Half-Life

Half-Life

howse77 Jun 15, 2015 @ 4:54am
Half life 1 really bad frame rate drops!!
Hi downloaded half life anthology yesterday.. Started playing it this morning and i keep on getting bad fps drops at random times in the game.. The game drops from like 100 to 5 instantly then when i walk off it goes back to 100..

im using my hp 6730b notebook intel duo 2.4gig and an intel series 4 mobile graphics chip and 2 gig ram...

I know its not an amazing laptop but it should run this game no problem..

Any solutions would be awesome and thanks in advance...

Matty:]
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WaWaWa Jun 15, 2015 @ 7:08am 
Try typing fps_max 50 in the console
Last edited by WaWaWa; Jun 15, 2015 @ 7:08am
Blyte Jun 15, 2015 @ 7:47am 
Try this
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 commands "-nofbo -nomsaa" no quote marks
6 Click ok

or try "-software" mode, intel graphics has poor open_gl graphics drivers
howse77 Jun 15, 2015 @ 12:59pm 
Thasnks guys but everything i've tried didnt work.. so i'm having to ask for a refund i have altready played hl just thought i would play with expansions..

Do you think my system would work with the source engine version????

Thanks again peeps:]
TAW|REA Jun 15, 2015 @ 3:11pm 
Source version still uses Direct3D renderer on Windows which should work fine with most of the systems.
howse77 Jun 15, 2015 @ 6:57pm 
thanks matal.... ill try it,,
Blyte Jun 16, 2015 @ 11:32am 
I guess you did not try software rendering.
It has the most stable fps. But looks a little blocky.
Open_gl rendering look blurry on intel chipset graphics
Blyte Jun 16, 2015 @ 11:39am 
Originally posted by metal revolution:
Source version still uses Direct3D renderer on Windows which should work fine with most of the systems.

Sorry the updated HL2 does not have D3D. Valve dropped all 3rd party drivers for their own drivers. They are to cheap to pay for the continued licensing of A3D and D3D.
howse77 Jun 16, 2015 @ 12:17pm 
Thnaks for all the comments but i got a refund on the half life anthology just waiting for steam to refund the money back into my steam wallet... UI got a refund from gog for fear because it didnt work on my system properly and i got the money refunded the same day why cant steam do it??
Indiana_Minotaur Jun 16, 2015 @ 11:18pm 
Originally posted by howse77:
Thnaks for all the comments but i got a refund on the half life anthology just waiting for steam to refund the money back into my steam wallet... UI got a refund from gog for fear because it didnt work on my system properly and i got the money refunded the same day why cant steam do it??

Standard business proccess. Give it about 5 business days and if your money isn't refunded then you will have to message steam support.

Anyways while you refunded your game. The game shouldn't have any problems on modern hardware unless your PC or laptop machine is very poor. I run an average PC and i still managed to get a max of 60 FPS regardless of what system settings i put it on. You probably have a finky graphics card or something else is going on with your PC since there is no way it can drop that fast from 100 to 5

something to keep in mind.
howse77 Jun 17, 2015 @ 1:55am 
@chaotic_mayhem Yea i've got a hp 6730b notbook with a inter series 4 mobile gpu chip which is really bad for open gl suppoert.. Just playing chrome got it for 49p in the uk bargain price nad the games awesome:] Thnaks for your reply mate...
MrMcSwifty Jun 17, 2015 @ 6:26am 
Originally posted by Anarkisten:
Try typing fps_max 50 in the console

I'm curious as to what you thought this would accomplish?
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Date Posted: Jun 15, 2015 @ 4:54am
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