Help The Uber N00b! Please?
Vaelroth
Join Date: 2005-06-05 Member: 53229Members
Join Date: 2005-06-05 Member: 53229Members
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Uhm, How do you run this? Like, is there a .exe file, or a shortcut or something?
Any help would be much appreciated.
asrifle.gif me if you want, but I've looked about and can't find anything.
I have installed NS, and I have run HL with Steam just as the manual said to do, but Steam doesn't show anything about third party software in the Play Games menu.
Any help would be much appreciated.
asrifle.gif me if you want, but I've looked about and can't find anything.
I have installed NS, and I have run HL with Steam just as the manual said to do, but Steam doesn't show anything about third party software in the Play Games menu.
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The only other thing I can think of right now is to make sure you scroll down the Play Games menu.
This is where I installed NS to (Also, the default lcoation it choose):
C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\Steamapps\juggknot\half-life
According to other forum posts, this is the correct directory. But its not working for me and noticed a few others are having the same issue.
I can, however, goto the servers list in Steam and filter/show only NS. When I try to connect to any NS server, I am brought to the "Browse Games" window. o-O Happens every time I try to connect to ANY server. Other than that, I have had no luck being able to play. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--c1--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>CODE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='CODE'><!--ec1-->F:\Steam\steam.exe -applaunch 70 -game "ns"<!--c2--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--ec2-->
Where F:\Steam\ is the location of your steam directory (not the account folder where you installed the game).
That should run the HL engine with the NS mod's content, giving you the NS game, if this dosen't work, your installation was borked.
\Steam\SteamApps\YourEmail@place.thing\HalfLife\ns\
And i believe the folder should be something like 300 MB (not sure, mine is a far-from-fresh install.)
That being said, steam dosen't like it, there is no way (I know of) to run NS without steam, and since the shortcut dosen't work steam refuses to acknoledge the game's existance.
soz... I have managed to run NS without Steam... just don't use it anymore, since I have the Steam version up-and-running...
You need HALF-LIFE ONE!!! NS will NOT run on Half-Life 2.
Well, that explains everything. I do have HL 1, just not installed. I thought this was a HL2 mod. Bummer <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
We really need a nice ol' sticky on top of this forum that says exactly that. In <b>bold</b>.
no, you have to have HL1 installed for NS to run.
NS is missing several key fails (like the engine), and thus will not run by itself.
If you have any other Half-Life MODs installed to your Steam account, most notably Counter-Strike, then there is a chance that NS will work, however, it will need to be installed to \Counter-Strike, instead of \HL.
As far as I am aware, Unknown Worlds do not have a license to distribute the Half-Life Classic game engine, so you must have Half-Life downloaded to your Steam account. The Steam accounts do "know" that you have Half-Life bound to your account, but the core engine is missing, so no Half-Life MODs will work.
Unless you miss it, when you open NS up, it says "Preparing to play Half-Life".
You didn't install NS and play it without the HL engine, HL was already on your computer, just not associated with your reset Play Games list. If you check your list, then you'll find that HL will be in white. Check C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\<username here>\hl, you'll find that all the Half-Life files will be there...