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Game Forum / Action Games / Half Life 2 / April 2005Finally got it to work!
On my best PC I just got 'can't connect to Steam network...', so I copied it over from a second PC which had got to 99%. Then I still couldn't connect to a server which wasn't busy, so I went back to the second PC and updated, first time, to 100%. Then I copied it all over again to the best PC and now it works! Both PCs are behind the same modem/router and ZoneAlarm. It seems that I could have tried for ages both on the 'can't connect to Steam network', and 'all content servers are busy' stages. I noticed after the first transfer, which enabled me to connect to Steam, that if I removed the platform.gcf file I could no longer connect to Steam. So to those who can't get it to work, find a mate who has it, network the PCs and copy the steam file over. Your account should work OK, then you can play! Now I just need to be able to play for more than 30 mins without feeling sick ... 8-( -- S.Boardman Lower the mouse speed to the lowest bar on the settings page to avoid motion sickness. > Lower the mouse speed to the lowest bar on the settings page to avoid > motion sickness. The game gives people motion sickness? It's that real that it can fool your brain like that? Weird... -Anthony > > Lower the mouse speed to the lowest bar on the settings page to avoid > > motion sickness. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > -Anthony It's true :-( I am normally motion sick in a car, but it's the first time with a PC game. It does seem to be getting a little better now, but at first I could only manage about 30 minutes at a time. There is a faq on www.steampowered.com about it. -- S.Boardman > The game gives people motion sickness? > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > -Anthony Not only that, if you have a fear of heights there are some parts of the game that are pure torture... at least there are for me anyway. But that doesn't stop me from playing. :) >> The game gives people motion sickness? >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > game that are pure torture... at least there are for me anyway. But that > doesn't stop me from playing. :) Under the bridge ... at first I couid hardly move from fear of heights ... I had to deliberately jump off a few times to desensitize myself enough to play the game. And that's before they started shooting at you while you are doing it ... I was real pleased when that little episode was finished. > Under the bridge ... at first I couid hardly move from fear of heights ... > I had to deliberately jump off a few times to desensitize myself enough to > play the game. And that's before they started shooting at you while you > are doing it ... I was real pleased when that little episode was finished. Yeah, and the whole time I was praying I could run back across the top of the bridge. So much for that idea! That got me too... I just felt tense and sick until I was on my back across - losing my temper with that gunship thingy made me forget my reticence! >> Under the bridge ... at first I couid hardly move from fear of heights >> ... I had to deliberately jump off a few times to desensitize myself [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Yeah, and the whole time I was praying I could run back across the top of > the bridge. So much for that idea! I find all of this amazing: video games (graphics in particular, but the physics engine in HL2 is just as important to the illusion) have come along so far that so many people can be fooled by them. -Anthony > That got me too... I just felt tense and sick until I was on my back > across - losing my temper with that gunship thingy made me forget my [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> Yeah, and the whole time I was praying I could run back across the top of >> the bridge. So much for that idea! >I find all of this amazing: video games (graphics in particular, but the >physics engine in HL2 is just as important to the illusion) have come along >so far that so many people can be fooled by them. Well I wouldn't call it "fooled". More like total immersion. It helps if you have a big CRT and surround sound too. ;-) And to think I almost gave up on the game. At first it was so slow placed and in such a dreary setting I went back to fragging in UT. Then once Maximum PC called it best game ever, I gave it a second chance. Sure glad I did! It's quite common. This problem has been around since the original Doom. If I'm playing HL2, my wife can't even look at the screen as she walks by or she gets nauseous. DaveL >> Lower the mouse speed to the lowest bar on the settings page to avoid >> motion sickness. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > -Anthony > It's quite common. This problem has been around since the original Doom. > If I'm playing HL2, my wife can't even look at the screen as she walks by or > she gets nauseous. > > DaveL It's to do with the speed and amount of object on screen. Basically, your brain is seeing an image for a split second before being updated with another image. Sort of like being turned around and around. FPS games require ever-changing point of view and after a while the brain cannot keep up and decode each image, and your body reacts the same was as being turned around and around. The only way to cure FPS motion sickness is to: 1) Stop playing and half a drink :) 2) Slow down your movement. I used to get nauseau regularly when playing all shooters but since I slowed down my left-right movement it's gone. So if people are feeling sick, the best solution is to move more slowly around the game environment. With HL2, the best way to achieve that is to lower the mouse sensitivity. If you play HLF 2 with high mouse sensitivity you're bound to feel really sick after a while. It's to do with the speed and amount of objects on screen. Basically, your brain is seeing an image for a split second before being updated with another image. Sort of like being turned around and around. FPS games require ever-changing points of view and after a while the brain cannot keep up and decode each image, and your body reacts the same way as being turned around and around. The only way to cure FPS motion sickness is to: 1) Stop playing and have a drink :) 2) Slow down your movement. I used to get nauseau regularly when playing all shooters but since I slowed down my left-right movement it's gone. So if people are feeling sick, the best solution is to move more slowly around the game environment. With HL2, the best way to achieve that is to lower the mouse sensitivity. If you play HLF 2 with high mouse sensitivity you're bound to feel really sick after a while. It's to do with the speed and amount of objects on screen. Ba?sically, your brain is seeing an image for a split second before bein?g updated with another image. Sort of like being turned around and aro?und. FPS games require ever-changing points of view and after a while ?the brain cannot keep up and decode each image, and your body reacts t?he same way as being turned around and around. The only way to cure FPS ?motion sickness is to: 1) Stop playing and have a drink :) 2) Slow down your movement. I used to get nauseau regularly ?when playing all shooters but since I slowed down my left-right m?ovement it's gone. So if people are feeling sick, the best solution ?is to move more slowly around the game environment. With HL2, the best ?way to achieve that is to lower the mouse sensitivity. If you play ?HLF 2 with high mouse sensitivity you're bound to feel really sick afte?r a while. You are soo full of sh.t, but it's funny to read your post's. Poor car sicko psycho. HAHA. later, |
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