


Half-Life usually costs $10 from the Steam store, which I think is totally worth it. After that, you can eject the microSD card from your device and plug it into your computer. To update, connect to your local WiFi using an OTG adapter and USB WiFi dongle, then go to Options > Update and follow the prompts. In order to port Half-Life over to your device, you’ll need to a) have ArkOS installed, and b) update the operating system to its most recent version. Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.First things first, ArkOS is the only operating system at this time that has the Half-Life port, but I would expect it’ll show up on 351ELEC soon (I’ll be sure to update this guide as soon as it’s up). It’s chuckle-worthy that Valve is tweaking such an old game in preparation for new hardware, especially since the company said there’ll be no Steam Deck exclusives. Still, it looks pretty intuitive and very console-like.Įveryone assumes this sneaky update exists to make Half-Life 2 easier to play on the Steam Deck, which makes sense considering the device is coming out very soon. Valve reportedly isn’t working on another mainline Half-Life game, so this update is all we will get for now. Valve updated Half-Life 2 user interface, it is most likely done for Steam Deck /IMgqW7sN8k In the general tab, enter “-gamepadui” into the launch options fieldīang, you’re done! Half-life 2 should now open with a brand new UI which you can look at in action below.Select “beta updates” from the dropdown menu.Right-click Half-Life 2’s icon on Steam and select “properties”.Here is how you enable Half-Life 2’s UI update on a desktop PC. It’s not every day that an 18-year-old game gets updates, after all. On Tuesday, well-known Source Engine aficionado Gabe Follower discovered a peculiar interface change to Half-Life 2, which almost certainly exists to make the classic first-person shooter easier to manage on the Steam Deck. For the first time in many years, Half-Life 2 is getting a substantial update,
