It takes advantage of several major upgrades that were made to the Source engine since the release of Half-Life 2, primarily its high dynamic range rendering capabilities and the upgraded facial animation system.Įpisode One was released together with Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, a port of the original Half-Life's multiplayer, which doubles as Episode One's multiplayer component. Episode One is a stand-alone game that does not require Half-Life 2 to be installed or registered to a user's Steam account to play. Once again, the player assumes the role of Gordon Freeman as he deals with the consequences of his actions in Half-Life 2. The opening cinematic of Episode One takes place immediately after the end of Half-Life 2 however, the bulk of the game takes place a few days later in and around the war-torn setting of City 17. Start Steam again and you will be able to play the game normally, as far as it is concerned the game hasn't moved.Half-Life 2: Episode One is the first in what was intended to be a trilogy of episodic games that served as a continuation of the 2004 first-person shooter game Half-Life 2.
Double clicking it will take you to the folder located on the E: drive If you now look at the steamapps/common directory in Windows Explorer, you will see what looks like a shortcut icon.
The format is like so: mklink /D "" ""Įg: mklink /D "Half Life 2 Episode One" "E:\Games\Half Life 2 Episode One" Open a Command Prompt Window and navigate to where the folder was, i.e.Ĭreate a directory symbolic link with the same name as the original folder using the mklink command. Paste the game directory where you want (e.g. Shut down Steam (make sure it isn't still in your notification tray)Ĭut the game's install directory from C:\Path\To\Steam\steamapps\common This way, Steam thinks that it's still in the same location, and your SSD has less clutter on it.
However, it is always possible to move the files yourself manually, and create a link back to them from their original location. Even when Steam added support for multiple game 'libraries', there always seemed to be a few games that do not support being located anywhere but the default directory.
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