Half-Life 2: Episode One is getting VR assist quickly, dropped at you by the identical group behind the lately launched SteamVR fan mod for Half-Life 2.
Launched in 2006, Half-Life 2: Episode One is the primary in a collection of video games to disclose the aftermath of Half-Life 2 and launch a journey past Metropolis 17.
The standalone title is lastly getting VR assist on March seventeenth, courtesy of the SourceVR Mod Crew, a group of VR fanatics who’re unaffiliated with Valve.
Just like the group’s Half-Life 2 VR Mod, which launched at no cost on SteamVR headsets in September 2022, the VR mod brings the identical risk of taking part in Episode One in full room-scale VR with tracked movement controllers, permitting you to bodily stroll round, shoot weapons, choose up objects, climb ladders, and many others.
And as you’d think about, the Episode One mod is together with the rash of VR-specific interactions first launched within the HL2 VR, akin to intuitive and lifelike weapon dealing with, fast and straightforward weapon switching by way of a radial menu, over-the-shoulder ammo stock, purposeful iron sights, two-handed weapons, and handbook reloading. Like HL2 VR, there’s additionally set to be non-obligatory laser sights and an arcade model ‘fast reload’ possibility if realism isn’t your factor.
SourceVR Mod Crew says on their web site that creating mods for each Episode One and Two required a separate construct from the one used within the authentic HL2 VR mod because of “just a few main points that must be resolved,” the group stated in September. Ostensibly, the group has now solved these points, rendering Episode One totally playable in VR.
Along with downloading the VR mod on Steam at no cost, you’ll have to personal copy of Half-Life 2: Episode One to play. You’ll have the ability to discover it in quite a lot of cost-effective bundles on Steam. When you’re at it, be sure to nab Episode Two to get a jumpstart on issues earlier than the group releases VR assist within the close to future.