Sweet. I'm installing them all.

Jorw

@supo: Kotaku broke my link, heres the moddb link [www.moddb.com]

supo

[en.wikipedia.org])

Another fantastic mod, surprised it hasn't been added to steam already considering Valve lent a hand to the creator.

supo

I have no idea what D.I.P.R.I.P stands for but here's a lucky guess..

Die in Pain, Rest in Peace?

If so, me likey ;D

Also I love Valve/Steam! Best Devs ever.

-Scrixx-

@havelava: lol, i havent done THAT in awhile.

prolly login when i get home. ep.1 for $5??! wow

kw4k

Great move by Valve. Played DIPRIP for a few minutes and it was pretty fun.

Going to try Zombie Panic later, but i've heard that there's a HUGE lack of servers (ie they're all full).

Spidery_Yoda

Zombie panic rocks, Insurgency is okay i guess.

KEITH1437

i recommend insurgency, highly.

sloan

I'm still debating on purchasing the orange box, but since they have source games on them, I think I will go pick it up for this reason.

skitzogreg

I tried Zombie Panic last night (meh). I'll have to give some of the others a try.

Brine

*Logs on to steam*

havelava

Insurgency is awesome.

Deathcrazy

I <3 Valve.

TheHeeyyy

Zombie Panic is one of my favorite mods for HL2. I played the hell out of it over winter break last year. I figure I'll probably check it out again around the time Left 4 Dead comes out.

goldsoundzzz

@GusherKid: The point is they're all now hosted directly on Steam, are downloaded via Steam's servers, and are properly part of your games list.

Spidery_Yoda

Hmm I'll try Zombie Panic. Love me some Zombies.

greyhoundbus

@GusherKid: That's what I was thinking. Isn't the whole point of a mod the freeness?

Thorax

Yeah there's hardly any servers just now and they're always full. And when you finally get onto a server its so laggy its barely playable.

Come on server owners! Switch over from CS for a few days at least :D. We need servers for these mods, they look like they're a lot of fun and very polished.

Spidery_Yoda

Weren't those mods already free? I mean I know Zombie Panic was. Oh well, I'll be downloading the rest of them. Thanks for the heads up!

GusherKid

Ooo free stuff.

kagebutsu

Zombie Panic is really fun, if you have real friends to play with. It can be boring, but it ccan also be really intense if you play with people that know what they're doing..

I just wish you can pick up objects and barricade a room, instead of hitting them to block a door, hahah

wahrugene

While the Source engine offers vastly improved opportunity in game design, it seems like it's also been quite a barrier to entry for would-be mod developers. The original Half-Life was modded quickly and easily, producing a large amount of utter garbage but also a few enduring types of gameplay that have been recycled and improved upon in more recent games. The modeling requirements have shot through the roof as gamers come to expect graphical excellence, however. Half-Life mods could focus on the gameplay more because people just cared a lot less about polish.

Then again, the Half-Life engine sure has been around a long time, so maybe I just need to be more patient with mod development.

adocious

@Deathcrazy:

Has it gotten better since last year? I gave it a shot, but it was soooo sluggish, it was hard to play. Hell, the craptastic America's Army was even better.

dead_red_eyes

@dead_red_eyes:

WTF. That's strange that it breaks the link. How weird.

dead_red_eyes

@supo:

[en.wikipedia.org])

dead_red_eyes

AoC is aces. Remember to aim for the noggin.

BTFzor_Freestyle

I love you, Steam.

Graham

@adocious: We can't just stop the graphical evolution just because mods are made easier that way.

Plus, simple games nowadays are liked as much as complex ones.

Ashurahori

@skitzogreg: Are you kidding me? If you have a PC and you don't have Orange Box, there is an angel in heaven crying. You really can't go wrong with all that gaming in one package, especially now that these mods have steam support.

PATSCRU

So this will work with my copy of TF2?

Vault

What an awesome move by Valve. It's such a great way to promote third party mods. Honestly though, I'm surprised they didn't do this years ago. Great job nonetheless!

@Spidery_Yoda: Right now there is a lack of servers because the majority of them are still using the earlier version. It'll clear up within the next couple of days.

Dopeski

Getting AoC and Zombie Panic!

remixnzza

@Vault: Yes, just check your games list in steam.

PATSCRU

@adocious: I think this can be attributed more towards the advancing graphical tastes of gamers rather than the difficulty of the source engine. As gamers demand bigger textures and more detailed models, modding becomes harder and harder, but there is no lack of valiant tweakers up for the task.

PATSCRU

it's really too bad Dystopia isn't on steam ... yet. it's a great mod, check it out! especially if you were ever a fan of front line force..

Exor

@dead_red_eyes: I think the commenting system are brokes. As you can see from the comment below, comments are being added to the wrong convo's and i've noticed some comments are covered by others so you can't read the whole thing.

supo

You know, I just finally picked up the orange box a month or so ago, and I've been pretty active in modding in the past, but I'm having a really hard time finding good info on simple modding for HL2... There are TONS of undocumented console commands, and most of the basic things you'd want to switch around in the game seem hard to figure out (changing clip sizes, swapping out npc models, etc etc)

Trym

@Spidery_Yoda: no more looking to download a mod. The stat tracking is also big.

sereal

@Exor: I have a feeling that after the next release it may just end up on there, supporters are getting release candidates for beta testing right now so changes for Dystopia are in the pipeline.

Amstrad

Lets just hope that this continues with other mods like Dystopia (which is, hands down, the most wellproduced mod i've seen for HL2 yet) or The Hidden.

This could be the thing that makes these mods more mainstream, meaning more servers and more players, which is always a good thing :)

FlyveHest

Check out Insurgency! It won the Mod of the Year 2007 award on moddb.com! Might be the perfect game for you if you think cod4 isnt realistic enough or the maps are too small.

Gambrinus

@supo:

Not only they helped the creator; it now also has a job at Valve.

LordCiego

It's finally nice to see user generated content brought to attention.
I'm hoping other services such as LittleBigPlanet carry this same mentality forward.

CosmicElement

And people keep calling out the death of PCs. The reason PC gaming will never go away is right here. because it's a gaming community by the community for the community. Even if all the corporation walk away there would still be games getting made for the thing.

AthleteUK

@-Scrixx-: Correct.

Eranmane

THIS is how you run a gaming business. THIS. Don't treat your customers like criminals, treat them like the people that pay for you to eat every night.

I. Love. Steam.

Mancomb Seepgood

@PATSCRU: I bought the orange box and kinda wished I had bought the FULL valve pack afterwards but hey I can always give the duplicates as gifts I just have to find someone else who uses steam.

Cue2

AoC is pretty damn awesome.

LastFace

@LastFace: also, they should really add Dystopia to this. That mod is very full of win and kickass.

LastFace

Definitely recommend everyone dl ZPS especially now that it's much easier than directing you to a link.

New graphics, engine but same old zombie vs survivors action.

padre

@Brine:

Go for it, ZPS is full of win

padre

What I don't get is why they capitalize the word Mod? It's an abbreviation, not an acronym.

Mink_Car

@Mink_Car: I was thinking the same thing. Capitalisation makes it sound almost like Ministry of Defense...

MaxS

Do you need HL2 specifically or can I just use TF2?

Klink