Original Half-Life Getting VR Support This Month
A modder is releasing VR assist for the unique 1998 Half-Life recreation on October 19, which is able to make it the third entry from the sequence to go digital actuality. Both of the official Valve FPS releases function implausible world constructing and impeccable fight, which is what makes them so beloved to this present day. The authentic has gone down as probably the most influential first-person shooter video games, implementing environmental storytelling and interactive environments, and serving to to push the style into new territories. By this token, a VR mod is one thing many could have been ready a very long time for.
It’s not shocking that the group is all the time searching for methods to deliver the traditional recreation into the fashionable period. For instance, somebody is including ray tracing to Half-Life, which has sadly been delayed, however fortunately the identical modder has simply launched ray tracing assist for Quake, one other vital launch from the early days of PC gaming. On high of that, there’s the success of the fan-made Black Mesa, which rebuilt all the recreation from scratch utilizing the Source engine, the identical growth toolkit used to make Half-Life 2.
Now, followers can sit up for Max Makes Mods’ VR modification for Half-Life, which is coming October 19. A trailer uploaded to the Steam web page teases what gamers can count on. It will nonetheless retain the look and play type of the unique recreation, however clearly it should have assist for digital actuality headsets, together with the Valve Index, HTC Vice, Oculus Rift, and Windows Mixed Reality. As if that wasn’t sufficient, various extra modders have assisted with implementing high-res textures, and to assist deliver the sport into the fashionable world, there will even be feminine scientists within the facility as nicely.
On the entire, it feels like it’ll be a terrific addition for anybody who needs that further however of immersion on this most beloved FPS. With the likes of Half-Life Alyx being a VR success, and unofficial assist for digital actuality being made accessible for Half-Life 2, it appeared solely a matter of time till somebody made it potential to make use of a headset for Valve’s maiden launch.
Half-Life initially launched in 1998 for PC and was later ported to PS2.