Half-Life: Opposing Force

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Half-Life: Opposing Force
Half-Life Opposing Force.jpg
Developers
Engines
Release dates
Windows
November 10, 1999
OS X
March 30, 2013
Linux
March 30, 2013
Half-Life: Opposing Force at Steam Charts
Half-Life: Opposing Force at SteamDB
 Half-Life: Opposing Force at Wikipedia
Half-Life
Half-Life 1998
Half-Life: Opposing Force 1999
Half-Life: Blue Shift 2001
Half-Life: Decay (unofficial port/mod) 2001
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
Black Mesa (unofficial mod) 2012

Key points

Advantage Runs extremely well on low end hardware.

General information

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

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys
Amazon.com DRM details are not known Only available as Half-Life: Anthology, Comes with Steam Key Availability Table Icons - Steam.svg
Steam Availability Table Icons - Steam.svg
Information Demo

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Fix -nointro

  1. Find Half-Life: Opposing Force in your Steam Library
  2. Right-click the game name
  3. Select Properties
  4. Select Set Launch Options...
  5. Input -nointro
  6. Press OK
  7. Launch the game

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

  Location 
Windows <path-to-game>\Half-Life\gearbox\
OS X <path-to-game>/Half-Life/gearbox/
Linux <path-to-game>/Half-Life/gearbox/
Information *.cfg store the configuration.
Disadvantage This game does not support the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location[edit]

  Location 
Windows <path-to-game>\Half-Life\gearbox\SAVE\
OS X <path-to-game>/Half-Life/gearbox/SAVE/
Linux <path-to-game>/Half-Life/gearbox/SAVE/

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud Native
GameSave Manager Native

Video settings[edit]

In-game video settings.
Graphics option Option Notes
Widescreen resolution Native
Multi-monitor Impossible
Field of view (FOV) Impossible
Windowed Native
Borderless fullscreen windowed Hackable See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF) Impossible
Anti-aliasing (AA) Impossible
Vertical sync (Vsync) Native
High frame rate Hackable See High frame rate.

Borderless fullscreen windowed[edit]

Fix -window -noborder

  1. Find Half-Life: Opposing Force in your Steam Library
  2. Right-click the game name
  3. Select Properties
  4. Select Set Launch Options...
  5. Input -window -noborder
  6. Press OK
  7. Launch the game

High frame rate[edit]

Fix Set FPS limit

Information Game is capped at 72 FPS (without Vsync) by default
  1. Go to the Configuration file(s) location.
  2. Create a new file called userconfig.cfg
  3. Add in the following lines: 
fps_max "<desired FPS value>"
fps_override 1
  • The fps_override 1 command disables GoldSrc's arbitrary 100 FPS limit.

4. Save the file and launch the game.

5. Disable Vsync in-game.

Input settings[edit]

In-game key map settings.
In-game mouse/joystick settings.
Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping Native
Mouse acceleration Native
Mouse input in menus Native
Mouse Y-axis inversion Native
Controller
Controller support Native
Full controller support Impossible
Controller remapping Native
Controller Y-axis inversion Impossible

Audio settings[edit]

In-game audio settings.
Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls Native
Surround sound Native
Subtitles Impossible
Closed captions Impossible
Mute on focus lost Native

Localizations

Language UI Audio CC Notes
English Native Native Impossible
French Native Unknown Impossible
German Native Unknown Impossible
Italian Native Native Impossible
Korean Native Unknown Impossible

Network[edit]

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

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play Native 32
Online play Native 32

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking Impossible
Peer-to-peer Native
Dedicated Native
Self-hosting Native
Direct IP Hackable Open the console (~) and use connect followed by the IP and port.

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP (outbound) 6003, 7002, 27010, 27015, 27025

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 7 Lost with Linux update.[1]
OpenGL 2.1
Software renderer Native
64-bit executable Native OS X and Linux only.[citation needed]

Middleware[edit]

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

Console commands[edit]

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

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95 98, NT
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 133 MHz Intel Pentium 166 MHz
System memory (RAM) 24 MB 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
4 GB
Video card (GPU) SVGA, high color (16-bit)
16 MB of VRAM 		32 MB of VRAM
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 Radeaon HD 2600/3600
(Graphic Drivers: nVidia 310, AMD 12.11)
OpenGL 2.0 compatible

References

  1. ↑ Steam HL1 5.1 sound - Steam discussions forums.