Notes and Random Trivia
- This page is for the Half-Life 3 article published as part of April Fools 2015
- PCGamingWiki became PoliticallyCorrectGamingWiki for the day, aiming for a more conservative demographic of gamers
- The other option for April Fools was translating the entire front page to Klingon
- Half-Life 3 was featured article for the front page, initially linking to Ricochet, then a dedicated article
- The base article used for the mock article was Half-Life 2
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Key points
- Minimum requirements are four Nvidia Titans
- Full 360° FOV
- Virtual Reality support
- GFWL DRM
- Unskippable seven hour opening cutscene
General information
- GitHub Issue Tracker for Linux bugs in Half-Life 3 and other Source 2-based games
- Unofficial Half-Life Wiki
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Users' Forums
Availability
- Soundtrack is available for free in here.
- All versions require GFWL.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Enabling the console
- A list of console commands can be found here.
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Options menu
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- Go to Options, select the Keyboard tab and click on Advanced.
- Check Enable the developer console and open the console by using ~.
Notes
- If ~ doesn't work, push Alt+⇧ Shift in order to switch to a different keyboard layout.
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Mods
- An extra list of mods can be found here.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
In-game advanced video settings.
Input
In-game key map settings.
In-game mouse/gamepad settings.
Audio
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| EAX support |
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Localizations
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Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Ports
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1337 |
| UDP |
8008135 |
- This game supports Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.
VR support
Other information
API
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Supported |
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9 |
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| OpenGL |
5.4 |
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| Glide |
4, 5 |
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Requires an AMD video card with a driver version earlier than 19.5.1 (2019).[3] |
| Shader Model support |
6, 7 |
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| Executable |
32-bit |
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Middleware
Launch options
- A list of command lines can be found here and here.
System requirements
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4.1.15-1.1381_SKYN12nnmp | |
| Processor (CPU) |
One Skynet
| Two Skynets |
| System memory (RAM) |
16 GB |
128 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
1 TB |
2 TB |
| Video card (GPU) |
Four GeForce GTX Titan Zs
3dfx Voodoo 6 series
48 GB of VRAM
OpenGL 5.4 compatible
DirectX 13 compatible
Shader model 6.0 support |
Eight GeForce GTX Titan Zs
3dfx Voodoo 7 series
96 GB of VRAM |
References
