Just got an update as prolly most of you did saying these are ready to go...sort of.

Hooray!!

Don't quote me on this, but apparently the portal pre-load is 500ish megs.

500meg is chicken feed anyway. As long as the game is fun it's all worth it.

I guess the preolad depends on what else you have installed on your system "game engine" wise...

Still got 5/6 days till it goes live so you've got plenty of time to suck it down the pipe.

The files you download are also heavily compressed so the download is quite a bit smaller than the resulting game, thankfully. Im happy this is coming out now and not on the 10th of November (ie in the middle of exam block) :P

Don't quote me on this, but apparently the portal pre-load is 500ish megs.

Sorry, had to.

Don't quote me on this, but apparently the portal pre-load is 500ish megs.

I heard it was 1.1gig

I heard it was 1.1gig

Ive read that its about 600MB (close enough to 500) and unpacks to about the 1-2gig mark. Gotta remember that it depends heavily on what you have installed as well as what the download size extracts to.

Think with:
HL2
Ep1
TF2

installed mine started at about the 80% mark for portals. Sucked it down off GA content and had it in a couple of minutes.

Ep2 commenced at about 55% with the above + portals preloaded.

(to give some idea)

Are you talking about Portal or Episode 2? Or both? I'd imagine it'd be more than 600MB for both of them, even if you already have all of the other Source games, including TF2.\

EDIT: Yeah, mine started at about the same percentages, but we're capped until midnight tonight, so I'll bet it wont be done by the time I get home this arvo :(

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So. Portal. X2-3800+, 2GB RAM and a 6800GT. Would this be enough to be playable?

Alternatively, 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo, 2GB, 256MB Radeon X1600 - enough?

I preloaded portal a little while ago and ep2 last night. From memory the payload was something like this.

Portal: 700MB
EP2: 2.5GB

The ep2 figure was a little surprising, cause I don't think ep1 was anywhere near that much.

edit: these figures are based off logging 'bytes received' using task manager overnight. So they are kinda rough but close enough to the mark I feel.

another edit: oh yeah, and prior to pre-loading portal and ep2 I had the following at 100%:

HL2
HL2 : Lost Coast
HL2 : Episode 1
TF2


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strangely.. they will stay there left alone 'till I've grabbed et:qw retail off steam.

strangely.. they will stay there left alone 'till I've grabbed et:qw retail off steam.

ALLAH AKHBAR

downloading completed........


although mine got stuck at 83% so rebooted and it continued

Man, you guys need to start putting more effort into your first posts about this kinda stuff so i can promote it to AG news :P

http://www.ebgames.com/product.asp?product_id=646931

Would this indicate the orange box being available in stores on Tuesday/Wednesday next week?

Edit: s*** :( http://www.ebgames.com.au/PC/product.cfm?ID=7299

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anyone else having problems connecting to Steam, or is it just my computer?

comes up and says "Steam is currently unavailable"

Man, you guys need to start putting more effort into your first posts about this kinda stuff so i can promote it to AG news :P

steve farrelly wouldn't rely on other peoples game reviews

Just so people don't have a whinge about timezones and release times like last time heres a quote that will help you.

We'll be unlocking The Orange Box products just after midnight Pacific time next week on the 10th of October.

Heres the orange box TV ad. http://storefront.steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=game&AppId=995

does that mean itll be active sometime after i wake up on the 11th?

anyone else having problems connecting to Steam, or is it just my computer?

For Ep 2 I am. Portals came down fine.

Just think I might point out to everyone that it's Portal, not Portals. It's nit-picky to say, but it's irritating.

Just think I might point out to everyone that it's Portal, not Portals. It's nit-picky to say, but it's irritating.

Whats this about portals?

there's more than one?

I'm actually really looking forward to playing Portals

so what will it be here in aust at 12.01 valve time?

Since the last update I can't even f***ing launch Steam it crashes windows and have to restart pc. number of other ppl have same issue on steam forums.

first time steams f***ed up for me in like 3 years of use.

Yeah, Portals looks pretty interesting, I'm looking forward to it as well.

havnt checked out Portals much yet but bought the orangey box of goodness and looking forward to Portals

I want to buy this on steam for cheap.. But I'm on dial-up.. So I'll probably be forced to pay $90+ in the shops for it. Lame :(

Just think I might point out to everyone that it's Portals, not Portals. It's nit-picky to say, but it's irritating.

Did someone say they like the name Portals? Me too :)

I'm having a lot of fun with team fortresses but portals is going to sweeten the deal.

i was loving tf2 at first but im getting kinda bored of it already. i wonder how the spamminess / noob friendly aspects of the game will affect its long term appeal

i hadn't played episode 1 till i got the orange box...it was pretty s***. ep2 looks better, and portals will be sweet

Yeah the whole public server aspect of it gets quite boring. But when you're playing with people who know how to play it is great fun still. Bit like DOD or any other game. Public server play typically lacks compared to playing in closed/clan games.

that's pretty universal for all games Twisted

hence et:qw > tf2 :P

I want to buy this on steam for cheap.. But I'm on dial-up.. So I'll probably be forced to pay $90+ in the shops for it. Lame :(

buy it and then goto a mates and get them to backup their cache for it.

or if they don't own it, log in with your steam account, download it at their place and then back it up.

hence et:qw > tf2 :P

I'd say the only thing that could actually make ET:QW any worse would be if Uwe Boll made a movie of it.

Hence TF2 4 lyfe.

Retail box won't go onto shelves until the 18th :(

So PST is 16 hours behind us? Therefore we should be looking at a release from 4pm tomorrow?

according to steam, there is 23hours and 50 minutes left.

so i guess 5pm tomorrow.

Hrmm, guess I should spend tonight finishing Episode 1 off.

argh that launch time sucks, im starting work at 5:30 tomorrow

oh well. i have thursday off

26 minutes until it is launched. The question is who will be playing episode 2 before portal? I'd guess no one.

woot gotime

You have to restart steam to launch the games.

taking sooo long to unpack zzzzzzzzzzz

^^ what he said.

doesn't decrypt the files until you quit and relaunch steam.

decrypting now. portals baby, portals :)

i've been waiting 15 mins and it's 34% decrypted or whatever the f*** its doing... this sucks =(

heh, get a faster computer already :)

f***! Worst time for the best game launch of the year - final year project due tomorrow, and I'm s***-off busy for at least another week.

Just gave it a quick bash...looks like a solid game. The training levels are pretty cool...up to 17/19 atm. Really looking forward to getting further into it once I get some time...i'm just hoping the game isn't too short!

portal is cool for a mindf***.
gonna give ep2 a good run later tonight.

Yeah I got up to 17 and needed a break. Cool game like I expected.

Stuck on 19... I have nfi how to get the block you need near the end.

I have made portals and flown across the room so very very close to getting onto the platform but I just can't seem to move sideways in the air onto it. Probably another way to do it but I haven't figured that out yet :(

2hours 15minutes playtime is a bit weak.

glad i didn't pay for it... oh wait a second..

ok, took me 2 hrs to beat portal. while fun, i was expecting more....

I think portal will be all about user created challenges. The source engine is pretty easy to mod after all.

Took me 2-3 hours to finish, really fun and pretty funny game. Was expecting a bit more though. Looks to be a few bonus challenges and looks like users can create challenges as well which should be interesting.

I wouldn't pay 50 bucks for portal alone (even though I have paid 100 bucks for far worse) but the orange box is easily a worthy purchase.

People that die at 19 and think they finished make me lol.

Why would anyone think that? If you burn in the fire it takes you back as is with a normal death.

does it? i assumed so, but i honestly didn't think that anyone would just take that s*** lying down

Dammit....can't figure out level 18....stupid box.

I gave up to play some ep2 and so far I have been quite impressed. Looks good, runs great and driving around in half a Dodge Charger is totally f***ing win!

Some of the scripted scenes have been really good too.

Orangebox has brought me so much joy!

Just finished ep2. Twas awesome.

portals was really good heh, didnt expect it to go so much further than lvl 19 good stuff! the game was pretty eerie just like the cube movie ... knew something was wrong and had to get out

pretty funny easter egg in ep2:

http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/7263/ep2outland110007vy8.th.jpg

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/2927/ep2outland110006fm3.th.jpg

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hahah that's tops qmass :)

Finished portal last night.....around 3hrs. Absolutely love that game, bit of a head f*** in a few spots but very cool. Anyone managed to get all the achievements yet? I got just over half, will have to go back and do the rest again. Haven't tried the bonus maps yet. Gotta love the trash talking computer.

qmass, i don't get it. what are those pics showing?

ara, its the computer from the tv show "Lost"

Has anyone managed to complete all 6 advanced challenges? I am up to the 6th now but am stuck just after the start... making it across the first gap is easy but now that the roof is metal how in the poo do you get up the wall gap?

The 5th was a faget having to bounce those electron balls off the sphere... so annyoing!

They have a lot of little easter eggs in portal where you can go outside the challenges and they give you some back info about the plot and etc.

I can't wait to see if any nerds think up some super custom challenges, thats where the real fun will be imo.

ahaha how good is the song when you finish level 19!

ara, its the computer from the tv show "Lost"

oh, i don't watch that gayness.

Found a little easter egg on my travels

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n239/rubbachikin/portalpan.jpg

Cookin ma dinner on the Pee Cee!

Oh I saw that too, but I didn't look at it close enough to notice that it was a pot on a heat-sink.

I dont think the 'back-rooms' in portal are meant to be easter eggs, persay. They are much more a part of the portal storyline than an easter egg would be.

Seems like you guys didnt notice but as well as the computer, there is a dharma logo on the wall for a 'forest' station. (haw haw...)

I guess they are more just hidden lols :)