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[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!!!!

[Arkane0690]

You tried to circumvent the online activation and it is giving you an error , in laymans terms "GO BUY THE GAME". Oh and when you do, stop trying to create images of the game since SecuROM has that workaround blocked . With Alcohol 120 percent (which is better than Games X Copy ) I got the same emulation error and will continue to do so until they release the new alcohol (that won't be for awhile though so might as well not even wait)..

[krondike]

there is a emulation problem walk around...

[paulus]

Hi, i am new to this sort of thing. I am trying to get the hijack exe to work, i have extracted it to the steam directory and i have executed it from that directory using the Hijack.exe file. This worked for a day or so but now it tells me that there is no cd in the drive, exacly the same as if i tried using the steam.exe.
Can anyone help me please, i am running XP2 SP2.

Thanks

[Grumpy]

@paulus
All I can say is it seems to work for some people and not for others! Its nothing to do with Sp2 as I to have Sp2 installed and it has always worked for me in Offline mode! But I have never been connected to the net when I play. And I am still using Hijacks first crack!