I recently bought Half Life 2 and installed it. During install, it asked me to install this program called Steam (I think thats the name), but I refused to install this second program. Whenever I try to launch Half Life 2 now, it says that Steam cannot be found. I then installed Steam, but it does not recognize that I own a valid copy of HL2 and wants me to download it off the internet. How can I play the game without installing this other program? No matter what I do, its seems that this Steam program is jacking everything up. Any help would be appreciated. Thnx.
2006-09-05 05:47:56 · 1 answers · asked by krodgibami 5 in Games & Recreation ➔ Video & Online Games
You have to have Steam to play Half Life 2, unless its a hacked copy. And Steam is garbage. It logs in every time you play the game and verifies your copy, forcing you to download updates. It tries to start whenever Windows starts, unless you disable it. If it is a used copy, someone may have used your serial number. If its a new copy, somebody may have stolen your serial number. Try Valve tech support, but I've heard they aren't very helpful.
2006-09-05 05:56:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋