Restart steam cause pre-load 3 is here <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> 'nuff said.
antifreezeThe guy with the goods!Join Date: 2003-05-12Member: 16232Members, Constellation
<!--QuoteBegin-Valve+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Valve)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->The third phase of the Half-Life 2 preload begins to Steam account holders today.
This will allow users to download the majority of the models of Half-Life 2 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 Half-Life 2 via Steam will be ready to start playing right away.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-antifreeze+Sep 10 2004, 08:16 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (antifreeze @ Sep 10 2004, 08:16 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Yey?!? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> What do you mean, "Yey?!?" Of course yey!
Part of Half-Life 2 is like, totally ON YOUR HARDDRIVE
It's like, Valve has graced us with their baby, man.
It's totally the feeling of having gigs of wasted space is like woah. Like an adrenaline rush, or a cocaine high, minus all the unpleasant and/or exciting side effects that make either worthy of having a name in the first place.
So, I restarted steam, lo and behold, the update comes up. I click "Pre-load HL2". Much to my surprise, the upload bar STARTS at 81.7%. I'm not sure what that's all about, because it was the first time I started the pre-load, but hot damn, that sounds good to me.
Edit: OR DID VALVE UPLOAD THE FILES TO MY COMPUTER WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE?
Most likely, the latter. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Part of Half-Life 2 is like, totally ON YOUR HARDDRIVE
It's like, Valve has graced us with their baby, man.
It's totally the feeling of having gigs of wasted space is like woah. Like an adrenaline rush, or a cocaine high, minus all the unpleasant and/or exciting side effects that make either worthy of having a name in the first place. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> You just said exactly what i did only with alot more words.
Part of Half-Life 2 is like, totally ON YOUR HARDDRIVE
It's like, Valve has graced us with their baby, man.
It's totally the feeling of having gigs of wasted space is like woah. Like an adrenaline rush, or a cocaine high, minus all the unpleasant and/or exciting side effects that make either worthy of having a name in the first place. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> You just said exactly what i did only with alot more words.
? = Another ! = Yey ? = Goddam, more wasted space <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> In that case, Ж.
antifreezeThe guy with the goods!Join Date: 2003-05-12Member: 16232Members, Constellation
<!--QuoteBegin-antifreeze+Sep 11 2004, 02:16 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (antifreeze @ Sep 11 2004, 02:16 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Valve+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Valve)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->The third phase of the Half-Life 2 preload begins to Steam account holders today.
This will allow users to <span style='color:red'>download the majority of the models of Half-Life 2</span> 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 Half-Life 2 via Steam will be ready to start playing right away.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'm so broke I truly <b>AM</b> wasting space, won't have money to buy it when it's released anyway... and I'm on a HL2 Mod team, lol. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
If that's a ninja shuriken, then this is my starship: Ю . And this is my flying predator disc: Ф .
<span style='font-size:3pt;line-height:100%'>[actually it's a cyrillic letter, transliterated from russian it is the equivalent of 'zh' ]</span>
This preload seems to start automatically..since I didn't haveto right click the HL2 logo and purposefully download it...it did it by itself. Which I'm angered and fine with - angered because they shouldn't download crap for my computer, and fine because I'd have downloaded that same crap.
I don't have enough disk space. Oh well. Not like I could play the damn thing anyways, and now it's eating at my VRAM.
And dude, nanites totally pwn your shuriken as the ultimate answer to a question. I told someone in my bio class (a retarded idiot who I hate) that the bulk of the answers on the homework were "nanites." When he got called on I had to restrain the laughter...
<!--QuoteBegin-TommyVercetti+Sep 10 2004, 09:56 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TommyVercetti @ Sep 10 2004, 09:56 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I don't have enough disk space. Oh well. Not like I could play the damn thing anyways, and now it's eating at my VRAM.
And dude, nanites totally pwn your shuriken as the ultimate answer to a question. I told someone in my bio class (a retarded idiot who I hate) that the bulk of the answers on the homework were "nanites." When he got called on I had to restrain the laughter... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Oh my god! You're right! Nanites are the answer to biology. Ohhh I can forsee lots of fun at the expense of others (always the best kind of fun).
<!--QuoteBegin-UltimaGecko+Sep 10 2004, 09:42 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (UltimaGecko @ Sep 10 2004, 09:42 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> If that's a ninja shuriken, then this is my starship: Ю . And this is my flying predator disc: Ф .
<span style='font-size:3pt;line-height:100%'>[actually it's a cyrillic letter, transliterated from russian it is the equivalent of 'zh' ]</span>
This preload seems to start automatically..since I didn't haveto right click the HL2 logo and purposefully download it...it did it by itself. Which I'm angered and fine with - angered because they shouldn't download crap for my computer, and fine because I'd have downloaded that same crap. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Actually that Predator Disc is a letter in the Russian Alphabet. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-Thursday-+Sep 11 2004, 09:12 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Thursday- @ Sep 11 2004, 09:12 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> ooooh lets all rush off to waste our bandwidth! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> How is it a waste of bandwidth?
antifreezeThe guy with the goods!Join Date: 2003-05-12Member: 16232Members, Constellation
No idea. I get unlimited a month, is that unusual. I went out shopping and to see some mates for a few hours, came back, done. Wasted none of my bandwidth, i wasn't using it.
I finished the preload a few days ago.. what's all this 'part X' stuff about? Steam didn't do anything over here (although there might be something wrong with it, svencoop didn't appear in 'my games' either).
I hope it doesn't check my IP or anything, I'd hate to end up with a localised version... (reminds me of the Black & white fiasco over here, nobody would buy the game until they replaced all the Dutch versions with English ones <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> )
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This will allow users to download the majority of the models of Half-Life 2 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 Half-Life 2 via Steam will be ready to start playing right away.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yey?!?
What do you mean, "Yey?!?" Of course yey!
Part of Half-Life 2 is like, totally ON YOUR HARDDRIVE
It's like, Valve has graced us with their baby, man.
It's totally the feeling of having gigs of wasted space is like woah. Like an adrenaline rush, or a cocaine high, minus all the unpleasant and/or exciting side effects that make either worthy of having a name in the first place.
Edit: OR DID VALVE UPLOAD THE FILES TO MY COMPUTER WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE?
Most likely, the latter. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
What do you mean, "Yey?!?" Of course yey!
Part of Half-Life 2 is like, totally ON YOUR HARDDRIVE
It's like, Valve has graced us with their baby, man.
It's totally the feeling of having gigs of wasted space is like woah. Like an adrenaline rush, or a cocaine high, minus all the unpleasant and/or exciting side effects that make either worthy of having a name in the first place. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
You just said exactly what i did only with alot more words.
? = Another
! = Yey
? = Goddam, more wasted space
What do you mean, "Yey?!?" Of course yey!
Part of Half-Life 2 is like, totally ON YOUR HARDDRIVE
It's like, Valve has graced us with their baby, man.
It's totally the feeling of having gigs of wasted space is like woah. Like an adrenaline rush, or a cocaine high, minus all the unpleasant and/or exciting side effects that make either worthy of having a name in the first place. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You just said exactly what i did only with alot more words.
? = Another
! = Yey
? = Goddam, more wasted space <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
In that case, Ж.
Urm, i hate you <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
What the hell is that???
P.S. what does the 3rd preload, actually load on your computer?
P.S. what does the 3rd preload, actually load on your computer? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Freedom, man.
<i>Freedom.</i>
Models, it would seem.
This will allow users to <span style='color:red'>download the majority of the models of Half-Life 2</span> 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 Half-Life 2 via Steam will be ready to start playing right away.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yey?!? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Self Quote FTW.
Damn that little sign, didn't answer your question
~ DarkATi
P.S. what does the 3rd preload, actually load on your computer? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Freedom, man.
<i>Freedom.</i>
Models, it would seem. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
<img src='http://img46.exs.cx/img46/5636/FREEDOM1.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
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Also, yeah, my <i>ninja shuriken</i> doesn't answer MY questions, only others.
And this is my flying predator disc: Ф .
<span style='font-size:3pt;line-height:100%'>[actually it's a cyrillic letter, transliterated from russian it is the equivalent of 'zh' ]</span>
This preload seems to start automatically..since I didn't haveto right click the HL2 logo and purposefully download it...it did it by itself. Which I'm angered and fine with - angered because they shouldn't download crap for my computer, and fine because I'd have downloaded that same crap.
And dude, nanites totally pwn your shuriken as the ultimate answer to a question. I told someone in my bio class (a retarded idiot who I hate) that the bulk of the answers on the homework were "nanites." When he got called on I had to restrain the laughter...
And dude, nanites totally pwn your shuriken as the ultimate answer to a question. I told someone in my bio class (a retarded idiot who I hate) that the bulk of the answers on the homework were "nanites." When he got called on I had to restrain the laughter... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Oh my god! You're right! Nanites are the answer to biology. Ohhh I can forsee lots of fun at the expense of others (always the best kind of fun).
>.<
What the hell is that??? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
it seems it's a cyrillic G
and hard drive space...!
and hard drive space...! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Not to mention time! (atleast if you're like me, staring at the progress bar all day until it's done, heh)
phase1: system files?
phase2: audio
phase3: models
phase4: sprites?
phase5: finishing touches?
my estimate would be 4-6 phases.
And this is my flying predator disc: Ф .
<span style='font-size:3pt;line-height:100%'>[actually it's a cyrillic letter, transliterated from russian it is the equivalent of 'zh' ]</span>
This preload seems to start automatically..since I didn't haveto right click the HL2 logo and purposefully download it...it did it by itself. Which I'm angered and fine with - angered because they shouldn't download crap for my computer, and fine because I'd have downloaded that same crap. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Actually that Predator Disc is a letter in the Russian Alphabet. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
~ DarkATi
How is it a waste of bandwidth?
Mine was preloading @ 1.1-1.5 mb per second and it finished overnight. HAH!
Steam didn't do anything over here
(although there might be something wrong with it, svencoop didn't appear in 'my games' either).
I hope it doesn't check my IP or anything, I'd hate to end up with a localised version...
(reminds me of the Black & white fiasco over here, nobody would buy the game until they replaced all the Dutch versions with English ones <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> )