Half-Life 2: Deathmatch

Half-Life 2: Deathmatch

Developer(s)

Valve Corporation

Publisher(s)

Valve Corporation

Series

Half-Life series

Release date(s)

November 30, 2004 

Windows:
November 30, 2004
macOS:
July 12, 2010
Linux:
March 14, 2013

Genre(s)

First-person shooter

Mode(s)

Multiplayer

Platform(s)

Windows, macOS, Linux

Engine

Source (TF2 branch)

Steam AppID

320

Written in

C++

Mod support

Yes (custom folder and sourcemods)

SDK

Yes

Distribution

Steam

Links

GameBanana page
Steam page

Half-Life 2: Deathmatch was released on November 30, 2004 as the multiplayer component to Half-Life 2. Gameplay is fundamentally identical to Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, 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. As of the 20th anniversary update, the game is included with purchase of Half-Life 2.

The game was updated on November 15, 2024 for Half-Life 2's 20th anniversary, fifteen days before its 20th anniversary. It was updated to the Team Fortress 2 branch (therefore also receiving VScript and $treesway support), adding HDR support to all the maps, and several bug fixes and map design fixes. It was also unlisted on Steam store, but after purchasing Half-Life 2 (or getting it for free during 20th anniversary), you will have access to Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, aswell as Half-Life Deathmatch: Source.

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.

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.

Note:Since 20th Anniversary Update, Valve silently added bots support to the game. To add bots, use hl2mp_bot_add command.

Use GitHub in order to prevent duplicate or outdated bug reports at the wiki.

Official maps

Todo: Retake screenshots using the 20th anniversary update versions.

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

Official maps since release

• 

  dm_lockdown

• 

  dm_overwatch

Official map since February 17 2005 (Update)

• 

  dm_steamlab

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

• 

  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 on maps like dm_lockdown, unlike Half-Life 2.

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

Since the 20th anniversary of Half-Life 2, the game now runs on Team Fortress 2 branch, and Valve briefly provided 64-bit versions of the game executable (hl2_win64.exe, srcds_win64.exe, bin/x64), however it was impossible to run it due to missing game DLLs. The EXEs were quickly removed, although the tools DLLs remained (being necessary to run Hammer++). Full 64-bit was later added alongside the release of the Team Fortress 2 branch SDKs.

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