Half Life 2, detail mod?!

Tee Hee Johnson · 5 Jan 2008 at 16:06

Hiyahh!

Im finally playing half life 2 and gonna finish it this time (got angry since i deleted my saves years back lol)!

Browsing around here, i came across a mod that made things super real looking... like alex etc?

I for the life of me can not remember the name of it

Can anyone help... or even tell me of other great visual mods for hl2... that dont effect the gameplay?

Thanks!

Craig

knowledge123 · 5 Jan 2008 at 17:28

I think the one you're thinking about is called the 'Cinematic Mod'.
Lately the maker has has a torturous time making it as people kept baiting and name-calling him and the mod he created, as some of the OPTIONAL features it had, they didn't like. :rolleyes:

It's sad that this happens, but against all odds he released version 6 not long ago, after a fair absence, good on him!

Here is a thread on version 5 and the link above is one of 4 main parts, and there are two additional patches as well, it weighs in at a hefty 3.7 GB.

just Scott · 5 Jan 2008 at 17:41

knowledge123 said:
I think the one you're thinking about is called the 'Cinematic Mod'.
Lately the maker has has a torturous time making it as people kept baiting and name-calling him and the mod he created, as some of the OPTIONAL features it had, they didn't like. It's sad that this happens, but against all odds he released version 6 not long ago, after a fair absence, good on him!
Here is a thread on version 5 and the link above is one of 4 main parts, and there are two additional patches as well, it weighs in at a hefty 3.7 GB.

That looks very interesting indeed. I'd like to try it out, but I'm on 32bit XP. :[

Ace Modder · 5 Jan 2008 at 17:56

so this is unstable on vista 32bit?

knowledge123 · 5 Jan 2008 at 17:58

H2F Scott said:
That looks very interesting indeed. I'd like to try it out, but I'm on 32bit XP. :[

How much RAM have you got ?

Ace Modder said:
so this is unstable on vista 32bit?

Works fine on my Vista HP 32 bit.

just Scott · 5 Jan 2008 at 17:59

knowledge123 said:
How much RAM have you got ?

Works fine on my Vista HP 32 bit.

Only 1GB.

knowledge123 · 5 Jan 2008 at 18:05

H2F Scott said:
Only 1GB.

Unfortunately, it's pretty RAM intensive, even on 32 bit systems.
Turning down the texture detail negates the usefulness of the mod.

Ace Modder · 5 Jan 2008 at 18:14

I have 2GB, so gunna have a go at downloading this overnight me thinks,

just Scott · 5 Jan 2008 at 18:20

knowledge123 said:
Unfortunately, it's pretty RAM intensive, even on 32 bit systems.
Turning down the texture detail negates the usefulness of the mod.

I'll be getting a 2GB set soon, which should help. Not sure if keeping the gig I've got now (making 3gb with all slots filled) will help or hurt though when I get my new set though.

knowledge123 · 5 Jan 2008 at 19:44

H2F Scott said:
I'll be getting a 2GB set soon, which should help. Not sure if keeping the gig I've got now (making 3gb with all slots filled) will help or hurt though when I get my new set though.

I'd run a couple of benchmarks using Sisoft Sandra, to see if there is any speed decrease using your old stuff. If there isn't, you might as well leave it in.

Tee Hee Johnson · 5 Jan 2008 at 22:32

knowledge123 said:
I think the one you're thinking about is called the 'Cinematic Mod'.
Lately the maker has has a torturous time making it as people kept baiting and name-calling him and the mod he created, as some of the OPTIONAL features it had, they didn't like. It's sad that this happens, but against all odds he released version 6 not long ago, after a fair absence, good on him!
Here is a thread on version 5 and the link above is one of 4 main parts, and there are two additional patches as well, it weighs in at a hefty 3.7 GB.

Thats ace... pretty sure thats what it was called

Thanks mate... will use dads 20mb virgin and give it a wee download over night... wont be expecting too much with my system tho... just interested :d hehe!

Thanks!