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lille_simon
lille_simon
Apr 21 2009, 6:16pm Anchor

Hey!

First of all, I just want to say how happy I am that the counter-life project ain't dead! Followed it untill lights went out back in 2004/05. Did a random search of the web yesterday and WHAM! Found this :D
It's a truly great mod!

very well... my question(s)

1. Does these new versions (beta 7 & version 1) only work if you have steam installed and gained half-life that way? I saw in some newspost from Haunter that you are supposed to delete every last bit of previous CL mods from steam before installing the new ones, but I played the old ones without steam. Can the old versions be played both with or without steam?

2. Not directly a CL question... but I have windows vista, and I only own the original half-life game sold back in -98. Damn vista doesn't accept that half-life! I can install it but not play it... is there a way to get around that?

3. Do the new versions of CL require you to have CS installed as well? On steam or however I like?

4. I bought the Blue Shift game when it came out, and always used the High definition pack that followed with it. Are those graphics built-in in these two new versions of counter-life? I know that beta 6.5 had something like that...   If not, must I get the HD-pack from Steam? Seems unlikely that I can get it off my blue-shift CD and make it work, judging from how vista reacts to half life...

5. I can't find the right-handed models that Haunter said he uploaded in the downloads-section..

Sorry for the question-surge :P but I can't seem to find the answers anywhere!

Thanks! /Simon

Niborius
Niborius
Apr 28 2009, 6:58am Anchor

1. I think you can play CL without steam
2. What happends when you start HL?
3. I don't think so, since the CS files are in the mod already
4. CL uses the HD pack already ;)
5. In CL 1.0, the right handed models are automatticly uncluded

And feel free to ask more if you have any more questions!

lille_simon
lille_simon
Apr 28 2009, 1:44pm Anchor

1. Aha... so it's however I like?

2.I can install the game and all... but when I try to start a new game it tells me that i do not have the HL cd inserted.. but I do! Also there is a warning from windows before you install HL that says there are known complications with HL and vista, and that the game perhaps won't work properly (no shit :P )

3. , 4. , 5. Aha!....

Thank you for your answers :D much appreciated!

Niborius
Niborius
Apr 29 2009, 7:25am Anchor

About 1: probably yes, but you need to delete an older version of Counter Life if you have that.
About 2: You can try to activate the key with steam. If you have HL installed in steam, you automatticly get the latest updates. Maybe a vista fix too.

xianghua
xianghua
Apr 30 2009, 3:57am Anchor

register your CD key via steam, this will enable you to play half-life and CS, DoD and some mods
via steam

you can install your CL into the steam folder

C:/program files/steam/steamapp/account name/half-life

this is the same folder which function like
C:/sierra/half-life

you can paste the "Counter-Life" folder directly into the "half-life" folder
where there is "valve" which is the default name for half-life

Niborius
Niborius
Apr 30 2009, 5:31am Anchor

Indeed. And don't remember to restart steam after you've done that!

lille_simon
lille_simon
May 5 2009, 2:44pm Anchor

Thanks for all your help with this. Really appreciate it! :D

bad news though... It says my cd-key is already registered... then it says: "registration of half-life platinum pack could therefore not be completed" or something like that.... I have the good old regular half-life from -98... not some platinum pack... *sigh*

I really do hate steam...

Niborius
Niborius
May 5 2009, 3:07pm Anchor

No problem, forums are made to help people :D

I like steam, but that's because i only got all steam versions of games like Half-Life. I had problems installing half-life before too, and hated steam back them (different issue, not yours :). But it was fixed with my new pc.
I don't know why it says something about the platinum pack, did you check every number\letter you typed as key? Otherwise contact steam.

lille_simon
lille_simon
Jun 17 2009, 7:00pm Anchor

Hello! I'm back again.. been busy with all kind of things, so I have just contacted steam and hopefully they will help me soon. Just one question I ran into... is it correct that you must install Half-life 1 the "regular" way before you try to add it to steam? Seems kind of logic to me, and I've tried that.. but just asking...

Thanks!!

Niborius
Niborius
Jun 18 2009, 9:51am Anchor

When I bought Half-Life, it automatically installed steam and installed HL in that. But that might be so because I got HL: Anthology. I don't know how you should do it, maybe press "activate key with steam" and enter the HL key there?

lille_simon
lille_simon
Jul 19 2009, 7:55pm Anchor

Everything works now :D thank's for all the help!

Niborius
Niborius
Jul 22 2009, 2:51am Anchor

No problem, You're welcome!

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