Half-Life 2: Lost Coast

Half-Life 2: Lost Coast

Developers
	Valve Corporation
Engines
Original	Source 2006[citation needed]
Current	Source 2013 Singleplayer
Release dates
Windows	October 27, 2005
macOS (OS X)	May 9, 2013
Linux	May 9, 2013
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Shooter
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Eastern Europe, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi
Series	Half-Life

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.

Half-Life 2: Lost Coast is a singleplayer first-person shooter game in the Half-Life series.

The game serves as a tech demo for Source's HDR Rendering implementation. In addition to being their first title to include developer commentary feature.

General information

GitHub Issue Tracker for Half-Life 2: Lost Coast and other Source-based games

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Steam		Sold in bundles only. DRM-free when launched directly from the executable with -game lostcoast command line argument.[citation needed]

All versions require Steam DRM.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use -novid command line argument

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Steam	<Steam-folder>/SteamApps/common/Half-Life 2/lostcoast/cfg/

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Steam	<Steam-folder>/SteamApps/common/Half-Life 2/lostcoast/save/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud		Syncs save games and settings

Video

General video settings

Advanced video settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Interface scales poorly.
Field of view (FOV)		75-110° (max 120° via fov_desired command) FOV. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		For newer versions: Set to Run in a window (No Border), otherwise, see Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16 samples.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 8x MSAA. SGSSAA available with flag 0x000000C1.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Double buffered
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Frame rate cap can be changed by changing fps_max in the developer console. To uncap FPS or cap FPS higher than 300 you must first set sv_cheats = 1 before using fps_max. sv_cheats = 1 will also disable achievements. (However, Lost Coast has no achievements.)
High dynamic range display (HDR)		Rendered image uses SDR color space. In-game HDR option refers only to HDR Rendering.

HBAO available with flag 0x0000002C.

Field of view (FOV)

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  75 FOV

• 

  90 FOV

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  110 FOV

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Newer version of HL2 Lost Coast included the option as Run in a window (No Border), if you are running older versions, follow these steps:

-window -noborder
Find Half-Life 2: Lost Coast in your Steam Library Right-click the game name Select Properties Select Set Launch Options... Input -window -noborder Press OK Launch the game

Input

Key map settings

Mouse/gamepad settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Native since 2022 update, use -gamepadui Command line argument to enable Gamepad UI. By default, this will also enable Vulkan, which can cause the game to crash on incompatible hardware. If you want to enable the Gamepad UI on systems with GPUs that does not support Vulkan, use -dx9 alongside -gamepadui in order to force the game to launch with DX9 mode instead of Vulkan, while having Gamepad UI enabled.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Supported via Steam Input API.
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts		Supported via Steam Input API.
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth), Wireless (Bluetooth)

Tracked motion controllers

Generic/other controllers		Both Nintendo Switch Pro Controller and Generic Gamepads are supported via Steam Input API
Button prompts		Nintendo Switch Pro Controller button prompts are supported via Steam Input API

Additional information
Button prompts		The new Controller-centric UI will automatically change the button prompts based of the controller you have connected (through Steam Input API).
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		Supported via Steam Input API. If using the old version or Legacy XInput mode: you can bring back Controller rumble by download an updated version of the SDL2 runtime binary (choose Runtime Binaries x86) and replace it with the one in <path-to-game>\bin. This works for any Source engine based game.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Official controller preset(s)		PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Controller & Steam Deck (under Standard and Motion Controls presets)
Steam Controller button prompts		Uses Steam Input API's built-in Button Icons

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Over-all game volume and separate music slider.
Surround sound		7.1, 5.1 surround sound, 4 speaker surround. 7.1 output may require DirectSound3D restoration software.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		"Silence the audio while the game window is in the background" check box.
EAX support		Set snd_legacy_surround 1 in console, 4 speakers in options, and use DSOAL for binaural HRTF mixing.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Belarusian				Fan translation, Steam Workshop. In testing stage.
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Korean
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play
Online play		10	Use Synergy.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting		See Documentation: Dedicated Servers.
Direct IP

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision
TriDef 3D
iZ3D

Headsets
SteamVR		This game might be playable with the Revive Compatibility Layer (compatibility list).
Oculus VR (LibOVR)		Available under Video Settings. See Oculus Rift for more information.
Windows Mixed Reality		This game might be playable with the Revive Compatibility Layer.

Devices
Tracked motion controllers
Traditional controller		See Input for details.
Keyboard/Mouse

Oculus Rift

By default VR mode will run full screen, to switch back to a borderless windowed set the vr_force_windowed convar.

Issues fixed

Purple and black broken textures

A generic fix for this issue can be found on our Source engine page.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9, 9Ex
OpenGL	2.1	OS X and Linux only.
Vulkan		Use -vulkan command line argument.
Shader Model support	1.x, 2, 3

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows			64-bit version is no longer available
macOS (OS X)			[citation needed]
Linux			[citation needed]

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok	Heavily modified variant.
Audio	Miles Sound System
Input	SDL
Cutscenes	Bink Video	Used for startup videos and in-game movies.

Console commands

Games running on the Source engine can utilize Source Engine Console Commands for various tasks.

Enabling the console in Source games[citation needed]
Launch the game From the main menu select Options Select the Keyboard tab Click the Advanced button Check the box next to Enable developer console (~) Click Apply Notes Press ~ to open the console. Some commands may first require you enabling sv_cheats. You can do so with sv_cheats 1. Users without a US keyboard could experience some problems.

Launch options

View this Steam Support Article regarding launch options as well as the relevant Valve Developer wiki page for further information and a list of useful Source engine launch options.

Enabling a launch parameter[citation needed]
Find the game in your Steam Library Right-click the game name Select Properties Select Set Launch Options... Input your selected launch options and separate each command with a space Press OK Launch the game

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2800+
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9 compatible

Must be run without Steam to play on XP and Vista.