What is "The Thing Remaster" ?
The Thing Remaster is a remastered version of the the oldest known Half-Life 2 mod "The Thing" made by a certain Donald before the final release of Half-Life 2. This remaster was made mainly for 3 reasons. The first one is for archiving reason, the second is to allow people that doesn't want to download a leaked version of Half-Life 2 (the original mod runs only on the 2003 leaked source engine) to play the mod on a newer version of the Source engine, and the third reason is because i could add some tweaks to the mod. (btw here's where you can download the original mod: Hl2-beta.ru)
What's new in this remaster:
-The mod now runs on the SteamPipe version of Source (the original ran on the 2003 leaked Half-Life 2 engine)
-This remaster doesn't use any leaked assets from the 2003 Half-Life 2 Leak, all missing assets have been replaced by equivalents from the final version of the game (sounds, textures, and models)
-The original soundtrack has been replaced by the Half-Life 2 soundtrack due to copyright issues
-Some brushwork has been reworked or replaced by equivalent models (old crates made in func_breakable have been replaced by wood_crate001a.mdl, for example)
-Optimization reworked
-Some scripted sequences have been reworked (boss fight at the end)
-A few visual clues have been added to some maps to guide people who didn't play the original mod and might be lost
-light_environment reworked on all maps
-Original Valve's 2004 intro added back
-func_ladder replaced with func_useableladder
-Restored some cut unused prop_physics (some prop_physics used models that worked only with prop_static, so i changed them to prop_static)
Original mod:
Remastered version:
Instruction to instal the mod are on the download page and in the readme.txt of the mod folder (i also included a alternative installation instruction for the mod for those want to use Half-Life 2 on Steam as a base instead of Source SDK Base 2013 Singleplayer).
Beta tester:
-Stakhowsky
-Poki
-TheMaster974
-Mazdo (Me lol)
Any suggestions will be appreciated (and bug reports too). Send them in the comment section or DM me on Moddb.
Original mod made by Donald
Remastered version by Mazdo
