[QUOTE=The Vman;32851700]As per tradition:
[img]http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/6218/downsimage.png[/img]
[B]I AM THE KING OF SPACE![/B][/QUOTE]
looks like he fixed his eyes and got a better model in the new versions.
this
this is terrible
[img]http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/4100/cm112.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Dracon;32851817]looks like he fixed his eyes and got a better model in the new versions.[/QUOTE]
At least we still have Whorelyx.
[QUOTE=Code Shooter;32849545]The basic concept of giving HL2's models and textures a graphical overhaul that's [url=http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1043840]not just a bunch of buzzword shaders and lighting effects on top of Valve's dated assets[/url] is good. It's Fakefactory's [i]execution[/i] of the idea that's bad. With as much flak (justified and otherwise) Fakefactory gets, no one wants to offer an alternative to it, no one tries to give it any competition, and no one would give a good fuck if someone tried today. And that's what pisses me off about Fakefactory's Cinematic Mod.[/QUOTE]
[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1857058/stop_posting_%28from_your_friends_at_GEAR%29.jpg[/img]
"ethnic alyx", wow.
[QUOTE=Code Shooter;32849545]You know what really pisses me off about the Cinematic Mod? Surprisingly, it's not Fakefactory being a filthy old man who can't keep his fetish for busty virtual asian sexpots to himself, it's not the character redesigns, or his silly and ill-fitting German nationalism (Music being cribbed almost entirely from Hans Zimmer film scores, Alyx's pistol having a Walther logo slapped on it, etc). No, i can ignore and look past those. His environment work is actually decent-to-good, although he leans on pointlessly hi-res textures and detail overlays far too much.
What really pisses me off about it, is that nobody else even tries to give him competition. [I]Nobody[/I]. I utterly hate that HL2 is considered to be some sacred cow who's graphics cannot be matched or that Fakefactory's mod is proof how trying to make HL2 look better is stupid, which is [B]complete bullshit[/B]. Valve can be laughably lazy when it comes to smaller graphical details and polish; Many, many character models don't have phong shading or even normal maps when they could or should have them. The HL2 .357 world model? [I]It's the HL1 LD magnum retextured[/I]. If i want better weapon models, i have to settle for whatever GameBanana has to offer. Namely, 10 tons of generic SPAS-12's, Beretta's and Tactical Operator M4A1's with Holosights and M203's that all have much more detail than the character's that hold them. And if i want, say, a remodeled AR2 or a MP7 that's in Valve's style instead of some tacticool'd thing that exists only to appease gun greybeards who foam at the mouth at the slightest inaccuracy, i'm shit out of luck because said armchair soldier who's probably never actually touched a real gun before can't stand anything that's not a REAL OPERATOR-APPROVED FIREARM and tells me to go play Halo or Star Wars instead.
The basic concept of giving HL2's models and textures a graphical overhaul that's [url=http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1043840]not just a bunch of buzzword shaders and lighting effects on top of Valve's dated assets[/url] is good. It's Fakefactory's [i]execution[/i] of the idea that's bad. With as much flak (justified and otherwise) Fakefactory gets, no one wants to offer an alternative to it, no one tries to give it any competition, and no one would give a good fuck if someone tried today. And that's what pisses me off about Fakefactory's Cinematic Mod.[/QUOTE]
its because no-one cares that much about improving hl2's graphics
[editline]19th October 2011[/editline]
including me, it detracts absolutely nothing from my enjoyment
[QUOTE=Juniez;32852157]its because no-one cares that much about improving hl2's graphics
[editline]19th October 2011[/editline]
including me, it detracts absolutely nothing from my enjoyment[/QUOTE]
I don't know, I think graphics are a fairly big part of a game. If the gameplay is great, like Minecraft, the graphics don't need to be special. Minecraft's graphics fit a certain tone and style and stick with it effectively, creating a united look. It isn't all that pretty, but it works. However, newer generation games have the capability to look extremely visually appealing. Replaying HL2 with enhanced graphics or re-imaginings from other people's perspectives could really help enhance the atmosphere and make the feeling of entering a brand new world feel interesting again.
[QUOTE=Dr. Punchgroin;32852255]I don't know, I think graphics are a fairly big part of a game. If the gameplay is great, like Minecraft, the graphics don't need to be special. Minecraft's graphics fit a certain tone and style and stick with it effectively, creating a united look. It isn't all that pretty, but it works. However, newer generation games have the capability to look extremely visually appealing. Replaying HL2 with enhanced graphics or re-imaginings from other people's perspectives could really help enhance the atmosphere and make the feeling of entering a brand new world feel interesting again.[/QUOTE]
yeah but most people dont think that "enhancing the atmosphere" is worth the effort of overhauling an entire game
I use this without the character models.
[editline]19th October 2011[/editline]
They're horrendous.
[editline]19th October 2011[/editline]
Oh god those models
also looks like hes added reflections on some surfaces. (look at the floor of the trainstation in the video)
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ7pBv0AQCI[/media]
I think that character models are more out of place, than horrible
I mean they are horrible, but they wouldn't look k [I]that [/I]bad if they were placed in another game
I remember the old commentary this one guy did for 10, it was hilarious but sadly it was closed.
The pornstar-looking female models say a lot about his outlook on gender politics.
And by that I mean he's the mental age of about 12 years old and cannot seem to grasp the concept of subtlety.
Also
[QUOTE=Oehr;32847262]well... you don't HAVE to play it...[/QUOTE]
This is still probably the laziest counter-argument to criticism I have ever heard.
Honestly, this looks and runs worse even time he releases an update.
[QUOTE=Code Shooter;32849545]Long post about no one competing with FakeFactory[/QUOTE]
I think the major issue is time and motivation. A lot of people don't want to sit there and go and make high-res versions of models and textures. Anyone can grab a texture and just toss some more detail on it if they know how.
I think people aren't competing with Fake Factory because most people don't want to make games for a hobby, they want to make games as a job that will allow them to support either their families or themselves. While I can say that it be nice to see some people push the envelope out there in terms of graphics, your perspective is very narrow minded.
Plus making Hl2 content isn't really that fun. It's cool making a 7 year old game look ten times better, but it's not something I'd really like to do for 7 years. It also isn't going to be something that gets you hired. It's easy as fuck to go in and just make something already completed look better. I think most modders are out there trying to learn all the aspects of game design instead of make the most visually awesome thing they can, even though most of us would probably like to go and do that. ([I]Regardless of how stale the game might become from other aspects[/I])
To be honest while Fake Factory does have some nicely detailed maps, he doesn't really care about optimization and stuff like that. He's fairly content with slapping around debris models that are 1400 tris ten times in a small section of the map. I think that's another reason a lot of modders don't want to compete, because they just want to go and make something anyone could easily run and have fun doing so.
Honestly I pity Fake Factory, or anyone who wants to be like him. It's nice to go and make a game look sexy for 7 years; but it's also sad to go and make a game look sexy for 7 years.
30 gigs? I'll pass thankyou.
Tell you the truth, scrap those character models and this would look amazing, but those characters are seriously bad.
[QUOTE=MoarToast;32852994]Also
This is still probably the laziest counter-argument to criticism I have ever heard.[/QUOTE]why should i bother trying to convince people to play it. if they dont like it, they dont. all this mod can speak for are its graphics, so you already have all pro arguments. you didnt like that argument? ok, dont play it then and stop your whining
its true. the models are (read above). though, all of those who are complaining how out of place they are can help out and fix that issue and not just give a blunt "ugly" or "it sucks" comment.
i appreciate what he has done. with models or not, this enhanced graphics mod is still great.
I stopped playing this mod since 6.0, there is no any point to play HL2 every time when you get a new version of that heavy shit with unimportant changes. As for Fakefactory, he totally doesn't have a good taste and vision of HL2 universe, bad interpretation.
The Trainstation's floor textures look really good!
But the models...
[QUOTE=DinoJesus;32852907]I remember the old commentary this one guy did for 10, it was hilarious but sadly it was closed.[/QUOTE]
I miss that thread so much. It was always great for a quick laugh.
So it's still the same. Good looking, yet horribly unoptimised maps and godawful cringe worthy character models that seem to have clothes made out of plaster and asbestor.
Those characters creep me out... well some of them.
[img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/aaaaahohgodohmanohgodohman.png[/img]
Christ her eyes.
This will haunt me in my sleep.
[editline]20th October 2011[/editline]
[img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/iamthebartenderiamyourman.png[/img]
Also, this is the only FF head that looks good. He'd look better without that hair though.
Why must he try to make alyx look more and more like an asian pornstar in every release?
[QUOTE=Da_Maniac_;32864027]Why must he try to make alyx look more and more like an asian pornstar in every release?[/QUOTE]
I'm more concerned when he does the same thing to Judith.
Wtf is with him and those female outfits with the weird looking shoulder pad things?
He should probably just make his own game by now.
[editline]19th October 2011[/editline]
SourceMod...you know.
Not just a graphics pack.
[QUOTE=Blooper Reel;32863388][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/aaaaahohgodohmanohgodohman.png[/img]
Christ her eyes.
This will haunt me in my sleep.
[editline]20th October 2011[/editline]
Also, this is the only FF head that looks good. He'd look better without that hair though.[/QUOTE]
She looks rather pretty actually, unlike everyone else in FF.
Take out the models and it's a nice hi-res texture pack.
I really wish he would stop doing his horrible character design, everyone looks like they've blown their faces off and glued them back together. If he stayed faithful to the actual characters, the pack would've looked way better.
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