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Revision as of 17:24, 10 May 2023
Developers | |
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Gearbox Software | |
Valve Corporation | |
Windows | Hoaxer |
Engines | |
GoldSrc | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 22, 2008 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Shooter |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | North America, Sci-fi |
Series | Half-Life mods and fangames |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Subseries of Half-Life | |
Sven Co-op | 1999 |
Synergy | 2005 |
MINERVA | 2013 |
Half-Life: Before | 2013 |
Headcrab Frenzy! | 2015 |
Prospekt | 2016 |
Transmissions: Element 120 | 2016 |
Half-Life 2: DownFall | 2017 |
Half-Life: Caged | 2017 |
Entropy: Zero | 2017 |
Half-Rats: Parasomnia | 2017 |
Base Defense | 2017 |
Half-Life 2: Year Long Alarm | 2018 |
Halfquake Trilogy | 2018 |
Hunt Down the Freeman | 2018 |
Black Mesa | 2020 |
Half-Life: Restored | 2020 |
Half-Life 2: Genry's Great Escape from City 13 | 2020 |
Half-Life: Absolute Zero | 2020 |
Amalgam | 2020 |
Snowdrop Escape | 2021 |
Requiem of Science | 2022 |
Half-Life 2: VR Mod | 2022 |
Evacuation | 2023 |
Half-Life: MMod | 2023 |
Half-Life 2: VR Mod - Episode One | 2023 |
Half-Life 2: VR Mod - Episode Two | 2023 |
Swelter | 2023 |
Wilson Chronicles | EA |
Half-Life Decay: Solo Mission | TBA |
Lost Squad | TBA |
Operation: Black Mesa | TBA |
Hard-Life | TBA |
Obsidian Conflict | TBA |
An unofficial PC port of the expansion exclusive for the PlayStation 2 version of Half-Life. Due to various technical differences and limitations of GoldSrc engine itself, the console's original local split-screen mode were replaced by LAN-based system. Although the single player mode remained.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Official website | Requires Half-Life. |
- See here for information on setting the game up.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Half-Life\decay\[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Half-Life\decay\SAVE\[Note 1] |
- The game has no save feature (aside from saving unlocked levels)
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | FOV needs to be adjusted to compensate for cropped first person view. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | UI becomes too small both in-game and menu. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Borderless fullscreen windowed. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Steam version has this by default. Can be forced through graphics card control panel otherwise. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Steam version has MSAA by default. Can be forced through graphics card control panel otherwise. Enhanceable to SGSSAA on Nvidia systems. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Enable fps_override 1 in the console.[1] |
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High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Field of view (FOV)
Field of view[citation needed] |
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First Method:
Second Method:
For 16:10:
For 16:9:
Notes
|
Borderless fullscreen windowed
-window -noborder[citation needed] |
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High frame rate
Override Max FPS[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
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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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 |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | Lost with Linux update.[2] | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
French | Translation based on ps2 version available for pc. |
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 | 2 | Co-op |
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Online play | 2 | Co-op |
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.
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 |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | [citation needed] | ||
Linux | [citation needed] |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Multiplayer | Steamworks |
Unlocking levels
Loading and unlocking levels if your save is bugged[citation needed] |
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Level order
- dy_accident1
- dy_accident2
- dy_hazard
- dy_uplink
- dy_dampen
- dy_dorms
- dy_signal
- dy_focus
- dy_lasers
- dy_fubar
- dy_outro
- dy_alien (bonus level)
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95, 98, NT | XP |
Processor (CPU) | 133 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 24 MB | 32 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | SVGA, high color (16-bit) |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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
- ↑ Half-Life 1 updated - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Steam HL1 5.1 sound - Steam discussions forums.
- ↑ Steam HL1 5.1 sound - Steam discussions forums.