Yet another PS2 Half-Life port release (v1.0) news

This is an initial release of my PS2 to PC Half-Life port.

All resources such as maps, models, sounds, music, sprites, decals, and skyboxes were ported directly from PS2 Half-Life.

This mod also features custom DLL that includes all crucial PS2HL entities:

• "item_healthcharger"
• "item_recharge"
• "item_eyescanner"
• "item_generic"
• "env_warpball"
• "trigger_playerfreeze"
• "trigger_random"

DLL demonstration:

If you are unaware of PS2 Half-Life, there are some of its main features in comparison to PC version:

• Redesigned maps:

• Redesigned NPC models:

• New appearance of chargers and scanners:

• Modified HUD:

A bunch of enhancements is included with mod in separate folder such as:

1. Graphics enhancements (for GoldSource and Xash) - PS2 hires G-Man model - PC skyboxes, weapon models (from HDMP), and sprites
2. Xash3D only enhancements - map textures in original PS2 size - original c2a2b1, c2a3c, c2a3e maps - PS2 Uplink

As far as I tested, it works in GoldSource (WON and Steam) and Xash3D. Installation details are in the ReadMe.txt file.

Multiplayer (head-to-head) maps are included so it is possible to play them on LAN.

PS2 Uplink is also included as part of Xash3D enhancements.

General

• Some stability issues: after a long one sitting playthroughs it can randomly cash
• Cars crashed by gargantua are surrounded by debug "fireflies", can't figure out how to disable it

Engine specific

GoldSource

• Gargantua car crash animations are glitchy
• Music. WON: it refuses to play music from HDD at all. Steam: music playback stops after next map loading or when player is frozen
• PS2 Uplink is bugged

Xash3D - General

• It is important to use the latest version. Otherwise, you can experience some problems.

Xash3D v0.49/0.99 (build 4260)

• Some sounds and dialogs are missing\broken (because at the moment Xash3D can't play sounds tied to model animations)
• Player can stuck in moving platforms

Old Xash3D v0.48/0.98 (build 3598)

• Crash on "c2a3e" map
• Random looping train sounds
• Some beams are missing
• Broken model lighting
• Player can stuck in moving platforms

Changes made to the original PS2 resources:

• Some leftover CR references were showing up in Xash3D so I nulled them out in "titles.txt"
• Hazard Course was edited to fit more to PC version: long jump speech was replaced with PC one, "lock on" course was excluded
• Some models were recompiled to exclude LOD submeshes
• Some models were recompiled to have double-sided surfaces
• Some water textures looked too bright so I replaced them with PC equivalents
• There are 3 maps that caused problems in GoldSource and were replaced with PC ones: c2a2b1, c2a3c, c2a3e
• PS2 Nihilanth model was buggy, so I replaced it with PC model
• To ensure compatibility with GoldSoruce map textures were linearly rescaled to proper PC sizes (but if you play with Xash3D I recommend to use original textures coming with “Xash3D enhancements”)