What changed in Half-Life in 2013

Fixed mouse not working correctly in VGUI1 based UI's, mods and TFC make use of this.

Resolved issues with mouse not working correctly in VGUI1 based UI's, affecting mods and TFC.

Resolved issues with mouse not working correctly in VGUI1 based UI's, affecting mods and Team Fortress Classic.

Resolved issues with mouse not working correctly in VGUI1 based UI's, affecting mods and Team Fortress Classic.

Added support for mods to build Linux and Mac OS X versions.

Update adds support for mods to build Linux and Mac OS X versions.

Introduced 'con_mono' convar to use a monospaced font in the console.

Custom game menus, such as those displayed by AMXModX, now render correctly.

View no longer jumps when entering and exiting VGUI1 menus in Half-Life, Team Fortress Classic, and DeathMatch Classic.

3rd party mods using the base Half-Life 1 client.dll no longer have bad mouse input behavior.

Music tracks now correctly play across level changes without stopping or restarting unexpectedly.

Test microphone button is now functioning correctly.

Custom game menus, such as those displayed by AMXModX, now render correctly.

View no longer jumps when entering and exiting VGUI1 menus in Half-Life, Team Fortress Classic, and DeathMatch Classic.

Soundtrack updated to 44kHz, 128kbit MP3 for improved listening experience.

The 'Paused' message is now displayed when the game is paused.

Dedicated server logs no longer mistakenly go into _addon or _download folders.

3rd party mods using the base Half-Life 1 client.dll no longer have bad mouse input behavior.

Music tracks now play correctly across level changes without stopping or restarting unexpectedly.

Game directory is now set correctly under Mac OS X or Linux.

Soundtrack updated to 44kHz, 128kbit MP3 for improved listening experience.

Dedicated server logs no longer mistakenly go into _addon or _download folders.

Introduced 'con_mono' convar to use a monospaced font in the console.

Updated SDL drop to fix some mouse input issues.

The 'Paused' message is now drawn when the game is paused.

Fixed the game directory not being set correctly under Mac OS X or Linux.

Updated SDL drop to address some mouse input issues.

The test microphone button is now functioning correctly.

Health values are now clamped to fix display issues when below 1 or above 255.

Health values are now clamped to fix display issues when they drop below 1 or exceed 255.

Fixed a crash that occurred when starting a local multiplayer game, disconnecting, and then loading a save.

Corrected the path for sprays to ensure they load and update correctly.

Fixed issues with door movement sounds, ensuring they stop playing if disrupted.

Resolved a crash that occurred when hitting retry while controlling a func_tank.

Fixed a crash that occurred when starting a local multiplayer game, disconnecting, and then loading a save game.

Adjusted the play command to respect the speak_enabled cvar setting.

Resolved a crash that occurred when hitting retry while controlling a func_tank.

Corrected the path for sprays to ensure they load and update properly.

Ensured the Close button has keyboard focus when the disconnection dialog appears.

Support for a crcclientdll key in liblist.gam to enable client.dll crc checking for 3rd party mods.

Fixed issues with door movement sounds, ensuring they stop playing if disrupted.

Ensured the Close button has keyboard focus when the disconnection dialog appears.

Support for a crcclientdll key in liblist.gam to enable client.dll crc checking for 3rd party mods.

Adjusted the play command to respect the speak_enabled cvar setting.

Resolved view jumping when entering and exiting VGUI1 menus in Half-Life, Team Fortress Classic, and DeathMatch Classic

Fixed issues for mods using the base Half-Life 1 client.dll

Addressed view jumping when entering and exiting VGUI1 menus in Half-Life, Team Fortress Classic, and DeathMatch Classic

Fixed issues with mods using the base Half-Life 1 client.dll having bad mouse input behavior

Resolved view jumping when entering and exiting VGUI1 menus in Half-Life, Team Fortress Classic, and DeathMatch Classic

Custom game menus, such as those displayed by AMXModX, now render correctly.

Custom game menus, such as those displayed by AMXModX, now render correctly.

Health values are now clamped to fix display issues when they drop below 1 or exceed 255.

Health values are now clamped to fix display issues when they drop below 1 or exceed 255.

Music tracks now correctly play across level changes without stopping or restarting unexpectedly.

The 'Paused' message will now be displayed when the game is paused.

Applicable to Half-Life, Team Fortress Classic, and DeathMatch Classic

The 'Paused' message is now displayed when the game is paused.

Fixed issues with mods using the base Half-Life 1 client.dll having bad mouse input behavior

Music tracks now correctly play across level changes without stopping or restarting unexpectedly.

Added 'edicts' option to liblist.gam for mods needing more than 900 entities.

Fixed load dialog in viewdemo command not actually loading the demo.

Re-enabled a fps cap of 100, with an option to override it via fps_override.

Fixed corruption of text input when hitting backspace while composing a message.

Fixed viewdemo command causing a crash.

Fixed viewdemo command causing a crash.

Added a 'Low video quality' option in the Video tab of the Options dialog for older GPUs.

Improved movement when running at more than 100fps.

Returned mouse input to using windows messages rather than raw input to correct sensitivity issues.

Renamed gl_ztrick cvar to gl_ztrick_old due to deprecated usage causing rendering issues.

Added support for binding the multiply key on the numeric keypad.

Fixed crash if Windows OS level DEP setting was turned on for all programs and you ran in software mode.

Made the 'timerefresh' command require sv_cheats to be set for its use.

Added listing of games from the valve_downloads folder in the New Game dialog.

Added 'edicts' option to liblist.gam file for mods needing more than 900 entities.

Fixed downloading of content from servers via HTTP with 404 errors or files in the base download folder.

Fixed crash on restart if you had the serverbrowser active.

Fixed load dialog in viewdemo command not actually loading the demo.

Removed now unused sv_voicecodec and sv_voicequality cvars.

Improved movement when running at more than 100fps.

Added a 'Raw Input' checkbox in the Mouse tab of the Options dialog to toggle the 'm_rawinput' cvar.

Added a 'Low video quality' option in the Video tab of the Options dialog for older GPUs.

Fixed some commands writing config files to a bad path.

Added support for binding the multiply key on the numeric keypad.

Made keypad enter key activate an item when pressed in the server browser.

Added support for binding the Windows key, with a warning about potential OS interactions.

Fixed some commands writing config files to a bad path.

Added listing of games from the valve_downloads folder in the New Game dialog.

Fixed double entries in the sprays list pulldown under options.

Fixed left shift key presses not detecting properly.

Added 'speak_enabled' cvar to disable 'spk' and 'speak' commands.

Fixed double entries in the sprays list pulldown under options.

Fixed mouse clicks sometimes being lost.

Renamed gl_ztrick cvar to gl_ztrick_old due to deprecated usage causing rendering issues.

Added 'speak_enabled' cvar to disable 'spk' and 'speak' commands.

Re-enabled a fps cap of 100, with an option to override it.

Fixed crash if Windows OS level DEP setting was turned on for all programs and you ran in software mode.

Fixed crash on restart if you had the serverbrowser active.

Returned mouse input to using windows messages rather than raw input to correct sensitivity issues.

Fixed left shift key presses not detecting properly.

Fixed corruption of text input when hitting backspace while composing a message.

Made keypad enter key activate an item when pressed in the server browser.

Improved HTTP download performance.

Fixed mouse clicks sometimes being lost.

Made the 'timerefresh' command require sv_cheats to be set for its use.

Fixed Player List dialog not allowing you to mute a player.

Fixed Player List dialog not allowing you to mute a player.

Fixed downloading of content from servers via HTTP with 404 errors or files in the base download folder.

Added a 'Raw Input' checkbox in the Mouse tab of the Options dialog to toggle the 'm_rawinput' cvar.

Removed now unused sv_voicecodec and sv_voicequality cvars.

Added support for binding the Windows key, with a caution about OS interactions.

Fixed corruption of text input when hitting backspace while composing a message.

Fixed mouse clicks sometimes being lost.

Renamed gl_ztrick cvar to gl_ztrick_old; usage is deprecated and caused rendering issues.

Returned mouse input to using windows messages rather than raw input, correcting sensitivity changes.

Fixed corrupt HTTP downloads if the URL sent by the game server resulted in a 404 error.

Added m_rawinput cvar, enabling raw input API's for lower latency mouse input.

Returned mouse input to using windows messages rather than raw input, correcting sensitivity changes.

Fixed an issue where mouse clicks were sometimes being lost.

Renamed gl_ztrick cvar to gl_ztrick_old; usage is deprecated due to rendering issues.

Fixed corruption of text input when hitting backspace while composing a message.

Renamed gl_ztrick cvar to gl_ztrick_old; usage is deprecated and caused rendering issues.

Fixed corruption of text input when hitting backspace while composing a message.

Returned mouse input to using windows messages rather than raw input to correct sensitivity issues.

Fixed corrupt HTTP downloads when the URL sent by the game server resulted in a 404 error.

Added m_rawinput cvar, enabling raw input API's for lower latency mouse input.

Fixed an issue where mouse clicks were sometimes being lost.

Fixed mouse clicks sometimes being lost.

Fixed corrupt HTTP downloads if the URL sent by the game server resulted in a 404 error.

Added m_rawinput cvar, enabling raw input API's for lower latency mouse input.

Fixed corrupt HTTP downloads when the game server URL resulted in a 404 error.

Renamed gl_ztrick cvar to gl_ztrick_old; usage is deprecated due to rendering issues.

Fixed corruption of text input when hitting backspace while composing a message.

Added m_rawinput cvar, enabling raw input API's for lower latency mouse input.

Returned mouse input to using windows messages rather than raw input, correcting sensitivity changes.

Optimized delivery of the game.

Optimized delivery of the game.

Enhanced output to leverage today's GPU capabilities.

Enhanced output to leverage today's GPU capabilities.

Resolved issues where mouse clicks were sometimes being lost.

Fixed corrupt HTTP downloads if the URL sent by the game server resulted in a 404 error.

Returned mouse input to using windows messages rather than raw input, correcting sensitivity changes.

Fixed corruption of text input when hitting backspace while composing a message.

Resolved issues with corrupt HTTP downloads when the URL resulted in a 404 error.

Added m_rawinput cvar, enabling raw input API's for lower latency mouse input.

Renamed gl_ztrick cvar to gl_ztrick_old; usage of this cvar is deprecated and caused rendering issues.

Corrected corruption of text input when hitting backspace while composing a message.

If set to 1, this enables using the raw input API's on your OS for mouse input, usually with lower latency.

Fixed mouse clicks sometimes being lost.

Returned mouse input to using windows messages rather than raw input to correct sensitivity issues.

Renamed gl_ztrick cvar to gl_ztrick_old; usage is deprecated due to rendering issues.

The maximum supported entity count has been increased to 1800.

Entity count increased to 1800.

For use in mods that want more than 900 entities in their maps.

Introduced a new console variable to disable 'spk' and 'speak' commands.

Players can now cap their FPS at 100, with an option to override this setting.

Players can override this behavior by setting fps_override to '1', but some mods may not behave properly.

New option for mods to support more than 900 entities in their maps.

If set to 0, the 'spk' and 'speak' commands are disabled.

Resolved issues with player movement when running at more than 100fps.

Fixed empty chat messages being allowed

Fixed mouse offset when running in fullscreen software mode

Don't create the SAVE/ folder on disk unless needed by a game

Fixed extra temporary files from the save process not being cleared up

Fixed empty chat messages being allowed

Don't create the SAVE/ folder on disk unless needed by a game

Fixed copying text from the game console not getting the last couple of characters when doing multiple lines

Fixed copying text from the game console not getting the last couple of characters when doing multiple lines

Fixed mouse offset when running in fullscreen software mode

Fixed extra temporary files from the save process not being cleared up

Fixed using backspace when using say or say_team command with non latin characters

Fixed using backspace when using say or say_team command with non latin characters

Don't create the SAVE/ folder on disk unless needed by a game

Fixed empty chat messages being allowed

Don't create the SAVE/ folder on disk unless needed by a game

Fixed copying text from the game console not getting the last couple of characters when doing multiple lines

Fixed mouse offset when running in fullscreen software mode

Fixed copying text from the game console not getting the last couple of characters when doing multiple lines

Fixed extra temporary files from the save process not being cleared up

Fixed mouse offset when running in fullscreen software mode

Fixed empty chat messages being allowed

Fixed extra temporary files from the save process not being cleared up

Fixed using backspace when using say or say_team command with non latin characters

Fixed using backspace when using say or say_team command with non latin characters

Fixed bot column in server browser to show the number of bot players instead of a random image.

Fixed crash on joining server.

Fixed in game chat not using correct characters when using non-US layout keyboards.

Content downloaded from servers now goes into a separate valve_downloads (or cstrike_downloads) folder.

Updated Video options tab to better expose new configuration settings and remove unused ones.

Added ability to override default content by enabling 'Allow custom addon content' in Video options.

Fixed fps_max to actually run at that framerate, not 1 less.

Increased maximum allowed rate setting to 100,000.

Updated Video options tab to better expose new configuration settings and remove unused ones.

Fixed duck key not dismissing spectator UI in Counter-Strike 1.6.

Fixed duck key not dismissing spectator UI in Counter-Strike 1.6.

Fixed cl_minmodels cvar sometimes not being applied.

Fixed cl_minmodels cvar sometimes not being applied.

Fixed in game chat not using correct characters when using non-US layout keyboards.

Increased maximum allowed rate setting to 100,000.

Don't lock the game to the first CPU on your machine under Windows.

Don't lock the game to the first CPU on your machine under Windows.

Fixed timing function used on Linux to better match system time, reducing frame time variability.

Content downloaded from servers now goes into a separate valve_downloads folder for easier cleanup.

Fixed loading config.cfg from the wrong path.

Fixed bot column in server browser to show the number of bot players instead of a random image.

Fixed loading config.cfg from the wrong path.

Fixed timing function used on Linux to better match system time, reducing frame time variability.

Fixed player column sorted in server browser.

Fixed player column sorted in server browser.

Fixed chat text showing previous line of text sometimes in Counter-Strike 1.6.

Fixed crash on joining server.

Added ability to override default content with custom addons via Video options.

Fixed chat text showing previous line of text sometimes in Counter-Strike 1.6.

Fixed fps_max to actually run at that framerate, not 1 less.

Resolved an issue that caused the game to hang when connecting to a server if asset downloads via HTTP failed.

Modified behavior to disconnect from the server instead of quitting the game when an invalid model is loaded.

Addressed a crash issue for older OpenGL drivers that do not support FBO.

D3D rendering mode is no longer available.

Corrected the binding issue for the keypad period key.

Addressed a crash that occurred when attempting to manually force D3D rendering mode, which is no longer available.

Now disconnects from the server instead of quitting the game.

Resolved an issue that caused a crash if invalid data was present in config.cfg.

Resolved a crash issue that occurred when changing levels if save data was unavailable.

Resolved the issue of Low Violence mode being applied incorrectly.

Addressed the problem where the keypad enter could not be bound in the Options dialog.

Made Condition Zero models optional in Counter-Strike 1.6 for players who own Condition Zero, controlled by the HD Models checkbox in the Options Video tab.

Corrected the issue where mouse wheel up/down actions were not showing in the binding Options dialog.

Resolved issue where the auto-complete list in the game console was jumping 2 entries at a time.

Condition Zero models can now be controlled by the HD Models check box in the Options Video tab.

Fixed crash on launch if your graphics cards didn't support FBO's.

Fixed assorted crashes in Counter-Strike 1.6 due to bad string checks.

Crash on launch if your graphics cards didn't support FBO's

Assorted crashes due to bad string checks

HD model packs not loading if available and enabled

HD model packs would not load if available and enabled.

Fixed fullscreen software mode rendering incorrectly

Added cl_min_t and cl_min_ct convar to control the model used when cl_minmodels is set in Counter-Strike

Fixed mp_fadetoblack not applying after a flashbang is thrown in Counter-Strike

Fixed mp_fadetoblack not applying after a flashbang is thrown in Counter-Strike

Added option to disable use of HD model packs in Video tab of options dialog

Fixed fullscreen software mode rendering incorrectly

Added option to disable use of HD model packs in Video tab of options dialog

Added cl_min_t and cl_min_ct convar to control the model used when cl_minmodels is set in Counter-Strike

Fixed fullscreen software mode rendering incorrectly

Fixed mp_fadetoblack not applying after a flashbang is thrown in Counter-Strike

Fixed fullscreen software mode rendering incorrectly

Added option to disable use of HD model packs in Video tab of options dialog

Added cl_min_t and cl_min_ct convar to control the model used when cl_minmodels is set

Added cl_min_t and cl_min_ct convar to control the model used when cl_minmodels is set

Added option to disable use of HD model packs in Video tab of options dialog

Added option to disable use of HD model packs in Video tab of options dialog

Fixed fullscreen software mode rendering incorrectly

Fixed mp_fadetoblack not applying after a flashbang is thrown in Counter-Strike

Fixed mp_fadetoblack not applying after a flashbang is thrown in Counter-Strike

Added cl_min_t and cl_min_ct convar to control the model used when cl_minmodels is set in Counter-Strike

Fixed fullscreen software mode rendering incorrectly

Added cl_min_t and cl_min_ct convar to control the model used when cl_minmodels is set in Counter-Strike

Fixed mp_fadetoblack not applying after a flashbang is thrown in Counter-Strike

Added option to disable use of HD model packs in Video tab of options dialog

Useful on older video cards

Useful on older video cards

Half-Life 1 is now available on Linux and Mac OS X as a beta version.

Half-Life 1 is now available on Linux and Mac OS X as a beta version.

Players are encouraged to report any bugs encountered during the beta testing phase.

Players are encouraged to report any bugs encountered during the beta testing phase.

Instructions provided for Windows users to access the SteamPipe beta.

Instructions provided for Windows users to access the beta through the Steam Library.