Deployment sequence (safe variant)
1. Download the DPArray. This tool allows you to download all needed packages and updates for all our mods, including this one. According to Applications development policy (ADP), DPArray is payments-free, ads-free, hidden-functionality-free and completely safe to use.
2. Start DPArray. Confirm your acquaintance with ADP if needed.
3.1.1. If you haven’t installed the mod before or have version older than 13.5, download the ESHQ main package from the list of projects. Otherwise, skip this step.
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3.1.2. If you already have the mod version older than 14.0 (13.5 or newer), download the ESHQ backward package from the list of projects. Otherwise, skip this step.
3.2. If you already have (or will have after the previous step) the mod version 14.0 or newer, download the ESHQ update package.
4. Perform the deployment steps in the suggested order.
Deployment sequence (default variant)
Download this mod archive, extract it into the empty directory and start hl.exe. In this case you should be able to manually check for mod updates and installation integrity. Only the archive linked here is the original one!
WARNING! This variant cannot protect your save files from becoming incompatible with the version of update
This is important
This mod is stand-alone! Therefore:
- Do not try to overwrite files of any other mod or the Steam installation.
- Do not try to replace the engine assembly, model files or other mod components with other files.
- It is recommended to preserve the default deployment path.
Our adaptation of the Xash FWGS engine for ESHQ mod has specific features and entities. The mod will not work properly without them!
Actual updates log
Version 14.0.5 - Fog update
Changes:
• Engine: the distance of visibility for enemies now depends on the fog intensity;
• Engine: fixed the missing texture for the axe in the manual weapon selecion menu
Version 14 - Major version cumulative update
Changes:
• Engine: applied actual updates from mother project (including new lighting and textures processing);
• Engine: added different skins for alien grunts, bullchickens, alien controllers, headcrabs, houndeyes and vortigaunts;
• Engine: added more contrast crosshairs for some weapons (especially for the crossbow);
• Maps: current updates, fixes and improvements applied to all maps;
• Maps: the fog has been added to every applicable map
Version 13.10.4 - Completion of the major version update
Changes:
• Maps 34 - 52: applied some improvements and fog areas
Older updates log you can find here
When I found out about the 9.x updates, I installed them into an empty directory in c:\bin\ESQL10. (The gameinfo.txt in the valve directory says version 10...?)
The icon starts the game using:
C:\bin\ESHQ10\hl.exe -dev -console
When I started it for the first time, it came up in a window, not full screen.
I then changed the video settings to not run it in a window, and
use the max screen size, max gamma, and added my usual control
keys, w-s-a-d for movement and others.
Now when I run it, it tries to run full-screen, but the screen stays black for a long period (the last time I waited for 15 minutes, no initial screen with menus ever showed up.
I tried changing the desktop icon to run in a window, then
the smaller half-white screen (console?)comes up with no text in it, in front of a full-screen whiter screen and the disk light on my desktop goes full on and stays there. The mouse disappears.
Is there a way to use command-line switches to run 9.x initially as a window, so I can adjust it whenever I'd like to play it ?
Thanks......you have a great mod here.
Hi!
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May be, our engine version doesn't support your (large?) monitor. It's old a bit, and it has problems like this.
To get to initial state you can remove 'video.cfg' file from 'C:\bin\eshq\valve' directory. Or open it and change value of 'setr fullscreen' parameter to '0'. And then start 'hl.exe' again.
And please, remind us about results. Thank you!