Half-Life: Source in

A speedrun of Half-Life: Source by Maltemller and actionstorm in the time of 16:47:88 on Easy difficulty.
Runner notes:
Presenting the segmented speedrun of Half-Life: Source.
Upon inception of a Half-Life: Source speedrun, very few strats or glitches were known within the game. Within a few months, Maltemller and actionstorm had found enough new glitches and routes to bring the final time of the run down to under 17 minutes! The run started mid-2018 and finished in February 2020, with a time of 16:47.88; much lower then the original estimate.
Runners:
Maltemller (256 segs) - / @maltemller
actionstorm (177 segs) - / @actionstorm7465
Video:
actionstorm (rendering/editing)
2838 (outro) - / @runs-nw4vw
Details:
Completed on 2/11/20
In-Game Time: 16:47.88
Video Time: 15:43
433 Segs
Difficulty: Easy
Version: Latest version on Steam as of January 2020.
Spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Segment Files: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Done in 433 segments.
Enjoy!
sourceruns.org
/ sourceruns

[@duuqnd]

I like to think that Half-Life: Source was just Valve saying "Look how easy it is to port GoldSrc games! We did this over the weekend!"

[@narryg]

I'm pretty sure that half life source was specifically made to demonstrate how easy it was to port games

[@TheCrowBrotherhood]

But valve doesn’t work over the weekends!

[@ec6xu]

@@narryg except for the part where they made tools specifically for porting it

[@snapchipper]

...then they borrowed the HD Pack from GameBanana. I wish I was joking.

[@sticks_stuff]

@chipsnapper source?

[@Rikairiify]

"Gordon, please work as quickly as you can"

[@youtubeisnotsocialmedia]

easily the best comment here, please don't edit it to say "WOW THANKS 4 ALL DA LIKES" later on

[@nameisChannelID]

keep the like counter at 69

[@Pop4484]

Perfect comment

[@realmug]

this man is so fast that he could make the 7 hour war a 30 minute war

[@user-gs5lv4pw6t]

@@realmug into 30 minute war where humans won!

[@robinrai4973]

HL2: I'll use this physics prop to skip the NPC's waling path. HLS: *I AM THE PHYSICS PROP*

[@actionstorm7465]

that extra jump height is perfect for getting on top of scientist's heads :)

[@dajair01]

@RedGoldDolfin YOU SO SMART!!!!!!!!!!!! 1!11!!!

[@vioviorel887]

14:50 song from Blade of Darkness

[@Opanker_]

@RedGoldDolfin Not everything, light is not a physics prop it just flies through the air and follows a path

[@hl2betafan]

@RedGoldDolfin includes the whole universe

[@Silver-Arrow]

looks like this isnt gordon's first resonance cascade

[@aperlaqf]

"Ah sh*t, here we go again"

[@ligmagaming3249]

He is a highly trained professional

[@alvianekka80]

Gordon created multiple timelines so he can experience multiple resonance cascades.

[@happysedits]

Half-Life: Source glitchiness will always have a place in my heart.

[@InfinityPotato97]

Yeah, its so glitched that it makes this game even more beautiful

[@woah5546]

@Dean Sibiski yeah I have that too

[@Matzu-Music]

@monky It occurs as a result of multithreading

[@Donmegamuffin]

I think a lot of us would love a commentry break-down of this run and how a lot of it works!

[@Seni0r100]

to the top

[@actionstorm7465]

We (the runners) actually did a commentary of it right after the twitch premiere! You can find the vod here: www.twitch.tv/videos/584128482

[@Leekolable]

anyone know any reason why i can't view that vod? network error #2000?

[@actionstorm7465]

@@Leekolable works for me. Try refreshing maybe? If it still doesn't work maybe go to twitch.tv/sourceruns, click on videos and skip to the part in the VOD where the commentary starts.

[@Donmegamuffin]

@@actionstorm7465 Awesome! Thanks guys!

[@loosemoose5217]

Valve: "I never thought I would see such a buggy game, let alone create one"

[@charmanderfan1]

Well, most, in not all, source games are buggy as shit or at least very jank. You just don't see the bugs often during normal play. This is what neglect does to a source gams.

[@rgbforever4561]

Do you even know who ate all the crowbar sounds?

[@x8BitRain]

3:31 that boost was Half-Life: SMOOTH

[@nameisChannelID]

Half-Life: CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH had to

[@Fukumeru]

save glitch is OoB

[@damienfinnegan8272]

I had to rewatch this part multiple times to understand what was going on.

[@perhapsjames_]

11:33 You know when the gauss gun is out half of the game will cease to exist

[@Actinide5013]

Gauss gun and speedrunners: a tale of friendship and -magic- science

[@sagnost]

@@Actinide5013 *any gun that produces good impulse

[@LaGuaridadeChaz]

The game used to be called Full-Life. After the Gauss gun it turned into Half-Life

[@Furan05]

5:17 What’s He Doing? He’s beginning to believe.

[@blitzkriegexpress5962]

LMFAO

[@EthanB-pr8fn]

how do you even prop fly in HLS?

[@turmspitzewerk]

@@EthanB-pr8fn my guess is that they're maybe just standard source props; heavily modified to act like goldsource pushable objects. they perhaps used some sort of glitch to break it out of its restraints that stick it to the floor which let them push it vertically up into themselves?

[@user-oh5gm9ry7o]

"Hey catch me later I'll buy you ... and he's gone. He's gone," *Kicks dirt*

[@wibs0n68]

where did the dirt came from?

[@GuythatisocoolSothere]

{20 years later in HL2} ok so valve patched bunny hopping so I’ll hear you out on that beer

[@enginardus]

10:35 Picture this. You're an HECU soldier stationed at a base in New Mexico. You're sitting in the barracks, listening to some music. As you think about your wife and kids, you get the inclination to look up, only to see your squad mates up and rushing. You take out your earbuds to hear a voice screaming over a megaphone. It's hard to understand, but that doesn't matter, you know exactly what's going on. You think to yourself, "Hell yeah! Some action!" 30 minutes later, and you can see the massive complex that is black mesa from your helicopter. You swear you just saw a faint glimmer in the distance, dancing around strangely, accompanied by a hint of orange. As you arrive at the base, everyone seems a little disoriented regarding the time. Some swear they just got here a minute ago, like you, while others swear they have been here for a day,. You do, however have a small bit of knowledge regarding the situation, so you and your fellow grunts assume it has to do with the anomalous on-goings here. As the area buzzes with the action of soldiers preparing barriers and supplies, you are ordered inside the facility. You make your way up to where they tell you you're stationed. Not 10 minutes after arriving, you hear a sudden, brash noise. First, the screaming of 2 of your best mates as they are pulverized and stepped on. Then an explosion. You turn around to see a theoretical physicist wielding a .357 magnum flying at you, and your commander rushing away. Before you can so much as let out a shriek, you feel a sharp pain followed by a blinding white light. You sit there in utter shock regarding what just happened and where you are. After a good minute of sitting, and looking around you, it hits you that you just died. What? How? Why? Who? When? It doesn't matter. You just got freeman'd.

[@actionstorm7465]

"Hell yeah! Some action!" 30 minutes later speedrunner actionstorm flies past you and teleports through a wall :)

[@csguak]

Tldr

[@nikiyerbamate]

5:16 me and the boys in creative mode

[@actionstorm7465]

it's as easy as double tapping space! (not really it's actually pretty hard :))

[@ferchu1440]

"Gordon doesn't need to hear all this. He's a highly trained professional."

[@margon9181]

Half-Life devs: This took us years to make! Speedrunners: Silly devs, this took us months to complete! Viewers: Silly speedrunners, this took us minutes to watch!

[@eldonhill4840]

This is a really, really good comment :)

[@Architector_4]

Couch critics: Silly viewers, this took us seconds to call fake!

[@OldCouches]

Silly commenter, this took me seconds to reply.

[@ATP2555ify]

: Silly , this took us to watch!

[@EvandroLBL]

2x viewers: "You fool"

[@Gocnak]

10:31 Hey.

[@Zm9yZ290dGVu]

ᶦᵗ'ˢ

[@madtrix8631]

"Dad, are you sure that's the right way to play the game??" -"yes son, you just have to push yourself against the wall and then you can run with the speed of light"

[@actionstorm7465]

yes son just move along this wall and you'll get stuck in the ground and can't get out

[@superkobster]

And Gordon was STILL late to work.

[@andresbravo2003]

Mom: you can only play for 16 minutes. Me:

[@TheRealGears]

11:40 I like how he waited for the drop

[@actionstorm7465]

we had to wait anyways :( we wouldn't have waited just for the drop

[@OldeScrumpy]

Half Life: "On A Rail" Sourceruns: "Sorry, I don't speak *S L O W*

[@actionstorm7465]

OAR is actually the 4th slowest chapter :(

[@memesjack3615]

@@actionstorm7465 What's the first?

[@actionstorm7465]

@@memesjack3615 the spreadsheet is in the description and it has a ton of info like that if you want to check it out. The slowest chapter by far is Anomalous Materials (because of the test chamber cutscene). Then after that we have Surface Tension, then Apprehension, then OAR.

[@leshagaming6044]

5:16 "Plays Harry Potter theme"

[@simantos9919]

Confused thinking

[@RockinEnabled]

Wingardium levioSAAAAAH

[@DarkPeter]

5:15 I laughed my ass off when he did that hahahahahahahh

[@nameisChannelID]

And that’s Source Physics for you!

[@rarecrom]

fuck it, barrel flight

[@lanthan598]

"Do you even know who you talking to here?" 5:14 *BONK*

[@redson543]

so its not only me xd

[@JustAHat]

amazon delivery guy when the nihilanth orders same day delivery at 11:44:30 pm

[@realperson5575]

haha youee bisexual

[@JustAHat]

@@realperson5575 yeah what about it

[@realperson5575]

@@JustAHat youre bisex

[@dr_ill]

This was great. Lots of runners like to say in their games that "walls are only a suggestion", but that's definitely the case here.

[@kaws6231]

I'm so glad this vod made most of the songs continue to play after loads, makes the viewing experience 10 times better.

[@actionstorm7465]

yeah I spent a lot of time adding in the songs at good times to make it smooth. it really improves the vid

[@shadowrev2914]

No joke, I blinked and he passed through a chapter wtf

[@trashrabbit69]

Even the speedrunners are so hard-hit by the quarantine they're running the worst versions of good games. Half-Life 2 Japanese Arcade edition when?

[@VinVonVoom]

I don't think you've ever played the PS2 port...

[@DISCONSOLATION]

@@VinVonVoom HALF LIFE SOURCE ON PS2?

[@sagnost]

Well, the japanese arcade version is just original but with different UI. That would be similar to original speedrun

[@theobserver4214]

Yes, Please That port is actually pretty good. There’s an option to use a USB KB&M if you don’t like the controls. There’s enhanced graphics, 16:9 (WON didn’t have this at the time), a new game (Decay), new multiplayer maps for the DM mode, and some level tweaks that enhance the game.

[@oneblacksun]

@@theobserver4214 Wish someone would make a PC port of the PS2 port, so we can rake in the benefits that port has.

[@InputEvelution]

0:00 Anomalous Materials 3:34 Unforeseen Consequences 4:22 Office Complex 5:30 "We've Got Hostiles" 5:37 Blast Pit 6:13 Power Up 6:18 On A Rail 7:42 Apprehension 9:12 Residue Processing 10:21 Questionable Ethics 11:23 Surface Tension 12:53 "Forget About Freeman!" 13:25 Lambda Core 14:00 Xen 14:29 Gonarch's Lair 14:43 Interloper 15:31 Nihilanth 15:43 Endgame

[@nameisChannelID]

thenk for chaptirs bru

[@SwiftBlitz.]

we’ve got hostiles only lasts 7 seconds

[@Froxmog]

​@@SwiftBlitz.Power Up lasts 5 seconds, lol

[@ireneparkin3360]

HECU Commanders:- "Are you sure it's him?" Soldiers:- "I don't know, it was just a Orange blur "

[@frozenpizza7325]

The sample: (rises out of the ground) Me: ok gordon will insert it and then wh- Gordon: *Flies through the window using the sample*

[@deptiko]

gordon*

[@derpygodzilla2438]

*Sample*

[@frozenpizza7325]

Ok fixed

[@darkySp]

So, let me get this straight. By porting HL1 from GoldSrc to Source, Valve has halved the game's speedrun length. Not surprised, honestly.

[@AllanOfficial]

outro is amazing, omg! :O

[@diphenhydramine7628]

Требуем новой рубрики через 3 месяца разбор спидрана на русском, Ну или ссылку на разбор

[@xRwCJNN1]

Тебя не заблокали ?

[@kurtstolz9815]

разберёшь этот спидран?

[@lidddar0798]

Привет, я чет смотрел и вообще не понимал, резбери это видео) :D

[@Pop4484]

Hi

[@estebanfranco10]

Gordon Freeman truly was a PhD in physics

[@JackieJKENVtuber]

HL: Source is so broken that the speedrun is even faster than in the original

[@bigstupiduglyogre7205]

Look, Gordon! Ropes! We can use these to help traverse pits.

[@IBeforeAExceptAfterK]

HELLO GORDON!

[@MegaIceNine]

Grab a soda! It'll help you see faster!

[@JerW]

gordon freeman is wanted to passport inspection

[@TAKEYOURCREATINE]

@@MegaIceNine LOUD SLURPING NOISES

[@SolidIncMedia]

"look Gordon, a barrel! We can use this to fly!"

[@Spat856]

Some of this looks like TAS with how arratic the camera movement is and the runner still going where he needs to be. Super impressive.

[@GreatCornDev]

A glitchless Half-Life Source run is impossible

[@sir380]

Nobody: Still Nobody: HLS Speedrunners: *audible zooming*

[@vanitoryisboring]

Half life speedrunners: we did it in less than 21 minutes Half life Source speedrunners: hold my wall clipping trick pleb

[@ExtraVirus]

Half-Life Speedrunners: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGHRXod_p9WeeqM

[@buzzheadguy7139]

ExtraVirus I like how this was made by the same guys that did this speedrun, they’re that good

[@jamesrgamesoffical]

@@buzzheadguy7139 I mean he is called source runs

[@jacket2038]

11:30 Are you really waiting for the music to kick in?

[@actionstorm7465]

it's actually a glitch that we have to wait a few more seconds to do it, the music was edited in afterwards

[@nameisChannelID]

just when that drop comes in shit gets real 😳😳

[@Jackomojo]

Gordon was late to work, pushed a sample into a chamber, caused a resonance cascade, unintentionally destroyed the whole facility, killed invading aliens, fought and scared away the military, invaded the alien world Xen, charged past their defenses, killed nihilanth and met the g-man face to face in about 15 minutes

[@actionstorm7465]

an average day for a theoretical physicist

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Holy sh*t! This is incredible! Great speedrun lads!

[@actionstorm7465]

Thanks!

[@Stefan-mz5bz]

Everything seemed pretty normal until 5:17

[@turbanix]

i love how actionstorm was just having fun here 1:35

[@rikospartan]

Thats fascinating! Great work, Ive had complete confidence in your team.

[@GrandDadGaming]

7:46 Gordan using the scientist being devoured as a plataform killed my sides, 10/10

[@ShaDow-dw5bf]

when mom said what will turn off the computer in 30 minutes

[@Opanker_]

13:38 Ahh Tripmines werent enough Its time for snarks

[@Actinide5013]

Tau Cannon: *exists* Speedrunners: *_what is walking?_*

[@EmptyMag]

The editor that lines the music up to sync up with important or satisfying changes in movement speed needs a raise

[@KayvK]

Half-Life: Source is the best and worst Half-Life game ever made.

[@snapleey]

Because it just hl1 but ported and buggy or because gmod?

[@KayvK]

@@snapleey Both. It's one of the worst ports of all time, but it's still Half Life, and it's buggy fun. Plus GMod support means lots of more fun.

[@snapleey]

@@KayvK couldn't agree more

[@skayqz]

if i will ever have kids i will tell them that this is a walkthrough of Half Life : Source

[@dycedargselderbrother5353]

The run is so fast music actually plays throughout.

[@Nyhde]

Ah, of course. Gordon has graduated from hitting people on the head with teleportation debris to sitting on their heads with his teleportation bum.

[@actionstorm7465]

Sadly nothing we can move onto their heads... except ourself :)))))

[@Fear_XD]

That was so insanely impressive, I'm just left speechless and shocked.

[@stalkeler]

0:35 - Gordon experienced resonance cascade before its actual start

[@emergence109]

Man, great to see all the cool glitches/exploits that came with the source port!

[@ZeroCool_Numbers]

Malted Miller is killing these half life games lately! Good job m'dude!

[@AzaleaJane]

I blinked, what'd I miss?

[@Alps-fo3ez]

1:34 when i learn that source engine still has that quake 1 sound

[@jamesrgamesoffical]

The source engine wasn’t based off of quake, only gldsrc. It probably has something to do with the porting

[@SlimbTheSlime]

@@jamesrgamesoffical It was based on GoldSorse, which was based on Quack,

[@jamesrgamesoffical]

@@SlimbTheSlime that is true

[@grizzle4449]

@@jamesrgamesoffical Well Source is based of Quake since GoldSource is and Source is based on GoldSource, also here's a fun fact Apex Legends runs on a heavily modified version of Source.

[@jamesrgamesoffical]

@@grizzle4449 I knew that last part

[@HL1_EP1]

I love the fact that 21.8% of this this speedrun is just waiting for the resonance cascade to happen

[@LaGuaridadeChaz]

When the speedrunner has the Gauss gun and Nuclear Jam is about to get to the drop, you know shit is going down and they will skip the rest of the game in a matter of minutes.

[@AstorEzequiel]

7yo me, watching a Half-Life Speedrun: *What is happening* 20yo me: Alright, I know a lot of HL tricks and I'm pretty knowledgeable about how the Source Engine works. Also me, watching this speedrun: *What is happening*

[@The_Krudos]

This is pretty damn impressive!!

[@n4rk0t1k8]

Wisely done, Mr. SourceRuns!

[@ksg8176]

sick run also that ending edit is insane

[@user-ko4tb4qx3b]

4:02 wtf?

[@lychy645]

save delete

[@9worsts149]

@@lychy645 did u want that to make sense or what?

[@lychy645]

For more information, go to google.com

[@gorlix]

@@lychy645 lol

[@nanopi]

quicksave twice go into menu click load game delete the quicksave quickload or type reload command the game ends up loading the current map as if you typed "map (currentmap)" you start at the map's spawn point and collect the default item drops also placed at that spawn point. its like starting a new game from a chapter but every map in the game supports starting a new game from it.

[@Centila]

I understand that it's segmented but what's with the few spots where Gordon just completely teleports? Like the loading zone leading into the main lobby about 4 minutes in, he just appears in the middle of the room. What's with that?

[@actionstorm7465]

it's called save deletion. It essentially works the same as loading the map. That's most of the teleports

[@PhillModder]

That was really smooth

[@actionstorm7465]

thank you

[@mikhailgorbachevsovietunion]

0:12 [casually goomba-stomps some random scientist]

[@execut4ble]

Play AG. Play it now.

[@mxpph]

connect play.sourceruns.org:27016

[@gmn6557]

Even better... Play Half Life DeathMatch Source, play it now

[@gmn6557]

@Duo Cad Sordid you can´t beat me... I am a god :)

[@crv1Alex]

@@gmn6557 o rly? :]

[@gmn6557]

@@crv1Alex of course I am not :) ... You are god at AG! Even with nabs at Deathmatch Source I ain't that good at it. I am not a God in anything 😢

[@smuwug]

I'm a huge nerd when it come to the source engine and it's movement, but this still blows my mind

[@TriggerzConnors]

That is really cool outro.

[@gianfrixmg]

1:34 Imagine the scientists in the control room looking at Gordon and thinking "What the fuck is he doing jumping around like a cat?"

[@Y.H.W.H]

"How do identify a person is not human"

[@TrueKyanite]

Do you guys plan on doing Half-Life 2 TAS?

[@iLiokardo]

Awesome editing at the end there.

[@actionstorm7465]

2838 is a great video editor

[@3O9XT]

gordon: *gently slides barrel* me: i guess HE is a trained professional

[@alucian_5967]

Beating a game in 16 mins that took me 14 hours. rough.

[@intellectualpotato]

Valve: *Places object* Speedrunners: I Will kindly take that and skip this entire chapter thanks Bye! valve: *Surprised Pikachu face*

[@elefhant2742]

thanks for the half life walkthrough!

[@actionstorm7465]

you're welcome, this easy walkthrough will really help you solve every puzzle in the game!

[@Waterbottlez_]

of course the source version is 4 min faster than the normal one

[@DubiousD]

My dumbass opening this video curious to see what a 16:47 aspect ratio would look like

[@actionstorm7465]

That's pretty funny. The first original comment about the time I've seen :D

[@martinejaw8402]

0:01 to 16:40 wtf

[@TheCrowBrotherhood]

It’s crazy how much different this run is from a normal HL1 run.

[@Univ0ider]

I like to think that every source speedrun is the canon way it happened.

[@diphenhydramine7628]

Нужна пояснительная бригада, и разбор спидрана. Нихуя не понятно, но очень интересно

[@andriytsal]

www.twitch.tv/sourceruns/v/584128482?sr=a&t=15s

[@MrSHURIKENCHO]

Alyx: Come over Gordon: I can't, I'm at Black Mesa Alyx: I'm home alone Gordon: 5:38

[@Randarrradara]

😳😳 wait.. Alyx was very young at that time

[@dominic6542]

@@Randarrradara what year would it be and when was she born?

[@Randarrradara]

Dominic Larson She would be around 5 years old (according to the Half-Life fandom)

[@NoaBoa369]

@@dominic6542 Alyx was 24 in HL2, and gordon was 27 throughout all of the HL games (because of stasis), so Gordon would have been around 20 years older than Alyx during the Black Mesa incident. In Black Mesa East you can see a picture of young Alyx with Eli and her mother Azian.

[@vincentwarte4435]

Nice run, quality time.

[@xanlord2k]

Gordon fucks with the Anti-Mass Spectrometer and becomes a time lord.

[@user-vu8fm5vb4n]

player: * exists * hls player movement code spaghetti: *push this bruh out of bounds*

[@AForceGaming]

WOW Half-Life : Source is still alive?

[@gmn6557]

Half Life games never die

[@Klonoa1488]

Resonance cascade always tears apart the fabric of the universe

[@rruberbiscuit1708]

hes a highly trained professional

[@agran4137]

I want comentary explanation please :c

[@happysedits]

www.twitch.tv/sourceruns

[@actionstorm7465]

www.twitch.tv/videos/584128482 (what burny posted but the saved version)

[@agran4137]

@@happysedits Ah,thank you :D

[@agran4137]

@@actionstorm7465 thank you :D

[@chinese_soup]

[@furretwalkmeme3653]

Hey I remember you! Long long time no see...

[@mcgfn]

"And potentially the most unstable"

[@StrzelbaStian]

Me watching a Half-Life speedrun: wow, so cool! Me watching a Half-Life Source speedrun: wow, what the f***

[@XeZrunner]

HL:Source feels like a calmer, smoother run compared to HL1 GoldSrc.