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Release dates | |
Windows | April 23, 2013 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | Freeware |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Survival horror, Shooter |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Europe, Horror |
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Key points
- Available for free
- Highly CPU dependent, recommended to run on a two threads per core CPU, e.g. any Intel Core G4000 / i3 / i7 or any AMD Ryzen series CPU.
General information
- Official site
- Official Mod DB page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability[edit]
- Available as a standalone on Steam, or as a mod to Half-Life.
- All versions require SteamDRM.
Game data[edit]
In-game advanced settings.
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/223710/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location[edit]
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>SAVE[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/223710/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing[edit]
Video[edit]
Launcher options menu.
In-game video settings.
Graphics feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | ||
Multi-monitor | ||
Ultra-widescreen | ||
4K Ultra HD | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Open the console with ~ and type in cl_fovmultiplier XX where XX is the desired value, e.g. 1.2 or 1.3 (default is 1). | |
Windowed | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | The Windowed Borderless Gaming app will let this game run full screen windowed. If there is a red bar at the top or side, you can fix this by adjusting the X and Y in the game config option. | |
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Recommended to force Triple-buffered or Adaptive in control panel. | |
60 FPS | ||
120+ FPS | Open the console and type fps_max XX where XX is the desired value, e.g. 120 or 1000 (default is 100). |
Input[edit]
In-game key map settings.
In-game mouse/joystick settings.
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Additional information |
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Controller hotplugging |
Haptic feedback |
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Steam Input |
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Steam Input API support |
Hook input (legacy mode) |
Official controller preset(s) |
Steam Controller button prompts |
Cursor detection |
Audio[edit]
In-game audio settings.
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | Lost with Half-Life Linux update.[1] | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | A3D 2.0[2] and EAX were supported. Both have been removed during the transition to SteamPipe[3] |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Dutch | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Norwegian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Swedish |
Network[edit]
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- For more information, see the 'Half-Life Dedicated Server' section of our GoldSrc article.
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes |
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LAN play | 4 | Co-op | |
Online play | 4 | Co-op |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
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Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
---|---|
TCP | 27015, 27020 |
UDP | 27015, 27020 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Other information[edit]
API[edit]
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 7 | Lost with Linux update.[4] |
OpenGL | 2.1 | |
Software renderer |
Cry Of Fear For Mac
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | [citation needed] | ||
Linux | [citation needed] |
Middleware[edit]
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Audio | Miles Sound System | 6.0m |
Cutscenes | Microsoft Video | 1 (CRAM) |
Multiplayer | Steamworks |
System requirements[edit]
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista, 7 |
Processor (CPU) | 1 GHz | 2 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM | 128 MB of VRAM |
Other | Microsoft .NET Framework 4 |
Notes
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- ↑ 1.01.1When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.02.1File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/223710/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (223710) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑Steam HL1 5.1 sound - Steam discussions forums.
- ↑Tech help: Half-Life - Vortex of Sound (retrieved)
- ↑Half-Life 1 updated.
- ↑Steam HL1 5.1 sound - Steam discussions forums.