HalfLife 2 Demo problems

doenau · 02-28-05, 02:52 AM

Admittedly this is only about the demo... but...

i got the demo from a mag cd and installed it... as one would expect it then proceeded to update steam, no probs... it then updated HL2 demo for a bit and i started playing...

the next day when i went to start playing, the demo decided that it needed to do some updating... on dial up it is going to take me 813 minutes and then some.

so... all ai want to do is play the damn demo.... why is this impossible? shouldn't the demo all be contained in the install file?

after uninstalling and removing any registry entries i can find, i reinstalled it and tried jsut updating steam and then playing in offline mode... no can do.

any suggestions? (apart from just going out and buying the game... especially if i'm going to need a month on dial up to update it)

thanks

DJMONDY · 02-28-05, 04:42 AM

The only thing i can suggest is while in offline mode to right click on hl2 in the steam list and untick keep this game updated (i think thats what it says).

This would also work if you buy the game and you would not have to wait for updates you should just be able to play straight away.

Hope this helps

Slyder · 02-28-05, 11:34 AM

OMG...

Valve has stooped to a new low, not even letting people play a damm demo.

doenau · 02-28-05, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DJMONDY

The only thing i can suggest is while in offline mode to right click on hl2 in the steam list and untick keep this game updated (i think thats what it says).

This would also work if you buy the game and you would not have to wait for updates you should just be able to play straight away.

Hope this helps

I have done this (it was already selected) but doesn't make a bit of difference...

BioHazZarD · 03-02-05, 01:34 PM

Even if you get the demo from a magazine you still need to connect to Steam to blabla update and blabla wait xxxx hours before even try it.. Nice work valve lol.

doenau · 03-02-05, 06:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BioHazZarD

Even if you get the demo from a magazine you still need to connect to Steam to blabla update and blabla wait xxxx hours before even try it.. Nice work valve lol.

Thanks for the really useless comments... do u have nothing better to do with your day?

02-28-05, 02:52 AM	#1
doenau Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3	HalfLife 2 Demo problems Admittedly this is only about the demo... but... i got the demo from a mag cd and installed it... as one would expect it then proceeded to update steam, no probs... it then updated HL2 demo for a bit and i started playing... the next day when i went to start playing, the demo decided that it needed to do some updating... on dial up it is going to take me 813 minutes and then some. so... all ai want to do is play the damn demo.... why is this impossible? shouldn't the demo all be contained in the install file? after uninstalling and removing any registry entries i can find, i reinstalled it and tried jsut updating steam and then playing in offline mode... no can do. any suggestions? (apart from just going out and buying the game... especially if i'm going to need a month on dial up to update it) thanks

02-28-05, 04:42 AM	#2
DJMONDY Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,050	Re: HalfLife 2 Demo problems The only thing i can suggest is while in offline mode to right click on hl2 in the steam list and untick keep this game updated (i think thats what it says). This would also work if you buy the game and you would not have to wait for updates you should just be able to play straight away. Hope this helps

02-28-05, 11:34 AM	#3
Slyder AMD + Nv = pro gaming rig Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Coventry / England Posts: 746	Re: HalfLife 2 Demo problems OMG... Valve has stooped to a new low, not even letting people play a damm demo. __________________ Gigabyte K8NXP-SLI - Bios F11 AMD Athlon 64 3500+@2.2 2gig RAM DDR333 (PC2700) 4 x 512 Corsair Value Select (CL 2.5) Maxtor 6Y080L0 7200rpm 80 gig DiamondMax Plus 9 HDD Gigabyte Dual 6600GT SLI Enabled CTX VL701B 17ins CRT 0.27dpi 72khz MPRII Black Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS BenQ DW1655 LS DVD-Rewriter with BCDB f/w (ohh yes, get on) LiteOn 48246S CD writer with SS0E f/w NTL 10 meg cable connection thru Ambit 250 modem. Ethernet connected Linksys BEFSR41 v3 router with 1.05.00 f/w Enermax 535 watts SLI-Ready PSU XP pro with SP2 Playing multiplayer games online and lan enabled untill the day we die. What I think of the word Blog

03-02-05, 01:34 PM	#5
BioHazZarD USCM Marine Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 2,369	Re: HalfLife 2 Demo problems Even if you get the demo from a magazine you still need to connect to Steam to blabla update and blabla wait xxxx hours before even try it.. Nice work valve lol. __________________ Chieftec Miditower /w 5 case fans \| Corsair 620W HX PSU \| Asus M4N98TD EVO SLI \| AMD Athlon2 X2 260 3,2GHz \| Corsair 3GB PC3-10666 \| eVGA Geforce GTX 460 1GB (336shader) \| Samsung Spinpoint x2 250GB HD +SATA 320GB \| SB Audigy 4 @ 2.1 \| Samsung Syncmaster BX2331 TFT 23" running 1920x1080@60hz \| Windows XP PRO SP2 \| \|

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