Half Life 2 - Why won't it work?

[exosculate]

Just got hold of this and I cannot make it work.

Firstly it will not run offline - or even attempt to.

Secondly it will not run online - it just keeps crashing.

What could I have done wrong?

Any ideas?

 

[Moggy]

If its a "copy" of it, try creating a shortcut on your desktop or somewhere to the hl2.exe file and then edit the properties of the shortcut and add -steam on the end of it. Example:

"C:\Games\Half Life 2\half life 2\hl2.exe" -steam

I'm pretty sure that's all that needed doing, but it's been ages since i installed it. By the way, if it's a "copy" i don't think there's any way to play it online, although i could well be wrong.

 

[exosculate]

If its a "copy" of it, try creating a shortcut on your desktop or somewhere to the hl2.exe file and then edit the properties of the shortcut and add -steam on the end of it. Example:

"C:\Games\Half Life 2\half life 2\hl2.exe" -steam

I'm pretty sure that's all that needed doing, but it's been ages since i installed it. By the way, if it's a "copy" i don't think there's any way to play it online, although i could well be wrong.

Thanks moggy

No its an original.

I am well confused with it!

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Nope. There has just been an update and Valve have fucked up big time. Tons of players can't get their game working and if they can it aint working right. The u75 clan are as pissed off with this as anyone (I can't play CounterStrike dammit!) and the Steam forums (http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=14) are full of pissed off people, people trying to work out what's going on etc. Been wading through on and off all day but the only things that seem clear is that Valve has really fucked up the update and that noone from Valve works weekends so don't expect this to be fixed until Monday...

 

[exosculate]

Nope. There has just been an update and Valve have fucked up big time. Tons of players can't get their game working and if they can it aint working right. The u75 clan are as pissed off with this as anyone (I can't play CounterStrike dammit!) and the Steam forums (http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=14) are full of pissed off people, people trying to work out what's going on etc. Been wading through on and off all day but the only things that seem clear is that Valve has really fucked up the update and that noone from Valve works weekends so don't expect this to be fixed until Monday...

Cheers KE

I can't even get it going offline. Would this update affect that?

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Cheers KE

I can't even get it going offline. Would this update affect that?

Not sure, it's hard as hell trying to figure out what is going on, there's been no official comment from Valve and it's just players trying to figure it out and sharing what they've learned. As far as I can tell Valve (via Steam) issued a new update yesterday which updated HL2 (readying it for Xbox players to play online), CounterStrike Source and also for the upcoming Day of Defeat mod. It was this that has caused all the problems...

 

[exosculate]

Not sure, it's hard as hell trying to figure out what is going on, there's been no official comment from Valve and it's just players trying to figure it out and sharing what they've learned. As far as I can tell Valve (via Steam) issued a new update yesterday which updated HL2 (readying it for Xbox players to play online), CounterStrike Source and also for the upcoming Day of Defeat mod. It was this that has caused all the problems...

Sounds like a first install just after a major update (that has messed up) is very bad coincidental luck and has screwed my install up. Guess I'll have to wait until next week when they may have sorted it out.

 

[tendril]

I have to say that I think it's completely bollox that you have to have an internet connection just to play the single player game.

I think that the game is great, but the whole steam thing sucks like a two dolla whore!

 

[Moggy]

I have to chuckle cos i started the game again from scratch yesterday and had many hours of fun, but still feel a bit guilty about having 'acquired' it. Oh well at least i don't have to put up with all this Steam bollox, but can't play it multiplayer

 

[sorearm]

get a legit copy, its only about 20 squid, then you join us for some counterstrike action on the clan server (see www.u75clan.com)... but with all the crap that valve have done with the "update" you'll have to wait a wee while until its back to normal