Can't interact with people anymore and enemies doesn't move!

[KaKistoZ]

I didn't find a similar problem discussed on the forum, so I made my own thread.

I'm having quite the problem over here. I just bought and started playing Half-Life 2 for the very first time yesterday. I enjoyed every bit of it but everyones gotta go to sleep some time, right? So I saved up right around the end of Chapter 3 (by the looks of it) and went to sleep.

Today as I was eager to resume my game, a huge disappointment awaited me.

Starting the game and loading, everything went fine. However, as I started playing I knew something was terribly wrong; at first I thought it was just an accidental bug but it appeared to be more and more frequent:

Enemies have stopped engaging, I found many standing still on ground and even floating in air :O and the same goes to friendly people! I can't interact with anyone, I even went all the way to the "swamp-boat-thingy" beside this girl (with a fuel-tank of some sort in her left hand), in hope that everything would be alright after completing the chapter, but I can't go on unless this girl talks to me (or so I believe).

It's as if no one can see me or that some command has been activated automatically without me knowing it, allowing me to roam the game as a "spectator" only. It's really strange. It seems like everything has lost it's string for action and doesn't know what to do.

What's even more strange is that I've encountered lots of fire-barrels being thrown at me, rockets crashing down into the radioactive swamp and walls being broken, all the events happen when I pass certain points. How come that works, and not the AI?

I've uninstalled the game, backuped the "save" folder only (to make sure that I didn't copy any command-innstallments whatsoever), deleted the remains of the game folder, restarted my computer and searched the register for remains of Half-Life 2 and installed the game once again. This didn't help at all. I made a last attempt as to remove the saves and starting a new game, but even that didn't work.

I'm all outta clues. Someone PLEASE help me, I REALLY want play this game! It's the Half-Life 2 Collector's Edition DVD. I haven't installed any patches. Could this be the source to my problems? If so, where do I find patches?? I can't seem to find anything that doesn't link to Steam when I search for it on Google.

I'm really looking forward to a solution to my despair.

Feel free to contact me on e-mail at [email protected]
Thanks on advance!

KaKistoZ

 

[The Brick]

Do what you want cause a pirate is free, YOU ARE A PIRATE!

 

[Beerdude26]

Do what you want cause a pirate is free, YOU ARE A PIRATE!

YAR HAR FIDDLEDIDEE, BEING A PIRATE IS ALL RIGHT WITH ME, DO WHAT YOU WANT CAUSE A PIRATE IS FREE, YOU ARE A PIRATE! D:

zomg

 

[Shippi]

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[Drackard]

rofl @ Pirate song

Why are there 2 threads on this .. with exactly the same text from the Author in each ? :S

 

[Hypnosos]

Why don't you just buy the game? Seeing as you decided to start it up a second time, you should know it's worth it.

 

[Dekstar]

Omg dudes I just 'bought' HL2 too (since my other account got unfairly banned for hacking), but I'm getting the same error. I keep looking on the site I got it from for patches but they keep saying to get something called Steam, which doesn't work . Help?

 

[KaKistoZ]

Can you post a screenshot?

Yeah, will do... or at least try. It won't capture the problem by seeing a picture of an NPC standing still, but I can try to grab some illustrating screenshots of floating enemies and/or a picture where an enemy is supposed to kill a friend...

Will be uploaded shortly!

...oh and by the way: Thanks for a serious reply compared to loosers trying to diss or giving me hasty conclusions.


EAT CRAP AND DIE LOOSERS! Go another place to diss, ADULTS are talking...

KaKistoZ

Here they are! I've added a few pictures so you can see for yourselves...

 

[Selkcip]

Does the Collector's Edition not run on Steam?

 

[KaKistoZ]

Does the Collector's Edition not run on Steam?

Yes it does like any other version of Half-Life 2, unless there are pirate solutions to it. I heard rumours of a certain "FireSteam" that can bypass the steam check. I don't care, I got my version legit... :smoking:

 

[A True Canadian]

Why are there 2 threads on this .. with exactly the same text from the Author in each ? :S

Well obviously that's a mistake. He must've double-clicked on the submit button or something like that.

KaKistoZ, you should try what I suggested in your duplicate thread:

The only thing I can think of would be that the DVD you purchased had a corrupted file or two in it. To get past this, you can right-click on Half-Life 2 in Steam and then find the option that will verify the integrity of the game files. If there's a corrupted file in there, Steam will download the proper replacements for you.

Also, there are no patches that you need to install manually for games on Steam. Just make sure Steam is set up to update your games and Steam will find everything and install the updates for you.

You will need an Internet connection in order to try the above possible fixes.

If these don't work, report back here.