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Developers | |
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Gearbox Software | |
Publishers | |
1999-2005 | Sierra On-Line |
2005-present | Valve Corporation |
Russia (Half-Life 1 Anthology) | Buka Entertainment[1] |
Engines | |
GoldSrc | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 19, 1999[2] |
macOS (OS X) | March 30, 2013 |
Linux | March 30, 2013 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, FPS, Shooter |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Sci-fi, North America |
Series | Half-Life |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Half-Life mods and fangames (series) | |
Half-Life | 1998 |
Half-Life: Opposing Force | 1999 |
Half-Life: Blue Shift | 2001 |
Codename: Gordon | 2004 |
Half-Life: Source | 2004 |
Half-Life 2 | 2004 |
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch | 2004 |
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast | 2005 |
Half-Life Deathmatch: Source | 2006 |
Half-Life 2: Episode One | 2006 |
Half-Life 2: Episode Two | 2007 |
Portal (series) | |
Half-Life: Decay (unofficial port) | 2008 |
Half-Life: Alyx | 2020 |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
Half-Life: Opposing Force is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS and shooter game in the Half-Life series.
As of July 2013, among other fixes, Opposing Force was updated with SteamPipe integration, with its original soundtrack added back in-game.[3]
General information
- GitHub Issue Tracker for Half-Life: Opposing Force and other GoldSrc-based games
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc DRM[Note 1]. | |||
Retail | Later updates remove the DRM entirely, with the disc only being required for the Redbook-based soundtrack. | |||
Retail | Half-Life 1 Anthology. | |||
Steam |
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- Demo
- All non-Steam releases can be redeemed on Steam.
Essential improvements
Official retail patches
- These are not needed for the Steam version as that already contains the latest version.
An archive of all official patches for Half-Life and its expansions can be found here
Higher definition models
The High Definition Pack[6] was created by Gearbox and first released alongside with Blue Shift on June 12, 2001. It was released for free on Steam on August 30, 2005, with a fixed version released a year later. This pack replaces most weapon and player/enemy models with higher polygon versions, substantially altering the style of some of them in the process. The option to enable the pack in-game is in the options menu, and the game must be restarted for it to take effect.
For the retail version of Half-Life and its expansions, the Official HD Pack can be found on PcGamingWiki.
For other options follow this guide.
Remade WON Menu
Opposing Force's main menu, among other parts, was heavily changed with the game's transition from the WON (World Opponent Network) system to Steam. A mod was released by Reddit user HowardHeyman. It restores the look of the original Opposing Force menus, but without text subtitles, animated backgrounds, nor various options windows to keep within the GoldSrc's assumed limits. The mod also adds main menu music from Opposing Force's own soundtrack. An alternate download link can be found here, on GameBanana.
The menu also adds the "Custom Game" feature that was present in the WON version, where the player could select from an in-game menu to switch mods in-game. This feature is disabled by default in the Steam release, as Half-Life doesn't have true native support to allow run time switching, and, according to Alfred, the engineering effort to fix the function is better spent elsewhere.[7]
- Menus are 4:3 by default and cannot be stretched to fullscreen. In-game is untouched.
Enabling developer mode
- Enabling developer mode will allow use of in-game cheats and various console commands.
Turn on developer mode[citation needed] |
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Use the Notes
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Half-Life\gearbox\[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game>/Half-Life/gearbox/ |
Linux | <path-to-game>/Half-Life/gearbox/ |
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*.cfg
store the configuration.
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Half-Life\gearbox\SAVE\[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game>/Half-Life/gearbox/SAVE/ |
Linux | <path-to-game>/Half-Life/gearbox/SAVE/ |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Retail and pre-25th Anniversary Update Steam versions are Vert-. Increase FOV to compensate. See Field of view (FOV). The 25th Anniversary Update version is Hor+. |
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Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Retail and pre-25th Anniversary Update Steam versions are Vert-. Increase FOV to compensate. See Field of view (FOV). The 25th Anniversary Update version is Hor+. |
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4K Ultra HD | Both in-game and menu UI may become too small on displays with a high pixel density, see 4K Ultra HD for various fixes. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV) | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Borderless fullscreen windowed. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Steam version comes with anisotropic filtering turned on by default. Default is set to 16 samples. Lower-end systems might have it set lower by default. Can be customized with gl_ansio command (i.e. gl_ansio 16 means 16 samples anisotropic filtering). |
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Anti-aliasing (AA) | Steam version comes with 4x MSAA turned on by default. Lower-end system might have it turned off by default. Can be overridden from graphics card control panel. You can use -nomsaa command line argument to force anti-aliasing off. Enhanceable to SGSSAA on Nvidia systems. |
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High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Triple Buffering. Always on for the retail version. |
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60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | See High frame rate. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
4K Ultra HD
- Assets are designed for 640x480, and UI may be too small at higher resolutions.
Increase font sizes[8][9] |
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Field of view (FOV)
- When running at widescreen resolutions, adjusting the FOV is probably necessary.
Field of view[10] |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed
-window -noborder[citation needed] |
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High frame rate
- Game is capped at 72 FPS (without Vsync) by default.
Set FPS limit[citation needed] |
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fps_max "<desired FPS value>" fps_override 1 Notes
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OpenGL overbright lighting (Retail/pre-25th Anniversary Update)
- Overbright lighting increases the rendering dynamic range, resulting brighter and more colorful visuals.
- Overbright lighting normally only works on the Direct3D and software renderers.[11][12]
- The 25th Anniversary Update fixed the overbright lighting and deprecates
gl_overbright
in favor ofgl_use_shaders
.[13]
Nvidia cards: Enable the GL extension limiter[14] |
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Notes
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Tracked motion controllers | Supports Razer Hydra. | |
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Button/gesture prompts |
Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | ||
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | Use MetaAudio plugin with Steam version. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio | ||
Red Book CD audio | Replaced with MP3 playback in the transition to SteamPipe. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | Italian audio is only available in the retail version. See here for the Steam version translation. | |||
Korean | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | Mesa Preta Dubs. | |||
Russian | For 25th Anniversary Update version use this localisation. For pre-25th Anniversary update use its older version. | |||
Spanish | Retail only. Patch for digital release here. | |||
Ukrainian | Fan translation by TSF, download. |
Network
- For more information, see the "Half-Life Dedicated Server" section of our GoldSrc article.
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 32 | Versus |
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Online play | 32 | Versus |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP | Open the console (~) and use connect followed by the IP and port. |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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UDP | 6003, 7002, 27010, 27015, 27025 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
VR support
Headsets | State | Notes | |
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SteamVR | See VR. | ||
Oculus VR (LibOVR) | See VR. | ||
Windows Mixed Reality | See VR. | ||
OSVR |
Devices | |||
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Tracked motion controllers | Supports Razer Hydra. See Input for details. |
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Traditional controller | See Input for details. | ||
Keyboard/Mouse | |||
Novint Falcon | The official game-specific 3D Touch Add On is required. |
Play area | |||
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Seated | |||
Standing | |||
Room-scale |
VR
Install Half-Life-VR Mod[15] |
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Issues fixed
Run the game at screen refresh rate (Retail version)
- The retail version of the game defaults to 60 Hz when running with Direct3D renderer in full-screen mode.
Use the -freq <rate> command line argument[16]
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Input Lag in Direct3D (Retail version)
- On certain graphics cards, using the D3D renderer can result in severe input lag, even with disabled VSync.
Set gl_d3dflip 1 in the console[17]
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No music playback (Retail version)
Switch from CD playback to MP3[18] |
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Put the MP3 soundtrack of Half-Life Steam version (see here) into
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Burn the soundtrack on a separate CD |
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- In modern versions of windows the menu is usually not seen in full screen in addition to crashing when loading the game.
Run the game in compatibility mode for Windows XP (Service Pack 2) |
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Fatal Error - Available memory less than 15MB (Retail version)
Run the game in compatibility mode for Windows XP [citation needed]
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Black screen on startup (Steam version)
Disable FBO rendering[19] |
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Windows 7/Vista Performance Fix
- In Windows 7 or Vista with modern hardware, some users may experience extremely low frame rates during gameplay.
Set HL.exe to high priority[citation needed] |
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Performance issues with dynamic lights on Intel graphics (OpenGL)
- Dynamic light sources being present, such as the flashlight or flickering lights, causes significant frame rate drops and lag spikes on Intel graphics.
Use this GLIntercept config[20] |
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Note
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 7 | Lost with Linux update.[21] |
OpenGL | 2.1 | |
Software renderer |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | [citation needed] | ||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Input | SDL | |
Multiplayer | World Opponent Network, Steamworks | WON for retail, Steamworks for Steam. |
Console commands
- Games running on the GoldSrc engine can utilize GoldSrc Engine Console Commands for various tasks.
- The console is enabled by default in GoldSrc games, press ~ to open it.
System requirements
Steam
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | |
Processor (CPU) | 500 MHz | 800 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 96 MB | 128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | 16 MB of VRAM | 32 MB of VRAM |
Disc Version
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98, NT |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 133 MHz | Intel Pentium 166 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 24 MB | 32 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | SVGA, high color (16-bit) 16 MB of VRAM | 32 MB of VRAM |
Sound (audio device) | Win-compatible soundcard |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Snow Leopard 10.6.3 | |
Processor (CPU) | 500 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8 ATI Radeon X1600 Intel HD 3000 |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 12.04 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Dual Core 2.8 GHz AMD Dual Core 2.8 GHz |
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System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8600/9600 GT ATI/AMD Radeon HD 2600/3600 OpenGL 2.1 compatible |
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Sound (audio device) | OpenAL Compatible Sound Card | |
Other | (Graphic Drivers: Nvidia 310, AMD 12.11) |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[4] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[5]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ [1] - last accessed on 2023-03-22
- ↑ Opposing Force Arriving This Week! (retrieved) - last accessed on 2023-06-02
- "Pick up your copy of Opposing Force in software stores across North America beginning Friday, November 19th or reserve your copy online at the Sierra Store."
- ↑ Opposing Force Hub (Steam) - Half-Life: Opposing Force update released - last accessed on July 30, 2013
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Enabling the Half-Life Hi-Def Model Pack - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Alfred, Source Code Manager, GoldSource Engine GitHub, - Accessed 1/29/18.
- ↑ Increased Fonts For HL1 addon - Half-Life - Mod DB - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Verified by User:SirYodaJedi on 2020-03-04
- Figured out more vanilla-esque settings
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-01-28
- ↑ VOGONS • View topic - Half-Life overbright compatibility - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ gl_overbright & OpenGL · Issue #230 · ValveSoftware/halflife
- ↑ 25th Anniversary Update: Overbright not working · Issue #3424 · ValveSoftware/halflife - last accessed on 2023-11-18
- ↑ Half-Life with OpenAL (EFX, Surround Sound, and HRTF!) : HalfLife - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Half Life DLC's Blue Shift & Opposing Force works in VR as well, here is how you get it to work with the updated VR Mod - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Command Line Options - Valve Developer Community - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ valvearchive.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/70/discussions/0/527274088387899010/ Half-Life WON (CD) does not have music :: Half-Life General Discussions
- ↑ Steam Community - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ [citation needed]
- ↑ Steam HL1 5.1 sound - Steam discussions forums.