How to install the Cinematic and M Mod in Half-Life 2

This guide will let you know how to install the Cinematic and M Mod in Half-Life 2.

1. First of all, you will need to install the Half-Life 2 game from the Steam community. It is important to install it in the C drive of your windows PC. You must also install Half-Life 2: Episode one, two, and H-L Lost Coast.

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2. You also need to install the source SDK, source SDK Base 2006, 2007, and SDK Base 2013 single-player.

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3. Once all these get installed, right-click on the Source SDK base 2013 single-player go to properties, and click on the beta option. Select upcoming from the dropdown list, and hit close. You need to do the same with other files as well.

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4. Now before installing the cinematic mod, exit out of Steam once as you do with the task manager. You can download the cinematic Mod 13 from “https://www.mediafire.com/folder/f790nin478pbw/Fake_Factory’s_Cinematic_Mod_13“.

Now go to the downloaded file of the cinematic mod, open the folder and unzip files in it using 7zip or WinRAR archiver.

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5. Go inside the extracted folder and click and run the application file named CM_Installer.

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6. Once the installation wizard opens, click on the next button couple of times then set the directory. It should be in the C drive; otherwise, it won’t work. Then click on the install button. It may take a long time about 60 minutes to install so be patient. You must also check the Microsoft Visual C++ redistributable and install them where asked.

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7. In the meanwhile, you can install the M Mod. Open the M Mod downloaded folder inside which you will find the “Put these into source mode directory” folder, and copy everything from it. After that, paste them into this directory C drive > Program Files(x86) > Steam > steamapps > source mods.

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8. Now open the texture pack folder and copy everything from it and paste it into this directory C drive > Program Files(x86) > Steam > steamapps > sourcemods > HL2MMod_Cinematic_HL2 (You can also choose other HL2 games).

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9. Once you have installed everything, log in to your Steam application and go to the library. You will get to see Half-Life 2 icon with the M Mod. select one of them and click on the Play button.

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