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Revision as of 12:43, 19 December 2014

Half-Life
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Developers
Valve Corporation
Publishers
Sierra Entertainment
Engines
GoldSrc
Release dates
Windows November 19, 1998
macOS (OS X) January 25, 2013
Linux January 25, 2013
Half-Life on Wikipedia

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 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

This page is for the original game. For the Source remake, see Half-Life: Source. For the unofficial Source engine mod, see Black Mesa.

Key points

Runs extremely well on low end hardware.

General information

Unofficial Half-Life Wiki
GitHub Issue Tracker for Half-Life and other GoldSrc-based games
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Steam
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Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Soundtrack is available for free in here.
All non-Steam releases can be redeemed on Steam.

Demos

Half-Life: Uplink

The official public demo for the game, it includes an exclusive chapter (and a training level) with content not found in the full release.

It can be downloaded here.

Note that the demo uses an older version of GoldSrc and may have compatibility issues with modern systems. For full compatibility, the SteamLink mod reworks the demo as a Half-Life mod.

Half-Life: Day One

A pre-release demo exclusive to OEMs, it contains the chapters from the full release up to and including "We've Got Hostiles" (5 chapters and a training level).

It can be downloaded here.

Note that the demo uses an older version of GoldSrc and may have compatibility issues with modern systems.

Versions

Half-Life: Dreamcast

An unreleased port of Half-Life to the Sega Dreamcast, it includes various major and minor differences from the PC release (ex. modified levels, new models, adjusted difficulty, etc.)

A mod that ports the Dreamcast version as a Half-Life mod is available on ModDB.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Higher definition models

You have multiple options to gain access to higher definition models. One is using the official version of them. For other options follow this guide.

Enabling Developer Mode

Enabling developer mode will allow you to use in-game cheats and various console commands.
Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/70/pfx/[Note 1]
*.cfg store the configuration.
This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/70/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game video settings.

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Field of view (FOV)

Note that Half-Life: Source includes an FOV slider by default, among other enhancements.
Instructions

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Instructions

High frame rate

Instructions

Input settings

In-game key map settings.
In-game mouse/joystick settings.

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Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Korean
Spanish
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Russian

Network

In-game multiplayer settings.
For more information, see the "Half-Life Dedicated Server" section of our GoldSrc article.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
32
Online play
32

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.

Issues fixed

Windows 7/Vista Performance Fix

In Windows 7 or Vista some users may experience extremely low frame rate during gameplay even if their PC can run other more modern games perfectly.

Follow these instructions to the problem:

Instructions

Missing Voice and Multiplayer Tabs under Options

Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 7 Lost with Linux update.[1]
OpenGL 2.1
Software renderer
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System
Multiplayer WON (retail)
Steamworks (Steam)

Console commands

Games running on the GoldSrc engine can utilize GoldSrc Engine Console Commands for various tasks.
The console is enabled by default in GoldSrc games, press ~ to open it.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 133 MHz
System memory (RAM) 24 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 400 MB
Video card (GPU) SVGA, high color (16-bit)
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.6.3
Processor (CPU) 500 MHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8xxx series
ATI Radeon X1600
Intel HD 3000
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU) Intel Dual Core 2.8 GHz
AMD Dual Core 2.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8600/9600 GT
ATI/AMD Radeon HD 2600/3600

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/70/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (70) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References