This HL2 preload is a killer!!!

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I am sitting here watching and hoping it will make it befor 12 o'clock tonght. 1gig file download.

There is no peace without war!!!
 
Been stuck at 61% for a day and a bit ... gggrrr

Gotta love sintech

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Will they make the 128/512K deadline ... hope so for their sake
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Hehe, got it on Sunday. It took 5 and a half hours.

The cache file is on Saix File Vault in case anyone doesn't know.
 
I'm just going to buy the CD version of the game - now huge downloads, no arguing with Steam, nothing!
 
lol, after sitting on 10.4 percent for an hour and time running out fast i switched to the cache file on SGS. my download never moved off 51.6Kb/s. come on, thought i was gonna get some cool speeds at least 60Kb/s (think about it you basically get on and never leasve the Telkom backbone for SGS), never moved!!!! Ended up at 12 o'clock only making 600meg so my cap befor using internet this month is now 2.6gig. You gotta love this country!!!

There is no peace without war!!!
 
I was already capped when I downloaded the cache file, so no worries there.[:D]

This month I resolve not to get capped, it sucks.
 
Demmit, just as the new month starts and i have to worry and stress about a cap they release the second HL2 preload which is another gig i think.AAARRRRG *tears hair out*.... Anyone got a capped account i could, um borrow for 5 1/2 hours to get a file ;)

There is no peace without war!!!
 
just found out in the preloads there is 1 gig of sound for HL2, will be an interesting game.

There is no peace without war!!!
 
I am imagining it or is there much better music playing just before you launch Counterstrike after this latest preload. I stopped playing for about a week while I finished playing Doom and all those preloads were taking place. This week when I launched CS the music was pretty cool. Is this part of HL2.
 
There's music in CS?

I'm still debating whether to get part 2 of the preload now or wait till the end of the month.

Maybe HL2 will be released soon and it would be best to get as much of the preload done before the final bits are released and Steam gets swamped.[?]
 
I think that the music is from the preload. Adds a cool vibe to the load though!!! Also the admins on SGS especially Cundalini(if you ever see him or even go to sgs) how has the ability to play full halflife mp3's. the same music as the load but while you play. I enjoy it but all the l337 Cs kiddies bitch about it.. "i can't hear the foot steps" bla bla. All in all though think it is gonna be awesome and have a feeling we might see it as soon as the end of the month :)

There is no peace without war!!!
 
I went and got part 2 last night, but it finished late and didn't get around to checking out CS.

There's a new CS:Source update out I hear.
 
http://www.steampowered.com/?area=news

Part 3 is now preloading. Without it I'm showing 81% preloaded.
 
I do have a download manager and used it for the first two, parts, but used Steam itself for the current bit.
 
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<br />Andre, you must have a download manager, right?
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I don't understand where you going with this. Is there a cool trick you gonna tell us ;)

There is no peace without war!!!
 
SAIX have been putting up these downloads on their server

http://games.saix.net/localdownloads/

When you download off there you get full speed not 256kb/s from some Euro server.

Something interesting I found out is that the HL2 EXE and some DLL's are in the first cache file. So it looks like that leaves only maps and a few other odds and ends to download.
 
Rumor also has it that after this 3rd preload you will have the whole game. When you purchase it you will basically be buying a kewl decrypter. I agree with the local download. I have done all mine from sgs, unfortunatley decided to do the first one from steam and payed for that.

There is no peace without war!!!
 
Andre or regard do u ever play online on sgs at all, especially on the dahshur server???

There is no peace without war!!!
 
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