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Originally Posted by bingle
Yes, that's what I've done for my other games. However, Half life 2 authenticates over the internet - theoretically making the CD authentication useless. In fact, if you buy Half Life 2 on Steam, you don't ever even have to own a CD. The side effect is, though, that the Steam server can detect when you're using an altered binary, and I want to have access to Steam.
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If you don't need the CD, why the hell does HL2 tell me "Wrong CD inserted" every time I try to play.
I have to eject whatever I had in earlier and put the first HL2 disk in. What's the point of Steam authentication if it doesn't make life easier for the player? Grrr
Mr Mephisto