Half-Life, Valve’s seminal sci-fi shooter, set a new world speed record thanks to an incredible run by YouTuber Muty, who managed to beat the previous record by four seconds.
If you’re unfamiliar with the fast-paced game world of Half-Life, it’s basically just a classic crash-and-bump-jump FPS to the point where you can skip entire levels, and Gordon Freeman becomes nothing more than a fool. orange drop. Muty’s run, which lasts just 26 minutes and 38 seconds (yes, the entire game), is a significant time saver over the previous record, considering Half-Life’s quick runs have become so streamlined and seamless since. of all these years. The previous record, also set by Muty in May, was 26 minutes and 42 seconds. It takes a month of practice to cut just four seconds, now that’s hard work.
So how was it done? There are many strategies that use bugs or unfinished aspects of Valve’s game source code to speed up the process. At the end of the second level, Unintended Consequences, for example, instead of going up the elevator and simply pressing the button again to close the doors, the game assumes you’re inside and instantly loads the next mission, saving you precious seconds. . There are also various points where you can jump ladders, ladders, or even entire levels simply by jumping through holes and vents; you don’t die because you land exactly where there is a seam between two panels of level geometry and the seam is not scrambled. damage log drop.
The most impressive pass though, and the one Muti pulls off with aplomb, occurs at the start of the fifth mission, We Have Enemies. This is usually a short, scripted event where the scientist runs down the hall in front of you, knocks on the security office doors, and then dies immediately after exploding in a mine. The button to open the door to exit the level is inside the locked security office and you have to turn around, after about 30 minutes of running and gunning, to get to it through the vent.
But if you’re quick enough, you can shoot the scientist in the leg, interrupting his pathfinding. Meet him a few times and you’ll be able to push him against the locked security door, and since the scientist character models are coded to be able to open locked doors, voila, you can go in, hit the button and jump. assignment. We skip that part for you below:
It will probably be a while before anyone can break Muti’s record, but it’s theoretically possible to complete Half-Life in a staggering 21 minutes. In 2014, a group of speed runners led by Quadrazid released a tool run that demonstrates how, if you eliminate all human error and essentially program a robot to execute each speed run strategy accurately, you can beat Half-Life outright. . . Life is as long as watching an episode of The Big Bang Theory. It’s unlikely that one person could pull this off, but Muti is officially the closest.
Source : PC Gamesn
