Questions tagged [half-life]
Half-Life is a science fiction first person shooter and debut title for Valve Software, released in November 1998 for PC.
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Why do HECU soldiers put grenades on the ground?
In Half-Life, the HECU soldiers sometimes just bend down, put a grenade on the ground as if it was a landmine, and then (maybe) run away.
Why exactly are they doing this? As in, what's the tactic? Are ...
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Which date in 1999 was "Action Half-Life" first released?
I remember briefly playing a Half-Life mod called "Action Half-Life" in 1999 in one of the few LAN "parties" I ever attended.
I have fuzzy brain pictures of a night-time city ...
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How to prevent bodies from disappearing in the original Half-Life?
At least the dead Alien Grunts fade away immediately on the 'Forget About Freeman' level. On the Opposing Force expansion's chapter 'We Are Pulling Out' the basic zombie enemies encountered after ...
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Is there a shortcut during the train ride intro to Half-Life?
I remember being told that it's possible to escape the train ride intro to Half-Life and go through a door which appears early on in the ride which will skip the events of the game and take you ...
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Was Half-Life controversial for casting the US military as the enemy?
In the original Half-Life, Marine Corps units storm the Black Mesa facility a little while after the resonance cascade, with orders to kill not just the invading aliens, but any human witnesses as ...
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How can I make the UI bigger in Half Life 1?
I started playing Half Life 1 on 1366x768, and I feel that every user interface item is too small (weapon selector, ammo, health & HEV suit energy, pause menu and others).
How can I make the UI ...
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What do you need to do after activating the generator in Blast Pit?
I'm playing the Blast Pit chapter of Half Life 1, and I can't continue or go back to the previous area.
I have already started the generator by activating the two switches on the top.
If I try to go ...
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How can I play Half Life 1 (or any GoldSrc game) in a borderless window?
I want to play Half Life 1 on a borderless window. If I enable "Run in a window" on the Video Options, the taskbar is still visible for some reason.
How can I play Half Life 1 (or any GoldSrc game) ...
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Where are the Aperture Science Logos?
I'm replaying the original Half-Life on Steam. I seem to remember there being Aperture Science logos on the laser equipment that you pass on the way down to the containment chamber at the start of the ...
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How do I make a mod for Counter-Strike 1.6 or Half-Life 1? [closed]
Is there a boilerplate mod that I can download? Can I separate the mod folders from the game folders so that it's easy to keep track of what content I added? What kind of formats are the content ...
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Half Life symbol on Portal.exe? [closed]
Does anyone have any idea why the Portal 1 executable file is running, it shows the Half Life symbol for its logo? I don't know for sure, but this is most likely another nod to the Half Life and ...
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Does Half-Life: Blue Shift have the Half-Life folder? [closed]
I was looking to play Half-Life: Decay with my friend but I can't find the required Half-Life folder.
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Half-Life: Was launching the rocket optional?
I just played through Half-Life for the first time. I launched some rocket for no apparent reason (never really explained) then realized I had to backtrack and go down a ladder in the previous ...
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How to disable HUD transparency in Half-Life?
The UI doesn't scale based on resolution and HUD is relatively diminished especially in 4K, the crosshair in particular is difficult to see with weapons using a more complex pattern.
Having a non-...
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Get half-life CD key from Steam
I bought a retail version of half-life with no CD key, before I reinstalled windows I got the CD key from the Steam version of the game that I had bought, and that worked to activate the retail ...
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How to disable HUD in Half-Life?
The game console doesn't detect hidehud 1 and drawhud 0 (or cl_hidehud/cl_drawhud) commands, these may have worked in the past before the game was transferred to OpenGL.
"Cheats" are probably ...
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Can all crates contain supplies?
Should I break every crate I come across? Are there crate types that can always contain supplies and kinds that never have anything usable inside?
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How to use crosshair with melee weapons?
Crosshair (yellow cross in the middle of the screen, second picture) disappears when a melee weapon is equipped - how to enable crosshair for all weapons? A native solution is preferred, but Half-Life ...
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How do I get down the elevator shaft?
I have reached the place in the game called 'Unforeseen Consequences'. There I came across a place where I get an elevator, but it crashes down. So how will I get down then?
I have tried taking the ...
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Where do I go from the Antimatter chamber?
I have reached the Antimatter Chamber in Half Life. Where do I go next?
I am roaming around there but do not know actually what to do now.
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Where am I supposed to go at the beginning of the game?
I am having problems playing Half Life (Part 1). I mean that since I entered the Black Mesa Research Facility, I go on roaming around here and there. I can see only scientists and few securities. But ...
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What's the use of the fire-extinguishers in Half-Life?
In Half-Life, Half-Life: Opposing Force, and Half-Life: Blue Shift, fire extinguishers in glass boxes can be found mounted on the walls:
If damaged, they will explode, causing a small amount of cold ...
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Half-Life Deathmatch order
Does the Half-Life: Deathmatch and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch go in any order or are they just literally a deathmatch with no meaningful story?
I want to know before I begin playing the series
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Half life is censored after buying german Counter-Strike
I had a nice, american version of Half-Life, given to me through Steam. However, now that I installed the Counter-Strike 1 Anthology (EDIT: In Germany), I have a censored Half-Life, with robots ...
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Half-Life 1 menu crashes on Macbook Air 2012 running Windows 8
When I try to run Half-Life 1 on my 13" 2012 Macbook Air, which runs Windows 8 natively, it crashes immediately with the following message:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
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How do I import a Half-Life save into Half-Life: Source?
I started playing Half-Life on my computer a few weeks ago when I bought Half-Life: Complete. I didn't realize that Half-Life: Source was an improved remove of Half-Life and I want to switch.
Can I ...
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How can I manually reset the default video settings in HL1?
I changed the video settings to the maximum resolution that the game supports and widescreen.
I wanted to change back but now only a small part of the game is available on the screen to I can't get ...
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Does HL1 punish you if you take too long?
I've been spending a lot of time on one map, since I couldn't figure out what to do, and some Headcrabs that weren't anywhere about 2 seconds ago suddenly appeared and attacked me. So, does the game ...
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Are Blue Shift and Opposing Force "canon"?
I know that the two of them are independently developed from Half-Life itself, and based on events that took place during Half-Life, but are the two games considered part of the official Half-Life ...
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How to get past the electricity in the corridor at the beginning of Chapter 4?
I'm playing the original Half Life and I've gotten up to the part in the corridor (Chapter 4: Office Complex) where there is electricity zapping the ground from the ceiling.
Even if I'm far away it ...
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Heavy Performance issue with Half-Life
I have downloaded Half-Life using Steam. But, I am unable to play it due to heavy performance issue. When I click Play Game, Steam asks for Training, Easy, Medium, Hard options. After choosing one, ...
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Is there a way to skip chapters in Half Life?
I bought Half Life on Steam a while ago, but eventually lost my save files.
Now that I have installed Steam on a new computer, I would like to resume from where I left off.
Is it possible to skip ...
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How do I map my gamepad to Half-Life?
So I tried mapping my Xbox 360 controller to the original Half-Life, and no good. Must I use a third party software to map the keys?
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How do I get past the bridge/dam in the chapter Surface Tension?
I really can't get past this. I'm starting this off with around 30hp. I'm quicksaved at the Dam. I'm out of revolver ammo, crossbow ammo and lazor ammo.
I had to throw it on easy mode (running ...
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Half Life 1 Local Game Server fail
I bought Half Life 1 on Steam and wanted to play it but if I click New Game and choose training there the Game stucks on starting Local Game Server. I reinstalled it but it wasn't working.
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Half-Life on Steam plays audio from CD while loading
Half-life (steam version) starts playing audio CD in my CD-ROM when game is loading and mostly stops it after game is loaded, but sometimes it plays forever.
Is there a setting to prevent it playing ...
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How do I enable gore in games I bought on steam from Germany
Now please don't tell me that violent video games are illegal in Germany, they are not. :)
I have a perfectly good and gory version of Half-Life one but I can't find the disk anymore.
I bought stuff ...
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Do monsters respawn in Half Life?
Title says all. I want to know whether mobs respawn in Half Life because I'm stuck in one level where I have not enough ammo to face current enemies (they take several shots) and I'm thinking of going ...
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Half Life 1 bug? Menu only show some servers instead of all possibilites
after playing Half Life 1 online for a while and then restarting, this is what my menu looks like:
All the elements load an online server, instead of doing what they are supposed to (for example, ...
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