Interesting facts about the game

This category presents the most interesting material about Half-Life. Most of it was found bit by bit on the Internet.

Subsections of this category:

Half-Life secrets - mysteries and curiosities of the game, map secrets. Secrets are interesting to any player in any game.

Bugs - a kind of oversight by the game developers that lets the player, by performing certain actions, do things that were never intended, for example dealing huge damage to an opponent.

Articles and materials - information on setting up and improving the game. Descriptions of little-known features of game clients.

Game news - the latest gaming events. The most popular topic in this section is Half-Life and its mods.

Site news - the most significant changes on our site. Announcements, events we hold.

7-04-2014, 20:07

Porting maps without decompiling

This article is about porting maps to Half-Life from other GoldSource games (Counter-Strike, Team Fortress Classic, Day of Defeat and others). I think anyone who likes making things for Half-Life will enjoy it. The porting process isn't boring or repetitive. Porting a single map takes roughly anywhere from 10 minutes…

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29-03-2014, 19:27

Operation Black Mesa news

Not long ago the developers of Operation Black Mesa resurfaced, posting the latest news and a development update on their forum, along with a few screenshots from the game. As a reminder, Operation Black Mesa is a Source engine remake of the 1999 game Half-Life: Opposing Force. This mod has nothing to do with Black…

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2-12-2013, 01:42

Bringing Bunnyhopping Back to Half-Life Without a Rollback

After the Half-Life update of 16.05.2013, bunnyhopping stopped working, or more precisely, the Bunny Hop script did. Bhop no longer works in any Half-Life 1 mod, including Adrenaline Gamer and Sven Co-op. Until now, the only known way to get proper bhop back was rolling Half-Life back to an earlier version. But…

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17-07-2013, 15:36

Download Half-Life 3, or How to Fall into the Hands of Scammers

Lately, with all sorts of rumors about Half-Life 3 going around, lots of phishing sites have been popping up on the internet where you can supposedly download the third Half-Life, a game that hasn't even been announced yet. Such sites may look no different from the official Steam website, and visiting them can cost…

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17-07-2013, 15:18

Sven Co-op to Become a Standalone Game

After almost fifteen years of developing Sven Co-op (a Half-Life mod), the Sven Co-op team has managed to get the GoldSource source code from Valve. Thanks to this, SC will become more than just a Half-Life mod. According to the mod's developers, there will be many new features, and the game's performance and gameplay…

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27-06-2013, 19:33

Half-Life Tournament with a $3000 Prize Pool

Date: August 24-25, 2013 (Sat-Sun) Venue: Kyiv, Ukraine. "Kyiv Cybersport Arena" entertainment center, 13 Hetmana St. Time: 11:00 registration, 12:00 start Also: the day before, on Friday (the 23rd), there's a meetup planned at ~20:00 for those arriving that day, where the rules will be explained, badges handed out…

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20-05-2013, 18:53

Bringing Bunnyhopping Back to Half-Life

After the Half-Life update of 16.05.2013, bunnyhopping stopped working, or more precisely, the Bunny Hop script did. Bhop no longer works in any Half-Life 1 mod, including Adrenaline Gamer and Sven Co-op. This article explains how to bring bunnyhopping back to Half-Life.

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10-05-2013, 21:39

All Half-Life 2 Games Now Available on Linux

As of today, all official Half-Life 2 games are available for the Linux operating system. A few months ago Valve already ported several games from the original Half-Life series, and now it's Half-Life 2's turn. For now, the Linux versions carry Beta status.

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20-04-2013, 14:00

Top Most Popular Half-Life Maps

Today we're talking about the most popular maps for Half-Life. The ranking is based on play time and map popularity on various servers (not just ours). The ranking is split into two parts: standard and custom maps. Keep in mind that map popularity can change over time.

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