This is a remake of Black Ops, it use the AM Rebirth Code (Which is pretty freaking cool) and adds 3 new weapons, as well a various graphical updates.
There are no story changes or any changes to the original maps.
Don’t miss the training room for some useful information.
Basic Details
- Title: Black Ops Redux
- File Name: hl1-sp-black-ops-redux.7z
- Original File Name: BlackOpsRedux.rar
- Size : 144Mb
- Author: gi777
- Date Released: 12 July 2009
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Installation Instructions
- Copy the BlackOpsRedux folder into your Half-Life 1 Steam folder.
- Restart or start Steam.
- Black Ops Redux should now be listed in your Library tab.
Please Note: When I installed it it says BlackOpsBeta but I believe that’s just an oversight on the developer’s part.
Screenshots
Click on the thumbnails below to open a 800 pixel wide image.
WARNING: The screenshots may contain spoilers.
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Reader Recommendations
12 recommendations, average score: 4.5 (out of 5), standard deviation: 0.92
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Published
15th July 2009
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33 Comments
15th July 2009
I am breaking my own rules now because I am posting my review even before I have finished the mod. Well, that’s not strictly true, I haven’t reached the end of the mod but I have finished playing it.
I’ve given it a PIN imnage because you should definitely try it if you like POKE646 and other partial conversions.
Visuals
I don’t really have much to say for this section. Unless I played the original again and made a direct comparion then I can’t honestly notice an difference. Sure there are player shadows, which flicker, you can see you own feet and watch your knees as you crocuh walk, but that’s all I noticed.
Gameplay
Okay, here’s my problem. The way the movement works is driving me crazy. It’s related to the Rebirth code and in all honesty I hate it. I really dislike the way the screen keeps moving is small random circles. Next is what happens when you turn your head quickly, it bounces back a small amount. lastly, is the way the head tilts when you jump. Syops is doing great things with the code but I can’t endorse these kinds of movement changes.
Layout/Design
As I mentioned in the breif descriptiom, there are no changes to the level design, so commenting on that would be unfair for this upgrade.
Summary
Probably only for serious fans or those who have never played the original.
Too many movement changes
15th July 2009
I agree with Phillip on the screen movement; the small jolts that appear after you’ve moved your head are annoying and not very realistic (if that’s what the author is going after). I’ve also noticed how incredible slow the character moves when you’re crouching near the edge of a ledge, almost like I’m moving with the speed of a snail. Jumping while moving forward will make you speed up though.
Apart from that it’s actually quite good; I like how the screen isn’t completely frozen when mobile, it actually feels like the character is breathing (I loved that in the first Unreal game; you could see how the screen slowly went up and down). The weapons feel really good and are fun to shoot although I’ve noticed a few bugs like how incredible inaccurate some of the weapons are while also being way too weak, especially the stronger ones like the Magnum and Barrett sniper rifle.
I’ve also noticed that the comic book scenes has the upper half cut off making it impossible to read what it say on the two upper rows.
All in all a fun mod. If you’ve already played the original mod when it was released (as I did) I’d still recommend playing through it again just for the new gameplay changes.
15th July 2009
I’ve dl’d and installed, and “blackops beta” appears in my games tab, but when I try to run it I get error messages as follows:-
“Could not load library steam\steamapps\name\half-life\blackopsredux\cl_dlls\client.dll ”
click OK on that, and then:-
“runtime error – steam\steamapps\half-life\HL.exe
R6205 – pure virtual function call ”
Any idea what that means?
15th July 2009
If you have client.dll error, download these from Filefront.com and copy them into your half life folder (where all your mods are).
14th October 2011
Phillip – I wanted to replay this mod but can’t find the “extra files” anywhere. Do you have a copy?
14th November 2011
Try here.
15th July 2009
While I give it a play it now I did have problems.I use headphones when I play and the volume will not stay locked.It switches back to 3/4 full after a few seconds.Extremely hard on the ears.Since this game is VERY hard on the eyes because of the bob and weave thing I stopped alot and when trying to load a save it sometimes took 5 or six tries without locking up.
Now the action is very good.Same as it was in the first version.I think the textures,heck the whole environment looks a bit crisper than it did the first time.Just get rid of the bob and weave and that stupid lag after you take a bullet before you can go quick and it could be a personal fave.
16th July 2009
Enjoyable, I really didn’t mind any of the movement changes, I thought they were a nice touch. The gameplay is good, though it was a bit hard on normal, the weapons were fun, although I did notice some glitches with them, most notablythe shotgun ejecting 2 shells, one after you fire, and one after pumping.. Not a big deal though.
16th July 2009
Although I recognize all the work & enthusiasm that was put on this mod, I must say that I didn’t actually like it.First off, the head bobbing turns out to be quite annoying (well, that’s nothing new as PP already pointed that out); there are games that have implemented this feature successfully (even old games like Turok: Dinosaur Hunter), though in BOR it makes you feel like you’re carrying a heavy load on your back.
Then you have that “bloom” effect feature, I can play HL2Ep2 with bloom effect activated and it runs quite smooth, however, in BOR there was a ridiculous FPS drop when I tried to activate it.
As for the rendered shadows, I’ve seen better… anyway, if I wanted to play a revamped HL1 then I’d play HL:S.
These enhanced versions of Gold Source are kinda pointless to me and I prefer to play the good old HL1 with its outdated gfx, but hey! that’s mi opinion, I’m sure there’s plenty of pp who are fascinated with this mod
17th July 2009
Amazing layout and mod. For a modification of Half-Life 1 engine it went above any expectations. Even in Beta Edition, this mod rocks and is all it’s supposed to be in this form, too. Gz to SysOps and team.
18th July 2009
I’m the same opinion like Naked-Headcrab.
Remakes of Hl1 mods for hl1 are really pointless. Last example in that case was Heart of Evil. The work put into it was amazing and they also redesigned the maps a little bit put new voices in etc.
Still numerous other things were taken out in that remake a lot of the atmosphere was lost.
As for this mod here: Graphic isn’t everything. People still playing half-life1 do not care for smooth graphics.
I’m however sure this remake is fantastic and a lot of work was put into it.
18th July 2009
Pardon me but can you play this on the NON-STEAM HL(the WIN version)?
18th July 2009
Just try it out.
Copy it into your half-life folder.
19th July 2009
I’ve tried to play this a few times now, in the Steam, but whenever I die and auto-reload it crashes with the looping heartbeat thing…..Weird, as not only can I not remember any HL1 mods crashing, even my HL2 ones only do it if their serious issues…..
I might try the DLL thing suggested above, unless anyone has any other suggestions?
I’m on XP SP3 on a mediocre PC……1Gb memory & a GeForce 6200 card, all dricers well up to date…..
19th July 2009
I’ve tried to play this a few times now, in the Steam, but whenever I die and auto-reload it crashes with the looping heartbeat thing…..Weird, as not only can I not remember any HL1 mods crashing, even my HL2 ones only do it if their serious issues…..
I might try the DLL thing suggested above, unless anyone has any other suggestions?
I’m on XP SP3 on a mediocre PC……1Gb memory & a GeForce 6200 card, all drivers well up to date…..
19th July 2009
Im stuck at the subway station, none of the doors seem to open, any help?
19th July 2009
I tried the “dll” thing and it didn’t work…. they really didn’t say where to put the dll’s. The only way I got it to work was use another dll from another mod. Experiment until one works. I thought it was the Half-life client dll but it wasn’t . I have the old mod too and the way it runs for me there’s no difference. Except the original uses the text it is supposed to where the Redux doesn’t.. got me miffed.
19th July 2009
You need to place the files in this archive:
http://www.filefront.com/14025819/Required%20dlls.rar
…into your root Half-Life folder (the one with hl.exe in it). That should let you play the mod.I’ve played this and though there are a lot of nice touches (sometimes dropping your weapon after being struck by a zombie, for instance), there’s too many problems introduced to really recommend this. Bullet points, take it away!The Good
- The new weapons are awesome, if pointless.
- Replacement models all look great, except for the female assassin, which suffers from a schoolboy error regarding shading. Oops!
- There’s a bunch of new features you can use in the advanced options menu.The Bad
- The new movement system doesn’t work as well as it should, and just feels awkward.
- Enemies don’t become solid as soon as they ‘beam in’, so you’ll see them, but have to wait for a second before you can shoot them, during which time they’ll likely shoot you first.
- Why would a Black Ops member have to use a bit of pipe and not have his own knife?
- Not all the new features included work very well. Shadows, for example, suffer from severe overlapping, and the option to see your body when you look down doesn’t work very well when crouching.
In short – if you’ve already played Black Operations, then there’s no point in trying this version. Although there’s new features, the core story’s exactly the same and not enough has changed to warrant another playthrough.
19th July 2009
Just noticed Justin’s comment… head back to the area where you answered the phone. If you turn round and look at the stairs you first came up, you’ll see an open vent above them. You need to climb through there – climb along the ledge along the wall to reach it.
And is there some reason why my previous comment hasn’t formatted properly?
19th July 2009
“And is there some reason why my previous comment hasn’t formatted properly?”
Yes, all comments with links get held in a queue until I approve them – too many spammers trying to link to stuff.
23rd July 2009
Stuck at the warehouse at the beginning of chapter 3. Nothing is happening. Don’t see anywhere to go after I reach that area.
What to do? What is suppose to happen.
23rd July 2009
When i load it says FATAL ERROR: Cant Run LIBARY CLIENT.DLL
23rd July 2009
Kk i got the DLL’s, Played and finished the mod And it is without a doubt a very very good mod, and Very well modeled for a half-life 1 Mod, The Story was OK but it could have used some dialog, And the Gameplay was good and fun(depending on your Definition of fun) Im not really good at getting my point across to people so i might aswell just say PLAY IT NOW
26th July 2009
Hi there. Really good mod but… I’m stuck in the garage section where the bomb explodes and there’s nowhere to hide from it. Or did I miss something? Thanks in advance.
A.
29th July 2009
I’m having a problem at the end of the map. I can’t get out of the garage. Is there some place to go? It was a real good map and I’d like to see it to the end. I think you over did the ending.
Pls help. Really like to finish this map.
30th July 2009
Basically, when the Gman reactivates the bomb and you wake up you have to immediately run back out the way you came in. Don’t stop for anything and you will make it.
5th September 2009
Very, Very nice! At first though, I must say that getting used to the initial movements, made me dizzy and nauseous, but once I got used to it, sweet mod. Shoot, at one point, I forgot it was only HL1! Of course, I never played the orig., soooo, very impressed.
26th September 2009
outstanding mod
great gameplay and modifications… but it had a bug with the saved games… but still awesome game!
22nd February 2010
I download this game,error(could not load library c:\halflife\blackopsredux\cl_dlls\client.dll)
help me, please.
28th February 2010
When I start a new game, the game crashes, and a message appears: “could not load library (Half-Life location)\BLACKOPSREDUX\cl_dlls\client.dll
How can I fix it ??
14th March 2010
I installed the game on my steam version and I put the DLL’s in the Half-Life folder. Whenever a map is loaded, or a round is fired or blood is shown, the game bugs, saying: “cannot load particles/…” (smoke, human_blood or something else). How can I fix it?
29th April 2010
I installed it into the HL1 folder but it didnt go into my steam games menu, can you help me?
3rd December 2010
I dunno if anyone noticed, but with all the awesome graphics code and all the m82 sniper still works like a crossbow (shoots an invisible bolt that take years to get to the target)