True but it's better to have this cracked version as a backup. Steam has made it clear that we don't own the games in their platform just the revocable "license" to use one copy of it.
So I'd rather have a version nobody can take away from me.
The game is FREE on Steam for a limited time. You can also often get it at a really low price with the Valve Complete Pack. Around december it tanks in price to a few bucks.
The game runs DRM-free when launched directly from the executable with -game hl2_complete So you can download from Steam, store it somewhere and you'll have it forever.
Always felt the vehicle sections in this game were unnecessary and just padded the game's length. The boat section was actually kind of ok, and that should've been it, but then they added that insanely long highway part that was boring as hell. Quake 4 had the same problem.
The most probable reason right now is HL3 being worked on (since 2020 to this very day), and the second most probably reason is that the community has taken that job personally, with HL2 RXT (as Yuki says), and the HL2 Remastered Collection, those 2 being the most relevant fan remasters at the moment, there's also more projects going on over Moddb, like HL2 Remake, HL2 Rebuild and some more.
Move the mod folder to the Half Life 2 folder, and create a shortcut for hl2.exe. Add this line after the quoted parts: "...\hl2.exe" -game "(Mod folder name)"
im stuck on a river with a helicopter and can't play the game am i missing something? edit: pressed the f9 and it loads me to the first vortigaunts station at the railroads daheck lol i also can't seem to see the main menu
Tried it, the thing is,Smod requires the 2006 SDK, which cant be exactly pirated, and can be only traced back to HL2 if you have both the 2006 SDK and HL2 installed, so the only way to do it is with a legit copy, finally bought the game and its fun so definitely worth it.
As i said, yes you can, download MMod, place all the mmod files into your game directory. Then make a shortcut on the desktop. Afterwards, rightclick and proporties, and in the top directory part make space and type in -game hl2mmod_hl2 and it should work just fine.
Did you make sure ot paste in ALL of these? Try putting hl2_mmod in the directory too. Thats the base of the mod which will inject itself into hl2_mmod_hl2 Thats about how your game directory should look like https://i.snipboard.io/HLhvMl.jpg And thats how your shortcut should look like
Hey, anybody knows any way you can run this with Smod Redux? I always get the missing liberary error. I think this is because the lack of SDK. Cant buy hl2 rn because of financial issues. MMod works just fine when you make a shortcut, but i REALLY want to play smod.
guys can anyone help ambient sounds like using a health station or shooting a mounted turret or just pc sounds in the backround play for a few second and then just stop for no reason i tried changing sound quality and turning off v-sync but it still end after like 4 seconds meaning that they dont "loop" and its rly annoying if anyone can help i would like it
The same thing with me :/. I'm trying the other links to test, but it seems that they are all the same. I've tried several things here, updated the driver to see, and others. I think it's this half life that they made available. For now I'm leaving it at that, because that was the best so far.
So, off the bat it works great. Thanks! If you want to play with the Half-Life 2 update mod though? Just pony up the $20 to buy the orange box set. It costs less to get the orange box set than it does to buy the HL2 expansions and game. I think for HL2 normal, this download is best. For the update though I'd just advise buying the game. It's less hassle and if we can be real here... $20 isn't too terribly much and if you REALLY want cheap, just buy only half-life 2. I'm not judging anyone at all. I give 0 fucks about piracy of games and double so for games over 10 years old. A lot of this is just because of the hassle. I don't think the hassle it'd take to get HL2 update working on the free version here outweighs the cost of just /BUYING/ half-life 2. On that though, you get me a link on IGG to just download a copy-paste version of the update as it's own link here and I'll eat my words.
Is there a way to change language (spoken & written) to german? Ich have a half-life2_german.gcf here but don't know how to install it? PS: thx, game runs perfect on my win 10 notebook
I think... it's updated already... I checked, it's fixed a bugs when I typing c on Console commands, it's crash. and another is Alt + Tab sometime crash the game so they updated and fixed it.
The game just crashed after the Valve logo and it show error with this message: Platform Error: module failed to intialize. I disabled my Steam before starting the game.
Then download Revloader and modified rev.ini with: (replace game exe with): hl2.exe -steam -slient /help (replace your emulated steam name with): (your name here). You can do it your self.
The 2 part is the original game, you need to download that to play. The 4 part is updates to the original game, you can't use these without first downloading the 2 part game.
Ok listen I've been having a problem, but I fixed it and I want to share its solution, the games resolution is set to 1080, but the weapon hud is messed you so I change the resoulution to a different on and then back to 1080, well one day I clicked a weird resolution that my monitor/graphics card couldn't support, and the pregame VALVe video would play then it would glitch out, here the fix; go to properties of the hl2.exe, compatiblity, the at the bottom it will say something like "do not allow full screen" (right above run as administrator check box)apply it then run the .exe go to settings and change the resolution to one supported by your gpu/monitor, (I recommend 1600x900, most gpu/monitors support that)
Which one is better: Half Life 2 or episode 2 (and 1 even If I finished it) Because I played like 30 min in the episode 2 and It looks great. I never finished Half Life 2
the "Update" seems to be the full game as a stand-alone. I didn't need to install the game from the two files shown here as the main game. I just installed the "Update" and it's running the game. Why are there two different downloads here or what's the purpose of the first two files if all I need are the four "update" files to play the game?
I can't seem to run this game. I've tried reinstalling and redownloading on 2 computers, but everytime I try to launch it, it crashes after valve intro.
When i start half life after installing everything it starts like normal and then just freezes and crashes. Help me please. I have tried to open it as adminstrator.
WARNING The link above is a scam. (surveys) Once you get enough points to get a key, it will ask for you to do a survey, which will obviously lead to a never ending stream of giving personal info to sites you don't know. NOTE I used various link shorteners to use as like a bot clicking thing. like http://goo.gl, http://bit.dohttp://bitly.com and others. Once I got enough and choose my prize/gift, I was directed to do a survey..
i saw hl2 in the folder open it up and went to ep1 is there any way i can play it when i try and start it never wroks or is there somewere i cann download files need to play
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/franchise_half-life
Steam has made it clear that we don't own the games in their platform just the revocable "license" to use one copy of it.
So I'd rather have a version nobody can take away from me.
DRM-free when launched directly from the executable with -game hl2_complete
The game runs DRM-free when launched directly from the executable with -game hl2_complete
So you can download from Steam, store it somewhere and you'll have it forever.
Also Half-Life 2 are currently free in Steam until November 18th at 10am Pacific.
great game who aged like a fine wine and a lot of people already tasted
its being made by community while being funded by Nvidia I heard.
"...\hl2.exe" -game "(Mod folder name)"
am i missing something?
edit: pressed the f9 and it loads me to the first vortigaunts station at the railroads daheck lol
i also can't seem to see the main menu
step 2 : JUST FUCKING BUY IT
Thats about how your game directory should look like
https://i.snipboard.io/HLhvMl.jpg
And thats how your shortcut should look like
one more thing, if i have episode 1 and 2 sould I in the directory type "-game hl2mmod_ep1 and -game hl2mmod_ep2 ?
I figured it out after what felt like 50 tries
(game exe location) -game HL2MMod_EP1
If you want to play with the Half-Life 2 update mod though? Just pony up the $20 to buy the orange box set. It costs less to get the orange box set than it does to buy the HL2 expansions and game.
I think for HL2 normal, this download is best. For the update though I'd just advise buying the game. It's less hassle and if we can be real here... $20 isn't too terribly much and if you REALLY want cheap, just buy only half-life 2.
I'm not judging anyone at all. I give 0 fucks about piracy of games and double so for games over 10 years old. A lot of this is just because of the hassle. I don't think the hassle it'd take to get HL2 update working on the free version here outweighs the cost of just /BUYING/ half-life 2. On that though, you get me a link on IGG to just download a copy-paste version of the update as it's own link here and I'll eat my words.
PS: thx, game runs perfect on my win 10 notebook
this should fix the bugs and crashes.
all EP1 and EP2 at one game folder.
I checked, it's fixed a bugs when I typing c on Console commands, it's crash.
and another is Alt + Tab sometime crash the game so they updated and fixed it.
Google Drive all got Error 404
error 404
(replace game exe with): hl2.exe -steam -slient /help
(replace your emulated steam name with): (your name here).
You can do it your self.
The 4 part is updates to the original game, you can't use these without first downloading the 2 part game.
how do I fix it
Edit: Just restarted my pc and it worked out good
Now there is no update anymore.
It's only have one of them.
Why are there two different downloads here or what's the purpose of the first two files if all I need are the four "update" files to play the game?
Since I'm from germany and there is no way to play the uncut version in a legal way, I have to use this instead.
plz someone help
Thanks if you did
Or maybe not...
i figured out a way , so first when you download your mod delete the bin folder inside the mod
(use wine)
-dxlevel 70
or
-dxlevel 60
If you have a good computer
-dxlevel 90 or 80
The link above is a scam. (surveys)
Once you get enough points to get a key, it will ask for you to do a survey, which will obviously lead to a never ending stream of giving personal info to sites you don't know.
NOTE
I used various link shorteners to use as like a bot clicking thing.
like http://goo.gl, http://bit.do http://bitly.com and others.
Once I got enough and choose my prize/gift, I was directed to do a survey..
dont see? too late.
reply if you saw him
Wait, uh