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=== Save game location ===
 
=== Save game location ===
 
{{Game Location Table|
 
{{Game Location Table|
{{Game Location Table/row|Windows|...\Steam\SteamApps\<username>\half-life source\hl1\SAVE\}}
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{{Game Location Table/row|Windows (64-bit default)|C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\<username>\half-life source\hl1\SAVE\}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
=== Configuration files location ===
 
=== Configuration files location ===
 
{{Game Location Table|
 
{{Game Location Table|
{{Game Location Table/row|Windows|...\Steam\SteamApps\<username>\half-life source\hl1\cfg\}}
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{{Game Location Table/row|Windows (64-bit default)|C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\<username>\half-life source\hl1\cfg\}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
=== [[Save game cloud syncing]] ===
 
=== [[Save game cloud syncing]] ===
 
{{Save Game Cloud Syncing
 
{{Save Game Cloud Syncing
|steam_cloud            =
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|steam_cloud            =false
 
|steam_cloud_notes      =
 
|steam_cloud_notes      =
 
|origin                =
 
|origin                =
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==Video settings==
 
==Video settings==
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[[File:Half-Life Source - video settings.jpg|290px|right|thumb|Video settings.]]
 
{{Video Settings
 
{{Video Settings
 
|wsgf_link                  =http://www.wsgf.org/dr/half-life-source
 
|wsgf_link                  =http://www.wsgf.org/dr/half-life-source
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|multimonitor              =true
 
|multimonitor              =true
 
|multimonitor_notes        =
 
|multimonitor_notes        =
|fov                        =true
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|fov                        =hackable
|fov_notes                  =
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|fov_notes                  =See [[#Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]].
 
|windowed                  =true
 
|windowed                  =true
 
|windowed_notes            =
 
|windowed_notes            =
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|vsync                      =true
 
|vsync                      =true
 
|vsync_notes                =
 
|vsync_notes                =
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}}
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=== [[Field of view (FOV)]] ===
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<gallery widths=160px heights=100px>
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File:Half-Life Source 75 FOV.jpg|75 FOV
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File:Half-Life Source 90 FOV.jpg|90 FOV
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</gallery>
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{{Fixbox|1=
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{{Fixbox/fix|Changing FOV settings}}
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{{ii}} FOV settings are not accessible in video settings, so FOV has to be tweaked using the developer console.
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{{ii}} Changing FOV will enable cheats; this doesn't affect anything outside the developer console, but if desired, cheats can be turned back off.
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# Launch Half-Life: Source
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# Select <code>Options</code>, then <code>Keyboard</code>, and finally <code>Advanced...</code>
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# Tick the box by <code>Enable developer console (~)</code>
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# Click <code>OK</code>, and then <code>OK</code> again
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# Press ~
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# Enable cheats by submitting the <code>sv_cheats 1</code> command
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# Change FOV to desired setting with <code>fov XX</code>
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# If you wish to disable cheats, submit <code>sv_cheats 0</code>
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
== Input settings ==
 
== Input settings ==
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[[File:Half-Life Source - input settings.jpg|290px|right|thumb|Input settings.]]
 
{{Input Settings
 
{{Input Settings
 
|key_remap                  =true
 
|key_remap                  =true
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== Audio settings ==
 
== Audio settings ==
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[[File:Half-Life Source - audio settings.jpg|290px|right|thumb|Audio settings.]]
 
{{Audio settings
 
{{Audio settings
|separate volume            =unknown
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|separate volume            =true
|separate volume notes      =
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|separate volume notes      =Over-all game volume and separate music slider.
|surround sound              =unknown
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|surround sound              =true
 
|surround sound notes        =
 
|surround sound notes        =
|subtitles                  =unknown
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|subtitles                  =false
 
|subtitles notes            =
 
|subtitles notes            =
|closed captions            =unknown
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|closed captions            =false
 
|closed captions notes      =
 
|closed captions notes      =
|mute on focus lost          =unknown
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|mute on focus lost          =true
|mute on focus lost notes    =
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|mute on focus lost notes    =Available in settings.
 
|eax support                =
 
|eax support                =
 
|eax support notes          =
 
|eax support notes          =

Revision as of 04:31, 23 July 2013

Template:Infobox

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

Half-Life remade in the Source engine.
For the unofficial 2012 remake of Half-Life, see Black Mesa.

General information

Unofficial Half-Life Wiki
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Template:Availability Table

Improvements

Console commands

Games running on the Source engine can utilize Source Engine Console Commands for various tasks.

Skip Intro Videos

Instructions

Game data

Save game location

Template:Game Location Table

Configuration files location

Template:Game Location Table

Save game cloud syncing

Template:Save Game Cloud Syncing

Video settings

Template:Video Settings

Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

Input settings

Template:Input Settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

System requirements

Template:System Requirements