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ModdedPan (Banned) Jan 25, 2015 @ 3:21pm

An issue with Half Life 1

So, I found some old discs for Half Life 1 and Opposing Force, so I decided to play them. They play fine, except for black bars on the sides of the screen that no resolution seems to fix. Keep in mind this is the non-steam version. What do I do?

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Laptop Jan 25, 2015 @ 3:22pm

Why not activate it on Steam? Pretty sure there's an updated version fixing that.

Cathulhu Jan 25, 2015 @ 3:26pm

The patch level of those version does not support 16:9 resolutions, hence the black bars.
The advice by Laptop65 is sound.

Bad 💀 Motha Jan 25, 2015 @ 3:27pm

What GPU and Driver?
Activate your CDKEYs on Steam account, then u will get the proper Patch Updates for those games.

Pick the correct res for your screen in the game options.
If that is not allowed in a certain game (like lack of widescreen support for example) and u have an NVIDIA GPU, then go into NVIDIA Control Panel > Desktop Size and Position > select Full Screen and change Display to GPU and apply. That should force any full-screen app to stretch out to full screen fill, regardless of in-game resolution.

Laptop Jan 25, 2015 @ 3:29pm

It's pretty easy to activate your game on Steam

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7480-wusf-3601

ModdedPan (Banned) Jan 25, 2015 @ 4:21pm

Okay guys, I took your suggestions and now my things are in steam. But I ran into another issue. I saw the black bars in blue shift and turned on widescreen in the options, thinking that would fix it. Now the game is super zoomed in on the screen and I cant navigate the menu at all, so I cant turn it off.

Laptop Jan 25, 2015 @ 4:21pm

Do you know how to do -autoconfig?

ModdedPan (Banned) Jan 25, 2015 @ 4:23pm

Originally posted by Laptop65:
Do you know how to do -autoconfig?

Nope.

Laptop Jan 25, 2015 @ 4:31pm

Right click the game in Steam > properties> launch options > -autoconfig

Then launch the game and see if it changes anything.

Starscre4M Jan 25, 2015 @ 4:45pm

don't forget to remove the -autoconfig after that, or every time you launch this game it will reset it's settings

Last edited by Starscre4M; Jan 25, 2015 @ 4:45pm

ModdedPan (Banned) Jan 25, 2015 @ 4:51pm

Originally posted by Laptop65:
Right click the game in Steam > properties> launch options > -autoconfig

Then launch the game and see if it changes anything.

So I type -autoconfig in the text box that shows up? Because that didnt do anything.

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Laptop Jan 25, 2015 @ 4:51pm

Originally posted by A box of tissues:
So I type -autoconfig in the text box that shows up? Because that didnt do anything.

Okay then, remove it.

What's your desktop resolution?

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ModdedPan (Banned) Jan 25, 2015 @ 4:56pm

Originally posted by Laptop65:
Originally posted by A box of tissues:
So I type -autoconfig in the text box that shows up? Because that didnt do anything.
Okay then, remove it.

What's your desktop resolution?

My screen resolution is 1366 x 768.

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