I'm trying to figure out what the best tool is for creating custom maps
in Half-life 2.  I tried downloading a tool called "Hammer", but it
seems to be geared towards the original Half-life.  If "Hammer" is
indeed capable of creating maps for HL2, where can I get the necessary

I bought this game 2 weeks ago, had it fully installed, went thru the
download process and now I am stuck.  Like many in here, I am one of the
ones who are unable to play yet because the error message "This game is
currently unavailable.  Please try again later", pops up every ...

Read this Valve:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=1f20a3e97f5380daf51f066d8
51473df&threadid=189238&perpage=15&pagenumber=1
It goes on and on. 696 posts. People are stuggling to play this game.
Well, come Monday I will be returning my copy to the store and

Im having trouble with steam- when I want to connect and create an account I
get the message:
Steam.exe (main exception): Unable to start Steam Engine:
*SteamStartEngine(0x12e890) failed wither error 201: Cannot perform this

Any thoughts on a new mod where each player has a health bar, say, 100
or 50 points and each time you're hit the rating goes down? Would make
the game more tactical. Seems to hard with the present version. It's
just one hit to the head and that's it. No chance for tactics or

Got Half-Life 2 for Christmas
Installed setup Steam attempted to Register number
"Steam has detected that your copy of Half-Life 2 Retail Standard has
already been registered to another Steam user"

Any one interested in starting a HL2/CS:S clan in Wales
Currently there are a handfull of us who gather for a game every Sunday
evening.
Cheers

Any ideas on how to kill a sniper?
I've just started chap 12

Hi, I've got to Chapter 14 - (about time).
Any ideas on how to destroy the teleporter?
Thanks.

I just don't have a manual, just a small paper came with the game.
I just want to know what are
Valve
SDK

I just got the hovercraft but I cannot leave the room.  I try to spin the
wheel but it will not spin any suggestions.

Help!
I'm near the end, Chapter 11, Follow Freeman, where I'm in the room,
standing on the metal platform and can't seem to jump over the lasers.
I always trip them and I've been stuck here for days. Any suggestions?

Yeah, the frame rate has dropped to almost zero when fighting those
jumpy creatures at the end of level two. On all three resolutions the
game has slowed down to a crawl. It's impossible to play a game when
the frame rate is almost non-existent.

I'm stucked in what I think is the last level, where you have to kill 2
helicopters with a rocket launcher...but even after launching at least 10
rockets on these f*****g helicopters they are still here ?
Any tip ?

I'm thinking of getting a fast LCD to replace my dying CRT.  How does
HL2 (or other new games) look on an LCD at non-native resolutions?
For example, if I have a 17" 1280x1024 but run the game at 1024x768 or
800x600.