Documentation

[Old Fox]

I've been thinking of getting the Silver package. My question is what do I do for game documentation? How do I find out what the controls are, etc? Also what if, after all this downloading, the product doesn't work? I'm 61 yrs young and on a limited budget. I can't afford to pay for things that don't work. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Oh, and by the way, I can't wait to get my hands on this so I can start shooting things!

Thanx
Tom

 

[bliink]

Hmm.. if you're lucky, they might provide a .pdf manual, but its doubtful.

Essentally, you would need to learn the keys from the option menu, and you would hope there was a good training section in the game.

(I may be wrong though)

 

[TriggerHappy]

I've been thinking of getting the Silver package. My question is what do I do for game documentation? How do I find out what the controls are, etc? Also what if, after all this downloading, the product doesn't work? I'm 61 yrs young and on a limited budget. I can't afford to pay for things that don't work. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Oh, and by the way, I can't wait to get my hands on this so I can start shooting things!

Thanx
Tom

A 61-years-young gamer? That's cool! I've kind of wondered if I'll still be into games when I get older. (I'm 20 now)

Anyway, I'm sure the game will come with a readme or 2. You can usually check controls by looking at the options menu. If it doesn't work.. well, you might have to go through a bothersome return procedure involving e-mails and such, or maybe it would be perfectly quick and easy. It's hard to say. Hopefully HL2 will run on most systems.

 

[Concept]

The best idea would be to check GameFAQs or a similar site when the game comes out. If Valve don't provide documentation (which they should), then no doubt a fan-based manual or help document will appear sooner rather than later.

 

[LeXo5]

A 61-years-young gamer? That's cool! I've kind of wondered if I'll still be into games when I get older. (I'm 20 now)

I think he means 16..... typo?

 

[Old Fox]

No, I mean 61. You're only as old as you feel. Well maybe I'll wait till the retail version comes out. Kinda like having it on a nice solid DVD. Was looking forward to playing DOD Source, however. Oh well, I'll think about it a little more. Got plenty of time.

 

[Wraith]

i boguht the silver pack, didnt come with any info on CS:S but it did give me a receipt i could print out. just go to the options menu, im sure its going to be WASD just like normal and there should most likely be a training session somehow

 

[DavE0r]

well, they keys shoul be easy enough to set ingame. WASD for movement and mouse for look!! ROCK ON AMIGO!

 

[Chris D]

I've been thinking of getting the Silver package. My question is what do I do for game documentation? How do I find out what the controls are, etc? Also what if, after all this downloading, the product doesn't work? I'm 61 yrs young and on a limited budget. I can't afford to pay for things that don't work. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Oh, and by the way, I can't wait to get my hands on this so I can start shooting things!

Thanx
Tom

In the very rare occasion that the game doesn't work, all you'll need to do is delete the Half-Life 2 cache files (Delete local game content... through the game properties) and you'll be able to re-download it free of charge.

It's very rare that something like this would happen though because of the way the cache files are handled and downloaded. I find .zip files to be the biggest pain in the arse, but I don't think you'll see similar problems with the .gcf cache files.

EDIT: DavEor, that signature is way too big. Please check the forum rules out - you'll notice that signatures are required to be four lines or less.

 

[Icarus]

I believe you will get a .PDF file. I'll ask Doug tomorrow