A lately launched fork of one of many premier VR mods for Half-Life 2 (2004) added a lot of options that ought to make you’re feeling rather less like Gordon Freeman, and slightly extra like John Wick.

Mod creator Vittorio Romeo calls the unofficial fork of SourceVR Workforce’s HL2VR mod ‘HL2VR Unleashed’, which incorporates distinctive VR interactions reminiscent of twin wielding, common melee assaults, and a digital inventory for customizable shouldering positions—principally turning you into an indiscriminate Mix-killing machine.

You might also acknowledge Romeo from his work on a VR mod for traditional shooter Quake (1996) in addition to indie arcade sport Open Hexagon (2021).

You possibly can obtain the mod right here at no cost, which additionally features a helpful set up information. Right here’s the total record of recent options for HL2VR Unleashed:

Common Melee

– Permits bodily melee assaults with any weapon, and even with empty fingers.

– May be toggled within the tweaks menu, the injury may also be tuned as effectively.

Bodily Leaping

– Interprets bodily leaping into in-game leaping.

– May be toggled within the controls menu.

– Leaping threshold will be tweaked by way of the hlvr_control_physical_jump_threshold CVar.

Twin Wielding

– Permits every hand to independently equip and function a weapon.

– Requires the next actions to be sure on each controllers within the SteamVR bindings menu:

"Fireplace", "Alt Fireplace", "Eject Journal", "Open Weapon Choice".

– It is strongly recommended to rebind "Toggle Menu" to be an extended press or chord to not intrude with left hand "Alt Fireplace".

– It is usually advisable to unbind "Dash" on the left hand, as that’s the most pure bind for weapon choice. Sprinting remains to be doable by double-tapping the joystick.

– Acquiring a weapon makes it usable by each fingers. E.g., as quickly as you gather the crowbar, you’ll be capable of twin wield crowbars.

Digital Inventory

– Interpolates two-handed aiming with the participant’s approximate shoulder place, giving extra stability when aiming down sights.

– May be toggled within the tweaks menu, the place additionally the shoulder place will be tuned.

Grip-Holster Mode

– Robotically holsters weapons when the grip is launched, and equips the final holstered weapon when the grip is held.

– Any hand interplay (e.g. grabbing a prop, utilizing the flashlight) takes precedence over equipping the final holstered weapon.

– That is the advisable setting when twin wielding, because it simplifies the reloading course of for 2 weapons lots.

– Helps to rapidly work together with the world (e.g. gather an merchandise, climb a ladder) with out having to open the weapon choice menu.

– Suitable with the “Toggle seize” choice, that, if enabled, would require merely urgent the grip button reasonably than holding it held.

– May be toggled within the controls menu, the place the associated “Toggle seize” choice may also be tuned.

Problem Tweaks

– Permits fine-tuning of injury, recoil, and bullet unfold.

– Each inflicted and brought injury will be tuned, permitting a extra lethal and intense (i.e. no bullet sponges) but honest expertise.

– It is strongly recommended to cut back the recoil multiplier a bit to make twin wielding automated weapons extra gratifying.

– May be tuned within the tweaks menu.

Miscellaneous

– Manually tweaked the offset of each weapon to maintain the participant’s hand in the identical place, enhancing aiming consistency.