Half Life 1 bug? Menu only show some servers instead of all possibilites

Question

after playing Half Life 1 online for a while and then restarting, this is what my menu looks like:

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All the elements load an online server, instead of doing what they are supposed to (for example, Find Servers is supposed to open a window where you can choose servers).

Is this a bug? How to get it back to normal?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 05 '11 at 02:16

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It looks like I fixed it.

The problem seems to have been the file Half-Life\valve\resource\GameMenu.res which got overwritten (probably a bug) in some way.

Reinstalling the default GameMenu.res fixed the problem.

answered Mar 05 '11 at 02:16

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 05 '11 at 02:08

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While I'm not sure how to get it back to normal, as an alternative, you can use the Steam Server Browser (If Steam is running, single-click its icon, then click Servers) to find games, just make sure you set the filter to Deathmatch Classic.

Steam Server Browser should Deathmatch Classic games

answered Mar 05 '11 at 02:08

That is, assuming you're referring to Half-Life Deathmatch. – Mar 05 '11 at 02:14
It's just the classic Half-Life 1, without Steam. – Mar 05 '11 at 02:17
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@meh: Then can I suggest updating HL1? The newer versions of HL1 do use Steam. – Mar 05 '11 at 06:39

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 27 '11 at 23:57

Replace your text in the gamemenu.res file with following text:

"game menu" { "1" { "label" "#GameUI_GameMenu_ResumeGame" "command" "ResumeGame" "OnlyInGame" "1" } "2" { "label" "#GameUI_GameMenu_Disconnect" "command" "Disconnect" "OnlyInGame" "1" "notsingle" "1" } "3" { "label" "#GameUI_GameMenu_PlayerList" "command" "OpenPlayerListDialog" "OnlyInGame" "1" "notsingle" "1" } "4" { "label" "" "command" "" "OnlyInGame" "1" } "5" { "label" "#GameUI_GameMenu_NewGame" "command" "OpenNewGameDialog" "notmulti" "1" } "6" { "label" "#GameUI_GameMenu_LoadGame" "command" "OpenLoadGameDialog" "notmulti" "1" } "7" { "label" "#GameUI_GameMenu_SaveGame" "command" "OpenSaveGameDialog" "notmulti" "1" "OnlyInGame" "1" } "8" { "label" "" "command" "" "notmulti" "1" } "9" { "label" "#GameUI_GameMenu_FindServers" "command" "OpenServerBrowser" "notsingle" "1" } "10" { "label" "#GameUI_GameMenu_CreateServer" "command" "OpenCreateMultiplayerGameDialog" "notsingle" "1" } //"11" //{ //"name" "LoadDemo" //"label" "#GameUI_GameMenu_PlayDemo" //"command" "OpenLoadDemoDialog" //} "12" { "label" "" "command" "" "notsingle" "1" } "13" { "label" "#GameUI_GameMenu_ChangeGame" "command" "OpenChangeGameDialog" "notsteam" "1" "notsingle" "1" "notmulti" "1" } "14" { "label" "#GameUI_GameMenu_Options" "command" "OpenOptionsDialog" } "15" { "label" "#GameUI_GameMenu_Quit" "command" "Quit" } }

Half Life 1 bug? Menu only show some servers instead of all possibilites

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