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[Talus]

Originally Posted by venom4911

i bought the 5 cd version but i hate having to put the damn cd in drive to play everytime...i tried the hijackhl2 thingy and it dont work...followed the instructions perfectly...i go to load hl2 and then it gives me an error saying this game is currently unavailable...

any ideas?

Sounds like you never fully completed the registration process. Go to Steam, right click on Half-Life 2 and pick Properties. If it says Offline Mode Not Ready, then you're not done. Just leave Steam online for the day and it should be done by the time you get back.

[venom4911]

Originally Posted by Talus

Sounds like you never fully completed the registration process. Go to Steam, right click on Half-Life 2 and pick Properties. If it says Offline Mode Not Ready, then you're not done. Just leave Steam online for the day and it should be done by the time you get back.

nope..it says offline mode: ready

hijack thing still dont work...

[Arkane0690]

, replaced the hl2.exe with the one I extracted from the source engine.gcf and it says same as venom "The game is currently unavailable". I do remember hijack talking about the unprotected hl2.exe being *DISABLED* . If using hijack's "FIXED" exe is the only way to ENABLE it then, why tell me to extract it in the first place ..

[Talus]

Originally Posted by venom4911

nope..it says offline mode: ready

hijack thing still dont work...

Can you play the game normally AND in offline mode without Hiijack's crack?

[venom4911]

Originally Posted by Talus

Can you play the game normally AND in offline mode without Hiijack's crack?

yep works fine the normal way with cd in drive...game loads fine...but when i use hijack i get the "this game is curently unavailable" error when i try and load hl2

[sticker]

Any way around the securerom or whatever protection is on the european DVD?!?!

I've bought the bloody game - and my dvd-r drive (pika-one) won't recognise the dvd - ?!?!?

H E L P ! ! !

[Grumpy]

@Sticker
Sounds like you are due to buy a new DVD player/burner! It will cost you even less than what you have already paid for the HL2 game!

[loukas07]

Somebody please help me.........

-I ve managed to create a working image with Games X copy and i installed HL2 from this image...everything ok till now!!!
-i have a valid steam account.
-i unlocked CS:source and HL2 from internet (with the help of some files already downloaded from a friend of mine).If u right-click on them (in "play games" on steam menu) and select "properties" u can see "Status:Ready to play" "Amount acquired:100%" and "Offline mode:Ready".But i was not able to play using this image cause of "Emulation software detected....etc" (securom obviously).
-i downloaded Emporio's fix, Hijack's dll 1.5 for XP SP2 users and Hijack's No cd crack (i dont know which version) and i apply them correctly i think!!
-i managed to play CS:Source correctly!
-BUT when i try to play HL2, during the game, when "LOADING" message appears, i wait for some secs and then a message appears, i turn back to windows and the game has stopped!!!!
The message is: "Source - Fatal Error : Could not acquire necessary game files because the connection to Steam servers was lost."

What have i done wrong?
Somebody please help me!!!!
I dont know what else to do!!!!