How to convert Half-Life to Steam?

[Crow550]

I have dial-up and I don't want to download Half-Life. I heard you can convert it to Steam. I have Half-Life, Opposing Force and Blue-Shift installed. How do I convert these to Steam?

 

[lupi]

Why, particularly since your first statement.

 

[Crow550]

I want to play em online with the steam servers and have them patched.

I know I can use the Steamless patch.

 

[Trevelyan]

You have to register the Half-Life game with your Steam account... Go to Games > Activate a product on Steam.

I *think* if you already have it installed it will detect that, but I'm not 100% sure.

 

[Crow550]

HL, OF and BS is registered and it hasn't said it detected it. It wants to download the whole game.

 

[SoulAssassin]

just let it run overnight and download

 

[hdeck]

why do you want to play steam games online if you are on dial up? it's almost completely unplayable.

 

[Crow550]

Well it plays fine with the non steam patch. *shrugs*
http://v4.steamlessproject.nl/index.php?page=news

Steam did offer a converter because when I first registered the games it converted them then downloaded some patches. So I dunno what's up now and I can't find any programs to do it expect Blue Shift Unlocked.

 

[foolfromhell]

On dial-up, I dont think you will get a decent ping rate.
Too bad it costs a lot to download the whole game...

 

[Crow550]

I use to play HL on dial up all the time and some mods. The netcode is pretty good. Never really had lag issues. Wish I could e-mail Steam. I can't find any direct e-mail.