Cs:s

[Pinp]

Any way to play CS:S without the disk in? :|

[Ch3tan]

Yes, be sensible and buy it via Steam not the retail version.

[Ch3tan]

On a more serious note, don't attempt to use any cracks or patches that claim to let you play HL2 or CS:Source without your retail disc.

Valve don't seem to like it, and it's a pretty trivial thing to have your Steam account banned over.

[Pinp]

Originally Posted by Ch3tan

Yes, be sensible and buy it via Steam not the retail version.

Bit late now :d

[Clown]

I also want the answer to this.

[throdgrain]

What disc??

[Clown]

The Half Life 2 disk that we bought from a shop.

[throdgrain]

As far as I understand, which is pretty bloody far in my own not very humble opinion, whether you bought it on a disc , or got it off Steam like I did, the game still has to be linked to your Steam account. And as Steam is always on, you dont need a CD in the drive?

[Clown]

It asks me(us) to insert it(the disk). I haven't really tried to look for a solution but hopefully some of you can help

[Tom]

Can you download the game from Steam, and use your CD key to activate it that way?

[Ch3tan]

Don't believe the retial version lets you. If you buy the game with the disc, you need to use that disc to play the game.

[Tom]

Hmmm, thats unfortunate. I wonder what the reasoning behind that is, since you can't play without authenticating it anyway?

[Pinp]

There has to be a way!

Old CS didn't need the cd in :|

[~Yuckfou~]

I have HL2 retail, CSS does not require the disc for me.

[throdgrain]

My son has hl2 on the disc, and he definately doesnt have to have the disc in the drive to play css or hl2, its linked to his steam account.
Ive just checked this with my own eyes.