How Modders Fixed Half Life Alyx

[@fabledorchid8410]

I wish there was a modding category for mainstream game awards or showcases, cause there are some pretty amazing mods made by some really talented people that deserve a spotlight.

[@virtualinsider]

Very true

[@TuTAH_1]

IMO they deserve it even more than just games, since games today are usually more buisness product than art; while mods are mostly written on pure enthusiasm with the only purpose of doing something awesome.

[@Idk_Biguy]

Like the creators of bonelab fusion deserve an award because it took so long to make it

[@P-Nokota]

Well let vote on it

[@daniil9150]

Arent there anything like that on moddb?

[@Echo-22-538]

Campaign+ is an awesome mod! I love it! It's funny how there's Zombines because in HL2: Episode 1 Alyx is surprised to see a headcrab on a Combine and even makes a joke which gives the Zombine it's name.

[@virtualinsider]

Thats a good point, probably doesnt make sense for the lore of the game and probably why they arent in by default.

[@gerardonavarro3400]

I will never forget that moment lol, it was one of the greatest sideyes I've had in gaming

[@Echo-22-538]

@@gerardonavarro3400 Facts though

[@Blurns]

@@virtualinsider There are combine ordinal zombies, which are technically zombine. It does contradict Episode 1, but they just don't draw attention to it.

[@lenzi5119]

@@Blurns I guess in the original timeline, Eli didn't discover the secret of the vault. (The structure in the vault probably didn't exist because I assume they didn't capture Gman in the og timeline for Gman to make a different ending in ep2.) Alyx didn't go to the vault because of course his father wasn't in need of saving and thus, she didn't come in contact with Zombine or the rest of the horrors in the vault.

[@andrej1551]

"Who doesnt like it hard?" wise choice of words

[@Thxtnt]

My thoughts exactly

[@magicmidgetman]

🤨

[@GL1TCH_DOCTOR]

"lets face it, who doesn't like it hard"

[@DoNotSubscribetoMePlease]

3:05 moment

[@chrispylieutenant420]

I read this comment the exact second he said it lol.

[@Pigness7]

Nice clickbait, please stop with this MODDERS ARE FIXING clickbait format, as a modder I despise it. HLA doesnt need "fixing" just say you're showing off some cool mods, just say that.

[@EDaley10]

based

[@trustypotato9998]

I completely missread that and thought you said that you despise HLA

[@宋利稳]

Yes

[@theofficialnerdemoji]

Its not a “CLICKBAIT” format hes right the modders do fix HLA with new mods and improvements you are just misreading and are getting mad for a stupid little thing

[@Centila]

​@@theofficialnerdemojihe ain't gonna fuck you bro

[@DanieL12001]

I think that you are doing a great job featuring so many AAA VR games, counterintuitive they not get so much attention in the VR community and they lead the technology forward after all

[@ch3cksund3ad]

For real, HLA and Boneworks should be the standards for VR games now. Really tired of trash, half-ass VR games, not worth the trouble for me to set it up. Not enough real, full games on VR still

[@scrabble567]

*cough cough* fallout 4@@ch3cksund3ad

[@HarutoAogami]

The reason why she uses an M1911 is because HLA takes place before Gordon's return. When Earth still had supplies of human weaponry. There obviously wasn't much of a coordinated resistance back then that there is after Gordon's return.

[@Stampyboyz]

The H&K USP match is human weaponry, unless H&K decided to sell out to the combine, civil protection and some combine soldiers are using the leftover weapons

[@10secondsrule]

What a nonsense…

[@YufengGaming]

The M1911 was the standard issue side arm for Metropolice in Half Life Alyx, before it was phased out, and likely destroyed in the Combines efforts to destroy all non-CSI weaponry (combine standard issue). It was replaced by the H&K USP Match for it's cheap construction and lesser calibre, able to incapacitate immaciated citizens.

[@czarnakoza9697]

the combine literally uses human weapons lmfao

[@notgudatgame1667]

its more that they made the experience more advanced than fixing it, valve knows what they are doing, so they probably know best for how they make their own games

[@Walternity]

I like to use the USP replacement when playing custom maps, though in the main campaign I prefer the m1911 since Alyx has always used a modified m1911 in half-life 2 and it's Episodes so it feels consistent with the lore to use it in HLA since it's implied that the gun you use in HLA eventually becomes the "Alyx Gun" seen in half-life 2.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Yeah, similar. And there is no real reason to replace the pistol. Half Life 1 has a Glock, Half Life 2 the USP. and Half Life Alyx a M1911. Each game with it's own pistol.

[@tinmipad4sokabali74]

Op4 with a deagle and blue shift with m9.

[@BirdRaiserE]

Chad opinion

[@cr1tikal_arc]

@@tinmipad4sokabali74 the desert eagle replaced the revolver in opposing force tbf

[@legssohot7640]

I'd love if there was a 1911 mod that had the quirks of the USP replacer. However from a gameplay perspective I much prefer the sights of the USP since I'm pretty sure the sights on the 1911 aren't zeroed properly past like 15 meters, along with the grip position. I understand why they went with the teacup grip since most controllers encourage it and Alyx isn't the most experienced shooter by this time, but the index controllers are perfectly capable of a more proper handgun grip

[@TeurastajaNexus]

Replacing the M1911 with USP among other things is not considered "fixing" the game so the title is a bit off.

[@n0m4r22]

he even just shows off a HALO WEAPON and called it "fixing the game"

[@Karv3r]

Having Gunman Contracts enabled and playing the main game or other custom levels actually decreases the enemy health to a "realistic" level, making firefights feel much better.

[@DoubleBoi]

I think all games should have mod support, that's what makes a game better because sometimes Devs don't care or aren't aware/don't have time

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

And it is what makes games live long after the developer is done with it.

[@ngregoirenc]

@@HappyBeezerStudios even spawning sucessful new games afrom the mods

[@cowboycat298]

you can mod all games, it just depends on if people want to or not

[@phoenixmarktwo]

​@@cowboycat298 Yes and no. Most games are not built with mod support, which can make modding them frustrating and confusing. It's why games kike Half Lift 2 have a billion mods while Call of Duty (insert entry here) has very few.

[@Tudorgeable]

@@HappyBeezerStudios It's what made ID and Valve immensely popular

[@davidchandler5432]

I follow VR stuff daily but I still hadn't heard of a bunch of these, thanks for compiling them in a nice video with links!

[@virtualinsider]

Happy to help!

[@ottorask7676]

"how modders fixed hl alyx" >beangun

[@TuTAH_1]

0:55 There's also "sprint button mod" for it.

[@virtualinsider]

Didnt know about that, thanks

[@TuTAH_1]

@@virtualinsider ​ It have been here not for too long, through - just about an half-year ago. I was actually wandererd why there weren't such essential thing as sprint, even in mods for a long time. And I was really glad when this mod comed out.

[@ChubbyChickenlol]

3:08 that's what she said.

[@CricetoFunni]

"As Valve didn't like the feeling of 2-handed weapons in VR" I'm pretty sure it's actually because they wanted the game to be accessible to people who could only use 1 controller. Also, I think calling the video "How Modders _Fixed_ Half Life Alyx" is a bit misleading as these mods aren't fixes at all, they're just changes. They don't make the game better, just different. There's already a vocal minority of toxic, entitled people in basically every modding community who just mod the game to be tailored more to _their_ personal preferences (which in many cases makes the game worse and furthers it from the devs' vision) and then act like they're geniuses for "fixing" the game. I feel like putting a title like this is just giving those people more gratification.

[@Endolas1]

I realy don't like title like that, it sound's like modders are intitled. they fix games... because they are better than the devs...

[@RongleBringer]

2 handed guns in VR feel dumb and janky without a 2 handed controller. Unfortunately no manufacturer makes one apart from PSVR1 Aim controller, but that suffers from PSVR crap tracking

[@lukabrasi001]

okay but you still need two hands for a lot of stuff in the game. the only reason HLA doesn't feature two handed weapons is because they are a pain to create rigs for. just look at BrandonJLA's stuff from Node where he talks about developing his VR games like boneworks and how much maths and calculations were needed to figure out how to properly implement two handed guns, and how to operate them

[@SoapCkat]

​@RongleBringer eh there are lots of stocks for controllers these days so i wouldnt say no one makes them theyre not a true controller but honestly theyre better than just being a controller way more accessible

[@Baratako0]

@@Endolas1 Nowadays, games really do feel like that, with modders improving and fixing games that the devs didn't

[@VosDa033]

I'm pretty sure the reason that there weren't any zombines in the original game is because in half life: 2 Alyx sees them for the first time, hence the zombine joke

[@AveriV1]

Hmmm. A Combine zombie. That's, that's like a...a.. Zombine! Right? Heh... Zombine, get it? Heh heh. Okay.

[@trianglemoebius]

In all fairness, she could have just not thought of the pun the first time she saw them.

[@Generalmacka]

When she first said that I just said “no it’s a Combie” then started giggling until it started charging at me with a grenade

[@Im_CommanderBlackout]

There are zombie ordinals in the game.

[@source-enjoyer-72s]

fun fact: scripted item test range is a map in SteamVR Home, thats why in HL:A its called MK2, or i could be all wrong, even though most of the weapons are in the mk2 version

[@rgazdic]

Zombines are present in HLA. You encounter them at railway intersection when you go to the generator room to retrieve batteries for operating combine console.

[@magicmidgetman]

thats what I'm saying!

[@daniellemarie6186]

this video is so well made that i've already watched it 5 time over.

[@DeimosPC]

Every time I play Alyx I remember why I bought VR. It’s truly phenomenal. I haven’t played a game that gave me that feeling since

[@KingMetalMario]

I really want to play HL Alyx bit I feel like it won't be worth the money considering the finite library of games for VR I'm interested in

[@TheRealJochen]

I never really noticed just how intractable everything in alyx is until I played any other vr game afterwards

[@Skrenja]

Check out Subnautica and Resident Evil 2,3,7 and Village.

[@DeimosPC]

@@KingMetalMario Believe me.. I own so many games and Alyx is still by far the best game out there for VR. It’ll blow your mind. The visuals are incredible and the atmosphere is amazing

[@DeimosPC]

@@TheRealJochen Same. It’s really good. I hope Valve works on more VR titles.

[@Dima_Stardust]

replacing Alyx's 1911 with USP is definitely not a fix altough nice vid

[@agarlicsorbet6482]

uuuuuuuuuuuuugh you beat me to it. Yes. 1911 is good as it is. For the game USP is og but come on it's 1911.

[@Dima_Stardust]

​@@agarlicsorbet6482 wdym og? earlier guys below remembered that in each HL there were different pistols

[@SirCheeseEater]

​@@Dima_Stardust The real og would be the Glock 17

[@chiefdanny5058]

@@Dima_Stardust HL2 came out 19 years ago. The USP match is old enough to vote. It definitely qualifies as an Original Gangsta

[@ViceMightBeTaken]

3:29 "USP Match" Yet its not a USP Match, just a regular USP.

[@bruhmoment879]

The modders are probably on the valve’s future employee list now

[@branchie8979]

0:28 so we're just lying now are we? this game had the most spectacle and awesome set pieces in the series so far

[@kellymoses8566]

At this rate Half Life Alyx will be the greatest VR game ever

[@Archman155]

12:42 this is actually based from HL2 E2 when you are defending alyx and the vortigaunt before she is healed

[@some_random_toaster]

Oh mein gott! Is that the Heckler & Koch USP in .45-ACP from the hit game Half-Life 2??!11!

[@wimvanwaes5939]

Dude sounds like he's working downstairs at Downton Abbey

[@FPChris]

0:40 I just got a Katwalk C2 Core and I'm glad to hear it's slow.

[@iowanrake746]

one thing with the usp match from half-life 2, is that it is missing what makes it a usp match and not a usp. it is missing the barrel weight in the front to reduce recoil.

[@despressod]

The most informative VR channel on YT! Great work my man!

[@TheActualDylan]

This is amazing, I was just recently looking for some sort of compendium of Alyx mods worth trying, as I've seen so many mentioned but didn't know where to start. This is a great "what to do next now that you've finished the game". Nice!

[@juniorsilvabroadcast]

Half life alyx weapons are pretty ok. And lore friendly

[@KB-du3rh]

Thanks for all your videos, especially these ones about mods (both Flat>VR, and modding VR games). Don't have as much time nowadays so these videos go a long way! Cheers

[@princesspupcake1269]

The USP Match mod is pretty cool, but unless it's an upgrade you can unlock it's technically not the "Match" model, it's missing the compensator.

[@Ur_Laggin]

I hope more indie vr games are made with the half life Alyx engine

[@gamertypeawesome]

(it's called source 2)

[@twisetdash]

Valve stated back in 2020 before the release of Alyx that they have no current plans to release a "Source 2 SDK" like what Source has. Doesn't seem like that's changed yet, they have different editors for respective Source 2 games (Dota 2, CS2, Alyx, SteamVR) but nothing to the degree of what we have with Source. The closest you are gonna get as of now is s&box, a "spiritual successor" to G-mod, but explicitly not "G-mod 2," think of it more like Source 2 Roblox. The thing about S&box is that is very very far from release and you have to do some work to get an Alpha key.

[@charredolive]

A proper portal 2 vr mod using the source 2 engine is all i can hope for

[@ParaglidingManiac]

Didn't know about AUG. Thank you! P.S. I am disappointed that you didn't mention Incursion and Cornered, two of my favorite workshop little campaigns.

[@jasonhill7698]

There’s nothing to fix really it’s a great game

[@leossmallengines]

why the fuck are the corrupted trumpets in my walls

[@STNKbone]

great to learn about the Merciless mod! The way headcrabs and antlions telegraphed their attacks, and the overall ease of combat was my biggest issue with Alyx.

[@TheSateef]

i'm playing the 'from here to there' mod at the moment, pretty good, but the gunman mods are definitely my favorite, its just they've become too easy because there's no random behavior of the NPCs

[@jimbob9086]

Here to there was incredible, the creator was an ophthalmologist and it shows, with his eye for detail lol

[@clearlyanartistanimations6915]

I think Valve did this as a precursor to a Gordon Freeman title or Half Life 3 in order to test and hash some features out before shifting to higher level VR technology that's likely to come out.

[@justpassingby298]

It is genuinly so insane that this game can have weapons added, that aren't actually proper weapons, that opens so many possibilities for the future, especially for any VR-based GMod like game

[@Nekigora]

1:53 A Combine zombie. That's, that's like a.... Zombine! Right? Hah, get it?

[@PostMortalForm]

Thanks for this! That movement speed one is a real game changer for me, I can’t understand why so many vr games insist on having you move at a snails pace, it really bugs me

[@SimplexPL]

When I played After the Fall for some time, then came back to Alyx for Levitation I was gobsmacked at how painfully slow the walking speed is. More like crawling speed. This option should be in the menu. I wish that video came out before I finished Levitation 😅

[@Skrenja]

Slower movement speed tends to make people less motion sick.

[@SimplexPL]

@@Skrenja Yes, but it doesn't explain why there's no in-game option to speed it up

[@MeloRat69]

I know right? I had already been playing Half life 2 VR for a while when I got alyx and was so annoyed with the lack of a sprint and jump button

[@user-tzzglsstle585e38]

@@SimplexPL Since the main goal is to make people not motion sick; a lot of the gameplay are then designed around that slower movement speed, like enemies like combine and antlions (aka all enemies) being generally slower, grenades having longer fuse, the map and enemy encounters, jeff, etc.

[@master_ace]

I'd love to mod it so that time to kill for both enemies and the player is lower - for a bit of a more milsim feel. Something like 2-3 bullets for enemies (1 if headshot) and double that for the player

[@MisterChief711]

not really realistic but i see what you mean

[@Potateos]

That’s a mod!

[@PieroMinayaRojas]

3:07 "Let's face it, who doesn't like it hard?" Very poor choice of words

[@cdgonepotatoes4219]

Never allow this guy on a shooting range. Somehow he managed to animate a gatling gun to shoot on its own and go on an autonomous killing spree, and he's clearly not concerned about things others would consider lethal with the way he just tanked that launcher's backblast like it was a morning breeze.

[@christhefirst]

imagine getting drafted in 2040 and you fail training because you e-killed everyone at the range after glitching out the e-machine gun

[@TheIndogamer]

3:08 "Let's face it, who doesn't like it hard?" Me who just wants to relax after a stressful day: "Let's agree to disagree"

[@pocketgames6147]

lets be honest a game without a workshop for modders is just silly

[@Arowstorm_]

aperture vr just shows us how portal 3 will look

[@Half-Life3_]

i can hear distorted trumperts

[@D3ADSHOT1337]

1 mod i like is called sustenance by chrjen, that basically just let you eat and drink the different foods and bottled drinks that you find around the game, such as canned goods and headcrabs to bottled water and vodka

[@PeterPlayerOne]

Very comprehensive!

[@slav4335]

3:30 the pistol alyx uses in this game becomes alyx's gun from hl2, so it shouldn't be the USP mach

[@shadekage3432]

The USP Mathc mod hurts me mentally as theres a reaosn alyx's pistol is the way it is as it lines up with the pistol she gets in half life 2 when along side gordon

[@screech.8299]

Gamemode: Realistic Combine soldiers will have a 5/50 chance of missing it's target, and take more hits, however the damage output is the same on the head. Antlions and crabs will go straight for the kill, crabs will die in one shot since they're just meaty. Zombies, sicne controlled by the crab, dont have a pain tolerence on the body, so they take a lot of shots to the general body, if hit in the spine, they lose the ability to use the host body and the crab jumps off, a shot to the crab is a one-shot kill. Upon the combine knowing where you are and you are encountering them daily, pistol and shotgun ammo are scarce, and you have to rely on scavenging for Unused pulse SMG magazines from dead combine units. You will die from a single poison crab hit. The electric dog will kill you in two hits. You have to shoot the spine of an armored headcrab zombie. The zombie Combine soldier exists, and it's usually a Pulse SMG ammo or a resin drop once killed. If a headcrab lands on you, it'll take around 5 seconds to reach your head, once that happens, you're a zombie now. Game over.

[@hazard_engineer-es2uh]

The true john wick simulator is called boneworks

[@gopherchucksgamingnstuff2263]

Thank you, you have a very professional method.

[@oostunzs9127]

Now this is truly Garry's mod in VR.

[@rylievalentine7109]

tbhH THE 1911 is kinda accurate because the 1911 was a human weapon, like the normal one, but then the combine got a hold of it, upgraded it and turned it into the one from the hl2 games, since alyx takes place in the past and she gets the pistol from Russel instead of a metropolice

[@SonnoMaku]

0:25 I find that with the limited amount of space I have to play I end up getting overwhelmed by enemies in HLA due to being worried about hitting stuff around me. This started after I punched the corner of my desk so hard while playing a VR game that I split my hand open and started bleeding pretty badly. So imo it doesn't lack challenge but I guess I could see how more active people with more space could be disappointed. My real disappointment comes from it not feeling like a Half-Life game gameplay wise. While VR is cool I prefer normal FPS Half-Life.

[@GiggaGMikeE]

Another great video! Love your channel man, keep up the great content! Any plans to do content on psvr2?

[@virtualinsider]

When I finally get one I will be covering PSVR 2 stuff on the channel

[@n8n8n8n]

This game could be a great addition for VR peripheral owners, but milions of gamers are waioting for new HL game with Gordon Freeman.

[@nytrul3159]

The enemies now are a joke to me now but I remember the first time playing half life alyx as my first VR game I was huffing and puffing and absolutely terrified of everything. Props to valve for striking a good balance for Alyx being a beginner entry point for people new to VR.

[@microgamestation]

I'm so glad you returned to your old content. :)

[@ieatants11]

I honestly thought the channel was going to have over 100k subscribers, but I am thoroughly suprised at how underated you are!

[@socks2441]

6:18 that one little comment about the sdk wams the heart. thank you, finally someone is saying it.

[@AveriV1]

execuse me, GOON SQUAD?

[@PixelShade]

Another awesome video! I went straight to the workshop yesterday (after I saw the video on Patreon). I downloaded a bunch of these mods and played HL: Alyx for hours.🙃Such a good game. and your work as a curator is great for lazy VR players like myself. 😅 I hope it will make more people pull the trigger on a VR headset purchase. Personally, I don't think PCVR is lacking games... It's just lacking curation and media coverage to reach out to the masses.

[@virtualinsider]

Thanks, nice to see its getting people back into Half Life Alyx.

[@josephvrbackcatalog]

I liked Alyx but I don’t think I played more than twice Your video really got me interested to go back and check out the mods Nice editing too!

[@DimeDCSGO]

3:05 really caught me off guard 😂

[@temp3608]

i feel like changing the kind of 1911 style pistol into a USP is kinda just, wrong completely changes the caliber from .45 ACP -> 9x19mm is just wierd

[@Lemaxance]

usp can be chambered in .45 acp tho 💀

[@Walternity]

Not to mention in half-life 2, Alyx's gun is also a modified 1911 it makes sense for lore consistency for her to have the 1911 as the gun from HLA is implied to be the same gun that evolved into the one she uses in half-life 2.

[@AJ-po6up]

I would love to see a video dedicated to just cool maps and campaigns someday, with basically everything that you think is worth playing. Either way that was a good list of mods, I'm saving this video for later when I feel like replaying HLA.

[@virtualinsider]

I put a link to my favourites in the description which has all the Custom Levels I played and enjoyed.

[@myztklk3v]

my biggest gripes with this game (im only a minute into the video) was the movement speed/lack of sprint, the lack of an actual jump button (there were platforming sections that forced you to teleport), and how slow and lame the antlions were and how terrible of a shot the strider was (mixed with the slow movement, made for a boring section when it should have been epic)

[@Barbaroossa]

Thumbnail is the gun wrong btw. Alyx never carried a USP in HL2. She carried a highly modified double-stack 1911 handgun.

[@xxDrain]

Why would combine soldiers be waiting for Alyx at the star? Doesn't make sense for that ambush to be there.

[@chickendrawsdogs3343]

Man, the sounds of the modded Tau Cannon makes me sad.

[@calccalccalc]

I just find it odd that Valve didn't think to take out the tells for the headcrab and the antlion for the official hard mode... Thank gaben for mods though.

[@pkfiremain710]

I like the video, but your thumbnail very mildly pissed me off, because the gun she's given is the gun she uses in Half Life 2, so changing it wouldn't mean much.

[@panema0]

i just came back to this video and i was at 3:09 and the first thing i hear is "let's face it, who doesn't like it hard" 😭

[@Jinbustu]

2:30 reminds me of half life 1 and 2 when they didn’t give a warning at all

[@Fattoxthegreat]

I was very underwhelmed by Gunman Contracts but I'll give the rest of these a shot

[@Flormph]

Song at start is “triage at dawn”

[@SnaxOnSnaxOnSnaxOnSnaxOnSnax]

They need to make Portal: Chell. Basically portal 3 but vr, then drop half life 3 which will be just half life but with portal gun.

[@sagepuppet]

you can hold the default pistol with 2 hands too

[@Super-id7bq]

Valve absolutely knocked this game out the park so it's a shame to undermine that by saying modders "fixed" the game. If they were bugs then yeah - fixed would be appropriate. But suggesting it's broken because there is room for improvement is a disheartening thing to hear as a developer when you've spent years building something. It's like the other day, someone tweeted that someone had "fixed" Akira by using AI to change the aspect ratio to vertical so it works with a phone display.

[@libertarianterminator]

I didn't know there were so many great mods for half life alyx out there. I guess it's time for me to revisit it.

[@Sierra19204]

5:48 i like how you can hurt yourself with your own weapon xDD

[@Xboxshutdown1864]

those gloves look so cool 😔

[@chrislarson9504]

maybe this is me but the usp pistol doesn't fix half life i dont think its 100% better. if you look at half life 2 alyx's gun base looks like a 1911with extra stuff on it. dont get me wrong its THE best pistol replacement the game has. but i feel like nostalgia is the only reason you say it fixes the game

[@chadchadelston8635]

Valve and modding is the cutest love story ever

[@BenBart30]

Wow, amazing video, and I was just playing half-life alxy yesterday, but not really knowing what to do in it. Now I know exactly what to do

[@plaguedinformant4605]

I would argue Half Life Alyx was already perfect, and it's perfectness of literally bringing over an entire new source engine for people to start using, along with valve's usual workshop support which is literally, if you don't think it's perfect, then change it.

[@wiwinretnosari8831]

*"Buut Mesa"*

[@danners232]

"like it hard" 💀 3:07

[@MR_nobody_exe]

Ok. Now i MUST sell my kidney to buy VR

[@therangerhelix7126]

Victory mines is basically the same area like in Half Life 2 Episode 2 Which says Shahta pobedy which is Russian for Victory mines

[@1tsFawkes]

Was about to say that, I'm surprised he missed that