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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.
General information
- GitHub Issue Tracker for Day of Defeat and other GoldSrc-based games
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source |
DRM |
Notes |
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Retail |
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Steam |
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Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Video
-window -noborder[citation needed]
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- Find Day of Defeat in your Steam Library
- Right-click the game name
- Select
Properties
- Select
Set Launch Options...
- Input
-window -noborder
- Press
OK
- Launch the game
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Input
Key map settings (Steam version)
Mouse/joystick settings (Steam version)
Audio
Audio settings (Steam version)
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Spanish |
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Network
- For more information, see the "Half-Life Dedicated Server" section of our GoldSrc article.
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Ports
Protocol |
Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
UDP |
6003, 7002, 27010, 27015, 27025 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
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.
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[3]
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Main menu issues (Retail Version)
- In modern versions of windows the menu is usually not seen in full screen in addition to crashing when loading the game
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[4]
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- Add
-nofbo in the game's launch options.
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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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- Open Half-Life.
- Press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+Esc in order to open the Task Manager.
- Under the
Processes tab, find HL.exe and right click it.
- Set its priority to high.
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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.
Glitchy mouse movement in-game
Enable raw mouse input in the game's mouse settings[6]
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
7 |
Removed with Linux update.[7] |
OpenGL |
2.1 |
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Software renderer |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. |
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Middleware
Mods
- A mod that adds bots for single-player use. After installing the mod, start a match and press X to open the mod's menu.
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.
Day of Defeat Classic v3.1
- DoD 3.1 Steam Installer
- Server List
- DoD 3.1 Steam Community Group
- Day of Defeat became an official Valve mod and was released as version 1.0. Prior to this Day of Defeat saw a number of revisions ultimately leading up to the final pre-official version of 3.1. With the release of 1.0 many of the gameplay elements changed and previously popular maps were removed from the game.
- Because of the niche nature of playing this version most game sessions are organized through the DoD 3.1 Steam Community Group.
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
98, 2000, ME |
XP |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 450 MHz
| 700 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
64 MB |
128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
735 MB | |
Video card (GPU) |
16 MB of VRAM DirectX 7 compatible
| 32 MB of VRAM |
macOS (OS X) |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
Snow Leopard 10.6.3 |
Processor (CPU) |
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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) |
Dual-core from Intel at 2.8 GHz Dual-core from AMD at 2.8 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
4 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 8600/9600GT ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600 OpenGL 2.1 compatible |
Sound (audio device) |
OpenAL Compatible Sound Card |
Other |
(Graphic Drivers: Nvidia 310, AMD 12.11) |
Notes
References