CS:Source BETA Pre-Load Started

Posted by Zorro- at 12:00 17/8/2004.

For those of you who didn't notice it yet, CS:CZ and ATI HL2 voucher owners can now start preloading Counter-Strike:Source Beta. All it takes is a restart of your Steam and you should get a nice pop-up box which helps you underway.

According to Valve, the BETA should be unlocked for play tomorrow (the 18th).

GotFrag have written a fine article  about Counter-Strike:Source from a competitive point of view. Check it out here.

Comments

Seaweed
12:07 17/8/2004
i refuse to buy s***ty cs:cz so i'll await the cracked version on suprnova which will probably come before release 2morro neways [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Phunky
12:09 17/8/2004
funny it was out on Saturday...


Anyway, already got it preloaded, we proberly wont see the game untill the 19th as were 8hr's ahead of VALVe and they released them on midnight PST time... [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
orsm
12:10 17/8/2004
can't make my cracked version work :/

'Invalid Steam UserID ticket' SIGH [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
rknZ
12:12 17/8/2004
They have been trying to crack protocol 3 since it came out 4 days ago.

What you should have done was tricked Steam into giving you CZ for free. Then you would get the Source beta anyway. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
kiliki
12:13 17/8/2004
http://www.mydoor.org/download/Troubleshooting.txt

tbh. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Seaweed
12:17 17/8/2004
i had tricked steam into giving me cz for free but they updated steam so that it no longer works :P [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
rknZ
12:27 17/8/2004
You can still trick it, it's just more complicated :P [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Seaweed
12:28 17/8/2004
/msg Seaweed thx [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Wood
12:31 17/8/2004
will cs:s be better on the HL2 engine rather than like this beta? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Seaweed
12:38 17/8/2004
its on the hl2 engine atm wood [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
madmk
12:39 17/8/2004
"You can still trick it, it's just more complicated :P"

you cant anymore 8[ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Seaweed
12:45 17/8/2004
woo preloading now and it didnt cost me a penny cheers for help :x [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
rknZ
12:46 17/8/2004
^_^ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
bigwest
12:55 17/8/2004
its only 12.99 from play.com anyway.

who cares about tricking steam. thats for the homeless [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
rknZ
12:57 17/8/2004
I bought CZ the week it came out, it's was standing next to ut2k4... [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
w0rm
13:04 17/8/2004
I have one of them ATI voucer things. Has anyone filled it in and sent it off? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
JohnDoe
13:25 17/8/2004
You just register it as a product afaik not send it off :/ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
cerebro
xtreme9.uk
13:27 17/8/2004
ive played source, it looks nice just doesnt feel like cs, looks more public based like a 1 player. dont know how the gameplay will be in a competitve situation.

bring back 1.5 anyday [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Psy^
xtreme9.uk
13:28 17/8/2004
JoKeR tom 1.5 is GASH [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
gbmaster
13:35 17/8/2004
1.5 was the f***ing nuts alright , and cs:source is a pile of f***ing c***-s*** [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
MonkH
13:47 17/8/2004
gbmaster has a small penis [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
dL
Atari.Crew
14:07 17/8/2004
everyone go back to playing 1.5 steam cs :D that would be sweet [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
BL
14:27 17/8/2004
if you really are desperate to play it you could get a CZ key off ebay for a tenner [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Negotiator
Clan ONE
14:55 17/8/2004
ive got cs:z installed (biggest waste of money ever) but im not getting a pop up and its not under my games in steam some1 help please? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
decrepit
Croydon
14:57 17/8/2004
browse games > register a product i already own > enter key [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Negotiator
Clan ONE
14:58 17/8/2004
yea thanks just found it! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Negotiator
Clan ONE
15:07 17/8/2004
says my cd key is in valid any1 else got this problem? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Wood
15:29 17/8/2004
You shouldn't have got it off suprnova Negotiator :P

I agree with the comments that say it doesnt feel like cs, it felt like a completley different game to me and i wasn't impressed. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
prawn
15:29 17/8/2004
My problem is:

"The Steam servers are currently too busy to handle any more preloads of Counter-Strike: Source Beta. Please try again in a few hours"

Yeah, course you've got LOADS of bandwidth valve you fookin clowns ¬_¬ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
prawn
15:55 17/8/2004
Logged out and started steam again and it began preloading, whoop-de-doo. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Negotiator
Clan ONE
16:09 17/8/2004
no i didnt :( [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DoZ
Anti-saviour of UKT
16:26 17/8/2004
Don't see how half the stuff mentioned on the first page of the gotfrag article will do anything at all to improve competative cs. At least the article does move away from the fetish for movable scenery. Can't say that that exactly whips me into a verbal frenzy of excitement and anticipation of the prospects. The physics for moving the objects is hardly great, tho it is an improvement on painkiller ;-) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DK
Stalk Confront Engage Eliminate
16:44 17/8/2004
yay, i can get hacked by w**kers in CS with better graphics! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
eXp
17:05 17/8/2004
"Unconfirmed reports say a file containing all of the upcoming shooter's script was accidentally released with the Counter-Strike: Source beta.

The day before Valve starts preloading Half-Life 2 assets onto its Steam network, it appears the publisher may have made an embarrassing mistake. Several Web sites--most prominently HL2World.com--have reported that Valve accidentally released a file containing all of the dialogue from Half-Life 2 when it initially distributed the Counter-Strike: Source beta to cyber cafés last week.

According to reports, the dialogue is embedded in a .gcf file sent out along with the beta. Apparently, it was included for closed-captioning purposes and was overlooked because .gcf files aren’t meant to be opened. Obviously, it was not meant for public eyes and contains numerous spoilers about the game, including its (surprising) ending.

However, despite reports, the Half-Life 2 dialogue leak is officially unconfirmed. Valve did not respond to requests for comment as of press time and has not made any announcements regarding the alleged leak. However, some reports say the dialogue-laden .gcf has been identified and will not be included with the CS: Source beta data offered to CS: Condition Zero owners. "

lolly [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
KaM
17:32 17/8/2004
anyone played it yet, is it a good game? (please refrain from using all the common analytical verbal tripe & political wrangling, and just tell me IF ITS FUN~! like CS) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Seaweed
17:51 17/8/2004
its cs with decent gfx and physics [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Makaveli-
feo
17:54 17/8/2004
so its s*** then seaweed? D: [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
sugna
18:16 17/8/2004
Its basically a typical valve project. Take some s***ty 5 year old game tart it up so people have to buy a new pc to run it et voila. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
rknZ
18:47 17/8/2004
Sugna: You would rather they didn't port it over the the HL2 engine??

1.6 will always be there you know. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
N3M-
endeffect
19:21 17/8/2004
If anyone is willin to help plz send me :/ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
MadCat^
2seXeh 2perfoRm
20:16 17/8/2004
Is it true that any guns on the floor can be moved, say if you shoot them ? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
sugna
20:31 17/8/2004
rknZ
18:47 17/8/2004 Sugna: You would rather they didn't port it over the the HL2 engine??

1.6 will always be there you know.

id rather play beta 5.2 than either of them :P [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
func
euthanasia
20:32 17/8/2004
yes that's correct. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
amarc
20:40 17/8/2004
Its basically a typical valve project. Take some s***ty 5 year old game tart it up so people have to buy a new pc to run it et voila.

Yes, tarting up 5 year old games... that's so very typical of VALVe. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
dh
20:49 17/8/2004
how do u trick steam? i aint paying 13pound for some peice of s*** i aint gonna play [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
stabby
Virgins!
20:54 17/8/2004
it was not meant for public eyes and contains numerous spoilers about the game, including its (surprising) ending.

someone will complete it in 2 days flat and tell every1 the ending anyway ... [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
sugna
21:13 17/8/2004
i mean what they have done with cs amarc its the same game yet it runs worse now than it ever did. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
dh
21:36 17/8/2004
bb u gay of course its gonna run s*** u idiot, its a beta. Also obviously a 4yr old game like cs is gonna run good come on.
Plus how can u judge the game u got a fkin laptop. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
nicklearse
Missing In Action
22:29 17/8/2004
cz is uber

nibs [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Sl!ck
23:14 17/8/2004
So all we need is a C:Z Cd key to play? Shouldn't be too hard to get. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Rigante
23:55 17/8/2004
Anyone can get cd keys. The trick is getting one that isnt being used by loads of other people thinking it is their right to have things for free. I've found the most effective solution is to go down the shop and actually buy the game...radical idea I know. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Negotiator
Clan ONE
00:01 18/8/2004
ive got 1 but cant f***in read it off the book!!!

says its wrong [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
alicat!
00:02 18/8/2004
Are the vouchers only in x800's? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Sl!ck
00:04 18/8/2004
I aint paying £9.99 or whateva it is for that plop. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
rknZ
00:47 18/8/2004
I know how I can get CS:S working with just your HL CD key, but I aint telling you cause you are a cheap b******. Good day to you. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Negotiator
Clan ONE
01:53 18/8/2004
i wouldnt pay 1 pound for it [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Longo
02:18 18/8/2004
PRELOADING THE BAPS ATM [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DoZ
Anti-saviour of UKT
07:44 18/8/2004
If it looked worthwhile Rigante, people would be willing to dish out for it. Hell if they redid the game to be highly skill based, gamers all over would be paying out quite happily for it [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Duke
meatyballs
22:29 18/8/2004
http://www.sendit.com/game/item/6000000000272

CZ £9.99 including delivery [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ntNN
00:08 19/8/2004
Do what i did..

Go to WHSmith (Or elsewhere that will give money back..)

Go home, use the key on comp, take the game back.

"Im sorry, i bought the wrong game by accident!"

Free! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
theocrytus
20:05 25/11/2004
ntNN You selfish f*** what about the next poor 6 year old who goes to buy the game only for it not to work for him. Because that selfish b****** that is you stole his cd key? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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