Patch for HL2 - No steam?
 

I did a search but only find whole downloads and weird cracks that don't work.
I actually own HL2 (US, 5-cd version) and am sick of these steam updates ruining the damn game, even after a year! Game gets choppier and choppier after each FORCED update, so I'd like to know is there any kind of patch (for the US 5-cd version) that I can apply right after installing the game so I can rid myself of the need for Steam forever?

Hey what part of my answer didnt you understand!?
Discussions on how to bypass Steam is not permitted on this forum!!
Dont create a new thread just because you didnt like the answer given! :mad:

You could just turn the autoupdate feature off for the games you own on steam.

Reviewing Half-Life 2´s Changelog it hasn´t been updated since 23.05.2005.
Maybe Steam itself gets updates from time to time (don´t know how CS:S and other source-titles gets updated because I don´t play that games).

So... what is "frequent" here at all ;-D

And, as posted above: You can turn off the updating process.

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