Combine Soldiers Hands Pack

This pack contains hand models for ALL of the combine soldiers, and also Combine Armor replacements for the HEV Suit.

Includes:

-Combine Soldier Shotguner Hands.

-Combine Soldier hands.

-Nova Prospekt Prison Guard Hands.

-Overwatch Elite Hands.

-Several Variations for the standard Combine Soldier hands.

In addition, this also contains HEV Suit replacements with Combine Soldier's armor, one model for each type of soldier, included in separate folders, as well as some variations for it.

Optionally, there's also a Combine Soldier Shotguner replacement for the standard Overwatch Combine Soldier model, that can be used in HL2:DM.

-INSTALLATION-

To install the hands, simply pick a folder of the desired Combine Soldier hands and/or armor and extract the folders in steamapps/common/(game folders here)/custom, in the folder of the game. For example, if you want to use them in Episode One, extract them in the common/Half-Life 2/episodic/custom, and if you want to use them in Episode 2, the same, but ep2/custom this time.

If the custom folder does not exist, create it. After this, inside the folder, create a subfolder (you can put what name you want, doesn't matter), and extract the materials, models, and other folders inside. All skins installed in a post-SteamPipe version of HL2 and associated game MUST be installed in the custom/(folder name here) folder, inside game's directory, otherwise they won't work.

Also, this contains hand models for the Stunbaton and S.L.A.M as well, so they can be used in Half-Life 2: Deathmatch as well, and they will work correctly.

All in all, this is the final release of this pack, as all glitches have been fixed and everything possible for such a pack is already included.

NOTE: Due to GB's screenshot limit, the Shotguner, Elite, Nova Prospekt Prison Guard hand models, as well as the Combine Armors, have been omitted, but they are included.

The Hands are based on the current Combine Soldier texture. This means that if you're using a custom combine skin (for instance, Mr. So's Universal Union combines or the Beta combine skin), the texture of the hands will change. Even more, as a warning, if your custom Combine Soldiers also come with custom models, there is a possibility to make the hand's texture glitch, depending on how much it's changed, though in most cases it won't happen.

Also, custom weapons with models won't work. This is not a retexture, this hands have a custom mesh. However, you can use custom weapon textures such as verttrasher's re-skin pack, and they'll work correctly.

MAJOR UPDATE:

I finally tweaked the Combine Soldiers' Hands and now they NO LONGER require the certain Combine skin to work properly. The ones that do are still included however, but the ones that don't are found inside the Variations folder. I know this was annoying for some people (and even me after a while), so I finally acted on it.

All models are fully compatible and work correctly with HL2, HL2:EP1, HL2:EP2, and HL2:DM. However, they will not work properly in Source 2006 based game/mods, nor HL2: Lost Coast. This is made for the post-Orange Box version of the games only.

FOR INFORMATION REGARDING WHAT'S NEW/FIXED IN THIS VERSION, PLEASE CHECK THE LOG LOCATED NEXT TO THE SUBMISSION'S NAME.

This is all. Have a nice day and experience with the hands.