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More info?)
? wrote:
> Excellent info, thanks.
>
> I bought Half Life 2 and installed CS Source and set up a steam
> account - fine, all works real well.
>
> Thing is I have a home network and wanted to have people around to
> play amangst other things CS
>
> A friend owns the original Halflife. If I install that on my second
> PC and update it as much as possible, will I be able to play CS on
> both machines? I assume not as one is based on HL2 engine and the
> other on HL1 engine?
Up to counter-strike 1.6 runs on HL1. 1.6 requires steam (1.5 & prior does
not).
CS Source (often called CSS or CS:S) runs on HL2 and requires steam.
Of course there are cracked versions of all of these which can be used for
LAN play without steam buy these are no good if you want to play online.
> I am thinking the only way then to do this is to go buy another copy
> of HL2. Unless you can buy the new CS on it's own?
From memory CS:S was made available to all who bought HL2 or Opposing Force.
> Cheers
>
>
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>>
>> "?" <asldyga@eroiurt.com> wrote in message
>> news:41d2c117$0$21331$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk...
>>> Does the non-retail version of counter strike mean that it is free,
>>> or they just don'yt sell it in shops?
>>
>> It is free if you own a copy of the original half-life. You need a
>> CD key to play on-line. I think Opposing Force CD Key works too and
>> maybe blue shift. If you don't have Half-Life or CS and want to get
>> into it then I would suggest buying a copy of half-life (they are
>> very cheap) and then going to www.steampowered.com and downloading
>> and installing steam. Don't bother installing your new copy of
>> half-life as any CD currently in shops will be so out of date that
>> everything will be replaced by patches anyway. Just register your
>> steam account with your CD Key and let steam download the latest
>> versions.
>>
>> Alternatively, if you have a decent PC you could bypass the original
>> counterstrike altogether and go for CounterStrike:Source which is
>> based on the Half-Life 2 Source Engine and looks much nicer. You can
>> get that by downloading steam from www.steampowered.com and then
>> buying and downloading the game through steam or you can buy
>> half-life 2 on disk from a shop and CS:Source is on the disk too.
>>
>> Either way you will need a steam account to play online with the
>> latest versions. Older versions are still running that don't require
>> steam because some people hate steam and want to live in the past
>> but steam has been pretty stable for ages now and is your best bet
>> for getting the most fun out of the game.
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