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Re: The Orange Box. DRM vs Retro Gaming? How can I install it?

Posted on 2020-06-05, 15:19

in Windows
These are the contents I find when I scan disk1 sim and disk2 sim. The gcf file names are identical on both disks but when I unpack them and combine into one folder there are some differences in the files they contain Disk1.sim Source Engine.gcf Source Materials.gcf Source Models.gcf Source Sounds. …

Re: The Orange Box. DRM vs Retro Gaming? How can I install it?

Posted on 2020-06-04, 18:16

in Windows
Cheers Dosfreak. I just unpacked very one of the GCF files one after the other, so there were a lot that said source 2007 binaries. I will list all the GCF I see on the list from sc anning disk1 sim and disk 2 sim - then if you know which ones to unpack I can start again It is HL2 Episode 2 I wanted …

Re: The Orange Box. DRM vs Retro Gaming? How can I install it?

Posted on 2020-06-04, 09:55

in Windows
OK thanks I will try that. I am actually trying to install The Orange Box on my Windows 10 PC I had another interesting thought as well regards legality. If Valve do not recognise me as the legal owner of this product does that also mean the EULA it contains does not legally apply to me either, so I …

Re: The Orange Box. DRM vs Retro Gaming? How can I install it?

Posted on 2020-06-04, 09:03

in Windows
So really I am following these instructions steps 1,2 and 3 were different for me as I had SID files not CAB files but using Phoenix got me to the same point whereby I get the message steam.dll not present if i run HL2 https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=70250 Steps 1,2, 3 - completed 4. Download …

Re: The Orange Box. DRM vs Retro Gaming? How can I install it?

Posted on 2020-06-03, 18:24

in Windows
I got a bit further but I still don't have it working I unpacked all the GCFs individually and copied the contents to the game folder, selecting to overwrite any existing files I did this scanning both disk1 and disk2 SIM files Once i had dome all that I had a directory structure as shown in pic …

Re: The Orange Box. DRM vs Retro Gaming? How can I install it?

Posted on 2020-06-02, 22:27

in Windows
Hi Valur As far as I understand it we extract each GCF in turn to a folder then copy the contents of the extraction (which is usually some subfolders) to a target folder So you will get sometimes, it overwrites existing files in the target - so far on one extraction it overwrote 1562 files in the …

Re: The Orange Box. DRM vs Retro Gaming? How can I install it?

Posted on 2020-06-02, 15:14

in Windows
So when you say the games are broken on The orange Box do you mean that I can't play HL2 EP2 from the disks anyway? Otherwise I am doing something wrong most likely When i open Phoenix now it says Half Life 2 is there but if i press Lauch I get an error - No Base Game for the AppID (See pic 1) There …

Re: The Orange Box. DRM vs Retro Gaming? How can I install it?

Posted on 2020-06-01, 18:00

in Windows
OK So I don't know if I am doing this right, but when I copied the two disks to the PC I ended up with those SIM and SID files as I posted above. So I used Phoenix (which seems to be something rather like winrar) and Scanned the SIM files. I then extracted all the files found with disk 1 sim then …

Re: The Orange Box. DRM vs Retro Gaming? How can I install it?

Posted on 2020-05-30, 17:39

in Windows
Thought that would help but no. Googled Phoenix 15_RC2 found the first link to cutedrive page, downloaded it 17Mb no virus but it is just a load of php files Trying to find this software is taking me to some very murky places. I found some youtube tutorials but any links they give didn't work either …

Re: The Orange Box. DRM vs Retro Gaming? How can I install it?

Posted on 2020-05-30, 16:59

in Windows
Hmm OK. not one to give up, I googled for Sid and it says I can these are kinda like zip files and I can unpack them with Phoenix SID unpacker. So it sounds like those Sid files are like Cab files and would have the files i need in them. But where do I get that Phoenix from? The first link in google …

Re: The Orange Box. DRM vs Retro Gaming? How can I install it?

Posted on 2020-05-29, 21:59

in Windows
Yeah that's OK mate. I'm a big advocate for freedom of speech but I am sure google will be happy to speak to me me once I know what to ask for. A lot of this stuff is new to me and quite exciting. And to be quite honest I find the challenge of getting things working is usually more interesting than …

Re: The Orange Box. DRM vs Retro Gaming? How can I install it?

Posted on 2020-05-29, 19:02

in Windows
To extract the working products you need to use Phoenix and then use revemu to run the games without steam. (Revemu works all the way down to Half-Life 2 1.0 Build 2187) (Builds v5135 and higher are DRM free) OK thanks. I don't know what Phoenix and revemu is but I bet google will help me now i …

Re: The Orange Box. DRM vs Retro Gaming? How can I install it?

Posted on 2020-05-29, 18:58

in Windows
I buy a lot of old games at the flea market and play them no problem (well not TOO many problems) but I am struggling with this one I have a physical Copy of The Orange Box (Hafe Life 2 Ep 2) and I can't install it. I do have a Steam Account, though I don't really have a use for it, and it will not …

The Orange Box. DRM vs Retro Gaming? How can I install it?

Posted on 2020-05-29, 17:05

in Windows
Hi guys first let me just say I am not trying to pirate anything. I buy a lot of old games at the flea market and play them no problem (well not TOO many problems) but I am struggling with this one I have a physical Copy of The Orange Box (Hafe Life 2 Ep 2) and I can't install it. I do have a Steam …

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