Half-Life 2 Episode Two for Mac

Half-Life 2 Episode Two for MAC. Known bugs/issues: After application launch in main menu mouse doest work, change any graphic settings - mouse works, or just load a game. Use directional keys, tab and enter to get to configure dialog(Yeah remember the past times without mouse controller). Settings are not saved, every time you need to apply them again from begining.Savegames are saved normaly. Some graphics issues - such a not working HDR(or working with a ugly sky bug) and very small draw distance, so some objects may disappear from view but exist in game world, just come closer. Some textures are not rendered correctly. ==[SysRq]== * Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard * Intel Core Duo or Core 2 Duo Processor * 1024 MB RAM * ATI X1600 or NVIDIA 7300 GT with 128 MB of Video RAM Supported Video Cards NVIDIA GeForce series 7300, 7600, 8600, 8800 ATI Radeon series X1600, X1900, HD 2400, HD 2600 Intel Extreme Graphics GMA X3100 This game will not run on the GMA 950 class of integrated video cards. For computers using built-in graphics chipsets, the game requires at least: * Intel Integrated Chipset GMA X3100 * Dual 2.0GHz CPUs, or 1.7GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent After launching application you notice that mouse is not working correctly and video settings are not saved. Spent 2 minutes for adjusting settings. Use directional keys, tab and enter to get to options and change any graphics settings in advanced, apply, after game finishes mouse will work. You also can load the savegame - in game mouse will work correctly. Do not turn on HDR it will cause some graphics artefacts.

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iomegaz (2008-09-08)

Thanks !
for this one and for HL2EP1, and thanks to Mrberu for HL2
I waiting CounterStrike Source, Portal and Team Fortress 2.
Great work !

homeyman (2008-09-08)

thank u :)

XERXES9000SX (2008-09-08)

Uncompressed game is 8,2Gb

homeyman (2008-09-08)

wtf 8gb?
why is it so fucking big?

XERXES9000SX (2008-09-08)

I really dont know why its 8Gb, it just installed game from windows

_rock (2008-09-09)

How can I enable the console with a MBP?

XERXES9000SX (2008-09-09)

if you mean in-game console it launches with "~" key near left shift

MetalDetektor (2008-09-10)

So this won't work with OS Tiger?? Ep1 did!

Mrberu (2008-09-10)

GMA950 fix:
http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/4387621

Mrberu (2008-09-10)

Update: Fix won't work. Nvm. (Portal only)

zezima8221 (2008-09-11)

when i start the game it opens but cant click on
new game,load game yeah everything in the meny please help!

askatuta63 (2008-09-13)

i can't enter into the options to change keys affectations . i followed the right instructions ,
with "Tab" , "enter" , and arrows , but i don't have anything for the keyboard mainly .
Can anyone help me to configure that game please ?
regards from peter

David1125 (2008-09-14)

Say, how would you change the language? I have the same game, I transfered the german sound files to half-life 2 games, and when I play on XP its in german and on mac using cider its in english, any ideas how to change for all the half-life 2 games? P.S. Sound is in german and text is in english, I usually use steam to switch the lang or a seperate software to change the lang.

iomegaz (2008-09-14)

Hi
I Have a question.
Why the game doesn't save when i quit ?
I look in /Library/Preferences, but the folder HL2EP2 isn't here.
It's the same with Portal.
Is this the fault of the user permission ?
Thanks if you fix this problem.

David1125 (2008-09-14)

The Saved games should be in the ep2 folder of the game "root/ep2/Save/autosave.sav" etc. Otherwise try under bootcamp see if it saves, and try changing the settings in bootcamp instead of under mac since I read it does not work, so it will save the changes, I will change the setting under bootcamp using xp after im done downloading before playing it on the mac. And of course replace the english sounds with german sounds.

iomegaz (2008-09-15)

@David1125
Hi, no, i speak about the backup of HL2 EP2 (Option : Resolution, Keyboard, Mouse, Graphics...)
I explain:
I launch the game, i define the resolution to 1680x1050. I play game. I save game.
And I Quit game.
But when i relaunch the game, my resolution is 800x600
Can you fix this problem ??

David1125 (2008-09-15)

I see, I tried to set the settings under XP, and I didn't have to, since it was already set from my previous german version of HL. I tried to find where this preference file is, no luck. It could be part of steam preference, as under xp the text was in german and in mac it was english, as in all the half life games are. Under mac its english, under win xp its german. I have no idea what the name of the steam file is where the preference is stored. The mouse works, but it is a lot offcentered. After the game starts, the menu becomes invisible, so I trashed the whole 8 GB mac version of the game, I'll play it under xp, more fun without the trouble. Kinde like in Oblivion where I could not get the mouse to work right with the mac version, and the 3rd party plugins would not work in oblivion, but I'll check if the spore version works better for oblivion.

_rock (2008-09-16)

I'm having problems with starting the game. The start menu loads up, I can move the mouse pointer but nothing happens when I click on anything.

_rock (2008-09-16)

Never mind that last one. My dumbass did take the time to read the release notes all the way. Great up :)

garsen (2008-09-16)

even when i follow instructions re: settings, the game crashes after short periods of play, IF the settings take at all and if the game doesn't hang while loading a saved game or a new game.
it is unplayable and useless.
imac 20" 2.16 dual core intel with radeon 1600, 1GB RAM.

OHSHIII (2008-09-17)

Has someone tried to port 'UT3' or 'Gears of war' or 'COD4' ?

OHSHIII (2008-09-17)

pls seed I'm @ 99.50 % !!

iomegaz (2008-09-17)

@OHSHIII
Hi, just wait,
UT3 will be sell by Macsoft (3Q2008)
Gears of wars (2009 maybe Macsoft or Aspyr)
Call of Duty 4 is sell on Amazon for 50$ and will be released on September 30 2008
Look :

OHSHIII (2008-09-18)

thnks!

garsen (2008-09-19)

yep, this game hangs in the first minute or so of gameplay every time as you run up the mine shaft. nothing seems to change this outcome. lamesville...

bokija (2008-09-22)

The question is,where is the differnce about HL,HL1 and HL2?

Brujon (2008-09-23)

Thanx!

RKain (2008-09-23)

@bokija
EP1 and EP2 are sequels to Half Life 2
Half Life 2 - till the citadel
EP1 - From Citadel to the trainstation (shortest)
EP2 - Train to White Forrest

RKain (2008-09-23)

pleaase seed
i'm stuck at 10KB/s for the past 10 days -.-
i uped 28GB -.-
Where is the nice guy from russia with the Vuze client who gave me like 50KB/s dl? ._.

w.deres (2008-09-23)

Hey Xerxes, first of all than you for your and MrBeru's great work of porting these games!
Yesterday i tried out one of the savegames included in HL:Episode2 - after a few steps the game crashes (freeze 3 sec then quit without any explanation)
Since i did not have much time testing Episode 2 (not finished episode 1 yet) i cant say exactly what causes the crash.
Anyone here an idea what this is all about? I mean i COULD play it on my MacBook... but the 13" screen and greatly reduced graphics arent just as much fun :(
(longer version of the comment postet in the HL:Portal section)

fromeast (2008-09-25)

Thanks for great work.
But, this doesn't work. iMac 2.4Ghz 20inch.
When in loading display before main menu, this crashed.
I can't go to main menu.
please tell me how to solve it!

DantePL (2008-09-26)

I'm in the maim menu. I can go to the setting menu by the dir key, but I can use Tab key only to change between "Cance" or "Apply". I can't go to the graphic setting menu. :-/

David1125 (2008-09-26)

@DantePL
The Mouse works, it is just offcentered, figure out where the ghost mouse is.
Hint: You will hear the sound when the ghost mouse is over a clickable item, on my comp, it is about 1 finger off in the direction of bottom right. Once you hear a click and the the text color change, measure the distance to where the ghost mouse is, click, select the tab, then you can also press tab to to go to the next tab only after you clicked on a tab.
P.S. since it does not support 640x480 the ghost mouse will not go any further to select the other tabs, so click on the first tab then tab to the next tab, after you have the supported resolution, the mouse works normal again.

DecepticonJohn (2008-09-29)

I got this message from the terminal, it may be relevant to the problem...
"Could not stat /Applications/Half Life 2/Half Life 2 Episode (No such file or directory), ignoring drive F:
err:keyboard:LoadKeyboardLayoutA Only default system keyboard layout supported. Call ignored.
err:module:BUILTIN_LoadModule loaded .so but dll joystick.drv still not found
err:module:BUILTIN_LoadModule loaded .so but dll joystick.drv still not found
err:module:BUILTIN_LoadModule loaded .so but dll joystick.drv still not found
err:module:BUILTIN_LoadModule loaded .so but dll joystick.drv still not found
err:ddraw:GL_load_texture_target glGetError returns INVALID_OPERATION for D3D_GL_load_texture"

homeyman (2008-09-30)

omg.
it crashed at the "loading" screen.
:(((

garsen (2008-10-07)

when i tried to play, i couldn't even get into the first level. the game stops working as i run up the mine shaft right at the beginning...
has anyone else tried a port of this game? has xerxes decided to try it again?

W.Bob (2008-10-08)

The game is working, thanks about that XERXES, but the problem is that I don't have any HUD while playing. I also encounter the texture problem and the ugly sky one. The last ones are unimportant, but playing without crosshair, life and ammo is quite difficult. Does anyone have the same problem ? ( Sry if there's mistakes, i'm french :s )

RKain (2008-10-08)

try installing the fonts bob

bokija (2008-10-08)

Whose fonts?

W.Bob (2008-10-08)

Thanks for the answer but how may i do that ?

RKain (2008-10-14)

Look inside the .app there is a font direction somewhere in it

bokija (2008-10-24)

Anybody fix the game?Shere with us pis?

epidermius (2008-10-30)

PLEASE SEED !!! been stuck at half for a month! and i dont even have the option to buy this game for my mac :(

jinXc (2008-11-01)

This didn't work so great on my Macbook Pro, crashed at the mineshaft like other people have said
Thanks for trying though Xerxes
Another way I'm trying is using Crossover Games and a Dopeman copy of this game:


I'll try this in a few days and come back with results...

jinXc (2008-11-04)

Unfortunately the dopeman release did not work in Crossover Games but it works great in bootcamp windows for me

davidsomenumbers (2008-11-07)

i've uploaded 58 gbs of this game, but d/l still stuck at 90%! please seed thanks!

misfisk (2008-12-05)

Great job you did with these games, loved to play them.. I am trying to port Worms Armageddon, and I fail miserably. If you have the time, could you maybe take a wack at it?

dexterdexterstjock (2009-01-13)

i'm having problems taking this from the dmg file to my apps folder. when it gets to 58.6mb it stops and says it couldn't complete the operation because some data can't be read or written. (error code -36). the same problem occurs if i try to take the dmg file off my hdd to an external drive. is this just a corruption in the file? is there a way of fixing this without redownloading the whole thing??

dexterdexterstjock (2009-01-13)

also, if i don't skip the verification process when it's mounting it doesn't mount the file saying 'input/output error'.
any ideas?

mightemouse (2009-02-19)

i installed half life onto my imac and i know its more than capable of running it, but whenever i play the game i dont have a crosshair and i cant see my health or the gun im picking, etc. its all disappeared. any suggestions?

rushrollthebones (2009-04-02)

Any way to get this to work on OSX 10.4?

tomtykwer (2009-04-05)

Please seed people, it's only going at 10-20k.

hexeric (2009-05-21)

hi! same problem with NO HUD and crosshair aswell. tried installing the missing marlett font, but DID NOT work!!!

hexeric (2009-05-21)

wait, i SOLVED it: you need to turn off ALL HDR fx, even no bloom. i also copied the marlett font into the app, perhaps this needs to be done as well. THEN THERE WILL BE HUD :D

Davedoom (2009-05-22)

-------anybody-----------
the games crashes in the loading window. :/
can anyone help me fix it? i have no idea why it doesnt work.
i have an 2.4 aluminum iMac 1 gb of memory
running tiger and using an ATI readeon HD 2600 pro 256mb

hexeric (2009-06-01)

if you use the halflife episode 2 cider template, you can play zeno clash on a intel MAC!!!! worked for me (with all the graphics issues, but who cares)!!

E1EMENT5 (2009-06-02)

Seed please?

henry925 (2009-06-18)

Erm... seeds please? I saw like 5 people hit 100% and just stop seeding, it's important that you do... I'm at 97% going 1.2kbps

easyboyua (2009-06-20)

does it works on non intel hack with voodoo kernel?

TheNoel (2009-07-01)

I'm using a 2008 unibody MacBook Pro with nVidia chips, and the cider-wrapped HL2 and HL2 Ep1 worked flawlessly.
This port is a little buggy though--like the Mac version of Portal I tried.

Heldentat (2009-07-24)

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Heldentat (2009-07-24)

Skachal torent? Ne mogu ustanovit
Shto delaty?
Pomogite!

alendza (2009-08-07)

THE GAME WORKS ... BUT IN THE MAIN MENUE I CAN'T USE THE MOUSE TO CHOOSE ANYTHING I CAN ONLY USE THE ARROW KEYS AND ENTER TO CHOOSE.... SO WHEN I SAVE A GAME I CANNOT LOAD IT OR CHANGE OPTIONS... ANYONE KNOW WAT TO DO?

urbansson1019 (2009-08-14)

When i start I get a error message
Error!
setup file 'gameinfo.txt' doesn't exist in subdirectory 'hl2'. Check your -game parameter or VCONFIG setting
does somebody know what it is and how to fix it

swordth (2009-08-15)

The graphics are REALLY screwed up. play it in bootcamp instead.

BefriendedUnit (2009-11-27)

DLing at 1.0KB/s makes me a sad panda

rotnerm (2010-02-09)

I cant get past 99 percent.

codenameMayhem (2010-02-11)

I've been downloading for 3 months now and am only at 50%. This is sooooo frustrating!

underkill (2010-02-25)

@99.9 percent. I know it's not frozen there because it's dling, but only at 2kb/s. I will seed this when I am done, but for now please seed!

Tronlet (2010-03-17)

Although I know it isn't worth much until I actually download it, my ratio just before my hard drive failed (just day before yesterday) was over 6, I almost never stop seeding torrents. I seed like all hell and when I 100% you can rest assured that there will be at least one dedicated seeder.

Tronlet (2010-03-23)

Alright, at 100%. Like I said, there's now at least one dedicated seeder. This game is awesome, I'll seed until ratio is 50.0, literally.

Naravir (2010-04-05)

seed!

mcmidas (2010-05-04)

hey, thanks to xerxes for the effort. i've downloaded his HL2E1. finished it and loved it. i've downloaded this one, started it up, navigated through the menu with the arrow keys as he instructed. graphics has some glitches as he said it would, it is playable tho. but the game freezes my whole computer everytime as soon as i enter the tunnel at the beginning of the game. any ideas how to help? is it the game/file? or have i done something wrong. how can i fix it?

sakoulias (2010-05-10)

macmidas what RAM do you have?

ljdooley (2010-06-11)

This torrent sucks ass. When I get the car. All I see is a bright patch of yellow. That's ALL I FUCKING SEE.

LesPaul21 (2010-07-06)

I can't load a game. It just goes back to the main screen whenever i do. Fix?

francho75 (2010-07-08)

Sakoulias, Xerxes: I have the same problem as Mcmidas. How do I fix the game?

francho75 (2010-07-10)

Mcmidas: Did you find a way to repair the damage? Or someone who know, please let me know. I can\'t play it, and I\'m desperate. Thankx

varera1000 (2010-07-19)

Graphics suck on this torrent. Rendering is buggy, I am loosing background all the time. It makes it unbearable to play...

b00mhsh0t (2010-07-23)

comeon people seed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ive been seeding episode one for 2 days! SEEEEEEED

b00mhsh0t (2010-07-29)

ok im almost done, after i beat the game im going to seed for about 3 weeks (vacation:)) so enjoy!

Zoaroark (2010-08-03)

please seed im going at 2.0 kb/s

Xanderoga (2011-05-16)

Please seed!!! Neither HLE1 nor HLE2 has any seeds. I'll seed until a ratio of 25 when I have it!!!!

adseqew (2011-10-02)

Please please seed... I've been seeding for days, and I'm only at 34%. HL2 an HL2E1 dl'd fine. Why doesn't this one have any seeders?
Will seed for weeks after I get it.

blacksog (2012-08-10)

anyone pls seed this, somehow I have missed out playing episode 2!!! PLS SEED!!! PLSSSSSS I REALLY WANNA PLAY!!!