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General => General Discussion => Computer Talk => Topic started by: Jason on October 11, 2006, 04:01:46 AM

Title: Half Life 2
Post by: Jason on October 11, 2006, 04:01:46 AM: problem:
when i go to install half life 2, it freezes when the windows installer program is loading. i have to reboot my pc by now because everything is frozen. i try to install it in safe mode. the installer loads fine, but another window pops up saying: "LOLZ, now that the installer works, im gonna make you install this program in normal mode, where everything freezes! lolz @ j00!!1"

everything installed fine on the laptop except Steam, but i have that installed perfectly on this pc.

ooh man if i was the angry german kid everything in the room will be broken by now
Title: Half Life 2
Post by: Greendead on October 11, 2006, 04:28:51 AM: Do you have the original HL2? Please, say the truth. It won't help you, if you won't say the truth.
Title: Half Life 2
Post by: Jason on October 11, 2006, 04:33:30 AM: i have the game of the year edition. 5 discs total. full install will give you HL2, HL2 DM, CS:S and HL:S
Title: Half Life 2
Post by: Greendead on October 11, 2006, 05:18:49 AM: I have the same one too. Game of the year edition. But no, it doesn't install only that. You get: Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, Counter Strike: Source, Half-Life: Source, Half-life: Source Deathmatch and Half-Life 2: Lost Coast. That's what I got. And it's damn good. And I have a DVD I don't know exactly, why that happend and I didn't understand this: "LOLZ, now that the installer works, im gonna make you install this program in normal mode, where everything freezes! lolz @ j00!!1" This really says in that window? Maybe there's something wrong with your system requirements or Cd-rom. And that frozen stuff is normal to me. I just wait for a while and it goes on.
Title: Half Life 2
Post by: Jason on October 11, 2006, 05:28:48 AM: ok the lolz shit is a comical redux by me. it really says "this program cannot install in safe mode yadda yadda contact admin blah blah fuck you"

so i should wait. ok i'll try that.

I HATE WAITING
Title: Half Life 2
Post by: Greendead on October 11, 2006, 05:34:29 AM: Quote from: Haywire
ok the lolz shit is a comical redux by me. it really says "this program cannot install in safe mode yadda yadda contact admin blah blah fuck you"

so i should wait. ok i'll try that.

I HATE WAITING

Me too, but it's worth it
Title: Half Life 2
Post by: Jason on October 11, 2006, 06:04:02 AM: whatta ya know, waiting worked

i clicked install. the window comes up. the cd drive stops going full pelt. everything is quiet. the clock shows 10:33pm. no signs of life. i get a glass of milk. the clock still showed 10:33pm. i finished my milk, then clunk goes the cd drive. and everything resumes as if it wasnt frozen in time for 5 minutes
Title: Half Life 2
Post by: Greendead on October 11, 2006, 06:20:40 AM: Heh, what did I say Did you ever played HL2? Cuz I'm up for some deathmatch
Title: Half Life 2
Post by: plumpegg on October 11, 2006, 06:45:29 AM: Hmm whre can i get the 5 cd version ?
Title: Half Life 2
Post by: Greendead on October 11, 2006, 06:55:58 AM: In the store with doors

No seriously, you can only buy a new one. If you buy an old one, you can't play it, because the key can be used only once on one account.
Title: Half Life 2
Post by: plumpegg on October 11, 2006, 07:35:28 AM: Oh thx
Title: Half Life 2
Post by: morbidxxx on October 11, 2006, 10:03:04 AM: ^Lol.And i got that problem to but only with episode one
Title: Half Life 2
Post by: plumpegg on October 11, 2006, 11:13:02 AM: Heh but i will download it DC++
Title: Half Life 2
Post by: Greendead on October 11, 2006, 11:35:55 AM: Dude, you can't. I mean you can, but it won't work. Because you need a cd/dvd key and steam. But pirated HL2 can't install to Steam, so it's screwed.
Title: Half Life 2
Post by: DeathCobra on October 11, 2006, 11:55:20 AM: Ill play you on CSS and DM. DMs not really my style but im not too bad at it. You got xfire?
Title: Half Life 2
Post by: Greendead on October 11, 2006, 12:03:52 PM: Me? Nope.
Title: Half Life 2
Post by: Jason on October 11, 2006, 05:03:12 PM: ok it says on steam i need to update my RADEON X300 128mb HyperMemory, and its given me a link to do so. i dont really know a lot on memory cards and stuff like that so could you guys give me directions? heres the updates page steam gave me:

https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default...amp;folderID=27 (https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=27)

and i run on Windows XP Service Pack 2

edit: im installing a Microsoft Framework thing atm, is that the right thing to do?
edit2: obviously not, the notice pops up still
Title: Half Life 2
Post by: rekees on October 11, 2006, 08:35:43 PM: well did u installl the latest drivers?
Title: Half Life 2
Post by: Jason on October 11, 2006, 08:47:33 PM: i installed something XD

oh well, half life source is working and im playing that atm
Title: Half Life 2
Post by: Greendead on October 11, 2006, 09:18:14 PM: I just ignore that updating. HL2 works anyway.

(As you can see in ava and sig)
Title: Half Life 2
Post by: Jason on October 11, 2006, 09:32:07 PM: well i can use half life, but not half life 2. it stops loading at the first screen it has a read violation of somesort. ill get back with more details

edit: well i couldnt get any details because the screen scrambled, task manager couldnt open and the game wouldnt alt-tab. i dont think anything should go like that
Title: Half Life 2
Post by: Link on October 12, 2006, 05:26:05 AM: You need to delete your old GFX driver and install a new and fresh one....

Go to http://ati.com (http://ati.com) and find a new version of your driver.
Title: Half Life 2
Post by: Jason on October 12, 2006, 05:40:18 AM: derrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. ive done that. but as i said i dont know much about this sort of thing so i dont really know what to do goodbye.
Title: Half Life 2
Post by: VaNilla on October 12, 2006, 07:38:05 AM: I had this problem with my 7800GS, delete all video drivers, update instalsheild if you can then download drivers again
Title: Half Life 2
Post by: Jason on October 12, 2006, 02:37:35 PM: WTF!!! on the site, theres no simple thing saying 'download driver update' theres just all this shit that has no relation to anything whatsoever!! READ MY POSTS PROPERLY.