Mods And Modettes

[Seil]

So because I dun have L4D one or two yet, I've been messing around with all the old Half Life titles: Opposing Force, Blue Shift and the original Half Life. It's been pretty nifty - There's been a few hiccups, but I just needed to change the graphics from Software to Direct3d, and it's worked better.

I did have a bit of trouble with the graphics, but there's this mod from Steam (or someone, I don't know) that's available here: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3157-QDVN-1426 - and it's pretty wonderful. The thing is that Half Life works well on my laptop, and I've been watching Freeman's (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv1EPEK2k-0) Mind (http://www.accursedfarms.com/movies/fm/) - and there's great water there. Seriously, click the link. I know it's stupid, but I was hoping to find out whether or not Scott Ross used any mods for it. In my search, I found some people who turned the knob all the way up to 11. (http://www.blackmesasource.com/) Just wondering about that, when it comes out, etc.

So, does anyone know any good mods? I hear Oblivion sites are full of them.

[akaSM]

If you want to play Blue Shift, get Blue Shift: Unlocked, it fixes an annoying but amusing bug. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5al73UF478)

[Melfice]

Good mods.
Let's see.

FiniteLiquid (http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=1032&t=282152) for Minecraft: Makes the water and lava physics quite a bit more realistic.
Nature Overhaul (http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=1032&t=207638) for Minecraft: Trees and plants can die. They can also spawn new saplings which can be "blown on the wind" and plant themselves.

That's just Minecraft. I honestly don't remember any must-have mods I ran with my other games. (other than the obvious ones, like Better Bodies and Better Heads for Elder Scrolls games)

[Jagos]

These mods right here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDeawqKzEVM)

[Kerensky287]

I found some people who turned the knob all the way up to 11. (http://www.blackmesasource.com/) Just wondering about that, when it comes out, etc.

Black Mesa Source is essentially the Duke Nukem Forever of....


....wait.

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Black Mesa Source is essentially the Half-Life Episode 3 of modding. They've been at it for fucking ever and it's been ages since they released anything concrete. We know that they're still working on it, but nobody's seen anything resembling a progress update in ages because they follow the same pattern of "It's done when it's done, quit asking how long it's taking."

[Vauron]

A few mods I enjoyed that haven't been listed yet:

Median-XL (http://www.desura.com/mods/median-xl/news): A massive change in Diablo 2:LoD. All of the skill trees have been completely revamped, along with many new drops and challenges to test youself against. I wouldn't go back to vanila D2 now.

Fall From Heaven (http://www.desura.com/mods/fall-from-heaven-ii): This completely changes Civ4 from a game based on historical factions, to one set in a fantasy setting set just after an ice age gripped the world. Quite a few factions have mechanics that cause them to play quite a bit different from the others, and experience is quite a bit more important than in Civ4.