Can This Run
BobbieBob5
Join Date: 2005-03-12 Member: 44916Members
Join Date: 2005-03-12 Member: 44916Members
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Freeze WaterBoy before you make any more mistake <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif' /><!--endemo-->
If what this post says is right, then it depends on the version you have of HL 2.
<!--QuoteBegin-Faskalia+Mar 8 2005, 10:06 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Faskalia @ Mar 8 2005, 10:06 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Step1:
-Setting up steam, a steam account and Half-Life
--Download <a href='http://www.steampowered.com/index.php?area=getsteamnow' target='_blank'>steam</a>
--once steam has been updated launch it and create a steam account
--now open steam and select "Browse Games" now select "Register a product..."
--Enter your CD-key
<b>---valid keys come from: "Half-Life";"Half-Life Bestseller Series";
"Half-Life GOTY";<u>"Half-Life 2 Silver&Gold"</u>;"Counter-Strike Retail";"Half-Life Generation"</b>---the following products dont include a valid Half-Life key: "Half-Life 2 Retail";
"Counter-Strike Condition Zero";"Half-Life 2 Bronze"
--Once you can choose "Half-Life" from the "Play Games" tab you are done with step 1
Step2:
-Downloading NS and setting it up
--Download <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns/view?action=files' target='_blank'>NS</a>
--Run "Half-Life"
---Set up your Video and Audio options
---Start the "Half-Life" training level
--Exit steam
--Execute the NS installer
--Browse to your Half-Life folder "C:\steam\steamapps\steam_id\half-life"
--Install NS
--Run steam again, If everything is in order you can select "Natural Selection" from your "Play games" tab, do so
--Set up your config and join a server
Welcome to the World of NS, the rest is up to you <!--emo&::marine::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/marine.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='marine.gif' /><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Greetz,
XtOf
Seeing as you've got the Collector's Edition (like me), you have all the Valve catalogue bound to your Steam account. All you need to do is just download the files for Half-Life, not the Source edition, then run the Training Room (New Game-> Training Room), finish it, to familiarise yourself with the basic, marine based moves that the HL engine is capable of, the quit, and follow the above instructions for installing, then running Natural Selection.
Have fun playing NS.
Isn't that exactly what was mentioned in my post?
Edit: I think I know what you mean.
He mentions HL:source :
I was immediatly thinking about HL 2, as that is on source
But of course it is also very likely that the poster meant HL1 : Source.
Your post indeed clarifies that possible misunderstanding.
Greetz,
XtOf
In my experience, people will mainly just follow half of the instructions that you give. Most people will look for something that vaguely matches what you told them to do, and just think "Oh, he must have meant this..."
As far as I know, none of the guides explicitly say that you can't run Natural Selection under Half-Life:Source. Most of the just say Half-Life. Seeing as in my person My Games list, Half-Life:Source appears 2 entries above Half-Life, I reckon that most people will just see both versions as the same game, and not knowing that one is powered by the Source engine, hell, most people don't even know what an engine is, referring to games...
BobbyBoy is making the perfectly ligitimate mistake of not reading fully the guides, and then asking for help if he doesn't understand what is shown to him. Most people do this, but BobbyBoy has the edge in that he's actually asked someone else for help, even after his mistake.
Freeze WaterBoy before you make any more mistake <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif' /><!--endemo-->
If what this post says is right, then it depends on the version you have of HL 2.
<!--QuoteBegin-Faskalia+Mar 8 2005, 10:06 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Faskalia @ Mar 8 2005, 10:06 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Step1:
-Setting up steam, a steam account and Half-Life
--Download <a href='http://www.steampowered.com/index.php?area=getsteamnow' target='_blank'>steam</a>
--once steam has been updated launch it and create a steam account
--now open steam and select "Browse Games" now select "Register a product..."
--Enter your CD-key
<b>---valid keys come from: "Half-Life";"Half-Life Bestseller Series";
"Half-Life GOTY";<u>"Half-Life 2 Silver&Gold"</u>;"Counter-Strike Retail";"Half-Life Generation"</b>---the following products dont include a valid Half-Life key: "Half-Life 2 Retail";
"Counter-Strike Condition Zero";"Half-Life 2 Bronze"
--Once you can choose "Half-Life" from the "Play Games" tab you are done with step 1
Step2:
-Downloading NS and setting it up
--Download <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns/view?action=files' target='_blank'>NS</a>
--Run "Half-Life"
---Set up your Video and Audio options
---Start the "Half-Life" training level
--Exit steam
--Execute the NS installer
--Browse to your Half-Life folder "C:\steam\steamapps\steam_id\half-life"
--Install NS
--Run steam again, If everything is in order you can select "Natural Selection" from your "Play games" tab, do so
--Set up your config and join a server
Welcome to the World of NS, the rest is up to you <!--emo&::marine::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/marine.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='marine.gif' /><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Greetz,
XtOf <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
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Guess i didnt make the connection. Looks like you can play just fine, just download Half-life 1 through steam and run the training course at least once before you install.
Seeing as you've got the Collector's Edition (like me), you have all the Valve catalogue bound to your Steam account. All you need to do is just download the files for Half-Life, not the Source edition, then run the Training Room (New Game-> Training Room), finish it, to familiarise yourself with the basic, marine based moves that the HL engine is capable of, the quit, and follow the above instructions for installing, then running Natural Selection.
Have fun playing NS. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Thnx Patch, I will add a line about Half-Life Source to the guide <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->