Half-Life 2

[Kila58]

Has anyone else attempted launching hl2 on their switch? I've once managed to see to valve intro with sound but it crashed shortly before reaching any menus. I've reinstalled it and now it no longer crashes and I can hear the valve intro sounds but I receive this error:

Before getting this error I have attempted to use gltools without any obvious success.

 

[themelstrand]

Have not tried HL2 specifically, but Portal has been running very well for me. Also—I have the same error message pop up when the main menu loads in Portal, *but* it has no effect on gameplay, the game, menu and levels still load just fine.

I'll download HL2 and give that a try to see if I can get it to work.

Edit: One issue I do have even with Portal running well otherwise is that there are black bars on the right side and bottom of the screen. I think it has something to do with the nav bars, but it still happens even if I hide the nav bar.

 

[brokerZIP]

Have not tried HL2 specifically, but Portal has been running very well for me. Also—I have the same error message pop up when the main menu loads in Portal, *but* it has no effect on gameplay, the game, menu and levels still load just fine.

I'll download HL2 and give that a try to see if I can get it to work.

Edit: One issue I do have even with Portal running well otherwise is that there are black bars on the right side and bottom of the screen. I think it has something to do with the nav bars, but it still happens even if I hide the nav bar.

Could you try Borderlands 2 and borderlands the pre sequel?

 

[Paraly]

Borderlands 2 gets a license validation failure when starting, I of course already bought it many years ago, I guess their server is offline

 

[bfenty]

Borderlands 2 gets a license validation failure when starting, I of course already bought it many years ago, I guess their server is offline

I bought Tomb Raider and have the same issue. Are there ways to get it working by circumventing the license check? Not sure if we're allowed to discuss that here, but I mean I just want to play something I legitimately paid for...

 

[youseftoma]

I bought Tomb Raider and have the same issue. Are there ways to get it working by circumventing the license check? Not sure if we're allowed to discuss that here, but I mean I just want to play something I legitimately paid for...

Where can I buy the games to try them out? It doesn't show any of them on the play store for me. If I go through google it says the games aren't compatible

 

[MasterZeroFX]

Where can I buy the games to try them out? It doesn't show any of them on the play store for me. If I go through google it says the games aren't compatible

If you installed shieldfier and still says incompatible you can install a magisk module called "_something_ a road to vendor apps" can't recall the full name.

 

[youseftoma]

If you installed shieldfier and still says incompatible you can install a magisk module called "_something_ a road to vendor apps" can't recall the full name.

Thanks I'll have a look. I have installed shieldfier and have the nvidia games app but for some reason it just closes every time I try to open it.

 

[hooligan333]

Thanks I'll have a look. I have installed shieldfier and have the nvidia games app but for some reason it just closes every time I try to open it.

Have you updated Nvidia Games in the Play Store?

 

[youseftoma]

Have you updated Nvidia Games in the Play Store?

Hmm it's not showing for me on the store. If i find it through google it says the app isn't compatible with my device anymore. I installed the shieldifier.zip again and still the same problems

 

[Sinitus]

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Yea having the same issue with metal gear rising. I guess someone will have to find a work around. I tried to use lucky patcher but could get anything to work. If someone could try it also that would be great.

 

[gerald0]

so... no luck? what is shieldfier? what about the module?

 

[geckoquiver]

so... no luck? what is shieldfier? what about the module?

shieldfier is a flashable zip so your switch will be identified as nvidia shield.
It is in the first post of (Unofficial) Android release
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ni...opment/rom-switchroot-lineageos-15-1-t3951389

 

[DangerMan66YearsNow]

So I bought HL2 Portal and Metal Gear Rising on my Switch via Google Play Store. If I use app screen resize to force resolution to 1920x1120 everything works perfect docked or in portable mode for HL2 and Portal. No matter what I try I cannot get my legal Metal Gear Rising to validate with Nvidia after it logs into the correct Google Play account. I read an app called Lucky Patcher can help but I don't know how to use it...

 

[antonyfirst]

Question to people who have played HL2 and Portal on the Switch: is it possible to aim using motion controls (gyro aiming)?

And, by the way, did anybody manage to make Metal Gear Rising work?

 

[Kandern97]

Question to people who have played HL2 and Portal on the Switch: is it possible to aim using motion controls (gyro aiming)?

And, by the way, did anybody manage to make Metal Gear Rising work?

I don't think the gyro works, because the game was developed to be used with the Nvidia Shield Controller, not Joy-Cons. Got to Ravenholm, but not having true analog on the Joy-Cons is a little frustrating.

I had the same verification problems with Metal Gear Solid 3 HD. Tried a bunch of stuff with Lucky Patcher, but no luck