of the page, someone says they had this problem with DirectX 9C. They uninstalled this and installed 9.0 and everything was fine....hope this helps
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_Allan_
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Registered: 24th Mar 04
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Done that Dirext X was rolled back to 9.0b, didn't work. I don't have a via chipset either. I have a nvidia n-force2. I have updated this driver too. This is the most annoying error I have seen. There are several other people who still can't get a soloution. It seems certain drivers only help a few. Theres different soloutions for each case.
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Mattss Corsa
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Registered: 11th Jan 03
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Has anyone done the part where you ave 2 stact all the barrels and escape up thro the vent? So fooking hard! and takes time, considering u fall all the time 
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