We have released a Beta update for Half-Life 2 and associated games.
Changes in this update are:
Fixed intro videos not playing when starting the game
Fixed recap video when starting Episode 2 not playing
Fixed crash when running with "-vr" on OS X 10.8
Fixed music not playing in game on OS X for some users
Fixed background maps displaying incorrectly when using a non-default FOV
Fixed G-Man left eye being off-center in the introduction sequence
Fixed Fisherman not opening the door for you in Lost Coast
Fixed up some detail types in detail.vbsp
We also have several map specific fixes in this update, thanks to pepper314:
d1_canals_03
Fixed player being able to destroy stone walls around vents
Fixed manhack stinger not playing
d1_eli_02
Fixed "Blast From the Past" automatically being achieved
d1_trainstation_01
Fixed FOV being locked to 75 regardless of players' settings
d1_trainstation_03
Changed fog controller to get around fog issue when changing level
d1_trainstation_04
Fixed music not playing
d1_trainstation_05
Fixed Breen not playing scenes correctly
d3_breen_01
Fixed scenes playing to early #766
d3_c17_08
Changed catwalk destruction behaviour; sequence is better synchronised
Episode 1
Fixed missing Episode 2 teaser when finishing the game
Episode 2
ep2_outland_02
Fixed FOV being locked to 75 regardless of players' settings
Half-Life 2 Beta updated
We have released a Beta update for Half-Life 2 and associated games.
Changes in this update are:
Fixed game play issues when starting from older saves
Fixed fisherman not moving correctly in Half-Life 2: LostCoast
Fixed bad funnel effect in ep1_citadel_01 (thanks to Filip Victor for details on the issue)
Note - This update breaks any save games that were made DURING the beta, if you get an error on load of a save then you will need to manually restart that map, the command to type is shown in the console.
Half-Life 2 Beta updated
We have released a Beta update for Half-Life 2 and associated games.
Changes in this update are:
Enabled Oculus Rift support under Mac OS X
Added support for Italian, Korean, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese localizations in both Half-Life 2 and Episode 1
Half-Life 2 Beta released
Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode 1, Half-Life 2: Episode 2 and Half-Life 2: LostCoast are now available as a Beta. This beta adds Linux support and converts the game to the new Steam Content delivery system.
This beta involves significant changes for all platforms and your testing is appreciated, please report any bugs to our GitHub page, https://github.com/ValveSoftware/source-1-games/issues.
Linux users can simply install the games access the beta. For Windows and OS X users right click the game in your Library, choose properties and then go to the Beta tab. Select the SteamPipe beta to start testing. Under Windows and OS X to opt out of testing simply deselect the beta option on this same page.
