Valve STEAM GCF files and Media 28 October 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The /pub/Steam-GCF directory contains about 15.9GB of Steam Games, Media and tools. To use the media files alone you need Microsoft Windows Media Player or another media player capable of wma playback. To use the media files in Steam you need to copy both the media directory and the following files to your SteamApps directory: day of defeat colmar trailer.gcf day of defeat jagd.gcf half-life 2 episode two gameplay movie 1.gcf half-life 2 episode two gameplay movie 2.gcf half-life 2 episode two gameplay movie 3.gcf half-life 2 episode two gameplay movie 4.gcf half-life 2 episode two gameplay movie 5.gcf half-life 2 episode two teaser.gcf half-life 2 episode two trailer 2.gcf half-life 2 trailer.gcf portal trailer.gcf prelude to victory.gcf team fortress 2 trailer 2.gcf team fortress 2 trailer.gcf sourceforts trailer.gcf Your SteamApps directory is located within the Steam Directory - this will be located where ever you installed it. The Default SteamApps directory is C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps. This may be different on your system depending on the version of the SteamInstaller you used. The Steam-GCF directory contains the required Steam GCF files for the following games and tools: - Codename Gordon - Counter-strike - Counter-strike: Condition Zero - Counter-strike: Condition Zero - Deleted Scenes - Counter-strike: Source - Counter-strike: Source beta - Half-Life 2 - Half-Life 2: Deathmatch - Half-Life 2: Episode One - Half-Life 2: Lost Coast - Half-Life Deathmatch: Source - Half-Life: Source - Half-Life - Day of Defeat: Source - Source SDK - Source SDK Base (Minimum requirement for some mods) - Dedicated Server - Source Dedicated Server All of these games were fully up-to-date as of 28 October 2006. A number of Half-Life 2 mods are also available on this ftp server, these may be found in /pub/Game-Files/Games. These mods include: - Garrys Mod 9.0 - Minerva: Metastasis 2 [Single player] - Sourceforts 1.9.2 You will need to download and run the appropriate installers in order to play these mods. Once you have installed one you will have to restart Steam before it will appear in your games list. Note: You can only play the games that you have on your steam account. If you dont have a specific game on your steam account the steam client will list it in your games menu saying that you have all the files for it and allow you to purchace it. Once you purchace it you will be able to play it straight away. If you do not wish to purchace a game you can delete the files for it by right-clicking on it and selecting the appropriate menu item. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Goodwin