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I play many Valve games. Particularly Portal 2, and TF2. However, after playing these games for a while, I have noticed that in the task manager these programs come up under a process hl2. This seems to be the case for all Valve games. After further research, I have found that this process is associated with all Source SDK and other assorted games. So my question is, why do all Valve and some other games have the hl2.
Source Engine games all those you've mentioned are really closer to what you'd usually call a "total conversion" mod. You're never running the game - you're running the engine, telling it to select a given mod note how the games are run like hl2. The exe file is just a bootstrap that prepares the engine, and loads the actual mod like Half-Life 2 or Counter Strike: Source , which in itself is a bunch of data and DLLs. It could have just as easily been called e.
The main point, however, is that you never actually build your game by changing the hl2. You're only changing other DLLs and the data files - and the dll itself usually is called something like cstrike. If you want a flawed analogy, ponder this: why is Chrome's executable called chrome.
You're running the Facebook application, aren't you? And if you want a bit more history, this has been the convention carried over from the original Half-Life. The engine Half-Life 1 used was actually a heavily modified Quake engine, and the game was a mod on top of that modified engine; when the very popular mods like Team Fortress and Counter Strike came, they were likewise mods on the Half-Life 1 engine; but not the half-life game , really pretty much entirely true for CS, while mods like Blue Shift reused a lot of the assets and code of HL1.
The Source Engine was originally made for Half-Life 2. Which started the trend of hl2. Like all the other answers, this is just going to be a guess, but this one is backed up by actual history. There are 2, Note that there was likely also a single player binaries gcf file used by HL2, both of its episodes, and Portal 1. In , Valve switched over to the VPK system.
This renders most of what is listed here as moot as the HL2 "Shared Files" are now distributed as part of the game itself. Valve likely keeps the executable with the old name out of laziness. Incidentally, in games from or later, you will likely see the executable named some variation of the game name since they didn't use the shared files. I guess the name of executable was simply kept from those days because developers got used to it.
They are all built off of one common engine: The Source Engine. The Source Engine was first used to develop " Counter Strike: Source ", a remake version of the original Counter Strike that was a mod built off of the original Half-Life This was shortly followed by Valve's own creation, Half-Life Enter the file name, and you will find many versions of this file.
Select the file version you need to download, this tool will automatically download a complete file for you. Click Here Download File Finder. Please select the message type: It's a common message I need help! This is a message for seeking help when you choose this option, please fill in your Email correctly, and we will reply to you as soon as possible. Home Articles. The file should be stored in the actual installation path of the software. Tip: If you cannot find the software installation path, you can follow the path suggested above, find one by one, and put the file inside the path found.
Tip: How to correctly select the file you need 1. If you know MD5 value of the required files, it is the best approach to make choice 2. If your original file is just corrupted but not lost, then please check the version number of your files. Method: Click your original file, and then click on the right key to select "Properties" from the pop-up menu, you can see the version number of the files 3. To delete the hl2. Note that not all tools can detect every type of malware, so you may need to try several options before you're successful.
In addition, the functionality of the virus may itself affect the deletion of hl2. In this case, you must enable Safe Mode with Networking - a secure environment that disables most processes and loads only the most required services and drivers. When there, you can run a security program and a complete system analysis. You should not delete a safe executable file without a valid reason, as this may affect the performance of any associated programs that use that file. Be sure to keep your software and programs up to date to avoid future problems caused by corrupted files.
With regard to software functionality issues, check driver and software updates more often, so there is little or no risk of such problems occurring. The best diagnosis for these suspicious files is a complete system analysis with Reimage. If the file is classified as malicious, these applications will also delete hl2. However, if it is not a virus and you need to delete hl2.
If you cannot find it's uninstaller, then you may need to uninstall Half-Life 2 to completely delete hl2. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Keeping a record of when and where your hl2.
A clean and tidy computer is one of the best ways to avoid problems with Half-Life 2. Don't forget to always make regular backups or at least define recovery points. If you have a bigger problem, try to remember the last thing you did or the last thing you installed before the problem.
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