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It's been almost four months since the release of Precursor. The mod has been downloaded over 15 000 times and I've received 112 feedback forms. Feels pretty good, actually! If you want a slightly outdated summary of all of that juicy feedback, have a look at this post over at MapCore.

Just the other day I was asked if I could answer some questions about Precursor by ModSentry's Daniel Perry. Why, of course Daniel! Scroll down and you'll find a little snippet from the interview and a link to the full interview over at ModSentry! It includes some advice to mod developers, so if you're into that kind of jazz, you should check it out!


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ModSentry wrote: I’m assuming that the team are Half Life fans, creating something so faithful to the game you’re modding doesn’t come easily. Was the idea always to create something that didn’t mess too much with the Half Life universe?
- Yes, we always wanted to avoid making the story too big and brash. We wanted to keep things on a smaller scale. In Precursor, you’re just a rebel, like many others, and you’re not the center of attention in the way Freeman is. Of course, we wanted your actions to have some impact on the Half Life story line, as it would be unrewarding not to. Those who’ve played the mod will know what I’m talking about.

For such a detailed and well made mod, I was surprised to see how few people had worked on it. Did you ever consider getting more people on board? Did you ever wish you had?
- As the team lead, I wanted to keep things manageable, something I’ve mentioned a bit in previous answers. Too many mods end up in limbo after protracted development. The way Precursor was going to avoid that fate was by not making it more than just a roughly hour-long Half Life 2-based single-player adventure with very little new content besides the maps. You’d still be shooting the same guys, still be wielding the same weapons and you’d still look at the same textures and wonder if it’s 2011 or not. Precursor was a first for me and it was best to keep things simple. Even with Precursor’s small team I felt a lot of pressure; I had to make content that lived up to the music and the voice acting and do that content justice, you know? And I didn’t want my own work to culminate into nothing either of course.

For the full interview, visit ModSentry.

Precursor 1.1 Released!

Precursor 1.1 Released!

News 5 comments

Precursor has been updated to improve the game, as requested by the players. If you haven't played Precursor yet, this is a good time!

The future of Precursor and an interview!

The future of Precursor and an interview!

News 5 comments

Read about the future of Precursor and listen in to an interview with the team lead and level designer of Precursor.

Precursor Sequel Announced (april fools)

Precursor Sequel Announced (april fools)

News 10 comments

We are proud to announce that you will again resume the role of Romanov in part 2 of the Precursor series.

Precursor is released!

Precursor is released!

News 47 comments

Experience the time before Freeman's return by downloading and playing Precursor now!

RSS Files
Precursor Patch - Source SDK 2013

Precursor Patch - Source SDK 2013

Patch 5 comments

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...

Precursor Mod 1.1C Full Install

Precursor Mod 1.1C Full Install

Full Version 10 comments

An updated version of Precursor. This is a full install and not a patch. If you haven't played Precursor yet, play this version! (Updated 2012-12-15)

Precursor Mod 1.00 Full Install

Precursor Mod 1.00 Full Install

Full Version 6 comments

NOTE: 1.1 has been released, download that instead! This is the 1.00 release and it is ready to be played. Installation instructions are bundled with...

Official Soundtrack

Official Soundtrack

Music 6 comments

The complete soundtrack for Precursor, as composed by Oliver Boson.

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JeepyGMI
JeepyGMI - - 28 comments

This mod was excellent! I played it on MMOD as well:

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khancrete
khancrete - - 3 comments

It's wild that this is 10 years old, it's definitely one of the best mods I've played.

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Mr.Duke
Mr.Duke - - 168 comments

Precursor v1.1c (GERMAN) Version 2021 mit deutschen Untertitel.

Moddb.com

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FlippedOutKyrii
FlippedOutKyrii - - 3,502 comments

Still can't believe it's been 10 years since release, this was pretty damn good!

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stuffedbear
stuffedbear - - 40 comments

Hands down one of the best Half Life 2 ep2 Mod out there.

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keithnz
keithnz - - 6 comments

I can only dream of making a Half Life 2 MOD as good as this , great work team !
Thankyou

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Trav2276
Trav2276 - - 236 comments

I felt let down by this mod. I mean by technical standards it is very well made. I just thought the story was a little lacking. That's just my opinion though.

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Mr.Duke
Mr.Duke - - 168 comments

Precursor German Translation Final Version

Download: Moddb.com

Have Fun and best wishes, Oliver 'Mr. Duke' Treitler

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Twitcherus
Twitcherus - - 235 comments

Full Walkthrough:

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Guest
Guest - - 689,433 comments

Hey, this is a pretty cool mod! Have you thought about putting this on steam? I would totally get it again off of there.

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