Half-Life NON Steam version

earlcrow · Post by **earlcrow** » 20 Jan 2007, 13:03

Hi , i have the halflife NON steam version (Half Life Generation v3 Pack)

how can i change the resolution to fullscreen here? I cant find any useful ini data ... PLEAES HELP

Post by **squ1zzy** » 20 Jan 2007, 13:09

Hi , i have the halflife NON steam version (Half Life Generation v3 Pack)

how can i change the resolution to fullscreen here? I cant find any useful ini data ... PLEAES HELP

Euhm, in the game itself ? I'm sure that every HL version support widescreen..

Options Video Display Mode WideScreen

earlcrow · Post by **earlcrow** » 20 Jan 2007, 13:52

really ? where?

where the D3D device "DEFAULT" is standing, i cannot chooce something else

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 20 Jan 2007, 14:14

Sorry to say this, but widescreen support is only present once you load HL into Steam.

It sucks, but that's the way it is. :(

earlcrow · Post by **earlcrow** » 20 Jan 2007, 14:32

i dont have steam and i dont want it....

is there really no way to get around this? i mean ... the GFX is not better or else in steam ... so there must be a way to get widescreen without steam !!?!

Post by **squ1zzy** » 20 Jan 2007, 15:23

i dont have steam and i dont want it....

is there really no way to get around this? i mean ... the GFX is not better or else in steam ... so there must be a way to get widescreen without steam !!?!

Nope, get the steam version as i won't make a patch for it as you requested..

earlcrow · Post by **earlcrow** » 20 Jan 2007, 15:36

sorry man but why do you need a remote on my pc to make a patch? ... i understand that if you dont have the game - its ok but i dont want to give someone remote who i dont know :-D.

and nah. i dont want the steam version ....

thanks anyway guys... regards

Post by **squ1zzy** » 20 Jan 2007, 15:55

sorry man but why do you need a remote on my pc to make a patch? ... i understand that if you dont have the game - its ok but i dont want to give someone remote who i dont know :-D.

and nah. i dont want the steam version ....

thanks anyway guys... regards

Edit: Never Mind, not making one..

perpetuum · Post by **perpetuum** » 14 May 2007, 15:51

Just to let you know, guys. I was picking some old games for a notebook, and found my old Half-Life GOTY disc... Works perfectly at widescreen. You just need to make a shortcut and add -w -h in the target line... "...hl.exe -w 1280 -h 800" made it work flawless 1280x800 in my case. So, good luck in getting your old non-steam HL look nice at your widescreen.

Dave-ros · Post by **Dave-ros** » 14 May 2007, 18:56

Just to let you know, guys. I was picking some old games for a notebook, and found my old Half-Life GOTY disc... Works perfectly at widescreen. You just need to make a shortcut and add -w -h in the target line... "...hl.exe -w 1280 -h 800" made it work flawless 1280x800 in my case. So, good luck in getting your old non-steam HL look nice at your widescreen.

I've just tried this (fully patched edition of the game, v.1.1.1.0, as included with Half-Life: Generation), and it didn't work -- whatever 16:10 resolution I put in (I've tried your 1280x800 and my monitor's native 1920x1200), it just defaults back to 400x300. Ecch! Although when I first tried 1280x800, it appeared in a non-bordered window on my desktop, albeit at 1280x960 (a 4:3 resolution, so maybe it was trying the nearest match?).

I'm using a 7900GS with Forceware 93.71 drivers, in WinXP Home, and this is also my first post at this mighty forum :oops:

Post by **Abram** » 15 May 2007, 15:24

Steam has actually improved quite a bit since it first (well, when Half-Life 2) came out..

The Steam-ed version of HL-1 Looks quite a bit better than the original - better lighting, textues, A.I., and eer HL2 water effects.

I was pretty hesitant to buy it, but it was certainly worth a whole $10.

And of course it supports widescreen very well.

Dig it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life:_Source

Dave-ros · Post by **Dave-ros** » 15 May 2007, 17:32

Yeah, I suppose I'll have to bite the bullet and pay for the Source copy that got preloaded along with Episode One ;)

StingingVelvet · Post by **StingingVelvet** » 16 May 2007, 05:14

I would suggest the Half Life Anthology... comes with the expansions for the same $10 and the source version's "enhancements" are extremely minor, and they remove all mod ability.

It's still a steam game, but it's the better one.

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