What file holds episode history/furthest point?

[pofadda]

I have finally finished HL2! I see that I can now start a new game in any episode I choose... Where is this data held? It's not, obviously a specific part of my Load Game history as this is very limited for some reason.

Where might it be?

Pofadda

 

[Narvi]

It's in your config file somewhere. Why do you ask?

 

[pofadda]

I guess you could be right, Narvi, but not, that I can see, in config.cfg and certainly not in dxsupport.cfg.

It's the 'somewhere' that I was trying to clarify. Can you point me to it?
All the start-of-episode ammo and health data is stored as well. It would be cool to have it available without the rest of the 4GB choking my disk!

 

[Narvi]

If you want to unlock the chapters elsewhere, just use the console command "sv_unlocked chapters 12".

 

[pofadda]

Has anybody got hard evidence...

Does anybody know how health and ammo level data from previous episodes played are held by Half-life 2, since they are not dependent on the existence of a SAVE folder or, it seems, on the contents of the .cfg files?

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[Rapstah]

It's built into the maps.

 

[pofadda]

Steam have replied to this question and they say:
"When you start a new game from any chapter, you get a set amount of health, as well as certain weapons. This is unrelated to your performance on the level."

Which is another way of saying "It's built into the maps" but a bit less cryptic.

So now I understand that there is no need to store any files at all, just
enter the game console and type in "sv_cheats 1" then "sv_unlockedchapters 15" and choose my game episode.

Hurrah.