Half-Life: Further Data

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Half-Life: Further Data is a series of companion CDs for Half-Life, distributed for free via retail channels in 1999.

Half-Life: Further Data was split into two versions:

• Half-Life: Further Data V.1, a CD-ROM / audio CD hybrid disc, contains the Half-Life versions 1.0.0.5 through 1.0.0.8
• Half-Life: Further Data V.2, a CD-ROM data-only disc, contains version 1.0.0.5 to 1.0.0.9, which includes Team Fortress Classic.

Further Data V.1 featured two tracks from the Half-Life soundtrack ("Adrenaline Horror" and "Space Ocean"). Both releases contain the Half-Life: Uplink demo, and a collection of multiplayer maps, models, and logo sprays for Half-Life's multiplayer mode.

The exact release dates for the CDs are not currently known.

• Further Data V.1 CD has a creation date of February 17, 1999. (By comparison, Half-Life: Uplink was released on February 12, 1999).
• Further Data V.2 CD creation dates vary, with the latest date being June 10, 1999.

Trivia

The Further Data name refers to the sentence shown at the end of Uplink, "further data required" and matches up with the scientific names used for the other Half-Life games.

The Further Data V.2 CD and covert art prominently feature Team Fortress Classic, but is not actually present on the CD. Instead, the CD merely acts as a means to update to a point where TFC could be installed since it required Half-Life 1.0.0.9.

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Maps

The install menu for Half-Life: Further Data V.1 mentions "six new multiplayer maps", though there were 8 in the Maps directory.

• crossfire - Introduced with the Half-Life 1.0.0.8 update (also on the V.1 CD)
• doublecross - Very similar to crossfire, same author. Added to Half-Life with the 25th-anniversary update.
• frenzy - Introduced with the Half-Life 1.0.0.8 update (also on the V.1 CD)
• gasworks - Introduced in Half-Life some time between the 1.0.0.8 update and present
• rustmill - Added to Half-Life with the 25th-anniversary update.
• team9 -
• thehill -
• xen_dm - DM in a Xen environment, complete with Xen gravity and areas that require the Long Jump module. Added to Half-Life with the 25th-anniversary update.

Models

Models previews included with Further Data.
From left to right: Cannibal, Ken, Skeleton, TMCM

• barney - Currently included in Half-Life
• cannibal - Stereotypical cartoon bushman
• Gman - Currently included in Half-Life, though "gman" is all lowercase in Half-Life
• ken - Ken Birdwell, a Valve developer
• recon - Currently included in Half-Life
• robo - Currently included in Half-Life
• Scientist - Currently included in Half-Life, though "scientist" is all lowercase in Half-Life
• skeleton - Grey skeleton. Added to Half-Life with the 25th-anniversary update, except with tintable eyes.
• tmcm - Too Much Coffee Man. Added to Half-Life with the 25th-anniversary update.
• zombie - Currently included in Half-Life

Sprays

First 24 sprays from Half-Life: Further Data V.1

Most Sprays were added to Half-Life with the 25th-anniversary update.

External links

• Half-Life: Further Data on HalfLifeUplink.com (with available download)