Opposing Force: Enlightened - a mod for Half-Life: Opposing Force that adds a lot of new weapons, improves lighting, effects, and atmosphere of the original campaign, making it visually more modern without changing the storyline.
Localizations:
Localizations:
The mod is localized into 1 language
(You don’t need to download anything extra to play in these languages)
Opposing Force: Enlightened presents a reworked version of the classic expansion, where the familiar campaign gets new visual design and additional elements. Enhanced lighting, refined effects, and subtitles create an atmosphere close to a Source-level remaster, but with its own style.
The game introduces new enemies, including spore soldiers and reworked assassins, as well as an expanded arsenal. However, due to the abundance of weapons, the balance sometimes feels overloaded, and some mechanics like sprinting or extra rounds in the chamber feel unnecessary or underdeveloped. Certain innovations, like maps with HEV suit fighters or flinching mechanics when hit, are ambiguous: they add variety but sometimes reduce gameplay comfort.
Despite technical rough edges like weapon bugs, shadow issues, or unfinished map details, the project still provides a vibrant experience of replaying Opposing Force, making it visually fresh and rich.
Overall, Enlightened is an ambitious and memorable project worth trying for all Half-Life fans.
How to install a mod Opposing Force: Enlightened
У вас должно быть установлено официальное дополнение Half-Life: Opposing Force.
Extract the op4enlightened folder 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
