Can a single half-life 2 be installed on more than 1 computer?
 

Merry Christmas ya little jerks, :-). Anyways, me and a couple friends wanted to play some counter strike soure over the lan. Problem is, i'm the only one who owns half-life 2. So, would i be able to put my copy on their computers and use my cd key? I wanted to make sure it was allowed before i went ahead and did it.

Re: Can a single half-life 2 be installed on more than 1 computer?
 

you can't

why?

because you cd key is account-linked. So only YOUR account can use the key. You can't login with your account on multiple machines either.

Re: Can a single half-life 2 be installed on more than 1 computer?
 

yep... and if you do it, chances are that Valve scraps your account for piracy :(

All you can do is install HL2 on several machines but NEVER have them connected to the internet at the same time. Else... game over ;)

Re: Can a single half-life 2 be installed on more than 1 computer?
 

just create a shortcut from hl.exe with -steam -hl2 something like that i cant remember and it should work :D

Re: Can a single half-life 2 be installed on more than 1 computer?
 

Thanks, I'll try that. I was wanting to play some HL2 dm multi here.


I'm having a LAN too, and I tried to show my buddies Half-Life 2 and Steam wouldn't let me even play a off-line singleplayer game. That pissed me right the hell off. I gave it temp access to the net so it could "phone home", and it took a bloody long time to update, and when it finished I got off the net and tried again and then it said it wanted access to the damned internet or it wouldn't run.

I hate Steam so very, very much. I seriously regret paying for HL2. I can't help but feel I gave them 65 bucks so that they can choose when I can and cannot play my own fucking game. Sorry if this was a bit off-topic but I needed to vent.

Re: Can a single half-life 2 be installed on more than 1 computer?
 

What if i install 1 copy of hl2 on 2 computers, and then use 2 different cd keys, would that work?

Re: Can a single half-life 2 be installed on more than 1 computer?
 

You can just use the add a key thing in Steam and have it download it.

It probably asks for the key during the install, so that could work, too.

Re: Can a single half-life 2 be installed on more than 1 computer?
 

Add a cd key thing? Not sure what your talking about....

Re: Can a single half-life 2 be installed on more than 1 computer?
 

I don't know exactly, but I think when you start a Steam account, you can add CD-keys. I think you can also right-click on the game in the available list and register they key.

The thing is, I think you actually need the CD to play with the CD version because of copy protection.

Re: Can a single half-life 2 be installed on more than 1 computer?
 

Alright, i geuss whatt i'm trying to say is, does the cd have some sort of program that is unique/different on every hl2 cd, that when installed on more than one computer valve can detect it?