NEW UPDATE: - Some new difficulty changes, mainly on nightmare.
- Hazard suit model (nightmare)
- Kevlar instead of batteries (nightmare)
- Removal of Hev chargers (nightmare)
-Audio changes for HEV, Kevlar (nightmare)
-Other minor changes

Still working on making the hud/pov be the same as the cleansuit. After that and some difficulty playtesting i feel the mod will be out of beta =)

Originally posted by s1lpex:

Still working on making the hud/pov be the same as the cleansuit. After that and some difficulty playtesting i feel the mod will be out of beta =)

Will this mod ever change the hand models to be...well...naked?

I think, I start on challenge but honestly, its tough to decide.

What would you recommend personally? Besides the Gonarch fight, I think HL was pretty managable on hard, but I dunno all your changes (and I certainly prefer the suprise effects), yet it makes it hard for me to decide for a run.
Or maybe I can just exchange the files during the game?

Any advice? :)

@Korhal, Well it depends ahah. "Harder" won't do much for you if you're trying to have a bigger challenge than the normal hard mode. If you want the game to be harder but every core mechanic to be pretty much the same, i'd go for Challenging. Now, for me, Nightmare is obviously my personal favorite because it is a completely different experience and way to play the game, you'll have to be creative, play smart and use all the "obscure" knowledge you can to gain advantages. If you want to try Nightmare, Wait for me to update it today, im gonna finish my playtesting in a couple hours and upload a note here(or on playtesting tab).

Regardless of any of this, you can always change the files as you said, i personally tested and didn't break anything. have fun!

NEW UPDATE BETA V1.2:

Nightmare:
-Nightmare mode is fully playtested in earthbound! :D
-Further Optimizations

Only 2 things remain before the mod is released!
-Xen Playtesting
-Final POV Models

PS: try to guess the hardest chapter in nightmare mode? It's not an usual suspect

I say its "Surface Tension", hopefully not "Interlooper". x)

Thanks for this very kind response! I think, I definitly go for the hardest difficulty then and will get my teeth punched in.^^