Half-Life: Alyx’s mod instruments have arrived.
Valve has launched the official set of mod instruments for Half-Life: Alyx, and opened a Steam Workshop web page devoted to all the game’s mods. The instruments are nonetheless in beta, however the launch is critical for various causes.
The most evident is that creators can now dig deeper into the game’s code and modify it to create new experiences, or fiddle with joke mods. They additionally present unprecedented entry to the most recent model of Valve’s Source Engine, which may show helpful down the road if modders resolve to port an previous game to it, or recreate basic ranges inside it.
Valve is especially excited in regards to the potential for sandbox-style creations primarily based Alyx’s mechanics, a form of Gary’s Mod for VR. The suite of instruments comes with a brand new model of editor Hammer, in addition to instruments to create animation, fashions, textures, supplies particles and, after all, Source Filmmaker.
The Half-Life: Alyx Workshop page already has a number of mods. Unsurprisingly, considered one of them is a lightsaber mod.
