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Harder Difficulty Tweaks Standalone

Adds additional difficulty options, makes changes to the health and resource-management system to make the game more similar to half-life 1, and buffs weapons to a similar level to those in RTB:R.

If you have some time, please rate the mod and share your experience!

Made based on my other mod for those of you who want to make the game a bit more difficult without going overboard too much.
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3378289922

Game play-tested on the hardest difficulty. Feedback is always appreciated!

WARNING: This mod modifies skill.cfg (weapon, item, and enemy values) and weapon script files (ammo capacity and drops).

This should be a simple one-click install, but if for some reason the weapon scripts don't work, read the next part.

>If the scripts do not work after subscribing, do the following:
0. Make sure to set this mod with higher priority so that the changes don't get overwritten. You can do this by booting into half life 2, going to extras, workshop, and putting this mod at the top of the mod list.
1. Navigate to steamapps\workshop\content\220\3382225419 and copy workshop_dir.vpk.
By default, it should be in your steam directory at:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\220\3382225419
However, if you have Half-Life 2 installed in another drive, you should check those as well.
2. Go to steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\hl2 and paste the file you copied into the "Custom" folder within hl2 directory. If the folder does not exist, create it. The final directory should look something like this: steamapps\common\Half-Life 2\hl2\custom.
3. It is recommended you also rename the workshop_dir.vpk file you just copied to something different so that you can install other mods that also require this method of installation.

NOTE: If you are using this in conjunction with the Miscellaneous Tweaks mod, make sure to set it as higher in priority in your load order to ensure the custom crosshairs from that mod work in all episodes.

You are done! Enjoy!


-Half-Life 1-style H.E.V suit: Enemies do more damage, but the H.E.V suit protects you more. Overall, you have more effective health if you keep your suit charged up, but if you run out, you will really feel the armor_gone.mp3 "armor compromised."
-Weapons now drop only about 40% of their maximum clip instead of always dropping their full clip. Ammo crates still vary depending on difficulty.
-Disabled AUTO-RELOADING. If you love reloading your weapons, well, this mod is also for you. Keep your weapons locked and loaded, or suffer the consequences.
-Tweaked difficulties:

*Normal: Challenging enemies. Your weapons do normal damage.
About what you expect, normal difficulty modified with the new H.E.V suit mechanic in mind.

*Hard: Enemies are very tough. Your weapons are less effective.
The hard difficulty you know and love adjusted for the new armor changes.

*Very Hard: Every mistake hurts. Run. Think. Shoot. Live. (Play at your own risk).
Take more damage, deal the same damage as on hard difficultly. Ammo is more scarce. You are no longer playing Half-Life, you are playing Wolfenstein.

-Less ammo, armor, and health pickups (like hard mode in HL1): Every ammo and health drop matters more now. Explore to stay stocked up and try to conserve your health and armor.

*Health Station 50 => 40
*Medkits 25 => 10
*Vials 10 => 5
*Energy Station 75 => 35
*Batteries 15 => 10

-Adjusted ammo capacities and damage for some weapons. Heavy inspiration was taken from RTB:R and EZ:2.

*Pistol max 150 => 90 Dmg 5 => 7
*Magnum max 12 => 18
*SMG max 225 => 180 Dmg 4 => 5
*AR2 max 60 => 80 Dmg 8 => 10
*AR2 clip 30 => 20
*AR2 secondary 3 => 4
*Shotgun max 30 => 24 Dmg 8 => 9
*Shotgun clip 6 => 8

-Buffed the ammo rate of the airboat and reduced its ammo drain rate slightly.
-Buffed health the Rebels to keep up with the new damage values.
-Nerfed strider and gun ships' health by so that they take 4, 5, or 6 rockets respectively depending on difficulty.
-Nerfed the APC's health to 500 for an easier airboat takedown.
-Nerfed the poison headcrab's health to 25 to make it die to 1 magnum shot even on hard.
-Increased the poison zombie's health very slightly so that they no longer die in the same number of hits when using the crossbow (3) vs the revolver (4).
-Increased the regular headcrab's health to 14 (dies to 2 pistol shots on normal and 3 on hard).

Other mods that also do something similar:
Better Ammo Limits
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3366867453