Solution with problem for most Speed Issues...

[mayro]

Even some of us with fast computers must raise our hands in reply to the question of the game chokeing at points.

The Solution: This game is huge and when it changes a level or anything like that, it must look up the game files needed for that area. It took me atleast 15 minutes to unpack the GCF and put it into the HL2Folder. After i unpacked it all the problems were gone and the darn thing loaded 2x as fast.

The Problem.: I dont know if valve added this as a anti warez thing or whatever. But it doesnt seem to like or think that a directory eventhough its being ran through steam, to be valid. What i mean by saying that is, when running the game their isnt any problems... Except about 60 secounds into the level you get a big message saying AI DISABLED!

I would ABSOLUTELY LOVE!!! To be able to play this game with the files unpacked becuase even my FPS went up. Try it yourself... but make sure you backup your games saves so you dont have any problems.

We need to get valve to fix this so that us with the room to spare can unpack this stuff. It really does help. Even more than it did in doom 3.

 

[mercyfulfate]

I must ask how do you un pack the GCF ? sorry if this is a really dumb question.

 

[ktimekiller]

ya explain

 

[bliink]

you can view and extract things from GCF's by using a program such as GCFScape- note, it is unsupported by valve and they wont fix any problems it makes.

http://countermap.counter-strike.net/Nemesis/index.php?p=1&c=76&o=75

 

[mercyfulfate]

Thank you for the info, Im gonna give this a try and see how it goes. I'll post about it once im done.

 

[guise]

mayro already says it gives you an AI disabled error... if it does the same for you then i guess its some warez protection thing valve have implemented

 

[Sean]

Bah -the mod maker's dream game doesn't even let you look at how it's assembled.

BTW, unpacking the PAKs worked wonders in Doom - until you try and play multiplayer. I ended up having to re-copy everything 3 or 4 times at a LAN recently.

 

[Dublo7]

I'd say alot of things will be fixed up in the patch.