Mods?

[nightthief]

Hi everyone

I'm new here to the H-L2 forum and I have a question:

I've read much talk of 'mods' but don't know what they are. What are they?

Are they like Fan Missions, based on the original game but made by independent people for game players like me to download and enjoy playing?

 

[rosseh]

Yes and no.
They can be 'Fan Missions' made by independent developers, they can also be unique multi-player games with entirely new weapons and physics.

Or as much a mixture of the two as you can think of. Basically, people get hold of the source code using the SDK, and set about modifying the game to how they want it. Pretty much anything can be done.

A good place to check out mods is http://www.moddb.com/.

 

[JNightshade]

Rosseh summed it up very well. I recommend getting the following:
Garry's Mod (www.garry.tv)
Half-life 2: SMod (search the 3rd party mods forum for the thread)
Fakefactory Cinematic Mod (excellent hi-def skins pack- thread is on the Halflife 2 forum)
Dystopia
DayHard
Half-Life 2: Substance GOLD (opinions are very polarized- you tend to either love it or hate it. I love it)
Goldeneye: Source (only in beta right now)
MINERVA: Metastasis (first episode of a series of levels... absolutely awesome)
HIDDEN beta 2 (very fun, but gets old... dunno if anyone still plays)

 

[Sulkdodds]

Eclipse, Antlion Troopers and Mistake of Pythagoras are good too.

 

[Loc-Dog]

Counter Strike and Day of Defeat are the most popular mods.

 

[DEATH eVADER]

Counter Strike and Day of Defeat are the most popular mods.

The original or the Source version?

After playing Counterstrike: Source I would never go back to vanilla

 

[StardogChampion]

Hi everyone

I'm new here to the H-L2 forum and I have a question:

I've read much talk of 'mods' but don't know what they are. What are they?

Are they like Fan Missions, based on the original game but made by independent people for game players like me to download and enjoy playing?

You should try out Natural Selection [link] for HL1.

Mods are not fan missions. They're seperate games made using the HL engine.

 

[Lucid]

Mods = Modifications,
They modify the original game either with minor things such as : weapon damage, amount of enemies on a level...

Or they can make it into something completely different like ...Day of Defeat(A WW2 game) or Counter-strike(Modern-day counter-terrorism game.)

Hell, Just read about them here. Hope it answers your questions.