The HD models are extra bad since they're not ports of the original Gearbox Blue Shift models, but fan-made Source models Valve just shoved in there after a Github pull request.
I always wondered how Valve didn't get claimed by Berretta for clearly using their logo on an otherwise un-named 9mm pistol prior to learning that. That's because they technically didn't make the texture.
Fun fact: A lot of the things wrong with HL:source weren't present upon release. The super shiny floors were a later addition, so was the scientist floating above the chair.
@@karolynesuguimoto2222 They look out of place compared to the environments for one. They also inexplicably change some of the weapon models for no reason. They'd be good if they actually made the maps HD too but having HD character and weapon models on LD maps/environments clashes so much.
A lot of source’s issues came in 2014 with a patch to the source engine where Ross had been down with most of the first season so the issues with places such as residue process didn’t exist
I left the stream when chat asked to turn on low rez so I thankfully escaped the hellscape that is hl source btw I love these types of jokey vids hope you make more
I asked my friend with HL1 game is better because I got the Orange Box and my friend told me “HL:Source” So I played the entirety of HL on *this*, in 2021. I still don’t know what HL1 looks like but if Richter is so mad I guess it’s better
If you're not used to old games, I don't think you'll see many differences. But in short, Half Life Source adds a lot of unnecessary graphic "upgrades" to the game. Individually, those upgrades are fine. Reflective water is fine, real time lights are fine, physics are fine... But they don't match the original art style, at all. It's like if you would take an old Mario game on the nes and add dynamic lighting and a few 3D objects mixed with the old 8-bit highly pixellated style of the original game. It would be just ugly. Also, Source adds some minor bugs and the gameplay is slighty different. For example, the mp5 (the assault rifle if you play with HD models) shouldn't behave like that. In the original, you aim, you shoot, there is no fake recoil that jerk the camera around. In short, by default, you should always play a game as it was meant to be played. It's a bit like the difference between the classic Star Wars movies and the "special edition" of those movies.
Here's the guide to playing the original Half-Life in the worst way possible! Step 1: Load up Half-Life Source. If you don't have it and you have some money to waste, buy Half-Life Source on Steam. Step 2: Put all the video settings as low as possible, and make sure HD models are on (because let's be honest, the HD models in HL: Source are worse than the original textures). Step 3: Input the following console commands: sv_cheats 1 (having this off will prevent you from doing some of these commands) mat_fullbright 1 mat_showlowresimage 1 mat_viewportscale 0.15 (please don't set this to 0, the whole screen basically becomes like 10 pixels, no joke.) R_waterdrawreflection 0 r_waterdrawrefraction 0 (bonus command): fps_max 25 (or any other number) (bonus command 2): thirdperson
I actually think it looks kind of cool, honestly. Could have been a kickass DS version back in the day. It's almost stylized, like a purposeful aesthetic.
13:18 back in the days of cs1.5 my dumb ass friend used a command that make the game looks like this whenever we play on lan and he says it makes him better at the game
Games are too focused on making everything hi-res with thousands of polygons and billions of pixels until it just looks like an over-designed mess. I want that ULTRA LOW-DEFINITION, LOW-POLYGON, LOW COLOUR DEPTH, RTX OFF, UNDERHAULED, TWENTY FPS, QVGA, COMPRESSED AUDIO, DEMASTERED experience.
Recently, I just managed to make an archive for fixed versions of Half-Life Source's Single Player campaign maps that one can download on Internet Archive if they searched for HLS, by combining the BSP files from both Kennert007's Half-Life Source Fix Pack and BloodyMuffin's Half-Life Source Fixed in a zip file so that players don't have to see any of the infamous map geometry and visual-related map leaks.
At some point you stopped playing half life and started playing an early quake build programmed while drunk that got left on a dusty floppy that probably only got thrown away today
Man, with full bright turned on, this game looks like og Doom. Doom was like 5 years old when Half Life came out and didn't even have the ability to look up and down so seeing Half Life like this just feels hilariously anachronistic.
I gotta say, I love that all your videos are in a 4:3 aspect ratio. It gives you your own style. Pretty sure most people would be really aliened if you would use an 16:9 ratio
I'm kind of split on HD models. The HD character models are cursed by the HD weapon models are amazing. I'm guessing there's probably a way to have HD weapons only and classic character models lol.
Idg why they had to change the Glock and MP5 to a Beretta and M16 respectively, weird and unnecessary change when they could have just made HD versions of the Glock and MP5 like they did with other weapons.
I don't get the hate HL source seems to get that i see on more recent videos around, i don't recall this being a thing back in the day, it was always just a nice 'remastered' edition of the original
No i'm not becoming a highlights youtuber this is an experiment/supplemental content
Alright but it would be nice to occasionally have stuff like this
Epico
It is good to have a mixture of content for creative freedom as well as this being very well edited and enjoyable
I wouldn't mind more highlights because your streams get chaotic
That's cool, but I would REALLY like to see the resto of this shit storm.
Peer presured into booting hl:source, cruelty beyond measure
the worst fate one could suffer
@@trismuth _uses fixed version_
i bought hl source over hl1 because of the gmod content
Goes against the hauge conventions
Hi whomobile
The low res image actually looks like a really stylized version of Half-Life. I kind of like it
Reminds me of doom (kinda)
Psycho
Ever played Ultrakill ?
Looks like ultrakill indeed
Only Griff would say something like that
The HD models are extra bad since they're not ports of the original Gearbox Blue Shift models, but fan-made Source models Valve just shoved in there after a Github pull request.
i heard that multiplayer hd models are community created but i never heard this case
You can literally see the signature of one of the artists in the textures.
Yeah, they are made by A. Denisov, who is known as "Stone"
I always wondered how Valve didn't get claimed by Berretta for clearly using their logo on an otherwise un-named 9mm pistol prior to learning that. That's because they technically didn't make the texture.
@@placeintheworldfadesaway5800 bullshit
From HalfLife back to Quake real fast.
even quake looks better
@@isaiahsimmons5776 Yeah but that was the vibe it gave me
@@BrimBlam THAT DOES REMIND ME OF THAT ONE HALF LIFE TO QUAKE ENGINE VIDEO th-cam.com/video/YA9km4aHjzI/w-d-xo.html
Fun fact: A lot of the things wrong with HL:source weren't present upon release. The super shiny floors were a later addition, so was the scientist floating above the chair.
Yeah I've been playing HLS fixed mod and I am enjoying it.
I love how he turns on HD models as a part of the worst experience possible
😂 right?
What is your problem with the HD models?
@@karolynesuguimoto2222 They look out of place compared to the environments for one. They also inexplicably change some of the weapon models for no reason. They'd be good if they actually made the maps HD too but having HD character and weapon models on LD maps/environments clashes so much.
@@Gallic_Gabagoolwepon ok but npc? No they look better
@@karolynesuguimoto2222They're alright but only really fit in with Blue Shift
This was pretty entertaining
Btw if you ever get the chance you should Livestream terminal 7 hl2 mod
Oh hell yeah.
If you go into it blindly like Vinny did, dang is it a memorable experience.
I only realized later that Freeman's Mind was recorded in Half Life Source, and then I had so many questions for Ross.
LASER CAUTION LASER CAUTION
A lot of source’s issues came in 2014 with a patch to the source engine where Ross had been down with most of the first season so the issues with places such as residue process didn’t exist
I left the stream when chat asked to turn on low rez so I thankfully escaped the hellscape that is hl source
btw I love these types of jokey vids hope you make more
I asked my friend with HL1 game is better because I got the Orange Box and my friend told me “HL:Source”
So I played the entirety of HL on *this*, in 2021. I still don’t know what HL1 looks like but if Richter is so mad I guess it’s better
If you're not used to old games, I don't think you'll see many differences.
But in short, Half Life Source adds a lot of unnecessary graphic "upgrades" to the game. Individually, those upgrades are fine. Reflective water is fine, real time lights are fine, physics are fine... But they don't match the original art style, at all. It's like if you would take an old Mario game on the nes and add dynamic lighting and a few 3D objects mixed with the old 8-bit highly pixellated style of the original game. It would be just ugly.
Also, Source adds some minor bugs and the gameplay is slighty different. For example, the mp5 (the assault rifle if you play with HD models) shouldn't behave like that. In the original, you aim, you shoot, there is no fake recoil that jerk the camera around.
In short, by default, you should always play a game as it was meant to be played. It's a bit like the difference between the classic Star Wars movies and the "special edition" of those movies.
half life: it's decaying alright
Half Life: Blue Shit
@@zye. Half Life: Opposing Farts
Half Life: sour
Shit down the Freeman
half life opposing 4
Great work Richter! You should skin people next video.
No dude, he should skin infants instead
👍
Step by Step this just turned into Half-Life PS1-Edition
0:06 THERE I AM GARY! THERE I AM!
this reminds me of a blog i read where a fan-story writer got pressured into watching "the Emoji movie".
Here's the guide to playing the original Half-Life in the worst way possible!
Step 1: Load up Half-Life Source. If you don't have it and you have some money to waste, buy Half-Life Source on Steam.
Step 2: Put all the video settings as low as possible, and make sure HD models are on (because let's be honest, the HD models in HL: Source are worse than the original textures).
Step 3: Input the following console commands:
sv_cheats 1 (having this off will prevent you from doing some of these commands)
mat_fullbright 1
mat_showlowresimage 1
mat_viewportscale 0.15 (please don't set this to 0, the whole screen basically becomes like 10 pixels, no joke.)
R_waterdrawreflection 0
r_waterdrawrefraction 0
(bonus command): fps_max 25 (or any other number)
(bonus command 2): thirdperson
Half-Made: Sauce
I actually think it looks kind of cool, honestly. Could have been a kickass DS version back in the day.
It's almost stylized, like a purposeful aesthetic.
You should check out Ultrakill/Gloomwood
Reminds me of MW2 on DS
HL1/HL2 ambience is the shit.
Your fate was sealed the second you booted up source.
RIP RICHTER, launched HL:S
>The absolute WORST way to experience Half-Life
>Half-Life: Source
That's enough already
Tf2 low setting players:this is fine.
Judging by Richter's opinion on cheese he might as well just eat pizza and lasgna without it, also great highlight format.
legend says . that the reason why Randy pitchford is so greasy . is because he the only guy who like Half life source .
The worst way to experience Half Life is by not using a device.
1:31 "Ohhh god!" hahaha 🤣👌
I started screaming as soon as I saw low poly half-life source.
13:18 back in the days of cs1.5 my dumb ass friend used a command that make the game looks like this whenever we play on lan and he says it makes him better at the game
Was he actually better at the game? Can't fault a prodigy when they find their environment to mesh in.
9:45 We do a little trolling, it's called we do a little trolling.
As I saw the title I wanted to make a joke comment saying "Just play half life source" but I realised that is exactly what you did.
RICHTER DID NOT DENY THAT HE EATS BURGERS BY THE LAYER
Love the Freeman's mind quote at the beginning.
LASER...CAUTION. LASER.... CAUTION. LASER...
I love the smaller aspect ratio of some of these videos. It makes me feel so nostalgic
Take a shot every time he says half life source
15:24 Richter be sounding like the generic death sound from Lego Star Wars
it certainly does
Sure am glad they waxed the floors for the resonance cascade!
Half dead: divorce
idk why but there is something about the way you said "porridge soup mess" that never fails to make me laugh
13:21 When Half-Life is ported to the Atari or Nintendo DS:
"I can see nothing and everything at once."
Games are too focused on making everything hi-res with thousands of polygons and billions of pixels until it just looks like an over-designed mess.
I want that ULTRA LOW-DEFINITION, LOW-POLYGON, LOW COLOUR DEPTH, RTX OFF, UNDERHAULED, TWENTY FPS, QVGA, COMPRESSED AUDIO, DEMASTERED experience.
Honestly, the weird bright pixel style looks better than base HL:S. Unless you use that one HL:S fix mod.
If you pretend it's an indiedevs boomer shooter, it actually seems rather nice looking.
2 richter uploads IN A WEEK??? Nonono this can’t be right what alternative timeline are we in?
Call me crazy but I see the fullbright low poly low image res kinda charming, just need to actually design with those limitations in mind
Cool video, but why is it edited/rendered in 4:3 60fps if the gameplay was recorded/streamed in 16:9 30fps?
Spends 10 minutes resetting a save to save a scientist only for him to die by Richter anyways.
13:21 casts a DARK CURSE upon you're half life
sv_cheats 1
host framerate
mat_specular 0
mat_showlowresimage 1
I really want to play half life source with low res and fullbright now. It looks like an indie game from 2013.
I cant watch this guys restless jumping, running and impatience.
I too eat cheese less burgers, I also love at 10:54 when it cuts from the zombie and grenades to reloading a shotgun
Average Half-Life: Source players: Worst version of Half-Life
Average Half-Life PS2 experiencer: Enjoyable
Average Black Mesa players: *projectile vomiting*
I remember the "Half-Life on the N64" stream.
Ultrakill black mesa edition
The fact that half life source maps look 10x better in gmod
I would legit do this on modern games to play on my fucking pentium 4 pc at 480p i dont see the problem with that
Half Life on a gameboy advance really be looking good
It's amazing to me that you can make a Glock look more appealing then a berretta.
My first playthrough of half life was on source, and I can confirm that it gives me pain
this was the only stream i actually watched, it was fucking amazing
i found my message in the 1 second of episode 2 gameplay
"50 DOLLARS WHADDA HELL"
"if the cheese is the best part then just eat the cheese"
if cereal is the best part then just eat it without the milk
This looks like it's squished into 4:3, which is really quite strange.
the stream looked terrible but it was fun to watch richter play it like that
Eugh, that squishing of the original VOD is gross. Could've uploaded in 16:9 instead.
true but it makes the disgusting oatmeal bit that much worse lol
The Experience Is Better If You Watch This At 144p
i just finished the entirety of a 10 minute video that i couldve skipped the entire time
Finally, someone who agrees that cheeseburgers are awful
I went in the Livestream for a second, now my eyes are dead.
Really liked this video, it’s inspired my videos, thanks richter.
HLS with hd models was my first introduction to half life
The true way to experience Half-Life using Source is with Black Mesa, let's be honest here
I agree. Black Mesa is such a well made remake
@@Kassandra101 True!
Nah half life source is CLEARLY superior, smh kids these days
@@ryguy07777 Nah nah nah, Half-Life 3 is where it's at obviously
@@planetearth2249 half life 3? I've been playing half life 56028582735828
With the new cyborgordon freeman
Came for the title but stayed for the sodacan asmr
Recently, I just managed to make an archive for fixed versions of Half-Life Source's Single Player campaign maps that one can download on Internet Archive if they searched for HLS, by combining the BSP files from both Kennert007's Half-Life Source Fix Pack and BloodyMuffin's Half-Life Source Fixed in a zip file so that players don't have to see any of the infamous map geometry and visual-related map leaks.
When your phone just randomly locks some videos in 480p so this is almost complete ass for me lmao
Ahem,
“HELLO GORDON”
-dr coomer
It had to be done
12:08 *spooky sound as mat_fullbright 1 is activated*
It slowly but consistently became Cruelty Squad.
I'm more offended by the HD models than I am by the source engine tbh
I never knew I had the he models on. So in the walkthrough I thought they had cool guns That were secret
@@KellenLellen Yeah thats Valve's fault for making the HD models default and not clearly explaining the difference in the settings.
this looks like cruelty squad if every texture was 80% more grey
At some point you stopped playing half life and started playing an early quake build programmed while drunk that got left on a dusty floppy that probably only got thrown away today
the reason why there is no half life 3
half + half = full
the half life 3 is overlife. it is a life you must experience by going outside
this is what I love about source games. you can just FUCK THEM UP.
10:12 funnily enough hamburgers originally didn’t have cheese in them.
when you put mastercomfig into half life
Slowly repeat after me: It's. Okay. To. Stand. Still.
This aspect ratio gives me so much nostalgia, it's like old youtube all over again
Is this 1:1 or 4:3? I can't tell both apart
4:3
Man, with full bright turned on, this game looks like og Doom. Doom was like 5 years old when Half Life came out and didn't even have the ability to look up and down so seeing Half Life like this just feels hilariously anachronistic.
I gotta say, I love that all your videos are in a 4:3 aspect ratio. It gives you your own style. Pretty sure most people would be really aliened if you would use an 16:9 ratio
It's not in 4:3 aspect ratio. It's actually in 16:9, but then squished into 4:3. Like when you set your monitor to 4:3 but then set windows to 16:9.
i have never played half-life 1, so when i do i am going to play half-life: source like this with the google translate mod
I'm kind of split on HD models. The HD character models are cursed by the HD weapon models are amazing. I'm guessing there's probably a way to have HD weapons only and classic character models lol.
Idg why they had to change the Glock and MP5 to a Beretta and M16 respectively, weird and unnecessary change when they could have just made HD versions of the Glock and MP5 like they did with other weapons.
Smh he didn't mention goat simulator at the beginning.
I remember watching this and thinking man I wish I had money, I was going to find some weird something to add idk what it was now
I prefer to call it "The Definitive edition"
The low res mode looks amazing.
i got some horror movie ad for this
what a wholesome community
I don't get the hate HL source seems to get that i see on more recent videos around, i don't recall this being a thing back in the day, it was always just a nice 'remastered' edition of the original