Half-Life and Portal series, general discussion (v6) - Games

The OF2 mod was decent from what I remember. Too bad it got cancelled.

[QUOTE=Falkok15;49690634]The OF2 mod was decent from what I remember. Too bad it got cancelled.[/QUOTE] Not cancelled per-se. But development has effectively stopped: [url]http://www.moddb.com/mods/opposing-force-2/news/regarding-opposing-force-2[/url] Guys who made it are FP regulars, so I'm sure if they're inclined they'll make themselves heard.

[QUOTE=Hell-met;49690484]making the protagonist shepard doesn't automatically make it OF2.[/QUOTE] What does then? Aside from Shepard and the additional weapons, what can really link any mod to the original Opposing Force, thematically? Without the implied presence of those two, any Opposing Force 'sequel' is just as easily another plotless HL2 Mod.

tbh, Prospekts looks pretty shit, and an old and free mod called Awakening does a good job at it, not the best but it's fairly well done, ending is what kinda breaks it off for me in Awakening tho.

[QUOTE=Fort83;49691307]Why does it cost money too? It just looks like a regular run of the mill HL2 mod. From what I can see there really isn't anything in it that warrants a price tag.[/QUOTE] No idea, but I'm the only one of my friends who bought it. Guess I'll be quality control. [editline]7th February 2016[/editline] And to be fair, it doesn't look terrible. It looks about the same visual fidelity as Minerva, and that turned out to be a stellar mod. I don't have super high hopes, but I'm holding off to say it's bad until I actual play it.

There's also too many hexagons And the particles look like butt And the lighting is pretty mediocre etc.

[QUOTE=Mech Bgum;49691004]All scientists knew Gordon in HL1. Some of them return in HL2 and provide thematic continuity. I guess returning marine characters who would recognize Shepard would it link to Opposing Force.[/QUOTE] "Remember me? Sergeant Barnes, your former Drill Instructor! Sorry for the scare, I had to put on a show for these alien meatbags."

I didn't want to mention the price in case I got chewed out for it, but honestly the price itself with the content shown so far and the way its done? I can't say its worth the 10 bucks

[QUOTE=Butthurter;49691755]and idk if you noticed but most of those custom world textures dont have proper envmap masks, so everything comes off extremely shiny[/QUOTE] Did you not read the feature list? That's [i]"Increased cube mapping"[/i]

[QUOTE=glitchvid;49691629]And to be fair, it doesn't look terrible.[/QUOTE] From his Steam Community screenshots: [t]http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/535135824183298137/2283C9B6A0328B18EE8A1B087E97C01618806DEA/[/t] [t]http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/430447961058262482/216BBD97C3648096B3E5EDEBCFD3B8595051143C/[/t] [t]http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/430447961057742615/1F312936F56917C55CC3E5FF4CC0E5976E3EBB1A/[/t]

[QUOTE=Hybrid 4F;49692140]From his Steam Community screenshots: [t]http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/535135824183298137/2283C9B6A0328B18EE8A1B087E97C01618806DEA/[/t] [t]http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/430447961058262482/216BBD97C3648096B3E5EDEBCFD3B8595051143C/[/t] [t]http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/430447961057742615/1F312936F56917C55CC3E5FF4CC0E5976E3EBB1A/[/t][/QUOTE] :vomit:

Holy shit, that looks like a bad Gmod community map.

I feel like I could do better and I map like a 4 year old

Holy fuck those Xen pics, I know people wanna try and get that Xen feel, but ugh, thats horrible, in everything including the eyes. Xen isn't some blurred out image of something alien xeny looking. In most levels you have a clear sky with clouds, and a sun. and In other versions like the ending of HL1 and the Xen levels in OP4, the alien looks is achieved by giving the sky a look as if you're looking at it through a microscope. and from the looks of it and a some of the concept art, Xen has both rocky and organic areas in design. [quote][t]http://combineoverwiki.net/images/d/d9/Focal_Point.jpg[/t] [t]http://combineoverwiki.net/images/a/a8/Of4a_xen_displacer2.jpg[/t] [t]http://combineoverwiki.net/images/8/84/Boids_Xen.jpg[/t][/quote]

Time to spread those pics around and tell people that the Black Mesa team finally finished xen.

[QUOTE=glitchvid;49692224]:vomit:[/QUOTE] I feel as if the bumpmap is slowly being burned into my retinas the more I look at it.

Makes the ground look like it's designed out of vomit and mucus

[QUOTE=PelPix123;49693149]There was a term for this on my old dev team. Weirdly-made bumpmaps, I mean. [I]Lumpmaps.[/I][/QUOTE] SSBumps that don't contain shadow information. :sick:

If Prospekt was supposed to be this guy's ticket into the video game industry, he's in for a shocker.

He was by himself. For what he did its not bad. A lot better than most people. He only had stock resources as well

[QUOTE=TheRealRudy;49694096]so did minerva[/QUOTE] Minerva was actually well made though

[QUOTE=Exploders;49692356][thumb]http://combineoverwiki.net/images/a/a8/Of4a_xen_displacer2.jpg[/thumb][/QUOTE] this is my favorite variant. and that spot is sweet. not even g-man can save you from mouse2.

Since I'm not sure where else to ask, but a L4D 1 and 2 related question, is there anyway I can get split screen on PC? I've tried two methods but they didn't work

[QUOTE=sarevokh;49689680]PROSPEKT has been delayed to the 18th of february, because the author doesn't want to be obscured by Steam Sales : [url]http://steamcommunity.com/app/399120/discussions/0/412446292760527105/[/url][/QUOTE] And in the same time "Transmissions: Element 120", the best looking mod to date (imo) will be available for free [url]https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=416311927[/url] Where is justice in the world... I would love to see Research & Development on Steam too.

Looking at his Xen pics, I wonder if the BMS team will be able to pull something great. No one of the community managed to do a decent Xen-like map on Source as I can remember.

[QUOTE=TheRealRudy;49697314]but it was already completed right?? [video]https://youtu.be/OXgH-vnUB58[/video][/QUOTE] its perfect

[QUOTE=Butthurter;49697301] and redesigning everything every 5 months[/QUOTE] what

[QUOTE=Butthurter;49697301]even if i dont like black mesa, its pretty funny that you want to compare a dumb one man mod with little regard to color theory and environment design, to a massive game whose entire dev team are obsessed with turning their whole mod into port folio porn and redesigning everything every 5 months[/QUOTE] Is just an "oh, Xen maps? oh wait, is just more displacements" comment. I was wondering at the BMS team since is pretty much their most precious secret, how they will design it. Not even concept arts have been seen. The closest we have is the Xen terrarium at the Questionable Ethics chapter.

[QUOTE=Maestro Fenix;49697483]I was wondering at the BMS team since is pretty much their most precious secret, how they will design it. Not even concept arts have been seen. The closest we have is the Xen terrarium at the Questionable Ethics chapter.[/QUOTE] Even then, they said that bit in Questionable Ethics is representative of their vision of Xen.

i remember the black mesa team saying their xen is practically a game in itself