Comments - suXin

steam_legacy still works, if there's no commentary then you're among people with odd case, probably related to audio setup/devices, I don't have resources to investigate/debug this with you right now

I'm aware the latest valve's update broke the mod, timing ain't good to start looking for fix

edit: they say that SDK update will come later and I'd like to wait for it first. I also noticed you can switch to steam_legacy branch, which is also an officially proposed fix

Xash3D is not supported, some of the hacks this mod does was specifically tailored to original goldsource

uploaded new build which should have this fixed

disable hd models

IF LATEST MOD VERSION CRASHES: disable HD models as work around, it tries to find unexisting files in half_payne_hd directory right now. I will focus on fixing that soon

what are you talking about? you have something else imgui-based injected over the mod? it's just so happens this gameplay mod menu is also imgui hackery and may stay in the way

noted, thank you. the Program Files directory concerned me because it has special file permissions on it, but I tried to run the mod from there and it seems ok. to help narrow down the issue, it would be nice if you tried to run the mod from directory other than Program Files (which would require making separate steam library which is a hassle)

the default_fov issue was confirmed and the it originates from original Half-Life codebase, it's easily fixable but I'd rather do that if fix for the sound issues will be found. as a workaround - put the desired default_fov into autoexec.cfg

"as they should be" doesn't help me, I specifically asked for an actual path and I asked for the sound device list

You ain't the only one but the exact pattern/reason is still unknown. How about you send me the path in which half-life and the mod is installed, and also a screenshot of Sound playback devices settings, which can be checked in "legacy Control panel - Sound" like here: I.imgur.com

I have to apologise for letting this issue stay for awhile. This issue and some of the others I've found should be fixed in latest version.

Still not sure why certain people have voicelines/music not being played though.

pardon for late reply (because no notifications), but the only issue I personally see with this config file is [1] at the end, it should just be 1 or not specified. I copy-pasted your config into latest version and it works.

I noticed though that error message mentions exactly the mod name you've written, if I write "infinite_ammo>" - it will show exactly that with the ">". I assume you typed <infinite_ammo> in the config file, but wrote the correct mod name here in comment for some reason.

other mods will work perfectly if they don't include any custom code in it (dll files). this is not the case with echoes and opposing force/blue shift. so you have to look for mods that just include maps/sounds/textures and merge them with half_payne

fixed the issue in new release

That's not a fix but a hack, the dll files better stay in half_payne, tons of people were missing putting them in half-life directory otherwise and then went to tell me mod isn't working.

Let me do the right thing, the fallback_dir thing is already niche so it makes sense I didn't think of it.

I completely forgot about remods and testing them. The issue is in the path resolving code, it expects files to be in the current mod directory and doesn't respect fallback_dir specified in liblist.gam

I appreciate the concern, I will think of the fix.

I remember playing through all of these myself and didn't see much issue. On Residue processing I vaguely remember placing some additional enemies specifically so they could be killed or crowbared for some additional time. At the start of Surface Tension - try abusing explosives, and when you get through first level change - go to the left, there are some headcrabs at dead end you can get explosive kills with for 30sec bonus.

I also don't know if you're talking about whole playthrough, because in that case the downtime is acceptable, you'd accumulate plenty of time by that moment.

the mod directory should keep "half_payne" name instead of "pain", because some things are unfortunately hardcoded

and yet when you show path like this, I *may* assume it's not the Steam version

I don't like you being rude neither I have no idea why people get the error, unless it's tied to Half-Life beta branch which I never tested against - are you on beta? Is beta branch considered "modern" now?

When people report client.dll issues I do regularly check that mod still runs on Steam version

Also I 100% remember a comment here below that was probably deleted by author, with same exact issue, I vaguely remember them mentioning beta branch and maybe they've switched it off

I coded a system that allows to specify what sounds to play on certain events, first mention in old article:

Moddb.com

Can't help you with that if I can't reproduce. I could only assume your half-life installation being weird or the maps you load.

The mod acts as a bot with the credentials you provide

the only way to compensate is decorate the entirety of underground

it's bundled with the game

I'm curious on what it was

oh cool so Half Payne being open source helped

It's incompatible with Xash3D and never will be

there are tons of examples in cgm_cfg directory, you could copy any file and add "deus_ex_sounds" in the [mods] section

one for each map, including xen

nah, but you're welcome to do the model replacement yourself and put it into addons section