This MUST be the last pre-load

[Argyll]

Has anyone actually taken a look at the Pre-load status?

When the game is officially released, you'll be able to play it immediately

Did it say that before? If not, then that should mean that this preload is the last one. It will go through a little process though once it gets installed (since it needs to decrypt and such).

 

[Concept]

It said that before.

 

[Sashswash]

It said that before.

No, it did not say that before

If i remember correctly, it said something different

 

[frusion]

it said something QUITE differently..it said like PLAY THE MOMENT half-life 2 and some other stuff

 

[Sashswash]

it said something QUITE differently..it said like PLAY THE MOMENT half-life 2 and some other stuff

Yea, that's it. It was like "play the moment half life 2 becomes available" or something.

 

[antimatter]

5th preload

The fifth phase of the Half-Life 2 preload begins to Steam account holders today. This will allow users to download the Counter-Strike: Source maps in encrypted form. No purchase is required to pre-load Half-Life 2, but is required to activate the game. The moment the game is made available, those who have pre-loaded and purchased the game via Steam will be ready to start playing.

6th preload

The sixth phase of the Half-Life 2 preload begins to Steam account holders today. This will allow users to download the Half-Life 2 maps in encrypted form. No purchase is required to pre-load Half-Life 2, but is required to activate the game. The moment the game is made available, those who have pre-loaded and purchased the game via Steam will be ready to start playing.

 

[Sashswash]

Antimatter, i know that THOSE are the same. If you double click on the Half Life 2 icon in steam, it's the text under the status bar that we're talking about.

 

[Griifin]

No, it did not say that before

If i remember correctly, it said something different

yep it used to say " You have a copy of HL on your computer" very close anyway..this was the last pre-load before release all thats left will be a Steam update then play..but who knows when that will be

 

[antimatter]

Antimatter, i know that THOSE are the same. If you double click on the Half Life 2 icon in steam, it's the text under the status bar that we're talking about.

I see. Didnt notice that it said it there as well.

 

[RhapSidious]

We still need the 400 mb txt file explaining why the hell they thought they could get this game out september of 2003 in the first place.

Haha... good stuff.

 

[omni]

Gabe said that HL2 was ~3.5GB. So far, we have ~3.3GB. So it's possible that this is the last one, or if not, the second to last.

That would depend on how you count your bytes:

3.29 GB (3,543,226,524 bytes)

I personally think this is the last content pre-load.

 

[RhapSidious]

EDIT: SCRATCH THAT. MISTAKE.

 

[CloSe2InSaNitY]

i think this is the last big preload for halflife2
when its retail we get to download a few megs more i think because else you would have these retard hackers that will get the game working before retail.

 

[nagual678]

I have good reasons to think this is the final preload.

i just finished preloading #6,the text that appears when you doubleclick on half life 2 in "my games" is now :

"When the game is officially released, you'll be able to play it immediately."

if i remember well, the old text was something along the lines of "a locked copy blahblah"....

 

[Darth Valium]

yeah, and the preloads (cs:s and hl2) are alltogether ~4.2gb, and the retail-cd-version comes on 6 cd's (6*~700; you name it).

at least the maps are now kind of bugless, so gold have to be near.

 

[machima]

Yeah it's most likely the last major pre-load, with only the little DLL's and exe's left to put in.

 

[Chris D]

There'll need to be another pre-load when the game goes gold so we can have any files that have changed from RC > Gold.

 

[DigiQ8]

They need to preload HL:S and DoD:S too

 

[Calhoun]

DoD: Source isn't done yet but I'm not sure about Half-Life 1: Source.

 

[|_HeLL_|]

DoD: Source isn't done yet but I'm not sure about Half-Life 1: Source.

What if it's already done? perhaps DOD:S was planned to be gold at the time of the hl2 release, around two months ago.

Anyway the 6th preload (maps) could be a good signal: the maps are bugfree (or almost). Perhaps Valve used the policy of release every preload as fast as it becomes bugfree.

 

[BlackMesaDude]

IM still suprised we are at number 6, i first thought like 3-4 max but i still think 1 more small and thats all ffs.

 

[PlasmaBurnz]

I have good reasons to think this is the final preload.

i just finished preloading #6,the text that appears when you doubleclick on half life 2 in "my games" is now :

"When the game is officially released, you'll be able to play it immediately."

I haven't managed to get home to start this 6th preload and my steam says that already. I'm 100% sure. I've been checking it every minute just in case. It's said that ever since I bought the silver package.

 

[[sl@yer]]

I preloaded all the previous files last week all in one go....and mine has said: "When the game is officially released, you'll be able to play it immediately." since then. Therefore, this message is not new (for me anyway) with this preload.

 

[SweetLou]

Gabe said that HL2 was ~3.5GB. So far, we have ~3.3GB. So it's possible that this is the last one, or if not, the second to last.

We are missing the last little portion...

THE SECRET HL2 THEMED MULTIPLAYER!!!

 

[frusion]

this has to be the last preload...cause upon its release we will probably recieive afew more megs (as posted earlier) we are so damn close now..its only time that remains

 

[jonesey2k]

I have about 4.3gb in my steam folder?

 

[Mess]

Has anyone tried running the hl2.exe with the new preload? It's always a fun (if fruitless) exercise.

-- Mess

 

[Varsity]

What theme is that for windows?????

Luna VX

 

[cadaver]

edit. deleted by me

 

[Dagobert]

What about Half-Life 1: Source pre-load, that will need to be done before it is released HL2 is released.

What makes you think that HL: S will be made available to us before HL2? Now they have our money they can release stuff whenever they like.

 

[A.I.]

Has anyone actually taken a look at the Pre-load status?



Did it say that before? If not, then that should mean that this preload is the last one. It will go through a little process though once it gets installed (since it needs to decrypt and such).

Yup, it's different.

 

[DarkOneX]

Yup, it's different.

Nope, that message about "you will be able to play immediately" I noticed after getting that last preload, that's when it changed for me. All the times before that it said "you have a locked copy of the game on your hard drive" or something.

 

[NightSinister]

What makes you think that HL: S will be made available to us before HL2? Now they have our money they can release stuff whenever they like.

It's included in the Collectors Edition DVD, therefore it will be ready before HL2 ships.

If it was me I would release it after HL2 is released, so pre-loading people that are only going to purchase bronze package don't use up bandwidth. CS:S was preloaded because it comes with all packages.

Also it would not be very unwise for them to release additional/fixes at release time, the last preload was maps and HL2 specific client and server dll's, plus they can release a engine update for CS:S and update the preloads before release.

This preload was specifically held back until the game was final, it contained the most likely parts to change; maps and dll's, there is no point re preloading large amounts of the game.

But some of the previous preloads say 'download the majority' so maybe there are still some additional audio, models etc to go, so maybe one more preload.

 

[antimatter]

Luna VX

Thanks.