Half-Life 2: Classic
Mod for Half-Life (1998) | Category: Total Conversion
Author: Sockman111 | Curator: Modbadger
Mod for Half-Life (1998) | Category: Total Conversion
Author: Sockman111 | Curator: Modbadger
Half-Life 2: Classic is a fan-made demake of Half-Life 2 on the GoldSrc engine, showing how the game might have looked if Valve hadn't switched to Source.
Localizations:
Localizations:
The mod is localized into 1 language
(You don’t need to download anything extra to play in these languages)
Half-Life 2: Classic is an ambitious fan project by Team Classic, representing a technical and artistic adaptation of Half-Life 2 for the GoldSrc engine that powered the first game. The project aims to evoke nostalgia and curiosity - to see how the legendary game would have looked if it had been released in the era of the original Half-Life.
The game preserves familiar elements - locations, enemies such as metrocops, zombies, headcrabs, as well as weapons: crowbar, Gravity gun, MP7, AR2, SPAS-12, revolver, and crossbow. All of this is stylized under the visual aesthetics of Half-Life 1 - simplified textures, special atmosphere, "old-school" lighting and animations.
Unfortunately, the project was never completed, and now only has two demo versions with some levels from Half-Life 2.
How to install a mod Half-Life 2: Classic
Extract the Half-Life2Classic_Ravenholm or HL2Classicdemo folder (or both) and place it 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
