[WMCoolmon]

I hear there's already Valve emulators.

And I was talking to a guy the other day who said he had a cracked version of HL2. He had to manually turn on the AI every stage, but other than that, it sounded like he was able to play the single-player campaign fine.

And recently Valve disabled cd-checking for Steam source games. [pun]Seems like someone opened the Steam exhaust Valve.[/pun]

[karajorma]

It's been pretty much cracked since the week it came out. As long as you only want to play single player you don't have to pay for HL2.

Don't know if LAN works though.

[Kosh]

Single player is good enough for me. Sweet. Now if only I could get a computer it could run decently on.......

[WMCoolmon]

HL2, from what I understand, will run on virtually any computer - the engine is scalable down to DX 7.0.

[Kosh]

I'll have to DL the demo when I get back to my university to test your theory (as I have dial-up here). I'll let you know if it is true.

[Turnsky]

Originally posted by WMCoolmon
HL2, from what I understand, will run on virtually any computer - the engine is scalable down to DX 7.0.

it ran okay-ish on my old setup of a 1.8ghz athlon, 256mb ddr, and radeon 9000..

it runs downright flawless on my new setup, even though i /still/ have the radeon 9000
(2.2ghz barton, 1gig of ram.)

[SadisticSid]

*hopes that HL2 becomes the most pirated game ever*

*even hopes that eeevil Vivendi wins damages off Valve in the forthcoming lawsuit*

[Turnsky]

Originally posted by SadisticSid
*hopes that HL2 becomes the most pirated game ever*

*even hopes that eeevil Vivendi wins damages off Valve in the forthcoming lawsuit*

Vivendi Universal isn't quite so bad, but Valve shoulda kept the tried and tested methods of copy-protection, and restricted steam to authenticate keys for online gaming.

or at least given people a little bit of choice!

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by WMCoolmon
HL2, from what I understand, will run on virtually any computer - the engine is scalable down to DX 7.0.

It ran very well and looking very nice on my machine; far better than Halo or Far Cry, for example.  Only thing was a stupid sound bug that caused the game to stutter at certain points........that and the long load times

[TrashMan]

Originally posted by Triple Ace
Just checked. Valve will not re enable disabled accounts and making new accounts will not work. This means I pissed away $50 on a game I can't play EVER!

there are cracks out there that disable that stupid Valve thingy....

Try gamecopyworld.com

[deep_eyes]

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=213982

Trying to find you some support dude.

[deep_eyes]

Retail support pages: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=182355

[kasperl]

Sue em.

Seriously, sue em. File a class action or something if possible. There are more people with this problem, and effectivly they're stealing 50 bucks off of you.

[Triple Ace]

This is pissing me off. I have hl1, opossing force, tfc, cs, and hl2 and I can't play any of them! I used the support and they won't respond.

[Triple Ace]

Originally posted by TrashMan


there are cracks out there that disable that stupid Valve thingy....

Try gamecopyworld.com

They shut down the game fixes.

[pyro-manic]

Like I said - hassle the bastards until they do what's needed to fix it. Then take them to court and nail them to the wall if they don't.

[Triple Ace]

Its decided, I sent in proof that its legal and if they want to get the law involved, they can bring it on.

[übermetroid]

good luck!  And I really mean that.  I hope you screw them over really good.  

[Grug]

yeah.
Make a petition or something, bet you'd get a few signitures...

Should attach an emotional story too. How your christmas was ruined, your grandad died because you were so upset etc etc.

Valve truely are screwing their income, does'nt make sense...

[Jetmech Jr.]

Keep us informed. Just be careful if you go for legal action against them.

I hope you nail their ****ing nuts to the wall.