About Counter-strike Another question.

[ds dude]

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.

[Toumaz]

Yes, to my knowledge you need Half-Life.

[a-4-year-old]

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

[Toumaz]

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.

[Dascoo]

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 :/

[UGK]

Just buy 1.6 you cheap fucking retard.

[The Bone Collector]

Just buy 1.6 you cheap ****ing retard.

Am I right in saying that CS 1.6 doesn't need Half Life?

[Sethamundo]

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.

[The Red Guy]

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.

[Spyder]

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

[Valorman]

hl.exe

I'm guessing "hl.exe." means "Half-Life executable".
So yeah, you need half-life.

[The Red Guy]

You won't need to worry about Half-Life as long you have a legit CS Serial Number.

Create a Steam account and insert your serial number.

You will get a free update to CS1.6.

[ds dude]

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.

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

[Dascoo]

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.

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

With 1.5 you do, but with 1.6 you don't.

[The Red Guy]

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.

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

Yes.