Half-Life: Blue Shift
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| Developers | |
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| Valve Corporation | |
| Gearbox Software | |
| Engines | |
| GoldSrc | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | June 12, 2001 |
| macOS (OS X) | March 30, 2013 |
| Linux | March 30, 2013 |
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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 |
Key points
- Runs extremely well on low end hardware.
General information
- Unofficial Half-Life Wiki
- GitHub Issue Tracker for Half-Life: Blue Shift and other GoldSrc-based games
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Users' Forums
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Amazon.com | |
Only available as Half-Life: Anthology, Comes with Steam Key | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
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| Steam | |
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Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
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| System | Location |
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| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/130/pfx/[Note 1] |
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*.cfgstore the configuration.
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
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| System | Location |
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| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/130/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Steam Cloud |
Video settings
In-game video settings.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
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High frame rate
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Input settings
In-game key map settings.
In-game mouse/joystick settings.
Audio settings
In-game audio settings.
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| French | ||||
| German |
Issues fixed
| Instructions |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 7 | Lost with Linux update.[1] |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | |
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| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | Miles Sound System |
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 | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP | |
| Processor (CPU) | 500 MHz | 800 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 96 MB | 128 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 16 MB of VRAM | 32 MB of VRAM |
| macOS (OS X) | ||
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| 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 |
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| Linux | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 12.04 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Dual Core 2.8 GHz AMD Dual Core 2.8 GHz |
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| 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 (Graphic Drivers: nVidia 310, AMD 12.11) OpenGL 2.1 compatible |
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Notes
- ↑ 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>/130/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (130) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.