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Half-Life 2

From AppleGamingWiki, the wiki about gaming on M1 Apple silicon Macs

macOS Compatibility

Method Rating Notes
Native Perfect Compiled the Source Engine Leak. https://jameshug.notion.site/Guide-to-Installing-Portal-Using-Source-Engine-on-macOS-660803f9ced149cfa1647d38fd5a7092[1]
Rosetta 2 Unknown
Compatibility layer
CrossOver Runs Installed via steam on crossover 21, extreme fps drops during shootouts and explosions
Wine Unknown
Virtualization
Parallels Perfect Playable.[2]

Native ARM build from leaked source

Compiled the Source Engine Leak, modified instructions from James Hughes.

Updated instructions - use these Terminal commands:

1. Install Homebrew

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
brew help

Remember to set the path.

2. Install Xcode Command Line Tools (Optional)

xcode-select --install

3. Install required packages from Homebrew (added the jpeg-turbo dependency from instructions)

brew doctor
brew cleanup
brew install sdl2 freetype2 fontconfig pkg-config opus libpng libedit python3 jpeg-turbo

4. Clone the Source Engine GitHub repository

git clone --recursive https://github.com/nillerusr/source-engine
cd source-engine

5. Configure game builds:

Half-Life 2:

python3 waf configure -T release --64bits --prefix='' --build-games=hl2

Half-Life 2 Episodes:

python3 waf configure -T release --64bits --prefix='' --build-games=episodic

Portal:

python3 waf configure -T release --64bits --prefix='' --build-games=portal

Counter-Strike: Source

python3 waf configure -T release --64bits --prefix='' --build-games=cstrike

6. Build the game

python3 waf build

7. Create Build folder Install build into directory, this can be located anywhere ideally append with hl2, episodic, portal, cstrike etc.

python3 waf install --destdir='~/Documents/Build folder/hl2'

8. Open Build folder in new Finder window

9. Create Steam folder In Mac version of Steam, install games e.g Half-Life 2, Episode 1, Episode 2, Portal, Counter-Strike: Source etc.

10. Open Steam folder: in new Finder window: right-click on game in Steam library, go to Manage and Browse local files

11. In the Steam folder:

  • Delete /bin/ folder
  • replace with /bin/ folder from Build folder

12. In the Steam folder:

  • Delete hl2_osx
  • Copy/move from Build folder Build folder/hl2_launcher
  • Rename the hl2_launcher into hl2_osx

13. In the Steam folder:

  • Navigate inside 'game' folder (e.g. /hl2/ or /episodic/ or /portal/ or /cstrike/)
  • Delete the bin subfolder (e.g. /hl2/bin/)
  • From the Build folder go to game folder (e.g. Build folder/hl2/) and move/copy from the Build folder to the Steam folder into the game (e.g. Steam folder/hl2/)

13. Now the respective game can be launched from within Steam.

References

  1. Verified by User:PBeGood4 on 29 April 2023
    Device: M1 MacBook Pro
    Method: Compiled Source Engine Leak
    Resolution: 1920x1080
    Settings: high
    Framerate: 120+ FPS
  2. Verified by User:gp on 7 Sep 2021
    Device: Mac M1 16 GB RAM
    OS: Windows 11 (latest Insider ISO)
    Method: Parallels 17
    Resolution: 1080p
    Settings: Medium
    Framerate: 50~60 FPS