How do you change the resolution in half life?

Go to your games library, right click “Half-Life” go to properties, then click “launch options” copy/paste this in the box (without quotes) “-full -w 1024 -h 600 -freq 60”. Simple as that. I will also post this fix to the Guides section, hopefully that’s OK.

What resolution should I use for Half Life 2?

1920 x 1080
Half Life 2 allows you by default to select 1920 x 1080.

What is the size of Half Life 2?

Storage: 7 GB available space. Additional Notes: Download size with Half-Life 2 installed: 3.5GB.

Why was Half Life 2 so important?

HL2 is important to the games industry for those reasons. The story is engaging, the the graphics were phenomenal for the time (compare this and this to this, all these games were released in 2004) and the characters really grew on you. Next time your playing HL2 look to see how the characters actually look at you.

Are there subtitles in Half Life?

Half-Life Source does not have subtitles at all. The option in the menu is a leftover from Half-Life 2 (which does have subtitles) because this game (HL:S) uses HL2’s engine (Source engine). You can buy Black Mesa (a visual remake of Half-Life 1) – I think it does have subtitles but a lot of gameplay is changed there.

How do I get rid of Halfscreen widescreen?

Here’s the solution to that.

  1. Go to your Half-Life directory. (
  2. Go to the folder ‘valve’ and open autoexec.cfg.
  3. Add a new line that says ‘default_fov “XX”‘ (including the quotation marks)
  4. If your monitor is 16:9, change the “XX” to 105, if your monitor is 16:10, change it to 104.

Is Half-Life finished?

The Half-Life hiatus has finally ended, after a rumour that a VR Half-Life game is in the works, we have confirmation of Valve’s third full-length entry in the series, Half-Life: Alyx.

What made Half-Life so good?

The brilliance of Half-Life begins with its immersive storytelling. In this way, Half-Life is naturalistic, which was a revelation in 1998. The lack of cinematic cutaway scenes showed great faith in the world and the player, and deepened your relationship with the environment and the protagonist.

How do you find the half life of 1080p?

You need to enable widescreen in the options in order to enable 1080p. Half Life can support any resolution afaik, I play on 2560×1440 without using any tweaks or third party software. Enable vsync in the console by typing fps_max (what ever your refresh rate is).

How to change the screen resolution of half life?

Correct your screen resolution in game menu options 1 Start the Half-Life game 2 On the game menu page select option 3 Then click video tab at the top 4 Select the correct resolution for your monitor 5 Click apply Once you have the correct screen resolution selected. You will need to remove the commands in the Half-Life launch options.

What’s the launch option for Half Life 2?

Good luck and happy gaming. -w – Forces the engine to start with resolution set to . -h – Forces the engine to start with resolution set to . This launch option does not need to be set in the presence of -w.

How to start up half life on PC?

1 Start the Half-Life game. 2 On the game menu page select option. 3 Then click video tab at the top. 4 Select the correct mode and resolution for your monitor. 5 Click apply. Once you have the correct screen mode and resolution selected. You will need/should remove the commands in the Half-Life launch options.

How to set up half life on Steam?

1 Click Library in Steam. 2 Right click the Half-Life game. 3 Next select properties. 4 Click the box “set launch options”. 5 Then enter the command “-normal” no quote marks. 6 Click ok. Correct your screen resolution in game menu options. 1 Start the Half-Life game. 2 On the game menu page select option.