Synchronized timeline of Half-Life, its official expansions and our mod Field Intensity.
Our attempt to make a synchronized timeline between Half-Life and its expansions. We consider this timeline our head-canon and we used it in our mod Field Intensity which is also included in the timeline, so beware of spoilers if you didn't play Field Intensity yet!
Game chapters are in bold. Important and parallel events are in italic.
When creating this timeline we focused on events that are known for sure to happen in parallel (e.g. Barney seeing Gordon dragged by soldiers) and used them as anchor points. Everything in between can be stretched in terms of duration.
FAQ
Q: Adrian Shephard seems to be unconscious for too long, it's weird!
A: We know. But if we take into account solders' voice lines in Blue Shift, we have to admit that the osprey crash in Opposing Force happened before Barney sees HECU for the first time. And as we know from Half-Life the evacuation of HECU started on the day 2. In Opposing Force we get to know about it in the chapter Welcome to Black Mesa which is almost the start of the game. Hence the gap.
Q: What are two vortigaunts spawning in the area? What's important about them?
A: It's about two vortigaunts teleporting in the outdoor area with a mortar in Opposing Force. It's a speculation, but this event may be related to Nihilanth's death. This is the last time we see vortigaunts teleporting in the game. Moreover, before that vortigaunts have not been observed for a long time to this moment in the game.
Q: Skyboxes are different in some chapters that you consider parallel!
A: Yes, but sometimes it's not easy to do otherwise. We see skybox more as a choice of an artist rather than a strict designation of time of the day (except for the night one which definetely denotes a night time). Skyboxes are inconsistent even between the official games. E.g. the Opposing Force chapter "We Are Pulling Out" is set at the same time as the end of the Half-Life chapter Surface Tension, but the maps feature different skyboxes.
What a wonderful written time line. I will keep that as reference for my own mod.
Some have done things like that on video, it s funny and interesting how some try to make that as canon as possible
Woooow, you don't even add mine to the pack.
justo queria subir un video de youtube redactando la linea de tiempo segun yo, diablos, aunque igual seria buena para analizar
Great, Thank You :)