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[HL2, Portal] GamepadUI pause menu phantom button press

Open Hayden120 opened this issue 1 year ago • 5 comments

This bug is reproducible 100% of the time while playing the native Linux build of Half Life 2 (or Episodes One/Two) or Portal 1 on the Steam Deck OLED with the default Steam Input control setup.

  1. Pause any of the aforementioned games with the menu/start button (to the left of the Y button)
  2. Select "Resume Game" with the A button
  3. Pause the game again with the menu/start button
  4. The game will automatically click onto Resume Game without the user pressing anything.

Note: it only happens when you select Resume Game with the A button. If you instead just press menu/start to close the pause menu, it will not cause the bug.

Video: https://youtu.be/RfRZOdFcqag

Hayden120 avatar Sep 02 '24 02:09 Hayden120

This also affects other options on the pause menu, such as Save Game: https://youtu.be/M7-XExjVq8Q

Hayden120 avatar Sep 02 '24 02:09 Hayden120

This bug is still present after the 20th Anniversary update.

Hayden120 avatar Nov 15 '24 23:11 Hayden120

Same issue here: https://www.reddit.com/r/HalfLife/comments/1gu6fs3/halflife_2_menu_bug/

StripesAndPlaid avatar Nov 21 '24 18:11 StripesAndPlaid

This bug is still present in the latest version as of 7th March 2025.

Hayden120 avatar Mar 06 '25 22:03 Hayden120

This issue is still occurring in both the latest public and beta builds as of 17th November 2025.

Hayden120 avatar Nov 17 '25 06:11 Hayden120