Half-Life: Caged

Half-Life: C.A.G.E.D

Developers
	Future Games Select
	Cayle George
Engines
	GoldSrc
Release dates
Windows	September 21, 2017
macOS (OS X)	September 21, 2017
Linux	September 21, 2017
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Series	Half-Life mods and fangames

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) release of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Half-Life: Caged, stylized as Half-Life: C.A.G.E.D, is a singleplayer modification for Half-Life developed by Future Games Select and Cayle George.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Steam

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\caged_fgs\SAVE
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings (Steam version)

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Game is Vert-; see Field of view (FOV) for a workaround. Use Half-Life WON Resolution FOV MP3 Patch for non-Steam versions
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen			Vert-. Increase FOV to compensate. See Field of view (FOV).
4K Ultra HD			Both in-game and menu UI may become too small on displays with a high pixel density, see 4K Ultra HD for various fixes.
Field of view (FOV)		90 by default. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Is enable by default in the steam version use -nofbo to disable.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		16 samples by default in Steam version. Use gl_ansio X[sic] in the console, with X as number of samples. See OpenGL texture filtering to disable texture filtering altogether.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		4x MSAA by default in Steam version. Use -nomsaa to force off.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Double Buffering.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Capped at 100 FPS (72 FPS in retail version) by default. See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See OpenGL overbright lighting to increase the rendering dynamic range.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

For a list of console commands, see here.

4K Ultra HD

Assets are designed for 640x480, and UI may be too small at higher resolutions.

Increase font sizes

Open <path-to-game>\platform\resource\TrackerScheme.res in a text editor. Under "Legacy_CreditsFont", change "tall" as desired to change the size of the in-game credits font, used for the opening credits, level titles, and tutorial prompts. Recommended settings for a similar font size to that used in 640x480 are: "30" for 720p or 768p "40" for 960p, 1024p, or 1080p "50" for 1200p "60" for 1440p "70" for 1600p "80" for 2160p ("4K") "120" for 2880p ("5K") "135" for 3240p ("6K") "180" for 4320p ("8K")

Field of view (FOV)

FOV adjustment may be necessary at widescreen resolutions.

Field of view
In the game's launch options, add +default_fov ###, replacing ### with the desired FOV. While in game, open the console (~). Type default_fov and press ↵ Enter to confirm the changes have taken place in-game. Notes Weapon models are affected by changes in FOV. To maintain identical vertical FOV to the 4:3 FOV at 16:9 resolutions, use 106. At 21:9 resolutions, use 121.

High frame rate

Use +developer 1 +fps_override 1 +fps_max ###
Disabling the cap may reduce the speed at which you move objects. NPC turn rate bug was fixed.

OpenGL texture filtering

By default the filtering is enabled (not in Software rendering mode).

Disable OpenGL texture filtering
Go to <path-to-game>. Create a file called autoexec.cfg. Add new line gl_texturemode gl_nearest. Save the file. Notes Using the line gl_texturemode gl_nearest_mipmap_linear instead will enable mipmapping to prevent some textures from flickering at a distance, but will be blurry if not combined with anisotropic filtering.

OpenGL overbright lighting

Overbright lighting increases the rendering dynamic range, resulting brighter and more colorful visuals.

Overbright lighting normally only works on the Direct3D and software renderers.

Nvidia cards: Enable the GL extension limiter

Download and run Nvidia Profile Inspector. On the Half Life profile, set Extension limit to On. Apply changes. Go to <path-to-game>. Create a file called autoexec.cfg. Add new line gl_overbright "1". Save the file. Notes Doing this will disable multi-texturing, which has the side-effect of disabling detail textures, which may effect the appearance of other games and mods that share hl1.exe, including Counter-Strike: Condition Zero and Day of Defeat. Doing this disables the Steam version's built-in MSAA. On the Half Life profile, change Antialiasing - Mode to Override any application setting and Antialiasing - Setting to the desired level of antialiasing (such as 4x [4x Multisampling] for a vanilla look, or 32xS [Combined: 2x2 SS + 8x MS] for maximum antialiasing).

Input

In-game key map settings (Steam version)

In-game mouse/joystick settings (Steam version)

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Intended for single sticks like a flight stick; controllers like an Xbox 360 Controller will only use the left stick.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers
Directinput button prompts

Nintendo controllers
Nintendo button prompts
Face button layout support
Motion sensors support
Connection modes

Tracked motion controllers		Supports Razer Hydra.
Button/gesture prompts

Other controller(s)
Peripheral devices support
Additional button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

In-game audio settings (Steam version)

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Lost with Linux update.
Subtitles		Use Half-Life: Subtitles mod
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		A3D 2.0 and EAX were supported. Both have been removed during the transition to SteamPipe. See MetaAudio for Steam version.
Royalty free audio
Red Book CD audio		Deprecated with MP3 playback since 1.1.0.9. Current release still supports reading from CD when available.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL	2.1
Software renderer

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)			This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System
Input	SDL

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP
Processor (CPU)	500 MHz processor		1 GHz+ processor
System memory (RAM)	96 MB		1 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	400 MB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM		128 MB+

Potato acceptable.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Snow Leopard 10.6.3
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	4.6 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8 ATI X1600 Intel HD 3000