This patch fixes most issues related to engine branch incompatibility and is designed to run using the latest "Beta" of Source SDK Base 2013 Singleplayer. Instructions on how to install and use it are within the archive.
This patch fixes most issues related to engine branch incompatibility and is designed to run using the latest "Beta" of Source SDK Base 2013 Singleplayer.
Instructions on how to install and use it are within the archive.
Link to Heart of Evil: Source.
Source code for the patch.
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** Fixed **
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- "Could not load library client." when launching the mod.
- In-game menu.
- Gameinfo.txt now has correct parameters.
- Water textures not rendering correctly on map namb1.
- Missing rope materials.
- Players unable to exit truck vehicle when entered without Barney, on maps namb4 and namc1.
If you have any questions related to this patch, please let me know.
Criticism & suggestions are greatly appreciated.
I keep CTD before the main menu even loads. It gives me an error telling me Unable to load surface prop file 'scripts/surfaceproperities_hl1.txt' (referenced by manifest file 'scripts/surfaceproperities_manifest.txt') Any help?
Have you Extracted the Half Life Source Content (make sure it's the hl1_pak_dir.vpk one) using a vpk.exe in a source engine game bin folder (TF2, Garry's mod or HL2/Eps) then placed/copy these folders into the Hoe folder: hl1_pak_dir/materials, hl1_pak_dir/models, hl1_pak_dir/scripts and hl1_pak_dir/sound.
Another thing is to make sure you have the updated version of this mod downloaded and put it with the hoe folder you have in the Source SDK Base 2013 SP (also make sure both this and HL:S is in beta).
@Green_MoFo_Oak
As @NightFuel explained, you will need to
extract several folders from Half-Life: Source
VPKs:
Half-Life 2/hl1/materials
Half-Life 2/hl1/models
Half-Life 2/hl1/scripts
Half-Life 2/hl1/sound
You should extract these folders to 'sourcemods/hoe'
.i.e
sourcemods/hoe/<materials>
sourcemods/hoe/<models>
sourcemods/hoe/[removed]
sourcemods/hoe/<sound>
Once completed, install Heart of Evil: Source
in 'sourcemods/hoe'. Override every file when
prompted to.
Apply the Source SDK 2013 patch by extracting
it to 'sourcemods/hoe'. Override every file when
prompted to.
If you have other questions, please let me know.
I got the game to work, but it crashes a lot without errors, and a lot of things are missing textures
@Sgt_Assassin
If you have missing textures, it is possible that you do not have Half-Life: Source installed.
This mod mounts content from the Half-Life source game such as models, sound, and textures.
If you have it installed, you might want to retry installing the mod and follow the instructions carefully. A file 'Readme_fix.txt' is provided within the archive.
If you have other questions, please let me know.
Ok, so i tried again. the mod worked. no missing textures. The title screen is one of the original ones from HL: S barney is original barney with the heart of evil helmet, the original HEVis there. The HUD's screwed up. I don't think there are any custom sounds, and no voice lines. Except for the soldiers, but they have the original HECU marine lines...
@Sgt_Assassin
I just released an updated version of the patch,
which makes the installation easier.
Moddb.com
Alongside, an installation video is provided.
I hope it helps.
Hey just to say that I have played through this twice in a row and haven't had any major problems, *spoiler warning* the only minor problems I found were some wall textures would disappear and show the skybox (only happen at the start of Chapter 5 at the front gates and Chapter 6 at the jungle, over where Barney get's taken away) but these are not important at all as they only disappear if you get up close (you shouldn't need to fix them). One last thing and that is I had 1 crash, that was doing my first playthrough and it happen when I tried to use the Boat's gun at the end however when I reloaded (also when I when through it again) it never crashed again (again shouldn't need fixing as it may just be because of the scripting and random chance).
So it's good to say that this is a perfect patch and everything works fine (even play the two extra maps and noting when wrong), Good job on fixing one of the best mods out there (also one of my favorites) and good luck in the future.
P.S I will be playing through some of the patches you have released and seeing if there is any major problems however I do have alot of irl stuff going on so I won't be the fastest person on finding problems.
@NightFuel
In regards to these issues:
1 - Some wall textures would disappear and show the skybox.
I believe I already faced problems such as this one. Sometimes, BSP surfaces render incorrectly and recompiling levels would fix the problems. When I will have time, I will take a look at this.
2 - Crash when using Gun boat.
I have not encountered any crash when using the Gun boat, but I can open a ticket for it. Since you seem interested in reporting bugs, then perhaps may I suggest you reporting those on GitHub. Bug tracking would be a lot easier.
I opened an issue about the Gunboat crash.
Github.com
If you are able to replicate this bug, then feel free to comment on GitHub. As stated, when I will have time I will investigate this issue as well.
I appreciate your concern and am very pleased to see
that you are taking the time to find bugs and provide
detailed reports.
Thank you.
Np but sadly I'm really busy and I don't get a chance most of the time to play games/mods (including testing) however you can be sure that I will try out some of the patches (probably the upcoming ones like DayHard and maybe some others like Half-life Invasion if I got the time), also I have never use Gibhub before but have heard of it so I may give it a shot.
Again thank you for fixing up these mods, you're doing the community a favor.
Dude, it is the best mod forever. Adore it. Thank you for your work it's awesome. P.S. I didnt notice any bugs so far. This patch fixed many of them. And once again, thank you.
I listened to the author's comment, but as for me, downloading a VKPs extractor, installing HL:S just to extract a couple of folders and follow all those steps is very very slow, I opted for an easier and simpler option.
I went to this page where I get the contents of all the source games that I usually download for my garry mod:
Kajar9.wixsite.com
and me download the contents of HL:S. Once this was done, I went to the "sourcemods" folder, delete the "hoe" folder, create a folder with the same name but empty, paste into this folder everything that came in the winrar file that I downloaded from the page above (materials, textures, sounds etc...) then extract the hoe mod folder (version 10/10/08) I put the latest patch (2.0) and that's it, go to steam and start the game.
It's still a lot of steps, and it's still a bit complicated, but if you're here and you're looking to play HL2 mods (especially mods as old as these) you'll be used to this kind of stuff ^^'
anyway I hope this helps someone, here in 2022 I'm about to try this mod that was recommended to me by a friend who played it back in 2013 (lol!) I like it when they port games from HL1 to the engine HL2
Greetings from Venezuela!