Steamed about Steam

[Cutter]

I built a new computer specifically to play HL2. I didn't care about online, so the thing doesn't even have a modem installed - it is an offline computer. So, how do I get HL2 to work? This blasted "Steam" thing doesn't give the option of "I have no online," and it ticks me off a little more every time I try to do crap like get drivers to work or configure something that the computer assumes it is online or can get online or tries to connect to a blasted thing when it can't.

It's a legit, storebought HL2. I'd post the CD key if I didn't know that it would be immediately stolen and then I wouldn't be able to get online even if I somehow got my computer to do that.

Computer stats on demand (I'm...kinda... at work posting.)

 

[G-Dub]

Well Steam needs to be online once to authenticate the files, after that you can run in offline mode.

If you have an "online" computer, I would recommend sharing the connection and doing it that way.

 

[Insano]

You can see that you can play in offline modus if you rightclick on "Half-Life 2", select "Properties" and there is "Ready" after "Offline Mode".

 

[G-Dub]

You can see that you can play in offline modus if you rightclick on "Half-Life 2", select "Properties" and there is "Ready" after "Offline Mode".

Yeah but I think you at least need to log-on once.

 

[DreadLord]

Yeah but I think you at least need to log-on once.

Yep, you do.

 

[Cutter]

Sigh... Well, that could be a problem. But then, I guess I better get my computer sometime online this month before Windows stops working.

But you spend $1800 on a computer for gaming, suddenly, that month-to-month bill for Internet looks like a car payment and insurance, or part of the utilities.

 

[G-Dub]

Sigh... Well, that could be a problem. But then, I guess I better get my computer sometime online this month before Windows stops working.

But you spend $1800 on a computer for gaming, suddenly, that month-to-month bill for Internet looks like a car payment and insurance, or part of the utilities.

teh internets is cheap. What on earth do you mean?

 

[^Ben]

When you buy a game look at the requirements, for HL2 you will see "Internet connection REQUIRED"

 

[Dekstar]

When you buy a game look at the requirements, for HL2 you will see "Internet connection REQUIRED"

QFT. If you knew you needed an internet connection then you would have at least bought a little network card so you can trundle round to a friends house who has it and plug into their network.