I welcome everyone.So, I still decided on this, yes, I want to announce a remaster of one old and no less legendary mod for Half-Life 1 and this is "Invasion". Of course, the mod is not without flaws, such as the fact that the game has an overestimated complexity or that custom models leave, to put it mildly, such an impression. But one way or another, this does not negate the cult status of this modification and the fact that at that time (and this was 2003 for a minute) it had quite interesting mechanics, gameplay features, which were new at that time.
Soon this modification will be exactly 20 years old and on the eve of such an event, I decided to make a "Love Letter" to this mod, namely, to make a rework that will affect all aspects of the game. I decided to change the visual in this mod so that it looks more like a mod for the original game. Models, textures, sprites, everything will be done taking into account the style.
I decided to divide the project into 4 stages:
* Release 1 – “Visual Rework” (aka “Models Rework”)
* Release 2 - “Gameplay Rework” (aka “Coding Rework”)
* Release 3 – “Mapping Rework”
* Release 4 - “Final Edition” (The final version of the mod with all the fixes and changes)
At the moment, Release 1 is planned. Since I have already finished working with models and now I am working with Head-up Display sprites, as well as translating all texts and textures from French to English. Yes, I completely remove French and other languages from the mod, maybe later in the future there will be a translation into other languages.
With this announcement, I also want to ask for help from coders and mappers, because for the implementation of Release 2 and 3, I need these specialists, and I do not have such knowledge to release it myself. If anyone is ready to help me, then please contact me on social networks for further cooperation.
Below are screenshots from the current mod build as well as screenshots from HLMV
The release of the remaster itself is planned around the beginning of April, as soon as I finish with the rest of the work.
Thank you very much for your attention, stay in touch.
Cool, looking forward to checking it out!
What a surprise! Yeah, the mod may have some flaws but overall it's great. And it really so good to know that it will be better! I looking forward to play it.
Excellent ! I remember this MOD and I'm very happy to know that you are working on a new version ! it deserves it ! (je suis avec toi de tout coeur ;) j'espère que tu mettras une version française tout de même !)
I understand that I probably upset with the fact that localization was removed from the mod. But as I wrote above, then the rest of the languages will return, just for this I need the help of the Coders, because I need to redo the subtitles, and there localization will appear on later versions.
an english voice acting would be also good tho
this is in my plans, I want to contact Jane Trace (author of Signal Lost) in order to ask her for the actors that voiced the guards and scientists.
Cw3D did the scientist lines
T-Bot did the security guard line
Definitely unexpected! Invasion is one of the best candidates for a remaster, it’s a great mod but it really suffers from its sometimes poor visuals or map mechanics. (Like that door with a texture of a door going upwards that opens sideways for instance.)
I wish you good luck and can’t wait for the completion of your project!
Also, I know this is a very special anouncment but I think it’s still spelled "announcement" ;)
This looks great so far! 😺
i hope you add more enimes in the game , since it's lack in the og and fix some area .
Yeah I think they should add in some Alien enemy encounters scattered around the earlier chapters where you're fighting against the HECU Marines, at least some of the low tier ones like Headcrabs, Zombies, Houndeyes, and Bullsquids.
My good old memories...thank you.
This mod is amazing! Didn't expect a remaster for it. I hope you will balance the difficulty so the enemies won't be instakill sponges. The subtitles and terminals, depending on the language you choose, and the resolution setting you use, get all messy on the screen. Fixing bugs and making QoL improvements can make this mod a lot better, I wish you good luck with the project!
Many thanks, and yes, all the things you mentioned will be done, but for now, apart from the language, the first release will be without French and other languages.
На HLFX Ku2zoff вроде код инвазиона собирался фиксить, ну или по крайней мере отдельные фишки дорабатывал, вроде декалей и прочего, если есть желание можешь с ним связятся, если по коду помощь нужна.
Не, я уже нашел кодера, который помогает мне с модом, спасибо за предложение и да, ожидайте новую новость, будет что рассказать
А будет поддержка ремод в ремастере?
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And will there be support for remod in the remaster?
Нет
А когда ZikShadow сделает Remod версию для ремастера?
Ooo I got into Half-Life modding for about 3 months now that Entropy Zero 2 can provide payoffs and closure. I have been loving how stuff like Echoes, Poke646, Anti-Climax, Field Intensity, and Residual Life build up the world in their own ways and I am def interested to try a polished up version of what you've got here! It looks so interesting and silly.