why don't I see any saved games for HL2?

skim milk

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I go to this internet cafe that has HL2 and CS:S

I started playing HL2 single player on this one machine and when I returned, I was unable to load the saved game because the saved games disappeared

So I started playing on another machine, got to the same spot, saved the progress
I went to go check whether I can load the game, I was able to.
I went back again couple days later and there were no saved games.

I started playing again on a different machine.... got pretty far, saved it. Now I don't see any saved games again

what's going on? I know this internet cafe has numerous logins for steam but I don't think that should matter since I'm just trying to load the game on the same machine

anybody understand what I'm talking about? Should I just give up playing
 

Tremulant

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They might have a setup that loads the profile from the network, and doesn't actually save anything on the local machine.

IE: you can save all you want to the pc, but when you restart the machine it's all gone.

My school has a setup like that.
 

skim milk

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Originally posted by: Tremulant
They might have a setup that loads the profile from the network, and doesn't actually save anything on the local machine.

IE: you can save all you want to the pc, but when you restart the machine it's all gone.

My school has a setup like that.

that could be true since right after I save, exit steam, and go back into HL2 to see if I can see the saved games.. I can.

I'm guessing there's no way around this problem right?
All those hours and money wasted... I just wanted to play through the game once :(
 

Tremulant

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Originally posted by: fritolays
Originally posted by: Tremulant
They might have a setup that loads the profile from the network, and doesn't actually save anything on the local machine.

IE: you can save all you want to the pc, but when you restart the machine it's all gone.

My school has a setup like that.

that could be true since right after I save, exit steam, and go back into HL2 to see if I can see the saved games.. I can.

I'm guessing there's no way around this problem right?
All those hours and money wasted... I just wanted to play through the game once :(

Looks like you'll be spending a session at the internet cafe then. :p

Do you have a USB thumb drive? You might want to try copying the saved game files onto that and taking it with you. (my boss would transfer the saved game files from his desktop to his laptop to play on both)