FusionVille 2 – Map Labs #10

for Half-Life 2: Episode Two

13th September 2020

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Once again RunThinkShootLive partnered with Map Labs to bring you another Ville sequel. This time, it’s the follow-on to perhaps the highest quality mapping challenge we have here at RTSL: the excellent FusionVille.

In FusionVille 2, authors were challenged to combine 3 of the following previously-used themes, half from RTSL and half from Map Labs:

  • Bridge
  • Toxic
  • Teleport
  • Liberation
  • Vertical
  • Episode One
  • Two Rooms
  • Think Tank
  • Companion Piece
  • Back on Track

So here is FusionVille 2, Map Labs #10. It has 10 entries along with 2 bonus maps. Hope you enjoy, there are some pretty unique maps here!

As always, if you’re interested in learning more about Map Labs and maybe even participate in their upcoming challenges, visit the Map Labs Discord.

Basic Details
  • Title: FusionVille 2
  • Filename: sdk-2013-sp-mlc-fusionville2.7z
  • Size : 610 MB
  • Author: Attack Slug, HighFire, shoes, Klems, Dolmo, Niker107, Matt71490 AKA Event Horizon, ThatsRidonkulous, CertifiablyInsane, Ildarion, Lassi, Layla, Ada G//Adakam, Melomaniac
  • Date Released: 13 September 2020

Download Options

Download to your HD [610 MB]

Manual Installation Instructions
  • Make sure you have the Upcoming branch of the Source SDK Base 2013 Singleplayer installed in Steam and run at least once. (Properties – Betas – select upcoming from the dropdown list).
  • Copy the fusionville2, mapbase_shared, mapbase_hl2, and mapbase_episodic folders into your SourceMods folder.
  • Restart or start Steam.
  • FusionVille 2 should now be listed in your Library tab.

Reviewing

If you decide to use the Per-Map Opinion Images, feel free to use the file below as a template:

FusionVille2-Review-Template.txt

Entries

Listed as they are displayed in the mod itself:

Unlikely Friends by Attack Slug
Breakthrough by HighFire
Citadel Core Meltdown Evacuation Protocol by shoes
The Temple by Klems
Metaphor by Dolmo
Rambo Male_07 by Niker107 & Matt71490 AKA Event Horizon & ThatsRidonkulous
The Insane Doctor Crossbow by CertifiablyInsane
Phoenix Contact by Ildarion
Interrupted Infiltration by Lassi
Identity Death by Layla
Adoorable by Ada G//Adakam (bonus map)
Mind the gap by Melomaniac (bonus map)

Screenshots

WARNING: The screenshots contain spoilers.
Each map has 5 screenshots.

1600 x 900

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Reader Recommendations
Avoid It!
Think Twice
Maybe
Play It Later
Play It Now!
6 recommendations, average score: 4 (out of 5), standard deviation: 1.33 (what's that?)
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Installed:
Using Gauge: Users
Manually: 5 Users
Time Taken:
Average: 1 Hours, 40 Mins
Shortest: 0 Hours, 40 Mins by geezer1857
Longest: 4 Hours by Fan-of-Simon-Pegg
Total Time Played: 8 Hours, 20 Mins
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39 Comments

  1. dougjp

    Followed the simple install instructions, noting that there are several never seen before folders to go into Sourcemods. All I get is a crash to desktop after briefly seeing the “loading”?

    Reply
    1. dougjp

      Strange – as an afterthought I tried loading again, and this time it worked.

      Reply
      1. Shet

        Same here, i think it’s some issue with the background map.

        Reply
        1. ThatsRidonkulous

          Many people have had this crash issue occurring just before reaching the main menu. To likely resolve this, go into your Steam library, navigate to your Source SDK Base 2013 Singleplayer, right click on it to navigate to its Properties, select the Betas tab, and change your version to the “upcoming” beta. Hope this helps!

          Reply
  2. Steve

    I’ve installed and followed the instructions above. Loaded up Steam and it’s there so loaded the game – but everything is in a weird wireframe display. To say I’m gutted is an understatement 🙁
    I’m on Mac btw. Appreciate any help, thanks.

    Reply
    1. Unq

      Sorry, it works ok for me but I’m on Windows. You can try the Map Labs discord server linked above in the post, or their twitter. I don’t know if it works on Mac or not.

      Reply
      1. Steve

        I must admit, I did wonder about this when there was multiple folders to copy over into sourcemods. Had my doubts then. Thanks 🙂

        Reply
  3. Osiris

    Thanks to everyone for some really good looking maps.
    My personal favorite was The Temple by Klems. Really fun map with a lot of new elements. Great job! with honorable mentions to Phoenix Contact by Ildarion, Interrupted Infiltration by Lassi for some good combat.

    Reply
  4. vancanucksfan

    I’m struggling in the temple and can’t seem to proceed any farther. I’m in the very narrow underwater tunnel and approaching 2 of the crab creatures. I can’t get by them and as soon as they latch onto me an invisible monster attacks my vessel and kills me. Anybody advice for how to get past this?

    Reply
    1. SpagootNoodels

      If you keep repairing any hull breaches on the upper decks inside the vessel the monster will eventually give up(?) and focus on you instead of the ship. Also you can squish the crabs with your mighty hands if you hadn’t figured that out already.

      Reply
      1. vancanucksfan

        Appreciate the tip!

        Reply
    2. Player

      I am completely stuck having descended and turned the wheel to lower the brightly lit cylinder. Can’t see anywhere to go and tunnel doors closed. Any suggestions

      Reply
      1. Unq

        See the crabs on the cylinder? They are sucking the power from it.

        Reply
  5. RedDwarf

    Tried running this on Linux, but almost all of the textures are missing. After looking at the folder contents, this mod is clearly Windows only.

    Reply
    1. Anon_1870462

      You might try the Steam proton compatability tool. From library -> right click on game -> properties -> Force … compatability tool. -> choose latest version of Proton.
      You “may” also need to install the mapbase addons to your sourcemod folder. Works for me under Debian 10. Hope this helps.

      Reply
  6. vancanucksfan
    Play It Now!

    I really enjoyed this set of maps. The temple was my favorite and was hugely fun, but there were a number of good entries as well. Everybody should definitely try this if they are a HL2 fan.

    Reply
  7. Bernie

    Thanks for this maps, was very fun to play…

    Reply
  8. Wesp5

    As usual with the latest villes a very mixed bag, but Unlikely Friends was really cool and The Temple was amazing! I wasn’t aware that creating a moving submarine in that way was even possible with HL2 modding.

    Reply
    1. Unq

      Well, it’s not quite standard HL2 modding. Map Labs now uses Mapbase code, which is kind of like a mapper’s toolbox to do stuff you can’t normally do in HL2 maps. And it’s certainly opened the door to unique maps like The Temple.

      Reply
  9. Captain Crap
    Play It Now!

    I want to clarify something regarding for Unlikely Friends map. I managed to get out of the map by jumping from the truck, over the wall.
    https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2251171046

    When that happens, I decided to explore the boundaries of the map and eventually the game asked where I was going and took me back to the last checkpoint.
    https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2251170648

    Is this likely intentional or just an easter egg?

    Installed:
    Manually
    Difficulty Played At:
    Medium
    Playtime:
    1 Hour
    Reply
  10. asterixer

    Metaphor crashed after leaving the first big room
    RamboMale_07 i wasnt able to jump onto the train

    Reply
    1. asterixer

      Okay, Sorry to the mappers: If i copy the maps int to singleplayer 2013 dir under Linux for test. None of them chrases!

      So it seems it is a graphical Driver issue under Windows. The latest Nvidia Driver has some problems with stability in some games…

      Reply
  11. goergegk

    I put all the folders in the sourcmods efolder, but I get a dialog window with the following error:

    ——————————————————————————————————————————-
    Tried to add
    C:\……….\mapbase_episodic\content as a search path

    This is probably not what you intended.

    Check
    c:\……..\mapbase_episodic\content\readme.txt for more info
    ——————————————————————————————————————————–

    What should I do? The readme file that is pointed to doesn’t exist.

    Reply
    1. Unq

      Did you also set the Source SDK Base 2013 Singleplayer to the Upcoming beta branch? And launch it once on its own before launching this mod?

      Reply
      1. Anon_1872987

        Sorry for late response, just remembered for this again.
        Yes I did.

        Reply
      2. Anon_1872989

        I also tried installing the last version of mapbase.
        Plase help.

        Reply
        1. Unq

          Sorry, I don’t know what else to try. I suggest visiting the Map Labs Discord linked at the top of this post and ask for help there.

          Reply
  12. geezer1857
    Think Twice

    After 40 minutes, I got bored with the stories and program crashes. Skip this one.

    Installed:
    Manually
    Difficulty Played At:
    Easy
    Playtime:
    40 Minutes
    Reply
  13. tomC
    tomC

    A few of the maps in this Map Lab crashed, but I got them to work.
    However, Interrupted Infiltration kept crashing consistently during
    the outside battle against troops and the helicopter.
    I hid in some out of the way places to see if it was a missing texture
    or something like sv_cheats being set to 1. It also crashes when
    sv_cheats is set to 0.
    <Is this why I can't find a walkthrough for the map ?
    Thanks, and healthy gaming !!!!

    Reply
  14. Daken50

    Metaphor was the only one that I got to work. It was a good one.

    Reply
    1. Unq

      The only one you got to work? Did you fully follow the Manual Installation Instructions – installing all 4 folders?

      Reply
  15. Daken50

    Metaphor was the only one that I got to work. It was a good one!

    Reply
  16. Daken50
    Maybe?

    .

    Reply
  17. Robert What

    Can confirm asterixer’s solution works: copy all the mod’s folders into the (updated Beta) Source SDK Base 2013 Singleplayer folder.

    Reply

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  19. ShawnHL
    Play It Later
    It is good

    3/5

    Installed:
    Manually
    Difficulty Played At:
    Medium
    Playtime:
    40 Minutes
    Reply
  20. andrix7777777

    Can’t get it to work? I followed the instructions – set the Source SDK 2013 Singleplayer to “upcoming”, launched it, then installed the folders provided in the zip into a sourcemods folder (note: I had to create my own because it didn’t exist for me, it’s in steamapps\sourcemods). Restarted Steam, “FusionVille 2” didn’t show up.

    Reply
  21. Hec

    WOW, what the heck happened in this one people apparently didn’t follow setup instructions clearly so they give low rates!!!

    This one has one of the most impressive mods I’ve ever played, “The Temple” must be a total classic from now on!

    It is WOW!

    I hope this guy develops some “Challenger Deep” mod! Would be just awesome!

    That whole entry makes it definitely worth it!

    Valve must’ve put this author in charge of the submarine aborted sections in the original HL2 haha hope they hire him in the 3rd.

    Reply
  22. Hec
    Personal Favourite

    I only have to say quite a few things about this map-lab challenge. And one of them is “The Temple”.

    Now let me explain better. Some mods are very memorable in the HL2 modding archive or portfolio, however, you like to call it. And some of them are not mods released on their own, and here we have the case of a total classic, The Temple it may be launched inside this bigger map lab, but it is an instant classic because of the whole concept around it. Now, I know it may be unfair to just talk about this entry when others were nice and also have great combat in this same gaming product, but in this case, this entry was so memorable because of the whole concept which never had been deployed before by any other author in, so far long HL2 modding history. When we played The Temple and we get the mechanics of our submarine, we really get into this amazing undersea voyage to the unknown and we actually discover an eerie story inside that cold depth. You know, back in HL1 modding memorabilia a total classic piece was “Challenger Deep” mod. In there, we actually undercover the mysteries of a submarine base related to Black Mesa. When I played The Temple memories of that mod came to my mind and just couldn’t stop thinking that “Klems” his author would be the perfect modder to bring to life a Source Version of that classic HL1 mod. Now I know some of the mechanics, especially the navigation HUD in the sub and that hectic part where you find the terrifying guardian of the subaquatic temple, are faulty but improbable, and so I truly hope the developer could launch a stand-alone version improved of his total masterpiece as if anyone asks me what is the aquatic HL2 mod for excellence, I’d say it is this one, and only because of this entry this whole map-lab challenge is definitely worth to play.

    Now the rest of the entries are also very good especially: “Methapohor”, “Rambo”, “Phoenix Squad” (this one was a total military realistic combat delight to play), and “Interrupted Infiltration” All those make an excellent map-lab to enjoy intense combat, and cool stories inside the HL2 modding universe.

    So yeah, absolutely play this, and please be careful when installing it, as if you miss some files to paste in your source mods folder you may have a bad experience with this map-lab, so please install it correctly and, please font judge this map-kab wrong for a bad setup, for god sake!

    Installed:
    Manually
    Difficulty Played At:
    Medium
    Playtime:
    2 Hours
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