Half-Life: Decay

Half-Life: Decay

Developers
	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

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
Windows	<path-to-game>\Half-Life\decay\

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Half-Life\decay\SAVE\

The game has no save feature (aside from saving unlocked levels)

Video

Video settings

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.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Field of view (FOV)

Field of view[citation needed]

When running at widescreen resolutions, adjusting the field of view may be necessary. First Method: While in game, push ~, which opens the developer console. Type default_fov 106.270273206 and press ↵ Enter. Second Method: Alternatively you can also open config.cfg located in <path-to-game>\Half-Life\Decay\. 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]
Find Decay in your Steam Library Right-click the game name Select Properties Select Set Launch Options... Input -window -noborder Press OK Launch the game

High frame rate

Override Max FPS[citation needed]
Game is locked at 72 FPS by default. To change this open config.cfg 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

Key map settings

Mouse/joystick 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
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings

Voice settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Lost with Linux update.
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.
Russian				Audio and text translation created from various unofficial voice-overs.

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.
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. 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 Rename the levels to what you want 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	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)