A revolutionary product of its time, Valve’s first Half-Life did not need a tweak, but what if I had one that was incredibly true to the original FPS game on Steam, what if it was released very soon? Well, lucky for you, I can answer both questions, because Half-Life has a hotfix mod coming to Steam for free and, check it out, it’s coming very soon too.
Called ‘Half-Life: MMod’, this free Steam mod for Valve’s shooter aims to completely overhaul the original experience while staying within the confines of the initial 1998 release. There are AI tweaks, VFX, SFX and combat, which are optional with a host of bug fixes. The mod is described as a “revision in (the) spirit of (the) original”.
You can check out an in-progress preview of Half-Life: MMod below, with the release just around the corner.
Half-Life:MMod cambia from Steam original
Many changes have been made to Half-Life with this free mod, which you can see below.
- Revised gunplay, dynamic weapon bullet distribution, smooth recoil, optional bullets without hit sweep
- Improved player and visual feedback
- Minor AI tweaks, more responsive and responsive AI, almost all characters flicker
- New and additional weapon animations
- Integrated basic chapter selection system
- Modified weapon models, animated weapon screens, and creature eyes
- New arsenal, special weapon features (silencers, attachments, firing modes)
- Many bug fixes
- Revamped visual effects (explosions, bullet impacts, flashes, monster effects, etc.)
- Minor sound overhaul, additional weapons and monster sounds
- Gun sounds for each gun
- Restored HEV voice lines
- Slightly improved visuals, detailed textures
- Map-related visual, atmospheric, and pacing tweaks and additions (work in progress)
All of these changes to Half-Life on the original Steam are also completely optional, as developer MMod says the release will come with a special options menu where you can enable or disable whatever changes you want.
Developer Gunship Mark II has already released an update to Half-Life 2: Mmod, which features similar improvements to Valve’s sequel, including better shooting, new animations, improved textures, NPC changes and lighting, and much more.
Half-Life 1: Mmod will be released on March 14, 2023 on Steam and you can list it on the official page.
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