Kickstarting HL2 download Created 16 years ago2007-11-12 04:14:53 UTC by Kinrah Kinrah

Created 16 years ago2007-11-12 04:14:53 UTC by Kinrah Kinrah

Posted 16 years ago2007-11-12 04:14:53 UTC Post #238190
For ages my HL2 redownload has been stuck at 79%. It's been this way since I tried to reinstall it after several missing key files. Now, yesterday, when I updated Windows Media Player from v9 to v11, it seemed to kickstart it up again. But it only made it as far as 83% before my dad thought it was slowing the system down and made me shut it off. After discovering a process which WAS slowing it down, I turned it off, then turned Steam back on, only to find... the download's now stuck at 83%. I've tried everything suggested in the Valve troubleshooting page. Is there any way I can kickstart it again?

(Files that HL2 were missing included the first BSP of Route Kanal, the Eli model, and several obvious textures.)
Posted 16 years ago2007-11-12 04:29:31 UTC Post #238192
1) Just hover over your steam taskbar icon and it'll tell you what your transfer rate is.

2) www.winamp.com > WMP

3) how on earth were files missing?
Archie ArchieGoodbye Moonmen
Posted 16 years ago2007-11-12 06:00:56 UTC Post #238195
View > Bandwidth monitor

Check if you're getting any data from Steam at all. If not, you're probably being blocked by a firewall or something.

foobar > Winamp > WMP btw.

If the GCFs were incomplete, of course there'd be files missing. ;)
AJ AJGlorious Overlord
Posted 16 years ago2007-11-12 12:57:01 UTC Post #238203
1) Absolutely nothing. I'll have to check on the firewall but other than that I don't know.

2) Only reason I use WMP over WA is because on this computer WA takes about five minutes to start up.

3) When I first got the Christmas HL2 pack (HL2, Episode 1, HL: Source), entering the CD key got me all those missing textures. As Ant said, it was probably an incomplete GCF/improperly downloaded GCF.
Posted 16 years ago2007-11-19 04:24:15 UTC Post #238789
(Sorry for the double post)

I don't know what happened this morning, but Steam liked it enough to start the download up again so now it's finished. :D
Posted 16 years ago2007-11-19 08:55:34 UTC Post #238798
thank god...
Posted 16 years ago2007-11-19 12:38:48 UTC Post #238805
And what do I find but the fact that the GCFs are still incomplete. :roll:
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