penzman Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 I bought an authentic Thai version of Half-Life 2 today at TukCom in Sri Racha. The young man at the store assured me that you could change it to the english version in the game options and it did work. My wife had to help with the installation up until the language option came up in the menu. Do not bother with the pirated copies of the game as you have to register with steam in order to play online, I had tried previously... It's a steal at 599 baht... Anyone interested in a few deathmatches or teamplay? Cheers, Penzman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Conners Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 (edited) <deleted>. I asked in the shop - also in Si Racha - the one shop on the software floor that doesn't sell pirated software - and they insisted the Thai version @ 599 did not have English, that I had to buy the English version @ 999 for that. I was very surprised but since this was first time I actually saw both a Thai and English version of a game side by side here I though it was kosher. But I was had by the Thais. Again. Edit: Regardless of that, it is a great game, much better than Doom 3. I'm about 2/3 through HL2, and have played a couple of Counter Strike Source on a BKK server ... at ping times around 250ms from Pattaya. In Europe I'd regularly play on US servers at half that rate. Tell you something about the crappy infrastructure here. I'd be interested in trying a local Pattaya game though. Would be interesting to see how bad the connection is locally. Edited December 15, 2004 by madsere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZOVOX Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 <deleted>. I asked in the shop - also in Si Racha - the one shop on the software floor that doesn't sell pirated software - and they insisted the Thai version @ 599 did not have English, that I had to buy the English version @ 999 for that.I was very surprised but since this was first time I actually saw both a Thai and English version of a game side by side here I though it was kosher. But I was had by the Thais. Again. Edit: Regardless of that, it is a great game, much better than Doom 3. I'm about 2/3 through HL2, and have played a couple of Counter Strike Source on a BKK server ... at ping times around 250ms from Pattaya. In Europe I'd regularly play on US servers at half that rate. Tell you something about the crappy infrastructure here. I'd be interested in trying a local Pattaya game though. Would be interesting to see how bad the connection is locally. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> All thai games i've bought are in english. at most, with a very popular game, there may be an initial installation menu, which is in thai, but after that it is the same as the english version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefoxx Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 I also asked the guy at the shop about the Thai/English issue. He said that there would be Thai throughout the game as subtitles. He even called some other guy to confirm. Frankly I was dubious. Anyways, the only Thai that is present is during the install and in steam. You can change Steam's default language, and see no more Thai at all. The dinky little reference card (the only thing resembling a manual in the box) is in Thai, but that's not a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penzman Posted December 15, 2004 Author Share Posted December 15, 2004 I played a bit this evening. English language is fine. Playing counter-Strike online I saw subtitles and menus were english as well. One game I played with a ping of 990, Chonburi to BKK, the server list showed a ping of 195 but once i was on the server, 990.... . Did a google and found more Thai servers, I ll give em a try but I m on dialup 56k, I doubt there will be much improvement. I had a ping of 5 when I ran my own server, maybe I ll just settle to plaing against bots . Guess it s time to give a hi speed connection a try. We can always have a LAN party sometime if some are interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penzman Posted December 15, 2004 Author Share Posted December 15, 2004 Found a few good servers here http://www.serverspy.net/site/geosearch/sh...on=40&ty=&g=all Pings were around 200. Sucked big time, CS is new to me. I was a big Quake 1-2-3 fan, Mohaa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_B Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 It makes a BIG difference when you get ADSL. I never bothered with online games whilst I had a 56k. Having my ADSL has been a godsend - I often play on the Zyxcell BKK CS server with pings of around 20-30 and 32 players. Awesome fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kabal1234 Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 Do you think the system below will play HL2 adequately: GeForce4 Ti 4200 AGP8X Athlon 1800+ 512MB D3 sucks ass crack with this spec! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penzman Posted December 16, 2004 Author Share Posted December 16, 2004 Yeah... ADSL... not available yet in our village in Chonburi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartender100 Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 Has anyone seen Medal of Honor Pacific Assault about anywhere yet?,either cracked or original.It got high ratings with the reviewers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Conners Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 TIT. I have TOT and ADSL is available in my area .. but "No ports" whatever that means. I'm calling them weekly but noting is happening. TTT had available ADSL - but no lines. Arrgh, ###### government telcos! They should be outlawed under the human rights conventions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_B Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 (edited) Mr Bartender, MOH:Pacific is available as DVD copy in Fortune & Pantip However the game itself is pants! It looks nice but there are too many on-rails sections May I suggest you get the Riddick game instead - I loved the Xbox version and got the PC one this week. Graphics AND gemeplay to die for Edited December 16, 2004 by Ian_B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penzman Posted December 16, 2004 Author Share Posted December 16, 2004 MOH Pacific: Seen it many times in BKK. Half Life 2 SINGLE PLAYER: PC crashes in 1st episode where the guy at the top of appartment building says "Psst, hey you, over here" Mind you I m running it on a 1.2ghz and 512 sdram and Geforce Mx 400... time to upgrade....aaaagain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefoxx Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 I'm playing it on a P4C 2.4 (o'ced to 3.2), 1GB DDR, Asus 865PE MB, Radeon 9600Pro. I can crank up all the options to max and have smooth gameplay at 1152x864 (my desktop resolution), the only thing turned off is AA. Memory commit charge when not playing the game is about 400MB, when playing the game it's about 900MB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penzman Posted December 16, 2004 Author Share Posted December 16, 2004 I've updated my video driver (thought it was) and I can now play HL2 single player with medium detail. Nice improvements from HL1 except for the annoying "loading" every 5 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chailen Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 Aw, this is great! Now I can go get a copy. I bought The Sims 2 for my sister's birthday last September and it was all in Thai. I had to manually change language settings in the registry to activate English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
et33.com Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 mee go for other kind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penzman Posted December 27, 2004 Author Share Posted December 27, 2004 mee go for other kind <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Other kind, Won't let ya play online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonboy Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 APPARENTLY it will if its the VENGENANCE type with add ons?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonboy Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Anyway I bought the thai version now and YES it can be changed into english in the steam menu :-) So for the sake of about 8 clicks of the mouse why pay the extra money??? Thai version 599 English version 999 WHO WANTS A GAME??????????????????????????????????? Either PM me or post and ill PM you DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anek18 Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 I have a cracked version of half life2 How do i play it with out having to register the game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chailen Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 I have a cracked version of half life2How do i play it with out having to register the game? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think the cracked CD should have a folder or readme file that tells you how to play without registration. You know, the actual version isn't that much more expensive. Vivendi/Sierra has been suffering major losses as of late. They're selling out parts of their company now... They make great games, support them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anek18 Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Yes, I might have to end up buying it. I do like to support them but I am poor . Chan kaw tann for living Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griser Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 I purchased the Thai language version from the boys at pantip for 100 baht and after asking my wife what the words meant on the menu I was able to switch it to english, No thai from then on in any part of the game Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penzman Posted January 8, 2005 Author Share Posted January 8, 2005 The single player game was loads of fun. There were new weapons and interesting interactions. Was almost done with yhe last level and my video card got fried Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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