Half-Life: performance issues... Half-Life 2: works well ?!

[SnesTea]

TWRoO said:

Snesboy said:

Your specs are more than enough, even with the integrated chipsets.

Right clicking on the exe file or at least the shortcut on your desktop and going to properties then check run in compatibility mode for Win98. Should solve your problems.

When I did that (there wasn't an option for Win98 alone, but Win98/Me is presumably the same thing) it doesn't allow me to launch directly from the .exe file... and if I launch by clicking play from Steam it works but doesn't seem to be improved, and in fact whenever I die it crashes and I have to exit.

It lets me launch from the .exe if I choose WinXP (SP3) instead of 98, but still seems to run the same and also crashes when I die.

The same thing happens with Opposing Force, and probably Blue Shift though I haven't tested that one.

Try going through the Steam directory.

C: > Program Files (x86) > Steam > steamapps > "username" > then half-life

or

C: > Program Files (x86) > Steam > steamapps > common