Free HL2 modules for ATI Owners! - Page 2

daranz · 05-30-2007, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by [R-PUB]MrD

please list names of the mods you can run then.

I thought you needed the core engine to play the mods. This sounds better and better!

Most Source mods out there run off Source SDK Base, which is what it sounds like - an environment for running HL2 mods, stripped of the actual HL2 game. It uses the latest HL2 engine, so even if you don't have Ep 1, you can benefit from Ep 1 features in mods. It can be downloaded by anyone who has any HL2 game on their account, meaning people who only bought CS or HL2DM can download it as well.

Off the top of my head, I'm pretty sure Eternal Silence, Empires and Dystopia will work off SDK base. Some other mods will work off HL2DM itself. A lot of mods should work. Some might not. If the HL2DM that you obtain this way is treated differently from one you can buy, you might not be able to download Source SDK base at all.

A-10Warthog · 05-30-2007, 10:04 PM

yay for old computer that still work!

JohnnyPissoff · 05-31-2007, 10:34 AM

Valve's a bunch of "Indian givers" and ATI won't back me up in my scrap. I got HL2 free when I bought my Radeon 9800xt a couple years ago (I activated it through steam and played it). When I recently reformatted and reinstalled steam and tried to re-activate HL2 I got a message saying my HL2 key was invalid. Yea I emailed and complained a bunch but they insist that the offer has expired!!! How the hell can that offer expire? I thought all steam products were located at Steam's account servers? I bought that card over a comparable Nvidia card solely because of the free HL2 offer, in fact a Nvidia card came with my machine and I payed extra for the Radeon!! I hate to punk out and re-buy HL2 just for insurgency mod but boycotting Valve would hurt me more then them...sigh.

*Thanks for letting me vent guys*

[R-CON]MrD · 05-31-2007, 10:47 AM

Jonnypissof, I had the same problem as well. my serial had been stolen, used before I used the scratchcard and no one would do anything about it.

Wraith · 05-31-2007, 11:28 AM

I got my 9800XT shortly before HL2 was released and it came with the full suite of HL games including all the originals and lost coast and all that.

daranz · 05-31-2007, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnnyPissoff

Valve's a bunch of "Indian givers" and ATI won't back me up in my scrap. I got HL2 free when I bought my Radeon 9800xt a couple years ago (I activated it through steam and played it). When I recently reformatted and reinstalled steam and tried to re-activate HL2 I got a message saying my HL2 key was invalid. Yea I emailed and complained a bunch but they insist that the offer has expired!!! How the hell can that offer expire? I thought all steam products were located at Steam's account servers? I bought that card over a comparable Nvidia card solely because of the free HL2 offer, in fact a Nvidia card came with my machine and I payed extra for the Radeon!! I hate to punk out and re-buy HL2 just for insurgency mod but boycotting Valve would hurt me more then them...sigh.

*Thanks for letting me vent guys*

Er, you only activate keys once, AFAIK. Then, you can use your email/pass to log into your account, which should have HL2 already there. That's the way it worked with my box version of HL2 - I actually redownloaded it from the Internet once, without using the CD to reinstall.

JohnnyPissoff · 05-31-2007, 02:02 PM

Yep that's what I did. I used my original steam account with the already activated HL2 key (I played HL2). After reformat, Valve did indeed recognize my steam account, although they have invalidated my HL2 key. This is why I'd be leary of buying an ATI card based on a free HL game, as they can cancel the key whenever they feel fit. (so I payed extra for the ATI card and now I have to buy HL2 again? I would have come out ahead if I would have bought the Nvidia card and HL2 retail)

Seems to me the convenience of having steam opposed using a disk is being able to play your games on any PC or operating system as long as you can log onto steam. So my reformat shouldn't have invalidated the key.

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05-31-2007, 10:34 AM	#13
JohnnyPissoff Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: République démocratique du Congo Posts: 1,249	Valve's a bunch of "Indian givers" and ATI won't back me up in my scrap. I got HL2 free when I bought my Radeon 9800xt a couple years ago (I activated it through steam and played it). When I recently reformatted and reinstalled steam and tried to re-activate HL2 I got a message saying my HL2 key was invalid. Yea I emailed and complained a bunch but they insist that the offer has expired!!! How the hell can that offer expire? I thought all steam products were located at Steam's account servers? I bought that card over a comparable Nvidia card solely because of the free HL2 offer, in fact a Nvidia card came with my machine and I payed extra for the Radeon!! I hate to punk out and re-buy HL2 just for insurgency mod but boycotting Valve would hurt me more then them...sigh. Thanks for letting me vent guys

05-31-2007, 11:28 AM	#15
Wraith Retired PR Developer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Eugene, OR Posts: 1,741	I got my 9800XT shortly before HL2 was released and it came with the full suite of HL games including all the originals and lost coast and all that.

05-31-2007, 02:02 PM	#17
JohnnyPissoff Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: République démocratique du Congo Posts: 1,249	Yep that's what I did. I used my original steam account with the already activated HL2 key (I played HL2). After reformat, Valve did indeed recognize my steam account, although they have invalidated my HL2 key. This is why I'd be leary of buying an ATI card based on a free HL game, as they can cancel the key whenever they feel fit. (so I payed extra for the ATI card and now I have to buy HL2 again? I would have come out ahead if I would have bought the Nvidia card and HL2 retail) Seems to me the convenience of having steam opposed using a disk is being able to play your games on any PC or operating system as long as you can log onto steam. So my reformat shouldn't have invalidated the key.

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