'Official' Half-Life 2 Thread. Do Not Create New Threads (NO SPOILERS)

[laziffer]

how to enable offline mode?

[rebel9k]

Originally Posted by JoyBoy

It clearly states on the box that an Internet Connection is Required. If there are anymore posts about disabling the steam activation, its gonna be an instant ban from now on. If you dont like that Valve have implemented such a feature (and believe me, lots more games will follow suit now), then dont buy the game or wait a year or 2 and I'm sure valve will release some kind of patch.

So, did the Authentication process go well for everyone? I would have assumed that the Steam servers would have crashed under such a load.

I've heard that HL2 dont have a multiplayer part. A normally human like i would think that of course no internet connection is required. I'm thinking valve is losing a lot of money with this activation stuff. why do all developers think people would buy their products when they are not able to crack or copy it? this software pirates would just try another game instead of walking in a store and buy it. so copyprotection justs cost money and the people are allowed to finance that.

[mike.air]

Just wanna say : I love u all!!!!

Valve is tryin somthin new. But one day after release u list the file Steam activation Offline. GREAT. give the industrie what it diserves!!!
I bought me the game because i got it for only 35.- Euros.Thats a good price for a game puplished like that.But the activation wasn´t that funny. 2 Hours d/l time and no flat=2 euros costs.
But money aint the problemo-time!!!is the p.
I can´t wait 2 more hours after u let me wait over one year after first release date.sorry.

So i thought : i am the stupid- i buy the game and cant play it imidiatly afterr install???
The other one just d/l the game -install-play !!!!
So i am the idiot- i pay and get less.
Next time someone tries somethin like that-- without me-- i will never pay for things i get less.

And the game isn´t that phenomenon. Itz linear like a 2d game.
and that after 10 years 3D.???

GOD exists- and all u liars and robbers get there Judgment Day. And there will be teeth clapin and tears...
sorry for english.

[Luciel]

Riiighhtt................

[MarcusG]

GOD exists- and all u liars and robbers get there Judgment Day. And there will be teeth clapin and tears...

Errm Okaaay

[ente]

hm, works the

Half-Life 2 v1.0 OFFLINE ACTIVATION PATCH

on the gcw site that was posting by ownage ?

[dontbugme]

Originally Posted by ente

hm, works the

Half-Life 2 v1.0 OFFLINE ACTIVATION PATCH

on the gcw site that was posting by ownage ?

I just tried that and it gives me some message in french saying "You can not brush" or something like that

[dalver]

Move my post if you need to. I just hope someone notices this...

Apart from the game itself I notice that nobody picks up the issue of the internet activation. There is a big world out there that is not USA, UK, Germany or France (this is probably a shock to the developers) but "unfortunately" true. And this big world out there filled with people and gamers don't have a superfast connection to the net, many of them don't have an internet connection at all. Many of them don't know that PC stands for "Internet Machine". It would seem to me that the developer-thought behind this is: "if you don't have an internet connection then you probably can't afford the legal copy anyway, so you don't get to play" or "you have a code on your games box and with it you can download a decryption key from us, if you can't do that, then you are a thief and we will have nothing to do with you". Spit in the face to poor people and people not residing in the beforementioned countries, by the developers.

Valve/Steam/VU Games basically say: This game can only be played by people with access to internet. I ask you: Where will this lead? Will games in the future be made specifically for countries with a certain BMP? For people of a certain sexual preference? Certain skin colour? Religion?

Am I going to far and off topic? Maybe, maybe not.

By all means, copy protection, yes. Invest and make a disc that can't be copied. Do whatever but don't make the internet a requirement for a singleplayer game.

What an internet-online-account-copy-protection means to me is that the pirates and hackers and crack programs will need to change direction and also become better and more specialised, meaning the internet security will drastically drop. As it is now hackers are hacking cd-s and copy-protection-specific programs not online databases, at least not to crack a mere game for a no-cd crack - which will need to be done in order to crack this sort of “future” protection.

Games for me are meant to be – p l a y e d - and enjoyed, for relaxation or recreation, not to be bartered like an economical investment... a pity that commercialisation kills yet another form of relaxation/entertainment. A low down, dirty, pity!

[Mookers]

Originally Posted by dalver

Move my post if you need to. I just hope someone notices this...

Apart from the game itself I notice that nobody picks up the issue of the internet activation. There is a big world out there that is not USA, UK, Germany or France (this is probably a shock to the developers) but "unfortunately" true. And this big world out there filled with people and gamers don't have a superfast connection to the net, many of them don't have an internet connection at all. Many of them don't know that PC stands for "Internet Machine". It would seem to me that the developer-thought behind this is: "if you don't have an internet connection then you probably can't afford the legal copy anyway, so you don't get to play" or "you have a code on your games box and with it you can download a decryption key from us, if you can't do that, then you are a thief and we will have nothing to do with you". Spit in the face to poor people and people not residing in the beforementioned countries, by the developers.

Valve/Steam/VU Games basically say: This game can only be played by people with access to internet. I ask you: Where will this lead? Will games in the future be made specifically for countries with a certain BMP? For people of a certain sexual preference? Certain skin colour? Religion?

Am I going to far and off topic? Maybe, maybe not.

By all means, copy protection, yes. Invest and make a disc that can't be copied. Do whatever but don't make the internet a requirement for a singleplayer game.

What an internet-online-account-copy-protection means to me is that the pirates and hackers and crack programs will need to change direction and also become better and more specialised, meaning the internet security will drastically drop. As it is now hackers are hacking cd-s and copy-protection-specific programs not online databases, at least not to crack a mere game for a no-cd crack - which will need to be done in order to crack this sort of “future” protection.

Games for me are meant to be – p l a y e d - and enjoyed, for relaxation or recreation, not to be bartered like an economical investment... a pity that commercialisation kills yet another form of relaxation/entertainment. A low down, dirty, pity!

Man I could not have said that better myself. Amen to that!

[JoyBoy]

Not that it needed to be quoted, but that was a damn fine post from dalver. Personally, I think even more developers will follow VALVe into this Online Activiation/Distribution system. But thats just my 2 pence.

[Grumpy]

@dalvar
I will agree with the 'Joyboy' and would like to say mighty fine post!
Have you thought about entering Politics? You would probably win as there would be many gamers that would vote for you.

[MamiyaOtaru]

I don't really think it was a fine post..

dalver goes on and on about how unfair it is to places other than USA, UK, Germany etc. Needing an internet connection is a "spit in the face to poor people and people not residing in the beforementioned countries, by the developers." Well how come you aren't whining about the other requirements? Is it a spit in the face to have to have a geForce3+? How many of these "poor people" have a geforce, or 256 MB RAM, or an 1100 mhz processor (can't remember exactly what the min specs are)? Why do you focus on one requirement? It's just discrimination to expect poor people to have a fast PC! How dare Valve!

Do you bitch and moan that Star Wars Galaxies requires an internet connection? No? Well so does Half Life 2. Get over it.

Do you complain that people like me who use Linux can't play Half Life 2? I doubt it. I cannot fathom why you have latched onto this one requirement and worked yourself into a lather over it.

Sure Valve could remove the internet requirement. They could also make the graphics look like crap so you can play without a 3d accelerator! Let's all lobby them to do that, so everyone can play! It's only fair!

Fark's sake, it's not as though Valve is depriving anyone of air. My computer doesn't meet the requirements (cause of my OS) and I am going to live. Valve made the game, and for them it made sense to make it like they did. No one ever pretends that everyone can run the latest and greatest tech. Get over it and stop being a whiny spoilsport.

[TRICHOMEZ]

Originally Posted by dalver

Move my post if you need to. I just hope someone notices this...

Apart from the game itself I notice that nobody picks up the issue of the internet activation. There is a big world out there that is not USA, UK, Germany or France (this is probably a shock to the developers) but "unfortunately" true. And this big world out there filled with people and gamers don't have a superfast connection to the net, many of them don't have an internet connection at all. Many of them don't know that PC stands for "Internet Machine". It would seem to me that the developer-thought behind this is: "if you don't have an internet connection then you probably can't afford the legal copy anyway, so you don't get to play" or "you have a code on your games box and with it you can download a decryption key from us, if you can't do that, then you are a thief and we will have nothing to do with you". Spit in the face to poor people and people not residing in the beforementioned countries, by the developers.

Valve/Steam/VU Games basically say: This game can only be played by people with access to internet. I ask you: Where will this lead? Will games in the future be made specifically for countries with a certain BMP? For people of a certain sexual preference? Certain skin colour? Religion?

Am I going to far and off topic? Maybe, maybe not.

By all means, copy protection, yes. Invest and make a disc that can't be copied. Do whatever but don't make the internet a requirement for a singleplayer game.

What an internet-online-account-copy-protection means to me is that the pirates and hackers and crack programs will need to change direction and also become better and more specialised, meaning the internet security will drastically drop. As it is now hackers are hacking cd-s and copy-protection-specific programs not online databases, at least not to crack a mere game for a no-cd crack - which will need to be done in order to crack this sort of “future” protection.

Games for me are meant to be – p l a y e d - and enjoyed, for relaxation or recreation, not to be bartered like an economical investment... a pity that commercialisation kills yet another form of relaxation/entertainment. A low down, dirty, pity!

You couldn't have said it any better.....it's a scary thing when I start to think about consoles again....I'll feel like I'm going back in time like 6 yrs with a console, but, it might be worth it with the @$##%%$## pc companies put us through.....between unfinished crap that's released.....needing an internet connection to download 20 patches by the time these morons get it right...and now protection using online authentication......wtf......I had to wait 12hrs before I could use the offline feature.....but you know what, I figured this bs out......mf'z........I no longer need your steam bs to play offline.....look and ye shall find.

[howz_dis]

im trying 2 copy half-life 2 but securom 5.03.06.0002 is giving me probs when i try 2 play it.it comes up with a emulator software error msg if somone can help me here it would be more appericated then you think..ok anways thanks in advance guys

[ente]

For uk/usa People where don't understand german

You Need Blindwrite5

First download this
http://forum.copybase.ch/de/uploads/...fil_SrNew5.rar

then extract it to your B5 Profile


Then go to the "READ" Menue
Push the Read Button, wait until blindwrite5 is finish with reading the dvd.


push your start button go to "implement" push it

For Winxp give regedit in the implement on.
for win2k give regedt32.exe in the implement on.


The DVD are protected with Securom 5 and has Blacklisting of Daemon Tools and Alcohol here the trick to make securom5 happy

then goes to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\Scsi\

you must find d347prt for Daemon Tools
and you musst find a347scsi for Alkohol120%

in the scisi under folder you must find the ports thats belong to the two tools

by me are it scisi port 2 and 3

then under winxp right click the port
and under win2k marks with the left button

under winxp select characteristics
under win2k goes to Security

Under winxp and win2k are the "read" whery important under characteristics of scisi port.

Makes a chop by "read" refuse an goes to "take over" then goes to ok and make the same by the other scisi port.

You must make this each time you start window new.


then you can mount hl2 the image and play





before the first troll or flamer cames
this manual was maken with school english and google