3rd preload here

[segobi]

please restart steam ladies & gentlemen!

http://www.steampowered.com/?area=news

Half-Life 2 Pre-Loading Phase 3
September 10, 2004, 3:07 pm · valve

The third phase of the Half-Life 2 preload begins to Steam account holders today.

This will allow users to download the majority of the models of Half-Life 2 in encrypted form. No purchase is required to pre-load Half-Life 2, but is required to activate the game. The moment the game is made available, those who have pre-loaded and purchased Half-Life 2 via Steam will be ready to start playing right away.

 

[kevinb4567]

rock on, now im gonna go test it and see if you were actually right

 

[blagh]

Half-Life 2 Pre-Loading Phase 3
September 10, 2004, 3:07 pm · valve

The third phase of the Half-Life 2 preload begins to Steam account holders today.

This will allow users to download the majority of the models of Half-Life 2 in encrypted form. No purchase is required to pre-load Half-Life 2, but is required to activate the game. The moment the game is made available, those who have pre-loaded and purchased Half-Life 2 via Steam will be ready to start playing right away.

 

[Hish]

lol i made a thread too hahah oeps

admin close my thread please :imu:

 

[blagh]

ahh curse your first post edit!!!

 

[Cybernoid]

On a somewhat unrelated note, why does Valve use old HL2 screenshots so much? That shot with Eli and Alyx is so old that Alyx is still using her old model.

 

[Harryz]

Yay!!! Even though I'm not download it.

 

[segobi]

ahh curse your first post edit!!!

sorry... had to copy & paste some info from steampowered.com ...i think it's better when the info is in the beginning of the thread. thx

 

[Harryz]

What does the third pre-load consist of?

 

[sHm0zY]

my preload started at liek 80% :S

 

[blagh]

So you know....never take me seriously..heh

 

[segobi]

ok.
filename: base source shared models.gcf 481 mb.

 

[Hish]

please restart steam ladies & gentlemen!

http://www.steampowered.com/?area=news

Half-Life 2 Pre-Loading Phase 3
September 10, 2004, 3:07 pm · valve

The third phase of the Half-Life 2 preload begins to Steam account holders today.

This will allow users to download the majority of the models of Half-Life 2 in encrypted form. No purchase is required to pre-load Half-Life 2, but is required to activate the game. The moment the game is made available, those who have pre-loaded and purchased Half-Life 2 via Steam will be ready to start playing right away.

same thread name, same time, maybe youre my lost brother ?

:bounce:

 

[Gajdycz]

OMG OMG, now we wait 2 weeks to play it

 

[Cybernoid]

OMG OMG, now we wait 2 weeks to play it

Is this another retailer release date, or just wishful thinking?

 

[segobi]

same thread name, same time, maybe youre my lost brother ?

:bounce:

lol... maybe :cheese:

 

[Murray_H]

So what's now on preloaders computers, and what is left to arrive?

 

[CrazyHarij]

The game, perhaps.

 

[poseyjmac]

2.41 gb of yummy HL2 files on my HD. must..have..more

 

[segobi]

So what's now on preloaders computers, and what is left to arrive?

maybe some main files...like the game itself (like dlls & exe files...engine based files maybe too if they are configured for hl2 other than for cs:s)

 

[MetaKnight]

Mmm. HL2 files.

 

[Orange]

So what's now on preloaders computers, and what is left to arrive?

Indeed. It's good that they are coming, but how many are there, lol.

There's way to know if hl2 size since it was last reported.
But hell, its worth estimating how much of that we have

 

[ShadowFox]

Still need maps too.

 

[Yoda1979]

Where did you hear 2 weeks?

 

[Miker75]

It could be quite some time before the executable files are downloaded to our hard drives, however, with the smoothness in which Counter-strike:Source runs on *most* people's PC, I wouldn't say it was much longer to go, maybe 5-6 weeks.

 

[thehunter1320]

we're so... fricken... close.... to.... release!!!!

 

[Harryz]

Someone on Steam forum says it contains models.

 

[Gunner]

we're so... fricken... close.... to.... release!!!!

You got that right!

 

[thehunter1320]

What if the encrypted preloads turn out to be gayporn? What then? What will we do?

as long as it's gman and dr.breen gay porn

 

[PvtRyan]

So what's now on preloaders computers, and what is left to arrive?

Maps

I wonder what the avarage map size for HL2 is gonna be. You can download any custom cs map on Steam within 2 minutes, but HL2 maps will be multiple times bigger I fear.

 

[clarky003]

hmm could be the last one folk's, . it started phase 3 where it left off phase 2.. at 81 %.

 

[kilword]

as long as it's gman and dr.breen gay porn

ummmmmm.......some of you people need to get out more.
and like find a girl or something.

 

[-smash-]

Chris you're so slow with making a News Post. :naughty:

 

[Dougy]

Someone on Steam forum says it contains models.

My god...

would it kill you to even read further than the 1st sentence?

direct quote from preload news

"This will allow users to download the majority of the models of Half-Life 2"

 

[Harryz]

"This will allow users to download the majority of the models of Half-Life 2"

Heh, I read that paragraph twice and I didn't see that.

 

[poseyjmac]

ummmmmm.......some of you people need to get out more.
and like find a girl or something.

and you need to go scuba diving more often

 

[poseyjmac]

i dont think this is a spoiler because we knew striders would be killable, but striders can GIB into pieces, according to the model gcf. neat

 

[Letters]

Wooo, I win! I get models!

 

[Harryz]

i dont think this is a spoiler because we knew striders would be killable, but striders can GIB into pieces, according to the model gcf. neat

Of course thats a spoiler, you've ruined the imagination!

 

[Feath]

we're so... fricken... close.... to.... release!!!!

Depends what you call "Close" really.

EDIT: What I mean is that the preloads don't really mean that much. This stuff could've been preloaded ages ago. These models probably haven't changed in months.