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I will definitely be bringing you an in-depth Half Life 2 Tweak Guide soon, just wanted to provide info on how to smooth things out for those frustrated by all the stuttering. Use commands like "cl_showfps 1" (without quotes) to see your framerate, and "timedemo" (without quotes) to run a timedemo. Now pressing the '~' key (key beneath ESC) will bring up the console.
#Half life 2 cheats console not working install#
You must run Defrag to ensure smoother gameplay because Half Life 2 is a huge install and though it may take a while it's a vital step.įinally, to activate and open the console in the game, go to Options in the game, select Keyboard, click Advanced and tick the option to enable the console.

Make certain you run Windows Defragmenter after Steam has registered and updated your system to play Half Life 2. Open this file and copy and paste the following commands into it, then close and save it:Ĥ. Go to your \Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\\half-life 2\hl2\cfg\ directory, and create a new blank text file (right click and select New>Text Document), then rename it to autoexec.cfg. Try not to exceed half of your system RAM with this setting.ģ. heapsize 128000 makes the game use 128MB of your RAM. Go to the icon where you launch HL2, and open its properties (or go to Steam>Play Games>Half Life 2>Right-click on it and select Properties>Launch Options) and in the Target box add "-heapsize " (without quotes), e.g. Reduce your sound quality to Medium in the game options.Ģ. The common solutions to this problem are as follows:ġ.
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Half Life 2 Update #2 - Fixes for Stuttering IssuesĪnother quick update - a lot of people are having issues with the way HL2 seems to stutter and pause every few moments, especially the sound. That's my guess anyway, but give it a try and let me know if it works for you. I believe the reason for this setting causing a problem is that on some motherboards it has issues with the Interrupts (IRQs) and causes CPU 'hiccups'. This has resolved a lot of random stuttering for me throughout the game (autosaving aside) in conjunction with the tweaks posted below. Go to Options in the game, and under the Mouse tab untick the 'Mouse Filter' setting. OK after a fair bit of experimentation, I believe I have found another cause of the constant stuttering on some systems. Half Life 2 Update #3 - Additional Fix for Stuttering Sv_gravity (works for multiplayer and singleplayer) changes gravity on a server width # -height # Set Width and Height of WindowĪdmin console commands (must be your own server or have admin access)īan - permanently kick & ban a client off of your server

Make a shortcut to the game, right click on it and edit the properties to look similar to this:Ĭ:\Program Files\Half-Life 2\hl2.exe" -add command here Start the game with the -console command line parameter. Give - Substitute with a weapon name or item below Map - Use the list below to load a mapname for Sv_stopspeed # Minimum stopping speed set

Mat_numtexttureunits # Limit texture units to #
#Half life 2 cheats console not working code#
Now during gameplay press ~ to get the console and enter a code below:ĭeveloper # Developer mode (#=0, 1, or 2)ĭsp_explosion_effect_duration # Set explosion length Make a shortcut to the game, right click on it and edit the properties to look similar to this:Ĭ:\Program Files\Half-Life 2\hl2.exe" -console Method 2: Also reported you can start the game with the -console command line parameter. Next in line, Type in: Sv_Cheats 1 Cheats are as follows: Method 1: Open The console up in game by pressing the "~" key. Typed "HL2 cheat codes" in my handy Firefox Google search bar.
