Daz34

The latest update, applied when you start Steam, removes the need to have the HL2 disc in your optical drive, amongst other things

boxst

Finally. Thanks for letting me know.

Steve.

DrEvil

Hooraah... explains what Steam is doing right now then!

Recaro

how long does it take?

Mines been updating for the last 2 hours

And I'm on a 1 Meg line

Sith

Pfffff, 1mb, maybe Steam has run out of it and is running at 10k.

DrEvil

Run out of steam LOL

InvisibleMan

thought the need of having a cd in the drive was a security feature which theyve just bypassed whats the big deal with having it in there anyway?

ScoobyJawa

don't see the point of the cd in drive feature when you had to go online to unlock the files and sign in to play anyway!

Daz34

The secureROM disc check was causing issues for some users. Disc verification is a pain in the @rse if you have several games on your pc & they all require a disc in the drive to run

InvisibleMan

how many games do you play at once then?....

Daz34

Only the one but I cannot be @rsed swapping discs over

InvisibleMan

will this update stop the need for an offline steam account as my logon is no longer on the pc & had to go on the steam site where its updating the steam platform...

InvisibleMan

this game is not ready to be played in offline mode..............

InvisibleMan

well after serveral hours yet again it worked in offline mode. so are we forced to put up with this cr@p with every update they do?

davegtt

So I could buy HL2 load it on my PC and flog the game down the market to the games trader for £15 since I wont need the CD anymore? is that right?

Daz34

They won't be able to download the needed files from Steam though, & there is nothing to say they won't reinstate the disc check when they sort out the issue with it

Chris L

If my new graphics card arrives today, I should be able to play this. Blue screening at the moment

MJW

The CD key number is registered to your Steam account, so you wouldn't be able to flog the disc. Well, you could, but whoever bought it wouldn't be able to use it.

davegtt

MJW, yeah but Im alright jack...lol Id be selling it to the market stall in the town centre on a saturday morning.... sounds good to me then

MJW

Make sure you have a balaclava on then ! And make sure it isn't some clued-up kid who buys it and asks for your Steam account details !!

Iain Young

Even worse, if you do flog it and someone else tries to register using the same key, this can be detected and both user accounts (including yours) can be locked / deleted.

Basically when you buy the dvd, you're not buying the game in the traditional sense. You're buying a steam license which allows you to play the game.