Half Life ray tracing mod (full path tracing)

wunkley · 23 Feb 2023 at 15:44

Anyone going to give this a spin? Looks pretty good (same guy that did path tracing mod for Quake RTX etc)....

Half-Life 1: Ray Traced — Release Trailer

Real-time path tracing for Half-Life (1998).Download:https://github.com/sultim-t/xash-rt/releasesMusic is from the Half-Life soundtrack:Military PrecisionAdr...

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I've modded Black Mesa using the RTGI reshade shaders but it doesn't make a huge difference really, especially compared to this. Wish he'd do the mod for Black Mesa with its improved textures and visuals generally, that would be really great.

champ222 · 24 Feb 2023 at 11:47

I love half life, i think Black mesa is still going to give a better experience. add ray tracing to that, it might be interesting.

I did play portal RTX

RevBillyG · 24 Feb 2023 at 11:55

That does look very good.
I only wish someone could do the same for the original Unreal.

mrk · 17 Mar 2023 at 02:01

It looks and runs really well. 60fps without DLSS, or 90-100fps+ with DLSS Quality (I'm using 3.1.1 dll).

the lighting makes it feel like a new game lol, especially as you flick between on vs off using the X key.

More in the screenshots thread... I'll be playing the whole game again thanks to this!

Pottsey · 17 Mar 2023 at 07:41

Half Life just went down to £0.71 in the Steam sales. Been waiting for this to try the mod.

mrk · 17 Mar 2023 at 08:47

It's a disgrace that you didn't have half life 1 in your steam library from day 1 anyway!

Fubsy · 17 Mar 2023 at 13:53

Yea, I've never benefitted from the amazing HL sales as I've already had them all.

Those deals, for a kid looking to break their Fortnite habit, are unreal value.

champ222 · 17 Mar 2023 at 13:59

Best 71p anyone has ever spent

wunkley · 17 Mar 2023 at 13:59

How can anybody not already have Half life in their Steam library!?? I thought it was pretty much mandatory

It should come bundled with the Steam install really. Or *shudder* like U2 did on iTunes

Pottsey · 18 Mar 2023 at 11:30

mrk said:
It's a disgrace that you didn't have half life 1 in your steam library from day 1 anyway!

Half-Life 1 predates Steam. I have the original CD version so I think you can let me off for that crime against gamers.

Anyway balanced has been restored I now have the CD and Steam version.

wunkley · 18 Mar 2023 at 11:54

wunkley said:
How can anybody not already have Half life in their Steam library!?? I thought it was pretty much mandatory
It should come bundled with the Steam install really. Or *shudder* like U2 did on iTunes

Quoting myself - what a total dick I am, just discovered I don't have the original Half Life in my Steam library

I must have had it on DVD back in the day and then sold it. Got every other Half Life game / mod going except this in my Steam library! 71p it is then.....

mrk · 18 Mar 2023 at 11:54

I remember the CD version, that was my first play of the game

wunkley · 18 Mar 2023 at 12:23

I've got a vague memory of buying it in a Currys somewhere, along with an electric razor. What a day that was.

Anyone know of any good texture mods/ other mods to improve the visuals as much as poss? Assuming they work ok with this RT mod....

wunkley · 18 Mar 2023 at 14:32

Hmm, for the life if me I can't get any texture mods to work with this RT update version. I'm normally pretty good at modding and tweaking but I'm struggling here - Anyone got any top tips please?

mrk · 18 Mar 2023 at 14:33

Texture mods won't work with this RT mod!

wunkley · 18 Mar 2023 at 14:41

mrk said:
Texture mods won't work with this RT mod!

Booooo.
Seems that way from what I'm discovering. All the texture mods I can find seem to be quite convoluted to set up. Are there not some really simple texture replacer type ones? Or is it just a flat out no go cos of how this RT mod works? There's got to be a way surely?

CuriousTomCat · 18 Mar 2023 at 15:05

Pottsey said:
Half-Life 1 predates Steam. I have the original CD version so I think you can let me off for that crime against gamers. Anyway balanced has been restored I now have the CD and Steam version.

Did you actually buy Half-Life again? All you needed to do was add the CD key to your Steam library.

Noxia · 18 Mar 2023 at 15:23

CuriousTomCat said:
Did you actually buy Half-Life again? All you needed to do was add the CD key to your Steam library.

Think what else he could have done with that 70p

wunkley · 18 Mar 2023 at 15:37

Noxia said:
Think what else he could have done with that 70p

71p!
I don't have the CD/ box anymore, must have sold it back in the day so had to buy it in Steam. I've got HL2 on DVD still though.

MoNkeE · 18 Mar 2023 at 18:49

I’d be more tempted to try this out if I knew I’d be able to update the player models etc if texture packs are ruled out. Too many aspects of the game look, well, 25 years old now, to overlook it all with fancy lighting I fear….!