75% off the orange box

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Deal is over.

 

[Carcharodon]

$9.99 for the whole package? Damn...is it worth it, guys? I'm on the edge here...

 

[StrainedEyes]

Half-Life 2 is a great game.

 

[Addendum]

$9.99 for the whole package? Damn...is it worth it, guys? I'm on the edge here...

You're getting 5 games for 2 bucks each. You'd be crazy to pass it up

 

[Isildur´s Heir]

Just bought it and im downloading as we speak

 

[Carcharodon]

You're getting 5 games for 2 bucks each. You'd be crazy to pass it up

Sold.

 

[SpideyLad]

You're getting 5 games for 2 bucks each. You'd be crazy to pass it up

Plus, you get the SDK engine, which allows for some awesome mods, i.e Eternal Silence and Zombie Master.

I just made use of this deal myself. Fantastic price!

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I already own all of that stuff, but that is quite the fantastic deal. I just started playing Half-Life 2 again last night, too. It's every bit as awesome as it's always been, and it's fun to replay the story of the Freeman from (almost) the beginning. I'm at the dreaded airboat part right now, but even that's not as annoying as I remember.

 

[Carcharodon]

Question: With all of these apparent versions of Half-Life 2, how are they played? By that I mean is the "Half-Life 2" application worth playing at all if I also have the other variant programs?

Why not just play directly from the "Half-Life 2: Lost Coast" application as opposed to the regular "Half-Life 2" application?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

HL2: Lost Coast only loads the Lost Coast level. Valve made each of them so they could stand alone. HL2, Lost Coast, Episode 1, and Episode 2 can all be played separately from each other, so you have to load whichever game you want to play directly.

 

[Carcharodon]

HL2: Lost Coast only loads the Lost Coast level. Valve made each of them so they could stand alone. HL2, Lost Coast, Episode 1, and Episode 2 can all be played separately from each other, so you have to load whichever game you want to play directly.

Makes sense. Thanks.

Oh, and I just completed the 19 standard Portal levels. Awesome game! I was really impressed.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I'm looking forward to playing Portal again after HL2: Episode 2.

 

[Carcharodon]

Hm...I can't run HL2. Not sure why; my computer routinely runs Oblivion with no problems whatsoever.

Every time I select the option of "New Game" it runs its load course (loads 100%), and then my computer restarts itself...every time. I'm getting REALLY frustrated. Does anybody have any suggestions? I'm running it on suggested settings.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Hmm. I have no idea, to be honest. I've never encountered any problems with the Source games. Try searching the Steam forums or FAQs. HL2's been out for long enough that pretty much every problem has probably been seen, diagnosed, and fixed at this point.

 

[Carcharodon]

Hmm. I have no idea, to be honest. I've never encountered any problems with the Source games. Try searching the Steam forums or FAQs. HL2's been out for long enough that pretty much every problem has probably been seen, diagnosed, and fixed at this point.

Yeah, that's my next stop. It's just so...weird. I put it in Window mode to see if I could glimpse any background processes interfering, but I couldn't see any.

When I was playing Team Fortress 2 (for the first time! t, or rather after I had just shut it down, I got a message saying that my firewall was trying to block hl2.exe, so I selected the "Unblock" option. Still no change, however, and it's ALWAYS at the very same point.

I'll get it figured out, I'm sure.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Good luck. I'm about 3 levels into HL2 now (only my second time, even though I've had it since launch).

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Garrys mod is awsome.
It's amazing what abit of DOF can do for the source engine.

 

[Carcharodon]

Good luck. I'm about 3 levels into HL2 now (only my second time, even though I've had it since launch).

I had to enter a launch command that runs it on DirectX 7 or 8 instead of 9. It works until I set it to very high screen resolution, at which time my computer restarts itself again.

Playable, though. Just not optimal.

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Have you try'd completely turning off your firewall when you start the game up?
Try updating your video card drivers.

 

[Carcharodon]

I've been reading the forums and the troubleshooting guides, and while LOTS of people are actually having this problem with the weekend Orange Box release, there's no good answer as to why.

I can play Portal and TF2 with no problems whatsoever. Whatever the problem is, it is very specific to the Half-Life 2 game and its variants. THAT is what has me confused.

SO frustrating.

Since I entered launch commands (-32bit, -directx 90) I've gotten further in the game, but now it does the very same thing at a different point very early in the game.

If I put it in any resolution greater than 1024x768, it crashes almost automatically and forces my computer to restart.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

That is definitely odd. If it's running Portal and TF2, it should have no problem with HL2.

I hope you figure out how to get it fixed. It'd be a shame to miss as great a game as HL2 because of a technical glitch.

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Strange, they all use the same engine.
Try changing the sound settings and/or updating sound card drivers. it could be the sound device. You could also have had a problem downloading the game content, try right clicking the games properties, verifying it and defraging it. I would be surprised if it's the game itself, source games are pretty stable and halflife 2 has had constant patching support through the years.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Hmm, I did have some sound problems myself with HL2. It was probably a very different problem, since my game didn't crash, but I turned the hardware acceleration on my sound card down to "Basic." I lost sound from two of my speakers, but at least I stopped getting the wonky buzzing and popping sounds from the remaining two.

 

[Carcharodon]

Strange, they all use the same engine.
Try changing the sound settings and/or updating sound card drivers. it could be the sound device.

I suppose this is my next step. I'm running out of options!

You could also have had a problem downloading the game content, try right clicking the games properties, verifying it and defraging it. I would be surprised if it's the game itself, source games are pretty stable and halflife 2 has had constant patching support through the years.

Did that a while ago.

 

[Carcharodon]

I updated my sound card driver and have the game running on DirectX 7 (so there's some gfx compromise), but it plays! Not sure what actually did it, though. I did both of those things before trying the game again, soooo...

Thanks for the help, guys.