Half-Life: Blue Shift (PC)

Half-Life: Blue Shift
Developer: Gearbox Software Publishers: Sierra Studios (original), Valve (current) Platforms: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux Released internationally: July 31, 2013 (Mac/Linux) Released in US: June 12, 2001 This game has unused animations. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused models. This game has unused items. This game has unused sounds. This game has regional differences. This game has revisional differences. This game has a prerelease article

Half-Life: Blue Shift is the second of a number of expansions to Half-Life where you take control of ordinary, unsuspecting, beer-offering security guard and later recurring character Barney Calhoun.

It was originally designed for the Dreamcast version of Half-Life, but due to its cancellation, was later released as a standalone expansion.

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Prerelease Info

Leftovers From Other Games

Half-Life Leftovers

All of the art, code, and sounds from the original game is in Blue Shift, most of it unused. This also includes content that was unused in the original game, such as the cut enemies.

Counter-Strike 1.6 Leftovers

In the GameUI.dll file, there are remnants of Counter-Strike's UI code, such as the bomb countdown, money, etc. There's a lot more text relating to Counter-Strike in the GameUI.dll file.

Unused Weapons

Gluon Gun, Tau Cannon, Crossbow, Laser Trip Mine

All of the models for the Crossbow, Tau Cannon, Gluon Gun, and Laser Trip Mine exist in the game's files. Interestingly, all of their first person models except for the Tau Cannon have Barney's hands on them instead of Gordon's.

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  Crossbow.

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  Gluon Gun.

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  Laser Trip Mine.

Multiplayer .357 Revolver

The multiplayer version of the .357 Magnum Revolver is in the game, but cannot be used because Blue Shift can only be played in single player.

Suppressed Pistol

The cut suppressor for the Pistol from the original game makes one last hurrah in Blue Shift. It has the same issues that it did in Half-Life: Opposing Force, as it uses the same animations and model from the expansion.

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  Add_silencer animation.

Unused Animations

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Dead Security Guard

The off-duty Security Guard model seen throughout the game has several unused animations. Some of these are used in the cut intro for the cancelled Dreamcast port of the original game.

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  Idle.

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  Idle3. (used in the cut Dreamcast version intro)

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  idle4.

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  Stuffed_in_vent.

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  Tram (used in the cut Dreamcast version intro).

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  Wait.

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  Walk.

HEV Gordon Freeman

Gordon's got some MIA animations.

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  Dragged2 (only the first dragged animation is used in the ending).

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  Run. Used in Opposing Force.

Scientist Gordon Freeman

Scientist Gordon has some unused animations, with most of them running for his life like an idiot.

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  Run.

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  Run1.

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  Run2.

Unused Graphics

Early Name

640logos.spr contains an early name for the game: Half-Life: Guard Duty.

Captivation Digital Laboratories Logo

640logos.spr also contains a logo for Captivation Digital Laboratories, one of the developers for the Dreamcast port of the original game. Since Blue Shift was originally intended to be included with the Dreamcast port, it's not a surprise their logo appears.

HUD Guy Icons

Sprites showing the guy in the HUD swimming, climbing, and crouching can be found. These are leftovers from the Dreamcast version of the game, where the HUD guy would change how he appears to show that the player is doing a certain action, such as climbing.

TESTIFY!

A graphic showing level designer Rob Heironimus that appears in this game and a few other early Gearbox games with "TESTIFY" underneath him can be found in BARNEY.WAD.

Happy Face

The hidden happy face found in the original game's HUD textures is back!

Unused Sounds

Like the base game, the file "sound/sentences.txt" contains a list of sentences allowing the game to easily call a sound, or string of sounds, which are used for "speaking" entities. This includes both unused sentences and unused sound files without an associated sentence.

HEV

While the HEV Suit itself isn't obtained, its functionality is still needed for the HUD and other aspects of the game to work. All of its associated sentences, including unused lines, are still present, although they have been all dummied out with a blank sound file ("common/null") to completely silence it.

Security Guard

Duty Calls

Sound	Name	Sentence	Transcript
	BA_CANAL_WOUND2	barney/ba_canal_wound1	Look, I'm chewed up pretty bad and I think my leg's broken. So you better go on without me. Get yourself out of here while you still can.

Power Struggle

Sound	Name	Sentence	Transcript
	BA_POWER4	barney/ba_power4	Hey, hey!

Scientist

Most of these sounds are alternate takes on existing lines said by other actors' characters (the Security Guard and Dr. Rosenberg) in the final game, but said by the Scientist's actor instead.

Duty Calls

Sound	Name	Sentence	Transcript
	SC_CANALS1	scientist/sc_canals1	Yes, of course, the drainage canal. I think that empties out somewhere near the freight yard. If we're lucky, we can make our way out of the facility from there.
	SC_CANALS3	scientist/sc_canals3	No, it's too late! I can't do it! I can't! We'll never make it!

Captive Freight

Sound	Name	Sentence	Transcript
	SC_TELE_WORK1	scientist/sc_tele_work1	We were able to contact a number of other remaining scientists, so with any luck some of them may make it here as well. We would have chosen the Lambda Reactor for an escape, but the crew there is bent on fighting the creatures, with all their hopes set on someone named Freeman. Let those fools try and fight a battle they can't win. I just want to get out of here!
	SC_TELE_XEN1	scientist/sc_tele_xen1	Once we were able to consistently create the teleporter field, we ran into new problems. You see, Mr. Calhoun, teleportation isn't as simple as going from point A to point B. We discovered a strange "borderworld" that was somehow involved in the process, and this kept us from accurately predicting where any given teleportation event would lead to back on Earth. Some of the more promising research on the matter led to a device that could be attached to the strange crystalline structures we found in this borderworld. This device could then be used as a focal point and relay to aid in the teleportation. Well, in theory that is. We lost contact with the survey group shortly after the device was in place. We later discovered other methods of aiming the field, but all of the equipment in this lab uses the older technology. In order any of us to get out of here alive, someone will need go to the borderworld, and activate the device. I'm afraid you're the only one that can do this, seeing as how everyone else will be needed to run the equipment. We should be able get you fairly close to where the survey team had set up, but I fear the likelihood of running into alien creatures is very high. Be careful!

Power Struggle

Sound	Name	Sentence	Transcript
	SC_POWER_ALT1	scientist/sc_power_alt1	Hold yourself together! If we don't get the power cells charged, then we'll never make it out of here!
	SC_POWER_ALT2	scientist/sc_power_alt2	Get out of here! I can take it.
	SC_POWER_WOUND1	scientist/sc_power_wound1	I was hoping you'd show up. You must get this power cell charged and back up to Dr. Rosenberg. I'd help, but I'm hurt pretty bad.
	SC_POWER_WOUND2	scientist/sc_power_wound2	You can probably push the power cell through the fence into the charging station behind me. Let me see if I can get out of the way.

Hologram Barney

Unused Lines

Sound	Name	Sentence	Transcript
	HOLO_RETRY	ba_holo/tr_holo_retry	Give it another try. Remember to move forward, jump, and while in midair, crouch.
	HOLO_RUNSTART	ba_holo/tr_holo_runstart	It helps to get a running start.
	HOLO_TRYAGAIN	ba_holo/tr_holo_tryagain	No harm done. Try again.

Obsoleted Senteces

An oddity also present in the original, a variety of voice lines for the Hazard Course remain in the sentence directory, but their contents were moved instead to be played directly through the map, leaving them unused.

Name	Sentence
HOLO_BREATH	ba_holo/tr_holo_breath
HOLO_DONE	ba_holo/tr_holo_done
HOLO_FALLSHORT	ba_holo/tr_holo_fallshort
HOLO_FANTASTIC	ba_holo/tr_holo_fantastic
HOLO_FLASHLIGHT	ba_holo/tr_holo_flashlight
HOLO_GREATWORK	ba_holo/tr_holo_greatwork
HOLO_JUMPDOWN	ba_holo/tr_holo_jumpdown
HOLO_KEEPTRYING	ba_holo/tr_holo_keeptrying
HOLO_LIGHTOFF	ba_holo/tr_holo_lightoff
HOLO_NICEJOB	ba_holo/tr_holo_nicejob
HOLO_RADIATION	ba_holo/tr_holo_radiation

Build Date

The build date for the original retail version (1.0.0.0) can be found in the disc's file "version.txt".

Sierra On-Line
1.0.0.0
71199
04-20-01