Preload phase 6

[CloSe2InSaNitY]

is this the final preload phase? this is including the maps though, that means the RC was approved!..no bugs!.

i smell gold..

 

[|Ben|]

Yeah, all we can do is hope that Half-Life 2 goes gold within this week

 

[Edge]

use search there are several threads regarding this... you are late

 

[Democritus]

I hope it's the last preload. I am starting to get "preload burnout." The next load just better be a "load the game and play it." No more "pre's" in front of loads anymore.

 

[[]D | |V| []D]

im stuck at 69% ...

is it just temporary because servers are at their capacity because everybody is downloading it ?

 

[Calhoun]

It has the scene, dll, and map files for Half-Life 2 so I'm pretty sure It will be gold within a month.

 

[Varsity]

Apparetnly the pre-load starts in stages for people around the world - even though the progress bar goes down for everyone at once.

 

[Danimal]

i smell gold..

You smell gold ? I would need you in my gold mine but you are so far away, I cant reach you... unless I had a fairly long stick /off topic

Seriously though, how many preload sessions will there be? I am guessing 10...

 

[Chris D]

It doesn't mean that the RC has been approved. The maps are bug free which certainly means we're closer. But it's likely that the core files such as the .dll files aren't quite bug free yet. It's likely they might still be causing crashes.

But yeah, we're ever closer.

 

[chaotic_one]

im stuck at 69% ...

is it just temporary because servers are at their capacity because everybody is downloading it ?

i would also like to know this , i am stuck at 69% too , it says i paused it and it will not restart

 

[Ecthe|ioN]

We won't have to wait much longer for the Gold!!! anouncement, I hope.

 

[Chris D]

i would also like to know this , i am stuck at 69% too , it says i paused it and it will not restart

You'll get it eventually...

 

[czrsink]

I usually wait a day or so after it's out, by then, Steam servers have generally calmed down and you can get it without any snags.

 

[junglespider]

im on 16% of pre-loading from the verry start again as i lost all the files backing them up down a lan to the other pc ... oh well

 

[Rocketman9mm]

my thing did some downloading today, but it's now at 83% is this what it is supposed to be at?

 

[mmackay51]

im stuck at 69% ...
is it just temporary because servers are at their capacity because everybody is downloading it ?

Mine too......had to totally restart the whole download process. BE AWARE!!!!!1111oneoneone (why do we do that?)

 

[Clavius]

Mine too......had to totally restart the whole download process. BE AWARE!!!!!1111oneoneone (why do we do that?)

Why do you do that?

 

[Shodan]

Has anyone seen in the preload yet, you know how many maps there are, I really want to know how long half-life 2 is!!!!

 

[chriso20]

my thing did some downloading today, but it's now at 83% is this what it is supposed to be at?

lol lol lol "omg... 84%!?....wait no wait ... 85%!....argh! what's it meant to be at?!"


It'l go up and up dude, it should be at 100%.......when it's finished.

 

[Vinnie_NL]

im stuck at 69% ...

is it just temporary because servers are at their capacity because everybody is downloading it ?

I'm stuck at 69% too, but that doesn't matter. HL2 is at least weeks away and that's enough time for this (and other) preloads.

 

[mleko]

hmm how much data is now to download in preload #6 ???

 

[nagual678]

I have good reasons to think this is the final preload.

i just finished preloading #6,the text that appears when you doubleclick on half life 2 in "my games" is now :

"When the game is officially released, you'll be able to play it immediately."

if i remember well, the old text was something along the lines of "a locked copy blahblah"....

 

[Vinnie_NL]

hmm how much data is now to download in preload #6 ???

I looked in Steam's .cfg folder and the last created file is named 'half-life 2 base content.gcf' and that one is 838 mb.

I have good reasons to think this is the final preload.

i just finished preloading #6,the text that appears when you doubleclick on half life 2 in "my games" is now :

"When the game is officially released, you'll be able to play it immediately."

if i remember well, the old text was something along the lines of "a locked copy blahblah"....

Cool, so if this is the last preload the total size of all the cfg's is 4.16 GB.

 

[mortiz]

You're stuck at 69% !? teehee!

 

[PvtRyan]

i would also like to know this , i am stuck at 69% too , it says i paused it and it will not restart

I've got that too, I can press "continue" until I weigh an ounce, but it won't continue.

 

[frusion]

It doesn't mean that the RC has been approved. The maps are bug free which certainly means we're closer. But it's likely that the core files such as the .dll files aren't quite bug free yet. It's likely they might still be causing crashes.

But yeah, we're ever closer.

chris...do you know something we dont know? :E

 

[Ecthe|ioN]

chris...do you know something we dont know? :E

I bet he does.. Chris_D with all his superpowers and secret sources..

 

[talem]

http://www.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=157641


read there that there was more than just maps, Engine files, AI files and server files.

 

[mmackay51]

You're stuck at 69% !? teehee!

Quote of the week:
"Ballesteros felt much better today after a 69."
Steve Ryder covering the US Master circa 1990's


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