Half-Life 2 Preload Date!!!

[HumaNoiD]

Gabe Newell:
"Just got out of a review meeting. 8/11 the Cafe's turn on (tomorrow). 8/16 CZ/ATI users pre-load. 8/18 CZ/ATI turns on. 8/17 HL-2 pre-load starts (textures, audio and other stuff that doesn't change)."

W00000000000T!!!!!!!!!

Source: http://www.hl2fallout.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2369&st=0

My hopes are returning!!! :jumping: :jumping: :jumping: :D

oh and i didnt post in hl2 section becuz this section is more popular. btw, welcome me!

[Pro]v[etheus]

Steam also confirm this :D
http://www.steampowered.com/index.php?area=news&id=109209630458194500

[Rezon]

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/me suffers a heartattack

[Naigel]

Hey, interesting news.

And welcome!

[SK]

Welcome HumaNoiD!

Nice bit of news. I wonder if they stick to it? I can imagine the steam network will once again take a battering like it did when it was first released. Oh how I missed them days....not.

I suppose they have more bandwidth these days so it shouldnt be too bad. Glad to see the ball is rolling at least.

*Edit*

Just read this...

One thing we did was made all the level developers use the same PC hardware:

AMD Duron 2.0 GHz
GeForce 4 Ti 4600

A duron!!!!!!?

*Edit Again*

Yep your right about the wrong forum. Theres only one way to make that forum more popular and thats to start posting in them forums.
People do read down there though :)

*click*

[Destroyer]

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/me suffers a heartattack
spammor

[Sust]

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/me suffers a heartattack

That was the first thing I#ve thought of, as soon as i read the news. :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:

[Jon]

WHAT YEAR IT DOSENT SAY WHAT YEAR!!!!!

[Raging Wulf]

when a forum is less popular people who do tend to visit regularly usually has an easier time checking out all the new posts and threads.

Anyway, i already knew this, but it's still great news. Hmm, better order my copy of Hl2 soon q:

[Miz]

Looks like the CS:S pre-load/game will only be available on that date to people that bought an ATI card and sent off that voucher for H-L 2.

That's how I read it anyway.


Edit**

Nevermind. Just read this;

Later this month, the beta will be extended to owners of Counter-Strike™: Condition Zero™ and ATI Fulfillment Coupon holders.

[Rezon]

:angry:

[Jon]

WHAT YEAR HE DIDINT GIVE A YEAR ON THAT DATE!!

[Naigel]

spammor

Erhm, you saying that is spam.

[Pro]v[etheus]

It's been delayed, no surprise there eh :rolleyes:

http://www.hl2fallout.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3292

[Film11]

Well... 23rd aint so bad ;)

[SK]

Well it was a bit stupid to release a CS beta and HL2 (Both being one of the biggest games this year) a day between each other.

[Bas]

Is it smart to start preloading it when you're going to buy the game on a disc like I'm going to do?

[Jon]

pre-load is for ati holders only i think :(

[SK]

Is it smart to start preloading it when you're going to buy the game on a disc like I'm going to do?

Well to play online anyway you need to install it for steam (if its like czero). I will only use the CDKEY from the CD. That will be to activate it within steam.

[Jon]

w8 so u dl if from steam and u pay 25-29 pounds for a peice of paper!

[SK]

yep

[Pro]v[etheus]

w8 so u dl if from steam and u pay 25-29 pounds for a peice of paper!

Just look upon it as paying for a car road fund license, you pay £92..for a piece of paper valid for only 6 months :)

[Jon]

but i want 2 install it from cds not dl from steam then go buy it in a store 2 activate :(

[Retrocity]

so if i buy condition zero......i get CS: Source....but is it worth it....

[Miz]

so if i buy condition zero......i get CS: Source....but is it worth it....

CS:S Will be available to everyone eventually, it's just that if you have Condition Zero then you get the chance to try out the CS:S Beta.

It's only one map and does get boring but then it's only for reporting bugs at this stage.

[SK]

I would wait for HL2 :)
I dont think were too far from it making an appearance tbh.

[Film11]

No sh**! Its being pre-loaded (or so it says) today :D Except I cant start the pre-load, servers too busy :|

[maDDin]

No sh**! Its being pre-loaded (or so it says) today :D Except I cant start the pre-load, servers too busy :|


Yep the same here :/

[TeleProd]

No need to dl it becouse im gonna install it from disc.

[SK]

Well if its anything like CS:CZ you need to install it over steam to play online. Single player installs fine with the CD.

I would suggest you do what I did with CZ and preload the game, get the CD and active HL2 in steam with the CDKEY from the Jewel Case. This is hopefully what I will be doing with HL2 when it arrives.

[Raptor]

muahahaha 52.5% pre-loaded... cs:s is pretty nice, but its not doom3, and doom3 is nice but its no hl2... get my point?

[SK]

Mine stopped at 75% guess thats the end. I want to see HL2 more than any other game at the moment. Doom 3 I only wanted to see what it looked like on my PC. Im also a pussy when it comes to games that make you jump :)

[Jon]

lol i cba 2 pre-load ill just buy it off the net :D

[Film11]

I've given up pre-loading a looooong time ago. Installing is just easier anyway.

[maDDin]

Yes its easier to install but if u preload it u only have to insert a cd key and u can play. I think 1GB is too much to dl. It will take a long time with my DSL Lite. :(

[Retrocity]

w00t preloaded, i wonder if you could get it out of the GCFs, someone has, dunno how they did it cause GCFscape cant read it....