2 words absolute cinema

Amazing work, really interesting how you reinterpreted the geometry of Nova Prospekt, all the aesthetic details make it flow quite nicely with the new parts. Has a very Half-Life 1/Black Mesa feel which I love, though admittedly part of that is just Nova Prospekt, that's exactly why it's the best level in HL2 lol.

I will say, I don't think an aesthetic glowup was ever going to be enough to make the second half shine, it's a claustrophobic mess which doesn't give you a clear sense of progress or direction. Between the sketchy level design and the narrative redundancy of stuff like the airex core, it's really no wonder this segment got cut. Good effort though, I was kinda getting a Portal 2 vibe from the visuals in there.

Overall this is the best thing I've played on the workshop so far, you did such a good job making it feel like a real place and not just a bunch of generic corridors. I'd love to see your take on other cut environments like the wasteland.

Dude I Would LOVE To See More of You!

This Mod Is AMAZING!

oh ok, sorry

@Nelbathelegend You still can use noclip to skip that part if you don't like it :)

Could you make the Exploding Warehouse optional or skippable?????

Im sorry, i just really dont like that warehouse and i have some bad memories from it
In Black Mesa during the warehouse, i was frustrated and depressed :((((((

I just quit when i realised that part was in the mod
The first bits leading up to it was fun and all, BUT IT WAS RUINED BY THAT WAREHOUSE!!!!

JUST TELL ME WHAT PURPOSE THAT PART SERVES IN THIS MOD!?

YOU KNOW THE ONE IM TALKING ABOUT, THE PART IF ONE THING EXPLODES, EVERYTHING EXPLODES
THE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ WAREHOUSE OF EXPLOSIVES!!!!!!!!!

YOU PUT THAT PART FROM HL1 INTO THIS!?!?!? WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?????????? THAT PART WAS THE WORST PART IN BOTH HALF LIFE AND BLACK MESA!!!!!

@Saltine Cracker Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Genuinely blown away by this mod, great work!

@(λ)Dood Hey, thanks for the comment. I honestly don't know how to fix that, I just checked the maps in my pc and they work just fine, and none of the comments below complained about an issue similar to your, this might be a broken shader you installed or something like that. Check if the issue occurs in the default game, because my mod doesn't use any custom code or shaders or addons.

I started playing this and it's great but right at the part with the antlions there is an AWFUL lighting bug with large squares that flash in and out of existence rapidly. Seems like some kind of lighting bug. My drivers are up to date and i validated my files, i don't have any mods that would change something like that either. Is there some kind of fix?

That was pretty good.

@Oni32 Always endeavor to play-test and explore the primordial of mods. Adore how you've annotated the programs and individuals as well

Gark & Dritty

I love you guys! Thank you all so much for the support!

What a fantastic mod!!!! Visually it is just stunning. I spent 10 minutes at the beginning just looking at everything. Great attention to detail. The campaign was really fun and the difficulty felt just right. This is in my top five of all time. It was quite long and I was still really sad when it was over. I wanted more and more. Thanks so much for taking the time and effort so we could enjoy this.

spawning the antlion soldiers, killing 2 Antlion guards while maneuvering charges as they collapse the elevated ground that you attained to defend yourself from, the explosive room that had several headcrabs which almost activated some after leaping forward and the final Last Stand that genuinely took 3 conspicuous attempts, before I succeeded in overriding the critical reactor and dismantling the core entirely. However, it seems that Gordon does truly perish this time, presumably when time slowed down for him after the explosion, as there is no G-man with temporal intersection to prevent it. Anyhow, definitely my top 3 most favorite and most elaborate mods, besides PTSD and Silent Hill condo recreation
Truly a Source masterpiece

Wow... this modification has rejuvenated Nova Prospekt in a guise so transfigured that it barely recognizes its former decrepitude.. Adore how you've managed to articulate the scenery so accurately, the infernal industrialism of classic shooters and the nightmarish ambience of The House of the Dead & DOOM. By what arcane artistry did you conjure such grotesque magnificence?
Did you augment the 3D skybox with layered volumetric light entities arranging them through the Hammer Editors sky camera work or did you undertake a more esoteric way of stitching together custom VMT lightwarp shaders, hand-tuned VTF sky gradients, and meticulous cubemaps to coax that sanguine radiance? Resembles the bleak heavens of Guts, yet it is rendered through the idiom of Half-Life architectural fatalism with the rendition of the core citadel meltdown just like in Episode 1
Another befuddling aspect was traversing the labyrinth and sheer copious size of enemies, having to reach the mantle core while

can open locked door after the water section with the barricals

Almost lika in concepts!

This campaign was awesome! The first few maps were a really visually appealing reimagining of Nova Prospekt, including the Surface Tension missile room from HL1.

You should be making more campaigns like this, it was an absolute blast (pun intended) to go through!

My only problem with it is the constantly respawning soldiers, but they were easy to evade.

perfect everything perfect goated mod

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ this was GOOOD!

This was awesome

Man, I wish there was a mod that added those skyboxes to the base game.

honestly my only issue is that I keep getting a CTD whenever I reach the loading area after you use that launch thing to cross a gap and climb a ladder, otherwise superb map with phenomenal atmosphere and fun combat setpieces

Good mod I like all the red colors

this is actually a peak map. it felt like half life, didn't hold your hand throughout and doesn't leave you stuck scratching your head. it's just all PEAK... also i love the half-life 1 explosives room remake and the youtuber reference

dermishe

Dark and Gritty

Incredible map man, love it how it rewards you with decent amount of supplies for exploring it

My favorite Chapter in Half Life 2 beta is Air Exchange, but in the release I don't like Nova Prospect, and this is literally 2 in 1😅

BEST

honestly quite incredible

The best air exchange mod out there!

The atmosphere and ambience is phenomenal, is amazing, great!!! veeeery cool , so cool when ppl make a mod about beta stuff and cut content from the game.
Really nice work, the layout of the map is awesome, there's great scenery the metal industry stuff with the clean metal, kinda "medical" industrial stuff, is really cool. Again very well made.

It has great action, and very fun.
This is one of the best campains in the workshop.


Now.... some encounters with the enemies are very tough, too much enemies and with the ARs that are very powerful, plus the ants, that are annoying AF.
There's some enemy placement that is kinda bad , and i had a problem with the final stage, i destroyed everything but theres no end scene.

Overall, veeeery nice mod, hope you do more!!

and i give it a 8

Please make a Garry's Mod port of this

yea, wow. I like this one more than Mission Impropable even, likely the best mod on this workshop

theres a seem in the displacement behind the last tower during the gunship rpg fight, and it's really really easy to get stuck in.

Awesome maaaaap

why is the door locked but nothing in the way i watched the walk through video and it shows there is a wooden board but to me there is clearly nothing in the way

@76561198016560745 молчи в сторонке

i also absolutely addore the blue lights on the ladders, pipes, etc. neat touch!

probably one of the most beautiful beta recreations out there, bravo.

Loved the hl1 theme of the hl2 parts that were reused, all the combat was engaging and I would have loved to play a campaign of this style even if I had to pay for it over that prospekt mod any day