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Key points
- Requires either Half-Life 2 or Counter-Strike: Source as well as the Source SDK Base.
- No longer in active development
General information
- Official forums
Availability
- All versions require Steam DRM.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
-window -noborder[citation needed]
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- Find Portal in your Steam Library
- Right-click the game name
- Select
Properties
- Select
Set Launch Options...
- Input
-window -noborder
- Press
OK
- Launch the game
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Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Game and Music volume sliders. |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Issues unresolved
Unable to place Sonic Alarms
This is a bug - It doesn't place for a while[citation needed]
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- Keep holding your Primary Fire key - it'll place eventually.
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Crash on death
This is a bug - You're holding either USE or CROUCH as you die[citation needed]
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Issues fixed
Purple and black broken textures
- A generic fix for this issue can be found on our Source engine page.
Game isn't visible on Steam
Source SDK Base 2006 isn't installed, or you didn't close Steam when installing The Hidden[citation needed]
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Make sure to have Source SDK Base 2006 installed, and that you installed it with Steam closed. You can find the SDK base by going to your Library, and where it says "ALL GAMES" in the top left, click. Choose "TOOLS". It's in that list.
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Game won't load
Source SDK Base 2006 isn't installed[citation needed]
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Make sure to have Source SDK Base 2006 installed, and that you installed it with Steam closed. You can find the SDK base by going to your Library, and where it says "ALL GAMES" in the top left, click. Choose "TOOLS". It's in that list.
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Playing online kicks you and gives the following error: "Error verifying STEAM UserID Ticket"
Your UserID ticket is corrupt[citation needed]
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- Have Steam running.
- Go to
<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\config
- Create a back up copy of localconfig.vdf, e. g. by copying it to the same folder.
- Open a text editor, e. g. Notepad
- Drag the file localconfig.vdf into the text editor
- Search for "Steam2Ticket" (with quotes)
- Delete "Steam2Ticket" and the following long hexadecimal number (including the quotes)
- Save the changes (Ctrl + S)
- Quit Steam (That updates the localconfig.vdf.)
- Restart Steam
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Screen goes black when you are hit by the grenade or the 'Less Lethal Launcher'
Go to Options, Video Settings, Advanced. Uncheck 'Use high dynamic range'[citation needed]
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- Restart to fix
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Other information
Console commands
Advanced Keyboard Settings, use this to enable the console.
- Games running on the Source engine can utilize Source Engine Console Commands for various tasks.
Enabling the console in Source games[citation needed]
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- 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 .
- Many servers will not allow you to play with cheats enabled, or will disable them upon entering the server.
- Users without a US keyboard may experience some problems.
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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]
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- 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
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Other information
API
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP, Vista, 7 | |
Processor (CPU) |
1.7 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) |
512 MB |
1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
450 MB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce FX 5700 ATI Radeon 9500 128 MB of VRAM
| Nvidia GeForce 6800 ATI Radeon X800 |
References