d3vilsadvocate wrote on 2023-04-01, 22:24:

02 - Update Half-Life To V1.1.0.4 (hl1104.exe) [Official Update]
03 - Install Opposing Force

The Platinum Pack would make you install Opposing Force BEFORE v1.1.0.4 (the "Team Fortress 1.5" CD). hl1104.exe would update Opposing Force accordingly, especially as 1.1.0.0 had major network changes that regressed about everything.

You don't need the incremental updates. A lot of the steps looks like smartypants filler. You don't need Blue Shift either.

glad i have half life generation....

i install it as per cd order and then play it an enjoy the game, and thats all there is to it!

not sure how it can get better really

leileilol wrote on 2023-04-01, 23:02:

You don't need the incremental updates. A lot of the steps looks like smartypants filler. You don't need Blue Shift either.

you do need blueshift! *
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*but only because its fun to play as Barney and see the game from that view!! I loved it the first time i played through 😀

So I ended up getting the ‚Platinum‘ edition from the REMOVED that comes up with an installation guide that was highly recommended in the comments.

It‘s convoluted and takes 20 mins to install (on an ssd based system). But it works well and gets all the games updated.

As posted above, it is possible to get HL directly to 1.1.0.0, but when I skipped one HL update I was no longer able to install one of the opposing force updates…

So right now I’m recommending said unofficisl Platinum edition and following the provided installation guide even though it might seem idiotic to do so.

Btw one of the 5 cd images comes with multiple bin files and one cue file. Using CDmage this can easily be converted to a single cue/bin file combo just like the other ones. An oversight by the uploader unfortunately.

Unfortunately, the unofficial FOV/resolution patch disables the audio cd for me, so that‘s a no-go for now.