Half-Life 2 Substance v.2.1

Description
Half-Life 2 Substance is a mod for Half-Life 2, created by xdiesp_.
Info:
The 2005 original is available once again, rebuilt and expanded in an all-new 10th Anniversary Edition, thanks to the support of our community, and the crews of System Shock Infinite and SMOD Standalone.
This mod harks back to a bygone age, when innovation with first person shooters was king.
Games like Thief, Requiem or Shogo would explore new approaches to the shooter genre.
Substance sought to merge the different playstyles into a precursor to the Crysis suit.

Each of the HEV Suit Modes comes with its own weapons and abilities, like energy shields or cloaking.
Just like multiplayer classes, which can be switched on-the-fly and share one gigantic inventory.

Newly available in this version, is the VR Missions map pack. As Substance used to be limited to the
vanilla and remastered campaigns, it can now be played in over a hundred Half-Life 2 classic mods
such as Strider Mountain, The Citizen, Rock 24, Riot Act and Mistake of Pythagoras!




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2. Campaigns -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Welcome To City 17
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The Substance Campaign
Set in an alternate continuity where humanity never surrendered in the 7 Hours War, this modified
campaign is a retelling of Gordon Freeman's iconic arrival to City 17. It is a time of desperate
struggle, where the Human and the Vortigaunts have joined forces against the Combine invader.
Every level of Half-Life 2 now features new intense encounters, like antlion swarm invading the
city perimeter as in Episode 1, or the Combine attacking the Ravenholm survivors.

The Substance Vanilla Campaign
In the Substance Vanilla campaign, the original campaign features all the new gameplay from Substance
(like suit modes, slow motion, extra weapons and dynamic healing) but lacks the extra encounters.

The VR MISSIONS Map Pack
In the VR Missions addon, Gordon tests his augmented HEV suit within community-made levels by
artists like Leon Brinkmann, Baltic.Forever, Jose M. Ameyugo, Koumei satou, Henley Bailey,
Richard Acherki, Chris Fox, Germano Guerrini, Bobby Cardona, Tylak and Viktor Lundberg.



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3. HEV suit modes -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= My Vision Is Augmented
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DEFENSE MODE
Enhances balance and armor, focusing on medium-range combat.
[Shield] Hold shift to summon a shield, effective against physical attacks.
[Engineering] Ability to craft explosives, drones and sentry guns.

ASSAULT MODE
Enhances strength and firepower, focusing on slow-motion combat.
[Quad Damage] Hold shift to greatly increase weapon damage, inflicted and taken.
[Overload] Press F to enter a state of rage and bolster your unarmed strikes.

STEALTH MODE
Enhances dexterity and evasion, focusing on short-range combat.
[Cloak] Hold shift to become invisible. Taking damage depletes the aux charge.
[EMP Charge] Press F to release a powerful blast. Scrambles enemy targeting.

RECON MODE
Enhances survey and endurance, focusing on long-range combat.
[Morphine] Press shift to heal yourself. You are dazed until the effect expires.
[Mimetism] Stay still in crouch position to become invisible. Lasts indefinitely.

RIPPER MODE
Enhances agility and critical damage, focusing on fast-paced combat.
[Fox Hound] Hold shift to become invisible. Health depletes if you can be seen.
[Long Jump] Press control and space to perform a long leap forward.



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4. Gameplay features -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Always Faster Than Reloading
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- Press TAB to open the suit modes menu.
- Select suit modes with the F1-F5 hotkeys.
- Press F and SHIFT to activate suit powers.

- Press ALT to activate slow-motion.
- Weapons reload faster in slow-motion.

- Hold MOUSE3 to perform a melee attack.
- Hold crouch to heal a bleeding wound.
- Headshots and melee grant health boosts.

- Press Q to cycle between weapon firemodes.
- Striders can be destroyed by multiple weapons.

- The gravity gun pulls larger objects, like cars.
- Hunt headcrabs to replenish proximity ammo.


To install:
Step 1:
- Extract the "Half-Life 2 Substance Installer" archive in the Sourcemods folder.
Step 2:
- Run the "SMODStandaloneInstaller.exe" executable with admin rights and setup the game.

Note:

- HL2 and Source SDK 2006 must be installed (and launched at least once) before installing.
- The SMOD Standalone Installer must be unzipped and run from the Sourcemods folder.