# Half-Life 2 November 26, 2024 Update

- Product: Half-Life 2 (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/half-life-2)
- Vendor: Valve
- Date: 2024-11-26
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/220/view/4468229436805742593
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/half-life-2/releases/2024-11-26-november-26-2024-update

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- **added** — Support to keep music playing during level transitions throughout the base Half-Life 2 campaign
- **added** — Display of active Workshop campaign name in Steam friends list
- **added** — Slider in settings menu to scale stick sensitivity for gamepads
- **added** — Initial support for Ukrainian and Vietnamese languages
- **fixed** — Issue with overlapping commentary tracks if a commentary track was playing between level loads
- **fixed** — Issue where gamepad buttons may be permanently stuck pressed after saving the game
- **fixed** — Thai font rendering on Linux
- **fixed** — Various crash fixes when switching between episodes
- **fixed** — Soundscape playback for the Citadel menu background map
- **changed** — UI fonts updated for better support in Cyrillic languages
- **removed** — Collision from an underwater tube

-  Enable support to keep music playing during level transitions throughout the base Half-Life 2 campaign (no convar needed).

-  Added support for displaying an active Workshop campaign name in your Steam friends list.

-  Added a slider to the settings menu to allow scaling stick sensitivity for gamepads.

-  Fixed issue with overlapping commentary tracks if a commentary track was playing between level loads.

-  Fixed issue where gamepad buttons may be permanently stuck pressed after saving the game.

-  UI fonts updated for better support in Cyrillic languages.

-  Fixed Thai font rendering on Linux.

-  Added initial support for Ukranian and Vietnamese.

-  Various crash fixes when switching between episodes.

-  Fixed soundscape playback for the Citadel menu background map.

-  Removed collision from an underwater tube that speed runners enjoy.

-  Updated localization files.