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Revision as of 23:35, 11 July 2013

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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

Key points

Remakes such as Half-Life: Source and Black Mesa provide various improvements over this version of the game, if playing the original isn't a necessity, it may be a good idea to look into both.

General information

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

Availability

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Improvements

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

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Save game cloud syncing

Template:Save Game Cloud Syncing

Video settings

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Borderless fullscreen windowed

Instructions

Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Instructions

Input settings

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Control Remapping Menu

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Issues fixed

Windows 7/Vista Performance Fix

In Windows 7 or Vista some users may experience extremely low framerate 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

System requirements

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References