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Half-Life 2

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Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2 cover
Developers
Valve Corporation
Engines
Source
Release dates
Windows November 16, 2004
macOS (OS X) May 26, 2010
Linux May 9, 2013
Half-Life 2 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.
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Key points

Runs on low-end hardware.[1]
Numerous mods are available for the game, including new levels and completely new game modes.

General information

GitHub Issue Tracker for Linux bugs in Half-Life 2 and other Source-based games
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums
Unofficial Half-Life Wiki

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Steam
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Soundtrack is available for free in here.
All versions require Steam.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Enabling the console

A list of console commands can be found here.
Instructions
Instructions

Mods

An extra list of mods can be found here.

Half-Life 2: Survivor

An unofficial port of the Japanese arcade version.

Game data

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/220/pfx/[Note 1]

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/220/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.

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Borderless fullscreen windowed

Instructions

Oculus Rift

See the Oculus Rift forums for further instructions.

Input settings

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

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Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Thai

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
10 Use Synergy.

Connection types

Issues unresolved

Many bugs arose with 2009 Orange Box update. Although they are most disregarded by Valve an unofficial patch should address them before the end of 2014

Issues fixed

Windows

TweakGuides has created a comprehensive guide for fixing issues in this game which can be found here.

Purple and black textures

Instructions

No lighting after Black Mesa East

Instructions

Stuck in Black Mesa East

Instructions

Not enough space on disk (retail)

Instructions

Available memory less than 128 MB

Instructions

Half-Life 2 stuck on DirectX v8.0

Instructions

Other information

Launch options

A list of command lines can be found here and here.
Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) 1.7 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4.6 GB
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700
ATi Radeon 9500
128 MB of VRAM
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.5.8, 10.6.3
Processor (CPU) 1.7 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4.6 GB
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA GeForce 8
ATI X1600
Intel HD 3000

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>/220/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (220) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Tested by Nicereddy.