The VST - 1 Huge Problem

[Hungry_Gamer]

Well its not exactly a problem but I think (and probably everyone else who does nto own CS:CZ or a HL2 key) Valve should release the VST to everyone who has Steam because its a test for HL2 not CS so they should release it to everyone not through CS:S Beta. Just my opinion

 

[DeltaBlast]

http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=32719

 

[Hungry_Gamer]

Yeah I know about that I am just expressing my anger that I dont get to do it. But thanks anyway

 

[Ikerous]

I'm just curious to find out if HL2 would work on my PC before i go out and spend fifty bucks on it... :-/ Stores arent exactly leniant with return policies these days.

 

[poseyjmac]

releasing the hl2 benchmark to everyone would be logical. so yeah dont count on valve doing it

 

[DeltaBlast]

Well, express your anger over there.

In case you didn't know, a forum works like this:
Category
--topics
----posts

If you have something to say about a certain subject, you do so in the appropriate topic. If there is none, you create one. But in this case there already was one, so you're supposed to post in that topic.

This whole system is created to keep the whole organized, clean and efficient. If everyone were to make similar topics, things would get messy real soon.

 

[Hungry_Gamer]

releasing the hl2 benchmark to everyone would be logical. so yeah dont count on valve doing it

Hehe yeah.

 

[Hungry_Gamer]

If there is none, you create one. But in this case there already was one, so you're supposed to post in that topic.

Very Sorry

 

[Illegal Amigo]

What the hell are you doing with 1 terrabyte of storage, btw? Backing up the internet? Haha.

 

[Drizz]

lol there isn't enough porn on the internet to fill one terabyte of hard drive space.

 

[aeroripper]

Does this include p2p networks? You'd need a thousand terabits :-D Or i guess you could fill close to a terabit from drizz's personal PC stash :-D

 

[obiwanquinobi]

lol there isn't enough porn on the internet to fill one terabyte of hard drive space.

ach drivel - I have 2X that much pr0n

 

[Areko]

With your system specs please tell me why in the hell you need the VST?

 

[Adrien C]

Yep, I was about to ask the same.

 

[GorgeousOrifice]

The CS:S beta net is wide enough that it includes nearly all hardware configurations HL2 will ever be played on. Valve can collect the data from the beta testers and put it up on the web saying "look, a 9600XT with a gig of RAM and 3.0GHz P4 runs like this".

Releasing the VST to everybody would require shipping ~100MB of data to a TON of Steam users. That would be VERY expensive. Doing it this way lets Valve get correct benchmark info (and us, since we can and do share it in places like this).

In short, the data sample is large enough to make the results statistically significant of the whole dataset. Same way polls work.

Not that my eminently logical, well-reasoned, correct argument will stop anybody from whining "I want the VST too, I don't care about any reason why I shouldn't! WAAAAHHH!"

 

[poseyjmac]

nah thats actually a good point.

 

[Arno]

Releasing the VST to everybody would require shipping ~100MB of data to a TON of Steam users. That would be VERY expensive. Doing it this way lets Valve get correct benchmark info (and us, since we can and do share it in places like this).

I'm sure FilePlanet or any other filesharing network would be happy to distribute such a file.
I'm not really concerned about HL2 performance on my computer. I just wanna take a look at all the sweet graphics in the VST.

 

[Parrot of doom]

I think its probably safe to say that if your computer runs games like Doom 3 with good fps rates, then HL2 will also run ok.

 

[Unfocused]

I'm sure FilePlanet or any other filesharing network would be happy to distribute such a file.

Yes, that's what I think too. They don't have to make it downloadable through Steam. Just give it to filesharing networks, make it FFA

www.machinima.com - Only people allowed into the beta (ATI's HL2 Vouchers & CS:Condition Zero Users) are allowed access to the Stress Test (nuts!)



I wanted to buy the original game right after it goes to shops, but Valve kind of forces people to get an illegal copy of HL2 first to test how it would run

 

[Son_Kane]

Yeah it's to just help CS:CZ owners feel less ripped off again.