Half-Life: Alyx
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| Developers | |
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| Valve Corporation | |
| Engines | |
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| Release dates | |
| Windows | March 23, 2020 |
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Warnings
- This game requires a virtual reality headset (see VR support for details).
| ⤏ 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 |
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Steam | |
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Essential improvements
Skip intro logo
Use -novid command line argument.
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Enabling the console
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\game\hlvr\cfg\[Note 1] <path-to-game>\game\hlvr\SAVE\S*\personal.cfg[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/546560/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\game\hlvr\SAVE\S*\[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/546560/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Performance Options
Input settings
Accessibility Options
Spectator Options
Audio settings
Volume Options
Subtitles Options
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| French | ||||
| German | ||||
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VR support
- This game requires a virtual reality headset.
| Headsets | State | Notes | |
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| SteamVR | Bundled with new Valve Index (headset only, full set, or just controllers) units indefinitely, and includes bonus content for SteamVR, CS:GO and Half-Life: Alyx until the end of 2019. | ||
| Oculus VR (LibOVR) | |||
| Windows Mixed Reality | |||
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| Tracked motion controllers | |||
| Traditional controller | |||
| Keyboard/Mouse | |||
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| Seated | |||
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| Room-scale | |||
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 11 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
- No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Operating system (OS) | 10 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-7500 AMD Ryzen 5 1600 |
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| System memory (RAM) | 12 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 68 GB[2] | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 580 6 GB of VRAM |
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- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/546560/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (546560) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Streaming and Spectating Guide
- ↑ Verified by User:BesuBaru on 2020-03-23
- No official storage requirements, but the Steam installation size for "Half-Life: Alyx" is approximately 68 GB.