Synergy is a Half-Life 2 co-opertive multiplayer modification.

We have evolved from multiple mods (DC Co-op 2, Dev Co-op and Tim-Coop).  This modification strives to give Half-Life players a true Half-Life 2 cooperative experience.

The mod features our own levels and the ability to play the Half-Life 2, Episode One and Episode Two campaigns cooperatively.

In addition, you can add more content by installing third-party mods, such as ROCK 24 and MINERVA: Metastasis, then playing them in Synergy!

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Hello everyone!

It has been pretty chaotic, to say the least, the past few months with real life events happening.  Finally though, this new version of Synergy is ready for public use!

The most significant feature to this version, would be the nearly flawless Linux server - *provided* that you move the other shared game directories ("hl2", "episodic", "ep2", "metastasis", "minerva", "rock 24", ...) out of the "orangebox" directory and onto a partition using a case-insensitive filesystem (such as VFAT or NTFS) and then symlink to those directories from the "orangebox" directory, or alternatively if you don't have such a partition, you can use ciopfs.

Of course, that only applies to server administrators using Linux.

Players would be interested in these things:

 * multiplayer auto-save points - where players are at save time, is where they will be restored to if a load occurs
 * two new voice menu commands
 * implemented voting system - players can vote kick, change level, reload last save point and change skill level
 * updated to the new source code base - this gives us a 100% working third-person view camera, TF2 player avoidance and stability
 * made it easier to donate by showing the player's Steam ID on the DONOR FEATURES window
 * updates to entities: point_viewcontrol, info_player_equip, player_loadsaved
 * many bug fixes and crashes have been fixed

You can view the full change log for version 14 right here.

I apologize for the long wait, please enjoy this update!

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Mr.Hankey
Mr.Hankey Feb 27 2009, 1:44pm says:

That issue has been fixed already; Valve's update went live around the same time our's did. Valve has corrected the error.

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TyeTheCzar
TyeTheCzar Feb 19 2009, 10:28am says:

IMO this game needs to be more competitive with Sven Coop.

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Veriquitas
Veriquitas Mar 6 2009, 2:31pm replied:

What are you talking about? Sven co-op made half-life 1 a run and gun mod that did not feel like Half-life at all. If I wanted a mindless running and gunning mod that look like the 90's, I would go play duke nukem or Quake 2. Maybe Sven could join us in 2009 instead of releasing things that would have been great IN THEIR TIME. To even compare Synergy and Sven Co-op Is like comparing Gordon Freeman to Master Chief. Synergy keeps the thrill and feel of half-life 2. Synergy is perfect. If i want to play a half-life Title Sven is not going to deliver what I want nor any other person who wants to play Half-Life Co-op; Ever! And if you want something that is "more competitive with Sven Coop" Your not going to find it here because they are 2 completely different mods gameplay style. Sven is arcade, and Synergy is co-operative. If synergy fall the level of Sven they will both lose my respect and support. Synergy for ever.

P.S.
TyeTheCzar Feb 19 2009, 10:28am says:

IMO this game needs to be more competitive with Sven Coop.

This sentence lack all the criteria to be a real sentence and exudes a meaning people can understand.

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LewisDaCool
LewisDaCool Feb 17 2009, 3:08pm says:

This mod is broken for me i get:
Steam API couldn't be initialized, is Steam running?
steamapicontext = 117121F4, steamapicontext->SteamApps() = 00000000

Engine error

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bgp157
bgp157 Feb 17 2009, 5:50pm replied:

ok i just tryed it again and nothing happend, we can still play obsidian conflict which is an awsome mod

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bgp157
bgp157 Feb 17 2009, 5:46pm replied:

ive been getting the ame error also, i went to start up syngery and then it wasnt there, i tryed re downloading it but havnt tryed it yet, hopefully it will work

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Storewars123
Storewars123 Feb 17 2009, 7:32am says:

I have a problem, when i go to launch Synergy it loads up and shows the background picture, but suddenly goes black and closes, and give me engine error:
Steam API couldn't be initialized, is Steam running?
steamapicontext = 117121F4, steamapicontext->SteamApps() = 00000000

I DO have Orange Box, I DO have CS:S, Computer specs:

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LewisDaCool
LewisDaCool Feb 17 2009, 2:06pm replied:

Anyone know if there is a patch for this?

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Lightning™(LT)
Lightning™(LT) Feb 17 2009, 9:00am replied:

same error for me

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Mr.Hankey
Mr.Hankey Feb 27 2009, 1:44pm replied:

You can still distribute health to teammates after collecting some though.

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