The ONLY Half-Life 2 Thread. Do Not Create New Threads - Page 6

tekkenfreak · #76 23-11-2004, 13:01

All I need is tips on how to install the game, run the patch know what to expect when I go through the process of doing all of this.

craycrone · #77 23-11-2004, 13:11

It should be possible with a steam update. Wich i really hope didnt happen now. Iam still able to play on my account, but how long?
Anyone else problem with this?

Hulkster · #78 23-11-2004, 14:16

That NOCD v1.4 crack doesnt work.

I put all files in steam folder where steam.exe is and I get this error message when i launch hijack_hl2.exe:
Unknown CreateProcessA signature: 472D4A4C

This is so frustrating, i just want to play HL2 without the damn dvd!
Can someone tell me why that crack doesnt work??

hijack · #79 23-11-2004, 14:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hulkster

Unknown CreateProcessA signature: 472D4A4C
Can someone tell me why that crack doesnt work??

Your version of CreateProcess is different than ours. What is your version of Windows? Could you send me your kernel32.dll?

sabbey · #80 23-11-2004, 14:44

Other than on BitTorrent, where can one get the NOCD v1.4 patch?

Quote:

Originally Posted by grayforge

Anyone hear about 20,000 Steam accounts getting closed?

I'm wondering if Valve can get wind of this NoCD hack on your machine or is this completely different.

As far as I am concerned, there's nothing illegal about it. We bought it legitimately and other users of the same software can play without a CD, whether they have a CD/DVD or not is irrelevant to most I think...

I have said it before and I'll say it again, if the companies want us to use the disc, stop taking away the rights we are entitled to (Backups) by using pirating as the justification. Until this changes I have no problem coming here and grabbing the patches, which is what they are, they aren't cracks unless you had downloaded it with the warez version of a game IMO.

Ramona · #81 23-11-2004, 14:55

I found that No CD 1.4 via the above torrent link works with Win 2k only.
I found that No CD 1.0 via GCW only works with XP.

Hope that helps you out.

Originally Posted by Hulkster
Unknown CreateProcessA signature: 472D4A4C
Can someone tell me why that crack doesnt work??

Your using 1.4 on XP.

Ram

veithflo · #82 23-11-2004, 15:13

Hi, i've download the NoDVD Crack from GCW, it works correctly. But now the Sound is in English, but the hole text are still in my language (german). Is it possible to change the Sound Language? How?

Please Help...
Greetings from snowy austria

dhcpp · #83 23-11-2004, 15:35

about the Steam kills accounts - news:

Why am i reading everywhere bout steam hunting for nocd-crack users?
That's damned ****ing not true! Nonono!

for example /. says: "caught using a pirated version of the game, or have attempted to use a cdkey to bypass the securom protection found on the retail version of the game."

Any word about cd crack? Dont think so!
On steampowered board again not a single word about the cd crack.
Its all about those fake cdkeys used to play pirated versions of hl2 which are spread around p2p filesharing etc these days.

Or am i'm just silly? Didnt find anything about nocd-"crack" related to steam account shut downs..

btw: @hijack: great work. thank u very much!

Dimensio · #84 23-11-2004, 16:29

I don't know what the latest crack on the torrent is, but I snagged it last night in the mid-afternoon (EST) and it worked on my WinXP machine then. Since it works, I won't be switching to a new one until the first patch is out and a new one is needed.

Also, I just checked and my account is still active. No bannination here.

I'm really wondering what kind of idiot warez freaks are playing a bootleg copy of the game via Steam, when the only warez release that I've seen bypasses Steam entirely anyway.

JoyBoy · #85 23-11-2004, 17:34

Forum Rules

sabbey · #86 23-11-2004, 18:08

On a related topic, has anyone tried any of the trainers for this game? If so, which is the most recommended and stable one to use? Thanks!

goddamn · #87 23-11-2004, 19:43

Wasn't this locked?

Anyway, I foudn this: LINK

Valve announced today in their official forums that they eliminated roughly 20,000 Steam accounts yesterday which were found to be attempting to pirate Half-Life 2 in a variety of ways. Defending this rather aggressive anti-piracy decision, Valve adamantly stated in their post that the method by which they were able to trace and catch would-be pirates was a simple procedure, which should eliminate any ambiguity surrounding this mass culling of Steam users.

Similarly, Valve also commented on rumors alleging "fake key or fake warez or hack instructions to trap people" into pirating the game only to find it was a anti-piracy ploy to prevent and perhaps even sue pirates. According to Valve, the hack came from the "community" as one might expect, and the company stated that Steam the accounts that were closed were not related to this untrue rumor, but instead that reasons for account cancellation "includes Credit Card fraud, theft of accounts you do not own and using cracked versions of Valve games."

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Piracy is illegal, "not a good thing" and people who are willing to commit credit card fraud to get a game are just bizarre, but...

I'm a bit concerned about the last reason for deleting accounts; "using cracked versions of Valve games". Does that include the good ol' No-CD patch?

JoyBoy · #88 23-11-2004, 20:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by goddamn

Wasn't this locked?

The original thread was, for reasons I wont go into here.

Anyways, concerning this stuff about Valve shutting down "20000" accounts (its there own figures, remember), I'm of the opinion that Valve are basically 'scaremongering' at the moment. From what I have read, theres a Serial doing the rounds that people have found in certain areas of the interweb, which they are then using to register on Steam in order to get access to Generic-Shooter 2. Valve has banned those peoples accounts. Its not even a hard ban, although if Valve wanted to, I'm sure they could carry out a hard ban if they choose. I want Gabe Newell to register on here and tell me he wants my babies. Yeah, I know you are reading this. Thank You Please

goddamn · #89 23-11-2004, 20:23

Babies... lol!

Okay, so right now only idiots who have tried to use a shared key have been banned? Heh...

And what "other reasons"? Now I'm curious...

Dimensio · #90 23-11-2004, 20:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by goddamn

Wasn't this locked?
I'm a bit concerned about the last reason for deleting accounts; "using cracked versions of Valve games". Does that include the good ol' No-CD patch?

I've not heard about anyone complaining that they were banned simply for using hijack's noCD fix.

I looked through Half-Life 2's EULA, and I could not find any statement that would seem to prohibit circumvention of the SecuROM protection. Moreover, the hijack fix isn't actually a "cracked" version of Half-Life 2. It's more of a wrapper for Steam that drops in a different hl2.exe (but not a cracked one, because it's still authored by Valve, it's just for the Steam download version of the game) when Half-Life 2 is launched, so technically they couldn't claim that we're using a "crack".

I play in Steam Offline mode, but thus far I'm not terribly concerned.

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