Wait, what? Yep. A new Half-Life patch has appeared today on Steam which fixes a set of crashes throughout the game. The patch notes include thanks to community members that reported the issues, and has literally appeared out of nowhere almost 19 years after the game launched in 1998.
For some, Half-Life is where it all began. It was Valve’s breakthrough game which led to Steam, Source, and changed gaming forever while making Gabe Newell a very rich man.
Check out the official new Half-Life patch details after the drop:
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 (@Digital_Cold) 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
Half-Life launched in November 1998 for Windows PC, but now spans across several platforms and has a sequel which has **two** episodic expansions which end on a cliffhanger.
