HL Rally 2 Closure
HL Rally 2 will no longer be developed due to problems and limitations of the Source SDK.
Some of the critical problems we experienced were:
- Vehicles were controlled by the server making them latent and not fun to play on the Internet
- Predicting the vehicles on the client failed as the client and server simulate the physics differently, causing the vehicles to get rapidly out of sync
- Correcting the predicted vehicles position made the game feel unresponsive and caused the vehicle to travel unexpected paths
- Valve themselves said that it was currently impossible to predict and therefore network vphysics objects accurately (think of the barrels in CS).
- The SDK does not allow for direct modification of physics
- Could not implement manual transmission due to SDK limitations
- RPM calculations were erratic and more often than not incorrect
- RPM values could not be recalculated accurately
Resultingly, we have decided to cease development on the mod and release parts of the source code to see if other modders can potentially overcome this issue.
We thank everyone who has supported the development of the mod, especially the contributors, members of our forums, IRC chatters, and the people at Valve who tried to help us overcome these issues.
You can still download HL Rally 1 for Half-Life 1
HLR1 - Third Party Pack Released
Note 1
: This pack is for HL Rally 1 for the original version of Half-Life.
Note 2
: This pack was produced by a third party, and is not supported by the HLR team in any way.
Tired of classic HL Rally and want to beef it up with a collection of almost every third party map and a few new vehicles? Try this third party collection featuring 5 Gameplay Modes (+1), 55 Courses (42+), 14 Vehicles (4+) and updated manual.
Download:
http://files.moddb.com/2557/download-half-life-rally-beta-110-55-cou/
Thanks mathieu2k5
HLRally Needs Help
The HLRally team is looking for an experienced Texture Artist.
If you're experienced with Photoshop or an equivalent image editor and can create excellent textures for use in mostly outdoor levels, contact us on IRC or in our forums
New HLRally 2 Model
About a month ago, Ross Hall approached me asking if he could help out with content creation. His fields of expertise are in the form of car modelling, animation, rigging, and texturing. During his time with us, he has managed to create a rather nice looking vehicle of his own design. Below are a few shots of his work. You can click these to download a video (8 mb - mov format). We recommend the light-weight Real Alternative to view .mov files.
You can also view more of Ross's work in his online portfolio.
