Half-Life 2 is getting remastered!

Half-Life 2 is getting a community driven RTX Remix powered remaster by Orbifold Studios and with help from Nvidia! (Not to be confused with the RTX Remix fan project by Igor Zdrowowicz)
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#hl2 #remastered #rtx

[@B114__]

No way the entropy zero 2 guy with glasses started his channel

[@vrabo3026]

Good to know he survived that shotgun blast.

[@thebreadman]

HE LIVES!

[@Skellyboiy]

@@thebreadmanwait is that actually Breadman :0

[@thebreadman]

@@Skellyboiy Itsa me!

[@Skellyboiy]

It’s confirmed lol

[@RGDcommentnode]

It may not be a Source 2 engine upgrade but it still looks awesome.

[@TheRealClaylex]

Not gonna lie that suit reveal looked nice

[@FR4M3Sharma]

CS:GO / L4d2 branch

[@guspaz]

RTX Remix completely replaces the existing rendering engine, so it's far beyond Source 2. Yes, you're not getting any extra gameplay capabilities that Source 2 might offer, but since we're talking about the conversion of an existing game, that's not super relevant. All lighting and rendering is handled by RTX Remix. It's fully path traced rendering (every pixel drawn via raytracing) so it's extremely demanding to render. Basically it's akin to Cyberpunk 2077's "overdrive" mode or Quake 2 RTX and not something like existing games that have an option to sprinkle some raytracing on top of their existing rendering for reflections or shadows or whatever.

[@latticepoint5245]

@@guspazindeed. I still would like to see a source 2 version at some point with improved AI, animations, physics, and maybe the models from this project. (Since I don’t have an RTX card lol)

[@guspaz]

@@latticepoint5245 people often complain that path tracing games/mods are too demanding, but the way I see it, eventually everybody will have cards fast enough to run them at high framerates. It’s like the early days of pixel shaders, where only the most expensive cards made them practical, but after a few years they were no big deal even for the cheapest cards.

[@certifiedcretin]

I cant wait to see the improved models and maps backported into the original game

[@mr.pumpkin8891]

glad to be a part of the new members that made the 10 000 members possible! hope to see 10 000 more!

[@matijajovic8125]

Congratulations on the milestones!🎉🎉 Can't wait for this remaster.

[@AdrianCorporal81]

Q/A Question: Will the HL2 Episodes be given RTX too? And if it is, will they make the gnome achievement more..... Easy?

[@mfaizsyahmi]

Why would a graphical remaster make gameplay changes?

[@AdrianCorporal81]

@@mfaizsyahmi Hmmm

[@LG1ikLx]

Why would they make an achievement easier? It's not really an achievement otherwise 😂 Also if you watched the video it clearly states they are releasing all the tools they used to do this. In other words you could do this yourself and if you wanted to you could do the episodes

[@lecooldude]

they'll make it harder

[@AdrianCorporal81]

@@lecooldude oh no

[@AIVaneer]

I have a question for them: “ will RTX mode work with Half life 2 VR mods?”

[@officialshivertrip]

Technically it should work but it takes double the performance.

[@matijajovic8125]

Question: How will you deal with optimization since Portal remaster had problems with it?

[@MerrickSimms]

They will not, they will not care

[@ultgamercw6759]

I have lots of questions for the team making this RTX mod/remaster. 1. How will you stay faithful to the art style of Half Life 2? Many RTX mods just make everything bright and shiny along with messing with the mood of some areas due to the over exposer of lighting. (See Portal RTX for example) 2. Will base game mods that use half life code and assets be playable within the remaster? For example if I was to import Year Long Alarm or Downfall maps into it would those work? I understand other mods with custom models and weapons would likely not due to them being slightly different such as Entropy Zero 2 or Swelter. Though I am curious if the VR port will work. 3.Will this cost money or be free for people who own Half Life 2? 4. Is there plans to add in the Episodes and Lost Cost? 5. Will there be a new Developer Commentary similar to in both base Half Life 2 and Half Life 2 Update? 6. Do they have plans to include other changes to mechanics? By that I mean stuff like Splitting the sprint and flashlight like in Episode 2, or overhaling weapons such as how MMod does.

[@mr2meows]

hl2 rtx will probably be free like portal rtx and also like portal rtx i bet mods will work if you fuck with it a bit

[@Dusk-and-Joy-Gaming]

I can't wait to play this remaster! And congrats again on 10'000 members; best Valve fansite out there! Also thank you for the like on my flying headcrab. XD

[@DonomicGAMES]

Question: Are there plans to give Episodes One and Two the same RTX treatment?

[@veracc]

Question: which models are they using for characters such as alyx or eli?

[@sebaprime6411]

probably custom

[@gradius12]

Adriana Lima for Alyx and Samuel L. Jackson for Eli.

[@rgerber]

so she looks like every model in Half Life Cinematic mod? and Samuel Jackson is in everything- no keep it classy@@gradius12

[@jakeohligerintheflesh]

It's looking super well! and if community questions are allowed. I do have one, will there be new animations for NPC's and Enemies and new rebel and citizen heads? or will it be sticking to what's there with the animations. Hope this question can be taken into consideration

[@louisvittaut3448]

Question: Will the remastering of the game's assets be the same thing as the Remade Assets Project, or are they two different things?

[@murdock7380]

Question: Will HL2 RTX support the new GamepadUI? This was completely overlooked with Portal RTX, and is very much necessary for higher resolution displays. Still hoping Portal RTX gets a patch to add compatibility for the GamepadUI.

[@sonthanhvn]

cant wait for it to release and here my question: will the team behind HL2RTX gonna add FSR to their remix ?

[@Gold_Yoshi]

I would love to see the "RTX Orange Box" for Xbox Series S/X and PS5

[@ethanbear360]

Question: How will weapon models be handled?

[@VaderGaming]

Question: Like the original Half-Life 2, will the game the be able to be modded into fan made mods, like MMOD, Watch The Paint Dry, and such?

[@sebaprime6411]

uses RTX remix, any game that uses fixed function rendering is possible

[@havoc3-243]

pretty sure it's only going to be mods that don't change the code

[@sebaprime6411]

@@havoc3-243 no, since it uses RTX remix it can be used with anything

[@endermangames_]

3:31 Yes, GGEFC13 is absolutely a classic, my favorite Half-Life 2 mod. It literally changed my life forever, and i even know the dev himself, he's a very nice guy

[@ump45_gfl]

"beyond this headcrab here" man did lamarr dirty...

[@glbernini0]

Bizarre that a company would say..."WE REALLY DON'T WANT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS" No true re-make for this amazing classic game!

[@sitkinator]

I got a question for the HL2 RTX team (crazy) How will you deal with the player model? Since there's reflections and shadows that could expose the ugly cement Gordon.

[@certifiedcretin]

They may just end up hiding the player shadow but I hope they put that extra effort in to have a fully animated Gordon player model for shadows and stuff

[@TheJimsterIsHere]

Question: when half-life 2 rtx comes out will the characters keep the same style of Half-Life 2 or will they look completely different?

[@mattyclarke1969]

Question: Will there be any new or improved animations and voice lines?

[@thatgothcat]

ohmygosh ohmygosh I’m so excited for this 💙

[@xulfite]

Question: Are the character models themselves being remastered? If so, how? From scratch or texture enhancement? Many thanks and can’t wait for the project!

[@jasontheredfox]

I hope so

[@toainsully]

Now, all that's left are Episodes 1 and 2 that will be remastered

[@streetystuff]

Question: Will you guys PLEASE re-add the starfield screensaver?

[@spartan117ak]

i can see the asset packs being very helpful to Sandbox in future

[@snoiper-bp9vf]

Question: what is the process of remaking textures?

[@havoc3-243]

Question: Will Lost Coast be included with HL2 RTX? And how will cheaple look in RTX?

[@matthewphilpott1702]

Another game worth going over again! I'm loving all these remakes! This one's looking outstanding. Go orbital studios!!!

[@scarlettNET]

Kralich has been one of the best things that has happened to the modding community in recent years imo. Can't wait to see what other crazy stuff he pulls off one day.

[@klortikterra4423]

it was just now in the video i realized that L.G voiced radio guy from EZ2

[@gomango99]

Question: Will this be well optimised for AMD cards? I’m planning on buying a 6750xt but i’d still like to play this at more than 2fps.

[@Coolkidstan]

So for the release of HL2 With RTX the best ways to increase performance (Data from Portal with RTX that was tested on 4 different cards(an RTX 3050, an RTX 3060, an RTX 4060 and an RTX 4080), 1. Install latest graphics drivers 2. Decrease resolution of the game 3. Turn off DLSS 3 when configuring graphics settings and also set minimal light bounces to 0 and maximum to 1-4 (4 maximum light bounces work on 1080p Ultra perf DLSS with a 3060 ti with 2 fans although those fans were working HARD) 4. Keep your mouse moving fast if you are not trying to focus on something so that it doesn't render too far and cause lag.

[@gloveman0]

Looking forward to this and Remastered Collection. Another excuse to revisit City 17 and my favorite series again. Question 1: Are mods such as MMod going to be compatible? Question 2: Will it be released on Steam with Achievements like the Portal RTX Question 3: If this project goes well do you think future remasters are possible or is this a 1 off project by Nvidia?

[@sebaprime6411]

this uses RTX remix which will be available to the public, any game that uses fixed function rendering can be fully (visually) remastered with it, even asset replacements (it replaces the game's renderer with it's own)

[@alexandermarcus2818]

Question: will there be classic ray tracing method besides extremely heavy path tracing, in the settings? Just to have ability to play remaster in native QHD resolution without disabling RTX completely.

[@sebaprime6411]

not until nvidia adds the option to disable rtx in rtx remix

[@schpeidermann]

Is that the "Half Life 2: Remastered Collection" or something else? It seems those remastered projects pop up but never get finished.

[@gamma2816]

Imagine this with HL2 update and MMod installed! 😭👍 As for my question: TL;DR - Are they remastering HL2 vanilla or HL2U? Also RTX on/off feature. Long version - Since MMod will probably be made for this version I don't have to worry about that, but which version of Half-life 2 are they remastering? Vanilla och the famous "Update" version available on STEAM? Because HL2U is low key superior so they should go with that. Also will we be able to turn RTX on and off? A dumb question I know since it's kinda the point, but I don't have an RTX capable card and I just want the remastered aspect, will this be possible? :P

[@RMJ1984]

I really hope that they add customizable time of day. So what you can choose to play during daylight or during night.

[@HR15DE]

Question: it is known that theres already a official HL2 remaster is in the making by the people who made hl2 update. What does the team think about it ? is this a fully remastering project or just RTX remix with hd assets here and there?

[@sebaprime6411]

Update guy is still quiet about his project. Second one but also the first one because every asset they can replace will be replaced.

[@HR15DE]

@@sebaprime6411 cant wait to play it. really itching to play all hl2 and episodes but waiting for a big remaster

[@matthewpaanotorres7309]

Nice! Just like what I would say to those sexy 1960s Muscle Cars of the day! WHEW! Those were awesome back in the good ol' days.

[@pixalosh]

Question : Are you going to remake every single character model to fit the more realistic style? And if so are you going to take any character models from HL:Alyx, such as G-Man and Eli?

[@Njazmo]

I think they have to.

[@LambdaMiscellaneous]

They're remaking every model. It's a completely different game (Graphically, of course.)

[@bravo2221]

HELL YEAH! iv been waiting for this for a long time!

[@randomcrap7682]

We're just slowly moving closer and closer to gmod rtx

[@schrodingjer1308]

is this only for rtx cards? or gtx and amd get as well?

[@MomradG]

Question for the team: Will you be making some adjustments for the game visuals, to better guide the player and the narrative, if there are any ideas for that? After this many years, you probably gathered some experience about how to make the game even better on that front.

[@beardalaxy]

Will you be able to play without raytracing while still using the new models/textures?

[@gaga1298]

no, this is like portal rtx

[@User-_-Invalid]

I can't unhear the guy from entropy zero 2...

[@G7ue]

Q/A Question: Will the games brushwork, and amount of prop placement be updated as well? Or is it just going to be textures, materials, and props being touched up for PBR/RTX?

[@lizierose]

Ahhhhhh I can't wait!!!

[@zombietoast48]

Q/A: Are there changes to the audio and remasters or clean ups of audio files and music?

[@arturoplaying7445]

Question: are they going to replace any npc model?

[@polorchen1592]

Question: Will there be any retcons for HL':A and such? Q2: Will this mod be avaiable for non-rtx users in a way or other?

[@sebaprime6411]

No for botg

[@themisterdellou]

would you tell about it in a year

[@RaptorMocha]

so hyped for this remaster!

[@Faisca5701]

a good q and a question ''will they remake animations for weapons and other animations or keep it classic style''

[@truedwell]

HL2 remake in VR!

[@jackey6149]

Question: Will half life 2 with rtx have a vr mode and will mods work with it?

[@AmberSantana-is3dq]

I’m trying to find out as well I love br

[@nonyabusiness1939]

Any news?

[@VivaLaMORTIS]

will it work for half life 2 VR???

[@SPEC1M3N]

Question: I know it is probably a long shot. But, will HL2 RTX be compatible with HL2 MMOD? If not, will there be any plans to make the gun game more satisfying and fun?

[@sebaprime6411]

Probably will. Uses RTX remix

[@stefanogrillo6040]

Isnt it great that LG is also the official voice actor for Gordon😆

[@AdrianCorporal81]

Wait WHAT?

[@LG1ikLx]

I hope they give the option to toggle ray tracing. Personally I would rather have a high frame rate then ray tracing but the new objects look awesome

[@sebaprime6411]

Impossible. Look up RTX remix

[@HistoryOnPaper]

3:32 we need Genry in RTX

[@spbalance]

Do it thoroughly like Crowbar Collective did Black Mesa or don't bother. Those previews do very little for me. HL2 is such a fine specimen on its own, if you're gonna make it look better, you gotta go all the way. Switching out some models, textures and applying the RTX coating won't cut it.

[@gordonneverdies]

Kralich, if you ever see this, your work on EZ2 was incredible. One of my all time favorites! Thanks for all the hard work.

[@exile9024]

it would be so cool if this was being done with source 2 and those fancy new smoke effects.

[@Carbonated404]

Question: Will the project use the added map details of Half-Life 2 Update?

[@sebaprime6411]

why would they do that? they can completely overhaul visuals at will with remix

[@Carbonated404]

@@sebaprime6411 I thought they'd keep the maps the same. Just update the models and graphics.

[@sebaprime6411]

@@Carbonated404 layout yes, but the visual part is alterable in any way with rtx remix

[@Leggenda007]

I'm soo Happy to hear that

[@uncommittedsuicid439]

Question: Will they be revamping NPC models with RTX?

[@NLPhantom97]

While I'm happy that Half Life is getting more attention I cannot help but think about the fact that NVIDIA is actually trying to make their tech available only on their own cards. I'm not particularly team red or team green (or team blue) but AMD is actively making all their developments available to all cards, even competitors.. New technology should be available to everyone, not only the ones that fill their wallets.

[@zmax1muus744]

question: does valve have any involvment in this remake?

[@mirxcl3208]

I would like to see an actual remaster of this game using Source 2 like what happend with Quake 2, first, the original, then the RTX version and finally the actual remaster which is actually accessible for everyone.

[@vrabo3026]

This is like the 6th HL2 remaster I've heard about.. Seems like there's a new one announced every few years and then just disappears. I still have no idea what happened to the one that was trying to port HL2 to the CS:GO Source engine branch.

[@kiillabytez]

For once I'd like to see a developer put this much effort into something we haven't played a million times already.

[@h.p2227]

The first version of black mesa in rtx

[@HumorDesqualificado]

Genry's Great Escape From City 13 😅😅😅😅

[@3oviel]

My Brother in crist you forgot that there is half life 1 with rtx XD

[@pavidarkin9797]

Will it be possible to play hl2 rtx in vr?

[@RebelFromCity1878]

i hope they make a vr mod for half-life 2 rtx becuase it will look like half-life alyx and it looks like the continue of half-life alyx it will be so good!

[@mattc7420]

Does that mean I have to upgrade?

[@AdventuresWithFord]

Basically the cinematic mod, but way better.

[@lionocyborg6030]

It better be compatible with RTX 2060: I was lucky to get one of those in my laptop as it was new at the time and I don’t want to have to upgrade yet again so soon.

[@nooux1966]

Doubt, even on a desktop 2060 it's likely to struggle, nvm a laptop 2060 chip.

[@ThatReplicant]

Please don't ever make anyone wait 2 minutes before getting into the thing they clicked on ever again

[@userbosco]

BioShock 1 & 2 w/ this treatment would be amazing

[@FPSYassir]

Altough i do not have any rtx graphic card yet, i hope that people get to play it. I might get one soon tho!

[@mrarivalee]

But, this is how the game looked when I started playing the game a decade ago!

[@kingx1180]

Igor is working on this too

[@ethanbear360]

I think they're two separate projects

[@kingx1180]

@@ethanbear360 they arent, igor is part of the team now, he is working on the 3d models

[@sheep7255]

If it works for DX8-9 games, that means TF2 will also work. Not sure who's gonna be able to run it though

[@carrotfarme3955]

A question for the dev interview: will this be transferable to Gmod? if not, are there plans to make RTX for Garry's mod?

[@frogkik]

the half life rtx remaster looks aesthetically so much better

[@Pr0ject2]

Literally only just finished replaying hl2 and it's episodes. Guess I'm back into it again 🤦‍♂️🤣

[@andreistan7552]

Question: What are going to be the minimum specs required for playing Half Life 2 RTX ?

[@gaga1298]

like portal rtx

[@andreistan7552]

@@gaga1298 so a 3060 minimum Damn.....I have a 2060

[@gaga1298]

@@andreistan7552 look at some portal rtx videos who have tested 2060, i will run, but the result will be unsatisfying

[@indian_crocodile]

thats not confirmed. but still you have a lot of time to upgrade since this remaster isnt coming this year@@andreistan7552

[@razvangramada]

Question: Who is ready to have their minds blown? I am.

[@mroldgreg]

Q & A question for them: Portal RTX, to me, killed a lot of the atmosphere by making everything 'shiny and clean' and also got rid of Valves indirect storytelling they did VIA lighting techniques. Are you planning to keep things like that in place (art direction), to keep the mood and atmospheres as they were? (Ravenholm and the Citadel especially)? So far, I really like what I saw. I really disliked Portals trailer in comparison.

[@revenant50]

What about the newest dlss 3.5?

[@TheGhostOfSabotage]

What do you expect of the HL franchise in the future? We all know Valve takes years to do stuff for single player stuff to make stuff, that isn't crappy, in the coming years or more?

[@EpicFudgemuffin]

What are the chances a non-4090 owner can run this well?

[@prpwnage9296]

DLSS exists. With it you can tweak to get at least 60fps