Valve, you are pathetic

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kronchev

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All the time you took to write the game...all the publicity you've put into it...and I cant load a game without getting "AI Disabled'...Ive had to cheat to reload a level because you decided to only keep the last few autosaves (because you know, those 10k files are a real space killer)...and finally, you completly botched up any attempt at real AI Squad code, so not only are you followed by morons who have trouble crossing door threshholds and attacking enemies, I get stuck in the game when relying on other characters to do things, because they seem to completly forget their mission

Cases in point that is REALLY aggrivating me right now:

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That was fixed by reloading the level before and fixing via prompt (WHICH I SHOULDNT HAVE TO DO BY THE WAY) the AI Disabled bullshit. But this:

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Shows you didnt even try to code the AI dependence correctly. I am stuck in the game here because if it. Happened right before the second teleporting part of the game, too.


My point is, don't try to do something that you obviously cannot handle. HL2 wouldve been great without the squad nonsense, and it wouldve been even better if you managed to not bungle up AI pathways and triggers.
 
How is this valve's fault? If it were a flaw in the game, I think we would see a hell of a lot more people posting about it. I sure didnt have any problems like this. I havent seen anyone else complain of anything like this either.

Just out of curiosity, are you actually playing the game or using the changelevel command to get to where you need to go? Using no-clip? Have AI disabled in a command-line or a config?
The only time I had any problem with an event not working is when I tried to take a shortcut instead of trigering the scripted event that made it possible to pass (one of the jetboat levels). Obviously the game is designed to keep you honest, since the physics and tools make it possible to bypass things.
 
-freon- said:
How is this valve's fault? If it were a flaw in the game, I think we would see a hell of a lot more people posting about it. I sure didnt have any problems like this. I havent seen anyone else complain of anything like this either.

Just out of curiosity, are you actually playing the game or using the changelevel command to get to where you need to go? Using no-clip? Have AI disabled in a command-line or a config?
The only time I had any problem with an event not working is when I tried to take a shortcut instead of trigering the scripted event that made it possible to pass (one of the jetboat levels). Obviously the game is designed to keep you honest, since the physics and tools make it possible to bypass things.
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I only cheat when im FORCED to by the game. in fact right now i think its stuck AGAIN. the fact that the game breaks if you use a "shortcut" shows piss poor programming and scripting on their part
 
If you look around the net, all the cracked versions of hl2 had this problem. I imagine fixes are available, but since I have yet to hear someone have this problem with a legal copy of hl2, I don't think it should be brought up as a complaint towards valve.
 
kronchev said:
the fact that the game breaks if you use a "shortcut" shows piss poor programming and scripting on their part
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If its so piss poor go make your own damn game.
The fact that your complaining that you cant bypass scripted events and still complete the game, shows how stupid you really are.. Its linear, its ment for you to go from point a to point b, not say oh hey, I get this cool gun at point d, so I'll go there first. Its the same type of thing. Play the game its ment to be played, and Im pretty sure your not going to run into the problems you caused. I played the game through, and never once did I say, fucking AI, now I need to reload my game for it to work! If you dont break stuff, it works fine :p
 
I never had this problem, and I never saw anybody else complaining about it either. Got hax?*

*Whoops, I meant pirax. I'm just so used to people complaining about multiplayer wankers.
 
Wait so youre playing a cracked version? Hmm I wonder why it doesnt work properly...? But you saved the $50 right? So THIS is the cost of that $50 you saved...

But blaming Valve for these issues when youre not even paying them, seems kinda idiotic to me. Maybe if you spent some money - THEN i could see how you could be pissed off.
 
kronchev said:
.Ive had to cheat to reload a level because you decided to only keep the last few autosaves (because you know, those 10k files are a real space killer)...
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well, i do agree completely with this! how fuckin dumb is that, just keep the damn auto saves!
 
yeah, I'm gonna have to agree about the way the game handles saves

unless i'm an idiot, and i'm missing something, it seems that you can only have three saves per level?
 
The problems you're encountering do not happen in the purchased game. These issues occur only in the warez version, so I am not sure you should be here slagging Valve off. There is a fix for it though if you search hard enough.
 
meh... you just have to start a new game from the most recent level point until you go to the faulty ai areas where the people freeze.

no biggy.
 
kronchev said:
I only cheat when im FORCED to by the game. in fact right now i think its stuck AGAIN. the fact that the game breaks if you use a "shortcut" shows piss poor programming and scripting on their part
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So now we know why you cheat. Now tell us why you steal and pirate games? Don't deny it. The AUX Power indicator being red is a flaw in the warez version.
 
in before the lock. GO WAREZ! go buy the game and maybe you will enjoy it more
 
i think the word "pwnd!" would work well in this situation. so w/ no further ado.

PWND!

good job you.

Oh also, if you've never played any other game out there. Autosaves usually ALWAYS replace each other. It's just how many games are designed. In fact I don't think i can call off the top of my head a game that doesn't replace it's autosaves.
 
tis a shame, he hasn't responded to our comments yet.

and its about time a leaked version had something wrong in it that made these little kiddy pirates get what they deserve.

so in contrary to the title of this thread, valve, you are funny.
 
Well i'm not gonna call the guy a loser for pirating the game, but to bitch about a game that you didn't pay for is bs.

You guys all seem to act like pirating is this horrible thing and that they should all be lined up and shot. I bet there is not a single person on this forum that doesn't have something they do not legally own on their hd. Be it an mp3 a piece of software or even copyrighted porn.

Anyways, it is funny though that the guy never thought it was wierd to have the aux power thing on all the time. I guess not all warezers are as l33t as they like to think.
 
i bought the game.

i say the way it saves games is fucked.

am i doing something wrong?
 
It's a sad day indeed when the unit AI in Diakatana is better than that in Half-Life 2.
 
MrWoot said:
tis a shame, he hasn't responded to our comments yet.

and its about time a leaked version had something wrong in it that made these little kiddy pirates get what they deserve.

so in contrary to the title of this thread, valve, you are funny.
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In Deus Ex... you know after an hour or so into the game and you have to get on the boat.... some warez versions you can't. People will spend an hour or two trying.... swim around it... eventually throw garbage cans at it in distase. Its clear in your objectives that what you are to do but no workie.

Hehe happened to a friend of mine. Looked up the walkthrough and it said itself..... if you warezed the game... you may not be able to get on the boat. You play long enough to get hooked then its off to the store with you. :D Be nice to see more of that instead of everyone going the way of the RIAA.
 
lol ..very humourous thread

I have never run into any of the problems the poster has stated , and this is the first time I have heard of this problem ..

knowing that its a problem inherrent in the warez'd version ..is just ...well .. humourous


yeah ..valve sucks alright ..lol
 
If its so piss poor go make your own damn game.
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If your car breaks down and you bitch, should we expect you to build one yourself? You've got some terribly flawed logic.

That said, it's amusing that he is bitching about a game he didn't pay for.
 
Its not that he's only bitching about a game he didnt pay for.. The retail game doesnt have this issue.. only the warez version do !!!!

Go bitch to the hackers crybaby
 
I do in fact own the game and I had the AI break down on me once. Barney just stood there yelling "come on" and "follow me" even though i was standing right next to him. I had to quit and reload the game several times before finally just running around the level without him for awhile and his AI finally kicking in.

-Dave
 
What a jackass. I never had any problems with the game. I played it thru without cheats. Then when I used cheats the AI got confused at times.
 
kronchev>> Go buy the game loser. That is a flaw which only appears in the cracked version. And you have the audacity to complain here about it rofl. My god you suck.
 
Out of curiosity, where does he say he's using a hacked version of the game? I see a lot of bashing about it, but he never said anything other then the game is giving him problems... :confused:
 
Go Actually (BUY) the damed game and it might work :mad: People like you are why baseball bats were invented :p
 
Hmmm come to think of it my AUX Power indicator has never looked like that. If he has indeed pirated the game and he's getting grief, tough luck :)

The only frustrating thing thing about the game for me was when a squad mate stood in front of me as i'm firing a grenade from the SMG - D'oh! ;). Only happened a couple of times and they usually get out of the way and go "Oops - sorry Mr Freeman" - nice touch that.

I'm glad I spent my hard earned dollars on this game, well worth it I had a lot of fun all the way through.
 
Ya know... theres a REAL easy fix for this ai disable thing

Its called opening the freakin console and typing these two things (you can even bind them, *gasp*):

ai_disable (yes, again)
ai_resume

And voila, you ai runs as it should. Not a massive problem by any standard, really just a minor snag for a few people. (Most common among those using a pirated copy, so far as i've seen.))
 
I purchased the game through steam and I often have an issue with the saved games and the AI. Several times I have had the AI not do anything in the area in which I am in if I was in the middle of something when the game was saved. Several times I have been forced to replay a small portion of the game to get the sequence to finish through all the way. I will check and see if the ai_resume thing works for me.

This is a problem in bought copies as well, just depends on when the game was saved.

-Brian
 
I don't know what's more sad. The fact that he basically admitted he pirated the game. Or the fact that he can't even find the fix that is posted on damn near every forum on the net. :rolleyes:
 
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