Do I Need Steam To Play This?

PvtBonesPvtBones Join Date: 2004-04-25 Member: 28187Members
edited April 2004 in New Player Forum
hi I just got the platinum collection of half-life ( *cough*yourfault <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> *cough*) anyways I was wondering if you need steam in order to find any servers to play on, I've heard a few different thoughts on steam.


and if I do need steam can you point me towards a site I cna get it from?
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  • DerangedDeranged Join Date: 2004-04-07 Member: 27774Members
    <a href='http://www.steampowered.com/download/SteamInstall.exe' target='_blank'>http://www.steampowered.com/download/SteamInstall.exe</a>

    download...if you are on broadband you can download HL or whatever if you haven't installed, if you've installed half-life already it should convert it for ya...

    and yes you do need steam to play <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> well atleast 3.0 and on
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  • PvtBonesPvtBones Join Date: 2004-04-25 Member: 28187Members
    it says it doesn't have thirdparty mod support(me and hl do not get along appearently <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo--> )

    so what else do I have to download?

    sorry for asking so many questions
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  • SwiftspearSwiftspear Custim tital Join Date: 2003-10-29 Member: 22097Members
    what says that? I was under the impression that all HL purchasables supported 3rd party mods (at least the 3rd party mods that don't rip off a bunch of info from HL)
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  • PvtBonesPvtBones Join Date: 2004-04-25 Member: 28187Members
    edited April 2004
    here I took a SS just to I don't give off the wrong impression

    ( do I have to have anything before NS_v3_beta1? because I have that and the newest patch )
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  • DefianceDefiance Join Date: 2003-12-01 Member: 23847Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-PvtBones+Apr 25 2004, 10:22 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (PvtBones @ Apr 25 2004, 10:22 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> here I took a SS just to I don't give off the wrong impression

    ( do I have to have anything before NS_v3_beta1? because I have that and the newest patch ) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Reinstall Steam

    Make sure you install NS Beta 1, then patch it to Beta 4, and it should work. If you still have Steam related problems, contact the support team through e-mail (not recommended - they don't respond much) or take a look at their fourms.
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  • DerangedDeranged Join Date: 2004-04-07 Member: 27774Members
    should work I have half-life platinum edition and it worked fine..if worse comes to worse uninstall half-life completly, uninstalll steam, reinstall steam and just download the games off steam instead of off the cd's <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    I'm wondering..you might be getting that if youinstalled half-life then natural selection and then steam.
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  • ScytheScythe Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 46NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation, Reinforced - Silver
    Make sure you start up a game of HL to make steam download some crucial files. Then you should be able to install NS without any problems.

    --Scythe--
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  • WirheWirhe Join Date: 2003-06-22 Member: 17610Members
    Did this myself a little while ago:

    1) Install Half-Life
    2) Start Steam Installer
    3) Run Steam and start Half-Life from the "Games" menu.
    4) Just click proceed until Half-Life works on Steam and you can access the in-game menu.
    5) Install Natural Selection beta 1.
    6) Patch it with beta 4.

    Voîla, and wasn't even hard. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> If it still gives some error messages, you'd better start from scratch and try again (saves headache).
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  • PvtBonesPvtBones Join Date: 2004-04-25 Member: 28187Members
    thanks guys I got it working now
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  • KelpFarm2000KelpFarm2000 Join Date: 2002-11-29 Member: 10224Members
    Yea, but what directory do you put the nsp folder in? Steamapps?

    Also, in case I'm retarded ( <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo--> ) am I right in assuming you have to update ns AFTER you put it in the directory?

    Major thanks.
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  • DarkATiDarkATi Revelation 22:17 Join Date: 2003-06-20 Member: 17532Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-KelpFarm2000+Apr 27 2004, 04:58 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (KelpFarm2000 @ Apr 27 2004, 04:58 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Yea, but what directory do you put the nsp folder in? Steamapps?

    Also, in case I'm retarded ( <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo--> ) am I right in assuming you have to update ns AFTER you put it in the directory?

    Major thanks. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    C:\Program Files\SteamApps\youremail@yourdomain.com\Half-Life\nsp

    Is what your structure should look like. (Though that's off the top of my head, either way it should reside in the half-life folder.

    ~ DarkATi
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  • DerangedDeranged Join Date: 2004-04-07 Member: 27774Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-KelpFarm2000+Apr 27 2004, 04:58 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (KelpFarm2000 @ Apr 27 2004, 04:58 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Yea, but what directory do you put the nsp folder in? Steamapps?

    Also, in case I'm retarded ( <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo--> ) am I right in assuming you have to update ns AFTER you put it in the directory?

    Major thanks. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    yes you still have to take care of patching it for now...but thats not hard download the patch, and it does all the work <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • wallerwaller Join Date: 2004-04-28 Member: 28281Members
    Deleting clientregistery.blob tends to clear alotta steam probs up <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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