Half Life 2 issues...

[M11293]

After installing Half Life 2 I got an error that said, "Steam.exe was unable to open steam library.dll," or something to that effect.

Where do I go from here?

Thanks

 

[Soccerman06]

I got the same thing kinda like that, except its WoW.exe error, I donno whats wrong.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

:-X

 

[dartworth]

WTF

 

[Injury]

You need to give more info.

Did you download steam and install HL2 from there, did you get a retail copy, are you trying to pirate it, did you try uninstalling them re-installing, did you restart before trying to run it....?

Please be more specific, as it could be any number of things.

 

[PseudoKnight]

People need to stop installing from CD if they can help it.

But anyway, my initial thought was to reinstall Steam.

 

[Injury]

Originally posted by: PseudoKnight
People need to stop installing from CD if they can help it.

But anyway, my initial thought was to reinstall Steam.

Yup. The first time I installed HL2, about a week after its release, I had to try about 4 times before it worked. Sucks swapping out cds 4 times on a 5CD install.

 

[M11293]

I installed it from the CD, and yes it is a the retail version, not pirated. I have tried reinstalling it once, but I haven't tried restarting.

I'll try downloading steam from the internet, if I can.

 

[M11293]

Well, Steam's internet download didn't work, so I tried to install from the disks again. I got an error message while installing, which I have never received before. "Error 1305: Error reading from file C:/Programfiles/Valve/SteamApps/source sound.gcf. Verify that this file exists and is accessible." I clicked retry and the same error occurred.

Steam is really annoying. I'll try installing it again, I guess.

Also, I am borrowing this from a friend; he had no problems installing. I am also just installing Half Life 2, not the other 3 possible games you can intsall: Half Life 1, Counter Strike Source, or Half Life 2 Deathmatch.

I am installing the game of the year edition.

 

[shortylickens]

Thats funny.
I have the DVD version and it installed properly the first time.

Cant imagine installing from the internet. That could take all day the way steam runs sometimes.

 

[M11293]

Well, I figured out how to get rid of that Error 1305 message. I installed Steam then I restarted before installing Half Life 2. Half Life 2 installed properly, but that Steam Error message continues to pop up, even after restarting.

Steam is worthless.

 

[M11293]

Any suggestions?

 

[JBT]

hmm WOW ussulaly is something that comes up for 16 bit apps weird.

 

[PseudoKnight]

Uninstall Norton. LOL

Looking it up, the problem is related to a router/firewall issue. Troubleshoot that.

 

[M11293]

Does Steam only work with internet service.

 

[PseudoKnight]

It works best with internet service, but there is an option to run in offline mode after having signed on in the past.

 

[jack bauer]

Can't download episode one. I click purchase for 19.95 from steam, goes to a this page cannot be displayed screen. same with firefox except it says doesn't support it.

 

[PseudoKnight]

This doesn't work for you?
http://storefront.steampowered.com/v2/index.php?area=game&AppId=380

 

[jack bauer]

nope. i select purchase, and then yes i own steam, and then a cannot find server page.