Overview
Follow these instructions to reset the configuration of your Half-Life 2.
Instructions to reset the HL2 configuration
Follow these instructions to reset the configuration for Half-Life 2.
WARNING: This method affects all your savegames too!
Before you start do a backup of your local save games. They are located at :
Copy the entire content of these folders to a safe place somewhere for safety resons just in case something goes wrong.
Disable Steam Cloud
1. Disable the Steam Cloud function for Half-Life 2
This deletes the configuration files and savegames at the STEAM servers.
Restart STEAM.
Find and delete the old configuration files
2. Navigate to
for Half-Life 2 :
for Half-Life Episodic 1 :
for Half-Life Episodic 2 :
and delete “config.cfg“.
WARNING : delete only the file “config.cfg” – other files are required to run HL2.
Creating a new config
Launch Half-Life 2.
Through the lauch process HL2 writes a new config. Then exit the game.
Enabling the Steam Cloud
Enable the Steam Cloud function for Half-Life 2.
Restart STEAM.
Finish
Launch Half-Life 2.
Half-Life will upload your local config files and savegames to the Steam servers again.
Test the issue.