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Re-live the groundbreaking, critically acclaimed Half-Life 2 like never before, reimagined with RTX Remix. Featuring full ray tracing, remastered assets, and DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation, this DLC is free for Half-Life 2 owners.
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Update #2: Tonemapping and Crash Fixes
Apr 1
Thanks for playing the Half-Life 2 RTX demo and sharing your feedback. It has given our mod team a lot of insight on what we should change for the final release.

Our latest update fixes some scenarios where users were experiencing crashes, as well as introduces a more accurate tonemapper in response to community feedback.

This new tonemapper fixes an issue that caused the displayed image to be over-brightened. When you now play Half-Life 2 RTX, you will see more accurate colorization, especially in areas of extreme light and dark. Areas in shadow will feel much darker, while areas in light will still allow details to shine through without being overexposed and “washed out”.

Additionally, some game objects with extreme bright light (like fire) have been colorized by the new tone mapper to better show the full spectrum of light, making it look more realistic and closer to the original game.
This new tonemapper represents our first step in responding to community feedback, with many more adjustments to lighting and volumetrics to come in a future patch.

We released the Half-Life 2 RTX Demo as a way to get feedback from the community early to build the best remaster we can–we thank you for taking the time to play it, and letting us know what you want to see from Half-Life 2 RTX. We hope to remaster this classic we all love in a way that respects your memory of it, and also feels exciting for a new generation of players who have never played it before.

Changes:
  • Tonemapper has been updated to display a more accurate image
  • Fix for a softlock in town_02 where Grigori would occasionally not throw the shotgun to the player
  • Fix for a crash state
  • Fix for a stall on initial game load
  • Issued fixes to the crossbow, Grigori bucket, and mine-hopper assets
  • Fix for a visual artifact when initially moving with DLSS Frame Generation on
Investigating Reported Issues:
  • We are investigating an issue where some game overlays can cause crashes when used with the Half-Life 2 RTX Demo. We recommend disabling overlays before starting the demo, but can confirm players looking to measure performance can use FrameView [www.nvidia.com] without risking a crash.
  • Some players are reporting a crash during the first-time they start the game, due to issues with shader compilation. If you experience this, please start the game again.
  • Steam Hotkey for Screenshots (F12) will crash Half-Life 2 RTX. We recommend using NVIDIA app’s Alt+F1 screenshot feature, NVIDIA app’s Alt+F9 video recording feature, or OBS “Display Capture” to take screenshots and video.
  • When Desktop Capture is active in NVIDIA app’s settings (Alt+Z --> settings cog --> Video capture) video recording can at times cease working in the Half-Life 2 RTX demo, requiring users to restart the demo. To prevent this, please disable Desktop Capture in NVIDIA app’s settings.
For recommended specs and optimization to get the best performance in Half-Life 2 RTX please see here.
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Hotfix #1: Update on Various Issues
Mar 20
A hotfix has been pushed live to adjust the displayed download size.
Changes:
  • Fixed an issue that was causing the download size of Half-Life 2 RTX to appear larger than it actually was. The correct download size of 44.1GB is now displayed during installation.
Investigating Reported Issues:
  • We are investigating an issue where some game overlays can cause crashes when used with the Half-Life 2 RTX Demo. We recommend disabling overlays before starting the demo, but can confirm players looking to measure performance can use FrameView [www.nvidia.com]without risking a crash.
  • Some players are reporting a crash during the first-time they start the game, due to issues with shader compilation. If you experience this, please start the game again.
We are also reading your feedback, and will apply patches for reported bugs in the future. Here are a list of known issues we are currently tracking:
  • Steam Hotkey for Screenshots (F12) will crash Half-Life 2 RTX. We recommend using NVIDIA app’s Alt+F1 screenshot feature, NVIDIA app’s Alt+F9 video recording feature, or OBS “Display Capture” to take screenshots and video.
  • When Desktop Capture is active in NVIDIA app’s settings (Alt+Z --> settings cog --> Video capture) video recording can at times cease working in the Half-Life 2 RTX demo, requiring users to restart the demo. To prevent this, please disable Desktop Capture in NVIDIA app’s settings.
  • Father Grigori occasionally will not throw the player the shotgun in d1_town_02. If this occurs, please reload a save from before exiting to the rooftop.
For recommended specs and optimization to get the best performance in Half-Life 2 RTX please see here.

-Orbifold Team
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3 people found this review funny
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Recommended
1.9 hrs on record
Posted: March 29
Its okay. RTX 4060 can run with dlss set to quality at aroung 50-60fps. 100+ if ultra preformance. ONLY GET if you have a good gpu
 
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Half-Life 2 RTX Demo Out Now: Optimize Your Graphics Settings
Mar 18
The Half-Life 2 RTX Demo is now available for download.

Experience the award-winning game that has captivated millions of players worldwide with its immersive story, thrilling combat, and mind-bending physics, fully overhauled with full ray tracing (also known as path tracing), new hand-crafted, physically based textures, enhanced high-poly models, and updated lighting, powered by NVIDIA DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation, all in stunning 4K.

Orbifold is updating every texture, model, and level, adding extra geometric detail to buildings and surfaces to realistically interact with fully ray-traced lighting. Even particles and animations are being revitalized to bring Half-Life 2 to modern graphical standards.
Before you play, please ensure you have the latest GeForce Game Ready Driver [www.nvidia.com] installed. The minimum recommended GPU for the demo is a GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, enabling a range of system configs to play:

Press Alt+X in-game to open the RTX Remix settings menu, where you can quickly switch between a number of graphics and DLSS presets, creating a good experience on RTX GPUs dating back to the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti.

To help you get the best experience on your system, check out the charts below for our settings recommendations and adjust in-game via Alt+X.

If you’d like to know more about NVIDIA RTX Remix and our new Half-Life 2 RTX demo, you should check out the GeForce.com article[www.nvidia.com]. We’re listening and would love your feedback to help improve the full release of Half-Life 2 RTX - please share it here on Steam, and please be sure to Wishlist the full release to receive Steam news updates and to be notified when it’s released.

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New patch stops game from loading on AMD cards
The original release worked fine on my 9070XT but the latest patch has broken it for AMD. The game gets stuck at the loading assets screen and has to be forced closed via task manager. Tried a completely fresh install but the problem remains. I doubt if the devs will care since they seem to be fully focused on Nvidia but just pointing out this issue....
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nas360
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Raytracing is the worst thing to happen to games in decades
Nvidia are deliberately pushing Raytracing because they want to sell new cards. People don't really care about it that much and would prefer cheaper cards but Nvidia gotta business so they push RTX. Half-Life looks fine. Most games look fine. Pretty sure the Indiana Jones game would have looked fine if they hadn't implemented RT. It's a sham (not a scam) and it works on the FOMO crowd and those who can afford it but it really doesn't matter. Cyberpunk looks fine without it on as do most games. It's a litt...
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GrundleGrump
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Why is everyone SO ungrateful??
You can crap on NVIDIA and their useless graphic cards all you want, but Orbifold Studios? This is a small team of fans just working their hardest to make a free, faithful remaster of a game. NVIDIA may be greedy with how much they're pushing to make people buy their cards, but the team at orbifold are working day and night to remake every asset in the game. It's okay if you don't like raytracing or NVIDIA, but please at least show some gratefulness for their work. EDIT : Just to clarify, I'm not talking ...
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BrainIsPain
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23 people found this review helpful
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Recommended
1.3 hrs on record
Posted: March 26
Product received for free

I’m 37 years old, so I played Half-Life 2 as a teenager, and I’m well placed to see the difference between this enhanced version and the original. I find the result absolutely stunning!

I think many people have trouble understanding that this is not a full remaster or a complete visual overhaul, but rather a demonstration of next-generation ray tracing effects. The lighting and shadows transform the game significantly.

On my end, the game runs very smoothly on an RTX 3070 with a Ryzen 9 5900X.

Finally, I want to thank the developers for allowing us to experience this incredible game once again!
 
Jaydalorian
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1.6 hrs on record
Posted: April 2
It's a technical showpiece. Pretty cool.
4090; 1440p; DLSS "quality" mode: about 60fps in-game, with frame gen pushing it to 120fps. At "full resolution" it's 30fps pushed to 60fps. This tech produces an image that is inherently noisy, and so DLSS helps smooth that over at the cost of a soft image. You need a seriously beefy rig to crank all the sliders and get that nice, sharp picture.

Know it's ambition. Know it's limitations. So stop your crying, you entitled nerds. This is free food. You don't have to eat it.
 
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Radeon users shouldn't bother...?
I know it's Nvidia funded/co-developed, so Radeon support of any kind is left out for obvious reasons. I wasn't expecting great performance on Portal RTX with my Radoen 6950 XT, but in that game at just 1080P I saw GPU usage barely at 7% and my FPS was 1. Yes, 1. Radeon's have hardware RT, and Nvidia shills love to remind us all the time it's useless, but the hardware is there so why in Portal (and I assume in this) it seems to be intentionally coded to under utilise the card (7% remember). If the card c...
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geekl33tgamer
14 minutes ago
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LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!! 50GB for a DEMO!?! A DEMO!?!?! REALLY!?!?!
Ok, bros, so if this is a demo, what in the world kind of demo is this for 50GB of space? We're talking a FULL GAME file size! Remember, this is an OLD game, so, don't give me that lame, "NEW GAMES, BIGGER FILESIZE, BRUHH" excuse! THAT DOG WON'T HUNT!!!! Is this a demo in that it is FREE and contains the actual FULL GAME of Half-Life 2, and the demoing prospect is just that of DEMONSTRATING the Nvidia RTX feature to a mass audience? I only wonder! It's something to think about, no?...
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ChickenTacos
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