Half-Life 2: Amalgam Zenith hopes to be many things. The main goal is the complete replacement of the entire HL2 asset library with newer, higher quality overhauls or alternatives. To ensure we are making the best experience one can reasonably obtain, we've been rounding up some of the best HL2 mod makers from around the world and utilizing parts of their popular pre-existing standalone mods where we can. In doing so, we are removing the need for players to manually install tens and even sometimes hundreds of mods themselves to get a more modern HD look. This has the added bonus of removing the headache of troubleshooting personal mod packs and going more in depth than any one player ever could.
JersonGaming's/T-braze's HEV Remake is a phenomenal model, but unfortunately it came with some pretty bad normals, making the suit look like it was dipped in oil. We fixed the normals and continued with the textures, decompressing, upscaling, and color correcting to resemble the official art as much as possible, the same exact colors we referenced on our new arms. We plan on eventually putting the new viewmodel arms on the suit model, along with a helmet if we can find a good model.