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CB, I've only used [4u2]FooPooh as my handle in all of my online gaming... I have no need for a zillion different identities.

I think I've gotten the hang of a few of the "standard" CSS maps (de_dust, dust2, Office, Aztec).... but I still get smoked in a lot of face to face confrontations. I tend to do better when I manage to sneak around and catch a player by surprise, or when I can throw a nade and flashbang b4 so they can't see me right away.

I'll be on AIM tonite to find Sq if he's up to playing. CB manages to find me w/ASE anyways.


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"Cool"
Thanks gents 4 the reply,
The key in CSS Fooooooo is the headshot,
It's a***** 2 get the hang of,
But if ya do its deadly,
I still try -n- soften em up with a nade
then spray with whatever weap i have.
Our big High School local rivalry game is 2
nite & its at home so the family is going along with around 18 to 25 friends,
Should b-a blast,
I'll look u cats up later if theres no camp fires goin on that is.....

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glad you got things running again foo.

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Update;Purchased and installed XP Pro. Now
to re-install all the stuff i lost with the almighty format c: command and try HL2 again. Hopefully I'll be gaming soon.
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Thx Hugo!

Hey Superdave... Sq had the right idea asking u about ur system specs... I hope u have a system that can run XP ok b4 even considering how well it'll run one of the latest games.


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Heh, sytem is:
Athlon 1800
512 sdram
GF3 Ti-200, 64M
24x10x40 CDR/RW
XP should be okay. It's up and running fine.
Actually having performed the re-format was a good thing.
Now HL2 is a diff. issue, tried to install last nite. Half way through disk 1 it stops with an error. Can't find file"Hl2.cab". The Steam part gets loaded, then appears to be loading Counter Strike Source stuff when it fails. I see a return trip to Best Buy in my future.
Edit....Halflife2 is now functional, seems I needed to completely download the whole thing from Steam. Now to DL DM and CSS

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4u2superdave wrote:
Now HL2 is a diff. issue, tried to install last nite. Half way through disk 1 it stops with an error. Can't find file"Hl2.cab". The Steam part gets loaded, then appears to be loading Counter Strike Source stuff when it fails. I see a return trip to Best Buy in my future.



Ya, I would just go back and get an exchange b4 whatever their exchange time period ends.

ALso, check this thread out.... it may provide some ideas... but it ultimately suggests exchanging the game as this guy already tried more than a few things:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=197752&highlight=Hl2.cab

On Steams' forum, use their Search option and type in hl2.cab.... you'll get a bunch of threads related to ur problem, that is if u want to embark on fixing it b4 exchanging. Goood luck!



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Lol foo, your post and my edit are close enough that you missed it. HL2 in now functional, currently downloading CSS.
Windows XP firewall is being a pain in the butt for testing DM, I'll get it figured out
shortly.
P.S. Video looks good but is kinda slow. I'm sure it will need tweaking, maybe some OC'ing is in order for the system.
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Haha Superdave.... we might as well have been on AIM or IRC emoticon emoticon emoticon

Well, I think ur biggest bottleneck will be ur Video card... so EXPECT to turn down the video settings... 800x600, AA off, the other settings "low"... should be under "Advanced" in the Video options. I honestly don't think O/C'ing would be the solution to running a high-end game more smoothly.



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Yeah, reformatting is a good idea from time to time. Windows has ways of screwing itself up, though user error helps too. emoticon

Your system looks a little long in the tooth, Dave. Not sure how well it will run, but according to the requirements on the box, it should play.

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