Half-Life work on Vista?

On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:03:47 +0100, "Carl" <me RemoveThis @theworld.universe>
wrote:

>I can play it fine on Vista 64 bit on a 1920x 1600 widescreen. I ran through
>a bit of the tutorial to confirm before I replied. Happy hunting!
Thanks, guess I'll go find myself a copy.
seagyll

seagyll wrote

> Has anyone used Half-Life on a Vista PC, if so how well did it work. I
> have gone through HL 2 and would like to try the original but I only
> have a Vista PC, my old one took a hit from lightning.

I haven't played through all of HL, but it seems to be working from what I
have seen
Assuming that you're indeed using Steam?

HL2/EP1/EP2/TF2 etc works ok

- Peter

On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:17:43 +0200, "Peter [AGHL]"
<plykkegaard.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:

>seagyll wrote
>
>> Has anyone used Half-Life on a Vista PC, if so how well did it work. I
>> have gone through HL 2 and would like to try the original but I only
>> have a Vista PC, my old one took a hit from lightning.
>
>I haven't played through all of HL, but it seems to be working from what I
>have seen
>Assuming that you're indeed using Steam?
>
>HL2/EP1/EP2/TF2 etc works ok
>
>- Peter
I'm not sure what you mean by Steam.
Rereading my original post I should have said MS Vista
Thanks,
seagyll

seagyll.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:17:43 +0200, "Peter [AGHL]"
> <plykkegaard.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> seagyll wrote
>>
>>> Has anyone used Half-Life on a Vista PC, if so how well did it work. I
>>> have gone through HL 2 and would like to try the original but I only
>>> have a Vista PC, my old one took a hit from lightning.
>> I haven't played through all of HL, but it seems to be working from what I
>> have seen
>> Assuming that you're indeed using Steam?
>>
>> HL2/EP1/EP2/TF2 etc works ok
>>
>> - Peter
> I'm not sure what you mean by Steam.
> Rereading my original post I should have said MS Vista
> Thanks,
> seagyll


If you played HL2 without encountering Steam that'd be a pirate copy of
HL2 wouldn't it?

seagyll skrev

> I'm not sure what you mean by Steam.

Steam, Valves digital distribution platform successor of World Opponent
Network aka WON?
You sure must have been aquainted with this most hated and at the same time
most loved piece of software if you have played through HL2?

- Peter

On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:35:06 +0200, "Peter [AGHL]"
<plykkegaard.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:

>seagyll skrev
>
>> I'm not sure what you mean by Steam.
>
>Steam, Valves digital distribution platform successor of World Opponent
>Network aka WON?
>You sure must have been aquainted with this most hated and at the same time
>most loved piece of software if you have played through HL2?
>
>- Peter
Xbox all alone, but multi player sounds like fun.

seagyll wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:35:06 +0200, "Peter [AGHL]"
> <plykkegaard.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> seagyll skrev
>>
>>> I'm not sure what you mean by Steam.
>> Steam, Valves digital distribution platform successor of World Opponent
>> Network aka WON?
>> You sure must have been aquainted with this most hated and at the same time
>> most loved piece of software if you have played through HL2?
>>
>> - Peter
> Xbox all alone, but multi player sounds like fun.


Aah. My apologies. Steam works very well on Vista (64bit here) but I
haven't tried the original games yet. As they're all 32bit and not
16bit they should work fine...

"seagyll" wrote

> Xbox all alone

Ahh I see, check this site then
http://store.steampowered.com/about/

If you have a vanilla presteam installation CD for HL and a little in doubt
on how to proceed please let us know

Just for the record: I really doub that you can get HL up and running in
Vista without using the Steam platform

- Peter

On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:21:30 +0200, "Peter [AGHL]"
<plykkegaard RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote:

>"seagyll" wrote
>
>> Xbox all alone
>
>Ahh I see, check this site then
>http://store.steampowered.com/about/
>
>If you have a vanilla presteam installation CD for HL and a little in doubt
>on how to proceed please let us know
>
>Just for the record: I really doub that you can get HL up and running in
>Vista without using the Steam platform
>
>- Peter
>
>
>
>
>
The site looks interesting, I might go with it instead of buying a CD
version.
Thanks again to everyone.
seagyll

RE: The site looks interesting, I might go with it instead of buying a CD
version.

Take a look at this: http://store.steampowered.com/app/70/

I like to check whether the likes of www.play.com is cheaper than Steam.
Sometimes you will get a physical CD game cheaper than digital download from
steam. A Valve multi pack may be a better option:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/70/

Also, there's plenty of mods available for free on the pc version, which are
worth a look.
http://www.moddb.com/mods/minerva/downloads/minerva-metastasis-trailer

"Carl" skrev

> Also, there's plenty of mods available for free on the pc version, which
> are worth a look.
> http://www.moddb.com/mods/minerva/downloads/minerva-metastasis-trailer
>
Please note that some mods require EP2

- Peter

Carl wrote:
> RE: The site looks interesting, I might go with it instead of
> buying a CD version.
>
> Take a look at this: http://store.steampowered.com/app/70/
>
> I like to check whether the likes of www.play.com is cheaper than Steam.
> Sometimes you will get a physical CD game cheaper than digital download
> from steam. A Valve multi pack may be a better option:
> http://store.steampowered.com/app/70/
>
> Also, there's plenty of mods available for free on the pc version, which
> are worth a look.
> http://www.moddb.com/mods/minerva/downloads/minerva-metastasis-trailer



Metastasis is an excellent mod. Also worth looking at games that you
can buy cheaply retail and then add to your Steam account so you don't
need a CD drive etc. An example would be Prey. Bought that cheap, put
the cd key into Steam and d-loaded the Steam version.