Life in City 14 is less user-friendly than in City 17. Civilian Protection are more and more oppressive, and civilian beatings are commonplace.
You are teleported into a weird building and you have lost your memory.
Your awakening and arrival will cause some events that you need to deal with.
Basic Details
- Title: City 14
- Filename: c14_fullzip_02.zip
- Original Filename: c14_fullzip_02.zip (10.6MB)
- Size: 6.96MB
- Author: City 14 Team
- Date Released: 03 February 2006
Gauge Users
I recommend you don’t use this with Gauge as it was used to create this from the original and using Gauge twice might really confuse it. Sorry.
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Manual Installation Instructions
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- Copy the hl2-sp-city-14 folder into your …\Steam\SteamApps\sourcemods\ folder.
- Start or restart Steam
- City 14 should now be listed in your Library folder.
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Installed:
Using Gauge: Users
Manually: 4 Users
Time Taken:
Average: 0 Hours, 27 Mins
Shortest: 0 Hours, 20 Mins by Unq
Longest: 0 Hours, 34 Mins by PlanetPhillip
Total Time Played: 2 Hours, 14 Mins
Using Gauge: Users
Manually: 4 Users
Time Taken:
Average: 0 Hours, 27 Mins
Shortest: 0 Hours, 20 Mins by Unq
Longest: 0 Hours, 34 Mins by PlanetPhillip
Total Time Played: 2 Hours, 14 Mins
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Enjoyable but seemed too short. Found the combines a bit predicable at the point when you are up in the small tower shooting with the machine gun.
yeah, very short. In the tower, I just aimed for a spot, because I knew they’d all go thru it. Kinda odd that they would swarm like that, almost like a bad kung-fu movie.
This one is a frensh mod whish is also one of the first experience in mapping and coding from the author who made everything by it’s own. Starting and first mission is quite done in a basic way of room and walls mostly squary. Progression, well agremented by short puzzles, make you see the mapping skill increasing to the second section progression through the second part is well balance between gameplay and design that still sufer from a lack of experience. Taking in account the way it was release and trough the fact it’s enjoyable with here and there some good point it’s worth to play.
Liking it up to this point, however the brain isn’t in gear…. I’m early in Chapter 2, at the buildings with the generator up on the hill powering the jackhammers, friendlies patrolling around but nothing happening. I guess shutting down the power is necessary but shooting rockets at the generator or shooting the power line does nothing. Ideas? What am I missing?
Gameplay:
The map is split into three small parts, the first is set where the prequel ends. You take your changed to escape the building while it’s breaking. The second area is puzzle based with light amount of respawning enemies such as headcrabs and antlions when passing their trigger points, but does get a little annoying. The puzzles aren’t exactly frustrating but the last one can be a bit confusing. The third part is where most of the action is set, fighting combine and striders along side the rebels. It’s balanced with enough supplies through to the end. A good variety in gameplay which makes the map more fun.
Design:
The building you start in is the same as before but of course with extra locations. These are rather average looking until the second part where it gets a lot better. Structure is great and very different with a more ancient look to it. Texturing has also been done well here, mixing well, especially with the lighting. The final area didn’t look as good but it was still above average yet could of had the same feel as the second area did to be a little more consistent.
Conclusion:
Good variety in gameplay, balanced and fun with a decent design throughout.
Rating: 30%
Like dougjp I’m wondering what to do at the start of Chapter 2. Jackhammers, generators, rockets. Seems simple, but…
Can anybody help?
A good mod, so far, btw.
Park your vehicle in the garage grab some ammo,do some killing then go in the door to the warehouse.
I got all the way to the garage with the airboat but cannot open the door to get the vehicle in. I “use” the button that the guy was standing in front of but nothing happens, the door stays closed, and the other 2 doors are locked >.<
Vehicle? What vehicle? Seriously, I see no vehicle.
swamp buggy/airboat thing
The airboat that I missed in Chapter One!!! *Bangs head on desk* Doh! Doh! Doh!
I started again. Hey ho. It didn’t take me long to restart and work my way through again.
Thanks andyb.
Number of Maps: 5
Score: 2 out of 5
Annoyance Rating: Thousands upon thousands upon thousands upon thousands upon thousands upon…
Lighting: Decent in most places, good in others.
Architecture: Ranges from decent to shit to good to decent to shit.
Textures: Decent to shit to decent to shit
New Models/Skins/Etc.: Haha! Ha! Hahaha! Haaa!
Gameplay: Where the hell am I?
Story?:
You are Someone “Someone” Somone and something teleported you to the oppressive City 14. There is no evidence that you are, infact, Gordon “Hey Barney, catch me later and i’ll buy you some milk” Freeman, but the Combine hate you at the same degree of hatred.
Onwards:
I feel violated.
Anyway, welcome to City 14! I was drawn to this map with promises of crapology and mediocarity. First time expresses tell you that this mod is primarily French, translated to English. I experianced no problems with the multi-linguality, probably because there are barely any conversation besides usual combat phrases.
As per graphics, you’ll notice that whomever is mapping extensively sucks, especially when it comes to exteriors. Maps are outlined with poorly created canyon walls and combine-related walls are boring at best. Things get better by Chapter 2, which is nice. The inside of the base is masterfully creepy, using enough lights to make the place not seem completely black, but little enough to cause the player to use lights most of the time. However, the mapper seems to be focussed on making shitty wooden structures inside of bases, despite it looking extremely out of place in a combine base. These are *all* crappy and out of place, especially with it’s crappy texture.
Gameplay is decidedly anti-combine and anti-storyline. You teleport somewhere for some reason, discover a crowbar under a sofa, suddenly discover a HEV suit in the closet and kill things for conspiciously no reason. Why the combine are hunting you, nobody knows. Why there was a HEV suit in the closet, nobody knows. How you can use pistols, crowbars, sub-machine guns, shotguns and grenades with masterful skill, nobody knows. Hercules in New York has a better storyline then this.
Other gameplay includes some zombie killage, and strategical encounters. Twice has there been defensive positions protected by turrets at every corner, causing you to think hard about how you are going to defeat the turrets and get to the button it protects. This is possibly the only interesting part of the mod, and it works considerably well, if not short.
The mod also makes hilarious use of scientific terms for chapter names. Anthropic Principle? The destruction of gunboats, combine soldiers and zombies has nothing to do with the explanation for the coincidential features of the universe! A perfect representation of someone whom has no idea what the hell he is talking about. Other goofs include the hilarious prescence of a HEV suit (in the middle of nowhere, guarded by a zombie) to term how empty in plot this mod is.
With piss-poor mapping comes obvious bugs. The seperation of maps is usually when an airboat is in the middle of the air and about to hit the wall. Because of this, it’s ridicilously easy to flip your airboat over and because you require it to proceed, will end up restarting alot. Some puzzles make absolutely no reference to what you are supposed to do. After spending an hour attempting to get past a blue shield, I just nocliped through it.
Summary:
It’s decent. It’s mediocre. It’s 50% shit. It’s a half-arsed attempt at a serious mod. No plot (or storyline), crappy mapping and unimaginative textures drag the mod down.
Absolutely LOVED IT!
This was a great mod. Just as fun as Half-life 2! I can’t wait to play it again. It was very challenging and exciting to see what was going to happen next. I hope they make some more Cities like City 15.
I’ll definitely play it.
I would even purchase it
There does not appear to be much of a story to this mod having got the wake-up call from the G-man; it’s very much a matter of stumbling from one Combine encounter to the next by way of some good puzzle layouts.
The first level skips through a few different environments in quick succession before you reach a fenced water front setting. The opening sequence will have you rearranging the furniture to progress and includes an onslaught by swarms of Combine troops forcing you to back-off and reconsider your tactics.
The water front is the first of a few sequences that require a fair bit of wandering and searching for help to progress. Here and elsewhere, the author does a good job of making the puzzles suitably complex, adding much to the gameplay and expanding the sets into both exploring and combat based layouts making this a thinking mans mod in parts.
The set design, especially in the first chapter, is nothing special. It’s fairly basic and bland in places with sparse incidental content and textures that are no more than acceptable with nothing new.
The pace picks up with the discovery of the airboat but here again the level of design only meets the minimum requirement with short bursts of water rides confined by tight surroundings which restrict maneuvarability.
The combat set pieces are well thought out and combined with the mod’s puzzle elements are the backbone and strength of the game. Chapter 2 contains a nice balance of environmental settings, combat and puzzle solving with a noticeable improvement in set design and the choice of textures. The end sequence requires a considerable amount of actions and climbing around to unravel all the events needed to reach the final point of the chapter. Also, as with all the set pieces within the mod you need to make sure you have searched every possible lead and avenue.
Overall the mod scores well in some areas of mapping but low in others, the set designs are adequate but nothing special with some areas showing seam problems and giving light leaks, (sorry I do not know the technical term for this – someone please enlighten me).
Elsewhere, more thought should have gone into one level change where it’s possible to finish upside down in the airboat without the means to upright it. Furthermore, the way that the airboat first appears on the scene is both unusual as well as making it possible to be missed by the player, leading some players (me included) continuing on without it. See also the comment posted on the mod listing here on PlanetPhillip regarding this issue. Finally, one very well staged and tough sequence includes the need to turn off more than one wall mounted turret-gun. I am not completely sure this sequence triggers the same each time, leading to confusion as to what has been switched off and when. I also found that on the first play through, one wall was very stubborn when trying to break through and when I did, it still needed me to noclip to get through the gap. However, on repeat plays most of these minor glitches did not always reoccur.
I guess the point of all the above is an indication of maybe not enough care and test playing afforded to the mod. it’s not a bug ridden mod with none of the above points spoiling the playing experience in any way. The level of combat matched with the puzzle orientated layouts far out weigh any minor glitches the mod may have.
The choice and use of the original HL 2 cast and hardware provides a good mixture throughout. With plenty of ammo and health available (if you are prepared to search for it), the game flows well and overall the gameplay was nicely balanced. Added to this, the environmental surrounds were varied, keeping you alert with changing sets that hold your interest and as far as I could tell, all new designs. None of the layout looked familiar or that it was taken from the original game or other custom mods. However, there is nothing new in the way of weapons or skins.
Negative Points
– No story
– Nothing outstanding
– Some minor mapping issues
– Set design very basic in areas
Positive Points
– Some good combat sequences
– Good balance of original HL2 cast and hardware
– Challenging puzzle sequences
– Good layout design in places
Conclusion
Not a classic, but more than worthy of a “go play it now!” recommendation. The end sequence leaves the mod open for chapter 3 and I sincerely hope the author can go on and improve on these first two chapters that show so much promise.
My Recommendation
I played this mod about 6 months ago and it was the first hl2 mod I had ever played. I did really enjoy it and it’s worth the download. Not that long but it’s not to short.
Was this even playtested? You need to no-clip half the time, ladders don’t work, and the crowbar in the beginning is in a pretty non-obvious location, while the prized HEV suit is in plain view being guarded by a zombie.
The airboat is introduced for no reason, and you have to ditch it to noclip through one of those blue shield wall things.
This is a terribly made mod, probably by a lone french canadian. (cite automatically translated to cit to me, but considering the mod, it’s probably just poor spelling.)
it was okay but everything seemed to be quite unfinished, got some bugs while playing
visually it was okay, but nothing astounding
gameplay was not very innovative, I hate indefinately spawning enemies
also the levels were very short, but everytime worth a play
I got all the way to the garage with the airboat but cannot open the door to get the vehicle in. I ” use” the button that the guy was standing in front of but nothing happens, the door stays closed, and the other 2 doors are locked >.<
Because of the recent Valve updates, it needs fixing Mike
Go to the top of this page and click on ‘mOD NOT WORKING?’
On that page find the HL to forums.steampowered under the title ‘mod Specific Information’.
Bookmark (Favourites) the page because you might need it again for other mods.
Find the fix for City 14.
It looks daunting but, in fact, it’s easy enough.
It’s broken. Let’s be clear. That it was released 12 years ago doesn’t help but reading the reviews above it was broken then too.
The whole thing feels like it needs to be re-worked completely. Very little made sense and I am doubting myself for even giving it a MAYBE. I am sure Don AKA Unq will say Avoid It! and he is probably right, I just didn’t want to be too hard on it.
I am trying to think about what I enjoyed and I think the only thing was the section where the airboat was blocked. It lasted 10 seconds but 10 seconds of fun is better than zero, right?
The one nice touch was how you had to disable the forcefield. That actually made sense.
Play this if you want to play everything or just want to play something in Source today, otherwise do as Don will say.
Using Gauge
Easy
34 Minutes
Is it weird that I could play through the mod without any kind of technical problems? Besides some graphical glitches literally nothing was broken for me…
The article lists the path as steamapps/common/sourcemods when the path is steamapps/sourcemods
Fixed, sorry, I just forget to delete that part of the text from the template I use.
Yes, exceedingly weird. Did you have ANY invisible soldiers?
In fact I did, but that only happened as I backtracked when I wasn’t supposed to. After I took the correct path they showed up and attacked me. Also a thing which I found funny is that the airboat uses the HL2 Jeep vehiclescript, causing it to bunny hop around quite often.
Yeah, the mod is broken. Don’t bother is my recommendation. Things worked ok for me for most of the mod, but what I assume was the final battle was never triggered (I assume the garage is supposed to open for the airboat?).
What’s playable was decent but not noteworthy. The author has a habit of sending too many enemies at once (particularly the first forcefield) but I had some fun. That said, unless you’re really looking for a buildup with no payoff, don’t play this one.
Manually
Medium
20 Minutes
Its bizarre seeing my comments from 12 years ago….and coming here again with the same problem! Bad memory 😀
Pretty much what most people said above. You can’t make any progress beyond a certain point (I’m pretty sure that rebel was supposed to open that garage door…)
But even with that, this mod isn’t anything special. The mapping is mostly OK, but the combat was sometimes laughably bad. The way enemies came from the exact same spawn point and walked towards you just to be slaughtered was just comical – but also really boring. The whole thing wasn’t fun to play through, and there were a few things that really needed to be taken care of; and it wasn’t because of HL2’s updates. The airboat is really easy to miss, and being something necessary to progress through the mod, you’d think it would be in a more obvious place. Also, the crowbar in the beginning is – again – in a ridiculous place; that’s escape room level stuff.
(Hint: It’s under the couch near the wooden planks.
Overall, this mod isn’t worth your time. If you wanna play everything because of 50SDOS or because you just want to, I can only recommend this mod for you.
There were some good parts. A couple of surprises. Save it to play after you play the ones you most interested in.
The bouncing airboat was funny.
The final boss fight did not trigger for me. After reading the other comments, it seems I didn’t park the airboat in the right place. I might go back and try again. Might.
Manually
Medium
30 Minutes
Wow! I really remember to play this almost 10 years ago! maybe in 2009 or close. Back then I thought to name a mod “City 14” was a big deal, because if you like HL2 story arc, then you know that City is really a mysterious one in the whole HL2 trama. We know something really bad for the CMB and the Resistance happened there, and we just don’t know what the heck happened.
So, to me is absolutely unbelievable that almost any competent modder has moded about this great piece of mistery in the HL2 story arc.
We seriously need a great City 14 mod, explaining why the heck, the CMB trains don’t stop there anymore. That only fact gives a lot of opportunities to get creative about building a cool immersive story.
Here we have a broken mod and a really ugly one. So linear, boring and predictable, also some maps just felt cramped as hell and combat is very annoying, you can even see many times how the enemies spawn right in front of you.
I understand this is a French mod, and usually, the few french HL2 modders are good in what they do. This is unfortunately not the case, this mod is just dire.
Manually
Medium
20 Minutes
Having read all the reviews here I still can’t tell if anybody managed to get the final boss fight to trigger. I noclipped through the garage door and found all the weapons etc. but that didn’t do it.There seems to be no way of opening that door and getting the vehicle inside. Has anybody done it?
Well, this is quite a broken mod. I don’t think it was playtested by anyone but the author himself. Certain sequences didn’t trigger for me, so I had to noclip multiple times.
For the visuals, they are very bland. The author should also use more props and textures on the hills, because now you just see that the map ends there.
This mod has some poor design and enemy placement. The crowbar at the beginning is for some reason under a couch. Even knowing it was there it was really hard to get, because the couch can’t just be pushed around, especially when there is a physics item under it.
The first combat section is quite annoying, you have to shoot about 30 Metrocops with a pistol. After that you have to get into a vent behind a couch. And just as getting the crowbar, this was really, REALLY annoying. You have to push it from the side, which just does not work.
The mod has some really annoying design. I can not recommend it.
Manually
Medium
30 Minutes
No crowbar to get past barricade. 1 clip to get past 12 Metrocops. All within the first 2 rooms.
A very broken mod but with some playability. I really found a ridiculous mistake in this mod. When I start the game, the first mistake I’ve seen is the title itself. How could you misspell “City?” Now the next one is where you get the crowbar before the suit. I know some mods/maps do that but seriously, why? The combat seems to be very unbalanced. It’s not hard or easy, doesn’t matter what difficulty you’re at, the quantity of enemies is what makes it not fun. First is one zombie, and then a group of metrocops storm in at the next room. Seriously, is that fun to you? The worst part is where you come across a closed combine gate only to encounter two ceiling turrets that are very hard to destroy. Luckily, an ammo crate of grenades would solve the problem but it took me forever to destroy those two. The gunship part is also hard because of the limited ammo of rocket launcher. If you run out of rockets, you can’t progress without destroying the gunship. The last map takes place inside a factory or whatever but man it is a huge cluster**ck inside with tons of zombies, turrets, combines, everything is messed up in there. The author tried to make it have a Ravenholm vibe but ultimately failed to do so. I am serious, everything is narrow spaced, props obstructing everywhere bad floor plan, imagine not cleaning your bedroom and this is what the interior looks like. After that, the ending is nothing but a cliffhanger, no closure or whatsoever but I’d rather not find out because this mod is just plain terrible.
“You are teleported into a weird building and you have lost your memory. Your awakening and arrival will cause some events that you need to deal with.” What are they talking about? There clearly is no story at all because all you do is just run and shoot whatever is ahead of you.