Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
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Developers | |
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Valve Corporation | |
Engines | |
Original | Source 2004 |
Current | Source 2013 Multiplayer |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 30, 2004[1] |
macOS (OS X) | September 30, 2010 |
Linux | March 16, 2013 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Shooter |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Eastern Europe, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi |
Series | Half-Life |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Half-Life mods and fangames (series) | |
Half-Life | 1998 |
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 |
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: Deathmatch is a multiplayer first-person shooter game in the Half-Life series.
General information
- GitHub Issue Tracker for Half-Life 2: Deathmatch and other Source-based games
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Included with retail copies of Half-Life 2: Episode One and Counter-Strike: Source. | |||
Steam | Initially could not be purchased separately and was instead given for free to all owners of Half-Life 2. Received a standalone digital release later. |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Use -novid command line argument[citation needed]
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Increase performance
- HL2DM's default settings are generally not optimized for most users. Therefore, it is generally recommended to use a performance config, such as Xeogin's HL2DM Community Patch.
Install HL2DM Community Patch Autoexec[citation needed] |
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Reduce red opacity from the HUD when hit
Modify configuration file |
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Notes
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\hl2mp\cfg[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | <path-to-game>/ |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Default FOV is 90 Hor+ | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Borderless fullscreen windowed. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x MSAA. SGSSAA available with flag 0x000000C1 . |
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Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Frame rate cap can be changed by changing fps_max in the developer console. |
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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
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Borderless fullscreen windowed
-window -noborder[citation needed] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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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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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
DualShock 4 controllers |
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Tracked motion controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Over-all game volume and separate music slider. | |
Surround sound | 4, 5.1 & 7.1 speaker options, though not true surround sound | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | "Silence the audio while the game window is in the background" check box. | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Belarusian | Fan translation, Steam Workshop. In testing stage. |
Network
- For more information, see the "Source Dedicated Server" section of our Source engine article.
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 16 | Versus Use Nucleus Co-op. |
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LAN play | 16 | Versus |
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Online play | 16 | Versus Player count can exceed 16 with an add-on; but there can be problems on maps with limited spawnpoints, especially if there's not some form of no-block and the scoreboard can only handle having so many players before it no longer fits on the screen |
- The max player limit can be increased externally (32 players)
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP | Use connect [IP address here] in the console. |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 27015 |
UDP | 27005, 27015, 27020, 51840 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Native 3D | |||
Nvidia 3D Vision | |||
TriDef 3D | |||
iZ3D |
Headsets | |||
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SteamVR | This game might be playable with the Revive Compatibility Layer (compatibility list). | ||
Oculus VR (LibOVR) | Shows under Video Settings, but requires a launch option to fully enable. Uses 0.4 API which is no longer supported on current firmware. | ||
Windows Mixed Reality | This game might be playable with the Revive Compatibility Layer. |
Devices | |||
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Tracked motion controllers | |||
Traditional controller | See Input for details. | ||
Keyboard/Mouse |
Issues fixed
Purple and black broken textures
- A generic fix for this issue can be found on our Source engine page.
SteamVR launches automatically when attempting to enter Options
Modify the gameinfo.txt file[2] |
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Notes
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Chosen Player model is forgotten after joining a new map
- The player's character model influences their starting weapon.
Install a client-side mod |
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Manually change your playermodel and team using aliases |
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cl_playermodel "models/humans/Group03/male_03.mdl" alias "rebelModel" "cl_playermodel models/humans/Group03/male_03.mdl" alias "combineModel" "cl_playermodel models/combine_soldier.mdl" bind "F1" "timeleft" // Uses console command instead of game chat bind "F2" "rebelModel;jointeam 3;say_team Either joined team red, or will change to a rebel player on next spawn." //Jointeam 3 + change to designated (aliased) rebel skin bind "F3" "combineModel;jointeam 2;say_team Either joined team blue, or will change to a combine player on next spawn." //Jointeam 2 + change to designated (aliased) combine skin bind "F4" "jointeam 1" // Spectator |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 | |
OpenGL | 2.1 | OS X and Linux only. |
Shader Model support | 2, 3 |
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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Physics | Havok | Heavily modified variant. |
Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Input | SDL | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | Used for startup videos and in-game movies. |
Multiplayer | Steamworks |
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] |
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Notes
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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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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.2 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2.8 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7 compatible | DirectX 9 compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Leopard 10.5.8, Snow Leopard 10.6.3 | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.2 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8 ATI Radeon X1600 Intel HD 3000 |
Notes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ News - Half-Life 2: Deathmatch and SDK Update - last accessed on 2023-07-02
- ↑ Steam Community - last accessed on 26 May 2023