Ok, I was looking through the Steamappscommon folder and I found something strange, Half Life 2. Even though I do NOT own half life 2. So I launched the .exe and it worked and launched HL2 normally (I know it did it as normal because I played hl2 on a friend's laptop). I do own half life 2 episode 2, but not the regular half life 2.

Is this a glitch? Because it did put me to the store page as if I didn't have it on my steam account but tried to use the exe however when I use the exe but it also launched HL2. Do I need to let Valve know about this?

EDIT: I have found a folder inside the Half Life 2 folder that is called "ep2", although this is still strange. I'll try playing through the mysteriously appearing game. I'll post edits later.

EDIT 2: Played through the first 2 chapters. Completely normal game.

EDIT 3: I tried launching it again, but it didn't launch as normal. It looks like there's a faint red filter on my screen.

EDIT 4: I don't have much time. They are coming for me. The slender-pewdiepie-swat-ST6-killerwhales have arrived do take back my ill gotten gains. If you're reading this, look behind you, illomenati might get you.

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Did you do family sharing

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Nope.

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You should let them know immediately before they send a SWAT team your way.

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^

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^(o,O)^

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happy b-day

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????

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The illominarty installed in on your computer

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Seems like a pirated version was installed onto your computer or one from a disk set was installed.

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Yeaaaaah... No. Stick to Roblox and not problem solving.

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Well, strange. I looked trough my files and I got half-life installed, altrough I do not own it nor I have ever installed it in any way.

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That half life folder is for all old source games. It doesn't actually contain the game files for half life but contains Source Engine files.

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That half life folder is for all old source games. It doesn't actually contain the game files for half life but contains Source Engine files.

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Yup, just wanted to edit my post saying it has counter-strike in it... Ohh good old times

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You have HL2 Ep2.

There's your answer.

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HL2 Ep2 and HL2 are separate games. Buying Ep2 doesn't give you HL2.

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it does (apparently), just not officially/clickable in your steam library. You probably also won't get cards/achievements.

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Look on your hard drive and see what happens when you install "just" HL2EP2.

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I already half HL2 installed so I can't really test it.

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I think there's a bunch of games that use the hl2 engine, therefore hl2 must be present on your hdd. Gratz on actually finding it; Valve apparently doesn't give a damn one could play hl2 for free in that case... because how many people have ever explored the wildness of the windows exlporer past their private user folder (my documents/pictures/music/etc) and how many would actually be able to do so even if they were presented exact orders about how to do so? :D

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maybe some source based game installed HL2 or part of it. if you check some of the source based games, their exes are called hl2.exe (TF2 for example)

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I don't think so, since it's not just the source game files and the files required for mods, it was the full game. Story and all.

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I don't think so, since it's not just the source game files and the files required for mods, it was the full game. Story and all.

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The free promo from Intel or whatever?
I think it installs HL2 just cuz.

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That's because you have HL2 EP2 installed.

Last time I checked whenever you run EP2 it actually runs regular HL2 with the command line flag -episodic 2 or something like that. By just clicking hl2.exe without running the flags you launch base HL2. I think that's how it works.

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I have Half-Life 2: Lost Coast and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch installed and when I install Half-Life 2 it was less than 1kb. In other words,I already (indirectly) installed it. Do you have one of the 2 I mentioned?

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Nope. I don't own either of those two.

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Episode 2 is not even it's own game, both episodes use the Half Life 2 exe to run the game.

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yes, but the whole of Half Life 2 was there. The entire story with all of the complete chapters. It was as if I had bought it.

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Don't worry, it happens the same with CS 1.6 & Half Life, Condition Zero & Half life, and CZ: Delted Scenes & Half Life. When you install one of those games, you also install the Half Life files, and the Half Life game is added to your library with the "Buy" option. I think it happens the same with Half Life 2 and Episode 2. Episode 2 needs a good piece of the original game's models, textures, sprites, animations, etc... So, think of Ep 2 as a mod or expansion, it needs the original game data to work. That's why you have HL 2 files in your pc and you are able to play it.

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HL 3 confirmed. And it's free.

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Now you will go to hell for stealing HL2.

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Run to alasku. Valvu wunt gat u der.

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yes they will. the iron grip of gabe knows no bounds. he will seek you out and find you. enjoy your ill gotten gains while they last.

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Oh shet. If gabun find op he raep hem.

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But eyes cnt se p4st 24 fpee ess and world is 2014 year old, so how can gabeen say there be 7 bilin peeple on earf???????

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Kid, pls.

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HL 3 free wtf i just bought 4 damn valve

just always remember the cake is a lie

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Whatever you do, don't get on the plane.

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Well this is bullshit, I didn't get HL2 even though I have bought and downloaded Half Life 2 Episode 3 Chapter 5 Page 34 Line 12 :C

However while looking for HL2 I found that in my Steam\SteamApps\Uncommon folder there is a "3 halves" folder and inside it I've found HL3.exe! Game looks fine and plays normal (I completed 2 chapters) but I only wish it had a better engine. The new Unreal Engine isn't really as good as the old and rusty Source engine. Still, fun game.

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The illuminati did it.

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got the folder and stuff, but no .exe I dont own hl episode 2. But I did get half life 1 on summer sale.

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You might want to try and get a friend who has got the .exe and put it in the game files, then run it. Maybe edit it to change the directory it looks in.

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You might want to try and get a friend who has got the .exe and put it in the game files, then run it. Maybe edit it to change the directory it looks in.

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Closed 10 years ago by CzesiiekThe2nd.