I can't get Steam to install the HL2 patch

[chip]

I have tried to restart Steam but it still won't get the patch. When I click on update news it just says Aug 26. avilable for pre-load. I have also tried removing the ClientRegistry.blob and Steam created a new one, but sill no patch.
Any suggestions?

 

[Pi Mu Rho]

It's patched. The update news is outdated.

 

[chip]

But I had no message telling me that the game was patched and nothing has changed in my config file. The patch is supposed to add a line in the config file, isn't that so? Is that the only thing it does?

 

[CBZED101]

Im having the exact same problem...no patch has EVER been downloaded...everything is exactly the same. I keep hearing people talk about the patch and stuff...nothing has downloaded for me at all.

 

[wyowillys46]

patch

I neve saw anything download for me either. Is there a date and version you can check in the config file?

 

[Didi]

Can't get Steam to install the patch

Steam didn't patch on my system too.
It did patch when I reinstalled steam and hl.
The stuttering is 90% gone.

Bye

 

[Pestul]

Maybe the setting that was changed was a minor patch.. and the official (according to Gamespot) could be delayed until next week. Remember, there were 2 or 3 problems associated with stuttering that Valve was working on.. I'm sure that one setting wasn't the fix for all of it.

 

[cbxpm]

I have tried to restart Steam but it still won't get the patch. When I click on update news it just says Aug 26. avilable for pre-load. I have also tried removing the ClientRegistry.blob and Steam created a new one, but sill no patch.
Any suggestions?

The patch has been applied. But it was almost "silently".
The login procedure took a little longer than usual that day.

 

[daftshadow]

me too. i dont know if steam installed the patch for me either. may be it did because now loading maps is faster than before but the stuttering is still there. so annoying!!!

 

[celloman]

I read somwhere that valve had confirmed that the patch has been installed if there is this "mat_forcetextureintohardware" command in the console.