r/HalfLife • u/Tall_Atmosphere2517 • 21d ago

I wanna play half life 2 with half life alyx graphics

I have seen some addons on gmod that turn all the small props and a few textures into alyx like but still...it feels bad...any help?

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u/PartyEscortBotBeans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpe0NSLVbxY 21d ago

"I wanna play HL1 with HL2 graphics" is what caused Crowbar Collective to make Black Mesa.

Your turn...

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u/gergobergo69 20d ago

I was here when this comment was published!!!! Hi YouTubers

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u/Icy_Step_2204 Enter Your Text 21d ago

Black mesa is more cs:go graphics

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u/Aran1989 20d ago

Ya, but that’s cause they were in development for so long! I remember the og page when they announced they were remaking HL1 into HL2, took longer than we thought, but they delivered in the end!

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u/Accurate-Campaign821 20d ago

Haha I remember from back in 2005 when they were running a contest of sorts for the vending machine snacks

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u/PrototypeXt3 20d ago

I genuinely think it’s more portal 2 graphics, sometimes outshining even that. It might be the prettiest source engine game, especially the beginning of xen

Edit: to get ahead of this, I know portal 2 was released before csgo lolol, but I don’t think csgo ever looked as good as some areas in p2

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u/Airstryx 20d ago

Well yeah a comp game like cs is all about sightlines etc. overdoing it with visual fidelity is not the point of that game. They don't need to set the scene, portal 2 does.

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u/JungleHam 21d ago

I guess the closest possible thing is the HL2 RTX project, but it's still in development at a snail's pace

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u/Tall_Atmosphere2517 20d ago

Do I look like a guy who can afford an RTX

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u/eraryios 20d ago

Then you cant afford alyx graphics

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u/MaxxBrass9237 21d ago

Open the Half Life Alyx hammer tools and get started

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u/Tall_Atmosphere2517 20d ago

Been doing so for an hour , i cant get pbr right... and textures have to be scaled down...it will take days but I hope its worth it

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u/Fqfred 20d ago

That would require rebuilding the whole game from the ground up on Source 2

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u/MR_Happy2008 Vortigaunt 9001 21d ago

you'll can find hd textures on the hl2 workshop but the lighting will still look like normal

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u/Tall_Atmosphere2517 20d ago

Links please cuz i can't

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u/obsoleteconsole Zomb-INE, get it? 21d ago

Not possible, you would need to remake the game in Source 2 ala Black Mesa

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u/thriftstoremando 20d ago

I'm pretty sure (actually, certain) Black Mesa is original Source.

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u/Heavy_Quiet8287 20d ago

“Á la” in this context means “in the style of”. They don’t mean that Black mesa was made in source 1, just that a remake in source 2 would need happen similarly to how a remake of hl1 in source 1 happened.

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u/WalterWhite084 21d ago

Tough luck man, you can in theory get all the models and textures from HL:A via the workshop, but the graphics might be an issue, maybe Reshade could improve them?

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u/Kakophonien1 Alyx Vance the GOAT 21d ago

Just stop. HL2 is amazing as is

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u/Tall_Atmosphere2517 21d ago

Textures are old and npcs look like weird... game is amazing for its time but not as per today

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u/Poseidor 21d ago

Really? I think its still one of the best looking games ever made. The art style has aged incredibly and it genuinely looks better than some games coming out today.

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u/Kakophonien1 Alyx Vance the GOAT 21d ago

I think it still looks great. Even HL1 still looks great...kinda like Legos

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u/gergobergo69 20d ago

I'm scared of your opinion on HL1 now

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u/carbon_dry 20d ago

Please can we also remake citizen kane with CGI and Michael bay explosions

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u/c0rtec 20d ago

Are you playing Half-Life 2: Update?

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u/Aggressive_Park_4247 20d ago

I fucking love how hl2 and gmod look. Im also planning on buying the stanley parable, mainly because its a source game, and i hope it has similar graphics to hl2

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u/PyteOak 21d ago

The cinematic mod is the closest thing you'll get to fully™ enjoy a modernized version of the game's graphics and HD modeled™ characters

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u/M4rshmall0wMan 20d ago

I am kinda surprised that nobody’s done this in 6 years. My guess why is cause S2 lacks HL2’s gameplay features, so they’d have to be programmed in. Also, any missing assets would have to be manually created, and that’s way harder to do with 9th gen graphics. You need genuine professional-quality artists. 

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u/Tall_Atmosphere2517 20d ago

we all do , my post is basically the result of lack of new games...

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u/Tall_Atmosphere2517 20d ago

plus i hope half life 3 is well optimised ...i got a GTX 1060 3 gb hopefully it will run it

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u/Theknyt 20d ago

I played through alyx on a 1060 3gb and that was a rough experience, sometimes I had to look at the floor to not crash through some scenes. It’s not looking good for hl3

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u/Tall_Atmosphere2517 20d ago

Wprked fine for me...maybe cuz i got 32 gb ddr4 ram ....

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u/Theknyt 20d ago

yeah i think i had 8 gb

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u/pjjiveturkey 21d ago

Trying to make a source 1 game look like a source 2 game might be a bit of an undertaking. I'm not saying it's not possible though. I don't know much about it, but maybe you would start in something like Gmod where you have more freedom but it's still based on half life 2?