This project has gone non-public. I'm really tired of the braindead comments about optional HD
models.
Shall all the whiners create something better. CM has become a just-for-fun project again.



Imagine, a Hollywood producer got his hands on the game. The result would be similar to what the Cinematic Mod is: a graphics blockbuster, redesigned to the typical game to movie adaption with an orchestral soundtrack and beautiful people everywhere.

A graphical / music total conversion of the Half-Life 2 storyline. You need Half-Life 2 + EP1 + EP2 and a 64Bit windows system to play this modification. (Mac OSX supported soon)

PURPOSE (Version 10.42)

- Unified Engine; play the game (HL2 / EP1 / EP2) with the latest Orangebox engine / Advanced HDR / new shadow effects
- Enhance the old HL2 maps with HDR, blooming, color-correction, new props, dynamic shadows
- Eliminate the visible world-skybox transitions in the maps. Cinematic Mod maps are looking much bigger than they are.
- Eliminate all blurry / Lowres textures with new Highres textures and/or Hires-Detail-Overlays
- Give the HL2 trilogy a more stressed, darker and uncomfortable look
- Enhance the soundtrack with a semi-dynamic new hollywood-style music
- Add optional HD characters (mostly based on the ultra-detailed Poser Pro mechs)
- Add ironsight
- Add dynamic shadow simulation with the help of env_projected_textures
- Add more replay-value and a fresh new style
- ALL features are optional and selectable with an comfortable configuration-tool.

Gun and some spite effects from TheVMan's Ultra Effects Pack

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9 comments by medve on Feb 13th, 2013

Fakefactory’s legendary Half-Life 2 graphical upgrade mod has been updated to the 12nd version this winter. If you guys haven’t heard of it, it’s called Cinematic mod, and started as a really simple texture pack for characters, just to train himself for modding…now, it has became a lot more.

 The mod has totally changed the feel of the game to a more realistic / darker / „cinematic” level. Unfortunatly this was the whole reason, why some narrowminded half life fanboys have started to hate the mod. After a while the mod has become an „outlander” on moddb, and the development has gone private. Good news is, I have updated the moddb profile with the last two verrsions: 11.35 is the last stable version, however it is damn dark, i can’t see a thing sometimes. 12.21 is a lot more polished on the ligtning front, however it has some invisible walls sometimes, and you have to noclip through.

 The mod doesn’t show up int he steam library anymore, it has its own launcher now. The launcher also inclueds a character pimper: you can choose among the custom skins for all the main characters, and it’s possible to play with the original Alyx. Some of the mod fans had a problem (such as myself) with the „pimped out” Alyx, since poor thing is a "bit" bulimic, and has so much makeup, that an avarage girl's head would not be able to handle the weight of it. This also goes for the female rebel characters unfortunatly.

                cinematic mod panels      cinematic mod panels

 But as I said, all characters are optional before anyone starts to hang himself. However theres another slighter  disadvantage: the minimum config. If you want to enable all the incredibly sexy features, you also have to have at least 4gb of ram, and at least a powerful dual core processor. I played it with my little i3 processor, and had no lag while recording it in fraps 720p, so it’s not that terrible. This is my simple eat @ medve walkthrough of EP1 and EP2 (i will do a lets play with the pimped out HL2 with my extremely boring voice if i have the time).

 The download link can be found here, these are all torrents. If you have trouble downloading torrents, theres a long mirror list ont he official cinematic mod site (I recommend the maverick server links, which are also posted in the download comments).

Cinematic Mod 12.21 TORRENT

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Jan 17, 2013 Full Version 5 comments

What is Cinematic Mod? Cinematic Mod (CM) is a Half-Life 2 modification, that adds more details and a darker look to the original Half-Life 2 series.

Cinematic Mod 11.52 TORRENT

Cinematic Mod 11.52 TORRENT

Jan 17, 2013 Full Version 1 comment

What is Cinematic Mod? Cinematic Mod (CM) is a Half-Life 2 modification, that adds more details and a darker look to the original Half-Life 2 series.

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TheVman
TheVman Dec 13 2010, 2:31am says:

Hi there, I just wanted to say that this mod stole my work and didn't credit me.

I created the Ultra Effects Pack as seen on Garrysmod.org . This mod uses my effects and I see no credit for my work anywhere.

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Mkilbride
Mkilbride Dec 22 2010, 10:07pm buried:

(buried)

And you should get the hell out of here, and feel honored your work was used.

Buncha jerks, he does this in this free time, for nothing, and tons of us enjoy it, yet you bitch, and moan, saying he sucks, his mod sucks. Just don't bother posting.

He's never claimed to have done all the work himself; but he's forming the ultimate graphical update for it...it makes the game look amazing again.

And Nettacki, please shut the **** up, the character models are -all- optional, while the rest you can just get HD content of like walls, grass, ectera, you're not forced to do ****.

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usaokay
usaokay Dec 30 2010, 7:42pm replied:

So if I were to took a couple models from say, Black Mesa: Source (without asking or giving notice) and put them into my mod where I would proclaim that I made all of the content in the mod, then do I have any right in that?

You have blind faith towards a man who is too emotional towards criticism.

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Mercenary410
Mercenary410 Apr 25 2011, 4:44am replied:

thats not what he did. he had permission, and the work he claims to have done is in the ligting and porting orange box engine features to hl2 as well as increasing the dynamic lights that can be rendered on screen at once as well as a ton of other engine tweaks. why would you assume the mod is only hi res textures and models? this mod is designed to create a different atmosphere than the original half life 2, why need people post such unintelligent and uneducated comments?

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CakeMaster7
CakeMaster7 Dec 29 2010, 4:07pm replied:

This mod sucks. STFU. He deserves credit.

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Derek_Smart
Derek_Smart Dec 28 2010, 7:52pm replied:

u mad

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PinkScottish
PinkScottish Dec 27 2010, 9:48am replied:

no lol

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InSovietRussia
InSovietRussia Dec 20 2010, 1:32am replied:

Email FakeFactory about this.

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sergeant_stacker
sergeant_stacker Dec 9 2010, 9:53pm says:

This should be renamed to *****-mod

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CakeMaster7
CakeMaster7 Dec 29 2010, 4:08pm replied:

I totally agree.

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Highest Rated (12 agree) 10/10

The characters are beautiful. The mapping is gorgeous. The only quarry I have are the iron sights. Could use a more COD feeling. Other than that, absolutely brilliant.

Jan 13 2011, 11:23pm by Redfed0

Lowest Rated (11 agree) 1/10

This mod is HORRIBLE.It's basicly Half Life 2 with "better" graphics. The new NPC models are horrible and the weapons don't fit into Half Life 2 AT ALL. The mapping is okay, but still bad. This is a total failure. DO NOT GET IT.

Dec 29 2010, 4:04pm by CakeMaster7

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