The Thing, the first Half-Life 2 mod released by a certain Donald before the final release of Half-Life 2. The original mod was made to be played on the 2003 leaked version of Half-Life 2. The Thing Remaster is a remastered version of the original mod for the Source SDK Base 2013 Singpleplayer. (If you want to use or repost my work, please contact me first)
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First of all, thanks to everyone who gave their feedback on the remaster.
Thank to those who posted comments or made videos about my rematered version of The Thing. Without you this 1.1 version would not be possible. Positive and Negative feedback helped me a lot for this updated version, i also read comments about my remaster on public Half-Life/Source Engine discord servers even if i still recommend to post suggestions and bug report on the moddb page.
The 1.1 version:
First of all, i would like to give a big shout out to TheMaster974 for helping me with fixing the grass detail on the maps the_thing_3 and the_thing_4.
Here a small list of what new there is in the 1.1 version, not everything is listed here so if you want to know everything, the full change log is in the readme.txt of the 1.1 version archive or in the description of the 1.1 archive download page.
-Fixed SteamVR opening when trying to open the option tab (Thank to XRGMUser for the report)
-Fixed some missing decals on some maps (Thank to TheMaster974 for the report)
-Fixed 2 geometry odity on the_thing_2
-Added cubemaps on every maps
-New name for the mod on steam,The Thing -> The Thing Remaster (Thank to /TheWolf for the suggestion)
I also added a optional small "Beta Assets" pack in the 1.1 archive that include:
-original 2003 viewmodel for the crowbar, shotgun and rpg
-beta sounds for the smg1 and the shotgun
-crossbow replaced with the sniperrifle from the beta
-smg1 ammo lowered from 45 to 30
-2003 headcrab texture
-2003 combine soldier texutre
-original soundtrack of the mod
Anyway i would like to thank:
-Donald, for making the original mod
-TheMaster974 for helping me with a few annoying stuff
-The beta testers
-The website hl2-beta.ru for archiving the original version of the mod
Beta testers:
-Stakhowsky (1.0 / 1.1)
-Poki (1.0 / 1.1)
-TheMaster974 (1.0 / 1.1)
-frèredarme (1.1)
Any suggestions will be appreciated (and bug reports too). Send them in the comment section or DM me on ModDB.
-Mazdo
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Full Version 2 commentsThe 1.3 version of the remastered version of the original Half-Life 2 mod "The Thing" by Donald
The Thing Remaster 1.2 (OBSELETE)
Full Version 2 commentsThe 1.2 version of the remastered version of the original Half-Life 2 mod "The Thing" by Donald (OBSELETE)
The Thing Remaster 1.1 (OBSELETE)
Full Version 9 commentsThe 1.1 version of the remastered version of the original Half-Life 2 mod "The Thing" by Donald (OBSELETE)
The Thing Remaster 1.0 (OBSELETE)
Full Version 5 commentsThe 1.0 version of the remastered version of the original Half-Life 2 mod "The Thing" by Donald (OBSELETE)
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Can you make an Episode One version compatibility of this mod to restore and have Stalkers in the final level?
the main problem if i use the stalkers from episode 1 is that they walk very slow, so it's too easy to kill them, that why i replaced them with the fast zombies. i could use the leaked version of the stalker but one of the goal of this remaster was to not use any content from the leak.
but maybe i will add them back for the futur 2.0 beta assets addon.
I played 1.2 version. And using beta assets too.
Actually 1.2 is better.
But.. sometimes ants blocked door they never stay away from door..
Crossbow into sniper model is kinda good idea in outside field.
Thank you !
Thank you for making a video about it !
Never thought I'd see this get a port, fascinating to see!
suggestion: replace the Hunter Chopper at the end with the Mi-8 from Episode 2
someone has already suggested me that, in the original mod the helicopter had his blades spinning with the ambient sound, the ep2 ending chopper doesn't have a animation for that so it would look weird to have a chopper that make sounds but has his blades not moving. so yeah i could replace the hunter chopper model with the ep2 ending chopper and removes the ambient_generic that make the sounds of the blades rotating, but i want to keep how it is right now, a question of taste i guess.
Or keep the chopper and use this skin
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the thing doesn't take place in the half-life univers, and i don't really like to take stuff from the gmod workshop
OMG everybody and I MEAN EVERYBODY HAS BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH