Half Life 2 graphics mods

Guest2 · 1 Sep 2015 at 14:48

I'm going to start playing Half Life 2 again because never got around to completing it before (playing on hardest setting)

Are there any graphics mods other than the Update that is in Steam that just appears to make things more bright and the Cinematic mod which looks great but changes the game too much for my liking.

Something like just HD textures and HD model skins would be good - but not actually changing the models and textures to other things, just increasing the detail

clockwork.satan · 1 Sep 2015 at 15:33

There's always this - although I've not tried it myself. It looks pretty impressive!

Begbie · 1 Sep 2015 at 15:34

Cinematic mod is pretty special. Works a treat too.

LoadsaMoney · 1 Sep 2015 at 15:42

^ The cinematic mods superb, im on v12.

OP doesn't want that though

Guest2 · 1 Sep 2015 at 16:08

I did try it and it looked nice but also changed the atmosphere of the game in parts quite a lot.

It changed the feel of the game which is not really what I want. HD texture pack would be good - no daft bright HDR lighting, just textures. Cinematic mod also made the characters look daft

mxoagentjohnson · 1 Sep 2015 at 18:02

Cinematic mod is ok if you take away all the stupid crap the developer added like ugly ass models and stuff.

On steam theres a mod, Half Life 2 HD or something, its an update mod, basically ups textures. ups lighting effects and makes the game prettier without drastically ruining the feel.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/290930

koolpc · 1 Sep 2015 at 18:14

Waw, would love to play that game again. Have to upgrade my pc first as dog slow for gaming as its a small laptop!

Guest2 · 1 Sep 2015 at 18:20

Whats Waw? As I said the update in steam just seems to make things more bright.
With the cinematic mod can textures alone be added? Didnt know that, if so ill download it again

arc@css · 1 Sep 2015 at 18:33

Guest2 said:
Whats Waw?

Nearly as good as Jeez or Wow.

koolpc · 1 Sep 2015 at 19:02

Guest2 said:
Whats Waw? As I said the update in steam just seems to make things more bright.
With the cinematic mod can textures alone be added? Didnt know that, if so ill download it again

Just means i used to love that game and like to play it again

Guest2 · 1 Sep 2015 at 19:36

Are right. I thought it was a game!

Just found quite a good video showing comparisons

I am going to install the update as the cinematic mod changes the atmosphere too much. They also have appeared to have made the character look retarded (2 mins in) :confused:

koolpc · 1 Sep 2015 at 19:43

CM version looks lovely.

mxoagentjohnson · 1 Sep 2015 at 20:08

Guest2 said:
Are right. I thought it was a game!

Just found quite a good video showing comparisons

I am going to install the update as the cinematic mod changes the atmosphere too much. They also have appeared to have made the character look retarded (2 mins in)

Guess it is down to preference but Cinematic Mod just adds so much unnecessary ****e in terms of adding to textures and sticking logos on things.

I dont want to see a bloody Coke can in a fictional universe. ***** plastered all over the real world as is.

grim. · 1 Sep 2015 at 23:34

I'm too much of a die hard fan to change anything until you've done a play through once. The game wasn't without flaws but you should definitely play it once through the way it was meant to be played. It's not so impossible on hard, it's just as it's meant to be, hard to do. It's a good enough game to play through again with mods to appreciate the changes people of have made.

~>Dg<~ · 2 Sep 2015 at 00:48

i would just use DSR if on nvidia or VSR on AMD unless you have a 4k screen

most mods are quite silly

LoadsaMoney · 2 Sep 2015 at 00:56

Guest2 said:
Are right. I thought it was a game!

Just found quite a good video showing comparisons

I am going to install the update as the cinematic mod changes the atmosphere too much. They also have appeared to have made the character look retarded (2 mins in)

CM 2013s got a Stalker truck in it

nashathedog · 2 Sep 2015 at 02:04

Guest2 said:
I'm going to start playing Half Life 2 again because never got around to completing it before (playing on hardest setting)

Are there any graphics mods other than the Update that is in Steam that just appears to make things more bright and the Cinematic mod which looks great but changes the game too much for my liking.

Something like just HD textures and HD model skins would be good - but not actually changing the models and textures to other things, just increasing the detail

This is the best place to search for mods:

http://www.moddb.com/mods?filter=t&kw=Search+...&released=&style=def&theme=&game=61&type=

nashathedog · 2 Sep 2015 at 02:08

mxoagentjohnson said:
Guess it is down to preference but Cinematic Mod just adds so much unnecessary ****e in terms of adding to textures and sticking logos on things.

I dont want to see a bloody Coke can in a fictional universe. ***** plastered all over the real world as is.

In the Cinematic mod's installer you get to choose between using original character models or various new ones so how they look is up to you.

RoyMi6 · 2 Sep 2015 at 09:23

nashathedog said:
In the Cinematic mod's installer you get to choose between using original character models or various new ones so how they look is up to you.

Sold!

Never seen that comparison for CM to original before - really highlights the work they put in.

I appreciate people want to play something that matches the original, but having completed the original myself I'm actually looking forward to giving CM a try - with original models of course, because they just went to far their in my opinion.

Guest2 · 2 Sep 2015 at 12:53

I tried the update yesterday and it just seemed too bright and clean. City 17 is supposed to be dull and not nice. Back to vanilla for me. Nothing added, nothing taken away. It didnt get 97% (or whatever it was) for no reason