Recent content by Antic2

Jeezuz... now my "pac-man" sig reference is now a "sponsored link"!!! I don't want this... I feel invaded! And not in the pleasant way one would imagine... :)

WTF is with these "sponsored links" in this forum?

I accidentally saw this on the Steam forum... an update from Doug about the bugs they're currently working on. Why it wasn't posted in the HL2 forum I have no idea. http://www.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=185114 Anyway, at least it's something! Don't know why the...

Totally agree! Sky and wind effects, not to mention rain. Would have loved to see all that in HL2... would love to work on a mod just to improve the overall ambience of the game.

Someone said the sky actually moves slightly... not sure if that was meant to make us stare fixedly at the screen for 30 miinutes trying to see it... yes... yes, it does, look! oh.. no, maybe not... wait... that pixel wasn't there before, was it? ah.. there's no wind! that's why the...

If your "game of the year" kept crashing every 20 minutes, you'd be pissed as well, dude. And yes I've tried everything everyone has suggested on the other forums and on Steampowered. There are LOTS of people having probs, so be constructive or be quiet.

Well yeah, you can say that about any omission. There wasn't much need to make picture-perfect facial animations either, but they did. And I think it would add a LOT to the realism if your movement reflected what would really happen if you were holding something heavy when you pick it up...

I second that call - this has been going on for days, and although there have been some very, very constructive and helpful comments and information coming out of these forums, WE NEED TO HEAR VALVE SPEAK. Where are they? Say something, Oh Valve! Your silence is worrisome! We of the...

Well, I'd rather have a working game for my "consumption" than these wildly positive reviews. Why can't we have some word from Valve about the bugs?! Wouldn't that make some worthwhile news!!!

Well yeah, technically it is obviously floating, but that's not very realistic, is it? In the game, you are HOLDING it, which means you should carry the extra weight. If everything "floated" when you picked it up, there'd be no reason to stop you from picking up a truck, as it would suddenly...

Just a minor point, but interesting. At the beginning of the game, there's a playground... obviously there to "showcase" the whizz-bang physics engine. There's a see-saw and 2 bricks. Put one brick on one end of the see-saw, and hold the other in your hand. Now get on the other side of...

You can play without having Steam connect to the net - just click on "save my password" when you log in next time. After that, every time you start Steam, make sure you're disconnected from the net - it will ask you if you want to start in "offline mode". Say yes, then you can connect to the...

Oh god... now it's getting past the "loading..." screen and starting the game. Muted yay. 20 minutes of playing later, the game crashed with the infamous "can't read memory" error. So bye for now guys, it's time to start bitching on the other bug forum. :) Nice facial animations on...

Well, I've encountered my first "can't read memory" crash. Happened after I first met Barney, jumped out of the top window, and was approaching the gate and guard. I had the audio-skipping problem a few times, but I've had this in other games, too... it's like when the game needs to load...

My problem was that it wasn't even getting past the loading screen... However, I found that deleting the "clientregistry.blob" file, then starting Steam, forced Steam to re-asses what it has and hasn't finished downloading. Doing the integrity check also helped. Not sure what may be the...