Recreating HL2 Beta: Dark Interval Wasteland Demo (2022 | Part 3)

Talking about Dark Interval's Wasteland Demo.
Part 3 of a 5-part series.
Mod Page: www.moddb.com/mods/dark-interval
(Download link for the Demo is available on their Discord)
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[@RadiationHazardYT]

Correction: Air Ex WILL BE in Dark Interval in a later chapter. Thanks for letting me know.

[@KinerfV4]

Oh it will? I didn’t know that either

[@KinerfV4]

@UnrealCreator why yes

[@KinerfV4]

Now I’m confused as to why there aren’t any hints of Airex existing at all.

[@jess648]

Ravenholm will not be in DI however

[@jess648]

@@KinerfV4 because the DI team is currently finishing the rest of Part 2 and the Airex is in Part 3

[@wolfcl0ck]

What Dark Interval really nails for me is the sense of immersion and fine toothed comb-over of detail that the devs do to make sure everything not only looks and feels good gameplay-wise, but is grounded. They did not have to make all the Xen fauna and flora, especially considering that the tripod hoppers, stingers, flocking floaters, polyps, and protozoa don't really do anything except exist on their own. The worst they do is attack the player for minimal damage, and even then, you have to prove yourself a threat to them and then corner them in order to receive any fighting back on their end. In spite of this, they're there, and they add an incredible amount to the world. The game really feels like it's alive and that the wasteland is filled with this entire xenian ecosystem that lives and breathes on its own. All of this was completely unnecessary, like there's no NEED for npcs that don't actually contribute towards helping or hindering the player, but it's awesome, it really enriches the environment. Another part I really love about Dark Interval is how it DOESN'T treat Gordon like a god. Citizens mostly don't know him and some even say bad thing about him because he keeps bringing combine on his tail. The only people who do know him are some select commanders and the vortigaunts and even then they don't treat him like someone they need to pay respect to. All in all, I have been loving DI for all its release and I look forward to the full 2.0.

[@matijajovic8125]

Glad you are feeling better Rad Haz! Don't worry about AirEx, it will appear in Part 3 of DI!

[@TobiG4mer]

Man the fucking- The elevated rails that just shoot off into the distance really sells the skybox for me. Holy shit it looks amazing.

[@obamaprism3528]

plus the barren wasteland with a fire burning in the distance and massive rocks stacked on each other - absolute perfection... its so peaceful for some reason

[@mr.killjoy4753]

I love how it’s curving down slightly. Really shows the vastness of the wastland

[@Aspartan68]

The elevated rails are easy sabotage target. Just blow the columns. They are unguarded.

[@muratsmg62]

I've also noticed in Wasteland Demo, Combine Soldiers and Houndeyes when they die, The Soldier's eyes/lens will fade to offline, For Houndeyes thier Top Animated Scars will stop illuminating

[@narrowgauge0727]

dark intervals mapping team is TOO good man.

[@quiver5756]

Dark Interval mapping team consist in one person.

[@protocetid]

Yup, I suggested they make the mod a fan game to sell on Steam but they said they don’t want to deal with Valve IIRC.

[@Based_Stuhlinger]

Do they use Hammer? If so I can't even imagine how they do all they do in this mod, It's incredible.

[@polytonic6493]

@@Based_Stuhlinger the person probably uses hammer++ because i don't see any reason to use the outdated absolutely ancient hammer

[@Based_Stuhlinger]

@@polytonic6493 Ok, it's outdated but it still holds up pretty well, like source.

[@asterlofts1565]

Dark Interval and Raising the Bar: Redux are amazing, the best mods on Half-Life 2 beta stuff I've seen.

[@patroller1592]

There is one thing bothering me really, ever since these mods were getting this good. The gas element to me would have been probably the most amazing thing, having to go through the air exchange and such to start the uprising, man, only if someone attempted. The Combine finally near the brink of falling apart. But hey im not a modder, and im not complaining, just saying that would have been amazing to include. But i like what we got so far.

[@Damian-cilr2]

im pretty sure air exchange will be in the mod at sme point,not yet tho

[@springytaco7587]

dark interval beta wasteland looks amazing in my opinion,the enviroment,texturing,everything,and i definitely agree with you on the open world part great video,cant wait for the next one 😎

[@c.b.5689]

It's something about those depot rails perfectly disappearing off into the distance that makes it feel like you're inside the concept art - I hope this spectacular and artistic side of the Beta will continue to be experimented with in the future. As always, great video, the reporting on mods both new and old is appreciated! :)

[@youbaouahdi4358]

I love the little side content you can find when exploring outside of the main path, its these little things that makes it memorable, exploring abandoned buildings sounds like a very Half-Life thing. Great video, good to hear your thought about the wasteland demos, looking forward for future videos.

[@korbi3449]

I cant stop gawking at these levels and their visuals, Beach especially. Dark Interval guys definitely know how to map!

[@proletarianrise10]

It's shaping up to be better and better, it's great to see were getting quality beta themed mods lately, there's also Raising the Bar Redux and Coterminus, both of which will release in parts, and Coterminus even aims to act as a platforms for beta recreations, which should help with getting more chapters and content recreated massively. Here's hoping the development for the mods keeps going, especially DI considering the ongoing situation, and that the devs are all fine.

[@darearze3914]

Nice rad uploaded new vid

[@Drebin416]

A little-known piece of lore, the Combine drained the oceans because they didn't like the reflections.

[@leon217]

I'm currently trying to learn how to shoot video from a drone and these establishing shots have been incredibly helpful and inspiring. Thanks Rad!

[@lambn25]

This look so amazing Beach looks like that one concept art with the giant elevated railway looming over the vast wasteland going off with no limits

[@unoriginalperson72]

Episode 2 has the same navigation thing on the car with the little Jobbers that can be found around the final parts of episode 2

[@thatgothcat]

Just by looking at these demos I can tell a lot of work went into developing these.

[@bouribou4073]

dark-interval is definetly my favorite half-life 2 mod of all time, and i really can't wait for part 2, great video ! though there was a minor mistake in what you said, dark interval will have airex in part 3 ! the depot's purpose will be to bring you to airex by train 5:26 also, the hopper were friendly :(

[@JUVENTINO1602]

awesome dood keep it up; this demo reminded me a lot of metro exodus with its semi-open worldness. These guys are great.

[@Cysco8575]

2:50 I beg to differ, if they do only the Depot and not the Air Exchange it would make no sense because Depot is were Gordon takes the train to go to AirEx to destroy it and in the beta storyline the destruction of the AirEx was the initiative for the uprising just like the destruction of Nova Prospekt in the retail game. With no AirEx or Nova Prospekt i don't know how the uprising would happen or what is going to motivate the Resistance (and Conscripts) to do it and yes, i know Nova Prospekt is based on Depot. Unless they make Depot the Nova Prospekt of this version then i don't think they should omit AirEx.

[@JackBradley07]

A free roam Half-Life game would be so sick to me, I've always had a certain vision. There's combine camps that you have to take down and save rebels from them. And of course there's also gonna be a side quest where you find a crashed helicopter, use the gravity gun to pick off the big debris, and then you find Adrian Shepard inside! Great video as always Rad Haz, that yeeted Houndeye was hilarious

[@Kyezoar]

Stuff like this is why I'll never get tired of the Source Engine Aesthetic

[@AndrewCrank]

Amazing!

[@Pyromaniax]

The big scope on the real OICW is actually for the grenade launcher that is the top muzzle, Its used to calculate distances bc the grenade is supposed to detonate on top of trenches

[@mynameisfrancis4986]

Need more of these demo unfinished maps, waching these feels so relaxing

[@BigSmork]

I was going to bring up how Air Exchange is planned but 10 people beat me to it. Great video as always! As for my thoughts about the mod: The sheer technical wizardry with the huge open environments (which are beautiful by the way) is phenomenal. I like how Dark Interval does its own thing with the beta rather than following it 100%, keeps the game feeling fresh while still keeping the soul of what people wanted out of a beta mod. I think helps it stand out among other Half-Life 2 mods and I hope it will one day turn into something like Black Mesa, more than just a mod, but an actual standalone experience.

[@ramadhani201]

Yooo this bussin

[@anytorp]

No hummongus scope :/. And damm great video dude. This mod is really a masterpiece

[@ELIXFUDIDO]

I just discovered dark interval, and i will keep off spoilers because HOLY SHIT IT LOOKS SO GOOD

[@DeeZeeX]

This mon looks great !

[@yellowmelon7494]

This is a very beautiful looking mod.

[@muratsmg62]

BTW The way to end Haven is in the outpost there will be a button on a Combine Console press it and you'll see The Grand Big Momma Pod, explode it, talk to rebel camp leader, and the end

[@bigwoof7830]

god, that vista in the second map is excellent.

[@andyfriederichsen]

I love that mod so much. In my opinion, it's the best Half-Life 2 Beta mod made right now. This is a really good review of the wasteland demo, although it's probably important to point out some things not mentioned, such as that tripod hoppers aren't actually hostile to you and that the dry seafloor level has an unoccupied APC that you can actually drive around and use to kill enemies with both the pulse gun and guided missiles.

[@PSEUDOSOPHER]

Damn the whole mod’s looking rad (pun intended) but the beach section got me absolutely astonished

[@DoctorBreenBB]

Dark Interval is great, also speaking of new NPCs, you forgot to mention water Bullsquid, which can drag player into water from shore, that fauna like tripod and that bipedal thing as I noticed was neutral, I suppose this is good addition to atmosphere and for making world more believable, make some neutral animals too, instead of just making everything hostile. Also Hydra here is most functionally complete, you can kill it by shooting at it and its leave the corpse, compared to straight ported one fom Beta in Overcharged mod, where it receive damage only when you shoot at spawn point, and its just vanishes on death. Also Cremator in this mod actually challenging since its have long range attack, compared to one from RTB:Redux, where to be honest its almost harmless enemy since its cannot hit you at all at long distances, and too slow to catch up with you, especially first encounter on street level where you have alot of place to be away from them. Btw, Combine APCs here is driveable, also most notable difference from other mods, it can be destroyed unlike vanilla HL2 vehicles or APC from Entropy Zero 2, also I like this approach for vehicles, here you can use it, or you can ignore it, it is just an option, unlike vanilla HL2 where vehicles is mandatory for game progression.

[@bloomingpain-flower7074]

I died from an unexpected "YEY" from a houdeye, good one!

[@mahuba2553]

I fucking loved the scenery in this demo, we are getting G-string levels of detail here, Dark interval shows great sign of success hopefully more people know about the project, and hopefully this can have its own steam release too

[@theoddster830]

I love how the Dark Interval wasteland looks

[@Sim_2007]

I really like you new intro

[@ElmeriThePig]

Damn, this is the part where I just can't wait for this mod to be finished. I'm kinda jealous how good the mappers are compared to me, but that's a good thing, because with these mapping skills they can pull out this great beta mod!

[@vincent7584]

DARK AND GRIDDY!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

[@svijj_]

Man what would I do to play a full open-world game taking place in the HL2 wasteland. Another great video, well done!

[@crazy4bricksthebrickbrothe722]

so kinda like Fallout, but with mostly interdimensional aliens instead of mutants and ghouls?

[@svijj_]

@@crazy4bricksthebrickbrothe722 Yeah, pretty much

[@Ghost741SC]

You can barely reflect Earth on this situation as you can see the waste land used to be the an Ocean

[@gabrielaldworth7476]

Half Life Beta is so underrated

[@qweebey]

It’s overrated because valve scrapped it cause it sucked and people are glorifying it way too much

[@asterlofts1565]

Yeah, you're right but also make sense: Maybe they didn't want Half-Life to look like Fallout or Doom/Unreal so they opted for something that looked less dark and more like an invasion of an alien race as such, not demons or misshapen creatures . In addition, Dark Interval is not the only one that is reawakening Half-Life 2 Beta, there are also others, such as Raising the Bar: Redux.

[@PSEUDOSOPHER]

Most of the community simps for the Beta so idk what you’re talking about

[@zebitus5731]

We just want to see what it would be like in at good quality.

[@Nutty151]

I feel like the scope of the beta was just too massive for a single game.

[@Kingofstones1]

True ending of beta: Rad gets that beer.

[@Blurns]

I personally hate the way that scope looks. I didn't even realize that glowing teal dot was supposed to be a scope until you said it. I also don't like how the bullsquids & houndeyes are rainbow-colored.

[@Based_Stuhlinger]

I like the fact the mod emphasizes the effect the combine had on the vast swathes of wilderness on earth rather than focusing on towns or cities exclusively, I think retail missed that even if we saw glimpses of the wasteland in the final version.

[@Mist387]

Yes half life 2 beta content

[@pedroramires7051]

I think AirEx comes right after Depot

[@Albert_C]

You can drive the combine APC in the second map.

[@theoriginalbingchilling]

OMG so dark and griddy!!!

[@Occycat]

Like the new intro lol

[@aspidistra8433]

i think that little chapel is father Gregori's... Orthodox church and shotgun ammo... it has to be tribute to him at least

[@protocetid]

DI is my favorite HL2 mod

[@modernmobster]

It may or may not be possible, but is there a way you could get in contact with anyone from the Project Borealis and Boreal Alyph teams and see if there's any new updates they would be willing to let you cover? It's been years since we've really heard anything new or seen how their developments are going.

[@cuanta9441]

wow thats amazing, you are making videos on the beta mod of half life 2 you can do about abzolute zero or restore life? from hl1 it can be interesting but anyway i love your video

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Will look into those mods and maybe make a Half Life Alpha series.

[@cuanta9441]

@@RadiationHazardYT nicee also i love you dude i remember watching when you are making your first videos and drink water too

[@blockstacker5614]

Reminds me a lot of canals, highway 17, and episode 2. I like the way the earth got turned into an alien landscape, something I think retail HL2 did not do especially well, HL: ALYX did pull that sort of thing off though

[@sinqu357]

Limitless potential.

[@mobil3g3nocid3]

Do you stream anymore radhaz?

[@curlyfry2047]

So is Haven and Beach the precursors to Sand Traps

[@BillyBob_1177]

Dark interval made the wasteland exactly how I imagined it

[@Wastelander-rt5tb]

Ah yes, my home.

[@Cursedsoup9954]

Is the burning town in the distance meant to be ravenholm?

[@GasMaskCitizenBeta]

I enjoyed my stay

[@scarface406]

Honestly the first part reminds me of new vegas but for all the right reasons

[@Mist387]

You should try half life 2 overcharged

[@dabogabo]

But where can you download it ? In their moddb, there are no new files.

[@mrbodo8233]

Why dont you make soundtrack for Dark Interval?? Your soundtracks are amazing and fit perfect for this mod and atmosphere. Send an email to the creators of the mod and say to listen your soundtracks!!! Keep up the good work pal!!

[@memeskatt1767]

I like the shaders, its- but hold on, is hl2 beta less laggier or more laggier in hl2? in confused 💀

[@gabrielohim154]

the only thing I don't entirely love in this demo is the OICW Scope, both the real life version used in the beta and this one look gigantic, this one just looks incomplete

[@eidoneverchoosen1171]

I wish all this was in half life 2 to make its maps expended.

[@gmanqi3492]

I wish I could have Half life 2 beta

[@LordYvain]

Anyone notice the star destroyer ruins in the beach

[@Ghosty6464]

This is certainly cool, but I can't say I agree with using the waypoint/objective/directional scroll bar at the top. When it exists in games, it mostly just has you looking at it, to go in that direction. I respectfully don't think it belongs in Half-Life.

[@dEEdxi]

Radiation Hazard you posted this video on my birthday and I'm turning 13! Can you wish me happy birthday?

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Happy Birthday Victor!

[@gamersam3920]

I ain’t radiation hazard but I’ll still wish you a happy birthday

[@sexygolfball69]

Happy birthday.

[@springytaco7587]

happy birthday !

[@tunahancevik41]

Happy birthday.

[@bogiesmigforl1]

The maps remind me of Metro Exodus

[@lukabrasi001]

bro where is part 2?

[@xenogameplays7033]

how can i download and play the wasteland demo?

[@therealchillman]

1:59 BRUH WHY YOU GOTTA DO THAT?! THEY DON'T EVEN ATTACK PLAYERS! NAH MAN NAH

[@spliffern2662]

"I've seen big maps in Source before but never this detailed or beautiful" Gmod RP/Build maps: Hello there.

[@slxcer]

look at the freaking valve logo

[@Oden-gp8xu]

I dont actually think hoppers attack

[@tehcooler]

You made a lot of Dark Interval videos, but we never asked the question, why is the Interval Dark? ☠

[@springytaco7587]

☠

[@HDTFCentral]

top 10 questions Kleiner hasn't asnwered

[@LehySnek]

Hey man, sorry to be "that one guy", but the way you pronounce "linear" is a bit weird, just looking out for you, I know "e, a, i" can be confusing in English, as a fellow non native speaker. They really make no sense actually, since there is no strict rule and they are situational. Great vid by the way, love your stuff, cheers.

[@user-pi4kc1vy8w]

Oh yes, the mod that talked shit about us. Nice.

[@Feasco]

about who? what shit? ego much?

[@user-pi4kc1vy8w]

nvm

[@gamersam3920]

Here at 1 view

[@kelzadocbrother9598]

man u killing all the peacefull xen species poor hoppers and the other thing

[@memeskatt1767]

3:48 did you say among us or humongous? I forgor 💀

[@wheatlycrab4868]

In my opinion Dark Interval feels too realistic and lacks that "beta" feel. The HL2 beta minimalist mod nails that feeling

[@jess648]

GORDON WE ARE ON THE TRAIN TO CITY 17

[@JustAnAverageGuy5731]

Cool, but, retail Half-Life 2 is WAY BETTER.

[@aznmike2904]

its pronounced dark interval (in-terr-vol) not darken turbo.. god thats so annoying