I just installed it and played HL:CS for the first time. Had a blast! no pun intended.
Steam takes a while to install as it has to recognize and certify your games don't have cheats in them. Mat, you running HL on Linux? Drivers up to date? --- Mat Branyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It just installs nicely? everytime ive tried to > install it... it wont > give keyboard focus when i put in my smacktard > cheating registration > key... > > --mat > > On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 20:43, John Hebert wrote: > > To that end, we could post a list of requirements > for > > the LAN party so that participants could prepare > in > > advance. > > > > Here's the first draft: > > 1. Buy and install a copy of HalfLife. It's cheap. > > 2. Make sure you have a working network card with > > TCP/IP configured. > > (okay, I realize all should have this already, but > > just for completeness.) > > 3. Make sure HL multiplayer works by connecting to > a > > HL server on the Internet. > > 4. Download HL:Countersrike > > (http://www.counter-strike.net/), it's free. Seems > to > > require the installation of Steam, to stop > cheating > > smacktards. > > > > > > --- Tim Fournet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > I'm really partial to realism-based mods like > > > CounterStrike. I'd > > > definitely be up for a long-running LAN party on > a > > > weekend. Remember > > > that it takes a while to set up and all, so it's > > > gotta be at least a 12 > > > hour commitment, preferably longer and with more > > > beer :) > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 15:29, John Hebert wrote: > > > > --- "Bryce T. Pier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > ... > > > > > I'm game. Pretty much all I play anymore is > HL > > > mods > > > > > (Day of Defeat, CS, Natural Selection, TFC). > > > Pretty > > > > > amazing > > > > > how many great games are being played on a > game > > > > > engine that is > > > > > what 5 years old? > > > > > > > > I'd like to play the Science & Technology mod: > > > > > > > > > > http://dlx.gamespot.com/pc/halflife/moreinfo_6086068.html > > > > with a group of people. > > > > > > > > I can run a HL server at home, but it can't be > up > > > all > > > > the time. I haven't run one before, but it > should > > > be > > > > easy enough to figure out. > > > > > > > > What kind of schedule would be ideal for a > BRLUG > > > HL > > > > game? > > > > > > > > BTW: if you are interested in Half Life but > don't > > > have > > > > a copy, you can find this pretty cheap at > WalMart. > > > I > > > > found Half Life used on Amazon for $7. It runs > on > > > > Windoze and Linux using Wine > > > > > > > > > > (http://lhl.linuxgames.com/howto/half-life-HOWTO-0.5.html). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ===== > > > > John Hebert > > > > 'cat /dev/random | perl' > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building > tool. > > > Try it! > > > > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > General mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > ===== > > John Hebert > > 'cat /dev/random | perl' > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. > Try it! > > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net ===== John Hebert 'cat /dev/random | perl' __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/
