Comments - WALLe_PL

IRL completely wrecked nearly everyone on the team, myself included, but yeah, I haven't given up on it yet. Major changes have been done though, the scope is far smaller than what it became. Sorry for the silence, just figured I'll wait until I have actual news to show. More (proper) info coming in the near future!

I suppose this is the perfect place for a small piece of news. The mod is currently undergoing an "overhaul" of sorts which gets rid of the content that doesn't fit the original vision we had. The vision that people also liked. We're still keeping bits of the new stuff but the majority of the new content will get removed. Expect an official , proper Update in the near future, everyone!

Very slowly coming along. 2020 is a hard year to work through, hopefully 2021 will be better :P

Can't wait to play it!

Nope! We've been very busy since the last update and are constantly working on the mod. Expect a media update in the near future, we've got some spicy new content that will soon be ready to be shown.

When it's ready.

What's wrong? Feel free to give negative feedback too!

We will feature the modified Water Hazard maps as the core of the mod. No other chapters from Half-Life 2 will be used. Boat-Less has its own alternative story. As for what the story is, it's a "What if?" scenario. We will explain more about it in future updates.

I'm glad someone here asked. Let me explain in short:
The mod simply as a mappack was just not fun. A build was made, and it was weird, boring, and made no sense whatsoever. All of these additions are made so that the mod as a whole is fun and makes sense. The mine is already cut, I forgot to remove the decal, that was just us experimenting with different ideas. Note - this mod is a full mod, which will he playable on Steam with its own AppID. It features its own take on the the story, and is more than just a Water Hazard mappack now.
Hope this clears stuff up :)

We're using the Hammer World Editor, same way Valve made them.

Huge news coming soon, we're super busy doing work that isn't ready for a media release yet, but once it's out, all jaws will drop ;)

Go ahead, good luck! :)

We're doing work that doesn't really fit media, mostly code work and some Work-In-Progress models. Whenever we have news worth uploading, an article will appear!

The secret is either so obvious nobody thinks it's a secret, or it's so well hidden nobody found it yet :)

I'm actually friends with Filip Victor (the lead dev of HL2: Update) and he helped me get started with the whole project (lots of advice from him). We are in touch whenever I have a problem or a question, so he is contributing to BOAT-LESS in a way.

I'm doing my best to make it his year, but Q1 of 2018 is more likely.

To be honest, that would need A TON of work, and I don't know if the time needed for that is in my hands. Right now, this is the only X-LESS project I have.

I'm aware that removing the airboat might seem like a ba idea at first, but Water Hazard on foot has a unique feel to it that other chapters don't. It feels very open, almost like Highway 17 does. I knew people would call this out as a bad idea, but please - wait with critique until you have played the mod yourself. And if you want to give negative feedback, please, at least be constructive with it. I want to know what I can improve upon :) I, for exampe, enjoy the airboat driving, and I think Water Hazard is a cool sequence in between the usual FPS journey Half-Life 2 offers. But I also belive that changing this sequence doesn't mean it can't be a fresh and fun experience. I know this mod may sem like a bad idea, but trust me - this is way better than it may seem.

Modding isn't about why... It's about why not! :)
Seriously though - what doesn't? I'm more than happy to discuss.

We are making steady progress, an update post is planned soon.
I admit that we should be more talkative when it comes to updates on the mod status.

Brand new HD background tree models. No more poor quality 2D fake trees!