I thought in the main that the mod was well done and I appreciated the unique stuff with the textures. The transit-rail was much inline with the original HL1 sequence but nevertheless it was a fun re-run, one that had me back-tracking a few times. I guess the only disappointment was that the mod never got topside, plus the fact that an English translation of the scripted stuff may have been helpful, I never did find the code numbers for the last of the keypad doors, I don’t mind if someone tells me the 4 digit code as a may play through again. I never managed to beat the end Boss without cheating; I found the charges ok but never could kill the Boss without going God.

I think I will try again to see if I can get through the end sequence without a cheat. In the meantime it’s well worth a play though; I had no trouble loading and running the mod, and what errors the mod had were minor and in no way spoiled the playing experience.

And seemingly it’s not intended for people who call “copy all that stuff to that place and launch the custom launcher”-installations “difficult” or “not-idiot-proof”. You never used linux, did you?

These guys are changing the way the engine works, bumpmapping, working particle-system, on-projection flashlight – in Half-Life goldsource-engine! Unbelieveable!
The only purpose of this is to show off what is possible, even after the engine is 11 years old now.

Because you can’t judge this mod for his story (there is none) or the level-design (most parts taken from the original game and put together in new fashion) but only for it’s graphical innovations and things like the puzzle to get the generator working, first level), my rating here is more like a “out-of-the-line”-rating.

(btw: I tested it on a ’99 WON version 1.1.0.0 without any problems, on a rather mediocre workstation with Intel Core Duo 3,5Ghz, 3Gb RAM and 896Mb videoram.)

And it IS worth playing! I had some very slow framerate in one section of the trainride, but a detour fixed that. Play it and enjoy.

1. First enable the developer console. Go to Options > Keyboard > Advanced and check the box for the console (if it isn’t already).
2. Whilst in game, hit the key above the Tab key to open the console.
3. Type sv_cheats 1 then hit Return.
4. Press the key above Tab again to close the console and return to the game.
5. Save the game.
6. Load that save.
7. Open the console again and type noclip, then Return. It should say “noclip ON”.
8. Once more exit the console by hitting the key above Tab, returning you to the game. You should now be able to fly through all obstacles, including the door blocking your progress.
9. As soon as you have done that, position yourself just above the ground and away from any walls or objects and repeat the noclip process (step 7 above), which should result in the message “noclip OFF”.
10. Exit the console. You’ll drop to the floor right where you want to be and can continue playing.

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