April 7, 200521 yr For some strange reason, despite having the cache files for the original Half Life, steam won't decrypt them or show HL in "My Games." Normally this wouldn't be a problem, but without HL, I can't play FA which sucks. This has been a problem since Christmas 04 when I completely reinstalled Steam because HL2 was giving me a hard time during the Install process. So, does anyone know a way to get HL and FA to work? lol I was just getting the hang of aiming with the m14/m16/m4 when this happened :peace:
April 7, 200521 yr is HL in your steam folder..if not thats probably why. Copy your HL folder into C;/Valve/Steam/Steam Apps/Your Email then install Fa to that folder.
April 7, 200521 yr Author The cache files are the .gcf's in the steamapps folder, at least that's what I assume they are. The "half-life.gcf" and "half-life engine.gcf" is what I was talking about. I had to redownload those. When I reinstalled Steam, it got rid of *everything* relating to the original HL, including the game folders. Sorry if that was confusing. :peace: >UPDATE< OK, I've come up with a possible solution. I'm going to install the steam program with all the cache files from HL1 on my second hard drive, get everything working and updated, and then copy them into my current Steam folder. That should hopefully work >another update... because double posting is baaaaaad!< Nope, didn't work either. even then Half Life, Counter Strike and what not didn't show up even in a new account... but that reminds me! I made a new account as well when I reinstalled Steam! I'm pretty sure I know what my old username/password was before I got HL2 and then those games should still be registered under that. There's hope afterall!!! >Yet Another Update! This update has been brought to you by my reluctance to double post!< Alright, I've gotten back into my old account of course I have to redownload pretty much *everything* but it's alright because I have Half Life back and soon to be FA as well :lies:
April 7, 200521 yr HL is good for when you register it. If you buy a store copy of HL2 and register it with a different Steam account. You will not have access to HL1 games. You need a HL1 cdkey and HL2 cdkey registered in oyur Steam account to play both games or buy them online.
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