Afraid of Monsters: Dark Assistance Beta
Mod for Half-Life (1998) | Category: Custom Campaign
Author: Andreas Ronnberg | Curator: Modbadger
Mod for Half-Life (1998) | Category: Custom Campaign
Author: Andreas Ronnberg | Curator: Modbadger
Afraid of Monsters: Dark Assistance is a cooperative version of the cult horror mod for Half-Life. You play as drug addict David Leatherhoff, who battles hallucinations and monsters in his own distorted mind. The mod offers both cooperative and single-player gameplay, improved graphics, new weapons, and redesigned maps.
Localizations:
Localizations:
The mod is localized into 1 language
(You don’t need to download anything extra to play in these languages)
Afraid of Monsters: Dark Assistance was conceived as a multiplayer remake of Afraid of Monsters: Director’s Cut by Team Psykskallar. The project started in December 2014 and officially closed in February 2016 in early development stages, but later in October 2020 the community received an early beta version. This gave birth to a beta build of the project allowing players to complete the first chapters solo or cooperatively. This is not a finished mod, but a rough snapshot of the intended remake.
The story maintains the psychedelic, anxious tone of the original, but is presented more dynamically through cooperative gameplay.
What's changed compared to Director's Cut:
Cooperative gameplay alongside single-player mode.
Reassembled and shortened levels with focus on dynamics and team gameplay.
Updated models and lighting.
New and updated weapons; balanced for multiple players.
Updated sounds/music and UI elements.
Part of these changes are present in the beta, but the full planned scope of work before release was never completed.
How to install a mod Afraid of Monsters: Dark Assistance Beta
Run the installer and follow the installation steps.
Make sure the AoMDC_COOP mod folder is located in the game's root directory.
Launch the game, go to the Change game menu, and select the mod.
Play!
To avoid entering the "Change game" menu every time you start the mod, you can:
Option 1: Launch via shortcut
Go to the properties of hl.exe and in the Target field (for example: "D:\Games\Half-Life\hl.exe") add a space and then write -game followed by the name of the mod folder in the game root directory. It should look like this: "D:\Games\Half-Life\hl.exe" -game mod_folder_name
Apply the changes.
Launch the mod using this shortcut.
Option 2: Launch via Steam
Open Steam, click on the "Games" menu > "Add a Non-Steam Game".
Browse to the game folder and select hl.exe.
A shortcut will appear in your library.
Right-click on it, select Properties, and in the "Launch Options" field write the full path to hl.exe (for example: "D:\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life\hl.exe") and add -game plus the mod folder name after a space. It should look like this: "D:\Games\Half-Life\hl.exe" -game mod_folder
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