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Revision as of 01:57, 6 December 2017

Half-Life: Blue Shift
Half-Life: Blue Shift cover
Developers
Gearbox Software
Valve Corporation
Publishers
Sierra Entertainment
Valve Corporation
Engines
GoldSrc
Release dates
Windows June 12, 2001
macOS (OS X) March 30, 2013
Linux March 30, 2013
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Half-Life: Blue Shift guide on StrategyWiki
Half-Life: Blue Shift on Wikipedia

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.
⤏ Go to series page
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Key points

As of July 2013, among many other fixes, the game was updated with SteamPipe integration, and regained its original soundtrack for in-game use.[1]

General information

Unofficial Half-Life Wiki
GitHub Issue Tracker for Half-Life: Blue Shift and other GoldSrc-based games
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
 Disc only required for CD music.
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Windows
Amazon.com
DRM details are not known
 Only available as Half-Life: Anthology, Comes with Steam Key
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

-nointro[citation needed]
  1. Find Half-Life: Blue Shift in your Steam Library
  2. Right-click the game name
  3. Select Properties
  4. Select Set Launch Options...
  5. Input -nointro
  6. Press OK
  7. Launch the game

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
*.cfg store the configuration.
This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

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System Location

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

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Borderless fullscreen windowed

-window -noborder[citation needed]
  1. Find Half-Life: Blue Shift in your Steam Library
  2. Right-click the game name
  3. Select Properties
  4. Select Set Launch Options...
  5. Input -window -noborder
  6. Press OK
  7. Launch the game

High frame rate

Game is capped at 72 FPS (without Vsync) by default.
Set FPS limit[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Create a new file called userconfig.cfg
  3. Add in the following lines:
fps_max "<desired FPS value>"
fps_override 1
  • The fps_override 1 command disables GoldSrc's arbitrary 100 FPS limit.

4. Save the file and launch the game.

5. Disable Vsync in-game.

Input settings

In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game mouse/joystick settings.
In-game mouse/joystick settings.

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Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German

VR support

Headsets State Notes
SteamVR
See VR.
Oculus VR (LibOVR)
See VR.
Windows Mixed Reality
See VR.
OSVR
Devices
Tracked motion controllers
Traditional controller
Keyboard/Mouse
Novint Falcon
The official game-specific 3D Touch Add On is required.
Play area
Seated
Standing
Room-scale

VR

Install Half-Life-VR Mod[2]
  1. Install Half-Life VR Mod into Half-Life's root.
  2. Take client.dll from the mod and put it in Half-Life: Blue Shift's \Half-Life\bshift\cl_dlls folder.
  3. Add -game vr -dev -env -insecure -nomouse -nojoy +sv_lan 1 +sv_maxspeed 125 to Half-Life's launch options
  4. Set opengl32.dll to Read-Only in root directory of Half-Life.
  5. Ingame, make Half-Life windowed
  6. To play, Launch Half-Life and select Change Game in the main Menu, and choose Half Life: Blue Shift.

Issues fixed

Game crashes before entering main menu (Windows)

Fix Data Execution Prevention setting[citation needed]

Ensure Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is set to the default (Windows programs and services only).

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 7 Lost with Linux update.[3]
OpenGL 2.1
Software renderer
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System

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

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 500 MHz 800 MHz
System memory (RAM) 96 MB 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) 16 MB of VRAM 32 MB of VRAM
macOS (OS X)
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
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU) Intel Dual Core 2.8 GHz
AMD Dual Core 2.8 GHz
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
Sound (audio device) OpenAL Compatible Sound Card
Other (Graphic Drivers: Nvidia 310, AMD 12.11)

References