Comments on: Operation Firesweep – Half-Life

By: TheUnbeholden

TheUnbeholden — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:02:34 +0000

Very short but it has some good content, a half-life mod that uses opposing force weapons. Its got the SMG modified to hold 30 rounds and the desert eagle to hold 9. Its got some vent crawling, a intro text on the laptop, blast a wall go down some low lit tunnels, break wires to avoid a electrical security vent shaft, kill some hostile barneys armed with deagles.
While it was a very short demo it was fun while it lasted, and it had alot of potential from what I’ve seen.

By: Technic

Technic — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:57:58 +0000

Pretty demo of an never-finished mod it seems, right guys?
I liked the OF style much, but it really seemed to me that this is indeed only demo, showing not the best of the maybe-complete-mod …someday

Pro’s:
-Decent design
-Good balance
-Nice puzzles

Con’s:
-Less combat
-Only indoor (some poor designs like grey walls only)

By: Cyanide

Cyanide — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:07:37 +0000

I’m actually the level designer from this mod’s dev team (you dont have to believe me but its true), I built this demo to try muster some interest from developers because my development team abandoned it for reasons I don’t fully understand.

Now that I see that people actually enjoyed it, I’m very sad we were unable to finish, I built a bunch of levels for it, including Black Mesa Hospital, Nursury, parking lots blah blah

Very glad you guys liked it and once again very sorry it was never finished, at that time (16 years old) I just didnt have the energy to try finish it myself.

By: john

john — Mon, 25 May 2009 00:29:10 +0000

it was fun even if it was hard to figure out how to get it to play. i will say, i left nothing alive. a job well done. hehe

By: Rolando

Rolando — Sun, 24 May 2009 23:16:02 +0000

are you sure that this mod wasnt t this finished? because in the mod site there are no new about that

By: [OFC]Petrick

[OFC]Petrick — Sun, 24 May 2009 09:27:25 +0000

Nice little demo, but so short Would be nice to know what happened after that demo was released.

By: C:13745 » Podcast 17

C:13745 » Podcast 17 — Tue, 19 May 2009 02:29:22 +0000

[...] Operation Firesweep (HL) [...]

By: Gypsy Jim

Gypsy Jim — Sun, 17 May 2009 17:01:59 +0000

Like Philip said, it’s a real shame this wasn’t finished, but it was fun for what it was.

In this post HL2 world it’s nice to see that HL1 mods can still be really enjoyable…..

By: andyb

andyb — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:23:09 +0000

Why yes I do :p It’s raining now so I’m about to try another map

By: Mel

Mel — Thu, 14 May 2009 14:17:23 +0000

andyb, do you have a lot of rain where you are?

By: andyb

andyb — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:18:53 +0000

Download works for me.This demo is pretty good for its age.A bit confusing in places.Good for a rainy day play.

By: planetphillip

planetphillip — Wed, 13 May 2009 08:25:18 +0000

I just tested the PP direct downlaod and everything was fine for me. Did it break when you opened the file or when you tried to play it?

By: Hoyy

Hoyy — Tue, 12 May 2009 12:17:44 +0000

NOTE! Phillip the download Link to direct download is broken. pak0.pak comes ruined, every time its downloaded. Gonna go check filefront now. Maybe that’ll work

By: john

john — Tue, 12 May 2009 01:50:37 +0000

hey your were right d3d worked even at 1024. i never thought about that setting. thanks.
i have killed many and many more will die. but, they might have to wait till the weekend. hehe.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 11 May 2009 05:39:39 +0000

Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be. The level design was somewhere between very good and excellent for me.
However, I found the whole thing was kinda “ordinary”.

What I’d like to see is an over-the-top retro-bizarre nod to good ole HL1 – perhaps a group of drug-crazed pipe-smoking nuns on the rampage (this is just an example – mutant giraffes would serve equally well).

By: Mel

Mel — Mon, 11 May 2009 04:10:35 +0000

If this demo was released in 2004 where has it been for last 5 years?

It’s a shame it was never finished, as it stands it goes no where and far too short to have much meaningful gameplay. I am glad I did not play is back in 2004 being so full of promise I would have felt right pissed-off waiting all this time for the completed mod.

Give it a play through for old time sake.

By: 23-down

23-down — Mon, 11 May 2009 03:41:49 +0000

try direct 3D i’m also on Vista and it runs fine for me.

By: john

john — Mon, 11 May 2009 01:40:59 +0000

i dont think it likes vista, tried software mode and different settings. the 9m kills it, the m16 kills it, the desert eagle works till i run out of ammo. oh, well.maybe one day.

By: Anon-00022

Anon-00022 — Mon, 11 May 2009 01:29:20 +0000

awesome mod.

…Is this still being worked on, I just noticed that the demo was released in 2004

By: john

john — Mon, 11 May 2009 00:23:46 +0000

it crashs and loops when i reload, i kill the first headcrab and zombie but at anytime i reload it locks up and audio goes into a loop? playing open gl and steam. any ideas?
i am really itching to kill everything hehe, am willing yet unable. sniffle sniffle….

By: 23-down

23-down — Sun, 10 May 2009 20:52:16 +0000

Agreed a fantastic mod. Try it out people!

By: planetphillip

planetphillip — Sun, 10 May 2009 10:28:18 +0000

I really enjoyed this one. A few puzzles, a variety of combat situations and some nice level design. I particualrly enjoyed the section shown in image 12.

The A.I. semed a little strange at times with some enemies just standing still but don’t forget this was a demo, so things would have improved.

It’s a shame that this was never finished.

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