I did a full run of this game with mod installed and then on second map a soldier immediately rocketed my tram. I looked around for replacement and there was none. I walked 2 chapters for nothing as you can't progress without the tram, which was permanently disabled.
Why is there a rocket that destroys your tram? So stupid....

It's a masterpiece really! Not a single bug. You just subscribe to it then launch Black Mesa and load 8 Chapter!!! That's it. Works like a charm. Brand new experience! I recommend to everyone, this is must-have. In original game which we even passed in coop the visuals were like really poor and there was a lot of like undetailed, "not to watch to", to "pass", "to turn your sight away" areas, it felt really terrible. Here author really brought it to live. And specials are stunning. Maybe even better then the whole other Black Mesa which all of sudden from amateur mode became FPS king? :D

On A Rail in Half-Life was where I quit. On A Rail in Black Mesa was better, but borderline forgettable. On A Rail Uncut FEELS like Half-Life. In fact I find myself thinking that Surface Tension (with overhaul) and On A Rail Uncut are the most Half-Life-feeling chapters in the game. They (and QE Overhaul) are the parts I think about on a regular basis the most.

For anyone on a Steam Deck who's interested in this mod, don't try it. I got framerates in the 10-12 range at some combat heavy parts. Practically unplayable for a chunk of it.

What about the glitch where they cannot load pass the last part, and the maps no longer existing after the chapter? (and the whole AI being disabled bug as well)

Just played through my replay with this mod enabled. Did not get the save file glitch from what I can currently tell. Obviously can't rule the bug out, but it might be safe, for anyone wondering!

Also, have the save file being bugged out, not letting anyone load past it fixed?

Does this add the elevator ride to the rocket? I want to take the security guard still.

Save file bugs out at the very end of the chapter in this mod and won't let me continue into the next area that needs to load past the rocket silo.

I enjoyed the mod otherwise, but I'm not sure what's causing this bug beyond maybe a node graph issue (I had an issue with that in the rocket silo area as well) and it's keeping me from continuing the save file from there.

I completed the definitive edition of BM before playing through "the definitive OaR" mod. I only experienced an issue on the last map, the one where Gordon launches the rocket carrying the satellite. Loading any saves, quick or normal, resulted in the AI being disabled (this came up as an "AI disabled" message on the screen). Restarting the game did not solve this. Also the game did not continue after I finished this level (easy enough with frozen enemies). As I had already completed this map during my original play-through, I didn't investigate solutions. Other than these (critical) errors, the mod is a functional addition to the base BM game.

Well done on a brilliant remake/upgrade, even if it's only 60%. Although I understand the pov of the BM devs in slashing OaR, the changes go way further than simple alterations. I think that there should be a prominent notice on the game's Steam homepage, stating how much and why OaR has been cut, and advising players to subscribe to ""OaR uncut or "the definitive OaR", if they want something close to the original experience. Or the completed/fixed mod is incorporated, as an option, into the main game.

you can contact hecu collective, maybe they can help improve the addon

If your tram gets destroyed by the soldier with a rocket launcer or you just leave it behind, you get softlocked on the level where HECU fights vortigaunts, because the last door won't open without a tram. That's very frustrating, I mean why you even scripted the tram destruction if you can't proceed without it?

Is there a way to continue with the game? Manually spawning a rail cart into the map, maybe? A bug fix I can download or implement? I'd like to keep playing the game (granted I'm on like my fourth replay, but still).

When I transitioned into one of the maps in this mod, I was on the rail cart, but the rail cart despawned on loading the new area. I'm not sure which map it is, and I'm not sure how to determine which, but I think it might be c2a2c? There's an error message in the console that says "dead end link: c2a2c_tram_stop_18", if that helps. Any help?

I feel like crobar collective cutting almost all of this chapte was a bad desicion.

I ran into two issues with this mod, the first is that the guard at the silo that says "You should see the other guy" isn't there anymore. The second issue is that for some reason my game keeps crashing every time I finish the On A Rail chapter.

Ran into an issue where the security guard who you leave at the top of the missile silo changes to a different model when you visit him after returning in the elevator. Very funny to see this new face say "you should see the other guy" as if he was acknowledging he wasn't the right one. I suppose this is a bug.

I love on a rail in its original (HL1) form, so thanks for this!

Всё работает.

Maroon_V Este, el que has mandado está incluido en este mod.

hay no, entonces cual esta mas completo, este o este "

https://sp.zhabite.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=608116737"


nesesito una ayuda :(

The layouts are still pretty confusing, but the mod adds to the game narratively - the material transport system feels much more like a proper heavy-duty material transport system and the added skirmishes between the marines and the aliens make sure you're aware that not only are certain areas under full military control and others are devoid of it (just like in the previous chapters), but that in certain parts of the facility the alien attacks are getting more organised and precise, and are actually giving the military present a hard time.

Also, the scientist executions, the messages on the walls and the many ambushes add to the characterisation of the soldiers, and in the spirit of HL "travel" chapters, it does genuinely feel like a proper (if a bit long) journey.

Honestly, the layout isn't even all that confusing - and not because I remember On a Rail from 20 years ago :) Most of the time, the cart will either go in a loop requiring you to switch something, or else get to a barrier and stop. What side rooms there are usually link between cart stop points anyway.

I personally feel that the length of the journey and the army's increasing difficulty in containing the Xen aliens is an important aspect of the game's overall narrative.

The part where I run into a room with a bunch of guards fighting some military dudes... can I save them?

For some reason, I get thrown into the main menu when switching maps from bm_c2a2c to bm_c2a3a. Only removing bm_c2a3a from maps_dir.vpk helped

Small Question, do I put all of the VPK's into my Custom Folder or some? The File layout is an absolute mess imo.

Now that I've had a moment to cool down and analyze what happened, I can offer some advice. If the tram gets destroyed by the Marine with a rocket launcher, there's no getting any further once you reach the electrified bridge. Instead of having players run into this softlock, just have it an immediate game over once the tram gets destroyed. If mission critical asset needed to progress gets destroyed, it's game over and players restart at this previous autosave and proceed more cautiously.

I also hit the softlock. My tram got destroyed and now I can't progress past the electricified rail and the security door is locked. DAMMIT!

I have. These issues have either already been solved, were not reproducable, or are working as intended.

Like I said, the mod is complete. I am no longer working on it.

INSANITY TIME:
cant progress if you dont take the tram with you, its the part with the windy track and two floor levels of military and aliens where you open the barrier youll come to a red door with electric water.

For me:
If you want the mod to be complete then, fix what others saw. Organize the vpks, etc.

@RK Did you read what XRGM1267, INSANITY TIME, others.

XRGM1267:
1 - The latest update is a fix on a soft-lock that could happen if you progressed past map A2 without the tram. The latest update also added a security checkpoint that requires the tram to progress.

2 - The final map of the Definitive On a Rail Uncut (bm_c2a2g) has an error where I went to the part with the marines waiting for me at the end. They are supposed to spawn and open fire on me, but I don't see them but their weapons and they don't do anything.

3 - One last thing, maybe rename the .vpks to have the "oar_", "oaru_", or "doaru_." I know I can rename them myself but I want them renamed when I subscribe to in case a .vpk file of a different addon won't be mixed with this addon's .vpks. Maybe also update the OaR Uncut Readme.txt please. Thanks for the update by the way.

The mod is complete. Unless something is game-breakingly broken, I am no longer working on it

Is this mod abandoned?

if i have uncut already install should i uninstall it before getting this combo?

Does this still work after the recent updates?

Are you gonna answer XRGM1267's comment ?

cant progress if you dont take the tram with you, its the part with the windy track and two floor levels of military and aliens where you open the barrier youll come to a red door with electric water.

music not playing

just wondering, is the version of on a rail uncut included here the most recent version of it?

or... Package them together like the regular OARU addon, that also works.

One last thing, maybe rename the .vpks to have the "oar_", "oaru_", or "doaru_." I know I can rename them myself but I want them renamed when I subscribe to in case a .vpk file of a different addon won't be mixed with this addon's .vpks. Maybe also update the OaR Uncut Readme.txt please. Thanks for the update by the way.

Are... you working on it?

1 - The latest update is a fix on a soft-lock that could happen if you progressed past map A2 without the tram. The latest update also added a security checkpoint that requires the tram to progress.

2 - The final map of the Definitive On a Rail Uncut (bm_c2a2g) has an error where I went to the part with the marines waiting for me at the end. They are supposed to spawn and open fire on me, but I don't see them but their weapons and they don't do anything.

You would have to tell me what the regular OARU has that this does not since this one has been compatible with 1.5 much longer than the regular OARU has. Additionally, the Loop Mod packaged here is the one which is compatible with On a Rail Uncut.

@Sunset Shimmer
Can you please update this addon? The Official On A Rail Uncut update was here with some changes and I was trying to tell you to please update it now. And if you couldn't at least make the Loop Mod Compatible with the regular On a Rail Uncut addon since you name the maps differently than the official one.
https://sp.zhabite.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=608116737

They each take one part of on a rail, theoretically they could both be used at the same time but due to limits in the source engine they overlap, so a combo mod is needed (educated guesses here)

How would that even work? On a Rail: Uncut is a near-full replacement of the game's On a Rail chapter. The mod you've highlighted is another full replacement. I don't see how you can have two replacements coexist unless you envision running On a Rail twice back-to-back.

If this could only fused with this mod https://sp.zhabite.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2439412155&searchtext=

Aaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnndddddddddd... the Uncut mod is updated again.