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Half-Life: AlyxNewsHalf-Life: Alyx Update 1.2 released
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Half-Life: Alyx Update 1.2 released

Half-Life: Alyx · published 28 Mar 2020, 21:40 UTC

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Additions:

  • Added full-featured support for left / right hand for movement controls, independently of left / right hand for weapon controls.
    To use this: Select Left / Right hand in the in-game UI, and then select the desired Weapon / Off-Hand bindings in the SteamVR controller bindings UI.
  • Added an option to draw subtitles and captions to the spectator window only.
  • Clarified Height Adjust accessibility options, and set better defaults across various controllers.

Performance notes:

  • Created a Performance Tips Page: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7689-WAKZ-8117
  • Improved discoverability of the Performance UI settings.
  • Added better detection of low-memory situations.

Bugfixes:

  • Fixed a UI issue where graphics settings would appear to drop from Medium to Low.
  • Fixed not being able to use Quick Back, Shift-Dash-Jump, and teleport feet rotation when Controller Turning was turned off.
  • Fixed a case where loading a left-handed savegame from the Main Menu could cause the player to lose ammo.
  • Fixed savegames where the SMG was missing parts of its model.
  • Fixed a number of crashes.

Content Build ID: 4831658

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