Valve Releases Original Half-life For Mac
This is the first time Half-Life has been available through Steam for Mac. Valve has already rolled out its entire catalog, including Half-Life 2 and the following sequels, through the Mac client, making the original Half-Life launch somewhat of an anomaly.
The original Half-Life is widely considered one of the most important PC games ever made. While on the surface it seems to be nothing more than a story-driven first-person shooter, Half-Life brought some interesting mechanics into the gaming world, such as interactive storytelling that let the player move around during cutscenes and other scripted events. Valve has supported the game with various updates since its release in 1998, including a slight tweak to the game engine and some models a few years back. That support continued earlier this week with the release of a new update that fixes a few bugs. Perhaps the most interesting bug fix concerns a possible security hole.
The update has fixed malformed (read: non-standard) SAV files that could allow arbitrary code to be executed and written into the game folder. Native instruments kontakt 5 library. This arbitrary code could be used to exact a malicious attack. Other fixes include mostly crash preventions, including crashes that occurred when custom decals were used or when switching between specific weapons.
The Internet, being the Internet, quickly turned the update into a joke. Many comments in the update thread asserted this was confirmation of Half-Life 3, the long-expected but never released follow-up to Half-Life 2 and the subject of a very popular internet meme.
Others questioned why Valve was spending time and resources updating a nearly 19-year-old game and asked that they instead work on releasing a new game, Half-Life related or otherwise. Still, it’s nice to see support for a venerable classic PC title continues to this day, especially this far after release. The update was released on July 10th, 2017 and should be available for players through the Steam client.
Half-Life update released JULY 10 - We have updated the public release of Half-Life. Changes in this update are:. Fixed crash when entering certain malformed strings into the game console. Thanks to Marshal Webb from BackConnect, Inc for reporting this. Fixed crash when loading a specially crafted malformed BSP file. Thanks to Grant Hernandez (@DigitalCold) for reporting this.
Fixed malformed SAV files allowing arbitrary files to be written into the game folder. Thanks to Vsevolod Saj for reporting this.
Fixed a crash when quickly changing weapons that are consumable. Thanks to Sam Vanheer for reporting this. Fixed crash when setting custom decals. I've been a 'tech-head' my entire life. After graduating college with a degree in Mathematics, I worked in finance and banking a few years before taking a job as a Systems Analyst for my local school district. I started working with Notebookcheck in October of 2016 and have enjoyed writing news articles and notebook reviews. My areas of interest include the business side of technology, retro gaming, Linux, and innovative gadgets.
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