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Revision as of 23:34, 4 April 2020

Half-Life: Decay
Half-Life: Decay cover
Developers
Gearbox Software
Valve Corporation
Windows Hoaxer
Engines
GoldSrc
Release dates
Windows September 22, 2008
Half-Life: Decay guide on StrategyWiki
Half-Life: Decay on MobyGames
Half-Life: Decay on Wikipedia
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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

Key points

Unofficial PC port of official expansion
Requires the base game Half-Life
2 player co-op game, requires one PC per player

General information

Official Website
Unofficial Half-Life Wiki

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Official website
DRM-free
Requires Half-Life.
Windows
See here for information on setting the game up.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Half-Life\decay\[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Half-Life\decay\SAVE\[Note 1]
The game has no save feature (aside from saving unlocked levels)

Video settings

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

Template:Video settings

Field of view (FOV)

Field of view[citation needed]
When running at widescreen resolutions, adjusting the field of view may be necessary.

First Method:

  1. While in game, push ~, which opens the developer console.
  2. Type default_fov 106.270273206 and press Enter.

Second Method:

  1. Alternatively you can also open config.cfg located in <path-to-game>\Half-Life\Decay\.
  2. Add the following to the bottom of it.

For 16:10: default_fov 100.39487232

For 16:9: default_fov 106.270273206

Notes

If the new fov doesn't stick try creating an autoexec.cfg file in the same folder and adding the line to it.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

-window -noborder[citation needed]
  1. Find Decay 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

Override Max FPS[citation needed]
Game is locked at 72 FPS by default.
  1. To change this open config.cfg
  2. Change the line fps_max "72.0".

Notes

To exceed 100 fps, use fps_override 1.[citation needed]
Changing FPS may break ingame scripts.

Input settings

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

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

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

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

For more information, see the "Half-Life Dedicated Server" section of our GoldSrc article.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
2 Co-op
Online play
2 Co-op

Connection types

Type Native Notes
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)
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.[1]
OpenGL 2.1
Software renderer
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
[citation needed]
Linux
[citation needed]

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System
Multiplayer Steamworks

Unlocking levels

Loading and unlocking levels if your save is bugged[citation needed]
The game is a bit glitchy and you may lose your save at times, use this to return to your previous point in the game.
  1. Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\<user-id>\half-life\decay\maps and C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\<user-id>\dedicated server\de\maps
  2. Rename the levels to what you want
  3. Load the renamed level

Level order

  1. dy_accident1
  2. dy_accident2
  3. dy_hazard
  4. dy_uplink
  5. dy_dampen
  6. dy_dorms
  7. dy_signal
  8. dy_focus
  9. dy_lasers
  10. dy_fubar
  11. dy_outro
  12. dy_alien (bonus level)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98, NT
Processor (CPU) 133 MHz
System memory (RAM) 24 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) SVGA, high color (16-bit)

Notes

  1. 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