HL2 Preloading Problems

[Palish]

Well, I preloaded up til the 3rd preload awhile back. I've tried everything I can, it simply will not preload #4 or #5. I'd like to get this out of the way as soon as possible, preferrably without redownloading 1-3. Any suggestions?

Restarting steam does nothing... Clicking "Pre-loading status" under HL2 does nothing. It simply says I already have the entire thing.. But it's never downloaded anything past phase 3.

Palish

 

[Chris D]

Right click on Half-Life 2 in your Games menu.

Select Properties

What is the Disk Usage that it says Half-Life 2 is taking up?

 

[Palish]

There isn't. Right clicking on "Half-Life 2" Right under "Coming soon" gives me "Update news" and "Pre-loading status". I'm not sure what you're meaning :/

Here's the sizes of my GCF Files:

base source shared materials - 1.01 GB
base source shared models - 458 MB
base source shared sounds - 972 MB
counter-strike source shared content - 939 MB
counter-strike - 265 MB
day of defeat - 375 MB
deathmatch classic - 41.6 MB
half-life engine - 8.39 MB
half-life - 395 MB
opposing force - 171 MB
platform? - 12 MB
ricochet - 13.2 MB
Team Fortress Classic - 112 MB

If there's any other info you need, let me know. Thanks for your help.

 

[Chris D]

You don't see the option highlighted below? :|

Anyway, I've checked the sizes of my cache files and yours are the same as mine. You have already downloaded everything to do with the pre-load.

Welcome to the forums by the way

 

[T.H.C.138]

For this only the gcf's with "source" in the name matter AFAIK..
You should have 4 with "base source shared" in the name.
2 CS Source files and 1 source dedicated server...
I don't know if its different for people who don't have CSS beta...
the file sizes you have are correct as far as I see..
Otherwise...I'm sorry I don't know what to tell you to fix this

 

[Palish]

Nope. Not sure what's going on.. Think I need to update steam? Seems like it should be self-updating though.

Where are the counterstrike maps stored? Steam downloading things without me knowing about it is weird.

Any other way to check and see if I'm all up to date? I guess just the GCF files...

 

[f|uke]

My HL preload locked up at 87%. I hit "cancel preload" and restarted it and that worked fine. I did have to redownload HL2, but that only took one night.

 

[T.H.C.138]

listen to f|uke... he knows

 

[Chris D]

"Just Released" - CZ ??

:| That's almost like the Steam platform files haven't updated for you since May.

 

[Palish]

"Just Released" - CZ ??

:| That's almost like the Steam platform files haven't updated for you since May.

Very interesting.

Think I should back up the GCF files, uninstall Steam and reinstall?

 

[cadaveca]

here's my steam.... i have never ever had any issues, any my sceens look just as dude described.

 

[Palish]

Well. Looks like we've found a bug.

 

[Chris D]

It might be because I have a special account at the moment which was what enabled us to get the CS:S beta a bit earlier than everyone else.

When did you guys purchase CZ, or have you not yet?

 

[f|uke]

They have not, Chris,. that is why it says "Just Released"..
It says that for all steam users who have not purchased it.
Really they should change that line to "Now available", but whatever..

I'm sure they'll remove it once they launch CS:S

 

[cadaveca]

no CZ here...
maybe, i think, CZ is what makes our steam differ.
i have recieved every update, but the last 2 were not shown on the monitor, nor did they have an announcement.
My steam updated today too.

 

[Palish]

Ok, I guess it was CZ. I don't have it either. The last two preloads were not shown via a popup screen, but I apparently got it. I don't really like that.. I wish it would've told me. Or does it tell me somewhere?

 

[Chris D]

They have not, Chris,. that is why it says "Just Released"..
It says that for all steam users who have not purchased it.

I'm sure they'll remove it once they launch CS:S

Ahh, that makes sense then

 

[Chris D]

Ok, I guess it was CZ. I don't have it either. The last two preloads were not shown via a popup screen, but I apparently got it. I don't really like that.. I wish it would've told me. Or does it tell me somewhere?

You can stop it automatically downloading content by going to the properties option under each game title (which, for some reason, you don't have for HL2).

It doesn't notify you by pop up each time but you'll notice the Steam icon in your system tray change when it's downloading.

 

[cadaveca]

You can stop it automatically downloading content by going to the properties option under each game title (which, for some reason, you don't have for HL2).

It doesn't notify you by pop up each time but you'll notice the Steam icon in your system tray change when it's downloading.

and that's all we get. i almost cancelled it...went to run 3dmark05 last night, and when i was going to close STEAM, i saw the --- on the logo. you'd think they would announce it...mind you they preloaded CS:S to beta server users 4 days before they announced it or something(the friday before i think..or thursday)


IMHO, Palish should be fine. Steam should be checking the integrity of the preloaded files every time it starts, and them restarting the preload, or downloading missing/wrong files automatically...call it the auto-update being turned on, i guess.

 

[Palish]

Thanks very much Chris, and everyone else.

I look forward to headshotting you next week

Palish

 

[Dr. Freeman]

You don't see the option highlighted below? :|

Anyway, I've checked the sizes of my cache files and yours are the same as mine. You have already downloaded everything to do with the pre-load.

Welcome to the forums by the way

Chris.. thats weird.. i don't have that "properties" option either..hmm. more stuff within Steam that needs to be fixed?

 

[Headwires]

Thanks very much Chris, and everyone else.

I look forward to headshotting you next week

Palish

i'll take u up on that offer m8 i love a bit of pwnage

 

[Kel Thuzad]

Thanks very much Chris, and everyone else.

I look forward to headshotting you next week

Palish

i have very similar problem...
i started my first (phase1) preload the day before yesterday...
in steam monitor it said its preloading an amount of 1043 MB...
while in this process i checked my steamapps folder and there have already been files you guys describe... - 3.43 GB
Now nothing happens...it says i have a locked copy on pc...
but i dont think it couldve downloaded that much in two - three days...ive got 256kbit
i tried to restart steam, pc...nothing...
heck i even emailed to valve cause no one here responded to me but they didnt answer...so i dont know...
may i ask...how did the next phases normally started for you...?
is it possible that when i started to preload this late...all 5 phases merged into one ?
i thought that may be...but why was the steam monitor then saying its downloading 1043 mb???
i dont know what to do...

 

[Chris D]

If you only just joined in the pre-loads, then Steam downloads everything you had missing. Which means it consecutively downloaded all of the preloads merged into one.

The Half-Life 2 pre-load is 1043MB, but the CS:S pre-load is an extra 400-900MB. The rest of the data in your cache file will be the other games such as Half-Life etc.

 

[Kel Thuzad]

If you only just joined in the pre-loads, then Steam downloads everything you had missing. Which means it consecutively downloaded all of the preloads merged into one.

The Half-Life 2 pre-load is 1043MB, but the CS:S pre-load is an extra 400-900MB. The rest of the data in your cache file will be the other games such as Half-Life etc.

oh...thank you very much...
so i can sleep peacefully...i was really worried there for a moment that things might not go well for me...

 

[Akuma]

Help With hl2 praloading

while we are on this subject about the problems with hl2 preloading problems i have a problem with mine its done 51% of preloading but when i click continue nothing happens i canceled it once and done it again but it stop working at 62% any one kno what the problem might be ?

 

[aeroripper]

I had the same problem preloading hl2 in steps like everyone else... i bought the silver pack... but then i uninstalled steam, deleted teh folder and everything in it... then reinstalled it and then everthing redownloaded and the preload went smooth as butter