Did Valve release the assets as freeware or something?
Play Half-Life in the Browser
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Re: Play Half-Life in the Browser
#32Somewhat related, but you can also play CS 1.6 in your browser: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23497236 The site itself seems to currently down but I was using just a few weeks ago. I found that port pretty impressive because multiplayer also works and still had lots of active players! (though ctrl-w for crouch and move forward doesn't, so I can't say it was a seamless experience)
There's also Doom 3 on the browser: https://wasm.continuation-labs.com/d3demo/
Re: Play Half-Life in the Browser
#33Was going well, until I did a walking crouch-jump (Space+Ctrl+W) which is the shortcut for close tab
This is why browser gaming isn't taking off. User interface quirks.
Even in native you're likely to trigger Windows' "sticky keys" feature by pressing shift repeatedly (a standard keybind in many games). Back in the day, games used to crash on alt-tabbing so sticky keys killed your game until disabled.
Re: Play Half-Life in the Browser
#34Did Valve release the assets as freeware or something?
Valve has always been very permissive of their assets. They let modders run wild, then hire the top talent.
Re: Play Half-Life in the Browser
#35Somewhat related, but you can also play CS 1.6 in your browser: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23497236 The site itself seems to currently down but I was using just a few weeks ago. I found that port pretty impressive because multiplayer also works and still had lots of active players! (though ctrl-w for crouch and move forward doesn't, so I can't say it was a seamless experience)
There's also Doom 3 on the browser: https://wasm.continuation-labs.com/d3demo/
This is what i was reminded of, but didn't remember the URL.
Sadly main reason i was reminded of it is because the Doom 3 one seems to have better responsiveness for mouselook - the HL version feels a bit too laggy.
(though even the D3 version has a tiny amount of lag which i do not remember when i tried it a couple of years ago - perhaps changes in the browser are to blame)
Re: Play Half-Life in the Browser
#36Somewhat related, but you can also play CS 1.6 in your browser: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23497236 The site itself seems to currently down but I was using just a few weeks ago. I found that port pretty impressive because multiplayer also works and still had lots of active players! (though ctrl-w for crouch and move forward doesn't, so I can't say it was a seamless experience)
On Firefox, Ctrl+W is only unfortunate if you press Ctrl THEN W, holding W and pressing Ctrl afterwards is fine.
Re: Play Half-Life in the Browser
#37works perfectly in chrome on mac, thank you to whoever did this, so nostalgic
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#38I could not start a new game in FF in Ubuntu.
New game > Select level > freezes here.
Re: Play Half-Life in the Browser
#39Was going well, until I did a walking crouch-jump (Space+Ctrl+W) which is the shortcut for close tab
If you go full-screen this shortcut won't close the tab (had the same issues with other browser games I've played in the past).