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Supersonicdarky
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O.P. bypass steam (no, not hacking)
i have half-life 2 and it runs fine, when i want to download hl2-lost coast, it says that my pc doesnt meet system requirements. Originally lost coast was meant to be part of half life 2, but was removed. If hl2 runs fine on my pc, why wudnt lost coast. So is it possible to make it think i have a better system?
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| 08-11-2006 03:20 PM |
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RE: bypass steam (no, not hacking)
Well, Lost Coast uses some fancy new lighting system that wasn't in HL2, and it does run worse on my PC in the same resolution and all that, so it probably as good reason for net letting you in.
I know that wasn't helpful at all, but just letting you know why it'd let you run HL2 but not LC.  |
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| 08-11-2006 03:26 PM |
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RaceProUK
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RE: bypass steam (no, not hacking)
If Lost Coast uses a lightling model not in HL2, maybe you need to upgrade your DirectX and graphics drivers.
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| 08-11-2006 03:36 PM |
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RE: bypass steam (no, not hacking)
HL2: Lost Coast actually uses HDR (High dynamic range) lightning which is a really new & advanced technology only avaliable on DirectX 9 cards.
http://www.wireless-life.de/wp-content/hf2-lc1.jpg - That's a screenshot with an HDR capable card, notice the brightness of the light is much different, the reflection on the ground...
* brian starts HL2: Lost Coast
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| 08-11-2006 04:05 PM |
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RE: bypass steam (no, not hacking)
Its not just HDR -- lost coast runs on non-hdr hardware as well, it just disables hdr functionality. However, lost coast doesn't just showcase HDR, its a showcase for all the technologies they were working on for HL2 that never got included. So yes, it does take much better hardware than HL2 even if HDR is disabled.
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| 08-11-2006 05:35 PM |
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RE: bypass steam (no, not hacking)
It doesn't take amazing software to be able to run Half Life 2: Lost Coast.
Either way, it isn't really worth the download, you may aswell just buy Half-Life 2: Episode 1, it has the improved features of Lost Coast and better AI.
Lost Coast is just a tech demo.
I can run Half-Life 2: Lost Coast at 4x AA and Everything else on full with V-Sync (not antiscoptric filtering)
ATi Radeon 9600 Pro
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| 08-11-2006 06:32 PM |
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Mike
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RE: bypass steam (no, not hacking)
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Originally posted by brian
http://www.wireless-life.de/wp-content/hf2-lc1.jpg - That's a screenshot with an HDR capable card, notice the brightness of the light is much different, the reflection on the ground...
Sorry for getting offtopic, but OMG that screenshot looks like real!
If it only was in a bigger resolution, and it had some AA, it would be real! |
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| 08-15-2006 07:28 AM |
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John Anderton
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RE: bypass steam (no, not hacking)
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Originally posted by Mike
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Originally posted by brian
http://www.wireless-life.de/wp-content/hf2-lc1.jpg - That's a screenshot with an HDR capable card, notice the brightness of the light is much different, the reflection on the ground...
Sorry for getting offtopic, but OMG that screenshot looks like real!
If it only was in a bigger resolution, and it had some AA, it would be real!
SHIT ... soooo true 
Seriously, games are that good looking now?!?!
PS: whats AA stand for?
I havent played any of the latest games for ages but my god thats good. Wtf are its requirements O.o I know HL2's requirements (for full graphics) are quite high but that image is insane!
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| 08-15-2006 08:45 AM |
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Mike
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RE: bypass steam (no, not hacking)
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Originally posted by John Anderton
PS: whats AA stand for?
Anti-aliasing
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Originally posted by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-aliasing
In digital signal processing, anti-aliasing is the technique of minimizing aliasing (jagged or blocky patterns) when representing a high-resolution signal at a lower resolution.
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| 08-15-2006 08:58 AM |
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RE: RE: bypass steam (no, not hacking)
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Originally posted by Mike
Sorry for getting offtopic, but OMG that screenshot looks like real!
If it only was in a bigger resolution, and it had some AA, it would be real!
Don't be silly... real life doesn't have anti aliasing.  |
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