Half-Life 1 no Menu

[Bezzera83]

Hello,

sorry for my bad english, i am from Germany.

I have downloaded Half-Life 1 for Mac today. The Game starts, but i do not see the menu. When i move the mouse, i can hear only the sound from of the menu points, but did not see the words.

How can i fix this?

My System:
OS X El Capitan

MacBook Late 2009
2,26 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
5 GB 1066 Mhz DDR3
Nvidia GeForce 9400M 256MB

Thanks for your Help!

Gregor

[Blyte]

This is to help people who have off sized or black screen when starting the game.
This will allow you to see the games menu options to correct the problem.

Use the game launch options.
1 Click Library in Steam
2 Righr click the Half-Life game
3 Next select properties
4 Click the box "set launch options"
5 Then enter the command "-norm -windowed -w 800" no quote marks
6 Click ok

---
Correct your screen resolution in game menu options
1 Start the Half-Life game
2 On the game menu page select option
3 Then click video tab at the top
4 Select the correct mode and resolution for your monitor
5 Click apply

Once you have the correct screen mode and resolution selected.
You will need/should remove the commands in the Half-Life launch options.

Good luck and happy gaming.
---
Note:
-w <width> - Forces the engine to start with resolution set to <width>.
-h <height> - Forces the engine to start with resolution set to <height>. This launch option does not need to be set in the presence of -w. The width value will determine the height automatically.

standard height size is determined by the screen mode -norm or -widescreem
----
P.S
Here are more "set launch options" commands that can be used for video.
-fullscreen : : no framed window
-windowed : game will be in a framed window
-noboarder : in windowed mode this removes the frame around it.
-gl : open_gl graphics rendering
-software or -sw : CPU graphic rendering
-normal : monitor size 4:3 ratio
-wide : monitor size 16:9or10 ratio
+gl_vsync 0 : turns off verical Synch in open_gl rendering (can improve FPS)
-nofbo : this turns off some advance rendering in open_gl (can improve FPS)
-nomsaa : turns off AA ;Anti-Aliasing (can improve FPS)
-gl_aniso 0 : Removes anisotrophic filtering (can improve FPS)
-w 800 : width screen resolution size (other sizes can be used)
-h 600 : height screen resolution size (other sizes can be used)

--------------------------------------

Note :
Do not forget about "sizedown" and "sizeup" keyboard controls.
When you first install Half-Life the "sizeup" does not have a key bind for it.
bind "-" "sizedown"
bind "=" "sizeup"

Can be typed in the game console or put in the userconfig.cfg file.

[Mr_Yeti]

Originally posted by -=GOz=-Blyte:

This is to help people who have off sized or black screen when starting the game.
This will allow you to see the games menu options to correct the problem.

Use the game launch options.
1 Click Library in Steam
2 Righr click the Half-Life game
3 Next select properties
4 Click the box "set launch options"
5 Then enter the command "-norm -windowed -w 800" no quote marks
6 Click ok

---
Correct your screen resolution in game menu options
1 Start the Half-Life game
2 On the game menu page select option
3 Then click video tab at the top
4 Select the correct mode and resolution for your monitor
5 Click apply

Once you have the correct screen mode and resolution selected.
You will need/should remove the commands in the Half-Life launch options.

Good luck and happy gaming.
---
Note:
-w <width> - Forces the engine to start with resolution set to <width>.
-h <height> - Forces the engine to start with resolution set to <height>. This launch option does not need to be set in the presence of -w. The width value will determine the height automatically.

standard height size is determined by the screen mode -norm or -widescreem
----
P.S
Here are more "set launch options" commands that can be used for video.
-fullscreen : : no framed window
-windowed : game will be in a framed window
-noboarder : in windowed mode this removes the frame around it.
-gl : open_gl graphics rendering
-software or -sw : CPU graphic rendering
-normal : monitor size 4:3 ratio
-wide : monitor size 16:9or10 ratio
+gl_vsync 0 : turns off verical Synch in open_gl rendering (can improve FPS)
-nofbo : this turns off some advance rendering in open_gl (can improve FPS)
-nomsaa : turns off AA ;Anti-Aliasing (can improve FPS)
-gl_aniso 0 : Removes anisotrophic filtering (can improve FPS)
-w 800 : width screen resolution size (other sizes can be used)
-h 600 : height screen resolution size (other sizes can be used)

--------------------------------------

Note :
Do not forget about "sizedown" and "sizeup" keyboard controls.
When you first install Half-Life the "sizeup" does not have a key bind for it.
bind "-" "sizedown"
bind "=" "sizeup"

Can be typed in the game console or put in the userconfig.cfg file.

Your great at helping people from the community,respect!How long you been playing Half Life?

[Bezzera83]

Hi -=GOz=-Blyte,

thanks for your kind help. I think, I described my problem in the wrong way. Your Solution does not bring success. Black screen or off sized is not the Problem. I can see the full screen and the menu background, but noch menu options.
I have made a screenshot, what I can see:
http://kaffee-welt.net/Bilder/hl_menu.png

Gregor

[Blyte]

This will download any missing or corrupt files on your game client.

Check the integrity of the game cache
1 Click Library in Steam
2 Righr click the Half-Life game
3 Next select properties
4 select TAB local files
5 click the box "check integrity or game cache..."

[Blyte]

Do you have a C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life\valve\resource\gamemenu.res file?

[Bezzera83]

Downloading missing or corrupt files did not fix the problem.

I use MacOS, there is no path like this you posted. But I found the file gamemenu.res in the game directory on my mac. Can I do something with this?

[Blyte]

Not much you can do with the res file. Making sure you had one. Checking the integrity of the game cache is all I can offer for help with your system.

[Bezzera83]

Ok, the Problem is solved nin natural way. In the meantime I installed the Demo of Half Life 2 and played it. Then, when I started Half Life 1 again, the menu options are visible. Strange thing, but it works now.

Thanks for your help!

[gv]

Originally posted by Blyte:

This is to help people who have off sized or black screen when starting the game.
This will allow you to see the games menu options to correct the problem.

Use the game launch options.
1 Click Library in Steam
2 Righr click the Half-Life game
3 Next select properties
4 Click the box "set launch options"
5 Then enter the command "-norm -windowed -w 800" no quote marks
6 Click ok

---
Correct your screen resolution in game menu options
1 Start the Half-Life game
2 On the game menu page select option
3 Then click video tab at the top
4 Select the correct mode and resolution for your monitor
5 Click apply

Once you have the correct screen mode and resolution selected.
You will need/should remove the commands in the Half-Life launch options.

Good luck and happy gaming.
---
Note:
-w <width> - Forces the engine to start with resolution set to <width>.
-h <height> - Forces the engine to start with resolution set to <height>. This launch option does not need to be set in the presence of -w. The width value will determine the height automatically.

standard height size is determined by the screen mode -norm or -widescreem
----
P.S
Here are more "set launch options" commands that can be used for video.
-fullscreen : : no framed window
-windowed : game will be in a framed window
-noboarder : in windowed mode this removes the frame around it.
-gl : open_gl graphics rendering
-software or -sw : CPU graphic rendering
-normal : monitor size 4:3 ratio
-wide : monitor size 16:9or10 ratio
+gl_vsync 0 : turns off verical Synch in open_gl rendering (can improve FPS)
-nofbo : this turns off some advance rendering in open_gl (can improve FPS)
-nomsaa : turns off AA ;Anti-Aliasing (can improve FPS)
-gl_aniso 0 : Removes anisotrophic filtering (can improve FPS)
-w 800 : width screen resolution size (other sizes can be used)
-h 600 : height screen resolution size (other sizes can be used)

--------------------------------------

Note :
Do not forget about "sizedown" and "sizeup" keyboard controls.
When you first install Half-Life the "sizeup" does not have a key bind for it.
bind "-" "sizedown"
bind "=" "sizeup"

Can be typed in the game console or put in the userconfig.cfg file.

i love you guy