Half-Life 2 FakeFactory Cinematic Mod V9.5 HD Mod (9GB!!) on Vista x64??

I have CM8.2. How much of an improvement in this 9 HD version then?
p.s. it's out on Newsgroups as well so I think I'll just get it
 
ScarySquirrel said:
My god this is downloading so slowly. I wish there was a version up on usenet.
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It is out on usenet. A search for Cinematic Mod should do you.


A bit of info from the readme file
PERFORMANCE-WARNING:

The Orangebox/Source Engine is getting outdated and performs poor compared to newer engines like the Cry-Engine or the Unreal-Engine.
It's almost impossible to get good framerates with enhanced viewrange, hires-textures and high polycount.
Therefore prepare yourself for fps below 40 in some open areas, unless you're using the latest NASA supercomputer.

Currently i have reached the source-engine limits in almost all areas. Unfortunately the limits are quite low. The current build of the source engine can't render detailed open areas or nice foliage without hitting this limits.
(Compared to the Cry-Engine: Source engines 100 % entity limit equals approx. 5 % of the Cry-Engine limit)

I'll take a break now, hoping the next engine version will give the possibilities, i need.
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Craig321 said:
Downloaded all the following at over 1.5MB/s at college, so they're not capped (other people were using the connection, dammit! :p).

v9.0 BASE: http://games.on.net/file/23189/HL2_FakeFactorys_Cinematic_Half-Life_2_Mod_Base_v9
v9.51 UPDATE: http://www.infortech.eu/paulus_cobris/CM95-1_UPDATE.rar
v9.0 HD Addon: http://games.on.net/file/23190/HL2_FakeFactorys_Cinematic_Half-Life_2_Mod_Addon_v9

Install order
1. 9.0 BASE
2. HD Addon
3. 9.51 UPDATE
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I've never played Half Life and been thinking of buying Orange Box for a while. What's EP1 and EP2?

If I download OB and all those 3 mods is that everything I'll need?
 
Orange box it sooo worth it. And this mod makes HL2 and the episodes even nicer, if your PC can handle it that is and it's been making mine stutter plus you need a 64bit OS.
And yes, that's all you need to get this

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Ok cool, I think I'll take the plunge then, always wanted to play it but the dated graphics put me off.

My PC should be quick enough - Vista 64, E8400 @4ghz, GTX260, 4gb RAM... I also have another 4gb of RAM but have never bothered installing it. Mainly because my PC is running fast and fault free and cba with potential issues from installing the extra RAM.
 
You'll be fine then! I've you've never played HL2 it's very worth it plus if you get the Orange Box then Team Fortress 2 has given me countless hours of online joy
 
Craig321 said:
These are the ones I'll be downloading:

v9.0 BASE: http://games.on.net/file/23189/HL2_FakeFactorys_Cinematic_Half-Life_2_Mod_Base_v9
v9.5 UPDATE: http://games.on.net/file/23250/Fakefactorys_Cinematic_Mod_V9.5_Update
v9.0 HD Addon: http://games.on.net/file/23190/HL2_FakeFactorys_Cinematic_Half-Life_2_Mod_Addon_v9

I'll install them in that order as well.



Quite possibly, even the creator of the cinematic mod has said that he's pushed the Source engine to it's limit which is why it lags.
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Thanks for the links. Have finally managed to download all these. Have downloaded the v9.51 Hotfix patch which supersedes v9.5. This is a stand alone patch and therefore does not require v9.5.

Just tried installing in this order and read this during the install wizard v9.51 update:

HD-ADDON USERS:

Apply this patch *AFTER* you have installed the HD-addon. If you ever install the HD-addon after the hotfix, you MUST apply this hotfix again. For taking

effect reselect and install the new models with the Character Pimper.
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So I guess the 'official' order is thus:

v9.0 BASE
v9.0 HD Addon
v9.51 UPDATE
 
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v9.51 update

CM 9.51 (Hotfix Update)

+ Added new HD Alyx model (Adriana Lima style) with realistic (mavity influenced) hair motion
V14 tagged model is a WIP/TEST
V16 tagged model is a final model
* Hint: Not suitable for fans of the battle-worn VALVE style.

+ Recompiled Monk / Barney / GMan models, fixing some Bone-Errors

+ Added new HD Mossman model (blonde again)

+ Added new HD Barney model (closer to VALVE original)

+ Added GMan-Hybrid Model (old VALVE mech with Hires-Facemap as seen in older versions of CM)

+ Reworked Character Pimper for multiple model variations in "Maincharacter" section.

+ Recompiled the maps with higher precision lightmaps and per-vertex-lighting accuracy on props

- Fix: Worked around an old Valve Bug in Response-System. Alyx will now allways react if you are staring at her for some time in Non-Combat situations. Reaction depends on her actual condition (relaxed, stimulated, alarmed)

- Fix: Portuguese subtitles

- Fix: Areaportal error in map prison_05

- Fix: Terrain hole in map coast_03

- Fix: Ugly skybox and heavy performance drop in canals_13

- Fix: Wrong rendered blood splashes

- Fix: Wrong LORES-Civilian models (if HD addon was installed)

- Fix (hopefully): Twin-Alyx in prison-levels

- Fix: Slowmotion when Quickload (F9) was pressed

- Fix: Tons of other small glitches
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After downloading this on and off for a few days at a painful 5-55Kb/s I went to resume it again this weekend only to have it fail the resume after about 3.3Gb. I was fuming!!

Why is this not up on Usenet? Or if it is, can anyone point me in the direction of a .nzb for it please?

Where can I download this with a respectable download speed?
 
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ScarySquirrel said:
After downloading this on and off for a few days at a painful 5-55Kb/s I went to resume it again this weekend only to have it fail the resume after about 3.3Gb. I was fuming!!

Why is this not up on Usenet? Or if it is, can anyone point me in the direction of a .nzb for it please?

Where can I download this with a respectable download speed?
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I got mine off usenet. Search newzleech for cinematic mod
 
Wow thanks for the heads up guys!!

I have the OB so would love to try it out.

I have a new build on the go (watercooled 2x dual core Opteron @2.8Ghz and SLI 8800GTX). Reckon that will handle it?? I know it's obsolete, blah, blah!! :D

Still waiting for the Black Mesa mod... I have held off playing through HL1 at all!! :cool:

Bob
 
Bob Wya Jnr said:
Still waiting for the Black Mesa mod... I have held off playing through HL1 at all!! :cool:
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Ive been of the opinion that this will never come for a few years now... If it does ever surface it will be a nice suprise, but its years to late to have the effect they planned.
 
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