Playing/cracking the original 2004 HL2 5 disc CD release

[isopropyl-alco]

Hello.

Recently I have been getting into collecting Valve retail disc releases. Obviously, I can’t run the original HL2 2004 5 disc CD release because of CD Key and old Steam. I know this is possible as it has been done but no one has really shared the knowledge. Yes, I am aware there is one made by BitRain available for download but I am only interested in running it from my disc. If anybody here has this knowledge I would really appreciate it if it was shared. P.S: If anybody knows how to crack the CS:S DVD (1 disc) that came with DoD:S and HL2:DM please comment too.

Thanks.

[Centaurium]

Hi C3H8O,

I can’t comment on playing the game from the disk, but you can rip the files from the CDs and add a steam emulator for it. I did this for the HL2 2006 holiday edition I got off eBay.

[isopropyl-alco]

Thanks for your help as that is pretty much what I wanted to achieve but the steam DLLs have changed since 2004 and I don’t know where I would find a Steam emulator compatible with original HL2.

[yoshi]

Half-Life 2 old engine without "pirating"

My apologies for responding to a very old thread, but i felt like sharing this information here, since it’s hard to find to my knowledge. The hlunp.exe program is a bit hard to find, but i was able to find it with a google search on some obscure chinese forum, and later found it on a 2004 crack. I’m not sure if i’m permitted to post executables here, so PM me and i’ll send it to ya. The program does not automatically decrypt the GCFs, the proper keys are required. Turns out they have been publ…

[isopropyl-alco]

Thank you so, so much for this you are a lifesaver! I saw your link on the original post but it’s dead now and returns a 503, I would still be very thankful if you were to post it.