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

Can someone repost the video of the guy that used a file scrambler on HL2? I can't find it anywhere.

[QUOTE=Sally;47460304]If you do it and don't get yelled at, could you get him to give a answer about that eli thing before?[/QUOTE] Could you give me his email?

[QUOTE=The Kins;47463031]He was hired by Valve and makes maps and ARGs and other nonsense for them full-time, so... probably, yes. He did do a final update for the existing mod, compatibility fixes and such, after his co-workers nagged him to. You can find it on Steam.[/QUOTE] I wish the Research and Development dev would do that, it;s been broken since steampipe. Is there a way to play Half-Life 2 Update in commentary mode without being immune to damage?

During shootouts with combine soldiers, my FPS goes from 100 to 20. When just walking around in corridors its goes very close to 300. I wish the framerate was stable and not all over the place. This is with HL2 update btw

On the automatic train topic: I was replaying Episode One for achievements (Haven't played it since they came out), and got a lot of proof that human and combine trains are automatic (or at least, can be when needed). Alyx starts the train when escaping the citadel (Probably) and she definitely starts the civilian train in the very end, using the console.

The trains are likely Automatic but have the option for Manual. This would also explain why you can never see a visible conductor in the trains, not even in Point Insertion where the train is stationary and up close.

Was rushing through Half Life 2 to get all the lambda caches. Almighty Havoc God saved me from having to fight all those zombies in the infamous tunnel. Hallelujah. [vid]http://a.pomf.se/swissy.webm[/vid] Also, this: [vid]http://a.pomf.se/pfbetp.webm[/vid]

[t]http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/35241878923186621/33E0DF3078243F9F20DEC4F012DCD6C230D7CE86/[/t] so i pushed this thing with the gravity gun in hl2: update it then proceeded to flee in the opposite direction up in the skybox like a fucking bullet same happened to a combine vehicle after a strider clipped with it

I guess Rubikon will bring it's own interesting nuances.

[QUOTE=Hell-met;47462960]so did adam foster just give up on minerva? I still want my snowy village. shower me with clocks for a "yes"[/QUOTE] In 2012, I asked Adam about Out of Time. His response: [QUOTE] That old thing? Eh, maybe when I finish work on everything else. ;-) [/QUOTE] basically, considering his current job and the time it's been, what we have now is what we're getting.

[QUOTE=Steve Stump;47465984]Could you give me his email?[/QUOTE] [email]mlaidlaw@[/email] ~gmail~

[QUOTE=tempunary;47464371]I just want to know what that big thing is in the background. [t]http://combineoverwiki.net/images/c/c4/Ep3_chopper_crashed2.jpg[/t] [t]http://combineoverwiki.net/images/4/4b/Ep3_chopper_crashed3.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] its the weather control. [t]http://combineoverwiki.net/images/thumb/c/c3/Ep3_chopper_crashed1.jpg/400px-Ep3_chopper_crashed1.jpg[/t] that giant ball on the background is a weather radar antenna [t]http://outpost81.com/noaa_weather_radar_DSC03028_small.jpg[/t]

[QUOTE=Sally;47468859][email]m'laidlaw@[/email][/QUOTE] *tips fedora*

[QUOTE=Karmal Khan;47469649]*tips fedora*[/QUOTE] *tips crowbar* Just wondering, can anyone make this into a texture/decal? [IMG]http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/half-life/images/0/0f/Trainlogo.svg/revision/latest?cb=20100327174926&path-prefix=en[/IMG]

I tried, but it keeps importing with artifacts that aren't present in the image, like random red or yellow-green pixels around the edges. I'm probably not using the right settings in the importer. But I never really knew how to do textures anyway, I only have the program and the bear minimum knowledge to use it. Someone who actually knows what they're doing could get it done in 2 minutes if that.

guys the hydra is real [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EQGA_4BZ5s[/media]

Oh wow, I totally forgot the hydra ever existed.

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[QUOTE=Kaleidescoop;47470965]*tips crowbar* Just wondering, can anyone make this into a texture/decal? [IMG]http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/half-life/images/0/0f/Trainlogo.svg/revision/latest?cb=20100327174926&path-prefix=en[/IMG][/QUOTE] Like this? [url]http://www.mediafire.com/download/4cg71ij8i8qbfys/trainlogo.vtf[/url]

Did anything ever happen with that [I]Shaun of the Dead[/I] L4D campaign?

i'm a bit late on this but i found no posts. apparently [url=http://www.transmissions-element120.com]this mod[/url] got released i'm gonna try it out

[QUOTE=RenaFox;47461912]If the cars have been used recently, why are most of them missing windows/wheels/other funtional pieces[/QUOTE] Auto part manufacturing has stopped so people cannibalize parts from the ones stuck underground

thanks to googling Half-Life 3 everyday, I now know about a giant clickbait news network!

Was messing around in Ravenholm and just noticed the steeple building's roof changes depending on what map you're on :v: In one map it's orange, then it's absent, then it's orange again, then it's black, then it's sheet metal. I find it interesting they added it to each map for consistency, but didn't keep the building itself consistent. I wonder what Ravenholm would be like as one big map... Does that exist? Has anyone done that?

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;47473074]I wonder what Ravenholm would be like as one big map... Does that exist? Has anyone done that?[/QUOTE] It would be an interesting project for someone working with Source 2

[QUOTE=halfer;47473119]It would be an interesting project for someone working with Source 2[/QUOTE] It doesn't sound hard, I mean it's not 2004 anymore, we can run it.

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;47473236]It doesn't sound hard, I mean it's not 2004 anymore, we can run it.[/QUOTE] full ravenholm really doesn't even cost that much. the maps are tiny and basically hl1-like.

I doubt you guys are into speedrunning etc, but do you guys know any [B]good[/B] Portal2 demo watcher timers? I'm looking into starting some runs

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;47473074] I wonder what Ravenholm would be like as one big map... Does that exist? Has anyone done that?[/QUOTE] [URL="http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=336735669"]Like this?[/URL]

I would love a remastered Half-Life 2, such as Halo 1 and Halo 2 have been. I just watched some cutscenes for Halo 2 and it's made me really want a remastered HL2