New maps and models - Progress Update news - Trials of Last Steel mod for Half-Life

Welcome back to another update! There won't be some crazy features, it will mostly be new models and maps. There is a lot of stuff here so let's get going:

Maps:

I have done a lot of work for the third trial and currently the chapter is halfway there, only the other half is left to be done for the full chapter to be played from start to finish.There is still a lot of work to be done to these maps, a lot of gameplay improvements, but recent playtests showed me where i need to focus, so that's what I'll be doing throughout the year.

Models:

There is a couple of stuff that i have done with modeling, mostly character models:

This is a new SMG model that you will use in the fourth trial. Modeled after the Sig Mpx Sbr:

This is Megan, the third and last main character in the mod. She will be introduced much later in the mod. She, along with Davo, will help you along the way with enemies and level specific puzzles:

These are the elite guards that you will meet in the third trial and that will help you fight against bandits later in the level:

And these are the bandits that you will fight against:

Trojans also went through a slight model and a complete texture change:

That's all that i have to show, like i said, not really anything crazy just maps and models. I plan on overhauling the old and new maps a lot more, make them more consistent with its themes and making gameplay better overall.

For anyone that cares, here's also an animation reel of characters and some baked physics that i have done for the mod over the years:

Thank you for reading this article! Progress is slow but it's there, most of the time i don't really have a lot to show, so that's why I'm not really active that much