I also worked a bit on 'the manor' area
including an autistically made giant grandfather clock with working gears and hands...but only after you find some replacement parts for it
don't really like the volumetrics, I don't think the usual HL2 default models for it are gonna cut it, I might have to make bespoke brushwork ones for this room.
if I were making this in Alyx it'd be effortless since Source 2 actually has more of the modern graphics amenities but don't feel like porting over all the props and textures I use and having a mismatch with Alyx assets