HALF-LIFE 2: DER SCHWARZE NEBEL

In this video, we finish off the Cinematic Special Series with the mod called Der Schwarze Nebel. This was a mod for Half-Life 2 that continued where its predecessor Build2046 left off.
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[@Shuji_the_great]

"No child labor... Sad"-Radiation Hazard 2024

[@valvefan]

The best cut content from Half Life 2.

[@tarekcat1]

half life 2 fans when they find out that an old version of the game had child labour

[@Shuji_the_great]

Today: Known half life youtuber radiation hazard becomes German.

[@cac_deadlyrang]

I actually used to think he was German before I found out he was from Pakistan.

[@thatoneconcreteworker9202]

​@@cac_deadlyrangdidnt he say that he was from Eastern Europe? Like the Balkans?

[@unoriginalperson72]

​@@thatoneconcreteworker9202nah he's from Pakistan

[@thatoneconcreteworker9202]

@@unoriginalperson72 thanks for clearing it up

[@WorstLandsknechtEver]

Why?

[@user-iu4jl6cg4n]

bro got thrown into the fully modelled insane asylum for his birthday , what a tragedy :(

[@GP22855]

​@hoovysimulator2518i can agree it is very comfy. (theendisnevertheendisnevertheendisnevertheendisnevertheendisnevertheendisnevertheendisnevertheendisnevertheendisnevertheendisnever)

[@Theocatzipped]

What RadHaz didn't liked -problematic maps -NO CHILD LABOR -bad navigation -bad HDR -bright and pretty

[@wadmodderschalton5763]

Probably wouldn't like the Cinematic Awakening Mod either.

[@deepsnow4994]

The Borealis maps in DSN have a rather interesting origin story. If you looked at the map files you probably noticed that Borealis maps have a name prefix "rt_". The "RT" simply stands for "Reincarnation Team", creators of another russian beta mod known as "Oldschool Story" or "Project Interceptor" (that is a rabbit hole on its own). So, the story goes like this: When the stolen Borealis maps from MI were removed from DSN, the creator of Oldschool Story mod decided to donate his Borealis maps as a friendly offer. If we talk about stolen maps, Build 2046 had a long track record of taking maps and prefabs from other mods without permission. The Ravenholm map from Build 2046 v4.93 was cut in DSN is because it was one of the stolen maps too (originally made by OddDoc from "hl2-beta" forums). A couple maps of "Dark Forest" chapter in DSN were taken from "Opposing Force 2 Demo", I believe (Build 2046 borrowed plenty of prefabs from OF2, iirc). The "sleepy Alyx piloting a helicopter" map is from that old "Fake Episode Three Mappack" mod. The map with a big pipeline going through a chasm seen in Build 2046 v4.93 was stolen from the mod "Insolence", same for the "Airex Start" map with a sniper where you spawn at the bottom of the canyon instead of a cliff. Now to be fair to Vlad, he wasn't aware where most of the stolen maps came from (except for a couple of Opposing Force 2 maps, because they were considered a "public domain" by that time). As it was pointed out in a now deleted announcement in old VK group of the mod, those who were stealing most of the maps were "anime-stalker-03" and "Shito Warkami" (the former mod developers who got kicked out from D-Team when theft was uncovered). This situation left Vlad as the only person on the team essentially. From that moment he decided to work alone, because he didn't want to deal with any more drama. Better safe than sorry, I guess. P.S.: KZbin deleted my previous comment because apparently the google's stupid AI didn't like that I posted the "HL2-Beta" website name as a "link".

[@RadiationHazardYT]

I appreciate this info. I wasn't that much involved in the modding scene around the time this mod was in development so I'm not really aware of these details. Thanks!

[@foxgamer55_]

This video is really "Dark and Gritty"

[@BLACKEDSNEPER]

more like dark and griddy

[@genyakozlov1316]

It used to be dark and gritty, now it's bright and pretty.

[@gelse6037]

my ass feels dark and gritty after watching it

[@reyboy4944]

7:35 Barney mewing monster

[@500rads6]

A lot of SoC/CoP assets being used, at least the Stalker devs are chill with people using their old assets. As far as I know HDTF also used Stalker assets and the devs were made aware.

[@GermanPeter]

What has bothered me about these mods all this time is that they all use the floating text "Zeil" to indicate where you're supposed to go. I guess when they wanted to translate "goal", but it should actually be "Ziel". Even some of the other German titles and names make no sense and use very broken German.

[@RadiationHazardYT]

That explains my confusion when I put "zeil" in Google Translate and it said "line". Strange why they did that throughout.

[@GermanPeter]

@@RadiationHazardYT I think someone mentioned before that the creator(s) don't actually speak German, they're just a huge fan of it. Which absolutely explains why they'd use the German voice lines, as nobody who speaks German would be insane enough to do so.

[@deepsnow4994]

@@GermanPeter to be fair, the German voices for combine soldiers and metropolice does make them sound more threatening in a way. It's hard to explain, but that's the impression I got when I played HL2 with German voice acting for the first time out of curiosity. I guess it's different for someone who doesn't speak German language, while the native speaker would cringe when they hear the characters in the game speak their own language.

[@wadmodderschalton5763]

​@@RadiationHazardYTyou probably wouldn't want to cover the Cinematic Awakening Mod either.

[@johnsoap5461]

the apartment buildings are Eastern European, called Khrushchyovkas, and they are taken straight from S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl

[@user-fb4vl9mh5j]

True, and also, every car on the road are just straight up from stalker's asset too.

[@ComputersVirtualMachinesAndMor]

Those assets were also in the original CM2013, not added specifically for DSN.

[@stopka5848]

Also those two lions at 5:15 from summer camp near pripyat and also used in COP at kindergarden and Izumrudnoye

[@agrubohub4009]

So wait,the project lead was a kid who was only 13 years old and they were surprised by his baffling decisions? This was doomed from the start

[@AJ-po6up]

The highlight of the whole saga for me was that oily Vortigaunt 👀 not even oily Barney can reach his greatness. Also I'm glad you can still keep uploading videos even from that asylum.

[@milzyywilzyy9922]

both are naked and covered in oil, whos winning the twerk off

[@Butter_studios]

0:31 he eats people

[@angelromanflores2709]

Why would you assume such a thing

[@nickybee6878]

NervenHolle also worked on Opposing Force 2 Lost trying to redo what the original team for Opposing Force 2 from 2009-2014 wanted to make, I suggested to give it a video and see what that mod has in it

[@archlemon]

Fully modelled criticism

[@maximilian_at7919]

Bro, for a second i thoght that youtube translated my title again😂😂

[@k00LTV]

GMan has turned into a looksmaxxing enthusiast

[@Nick_LeMur]

Thanks for the coverage! This mod had promise but sadly everything fell off. Btw, if the game sometimes feels sluggish: some parts had host_timescale on 0.85. Idk why.

[@A-yl3pd]

I noticed a bunch of these assets are from the STALKER series Like the cars and trucks at 0:50 and the scene at 5:05 onward is full of stalker assets from Call of Pripyat and Shadow of Chernobyl You notice them because Stalker has this "crusty-ness" on it's textures and I mean I can't really diss the dev team for using stalker assets i'd imagine these were initially placeholders and they do *kind of feel right* but they're strange at the same time and clash with the textures in Half Life 2 like compare the scene between 5:05 - 5:25 and the scene in 5:26 - 5:35 it doesn't feel like the same artstyle (?) I mean I'm not sure what to make of it artistically speaking I just recognise where those assets come from

[@GabrielAlcarazV5400]

This mod just fell like a fever nigthmare

[@NoVIcE_Source]

this rly hazards my radiation

[@Real_TV12]

Half life 2 oily edition

[@NotSolidEnough]

Half Life 2: Arnold Schwarzenegger

[@havoc3-243]

You need to do Opposing Force 2: Lost to conclude the radhaz cinematic universe it's quite meh, and I wonder what you think of it now that Urban Chaos is a thing

[@health_angel]

There is recreated Marc Laidlaw intro by Dark Interval team, before releasing current version they made the "Old Build Mod" based on 2001 (I believe) assets. This mod starts with that famous Marc Laidlaw's vignette "Timelapse Opening".

[@skipfighter]

Mewing Gman, amazing

[@Vienna3080]

Fully modeled Dark and Gritty

[@Kuba38OwO]

the team should make this mod open source and let someone else pick it up, it has so many cool stuff in it

[@deepsnow4994]

The creator of the mod actually released the source files for the maps on ModDB a while ago, before the mod page got deleted that is.

[@theenceladuschannelcool5777]

"Sometimes to enjoy the dark and gritty, you need to truly know the bad and crappy" - Albert Einstien, 2077

[@scienceteam5984]

why the gman models has sharp jawline💀

[@aSkyclad]

bro has been mewing

[@scienceteam5984]

@@aSkyclad blud thinks hes Gordon Freeman

[@eoxTF2]

i didnt expect noclick to voice acting in the intro of the video

[@bananbananowy3552]

the title is just... i didn't realized it's radhaz

[@11thdoctorhooves5]

Radhaz doing sickflips on 10:46

[@snoiper-bp9vf]

Dunkel und Düster!

[@Brightside117]

Happy birthday Radhaz! Thank you for another crack head arc and another banger video too!

[@OtaconNachos]

Happy birthday man!

[@ballcap89]

cant wait for 10th fully modeled cinematic beta video

[@mountainpepsi9991]

Radhaz trying to pronounce german is the bes thing I heard in a while! Weiter so, deine Video sind echt super!

[@habibpines]

RadHaz got sent to Arkham Aslume after seeing too much 'dark & gritty' stuff.

[@user-jm8ri8kb4k]

This truly is the dark and gritty of all time

[@kkarhiiv95]

7:15, these are Hruštšovkas, very common here in the post- soviet states, the models are straight up from Stalker, as well as many cars and tractors. I also think the wheelchair from You Are Empty is in this mod.

[@deepsnow4994]

The soviet-looking apartment buildings in question are actually not the models, those are made out of displacements, but still use textures from STALKER.

[@saladtongs671]

you’ve gotta be shitting me. i was just watching the 2046 vid and this got released as soon as i was finished watching that one.

[@r3v4n21]

The dreamintro map uses like 90% stalker assets, so blasting some bandits or getting artefacts seems to have been on Gordons mind whike in stasis Im pretty sure those opreasive skyboxes are also from stalker

[@matijajovic8125]

Your Build 2046 video is one of the bet you ever made! These cinematic videos were worth ending up in Arkham asylum again.

[@Cheemsborgor998]

Totally worth the two unskippable ads to see more Radiation Hazard

[@WorstLandsknechtEver]

Truly a Dark and Gritty moment

[@dingo-gorditas]

5:14 nice STALKER assets

[@Interference22]

What Vlad said: "I wanted to make a cinematic mod that's not lore friendly and does all this crazy stuff. This was always the plan." What Vlad meant: "I just got bored and changed my mind. Honestly, I can't decide on anything but I'm too stubborn to admit I can't and won't ever plan ahead."

[@wadmodderschalton5763]

There was one more offshoot of Cinematic Mod called Awakening that was supposed to add multiple paths, expanded areas and changes to the retail game with other original gameplay elements. Sadly, it didn't seem to have much builds compared to the other two Beta-style offshoots of Cinematic Mod.

[@DepressedEmilia]

lmao, i tought the Video would be translated by the title

[@SunTzu_0]

Lets go another Rad hazard video

[@HellsAsylum]

The two citizens doing the robot is definitely the highlight of this saga.

[@Dalaika_HD]

jo im german and i first thought oh maybe its an german youtuber playing hl2 till i saw the radiation hazard profile

[@hubertop1247]

I think the skeletons in the logo arent present enough, you cant really see them or tell what they are from far away when they are this small and slim, and most of the space is taken by the new name. I think you should add some bulk to the sillouetes so the dinos are more recognizable. This game looks so lovely man, I hope you will be able to sell it after all that. Story mode is a great idea, and I am so fascinated about how different dinosaurs gonna be like to encounter and fight. Everything else seems to be spot on, and I cant wait to see it shine.

[@serioussam8535]

6:56 LMAOOOO, and i thought i was the only one who had this thought in HL2CM

[@Karlos_Santiago]

They made a "Dark and Gritty" Cinematic Mod 😮

[@nathanadrian]

I wonder what happened to Radiation Hazard's youtube shorts. I really liked that Barney Calhoun one.

[@dr.felixou8428]

It’s Ham Aslume!

[@talcbba]

>rather than making what you would enjoy you should make what everyone can enjoy yo what? like they are doing it for free, what is the problem of them doing something for them to enjoy? it's a mod, you are not paying for it at all, they have no obligation to please everybody

[@aSkyclad]

I talked with rad about it cos I was a bit weirded out too and he really just meant that taking and accepting feedback goes a long way, not that people literally just should do stuff to please everyone

[@talcbba]

@@aSkyclad yeah, accepting fedback most of the time makes you improve, but the point is, they also don't have to take any feedback when doing a free mod. they're spending their own time and most of the time, money just to create something that they would be pleased of. now if the mod is paid or crowdfunded it's another story.

[@talcbba]

i watched the cinematic mod review video some days ago (i had never heard of it before) and in the end i was like "why this guy is talking like the mod author owed something to the public?" yeah, it's ok to criticize what you find weird or don't like (like the MANY Alyx's models and the modeled... you know, these were weird), but you shouldn't speak like if you were owed anything, as bad as it was, it was free after all.

[@benny8694]

the texture from 7:10 is from stalker shadow of chornobyl (in pripyat)

[@thealandude9146]

finally, oiled up cinematic barney

[@johncruelty1]

gordon schwarzenebel

[@corporalclegg5057]

Perfect intro

[@hydroponicgard]

I nearly spat my coffee at "Was it oiled Barney?" line. But on topic now, the Build 2046 n DSN are a great way to learn how not to do mapping, and game design. As much as it hurts to say that tbqh, since you can see that there was ambition in this project at first, and, it all just died off after a while... It fell apart due to incompetence of the dev(team). Shame, honestly. Some of the maps are actually good looking in DSN (mainly in 1.0), but, alas. Guess it'll stay in history as a way to learn from others mistakes.

[@arthurasta96]

I don’t wanna think how much time was spent creating something like this

[@robcoguy6909]

Thanks for covering this, i was confused when i found a megabuild of this and didn't know what it was. I haven't dug that deep into your channel (yet)but have you played G String? I played it on steam, and it's got the greatest Beta style environmental storytelling I've ever seen in a Source game, even the 2 Gstring beta demos are great. i highly recommend it. Every level feels like that perfect Beta Canal map. There's also a newer game called Adaca, that takes direct inspiration from HL2 with its gravity gun, and a dark atmospheric open world mode that is a mix of stalker/half life.

[@huhwhatumean]

the series finale of radiation hazard

[@SkillChill112]

In version 1.83 all the characters have used the same oil the oiled up Vort uses.

[@deepsnow4994]

The models having this oily look to them is most likely because the specular masks on the materials were screwed up or completely missing, while the materials still had the Phong parameter enabled.

[@anormalstreetlamp6878]

Heay chad haz... Dont ask ne why but can you bring more brasil content ? Idk if there's still some mods or map reguarding that hellscape but yknow, would be funny if there were

[@firgus]

0:03 okay man i see why you had to put a warning for birds chirping

[@sanitylost4271]

RadHaz, a passionate gamer, decided to try out a new Half-Life 2 beta mod one fateful evening. Little did he know, this mod would lead him on a wild adventure to the notorious Arkham Asylum. As he played, the game's glitches intensified, and RadHaz found himself suddenly transported to the asylum's eerie corridors. Upon meeting the peculiar Noclick, a long-term resident, RadHaz recounted his bizarre journey. Noclick, ever the listener, chuckled at the absurdity of RadHaz's story, and the two bonded over their shared love for gaming, even when it took them to unexpected places like Arkham Asylum.

[@lillywho]

The black mist? Wot?

[@m.blaster05]

That's 3/3 right? You're free! YOU'RE FREE!!! Unless you decide to do a lap 2... Seriously though, I liked all of the videos! I hope you didn't burn yourself out too much. Take a you day if you need it!

[@BaranPlays198IsCool420]

This made my gritty darker

[@UAFC_Sergeant]

You should do smod elite next

[@infernaltourist9601]

Arnold Schwarzenebel

[@afterhours1337]

Unrelated to the video but have you tried the HL2 Ep2 map Blasted Lands? It's on ModDb and it seems like something right up your alley.

[@cryebral]

16:24 as somebody who's engaged with a creator who only wants to create what they enjoy, saying this kind of thing to them is like hitting them in the face with a frying pan. it's only going to hurt them and make them angrier than they were before because the issue is there's a difficulty in making what "everyone" can enjoy - it doesn't matter to how many people you pander, how much criticism you engage with, there'll always be an outspoken group that doesn't like what you're doing for one reason or another. if you actively pursue the goal of making something that "everyone" can enjoy you're just going to chase your tail until you die of exhaustion

[@commanderskittles6558]

Every "cinematic" G-Man model I see He ends up looking like a straight David Bowie every time

[@mz4637]

whoa

[@yuriydemchuk1325]

Why every male characters in cinematic mods is mewing??

[@Bam4006]

The skibidi rizzlers from Ohio told the 13 year old creator to do it

[@cloudyskyyo]

oiled up barney hell yeah

[@zloboslav_]

what a shiny man lmao XD

[@TheG_Boy]

Damn how are you making these videos so fast????

[@TheG_Boy]

not complaining tho your videos are very informational

[@Itamarot]

7:18 I think it's the singer Marilyn Manson😂

[@om3g4z3r0]

The ferns and the trees? you sure you aren't forgetting some other more interesting detail?

[@avroo]

Thought rad got hacked by axel gembe

[@toni5563]

Completley unrelated but are you still planing on making the hazard 2009, 2012.... maps like you said in the hazard 2006 video. (LOVE that map Btw)

[@prospertikent]

now i need the same video but in german

[@generichumanname2420]

I think the guy on the posters at 7:18 is the singer of Motionless in White. At least it looks a lot like him.

[@deepsnow4994]

That's actually a singer of one russian punk-rock band, iirc. I forgot the name of the band, but I believe the mod used their music for the end credits at some point.

[@catcomputreproductoins]

Hehe oily barney

[@nfwrambo]

You should have more birds next time

[@alfiemccalfry6635]

Have you covered any of Leon Brinkmann's mods? They are pretty bizarre and I think they'd make a good video, especially Half Life 2: Episode 3.

[@BLACKEDSNEPER]

since when radhaz got germanized?

[@prebenjaeger]

Nebbel

[@VUFL0]

Me when no child labor

[@jorho]

7:54 But was he oiled up?

[@kelleklaus2045]

what a madman lmao

[@averagehl2betafan148]

im waiting for radiation hazard to become the next civvie 11

[@DaXenCroosader-27EA2]

g-man looks like he was mewing