Half Life Authenication Questions

[Weyland]

I own the Platinum Edition of Half Life, and it came with 4 CDs: Half Life, OpForce, TFC, and Counter Strike. I have a have few questions.

1) Every time I go to play Half Life or OpForce, it tells me to insert the CD. Before my rig upgrade, I never had to insert a CD to play. Is there any way to turn this off?

2) I like to play with Jumbots. Is there any way to stop it from logging onto WON or connecting to a server when I go to set up a "multiplayer" game?

3) Now it's saying my .exe is out of date, and needs to be upgraded. Once again, I never had this problem before. I upgraded to 1.0.1.5 today, but I still have the same problem.

Thanks!

 

[yllus]

<< 1) Every time I go to play Half Life or OpForce, it tells me to insert the CD. Before my rig upgrade, I never had to insert a CD to play. Is there any way to turn this off? >>


Not within the regular Half-Life options. What you can simply do is download the CD-check crack which allows you to play without having the CD in your drive. Since a full install uses nothing from the CD anyway, having to put the CD in the tray is merely an annoyance. Er, PM me for details on this.



<< 2) I like to play with Jumbots. Is there any way to stop it from logging onto WON or connecting to a server when I go to set up a &quot;multiplayer&quot; game? >>


Short of pulling out your DSL/cable/dialup modem line, I would think not. If you'd like to play alone though, just put a password on your game and dole it out to only those you want to join (or noone).



<< 3) Now it's saying my .exe is out of date, and needs to be upgraded. Once again, I never had this problem before. I upgraded to 1.0.1.5 today, but I still have the same problem. >>


Argh! I've had this problem ever since I used the patch on my copy of Half-Life (from the Adrenalin Pak deal). It's a minor annoyance, but if you click Cancel it lets you proceed to the server selection menu without complaining again. I'd love to see a fix for this one, though.

 

[Moonbender]

If you want to play against bots on your own, or at least without anyone from the Internet joining you, you can just create a LAN game. Works great for playing vs bots and testing stuff.