Half-Life and Portal series, general discussion (v6)
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[QUOTE=Coyoteze;47556781]To be fair this mockup is from 2010.
And you never know, it might be. We've no idea how optimized Source 2 is.[/QUOTE]
It's so optimised, it can be scaled down to get great framerates and look good on [I]any[/I] system.
<Gabe gets up on stage in another couple of years. The crowd quiets.
"Ladies and gentlemen, after you finally got bored of making the weight jokes, we decided to release Half-Life (2: Episode) 3. We're using it to showcase our new engine: Source 2. Source 2 is so optimised that we've decided to release it not only on the PS4, XB1 and PC, but also the WiiU, PSVita, 3DS, Gamecube, and with a small paid system firmware update, the Sega Dreamcast.
the crowd erupts in pure joy and ecstasy before a wave of confusion.>
[QUOTE=Catscratch;47557029]It's so optimised, it can be scaled down to get great framerates and look good on [I]any[/I] system.
<Gabe gets up on stage in another couple of years. The crowd quiets.
"Ladies and gentlemen, after you finally got bored of making the weight jokes, we decided to release Half-Life (2: Episode) 3. We're using it to showcase our new engine: Source 2. Source 2 is so optimised that we've decided to release it not only on the PS4, XB1 and PC, but also the WiiU, PSVita, 3DS, Gamecube, and with a small paid system firmware update, the Sega Dreamcast.
the crowd erupts in pure joy and ecstasy before a wave of confusion.>[/QUOTE]
Don't forget OUYA support
[QUOTE=TheRealRudy;47556304]-snip-[/QUOTE]it kinda irritates me that all but one of those concept art images never became part of a playable level
[QUOTE=cNova;47556642]Are those concept arts real ? Holy shit, its the first time i see those[/QUOTE]
You haven't read RTB?
[url]http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Half-Life_2:_Raising_the_Bar[/url]
[editline]19th April 2015[/editline]
[QUOTE=artDecor;47557106]it kinda irritates me that all but one of those concept art images never became part of a playable level[/QUOTE]
That's what concept art are for. Artists pump them out by the dozens daily, and only a small fraction of those will get a chance to be made in engine. Then, from that fraction, most will be cut. What remains - the final game.
snip
[QUOTE=Spor;47557194]You haven't read RTB?
[url]http://combineoverwiki.net/wiki/Half-Life_2:_Raising_the_Bar[/url]
[/QUOTE]
FTFY. :V
Also as an owner of said book, yes they're damn beautiful.
I still wonder what the fuck happened to my old half-life 2 strategy guide. It had pictures of the older shotgun.
[QUOTE=Spor;47557194]You haven't read RTB?
[URL]http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Half-Life_2:_Raising_the_Bar[/URL][/QUOTE]
HOLY FUCK WHAT LOL
[IMG]http://combineoverwiki.net/images/f/f3/Tripod_Hopper.jpg[/IMG]
No wonder this concept was cut this is literally a vagina and penis hanging off three legs.
[QUOTE=Catscratch;47557739]HOLY FUCK WHAT LOL
[IMG]http://combineoverwiki.net/images/f/f3/Tripod_Hopper.jpg[/IMG]
No wonder this concept was cut this is literally a vagina and penis hanging off three legs.[/QUOTE]
Of course, the amount of sexual innuendo in Half-Life's concept art is unreal.
Also while on the topic of strange cut creatures...
[IMG]http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/half-life/images/b/b9/Stampeder_concept.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20091005144131&path-prefix=en[/IMG]
I cant comprehend this help.
half-life fans can't into H.R. giger
[QUOTE=tempunary;47558036]half-life fans can't into H.R. giger[/QUOTE]
To be fair, when you have concept entities like Mr. Friendly, i'd rather not get into Giger either
[QUOTE=Catscratch;47557739]HOLY FUCK WHAT LOL
[IMG]http://combineoverwiki.net/images/f/f3/Tripod_Hopper.jpg[/IMG]
No wonder this concept was cut this is literally a vagina and penis hanging off three legs.[/QUOTE]
Valve wanted Half Life 1 to be scary to teens. So they decided to put a lot of uncomfortable sexual things on purpose. Shame that they scrapped the whole concept.
[QUOTE=Catscratch;47557739]HOLY FUCK WHAT LOL
[IMG]http://combineoverwiki.net/images/f/f3/Tripod_Hopper.jpg[/IMG]
No wonder this concept was cut this is literally a vagina and penis hanging off three legs.[/QUOTE]
reminds me of the Duke nukem forever pregnator
[IMG]http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/dukenukem/images/4/46/Pregnator02.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110619062512[/IMG]
[QUOTE=Spor;47558163]Valve wanted Half Life 1 to be scary to teens. So they decided to put a lot of uncomfortable sexual things on purpose. Shame that they scrapped the whole concept.[/QUOTE]
I only have one thing to say to you:
[img]http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090607012302/half-life/en/images/2/2a/Gonarch_model.jpg[/img]
Giant armoured headcrab with a testicle hanging under it.
I remember the Gonarch as more of a terribly long boss battle than a giant ballsack.
Never forget Mr. Friendly
[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;47559938]I remember the Gonarch as more of a terribly long boss battle than a giant ballsack.[/QUOTE]
The gonarch was probably the only thing about HL1 I didn't like because I remember it being an absolute pain in the ass to kill.
[editline]20th April 2015[/editline]
Like, defeating it didn't feel like "hell yeah I slaughtered a space-alien cross-dimensional monster, I'm a badass", it felt more like "oh my fuck finally i'm past this shit, can I move on now?"
[QUOTE=Coyoteze;47561311]The gonarch was probably the only thing about HL1 I didn't like because I remember it being an absolute pain in the ass to kill.
[editline]20th April 2015[/editline]
Like, defeating it didn't feel like "hell yeah I slaughtered a space-alien cross-dimensional monster, I'm a badass", it felt more like "oh my fuck finally i'm past this shit, can I move on now?"[/QUOTE]
if you have enough explosives left over you can skip the last part of the fight and blow up the floor to continue through xen
Remember back in Half-Life Won, you could change game in the launcher? I recreated [U]Custom GameUI[/U] part for the game, check it out:
[video=youtube;lha6jY40uRA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lha6jY40uRA[/video]
If people love this, I might make it so you can even edit GameUI layout...
So I'm working on some pixel art of the Combine Soldiers, and I'd like to get some constructive criticism on the guns. Only the guns. Not the Combine. [sp]Because the Combine is a transparent piece of shit at the moment.[/sp]
[t]http://i.imgur.com/LHsGidd.png[/t]
can anyone help me with a mod i'm having with the retail copy of half-life?
whenever i try to start the game after activating a mod, i get an error among the lines of "could not find library (c:\sierra\halflife\valve/client.dll")
anyone know how to fix this?
[QUOTE=Kaleidescoop;47566003]So I'm working on some pixel art of the Combine Soldiers, and I'd like to get some constructive criticism on the guns. Only the guns. Not the Combine. [sp]Because the Combine is a transparent piece of shit at the moment.[/sp]
[t]http://i.imgur.com/LHsGidd.png[/t][/QUOTE]
the SMG looks a little short to me
[QUOTE=Pigbear;47567019]the SMG looks a little short to me[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I drew the first two weapons from memory XD
I'll revise the SMG and shotgun to be up to the standards of the AR2.
How's this?
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/fpyLuu1.png[/IMG]
[QUOTE=ProfHappycat7;47566053]can anyone help me with a mod i'm having with the retail copy of half-life?
whenever i try to start the game after activating a mod, i get an error among the lines of "could not find library (c:\sierra\halflife\valve/client.dll")
anyone know how to fix this?[/QUOTE]
What version of retail HL1 (WON vs. Steam. If WON, what version specifically? 1.0.0.5, 1.1.1.0, etc.)? Also, what mod? Depending on how old it is, it might require certain patches be installed or may not be properly compatible with the last WON HL1 patch (1.1.1.0). Looking through my retail HL1 install (1.1.1.0) it looks like client.dll is supposed to be under C:\SIERRA\halflife\valve\cl_dlls\. You could copy it to where the mod expects it to be, but I somehow doubt that will really solve the problem. My initial guess is that the mod's "liblist.gam" file is screwed up for some reason. This file is located in the mods main directory. You can open this and edit it with any text editor. Here's a picture of the contents of They Hunger's liblist.gam:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/LmPSVkW.png[/img]
Note that "hlversion" is the minimum version needed to run the mod (1.1.0.0 in this case). "gamedll" tells the mod where to look for its specific .dll file within the mod's folder. If the mod doesn't use a specific or custom .dll file then it should point to something like "valve\dlls\hl.dll". Also, if "cldll" isn't set to "1", or does not exist in the mods liblist.gam file, try adding that line yourself and see if that works.
This all assumes that the liblist.gam is screwy. It could easily be something else.
[QUOTE=Kaleidescoop;47567333]Yeah, I drew the first two weapons from memory XD
I'll revise the SMG and shotgun to be up to the standards of the AR2.
How's this?
[t]http://i.imgur.com/fpyLuu1.png[/t][/QUOTE]
Looks a ton better now.
It looks like somethng out of hotline miami
[QUOTE=WhyNott;47568257]It looks like somethng out of hotline miami[/QUOTE]
half-life miami
[QUOTE=Kaleidescoop;47567333]Yeah, I drew the first two weapons from memory XD
I'll revise the SMG and shotgun to be up to the standards of the AR2.
How's this?
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/fpyLuu1.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Try doing some shading.
[QUOTE=Kaleidescoop;47567333]Yeah, I drew the first two weapons from memory XD
I'll revise the SMG and shotgun to be up to the standards of the AR2.
How's this?
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/fpyLuu1.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]
MP7 needs an actual stock at the back and the foregrip needs to be lengthened. Back part needs to be even with the rest of the gun. Front end of the AR2 doesn't quite right, top barrel should be higher.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/hwCOXSA.png[/img]
More like that.
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