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Phong + Specular Soldiers (HL2+EP1)
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16 Nov, 2024 @ 3:09am
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Phong + Specular Soldiers (HL2+EP1)

Description
Both specular highlights and cubemap reflectivity of EP2 and original HL2 shading for Combine soldiers.

Description:

Materials and textures adjusted to support both original pre-orangebox specular shading and the original EP2 phong shading.

EP2 version

Features:

  • HL2 and EP2 supported.
  • Uncompressed normal maps.
  • Higher quality prisonguard normalmap.
  • Corrected prisonguard material.


Custom texture setup:

The normalmap's alpha channel is the phong mask. The original dedicated phong exponent texture is used. The diffuse texture alpha contains the specular envmap mask. The original dedicated selfillum mask texture is used.
The phong and specular vmts are then combined using this approach and the $envmaptint values are halved since phong doubles the intensity of the envmap otherwise.

To use custom textures, simply export the alpha channel of textures from this mod and replace the alpha channel of the custom textures. Then copy over the .vmt files from this mod.

Check out the rest of my enhancement mods here: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/id/THG_/myworkshopfiles/?appid=220
27 Comments
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DesktopMemes 17 Jul @ 12:19pm 
@XVL1456™

As THG stated below, he didn't. GameBanana's servers are just a bit odd sometimes.
We recommend you use the texture from this instead:
- https://gamebanana.com/mods/523650
OR
- https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3367603813

Let me know if you need further assistance from the THG Modding Team!
THG  [author] 15 Jul @ 2:52pm 
I didn't, GameBanana's servers are just weird sometimes.
I recommend you use the texture from this instead https://gamebanana.com/mods/523650 or https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3367603813
XVL1456™ 15 Jul @ 2:38pm 
The link for the metrocops doesnt work for some reason. Did you take it down or smth?
MarxArxed 17 Jun @ 5:50am 
@THG thanks for the info :steamthumbsup::steamhappy:
THG  [author] 16 Jun @ 11:36pm 
Most likely not but you can easily make it compatible by swapping the alpha channel of the texture
MarxArxed 16 Jun @ 11:31am 
Is this reskin compatable?
THG  [author] 15 Mar @ 6:14am 
Police are included here.
https://files.gamebanana.com/bitpit/hq_police.7z
(Barney stuff comes as a bonus but it's mostly optional. It has EP1 improvements and stops him having blood decals to function similar to Alyx or the rest of your allies.)
⛧Megalomaniac⛧ 14 Mar @ 12:13pm 
will this include the metrocops one day? i remember them also being shiny as hell in the 2004 builds
cheddah 22 Feb @ 8:05am 
fair enough
THG  [author] 22 Feb @ 1:06am 
I feel like GMod players would prefer to use "Improved Vanilla Combine"