Keys don't register on menu screen.
Play Half-Life in the Browser
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Re: Play Half-Life in the Browser
#42Firefox 97.0.2 Ubuntu 20.04, New Game, click any menu item, the click audibly clicks but nothing happens.
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Re: Play Half-Life in the Browser
#44Did Valve release the assets as freeware or something?
The full game isn't playable on that page. I believe all three sets of assets (HLDM, Uplink, Hazard Course) are from demos or free products.
Making the full game playable would probably be less OK.
Re: Play Half-Life in the Browser
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
Works extremely well, until I try crouch-jumping (space-ctrl-W). Firefox interprets this as ctrl-w and asks me if I want to close the tab (and the mouse pointer doesn't get re-confined again). I'm not even using a QWERTY layout, so I have to contort to press W... It's a common issue with US-made games.
And OS maybe, had no problems on KDE.
That's on sway. I can try KDE, but I'd be surprised if the result is different. Just pressing ctrl-w opens the popup and definitely breaks pointer confinement.
Re: Play Half-Life in the Browser
#46Sound is pretty messed up for me
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#48Re: Play Half-Life in the Browser
#49Was 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.
Microsoft's xCloud only streams controller games for now, and I think that has provided an exceptional user experience early on. You can select the game in your browser, and pick up the different input device while the stream loads. Once you're done playing, put the controller down and Ctrl-W to close the tab and go back to the real-world.
Re: Play Half-Life in the Browser
#50Was 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).
Ctrl+w (crouch+forward) attempts to close the tab even in fullscreen for me in Firefox.