has anyone played any of the half life2 games on their macbooks? not the pros. i have a 2.16 macbook w/ 2g of RAM how well do you think the game would play on it?
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Wondering about this as well :[ ^^
has anyone played any of the half life2 games on their macbooks? not the pros. i have a 2.16 macbook w/ 2g of RAM how well do you think the game would play on it?
Plenty to see here.
Episode 2 is fantastic, it's leaps ahead of Episode 1. The textures and lighting are much improved, IMO they were the weakest part of HL2. Motion Blur of course is awesome. HDR and Bloom seem toned down from Ep 1.
All the technical stuff aside... The underground guardian had me petrified! FPS's don't normally scare me but wow, the distant thumping and it's 2 hit kill put me on edge!
Portal is pretty good. Could have done with more levels, I've only played it for an hour or so and I've already done 14 rooms
The true gem here is Team Fortress 2. That game is just beautiful to play and look at.
All the technical stuff aside... The underground guardian had me petrified! FPS's don't normally scare me but wow, the distant thumping and it's 2 hit kill put me on edge!
Portal is pretty good. Could have done with more levels, I've only played it for an hour or so and I've already done 14 rooms
The true gem here is Team Fortress 2. That game is just beautiful to play and look at.
I played a bit of everything so far. Portal is sweet, a bit simple but the idea of it is just so awesome... imagine that making it into a full game (ie. Ep3)
TF2 is really fun, I like it a lot more than I thought I would. The style is amazing, everything runs smoothly with no hitches. Lots o fun.
Ep2 is Still looks great, lots of fun, can't wait to actually get a chance to plug through it a few times.
Add HL2 and Ep1 and god damn Orange box is a hell of a deal. I paid $20 less for this than Halo 3 and it pretty much tops it in every area thus far.
TF2 is really fun, I like it a lot more than I thought I would. The style is amazing, everything runs smoothly with no hitches. Lots o fun.
Ep2 is
Still looks great, lots of fun, can't wait to actually get a chance to plug through it a few times.Add HL2 and Ep1 and god damn Orange box is a hell of a deal. I paid $20 less for this than Halo 3 and it pretty much tops it in every area thus far.
Halo 3 should be embarassed by Orange Box.
Just completed Episode 2 me oh my it's a good ending. Steam is saying it took me 7.1 hours to complete it. That must be broke. I've put in 5 hours today and 6 yesterday.
Now I can get back to work
Just completed Episode 2
me oh my it's a good ending. Steam is saying it took me 7.1 hours to complete it. That must be broke. I've put in 5 hours today and 6 yesterday.Now I can get back to work
Icky Episode 2!
Wow! HL: Episode 2 is amazing so far, I don't want to rush into it too much 'cos I want it to last and damn, I've never felt so nauseous playing a game before than when I was stomping through the subterranean ant-lion dens squashing the grubs and wading through the blood and slime with headphones on! Yuck!
Team Fortress 2 so far isn't doing it for me but before yesterday I was playing Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (demo) which I'm loving and isn't leaving much time for TF2 and that's just the demo! The full version is on it's way!
ps. Is anyone ever going to be able to play HL1 ever again and kill the Vortigons after HL2: Ep2? Tough choice!
Wow! HL: Episode 2 is amazing so far, I don't want to rush into it too much 'cos I want it to last and damn, I've never felt so nauseous playing a game before than when I was stomping through the subterranean ant-lion dens squashing the grubs and wading through the blood and slime with headphones on! Yuck!
Team Fortress 2 so far isn't doing it for me but before yesterday I was playing Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (demo) which I'm loving and isn't leaving much time for TF2 and that's just the demo! The full version is on it's way!
ps. Is anyone ever going to be able to play HL1 ever again and kill the Vortigons after HL2: Ep2? Tough choice!
Team Fortress Beta was a lot of fun, but because I want a physical box and disks, I actually bought the orange box via Pre-Order from a physical store, waiting for them to ship it to me. Ugh...
Wondering if the physical copy will work on steam? Hope so, otherwise I would have to take a $20 loss (bought for about $50, resell for $40 and buy it via steam for $50)...
I guess I can actually get some sleep in the coming days.
Wondering if the physical copy will work on steam? Hope so, otherwise I would have to take a $20 loss (bought for about $50, resell for $40 and buy it via steam for $50)...
I guess I can actually get some sleep in the coming days.
Well, I got a macbook 2.0 with 2 gigs of ram and boot camp. Running Vista and having no luck with running most of Orange Box...thought people who'd like to know. Perhaps its my settings but I can barely play HL2 regular with Medium on all Video settings. Certain areas just become unplayable.
Perhaps its my settings since I've seen people on Youtube using my computer to run HL2? Any thoughts/suggestions?
Perhaps its my settings since I've seen people on Youtube using my computer to run HL2? Any thoughts/suggestions?
Weird...just to add. maybe I'm doing something wrong. I just ran
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest
and it says my computer should be able to run orangebox.
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest
and it says my computer should be able to run orangebox.
Try going into Steam, the advanced properties for HL2, and add "-dxlevel 70" (without the quotes) to the launch options. Apparently this forces HL2 to run with DirectX 7.0 instead of 9.0, and will allow you to play HL2.
I haven't personally tried this though, so I'm not too sure if it'll work.
Vista is severely inefficient. XP works much better for most of the games.
Which counterstrike are you trying to get? I can't decide between Counter Strike or Counter Strike: Source.
Thanks for the suggestion, I tried it but it didn't help
However, and this really makes no sense, I installed Crossover and am able to play HL2 95% perfectly on OSX!!! I guess that indicates what a poor performance Operating system Vista must be!
I'm actually just playing the Orange Box. Don't know much about the different CS versions.
Guess I made the wrong decision with Vista...I wanted to buy the newer software but XP sounds much better. I guess that's why HL2 works better on crossover since its simulating 2000. I even tried going into the Vista settings and turning off all the Vista crap and the background functionality. Still too slow.
Oh wow, I know the reports on Vista are bad, but not THAT bad. Now we know.
Good to hear you got it to work on Cross Over in MacBook though. Got any Frame rates?
Hoping to pick this up this up this week end, for Xbox 360...and I was the new battlefront for PSP
I just tried HL2 again with Vista and a smaller window. Still way worse than crossover. Tried forcing it to load directx 7 8 and 9 on three different loads and no real difference. I'll check fr in a sec...getting 5-15 on Vista depending on the environment. Thats with most video elements on med
Pre-ordered it for the 360 from Amazon. The bad thing is it won't arrive until the 24th. That the last time I pre-order from amazon. It took them 3 weeks to deliver my Halo 3.
I went into BestBuy to see if I could get a copy of The Orange Box, but they were sold out. This might turn out to be a sleeper hit.
I went into BestBuy to see if I could get a copy of The Orange Box, but they were sold out. This might turn out to be a sleeper hit.
frame rate
type into in-game console for framerate:
cl_showfps 1
http://planethalflife.gamespy.com/View.php?view=HL2GameInfo.Detail&id=20&game=3
type into in-game console for framerate:
cl_showfps 1
http://planethalflife.gamespy.com/View.php?view=HL2GameInfo.Detail&id=20&game=3
You might want to try circuit city. Their PC version is on sale for a great price. Otherwise Game Stop, and many other local merchants.
If you have used the beta code that came with the pre-order, then they said the order cannot be canceled. Doesn't hurt to try though if you can pick one up locally.