Which brings up the question... how do you test if it's owned? Or is there a tech thing going on that blocks the mount if you don't own it?
Quoting Mike Durand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi All- > > So the answer from Valve is: you must own Episode One in order to mount > either 'episode 1 shared.gcf' or 'half-life 2 episode one.gcf'. > > -Mike > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robbie > Groenewoudt > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 2:53 PM > To: hlcoders@list.valvesoftware.com > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Mounting episode one shared.gcf > > -- > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] I never said I was only > going to use some sounds. I want to mount this GCF because it saves like > 100mb > > Second, according to some guys, you can mount the episode one shared > gcf, without owning EP1 I'd like to have some confirmation of someone > who did it or from Valve. > > On 8/8/06, Sebastian Staudt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm not sure what you try to achieve with mounting GCFs of games you > > don't own. > > No, I'm not referring to any possible legal problems, but does it make > > > any sense to have players of your mod download a 1,2 GB file to make > > use of a few sounds? > > Ignoring the fact that they won't get the file on any of the big > > download sites or via Steam. > > Wouldn't it be easier to ask Valve if you're allowed to extract the > > files out of the GCF and ship them with your mod? > > > > Robbie Groenewoudt wrote: > > > Are you people sure you can mount ep1 shared without owning EP1? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
