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Thu Dec 16, 2004 12:45 pm
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Forum Newbie
Joined: 01 Dec 2004
Posts: 28
Location: Marin County, California
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Does anyone know how to change the directory when installing HL2?
I have four 20G partitions on my drive and want to install it on my D drive - but by default it wants to load it to my C drive. I cannot seem to find a way to change this.
There is no documentation in the box - other than a quick reference card. I am unable to find anything online regarding this as well.
Ho hum...
Bob |
_________________ Best wishes to you and your families for 2005 from REST in PIECES (Bob) on the West side of the Mississippi. |
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Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:31 pm
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Forum Medic
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
Posts: 159
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Well, im not sure what it would be if you bought it retail. I bought it via steam, and when I installed steam, I put it in my D drive, and thus HL2 is in my D drive.
I would think that when you install the game itself.. it SHOULD ask you where you want to install it to at some point. When that box comes up, just change C to D and it should switch over. IF it doesn't have anything like that, then I'm not sure what to tell you because everything I've ever installed has that screen pop up. |
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Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:57 pm
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Forum Newbie
Joined: 01 Dec 2004
Posts: 28
Location: Marin County, California
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Skibbles,
I purchased the retail version and when I installed it, it did the following:
Searched for Valve, Steam & other HL components
Then asked if I wanted to load all of HL2 and Counter Strike Source onto the drive
The program did show the destination for the installation, but did not show a way to browse or change the directory.
More than likely, it loaded it onto my C drive since this is where the original HL, Valve and Steam programs were located. The problem that occurred is that I nearly ran out of disk space - so I had to shuffle around some programs to other drives and now those icon links are broken (which is no big deal).
I think this is a flaw in the program. You should always have the option of where you want to install the files.
Thanks,
Bob
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Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:03 pm
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Forum Soldier
Joined: 25 Nov 2004
Posts: 417
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It installs where you have steam on it.
If you just moved the folders to D then your registry will point to the wrong directory and you won't be able to uninstall it unless you delete those reg files.
You should have gotten it off of steam maybe because theres problems with cds (you have to put it in the drive everytime you load source (hl2 engine)) |
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Fri Dec 17, 2004 3:10 am
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Forum Newbie
Joined: 01 Dec 2004
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Location: Marin County, California
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I have played it several times on and off and have not had the disk in the drive when I loaded it up. I don't think it's necessary - or at least I haven't ran across that problem yet.
Some screens are a bit glitchy and some of the rendering is not quite up to snuff, but for the most part - it's turning out to be worth it so far.
Thanks,
RiP |
_________________ Best wishes to you and your families for 2005 from REST in PIECES (Bob) on the West side of the Mississippi. |
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Sat Dec 18, 2004 5:12 pm
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Forum Newbie
Joined: 01 Dec 2004
Posts: 28
Location: Marin County, California
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Problem rectified. Thanks to those of you who answered up.
Mucho gracias!
RiP |
_________________ Best wishes to you and your families for 2005 from REST in PIECES (Bob) on the West side of the Mississippi. |
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