okay, here comes my idea again.... We all get together and create a mod.

1. This mod will have GREAT maps, because they are made by US at the snarkpit.
2. We will bring back GOOD weapons (worth trapping) like teh Gauss and Egon. Plus we will have lots of the GOOD weapons that were in the leaked HL2 beta. They had some good stuff in there!
3. we can add any of the features we miss about HL1DM and use the good engine from HL2DM along with custom-tailored "Snarkpit" features.

Nobody seems to want to commit to making a mod. But if we all gave a wee bit of time, we could do it.

HL2dm-Pro came close to doing that, and they did it very well (of course they didn't have snarks or the egon). They offered options to switch between normal HL2DM gameplay, and HL1DM gameplay. Hell, they even expanded on HL2 ideas, like using the gravity gun to push players, as well as pick up objects. It is quite a beautiful mod. Sadly, lack of community support has all but killed it - nobody plays it anymore.

You know, they did release HLDM:Source, right... it got no graphical upgrade, but it is ripe with potential for beautiful HL2 quality maps (or better). They have a small community. I played the game for a short while when it was released (right before Episode 1). Unfortunately, it was more annoying to me than fun. The Gauss nukes you almost everytime you use it, which is the biggest bummer of them all. Give it a try though - maybe some of you will dig it enough to throw it a map or two.

It's going to be a tall enough order, just to get the full singleplayer game. That's a huge undertaking. I wouldn't count on a very polished multiplayer, but what do I know, maybe it's not so hard to tack it on.

Oh, and the grapple weapon was Oppossing Force - BMS wouldn't have that. They would have the longjump though.