User:Chick'n'Duck/Mementos
Essential improvements
==Essential improvements==
===Starting via Half-Life 2===
{{Fixbox|description=Instructions|ref=<ref name="Sui">{{refcheck|user=Chick%27n%27Duck{{!}}Chick'n'Duck|date=26 August 2017}}</ref>|fix=
# Copy the content of the game folder including {{p|game}}/prospekt/ into the root folder of Half-Life 2 (where you can also find other mods and the Episode expansions)
# If a file already exists, skip it during the copy process
# Start Half-Life 2 with <code>-game prospekt</code> [[Glossary:Command line arguments|command line argument]]
}}
Applying compatibility settings (Windows only)
===Applying compatibility settings (Windows only)===
{{Fixbox|description=Enable the following [[Windows Compatibility Mode|compatibility settings]] for the {{code|<File name here>}} file: <code>Compatibility mode (<OS name here>)</code>, <code>Run in 256 colors</code> (XP/Vista/7), <code>Reduced color mode (<specify mode here>)</code> (8/8.1), <code>Run in 640x480 screen resolution</code>, <code>Disable visual themes</code> (XP/Vista/7), <code>Disable desktop composition</code> (XP/Vista/7), <code>Disable display scaling on high DPI settings</code>, and <code>Run this program as an administrator</code>}}
Using a command line argument
===Using a command line argument===
{{Fixbox|description=Use the <code>(Insert command here)</code> [[Glossary:Command line arguments|command line argument]]|}}
Using an in-game console command
===Using an in-game console command===
{{Fixbox|description=Use <code>(Insert command here)</code> in the in-game console (<Insert console key here, usually {{Key|~}}>)|}}
Installing a program
===Installing a program===
{{Fixbox|description=Download and install [<program site URL here> <program name here>])|}}
Adding a file(s)
===Adding a file(s)===
{{Fixbox|description=<Use one: Add in/Replace/Update> the <code>(full file or folder name here)</code> file/folder|ref=<ref>Reference</ref>|fix=
{{ii}} Before continuing, make a backup of the <full file or folder name here>
# Download the [<file/folder download URL here> <Use one: file/updated file(s)/patched file(s)>].
# Extract the contents of the download to <code>(path location here)</code>. <For compressed downloads>
# Move the file/folder to <code>(path location here)</code>. <For uncompressed downloads>
}}
Modifying a file
===Modifying a file===
{{Fixbox|description=Modify <code>(full file name here)</code>|ref=<ref>Reference</ref>|fix=
# Go to <code>(file path location here)</code>.
# Open the <code>(full file name here)</code> file with <program name> or other <program type>.
# <Instructions on what lines to change go here>
# Save the file and launch the game.
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