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#1 mattpunkgd
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So I bought the orange box today. I installed all of the games then updated them all, but now when I launch TF2 it says "preparing to launch team fortress 2..." for awhile then it says its unavailable at the time. Yes I bought it. What's wrong?
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#2 tmbroe01
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I think it's because the server might be temporarily down. You could wait a little while or try exiting out of and restarting steam.
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#3 mattpunkgd
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I think it's because the server might be temporarily down. You could wait a little while or try exiting out of and restarting steam.tmbroe01
I did try restarting steam, and my computer.
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#4 sandeep410
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I had same prob.You have to patch the game.And make sure u have installed it from disk and not downloading from server bec it tends to do soo.Try reinstalling game and then patching the game it should work fine.
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#5 mattpunkgd
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Okay i un installed and installed. Still not working. Now when I click it a bunch of games say updating 0%, then go back to ready and and flash between the two.
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#6 mattpunkgd
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Also hal-life 2 and portal work just not TF2, havent tried episodes 1 and 2 yet though. Any suggestions? Maybe a launch option thing?
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#7 mattpunkgd
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Well I found this in my steamapps file. In steamapps>common there isnt any of the orange box games.

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#8 mattpunkgd
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*bump* Still isn't working. What I was asking is should I move those .gcf files into the common file, and why isn't Half life 2 or portal or TF2 in there?
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Whats ur connection speed.TF2 requires update up to 1.5gb i think so it takes time.Just allow it to download i left my pc on for 1 full night and it was over.
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Hmm...that's weird. Try again in a few hours and see if you still have this same issue. Also, be sure to run CCleaner and a disk defragmentation program after installing a large game like The Orange Box. It won't help with your probelm but, assuming you do get the game working, will minimize the stuttering that is common with many Source games and reduce loading times.

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#11 mattpunkgd
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Whats ur connection speed.TF2 requires update up to 1.5gb i think so it takes time.Just allow it to download i left my pc on for 1 full night and it was over.sandeep410
I've done this twice... After both times installing it, I mean i uninstalled once and did it again.

Hmm...that's weird. Try again in a few hours and see if you still have this same issue. Also, be sure to run CCleaner and a disk defragmentation program after installing a large game like The Orange Box. It won't help with your probelm but, assuming you do get the game working, will minimize the stuttering that is common with many Source games and reduce loading times.

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I've had this happen for 2 days almost.