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Revision as of 17:01, 18 October 2013

Half-Life
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Developers
Valve Corporation
Publishers
Sierra Entertainment
Engines
GoldSrc
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Half-Life on Wikipedia
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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.
⤏ 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

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

General information

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

Availability

Template:Availability Table

Essential 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

Template:Game Location Table

Save game cloud syncing

Template:Save Game Cloud Syncing

Video settings

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Video settings.

Template:Video settings

Field of view (FOV)

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

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Instructions

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Instructions

Input settings

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Control Remapping Menu

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

File:Half life audio settings.jpg
Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

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

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Windows 95/98/NT Windows XP or higher
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) SVGA, high color (16-bit)
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.3
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA GeForce 8 or ATI X1600 or Intel HD 3000
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA GeForce 8600/9600GT or ATI/AMD Radeaon HD2600/3600

References