Half Life 2 impossible to play in offline mode!!!

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: glorygunk
apoppin and many others --- thanks for your input. i guess the conclusion is that steam sucks ass. i understand why they would implement this system as a way to discourage pirating, but if the system inhibits a paying customer from enjoying the game, then i believe they have gone too far.

xboxlpu --- i am surprised an ATer with as many posts as you is trying to flame people needlessly. :|

well, you have to admit, yours is an atypical situation.

Steam is INCONVENIENT . . . . i believe they have to streamline their experience or their customers won't put up with this CRAP for any "lesser" game then HL2. . . . .

If i were you, i'd get my desktop to a net connection (somehow . . . . a neighbor?) and reconnect to Steam . . . . eventually it will work in offline mode if you keep on trying . . . . (make sure you test it twice - even reboot - before you leave your connect).

i think xboxlpu is just a kid (by his other posts) . . . . his "flames" are easily ignored.
:roll:


again, good luck . . .

 

[raybaby10]

Unfortunately, I share the misery of a dial-up connection as well as many others here I see.
Along with all the other frustrations I must endure from living in Littletown USA, I must now compete with the HL2 creators for the privilege to play a game for which I just paid $50+.
Before I purchased the game, I read the requirements as usual. The fact that they mention an internet connection is really not the issue IMO.
Many system requirements over the years have stunned me, such as an 8meg graphics card that will produce no more than 7 frames per second. This is somewhat misleading, never-the-less not entirely an inaccurate requirement specification. My normal solution to this is to read the recommendations. This is a case where my solution failed or I was purposefully deceived. Multiplayer is not the concern. the problem is the 100 plus megs of data transfer just to be able to play single player. Let's face it, would YOU (anyone reading this) "recommend" an "Internet Connection" OR would you recommend a "Broadband Internet Connection" if there were no sales at stake??

Bottom line is that the HL2 creators have damaged my opinion of them after creating the best game ever by swindling me into buying a game I would have otherwise not cared for.

To make matters worse, when my son and I returned from the game store, the first thing HE wants to do is install it on HIS pc.
Now....I'm not normally one to complain about things but - NOW (7 hours later) the game has been rendered useless due to the cd-key being activated on a machine incapable of running it at a decent speed and I do not know how to deactivate it.

I am sure there is a simple solution to this and I apologize to all for ranting in such a way. I just needed to vent.

 

[QueBert]

I don't have a constant net connection at home, it comes and goes as it pleases. I got online long enough to register HL2, played in OffLine mode fine for weeks, then all of a sudden out of nowhere. It started to tell me I needed to connect to steam because my account info has expired (or soemthing like that)

so I spent 3 days with no HL2, annoying considering NOTHING changed on my PC to where I should have had to relog on steam.

Yeah the box says net connection required, but I figured that was for the initial registeration + if you wanna play CS. They need to make offline mode stick, not work for awhile then the cookie or whatever's assosiated with it die out and have to be re-validated.

 

[Slogun]

Originally posted by: raybaby10
Unfortunately, I share the misery of a dial-up connection as well as many others here I see.
Along with all the other frustrations I must endure from living in Littletown USA, I must now compete with the HL2 creators for the privilege to play a game for which I just paid $50+.
Before I purchased the game, I read the requirements as usual. The fact that they mention an internet connection is really not the issue IMO.
Many system requirements over the years have stunned me, such as an 8meg graphics card that will produce no more than 7 frames per second. This is somewhat misleading, never-the-less not entirely an inaccurate requirement specification. My normal solution to this is to read the recommendations. This is a case where my solution failed or I was purposefully deceived. Multiplayer is not the concern. the problem is the 100 plus megs of data transfer just to be able to play single player. Let's face it, would YOU (anyone reading this) "recommend" an "Internet Connection" OR would you recommend a "Broadband Internet Connection" if there were no sales at stake??

Bottom line is that the HL2 creators have damaged my opinion of them after creating the best game ever by swindling me into buying a game I would have otherwise not cared for.

To make matters worse, when my son and I returned from the game store, the first thing HE wants to do is install it on HIS pc.
Now....I'm not normally one to complain about things but - NOW (7 hours later) the game has been rendered useless due to the cd-key being activated on a machine incapable of running it at a decent speed and I do not know how to deactivate it.

I am sure there is a simple solution to this and I apologize to all for ranting in such a way. I just needed to vent.

I didn't quite follow all of what you said above, however the game having been installed on the "wrong" machine to start with (if I understand you correctly) is actually a non-issue.

One of the few good things about steam (IMHO) is that it enables you to install and play your game on ANY machine ANYWHERE at ANY TIME(provided they have an internet connection to initially authenticate the installation).
Among other things, that means that you can simply install it on your machine, logging in using whatever login information (usename, email address, password) your son used on his machine.

The upshot up this is that not only can you install it on your correct machine, but if you elect to play in offline mode you and your son can play against each other on LAN (provided it plays at all on his machine).
The steam system merely prevents online play from the same steam account simultaneously to prevent piracy.
Hope that was clear.

 

[Doomer]

You people who champian this must be connected to the net thing are like dogs on a leash. get real and get a life or you'll transmute into sheeple. :disgust: