NS1 is better than NS2 on every level and you know it!

1. Install Half-life 1 on Steam
2. Download NS1 here[www.unknownworlds.com] and install it to the default HL1 folder
3. Close and restart Steam or it won’t appear in your games list.




- "middle mouse click" is for upgrade menu, consider rebind to "B"
- "R" is for skulk leap and fade blink, consider rebind to "right click"
- turn off v-sync in video option if experience "gliding"
- "cl_gammaramp 0" in console if experiencing UI issues
* "fps_override 1" and then "fps_max 120" in console to set fps to 120
* "net_graph 1" in console to display FPS

Marines

- There's no tech points, comm can drop CC anywhere on the map
- There's no personal res, only team res, the comm buys everything
- Power nodes don't exist in this awesome game
- Scanning doesn't cost res, but rather obs energy (recharges over time)
- Beacon ports the team to marine start, not the nearest CC
- interacting with PG and Armory require players to press E
- Marines can use welders to weld vents shut and etc
- Obs unlocks motion tracking (tracks moving aliens)
- Exo is replaced by heavy armor (guns purchasd separately)
- Flame thrower is replaced by HMG (heavy machine gun)
- There's only 1 type of grenade (standard frag)
- Turrets require turret factory to function, there's no turret limit
- Upgrade turret factory to advanced turret factory unlocks siege canons (replace ARCs)

Aliens

- maximum of 3 hives at the 3 designated hive locations
- aliens have no commander, gorges build everything (even hive)
- no team res, only personal res, distributed evenly amongst players
- there's no biomass
- there's no cyst in this awesome game
- there's no gorge tunnel, aliens can port to hive by using hive and MC (press E)
- Gorge can spit at an unfinished hive for team to port to it via other hive/MC


Same as NS2, each new hive unlocks a new tree of upgrades (stacked up to 3x), uprade chamber also acts as field support chamber,

Defense Chamber DC (crag)- carapac / regen / redemption (auto ports to hive when near death)
Movement Chamber MC (shift) - celerity / adrenaline / silence
Sensory Chamber SC (shade) - cloak / scent of fear (aura) / focus (2x damage, 1/3 attack rate)
Offense Chamber OC (whip/hydra)


Alien life form abilities dont need to be purchased/researched, each new hive* unlocks a new ability automatically.

Skulk: bite / parasite / leap* / xeno*
Gorge: spit / heal spray / bile* / web*
Lerk: bite / spore / umbra* / primal scream* (enzyme in ns2)
Fade: swipe / blink / metabolize* (self heal) / acid rocket* (spit on steroids)
Onos: gore / devour (swallow marine, aim @ the feet) / stomp* / charge*