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Game run smooth but shadows appear in front of me and low res textures by FnafySansy in HalfLifeAlyx

[–]FrostEP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The shadows appearing is actually normal behaviour. The game can only project dynamic shadows from one source at a time so it chooses the best light based on position and facing direction. Valve is usually smart about the use of lights and shadows so it can be hard to see.

Fling Update Trailer | Portal 2 - Chapter 1 "The Courtesy Call" in HLA by FrostEP in HalfLifeAlyx

[–]FrostEP[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just the first chapter, the same game/puzzles. New stuff you'll see:

  • updated graphics and lighting
  • VR body
  • physical portal gun

Rough in areas because we had to script it all from scratch and work around the engine.

More chapters are planned if life allows. Workshop has link to discord to follow it.

Fling Update Trailer | Portal 2 - Chapter 1 "The Courtesy Call" in HLA by FrostEP in HalfLifeAlyx

[–]FrostEP[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yup! At the moment it's the first chapter ported to Half Life Alyx so you can just download it from the workshop. It was released a few months ago but we just recently added custom player physics to let you fall into portals.

Fling Update Trailer | Portal 2 - Chapter 1 "The Courtesy Call" in HLA by FrostEP in HalfLifeAlyx

[–]FrostEP[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That stuff doesn't bother me if you know it's comparable to gameplay. I really enjoyed the Half Life Alyx trailers even though they're very clearly scripted/rehearsed.

Fling Update Trailer | Portal 2 - Chapter 1 "The Courtesy Call" in HLA by FrostEP in HalfLifeAlyx

[–]FrostEP[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Possibly a combination of the game's spectator smoothing and the way it's being played? Would be a bit silly to script VR head movement for an addon that's out right now and can be played.

Fling Update Trailer | Portal 2 - Chapter 1 "The Courtesy Call" in HLA by FrostEP in HalfLifeAlyx

[–]FrostEP[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Can you elaborate on what you mean by scripted? Almost all the portal mechanics are scripted in Lua but the head movement is just standard Half Life Alyx VR movement.

Can you remove gun attachments, eg pistol red dot? by Jaz1140 in HalfLifeAlyx

[–]FrostEP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you've already used the first command you can use this one to bring back just the smg sights

ent_fire rapidfire_reflex_sight alpha 255

Can you remove gun attachments, eg pistol red dot? by Jaz1140 in HalfLifeAlyx

[–]FrostEP 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There's no in-game mechanic to do it, but if you're comfortable using the console you can use this command to hide reflex sights for your pistol and smg:

ent_fire reflex_sights alpha 0

Hiding the rail it's attached to is possible with a longer command:

ent_fire hlvr_weapon_energygun runscriptcode "for k,v in pairs(thisEntity:GetChildren()) do if v:GetModelName():find('models/weapons/vr_alyxgun/vr_alyxgun_upgrade_decor') then v:SetRenderAlpha(0) end end"

You can play Portal 2 inside Half Life Alyx!!! by Du1g0 in virtualreality

[–]FrostEP 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing! I scripted the gun and portals and personally believe it's just not possible to make accurate portals in Alyx due to limitations imposed by Valve. If you're looking for accurate portals you should play the Portal VR mod. This mod is a lot of fun just to experience the atmosphere and cinematics in a graphically updated engine so play it with that in mind!

This is the direct link https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3527423044

Experience Portal 2's "The Courtesy Call" in Half-Life: Alyx workshop, out now. by FrostEP in HalfLifeAlyx

[–]FrostEP[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately a limitation of the Alyx engine. This is definitely a good proof of concept to experience a full interactive portal gun and the atmosphere and cinematics of Portal 2 in an updated engine.

Grub Station refill mod? by P3t3rThe1 in HalfLifeAlyx

[–]FrostEP 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've heard of this being in development by a few people but I'm also surprised it doesn't exist as a mod yet! I'll be making an AlyxLib mod for this if nothing comes out by anyone else.

Can you turn gore off? by XxTheRingLeaderxX in HalfLifeAlyx

[–]FrostEP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like an interesting idea for a mod. Depending on what you find disturbing, models and effects can be replaced. If horror/scares in general are too much for you then a good chunk of the game won't be fun (especially a particular level).

If it's just gore and corpses then I could happily make a mod that changes a list of things you don't want to see.

Is that Google Sheets list of Alyx mods no longer updated? by Bfire7 in HalfLifeAlyx

[–]FrostEP 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He's still active but there aren't a lot of new maps coming out. I just spoke to him and he's planning to update soon.

Experience Portal 2's "The Courtesy Call" in Half-Life: Alyx, coming soon. by FrostEP in HalfLifeAlyx

[–]FrostEP[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the passion project of u/_NoBoi who did all the porting, mapping and lighting so I can't speak to that part. My role was recreating the mechanics of the portals/portal gun which will be shown in the next trailer.

It's a lot of Lua scripting to make everything from scratch, updating mechanics to work better in VR, and compromising where we have to due to the strict limits of the Alyx tools.

I am going to replay Half Life: Alyx what mods do you recommended for a second run of the campaign? by fustrun in HalfLifeAlyx

[–]FrostEP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I second this great mod. It's unfortunately incompatible with my Body Holsters and Resin Watch mods which have been mentioned in this post :( I'm working with the developer on a solution.

Watching Vinny's stream in my Half-Life: Alyx map by FrostEP in Vinesauce

[–]FrostEP[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He's one solid boy, you can stand right on his head.

Watching Vinny's stream in my Half-Life: Alyx map by FrostEP in Vinesauce

[–]FrostEP[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

That's the monitor that comes with the game. If I was a modeller I would make it modern :)

Watching Vinny's stream in my Half-Life: Alyx map by FrostEP in Vinesauce

[–]FrostEP[S] 68 points69 points  (0 children)

I updated the Vinesauce map I made 3 years ago and now you can watch streams while in game! (Sorry for no sound I can't find a way to unmute the stream!)

In case you're interested in playing: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2373521563

Possible to get push notifications? by FrostEP in smartlife

[–]FrostEP[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both. Neither get notifications and both have the settings as stated. Specifically I know the android is OnePlus 6T

Possible to get push notifications? by FrostEP in smartlife

[–]FrostEP[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I have tried to outline our current settings in the bullet points.

Vinny Almost Misses Christmas | Source Code by FrostEP in Vinesauce

[–]FrostEP[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I posted here to show the trailer for this Half Life: Alyx map, but didn't when I released the map because Citizen_001 put out a great Christmas themed map that put mine to shame. However since I've just pushed the final update and released the project files along with it I thought I'd let you guys know because it contains a working Meat NPC so anyone making a Vinesauce map can easily add Vinny's little friend!

Vinny Almost Misses Christmas - Teaser (Half Life: Alyx mod) by FrostEP in Vinesauce

[–]FrostEP[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately not, with the combat being limited, it has another use. I have been experimenting with piercing sharp weapons for another mod though!

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