Half-Life & Portal series, general discussion (v3) - Games

[QUOTE=SFC003;39407090]in memory of roger waters best friend of barney calhoun[/QUOTE] I'm missing something, aren't I? Because I don't get it.

[QUOTE=Conro101;39406784]tis a sad day today now that roger has left us[/QUOTE] I'd play some sad bag pipe music but I have a feeling that'll be considered a reaction video.

[QUOTE=Ziron;39406453]I don't see any way to make the HD pack optional. It looks like Roger Waters has officially lost hope in Valve.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Conro101;39406784]tis a sad day today now that roger has left us[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=SFC003;39407090]in memory of roger waters best friend of barney calhoun[/QUOTE] [img]http://i.imgur.com/r1JD7wN.jpg[/img] its gay and i dont like it harumph [editline]30th January 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Death_God;39406178]oh em gee valve repalce the modls with hd ones valv worst compan evr shut the fuck up already[/QUOTE] i am so cripplingly ashamed that i dislike having unnecessary and unfitting models forced down my throat with no ability to disable them or replace them without resorting to unnecessarily complex methods. i will take my rusty bones and sweep away into the junk pile.

[QUOTE=Roger Waters;39409203] i am so cripplingly ashamed that i dislike having unnecessary and unfitting models forced down my throat with no ability to disable them or replace them without resorting to unnecessarily complex methods. i will take my rusty bones and sweep away into the junk pile.[/QUOTE] yea i no worst thing ever ho could valv do thi 2 our beluved haf life valv is lik EA no thy oldny do it 4 da $ [h2]shut the fuck up already[/h2]

[QUOTE=Death_God;39412786]yea i no worst thing ever ho could valv do thi 2 our beluved haf life valv is lik EA no thy oldny do it 4 da $ [h2]shut the fuck up already[/h2][/QUOTE] i am so so sorry that i am upset that valve has damaged the modding community that made HL popular by forcing the models to default to broken, unfixed ones. allow me to hang my head in shame, master god.

[QUOTE=Roger Waters;39412817]i am so so sorry that i am upset that valve has damaged the modding community that made HL popular by forcing the models to default to broken, unfixed ones. allow me to hang my head in shame, master god.[/QUOTE] ok thats nice you could at least not treat it like its the end of half life and life as we know it you know since you made the bitchy wall of text complaining that you lost hope in valve because of models and because of their [i]horrible[/i] decisions like tf2 hats and l4d2 workshop and how portal 2 was so focused on the plot but portal 1 allowed you to explore more i mean jesus christ did you even play the portal games because portal 1 is a lot more restrictive than portal 2

except portal 2 has the plot inside your field of view all the time, in portal 1 the plot was conveyed through subtle nuances like the graffiti, the garbled glados messages, etc. (until the ending, obv) oh not to mention the fact that [I]linear gameplay is not bad.[/I] but portal 2 was ridiculously linear, and the fact the plot was RAMMED in your face ruined it for me. also i never said the L4D2 workshop was bad you insufferable ignorant little arse. i said that the lack of modding capabilities for L4D2 and the removal of the plug-and-play mod installation architecture in favor of VPK's destroyed L4D2's moddability in my eyes and that the Workshop is simply too little, too late. also the TF2 hats are the absolute worst thing valve has ever done. not only do they destroy the art style valve spent so many years perfecting, they also have resulted in TF2 running like shit because of all the extra models and unnecessary code running at once. [editline]30th January 2013[/editline] i love valve so much, but they've been misstepping a ton lately, and i feel like, if we don't point out the problems, then they'll never know what we don't like.

What's with the shitposts?

I never thought I'd say this, but can we go back to the futile ep3 conspiracy theories or something? Yes Valve have made a mistake but constantly posting about it in this thread isn't going to undo it. Send them an email and leave it be.

Death_God, Roger Waters. [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF5Dtf7u6tQ"]Both of you please.[/URL]

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[QUOTE=Butthurter;39414049]i love you...[/QUOTE] gay

I'd much rather see some pictures of random 3s being circled than this shit.

G-Man knew that Earth will be re-invaded after the events of Half-Life 2. If it wasn't for the Vortigaunts freeing Gordon ,he and Alyx wouldn't been able to stop the super-portal. So G-Man's gain from the uprising wasn't freeing Earth, it was Breen going down. Why did he need Breen going down? How could Breen threaten G-Man?

[QUOTE=iqiq123;39416655]G-Man knew that Earth will be re-invaded after the events of Half-Life 2. If it wasn't for the Vortigaunts freeing Gordon ,he and Alyx wouldn't been able to stop the super-portal. So G-Man's gain from the uprising wasn't freeing Earth, it was Breen going down. Why did he need Breen going down? How could Breen threaten G-Man?[/QUOTE] Someone who wanted Breen down hired G-man, since he's always talking about using assets like Gordon for the highest bidder.

[QUOTE=iqiq123;39416655]G-Man knew that Earth will be re-invaded after the events of Half-Life 2. If it wasn't for the Vortigaunts freeing Gordon ,he and Alyx wouldn't been able to stop the super-portal. So G-Man's gain from the uprising wasn't freeing Earth, it was Breen going down. Why did he need Breen going down? How could Breen threaten G-Man?[/QUOTE] When the RC happened, Breen was just the Administror of Black Mesa. I'd say he must have discovered something about Xen others didn't want him to know, but invading a planet to kill one guy seems a little excessive

technically g-man was about to give gordon a new assignment when the vortigaunts took him maybe it was closing the superportal

anyone remember this thing [img]http://www.leet.cc/0vort.png[/img] because i'm finally releasing this shit if anyone's interested [url]http://www.1337upload.net/files/2materials.7z[/url]

I think they should have had both the old looking wrinkly vorts as well as the younger looking ones. The wrinkled ones give me the impression that they are Black Mesa survivors.

[QUOTE=Mech Bgum;39141993]Suddenly, pictures of women on the wall. [IMG]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11572174/c1a3a0000.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] No wonder fakefactory makes women in his mod look like sluts

[QUOTE=iqiq123;39416655]G-Man knew that Earth will be re-invaded after the events of Half-Life 2. If it wasn't for the Vortigaunts freeing Gordon ,he and Alyx wouldn't been able to stop the super-portal. So G-Man's gain from the uprising wasn't freeing Earth, it was Breen going down. Why did he need Breen going down? How could Breen threaten G-Man?[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Bokito;39416687]Someone who wanted Breen down hired G-man, since he's always talking about using assets like Gordon for the highest bidder.[/QUOTE] You have to remember Breen says "Did you know your contract was open to the highest bidder?" it implies Breen was aware of the GMan, and that he may have purchased Gordon's services but in what role is unknown. What if the destruction of the Citadel was planned? What if the Combine hired Gordon to destroy the reactor with the purpose of making a superportal in the first place to get the message sent and the force needed to secure the technology that could harm the Combine/Resistance located at the Borealis and crush the rebellion. GMan then attempts to put him back into stasis but the Vorts prevent him. Together with Alyx he delays the explosion (Allowing more citizens to evacuate) and they find out about the message which in Ep2 we find out is about the Borealis. GMan attempts to profit/regain control by binding Gordon to Alyx.

I need some (or alot) of help. [IMG_THUMB]http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/560965477473477391/4AF0AE0E85986B95E22D7E491BE982EA2284C128/[/IMG_THUMB] My HL2 is really bright and the brightness adjusters aren't even worked (i have it set all the way to DARK, apparently that value is 2.6) Can I fix this? By any commands? Trying to delete any graphical settings in cfg doesn't work (damn steam cloud)

That looks normal for that part of Ravenholm for me? What are your graphics settings?

[QUOTE=Ereunity;39420150]That looks normal for that part of Ravenholm for me? What are your graphics settings?[/QUOTE] Yeah, I was going to say, that screenshot looks fine to me. SFC003, perhaps you can show more screenshots?

It looks like crap to me, why is there redness on the walls? Darkness isn't red. There's also a hint of green that shouldn't be there either, it's so ugly.

[QUOTE=Ereunity;39419828]You have to remember Breen says "Did you know your contract was open to the highest bidder?" it implies Breen was aware of the GMan, and that he may have purchased Gordon's services but in what role is unknown. What if the destruction of the Citadel was planned? What if the Combine hired Gordon to destroy the reactor with the purpose of making a superportal in the first place to get the message sent and the force needed to secure the technology that could harm the Combine/Resistance located at the Borealis and crush the rebellion. GMan then attempts to put him back into stasis but the Vorts prevent him. Together with Alyx he delays the explosion (Allowing more citizens to evacuate) and they find out about the message which in Ep2 we find out is about the Borealis. GMan attempts to profit/regain control by binding Gordon to Alyx.[/QUOTE] I have to disagree with that, I'm sure the Combine wouldn't go so far as to destroy the Citadel just to send a message back home. We don't know how long it would take them to get to Earth from wherever they inhabit anyway. I would be ok with Breen being a kind of double-agent but even that is far-fetched.

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;39420286]It looks like crap to me, why is there redness on the walls? Darkness isn't red. There's also a hint of green that shouldn't be there either, it's so ugly.[/QUOTE] Rainbow is because whomever compiled didn't use -final. Also, it looks like your gamma is a bit messed up.

[QUOTE=Ereunity;39419828]You have to remember Breen says "Did you know your contract was open to the highest bidder?" it implies Breen was aware of the GMan, and that he may have purchased Gordon's services but in what role is unknown. What if the destruction of the Citadel was planned? What if the Combine hired Gordon to destroy the reactor with the purpose of making a superportal in the first place to get the message sent and the force needed to secure the technology that could harm the Combine/Resistance located at the Borealis and crush the rebellion. GMan then attempts to put him back into stasis but the Vorts prevent him. Together with Alyx he delays the explosion (Allowing more citizens to evacuate) and they find out about the message which in Ep2 we find out is about the Borealis. GMan attempts to profit/regain control by binding Gordon to Alyx.[/QUOTE] That doesn't make sense though, because the reactor could send messages to the overworld on it's own. The reason they sacrifice the citadel is because you destroyed the reactor and they were unable to contact the overworld anymore, so they used the energy from the citadel explosion to open the portal instead.

[video=youtube;GSDY2LwYie4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSDY2LwYie4[/video] And the an atricle about the lecture... [B][URL="http://www.polygon.com/2013/1/30/3934112/gabe-newell-steam-boxs-biggest-threat-isnt-consoles-its-apple"]Gabe Newell: Steam Box's biggest threat isn't consoles, it's Apple[/URL][/B] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/xFkazcD.jpg[/IMG] The biggest danger facing the success of Steam Box or any other PC ecosystem hoping to find space in the living room is Apple, according to a lecture given by Valve co-founder Gabe Newell to a class at the University of Texas' LBJ School of Public Affairs. "The threat right now is that Apple has gained a huge amount of market share, and has a relatively obvious pathway towards entering the living room with their platform," Newell said. "I think that there's a scenario where we see sort of a dumbed down living room platform emerging — I think Apple rolls the console guys really easily. The question is can we make enough progress in the PC space to establish ourselves there, and also figure out better ways of addressing mobile before Apple takes over the living room?" Companies attempting to make that jump with the PC platform need to sell the strengths of their hardware to find footing in the living room, Newell said — factors like increased hard drive space, customizable form factor and the ability to utilize hardware that the consumer may already own. "I think a whole bunch of hardware companies are going to be releasing products in the next 12 months — you'll hear it referred to as Miracast, [Project] Shield from Nvidia, or lots of other people," Newell said. "There are going to be a huge set of products that say, 'If you want something that's incredibly cheap, at a price point well below anything that consoles will be able to reach, you're going to take advantage of the PC that's running somewhere in your house.' "It's like one of those things where afterwards it will seem like it was very simple, when beforehand, everyone sort of denied that it was possible," Newell said. ""It's like one of those things where afterwards it will seem like it was very simple, when beforehand, everyone sort of denied that it was possible."" That's Valve's goal for the Steam Box, its own Linux-based gaming hardware which will bring Steam's Big Picture mode to living room televisions at an affordable price point. Valve is also teaming up with several hardware manufacturers, who are also trying to put together the most attractive hardware at the most attractive price, in order to make the PC platform's jump to the living room as painless as possible. "We're happy to do it if nobody else will do it, mainly because everybody else will pile on, and people will have a lot of choices, but they'll have those characteristics. They'll say, 'Well, I could buy a console, which assumes I'll re-buy all my content, have a completely different video system, and, oh, I have a completely different group of friends, apparently. Or I can just extend everything I love about the PC and the internet into the living room.'" But that transition is going to be made more difficult if Apple finds its footing in the living room first, according to Newell, who warned of this possibility in a 2011 Seattle Times interview. He argues that Apple's platform will shut out the open-source creativity that Steam, and its heavy focus on the monetization of user-generated content, hopes to foster. "The biggest challenge, I don't think is from the consoles," Newell said. "I think the biggest challenge is that Apple moves on the living room before the PC industry sort of gets its act together." We'll have more on Newell's lecture, which touched on the foundation of Valve and its potential place in the next generation of gaming hardware, in the coming days.

[QUOTE=DevinWatson;39421069][video=youtube;GSDY2LwYie4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSDY2LwYie4[/video][/QUOTE][sp]I cringed when he tried to lift his third finger[/sp]