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How to re-enable Half-Life's shadows (25th Anniversary Edition only)
By Link Freeman
in this short guide, I will show you how to enable back the shadows from the early versions of Half-Life. Note that this would work on the 25th Anniversary Update only.
   
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Category: Modding or Configuration
Languages: English
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Step 1: Open Half-Life's page > Properties
Step 2: On launch options, type this: r_shadows 1
Step 3: Close the window, launch the game. If you do not see any shadows from a model, in game, continue to step 4.
Step 4: Open console, and type: r_shadows 1 (For Steam Deck users, see Step 5).
Step 5: Open the autoexec.cfg in the valve folder on the game's root folder, add r_shadows 1 to the file, save it and close.

Enjoy!

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LostSektor 25 Nov, 2023 @ 1:16pm 
sadly they are ugly and bug, is not worth to use. this is why is off by default.
TheProgrammer 23 Nov, 2023 @ 1:16pm 
for steam deck need edit cfg file autoexec in valve folder and add there new line with r_shadows 1.
Thanks all for help.
ZeDarkOne 23 Nov, 2023 @ 7:28am 
If I remember correctly the steam deck will allow you to add launch options using the touchscreen as a keyboard.
Link Freeman  [author] 22 Nov, 2023 @ 8:38pm 
can you type in there? if you can, then it might work
this is for PC mainly.