steam said "encrypting halflife 2"

[Chynx]

Started Steam and it said "encrypting halflife 2" - what does that mean?

 

[westie]

It's encrypting HL2 maybe.

 

[jimbones]

small update nothing to lose your pants over..

 

[Quad]

I'll go out on a limb and say it was "encrypting HL2"

 

[Chynx]

perhaps it encrypted a part of the whole .. which files are still encrypted and which aren´t? Somebody more information?

Perhaps they will encrypt the whole game before the official retail release and will only enable the starter at the end??

 

[DrJones]

CSS uses some Half Life 2 files I think so when CSS updates it has to decrypt your hl2 gcf files and update then encrypt them again. I've seen the window come up saying Decrypting Half Life 2 files when a CSS update is out so I assume what you saw is what happens after the update is complete.

 

[ShadowFox]

I don't think Valve trusts you, so they double encrypted it.

 

[Esquire]

IIRC, the latest preload contained the HL2 maps, so maybe it's encryppin those maps.

 

[DavE0r]

it has to deencrypt..to put the new files in..the probably re encrypts them UBER like...so if any ground has been made on the unencryption....it takes down a whole new road.!

 

[GunPlay]

A couple of days go when I started up steam it said "Unlocking Half-Life 2 files" I was really excited, but then nothing happened.

 

[koopa]

IIRC, the latest preload contained the HL2 maps, so maybe it's encryppin those maps.

I assume it sends them over already encrypted, otherwise their fantastic protection system would be pretty easy to crack

Maybe it's just a clever way of getting us all hyped up about the game. Every so often it says 'Encrypting HL2 files' or 'Please wait - admiring HL2 GCF's, or 'Thinking about letting you have HL2 early', just to keep us all awake here.