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| − | |name=Half-Life
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| − | |author=Valve Software
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| − | |license=Proprietary, commercial
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| − | |engine=[[GoldSrc]] (derived from [[WinQuake]], [[GLQuake]], and [[QuakeWorld]])
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| − | |first-release=1998
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| − | |newest-release=1999
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| − | |website=[http://valvesoftware.com Valve Software]
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| | A majorly popular game based on [[Quake]]'s game code... | | A majorly popular game based on [[Quake]]'s game code... |
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| − | It was mildly popular since its November 1998 release but it skyrocketed with the release of Counter-Strike in 1999. This highly boosted sales of the game and quickly taken the throne of the most popular multiplayer game in 2000.
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| − | In 2013 an early prototype of the game was released. The Cutting Room Floor wiki has details: https://tcrf.net/Proto:Half-Life_%28Windows%29/September_1997_Prototype
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| − | == Engine Modifications ==
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| − | * Skeletal model system, with 4096 triangles maximum per mesh and 512x512@8bpp maximum texture resolution and depth (raised to 1024x1024@8bpp in Sven Co-Op), and optional pseudo-environment mapping for textures ("chrome" sphere mapping)
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| − | * A sound DSP with reverb, chorus and echo effects for software-mixed environmental audio without needing EAX.
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| − | * Colored, radiosity lighting for maps, compiled with a fork of QRAD.
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| − | * HLBSP supporting colored lighting, variating hull sizes and external textures (also supports internal textures like Quake<!-- seen in some vanilla maps -->)
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| − | * Water waves and translucency
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| − | * Material system for walls and floors to define impacts and footstep noises
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| − | * Particle system with trailing particles
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| − | * Beam system for beam effects including support for depthWrite fades, with shapes like straight beam, lightning noise and cylindric shockwaves
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| − | * Sound sentence sequences, for stringing a bunch of WAV files in an order to construct a sentence (i.e. Speech of announcer, marines, etc)
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| − | * Simple lip sync
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| − | * PROGS are in DLL form divided into cl_dll (for client-side) and dll (for server-side), and as such, require Microsoft Visual C++ 6 to compile.
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| − | == External links ==
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| − | * [https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Half-Life Half-Life] on the Valve Developer Wiki
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| − | [[Category:Games]]
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