The 1st thing starting to piss me off.

[Asuka]

OK i havnt had a problem with steam at all since it 1st came out. I love it, and respect valve for everything they do. But lately iv been having to validate my hl2 files EVERYDAY. It takes 25-35-40 mins sometimes. Im really getting sick of this. Its probably my fault maybe im doing something i dont know about. But does anyone know why this is happing? Its driving me crazy.

 

[Ownzed]

Hmmm..that's only happened to me a couple times. I've had to validate the HL2 files. But not everyday.

 

[Dasparov]

WHO THE F*CK CARES!!!.....oh im sorry baby, i dindt mean it...want me to make it up to you?

Anyway so your net and everything is fine...just steam?
I think it has been happening to fair few people...or was anyway....

 

[WhiteZero]

WHO THE F*CK CARES!!!?

The people who have to take half an hour to validate their files every day, perhaps?
Just a thought...

 

[Asuka]

Well it happened to me about 3-4 days in a row. Today just now it happened again but only took about 5 mins to finish. My net is very good so thats not it.

 

[Asus]

No clue, I've only had to validate one other time besides when HL2 came out. Have you modified your files by a lot?

 

[NikolaX]

yep, same here, but every second day, 30 min to validate -NOT GOOD

 

[KagePrototype]

Happens to me occasionally as well; it's either Valve doing random checkups or something, or it's a bug. I'd wager on the latter.

 

[Warlock]

Hmm. Like Asus, my files were only validated once, when I installed the game. Since then it's been smooth sailing. Don't really know what advice I can give ya.

 

[madcat75]

I know this happens to me at least 4 times a week and takes up to 35 minutes to validate ONE file.... what the hell!?

 

[Lanthanide]

All I can suggest is to make sure all of your files in your steam directory are write-enabled.

 

[Asuka]

Never changed any of my files but i think it happens to the people who use the sdk. (random guess) If its a valve check up i dont mind but if its something i can fix then id rather it be fixed.

 

[Dasparov]

The people who have to take half an hour to validate their files every day, perhaps?
Just a thought...

k, dont take things so serious :cheers: and i had the start of happy gilmore stuck in my head....

 

[Baal]

I think they validate each time you logout and login again....

It is kind of annoying, but it doesn't take 30 minutes for me.

 

[Somefool]

Couldn't you just hit cancel and re-run the game? I did that and it worked.

 

[CyberPitz]

No clue, I've only had to validate one other time besides when HL2 came out. Have you modified your files by a lot?

same here...did it once, gg validate.

 

[moonkids]

My Solution-- hope it works for you.

http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?p=1094972#post1094972

I put it in a new thread so that it stood out for others with this problem.

 

[Tantalus]

Once for me, it had to validate SIX files... it took over an hour. And that hour sucked.

 

[jameth]

i've never had to validate.

only unlock files, guess i'm lucky?

 

[Mountain Man]

Validated once weeks ago, and it was very quick (less than 5 minutes).

 

[fragShader]

I use the SDK whenever i have time and extract files from source engine.gcf and half life2 content.gcf using GCFscape every day, and I've only had to validate the once, about 1 min after 12:00 PST on release day.

I don't really use hammer or modelviewer though, just hack HL2 code. mebbe that the cause?

 

[CTTcrew_MrBlue]

Im preety sure it happens when someone else (or you) logs onto your steam account on another computers , and does something relates to HL2 or CS:S, then when you log back on to your account on your other computer it validates.

 

[Phirax]

This is the reason (or last straw) i have removed Steam/Hl2 etc from my PC. Good thing I've finished the game, Steam drives me crazy.

 

[Wicked Spider]

happens to me also alot... dunno why maybe its cuz im running xp sp1 only dunno maybe a connection

 

[Operator]

As far as I know I have never validated my files and if I were you I'd link up with a friend and snag his gfcs or whatever there called?

 

[kirovman]

This has happened to me 4 times since I bought the game. Seemed to happen after I'd been browsing the GCFs, extracting wavs or mp3s from inside.

 

[The Monkey]

I must validate my files some times per week.

 

[BladeTurbo]

takes me less than a minute to start HL2. i have never had any problems with Steam. i wish all game devolopers had something like Steam.

 

[Albino]

mine does this a lot, usually takes about 30-40 mins as well.

I sometimes forget to shutdown steam though, so i bet its that