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Title: About Counter-strike Another question.
Post by: ds dude on December 16, 2006, 10:53:29 am
My freind got counter-strike and i tried to help him but it said "Missing File hl.exe" or soemthinglike that. I kept telling him you need half-life to run it but isnt believeing me. Is'nt it true to need half-Life to run CS or is there another way?

EDIT:If its stand alone and playable how come its in a GCF file format it says how many kb it has under it and i understand that but there in a GCF file format its some kind of media format i dont understand whats going on.
Title: Re: About Counter-strike.
Post by: Toumaz on December 16, 2006, 10:58:30 am
Yes, to my knowledge you need Half-Life.
Title: Re: About Counter-strike.
Post by: a-4-year-old on December 16, 2006, 11:00:18 am
you need half life. You see, CS was created as almost like a mod for Half-life, CS uses Half-life's engine and source to run.

I thought CS came bundled with Half Life 2
Title: Re: About Counter-strike.
Post by: Toumaz on December 16, 2006, 11:09:36 am
I thought CS came bundled with Half Life 2

I think that was in the Silver/Gold edition only. One could probably look it up on Wikipedia or something to be sure... but I can't be arsed.
Title: Re: About Counter-strike.
Post by: Dascoo on December 16, 2006, 12:58:47 pm
He was talking about the old CS I believe. With Counter Strike Source, you don't need to own Half-life 2. Steam automatically download's Half-life 2, but you don't have access to play it.

For the Original CS, which I think you're talking about you need a copy of Half-life. So meh.

you need half life. You see, CS was created as almost like a mod for Half-life, CS uses Half-life's engine and source to run.

I thought CS came bundled with Half Life 2

Are you tlaking about both :/
Title: Re: About Counter-strike.
Post by: UGK on December 16, 2006, 07:53:12 pm
Just buy 1.6 you cheap fucking retard.
Title: Re: About Counter-strike.
Post by: The Bone Collector on December 16, 2006, 09:31:25 pm
Just buy 1.6 you cheap ****ing retard.

Am I right in saying that CS 1.6 doesn't need Half Life?
Title: Re: About Counter-strike.
Post by: Sethamundo on December 16, 2006, 09:36:46 pm
Just buy 1.6 you cheap ****ing retard.

Am I right in saying that CS 1.6 doesn't need Half Life?
I'm pretty sure it dosen't either.  Afterall, they sold the CS games before Steam came out in their own seperate boxes.
Title: Re: About Counter-strike.
Post by: The Red Guy on December 16, 2006, 09:54:13 pm
CS 1.6 is currently a standalone game and does not need Half-Life 1.

Unless your CS version is below 1.6, I suggest you download a free update for your Counter-Strike from Steam so its 1.6.

Your copy of CS has to be legit to do so.

Edit:

Btw, don't expect Steam to work perfectly right now. :P
Title: Re: About Counter-strike.
Post by: Spyder on December 17, 2006, 12:59:44 am
i swear, you made a cs 1.6 thread about the same ****ing thing like few weeks ago

GTFO STOP PLAYING COMPUTER GAMES AND GO LEARN TO MATH
YOU HYPOCRITE
Title: Re: About Counter-strike.
Post by: Valorman on December 17, 2006, 06:51:33 pm
hl.exe
I'm guessing "hl.exe." means "Half-Life executable".
So yeah, you need half-life.
Title: Re: About Counter-strike.
Post by: The Red Guy on December 17, 2006, 07:53:57 pm
You won't need to worry about Half-Life as long you have a legit CS Serial Number.

Create a Steam (http://steampowered.com) account and insert your serial number.

You will get a free update to CS1.6.
Title: Re: About Counter-strike.
Post by: ds dude on December 17, 2006, 09:07:35 pm
CS 1.6 is currently a standalone game and does not need Half-Life 1.

Unless your CS version is below 1.6, I suggest you download a free update for your Counter-Strike from Steam so its 1.6.

Your copy of CS has to be legit to do so.

Edit:

Btw, don't expect Steam to work perfectly right now. :P

Counter-strike 1.6 doesn't need half-life?
Title: Re: About Counter-strike.
Post by: Dascoo on December 17, 2006, 09:09:41 pm
CS 1.6 is currently a standalone game and does not need Half-Life 1.

Unless your CS version is below 1.6, I suggest you download a free update for your Counter-Strike from Steam so its 1.6.

Your copy of CS has to be legit to do so.

Edit:

Btw, don't expect Steam to work perfectly right now. :P

Counter-strike 1.6 doesn't need half-life?

With 1.5 you do, but with 1.6 you don't.
Title: Re: About Counter-strike.
Post by: The Red Guy on December 17, 2006, 11:59:15 pm
CS 1.6 is currently a standalone game and does not need Half-Life 1.

Unless your CS version is below 1.6, I suggest you download a free update for your Counter-Strike from Steam so its 1.6.

Your copy of CS has to be legit to do so.

Edit:

Btw, don't expect Steam to work perfectly right now. :P

Counter-strike 1.6 doesn't need half-life?
Yes. :)