Total Conversion HL2 Mod

bbzzdd writes "A comprehensive total conversion of the Half-Life 2 game has been released. Crafted by students from SMU's Guildhall, Eclipse is a beautiful change of pace from the average FPS. From the site: 'You play as a young Sorceress named Violet whose father went missing five years back. After learning the secrets of Telekinesis, you are teleported into Auld-Haven, a lush and fertile land where Violet grew up. Your objective is to return to Violet's home where she last saw her father years ago and dig up any clues to his whereabouts. In the broken down tower of her home you discover a journal left by her father. The journal unlocks a handful of secrets that ultimately leads you on a quest to find the ancient teleportation device - the Standing Stones.'"

Comments

pretty good

[udderly]

The screenshots look pretty good--and they're not even /.ed yet!

Wow - that was quick ! - slashdot effect !

[bushboy]

Managed to get onto the site, 5 minutes later, no longer possible :-

obligatory google cache link :-

http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cach...+&hl=en&st ar t=1

Download links :-

http://eclipse.gmwalek.com/viewtopic.php?t=21

http://halflife2.filefront.com/file/;43287

bitorrent

[dethro]

http://www.filerush.com/torrents/Eclipse-Setup.exe .torrent

DOH - bad link

[bushboy]

http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:nbEeDXhjeqYJ: students.guildhall.smu.edu/eclipse/+&hl=en&start=1

Re:Not smart.

[Nick Harkin]

Actually, it seems like people in Europe and Australasia have an advantage, for a change, thanks to filefronts Europe and Australasia only mirrors.

Here for anyone in those areas.
http://halflife2.filefront.com/file/;43287#Downloa d

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For the pretty pictures..

[Neoncow]

That we're too lazy to look for..

Coral Cache

nyud.net cache works

[Solder Fumes]

http://students.guildhall.smu.edu.nyud.net:8090/ec lipse/index.html

Fileshack has it

[Anonymous Coward]

http://www.fileshack.com/file.x?fid=7218

Torrent Available

[Kalak]

http://www.iddl.vt.edu/~jackie/eclipsesetup.exe.to rrent/

Beautiful, but veryyyy short

[SnowCrashed]

Very cool concept, and incredibly lush outdoor environments (my 6600GT choked on it at a couple of spots). However, it's only got about an hour of gameplay. Hopefully more will come out of it, the little bit that's there is fun to play.

Re:Beautiful, but veryyyy short

[SnowCrashed]

You are right about the jumping animation. It's either extremely choppy, or non-existant. Also, especially noticable in the movies, is that the walking animation is a little bit awkward as well.

Re:Another Crying Game

[rpozz]

You can run it on Linux with Cedega. There's a bit of a nasty performance hit though.

Re:Legal to sell them?

[Nogami_Saeko]

It's not legal to sell them. Valve's license specifically prohibits people from selling anything that's developed with their tools, or interfaces with their software/engine.

But that said, if it becomes popular (aka CS), I'd imagine they'd work something out.

I'm still fairly surprised that Valve hasn't picked-up Natural Selection yet. It's far more fun than CS and actually requires real teamwork and strategy.

Hopefully when NS 3.1 (or NS-Source) comes out, they'll make it available on Steam.

If you want to try something that's a little more satisfying than the "run around and shoot stuff, round after round in CS", pop over to the Official Site and give it a try (It takes some time to learn how the game works, so reading the manual [the wikipedia entry is pretty good!] will help you look less like a newb).

N.