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Originally posted by MrBackAlleySka@Dec 9 2005, 03:46 PM
So, did I understand this correctly? I have Half-Life one (well, had, I've uninstalled it, but the CD's right here) and it's the one that installs with Steam....I've always wanted to play Counter-strike, but chose Half-Life over it when i was at the store.....your saying if I own half-life, I can download Counter-Strike from Steam for free?
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Yes, you can download Counter-Strike for free.
Just put in your Half-Life CD-key (there's a register your product button) once you've gotten Steam.
A list of "First Party" mods and games will appear, they also have links to third party mods.
You do have to first download the mods of course, but they're there all the same for download.
This applies to mods only (the expansions are basicly just mods).
Stand-alone games, such as Counter-Strike source (you don't need HL2 to play it over Steam) have to be bought online, (CS Source comes with HL2 though, so don't worry about that if you want to play Source) but stuff like Day Of Defeat Source are going to cost you.
I think, they haven't released any major details.
A side note Ska, if you do put in your CD key, with HL already installed, Steam will install it over again, because it needs to convert to files over to the Steam Cache format.
It's somewhat annoying, but thankfully Steam has a very fast connection, a 2 gig file for Half-Life 2 finished in about 20 minutes for me (depends on your connection, Broadband has you set).