Project Halt (Overwatch 1 Emulator)

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Accurate 6v6 Overwatch 1 in Overwatch 2

Project Started by ecksdee#11729
Now Maintained by Dark#111755

Dark's attempt to recreate 6v6 Overwatch 1 in Overwatch 2 using Workshop scripts.
Goal is to recreate the last version of Overwatch 1 as accurately as possible.

Overwatch 1 stats and mechanics are referenced using the wayback machine on the Overwatch Wiki.

Release build: PBMYC

For patch notes, see GitHub releases.

Help Contribute to this gamemode

Source Code on GitHub
Bug Reports & Feature Requests
Developer Guide

Features (may not be up to date)

Below documents only a small subset of all features implemented in this gamemode.
Please see GitHub for complete table of emulated OW1 abilities.

General

• Exact OW1 hero hp, including health/armor/shields ratio
  • We are the first 6v6 gamemode to achieve this!
• Exact OW1 barrier hp
  • 1600hp Reinhardt barrier
  • 700hp Winston barrier
  • 200hp Zarya barrier
  • 250hp Brigitte barrier
• Custom Roles
  • Doomfist counts as DPS
  • default 2/2/2 role limit (adjustable through workshop settings)
• No tank/support passive
  • No tank knockback passive
  • No tank ult negation passive
  • No support self healing passive
• OW1 damage and cooldowns for almost every ability
• OW1 ult charge rate
  • Full ult charge when shooting/healing tanks

Tanks

• OW1 Dva
  • 2 second matrix
  • melee cancels booster
• OW1 Orisa
  • Protective Barrier
  • Halt
  • Supercharger
• OW1 Reinhardt
  • single firestrike
  • 1600hp barrier
  • OW1 shatter crit damage
• OW1 Roadhog
  • OW1 Take a Breather
• OW1 Sigma
  • OW1 Accretion
  • OW1 hypersphere damage
  • 700hp barrier
• OW1 Winston
  • No secondary fire
  • 6 second leap
  • 700hp barrier
• OW1 Wrecking ball
  • OW1 Fireball knockback
  • OW1 Adaptive Shields hp
• OW1 Zarya
  • OW1 bubbles
    • self bubble every 10 seconds
    • ally bubble every 8 seconds
  • As an unintended side effect of knockback passive removal, zarya can rocket jump much higher than in OW1

DPS

• OW1 Bastion
  • Self-repair
    • Heal yourself by holding ability 2 (e) or right-click
  • Sentry mode
    • Stationary machine gun with 300 ammo
  • Tank mode (ultimate)
    • Fire tank shells (recreated using OW2 Bastion's grenade ability)
• OW1 Cassidy
  • Flashbang (recreated using workshop projectile object)
• OW1 Doomfist
  • We have the most accurate OW1 Doomfist out of all 6v6 gamemodes
  • Indicator slam
    • Doomfist ignores gravity in midair and slams directly towards the ground
  • Rising Uppercut
    • Deals 50 damage to enemies in melee range and knocks them upwards
    • Heals 30hp per target
  • Air time based slam damage
  • 1 shot Rocket Punch
  • OW1 Doomfist primary fire
• OW1 Genji
  • 29 damage shuriken
• OW1 Hanzo
  • OW1 damage falloff
• OW1 Mei
  • Accurate primary fire freeze logic
• OW1 Tracer
  • 6 damage pulse pistol
• OW1 Sombra
• OW1 Widow
  • OW1 damage falloff

Supports

• Removed support self-healing passive
• OW1 Ana
  • tanks sleep as long as DPS and supports
• OW1 Baptiste
  • No instant healing from regenerative burst
• OW1 Brigitte
  • Stun on shield bash
    • shorter bash distance
    • less bash knockback
• OW1 Mercy
  • OW1 Guardian Angel
• OW1 Moira
  • No fade during Coalescence

This project was started on June 9th, 2023.

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