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H λ L F - L I F E
DECAY
DECAY
The official seven year old and last third Co-Operative Half-Life expansion by Gearbox Software, the creators of Opposing Force and Blue Shift has
finally been ported from the Playstation 2 to the PC for all fans to experience! Here is the official site where you may download the free port:
Half-Life Decay Creations Official Website
How to play
Single player game
Download the decay_eng.exe and install under your half-life directory: C:\Program Files\Valve\SteamApps\[Account-Name]\half-life\decay
Decay doesn't have usual single player mode as Half-Life has - it creates local LAN server instead and adds controllable bot (switch with
"G" button)
as second player. So to start playing "singleplayer" Decay you should use "Play Decay" menu and start server for "dy_accident1" map.
Bot doesn?t have any clever AI, it can merely protect itself, so you have to use the player switching frequently.
Be aware that you can't choose any other map from the start - they all are locked by default, as in original PlayStation(r)2
version of the game, and are opened as you progress through the game.
The other important note is that Decay doesn't allow any game saves (as original game) so if you are killed, the mission is automatically
restarted. The only saved info is your progress through the levels and stats, which is done automatically upon mission completion.
You can view your stats either by opening decay\manual\stats.xml or using shortcut in Decay?s Start Menu folder.
Internet Game - Details for how to Set Up Server
Half-Life: Decay is a 2 person game and you can play not only with bot but with your friend. You can easily set up home LAN server
and your friend will be able to join the game immediately, but with the Internet game it's all a bit other. The only way to do this is to have
one of the 2 people host the server.
1. Download the Dedicated Server (under the tools tab in steam).
2. COPY your Decay folder (from your Half-Life folder under your steamapps folder: - "steamapps\[account-name]\half-life\decay") into
the Dedicated Server folder. "SteamApps\[Account-Name]\dedicated server\half-life\decay"
3. Open dedicated server, and you'll get a GUI menu. Change the values as follows:
A. Open the top dropdown box and make the game Decay.
B. The server name can be whatever you wish.
C. Map can be any, you can always change it in-game.
D. Make sure the network is set to internet, or no one can join your game.
E. Make sure Max players is 3. no more, no less (VERY IMPORTANT).
F. UDP port - 27015 is fine, don?t change it unless you know what you are doing (there is no need to change it whatsoever).
G. RCON Password- you have to have one, but it can be anything (its the password that controls the server).
H. Valve Anti-Cheat should be selected, but it doesn?t need to be.
4. After you hit Start Server, the game will be up.
5. To join the game, start up decay, and look for the server, BUT don?t look for it under the internet tab, it will be under the LAN tab for
you, but everyone else will see it under Internet.
6. Join in, and have fun.
Download the decay_eng.exe and install under your half-life directory: C:\Program Files\Valve\SteamApps\[Account-Name]\half-life\decay
Decay doesn't have usual single player mode as Half-Life has - it creates local LAN server instead and adds controllable bot (switch with
"G" button)
as second player. So to start playing "singleplayer" Decay you should use "Play Decay" menu and start server for "dy_accident1" map.
Bot doesn?t have any clever AI, it can merely protect itself, so you have to use the player switching frequently.
Be aware that you can't choose any other map from the start - they all are locked by default, as in original PlayStation(r)2
version of the game, and are opened as you progress through the game.
The other important note is that Decay doesn't allow any game saves (as original game) so if you are killed, the mission is automatically
restarted. The only saved info is your progress through the levels and stats, which is done automatically upon mission completion.
You can view your stats either by opening decay\manual\stats.xml or using shortcut in Decay?s Start Menu folder.
Internet Game - Details for how to Set Up Server
Half-Life: Decay is a 2 person game and you can play not only with bot but with your friend. You can easily set up home LAN server
and your friend will be able to join the game immediately, but with the Internet game it's all a bit other. The only way to do this is to have
one of the 2 people host the server.
1. Download the Dedicated Server (under the tools tab in steam).
2. COPY your Decay folder (from your Half-Life folder under your steamapps folder: - "steamapps\[account-name]\half-life\decay") into
the Dedicated Server folder. "SteamApps\[Account-Name]\dedicated server\half-life\decay"
3. Open dedicated server, and you'll get a GUI menu. Change the values as follows:
A. Open the top dropdown box and make the game Decay.
B. The server name can be whatever you wish.
C. Map can be any, you can always change it in-game.
D. Make sure the network is set to internet, or no one can join your game.
E. Make sure Max players is 3. no more, no less (VERY IMPORTANT).
F. UDP port - 27015 is fine, don?t change it unless you know what you are doing (there is no need to change it whatsoever).
G. RCON Password- you have to have one, but it can be anything (its the password that controls the server).
H. Valve Anti-Cheat should be selected, but it doesn?t need to be.
4. After you hit Start Server, the game will be up.
5. To join the game, start up decay, and look for the server, BUT don?t look for it under the internet tab, it will be under the LAN tab for
you, but everyone else will see it under Internet.
6. Join in, and have fun.
