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Yep, you should be able to download this off of Steam right about now.
The SDK is also available if you want it.
Anyhoo, I'm gonna go check if you can get the grav gun...
The SDK is also available if you want it.
Anyhoo, I'm gonna go check if you can get the grav gun...
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I'm not even going to try and connect to online games through a dialup modem then.
Glad I had my fill of "R0XX0R!!!" and "5UXX0R" asshats before games got too heavy on graphics to require broadband to play online.
Did used to play Wolfenstein online a lot and that was fun, mainly because it demanded team-play to win instead of basement dwelling pallid 12yr olds that were computer-reaction fast.
Glad I had my fill of "R0XX0R!!!" and "5UXX0R" asshats before games got too heavy on graphics to require broadband to play online.
Did used to play Wolfenstein online a lot and that was fun, mainly because it demanded team-play to win instead of basement dwelling pallid 12yr olds that were computer-reaction fast.
gerbil man wrote:
> Ignoring that poor excuse for an English message, I think HL2:DM is
> pretty fun. Seeing someone carrying a exploding barrel and then
> firing a wardrobe at it is wonderful.
>
> :' }
>
> Not bad for free, and my pings don't seem to go higher than about 70,
> which is still decent.
Exaclty. It's for nothing and it's quite a fun little diversion. So what if there's ony a couple of maps? It's obviously a quick hack to give the players what they want and it's going to be expanded upon. Whoever makes a decent map for the game will win a prize (3000 dollars?), the players get to chuck stuff around with the grav gun and everyone's a winner.
It aint gonna change the world, but Counterstrike can sometimes get a little dry. For out and out carnage, Deathmatch classic is still my favorite.
> Ignoring that poor excuse for an English message, I think HL2:DM is
> pretty fun. Seeing someone carrying a exploding barrel and then
> firing a wardrobe at it is wonderful.
>
> :' }
>
> Not bad for free, and my pings don't seem to go higher than about 70,
> which is still decent.
Exaclty. It's for nothing and it's quite a fun little diversion. So what if there's ony a couple of maps? It's obviously a quick hack to give the players what they want and it's going to be expanded upon. Whoever makes a decent map for the game will win a prize (3000 dollars?), the players get to chuck stuff around with the grav gun and everyone's a winner.
It aint gonna change the world, but Counterstrike can sometimes get a little dry. For out and out carnage, Deathmatch classic is still my favorite.
Ignoring that poor excuse for an English message, I think HL2:DM is pretty fun. Seeing someone carrying a exploding barrel and then firing a wardrobe at it is wonderful.
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Not bad for free, and my pings don't seem to go higher than about 70, which is still decent.
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Not bad for free, and my pings don't seem to go higher than about 70, which is still decent.
it's naff just lots of people throwing things around then you find a few people with poo computers and see them lagging out and get some nice easy kills. not only that 2 levels lazy peeps made this not only that they are single player levels take about can't be bothered doing something.
they have a map contest cause they want people to make stuff for them. i think it's a real shame, although i didn't think much of halflife 1 multiplayer.
counterstrike all the way
they have a map contest cause they want people to make stuff for them. i think it's a real shame, although i didn't think much of halflife 1 multiplayer.
counterstrike all the way
what kind of Pings do you guys get usually?
In Counter-Strike:Source, the highest I've had is 40 constant. It does spike now and again, but I've never had a major problem.
I can't wait to check this mode out tonight - was planning to yesterday but my DS came so I was a little distracted :D
In Counter-Strike:Source, the highest I've had is 40 constant. It does spike now and again, but I've never had a major problem.
I can't wait to check this mode out tonight - was planning to yesterday but my DS came so I was a little distracted :D
Reefer wrote:
> It's rubbish. You haven't missed much.
THAT'S rubbish. Had a quick look this morning and had loads of fun throwing explosive barrels at people. Bit laggy on a <60Ms ping, but still perfectly playable.
> It's rubbish. You haven't missed much.
THAT'S rubbish. Had a quick look this morning and had loads of fun throwing explosive barrels at people. Bit laggy on a <60Ms ping, but still perfectly playable.
TDR wrote:
> Calm down, pandaemonium. Its Steam, Valve have made many mistakes
> with the whole Steam thing. Everyone is having problems, from rubbish
> audio and graphics, to people having their accounts blocked (20000
> the other day) even HL2 causing a massive system crash and deleting
> windows boot files.
Can you tell I was frustrated? I was after a quite night shooting people in the face, and got hassle upon hassle. Anyhoo, I've just been plagued by problems. Steam being one of them, but even connecting to a server was just throwing up the Server info screen, and I couldn't do anything, and quitting dropping me Internet connection. Even on startup without loading steam, I was dropping the internet connection and would have to wait 5 odd minutes to get a ping, and a further few for the DNS to resolve. Infuriating.
> 6 months from now everything will be fixed, the game will run
> perfectly on every system and Counter Strike will be declared an
> Olympic event for the next games. I guarantee it. Scouts honour. Or
> your money back.
>
> Also, about BT yahoo broadband: go to start->control
> panel->add/remove programs and remove:
> BT popup stopper
> BT e-mail filter
> BT web browser
> BT " HELP " (!)
> BT firewall.
> That stuff is useless.
>
> Seriously I did that after about 30 mins, it kept trying to tell me
> what the weather is like in Glasgow, and a bunch of goddamn adverts.
Wasn't exactly how you've described above, but uninstalled the single BT packages from control panel. Yahoo help is coming off tonight. It's terrible. "Your internet connection is not working". Well, no s sherlock, if it was, I wouldn't be looking at the help!
Totally didn't think to do this (I've ahd BB for a month now) like a Noob. Steam problems fixed, connection problems fixed, and hitting 1007 dl on the asdlguide speed test (+350 from what it was). Yahoo browser? I think not!
Cheers for the above.
> Calm down, pandaemonium. Its Steam, Valve have made many mistakes
> with the whole Steam thing. Everyone is having problems, from rubbish
> audio and graphics, to people having their accounts blocked (20000
> the other day) even HL2 causing a massive system crash and deleting
> windows boot files.
Can you tell I was frustrated? I was after a quite night shooting people in the face, and got hassle upon hassle. Anyhoo, I've just been plagued by problems. Steam being one of them, but even connecting to a server was just throwing up the Server info screen, and I couldn't do anything, and quitting dropping me Internet connection. Even on startup without loading steam, I was dropping the internet connection and would have to wait 5 odd minutes to get a ping, and a further few for the DNS to resolve. Infuriating.
> 6 months from now everything will be fixed, the game will run
> perfectly on every system and Counter Strike will be declared an
> Olympic event for the next games. I guarantee it. Scouts honour. Or
> your money back.
>
> Also, about BT yahoo broadband: go to start->control
> panel->add/remove programs and remove:
> BT popup stopper
> BT e-mail filter
> BT web browser
> BT " HELP " (!)
> BT firewall.
> That stuff is useless.
>
> Seriously I did that after about 30 mins, it kept trying to tell me
> what the weather is like in Glasgow, and a bunch of goddamn adverts.
Wasn't exactly how you've described above, but uninstalled the single BT packages from control panel. Yahoo help is coming off tonight. It's terrible. "Your internet connection is not working". Well, no s sherlock, if it was, I wouldn't be looking at the help!
Totally didn't think to do this (I've ahd BB for a month now) like a Noob. Steam problems fixed, connection problems fixed, and hitting 1007 dl on the asdlguide speed test (+350 from what it was). Yahoo browser? I think not!
Cheers for the above.
Reefer wrote:
> It's rubbish. You haven't missed much.
It isn't and you have.
Another update for me, again. Seems like Valve are again trying to fix the numerous problems some people seem to be having.
Give them credit though, at least they are trying. When EA released their buggy Battlefield Vietnam game earlier this year, they did and said nothing to the hundreds who complained, until about six months later when they released a patch, which didn't fix anything.
> It's rubbish. You haven't missed much.
It isn't and you have.
Another update for me, again. Seems like Valve are again trying to fix the numerous problems some people seem to be having.
Give them credit though, at least they are trying. When EA released their buggy Battlefield Vietnam game earlier this year, they did and said nothing to the hundreds who complained, until about six months later when they released a patch, which didn't fix anything.
Pandaemonium wrote:
> Why am I paying 30 quid a month for broadband exactly? I get this
> ******* hassle it work, why do I need it at
> home.....................
>
> dopes ANYONE have ANY idea why this is happening. It's beyond a joke.
Calm down, pandaemonium. Its Steam, Valve have made many mistakes with the whole Steam thing. Everyone is having problems, from rubbish audio and graphics, to people having their accounts blocked (20000 the other day) even HL2 causing a massive system crash and deleting windows boot files.
6 months from now everything will be fixed, the game will run perfectly on every system and Counter Strike will be declared an Olympic event for the next games. I guarantee it. Scouts honour. Or your money back.
Also, about BT yahoo broadband: go to start->control panel->add/remove programs and remove:
BT popup stopper
BT e-mail filter
BT web browser
BT " HELP " (!)
BT firewall.
That stuff is useless.
Seriously I did that after about 30 mins, it kept trying to tell me what the weather is like in Glasgow, and a bunch of goddamn adverts.
> Why am I paying 30 quid a month for broadband exactly? I get this
> ******* hassle it work, why do I need it at
> home.....................
>
> dopes ANYONE have ANY idea why this is happening. It's beyond a joke.
Calm down, pandaemonium. Its Steam, Valve have made many mistakes with the whole Steam thing. Everyone is having problems, from rubbish audio and graphics, to people having their accounts blocked (20000 the other day) even HL2 causing a massive system crash and deleting windows boot files.
6 months from now everything will be fixed, the game will run perfectly on every system and Counter Strike will be declared an Olympic event for the next games. I guarantee it. Scouts honour. Or your money back.
Also, about BT yahoo broadband: go to start->control panel->add/remove programs and remove:
BT popup stopper
BT e-mail filter
BT web browser
BT " HELP " (!)
BT firewall.
That stuff is useless.
Seriously I did that after about 30 mins, it kept trying to tell me what the weather is like in Glasgow, and a bunch of goddamn adverts.
It's rubbish. You haven't missed much.
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