OK, this has probably been mentioned before, but it's got me seriously pissed off, so here goes:
I got paid today, so I went out and bought HL2.
Steam has got me completely confused. I want to play it on MY computer (not connected to the net), so I have to copy over the Steam files to get it to work in "offline mode". However, I can't activate the CD key without having the game installed, which is not possible on this comp (no DVD drive, tiny HDD). So how the hell can I get Steam to activate it? I'm not about to haul my comp down 2 flights of stairs, unplug the bastard from a huge and complicated sound rig (read: tangled jungle of cables;)), set it up for my connection, and then drag it back again once I'm done.
There is a "help" post on the steam site
here , but I found it almost unintelligible, and not helpful at all.
Has anyone found a way to do this, and if so then how? I'd be very grateful for any advice, as I'm quite considerably hacked off with the whole thing at the moment....
Cheers,
pyro