Impressive mod Ray-Traced Half-Life 1

Half-Life 1 is one of the most loved first-person shooter games on PC ever. This is an FPS game associated with the childhood of many people, especially the 9x and 8x generations.

But for current young players, low graphics may not be attractive to players who prefer current top graphics games like Atomic Heart, Son of the Forest, Resident Evil Remake or even Half Life Alyx itself.

For those who have experienced Half Life Alyx may know some versions of Half Life 1 and Half Life 2. However, for those who love a top-notch graphics background, Half Life 1 and 2 will certainly not be attractive. players, with the exception of the Black Mesa version.

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Therefore, modder Sultim_T has created a mod that adds Ray Tracing to the game and it is definitely worth it for those who have experienced Half Life 1 to feel excited.

And even for players who have never played through Half Life, if you have never seen the Ray Tracing feature in classic games like this. Basically, this feature will replace the built-in lighting in games with dynamic light rays. It helps to significantly transform the image of the game. You can see the difference in the trailer for the Ray Tracing Half Life 1 mod. Heavy weapons like the Gluon Gun and Tau Cannon are also visually upgraded.

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This mod was created by modder Sultim_T to help the original Half Life increase the game's light stats by 10x, you may also notice that Gordon can now also look in the mirror and see his image.

For whatever reason, players always seem to be impressed by mods when it comes to "old" titles. Unlike games with beautiful graphics like GTA V, ENB mods in old GTA games like Vice City, San Andreas or GTA 3.

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Half Life 1 looks amazing with the latest Ray Tracing technology. Zombies seem to look more scared when they are lit from below and they will now hide better in the dark. Vortigaunts bathed in blue light when they attack is really scary. However, no amount of blue lightning can stop them even if you are preparing the revolver.

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The author of your mod doesn't go into detail on how they made a mod or a machine that you can handle this level of graphics well. But you will at least need a graphics card that can handle Ray Tracing, which means an RTX 20 series or AMD 6000 series graphics card. Alternatively, you can simply download the .zip file on the author's GitHub page fake the mod and copy it to your Half Life folder, run xash3d.exe and voila.

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A piece of advice for those who have missed Half Life 1 for the first time should probably check out the Black Mesa version. A fan-made remake that rebuilds Half Life 1 into a brand new game. Because Black Mesa not only remakes the graphics but also has quite a lot of changes in the plot and gameplay, especially the story about after being on the planet Xen.

However, if you are holding an RTX card and are interested in more classic games. Then check out this mod, in addition, you can see more Half-Life: Echoes mods or an ongoing project trying to bring the Blue Shift mission pack developed by Gearbox to the Black Mesa engine.

Trailer Half Life Ray Tracing

Jessica Tanner

Update 27 February 2023