Half-Life 2: Deathmatch

Half-Life 2: Deathmatch

Developer(s)

Valve Corporation

Publisher(s)

Valve Corporation

Series

Half-Life series

Release date(s)

30 November 2004

Genre(s)

First-person shooter

Mode(s)

Multiplayer

Platform(s)

Windows, macOS, Linux

Engine

Source (Source 2013 MP)

Steam AppID

320

Written in

C++

Mod support

Yes (custom folder and sourcemods)

SDK

Yes

Distribution

Steam

Links

GameBanana page
Steam page

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Half-Life 2: Deathmatch was released on November 30, 2004 as the multiplayer component to Half-Life 2. Gameplay is fundamentally identical to Deathmatch Classic, and the multiplayer mode in Half-Life, where players get one point for each kill and they lose a point for each suicide.

Half-Life 2: Deathmatch was, at one period of time, available free for users of certain ATI and Nvidia graphics cards.

Limitations/Bugs

Bug:Players can get stuck when spawning on top of certain props at maps such as dm_lockdown.

Workaround:players can push the objects with weapon_physcannon.

  [todo tested in ?]

Warning:No bots in the game.

Workaround:RCBot2, Botrix, and HurricaneBot are plugins that provide Server-Side Bots, and can be used on a listen server.

Use GitHub in order to prevent duplicate or outdated bug reports at the wiki.

Official maps

Half-Life 2: Deathmatch has the following official maps included:

Official maps since release

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  dm_lockdown

• 

  dm_overwatch

Official map since February 17 2005 (Update)

• 

  dm_steamlab

Official maps since March 18 2005 (HL2:DM Map Contest)

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  dm_underpass

• 

  dm_resistance

• 

  dm_powerhouse

Official map since April 25 2005 (Update)

• 

  dm_runoff

Official map since April 03 2013 (SteamPipe update)

• 

  halls3

Weapons

Todo: expand here of use more external references

Players respawn with weapon_crowbar, weapon_physcannon, weapon_pistol with 18 loaded and 150 reserve (max), weapon_smg1 with 45 loaded and 45 reserve ammo (without alt grenades, 225 max), 2 grenades^[Clarify] (5 max).

Dedicated server

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Notes

Most props like barrels and wooden boxes are only grabbable by the weapon_physcannon at maps like dm_lockdown. This is unlike Half-Life 2.

Players can't collect wooden planks after destroying wooden boxes. This is unlike Half-Life 2.

See also

• Level design for Half-Life 2 Deathmatch

External links

• Half-Life 2: Deathmatch on the Combine OverWiki
• TSGK Forum Tricks, Tips, Help, Custom Maps, Server Plugins for HL2:DM
• Half-Life 2: Deathmatch University Rus - (Archived) Russian HL2:DM community
• Half-Life 2: Deathmatch Oldschool Community - (Archived) HL2:DM Cups and Leagues