Cleaner’s Adventures- Half-Life

I have to say though that unlike just about everyone else that’s played it so far (I blasted through it late last night) my experience was fairly negative. As you probably saw in the HIT thread about the mod, there’s a part where an HEV suited scientist must lead you down a lift, but the edge of the moving platform kills him every time, so you can’t actually finish the game without cheating. There are also at least two jumps you have to make which cause damage but there is no health around before you make them, so it’s basically an automatic death. There is also a ladder (right after the steaming pipe) which is slightly too high to reach but there appears to be no way of moving any other object closer. These problems could be easily fixed but I don’t know if there’s any interest on the part of the mod makers in updating the download.

The mod also follows the “Russian formula” which we are all familiar with from RTCW: lots of enemies, very little health, which is why, after barely surviving a battle, it’s really annoying to have to make a jump which will kill you.

On the plus side the modelling was excellent. This mod could be something of a preview of HIT’s Half Life: Enhanced, because it looked great. The HEV scientist that helps you out looks fantastic as he lays into xen lifeforms with a shotgun. Too bad he had to die so stupidly on the lift.

The mapping is okay, but there are a bit too many long dead end vents. Others have complained that there are too many areas where the mappers have lifted things straight from Valve retail maps. This doesn’t bother me because after all you are supposed to be running around the same Black Mesa as in the original game so you should find some of the same areas.

There are a few little mapping problems, such as the first teleporter on Xen failed to work (I stood in it and it made the teleporting noise but then the level did not change) and in the water filled cave that you can get to using the alt fire on the displacement weapon, if you swim to the surface you can get stuck on the ceiling, for some reason.

The Russian dialogue was fine, to be honest, most voice acting in mods is so bad it’s better when you can’t understand it.

I’m disappointed because I wanted to like Cleaner’s Adventures. My very first criteria for deciding whether to recommend a mod is “can this be completed without cheating?” In this case the answer is no, on multiple counts. These can be fixed easily but whether there is any interest in doing so on the part of the mod makers remains to be seen.

Well, actually, that is my review, so take from it what you want. I would be interested in hearing if anyone else experienced similar problems with the moving platform, the ladder and the killer jumps. Maybe I was just too tired when I played it and got it all wrong.

EDIT: I just popped it open and loaded the save at the point where the HEV guy was killed by the platform and this time it didn’t kill him! I must have tried that 20 times last night and he died every time. Now he lives. Strange. Maybe I can recommend this after all.

There are at least two broken files which stop me from launching the game. One is “dark_room.mp 3″ and the other is “models\barney.mdc.” I have downloaded it from PP and CAD with the same result. Haven’t been able to find a patch. Any ideas?

@Liquidator. I know, I remember. But why not replace the lift with a staircase and a locked door that only the HEV guy can open? That would serve the same purpose (prevent progress without HEV guy) but without the risk of a HL bug ruining the game.

Nice review, Fitzroy. Yes I experienced the same, if the shotgun guy runs real fast into the elevator, which he will do if you keep him away from it for long enough (?) its OK.

I thought, despite the problems, the mod and the amount of work that went into it should get a big round of applause. Its a large undertaking and kept me occupied for many hours. However in the end, it has to rate much lower than it could have, for one reason.

The difficulty level experienced during the game varies too widely. Like the mod team paid no attention to the gameplay experience regarding the difficulty level the player chose when starting the game.

I have finished the mod and despite encountering some problems, I did enjoy it and congratulate its’ production team. I am looking for to the continuation.

I’ve played the mod through without a hitch and , as to the scientist dying in the lift, I found out that if I stayed real close to him, he did’nt die! Maybe I was just lucky…?

Enjoyed this mod very much and congratulations to the team who worked so hard at it!

well…all I can find on the web is screenshots for the game. Could someone just explain how to install it to steam?

Do you just install it all to the same folders like you do with a patch (C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\{STEAM USER NAME}\half-life\cleanersadventures)?

Or do I treat each part as a different mod where I would install it into 3 different folders within the half-life directory?
1.C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\{STEAM USER NAME}\half-life\cleanersadventures1)
2.C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\{STEAM USER NAME}\half-life\cleanersadventures2
3.C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\{STEAM USER NAME}\half-life\cleanersadventures3

The Abandoned Workshops Syndicated Review

Note
I played this mod and Life’s End around the same time, so I may have gotten some bits mixed up. Sorry if this is the case, and please tell me as soon as possible and I’ll edit it out. Thanks.

Gameplay:
Quite a difficult one this, and can get a bit tiresome although it has some interesting moments throughout. You play as a Cleaner during the Black Mesa incident, and ofcourse you have to escape and try to surive. The flow of the mod is quite good, some levels drag on but not too much, I did find there to be too many vents as well. Cutscenes are hard to know what is being said unless you understand Russian (which is a shame, since I don’t) Some of the action can be very difficult, but some fights can be avoided. Atmosphere is great when you get down into the old part of the facility, lots of dark areas and other suprises. The mod is quite lengthy, which does also help make it a bit boring. There is however plenty of health ammo around to keep going though. There were a few bugs in this too, especially when the Alien Slave is meant to break the door down where I had to noclip through since it never did.

Design:
Really detailed and very well done, although some areas tend to be slow, such as the starting area. Some very good structural work and nice details everywhere, the lighting is great and keeps the Black Mesa Facility feel througout. The old part of the facility was captured the best, since it feels very loney, dark and atmospheric down there. It actually felt old with the good texture choices and tone of lights.

Conclusion:
Another Black Mesa theme mod, with some very good design and challenging gameplay.

Rating: 85%

Copyright:
This review was written by Ryan “Quakis” Rouse and first appeared on The Abandoned Workshops and is republished by permission.

Just finished part 1 and did not experience all the bugs mentioned in the above reviews, however I did have trouble in the lift with the scientist being killed for no reason with the left going down. I tried all the different solution suggested in the above reviews and none worked, in the end I repeated the sequence once more and got him down without any harm. I had no trouble with all the earth bound jumps and ladders but could not make the last jump into two different portals on Xen.

So far the mod is very good in most aspects with just a few small negative issues, too much duct work and a think this is over down if you compare with the original HL1 game, in some areas too much time was spent in the weak light affection my eyes on a couple of occasions. On the plus side this is a nice parallel to the original game and pleased the team kept to the original type of mood, settings and textures, some how it was re-assuring to entry an area that looked familiar. All the new stuff was very well done and I liked the way personnel and soldiers were re-modelled to give that Russian appearance.

Can’t say the weapons were any thing different or special, guess we have got spoiled with the new weapons from other mods. The mapping is first class and captures all we enjoyed with the original HL1, however I did not find the going too hard playing on normal mode but needed to break open every crate I came across to keep health up to a fighting level, with so many crates scattered around this got a bit boring at times. I enjoyed all the combat both alien and human and thought some of the placement and deployment was first class, I enjoy a good fight that you may have to repeat two or three times to get though.

So far, for a Russian mod this is one of the best, if you know of better ones please let me know, with far less faults then most of them and only a couple of minor scale issues along the way, think the hand grenade is too small. It would be great if the dialogue ever got translated into English, I am at the end of part 1 and don’t have a clue what’s happening. The Xen experience was also well done, with the best Xen textures I have seen in a mod, most over do brightness and colour, jump wise just two issues making the last jump into portals, got bored trying.

The duration of the Xen World was just about right, the original game and some mods spent too long away from the earth bound action, now looking forward to parts 2 and 3.

Have played through this twice now, and didn’t have to cheat on either occasion. Had absolutely no problems with the HEV Lift section, although I did hear the guy grunt once or twice as if he was being hurt. Not sure what’s going on there.

This is a pretty damn fine mod. From a technical point of view, it’s bloody amazing (having the Headcrabs leap off the Zombies once killed was pretty damned cool) and the new skins are all impressive, as are the maps. I almost wish I could understand what the new Russian voices were saying, but it’s not a huge loss.

The plot is the same as a hundered other mods - disaster in Black Mesa from someone else’s POV - but it’s told well and has very few flaws. Well worth a download.

Im having problems getting the game to work. I cant get even get into the game. While i was installing the game there were question marks everywhere… The game also came with part 2 and 3.

What is the difference between the parts? The beginning is the same to all of them… Are each of them the same just they have more added each time?

Hi,

I am stuck in office2 in the part where there is a small vent with a sign next to it that says not to put anything to block the vent. If i continue in the coridor, I reach a place where there are 2 streams of steam and a broken ladder at the end that i cannot go up.

Can anyone suggest how to continue. I tried moving crates to block the vent earlier but it does not go through the door and I also cant go up the ladder.

Dear Mel,

Thanks for the reply, but as I wrote, I tried to move the crates in order to block the vent but they do not go through the door although they seem small enough to pass through the door. I imagined that this is what I should do.

Zam

Dear Gilfrarry,

Thank you for the advice. In the vent that I mentioned, there is a medkit, do you know how toreach it? I assumed you need to block the vent (with a crate that wont go through the door)and then the propelor would explode and the medkit would be accessable.

Any ideas?

Zam

Hi,

I am stuck again. This time in Laboratories 3. I am infront of an elevator that should go down but when I press the button, nothing happens. I thought I needed some card in order to operate the elevator but i cannot find one.

Any ideas?

Zam.

hm, it’s very hard for me,

reiterate and absurd,

un-difference level design,

many needless npc,

to many bug

1.hev npc has been stuck and sucide…(by elevator)

2.npc stuck (same area, hev npc) npc didn’t move, but can kill it (i dunno)

3.un-loading (didn’t work) change level (on xen_teleport dis)

so, i finished this mod, anyway

but, i used a _ cheat…

maybe they didn’t have a many test play time..

total rate : 10/3

my blog review

http://memolog.blog.naver.com/toxagen/43

i get this error message when i start the mod
Mod_NumForName: Models/w_amor.wdl not found

Mel how did you fix`s this Mod_NumForName: Models/w_amor.wdl not found

Yes