Half-life 2 Cut Content - Is it me or dose the cut content look better than what we got? - Games

[QUOTE=DrAkcel;46292240]Because HL2 leak was sold at pirate shops as full game, I presume :v:[/QUOTE] I'ts a bit unrelated, but i remember seeing Doom 3 E3 leak beign sold in cd "stores". I also remember seeing half-life mod packs beign sold in store shelves, CSS Skin packs, Russian HL2 mods ( Xen Forces: Breath of Xen ). Quite everything modmakers did were sold. Some of them even been paid for selling their mods. I remember renting ( we usually rented cd's with games, rather than buying them ) "Half-Life : Чернобыль" ( Half-Life : Chernobil ) by myself, expecting to be something cool, [URL="http://media.moddb.com/images/downloads/1/49/48938/1257871228_1206253944_half-life-.jpg"]judging by CD artwork[/URL], i still regret my expectations, i wish i would've keep CD, but i traded it for Red Alert 2. The last thing i bought was a TimeShift CD, which contained re-packed installer and a folder named "Crack" with it :suicide:

[QUOTE=Gunship_MK_II;46293780]I'ts a bit unrelated, but i remember seeing Doom 3 E3 leak beign sold in cd "stores". I also remember seeing half-life mod packs beign sold in store shelves, CSS Skin packs, Russian HL2 mods ( Xen Forces: Breath of Xen ). Quite everything modmakers did were sold. Some of them even been paid for selling their mods. I remember renting ( we usually rented cd's with games, rather than buying them ) "Half-Life : Чернобыль" ( Half-Life : Chernobil ) by myself, expecting to be something cool, [URL="http://media.moddb.com/images/downloads/1/49/48938/1257871228_1206253944_half-life-.jpg"]judging by CD artwork[/URL], i still regret my expectations, i wish i would've keep CD, but i traded it for Red Alert 2. The last thing i bought was a TimeShift CD, which contained re-packed installer and a folder named "Crack" with it :suicide:[/QUOTE] well its hosted up on moddb right now, but im gonna assume you know that

[QUOTE=uaredead2020;46293789]well its hosted up on moddb right now, but im gonna assume you know that[/QUOTE] Yep, but a feeling that you own a genuine pile of crap burned onto cd is nothing compared to digital download.

[QUOTE=Gunship_MK_II;46293780]I also remember seeing half-life mod packs beign sold in store shelves, CSS Skin packs, Russian HL2 mods ( Xen Forces: Breath of Xen ). Quite everything modmakers did were sold.[/QUOTE] Those mod packs with Ep2 promo screenshots, leak screenshots and sometimes even Black Mesa older screenshots on the back of the box, yay. With them nothing to do with the actual content of the disc, of course! I actually had bought some number of discs like that with mods ranging from Minerva (which I am not as hyped about as many but alright, we'll say it's one of the great mods) to Legacy, and even including single maps. One time there was a mod called Re-Evolution with the RtB Depot concept on the cover, called a 'licensed product' with 'Publisher: Valve" saying on the cover also. Wow.

[QUOTE="Nik1895"]2) Yes, it was. Although I can't confirm it personally, as I didn't even know about the existence of Half-Life back in 2003.[/QUOTE] Here's a pic of a cd with the leak on it being sold in Russia as the actual full game (note that it is only two cds, the full retail game had five): [IMG]http://i60.tinypic.com/2ur89c5.jpg[/IMG]

Rough first pass at bump map and phong. What think? (Click for big) [thumb]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/30723057356253039/16C56E1F1E3DE5FF2D9313EF942938ACD3C22E7A/[/thumb] [thumb]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/30723057356251926/FD1AB84C52E9C0BED5649042070FCC6574ED560B/[/thumb] [thumb]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/30723057356250961/937E2347CFF18BC1573044717CB07B9D3B2DEA8D/[/thumb]

Does anyone know an alternative to the propeller.mdl in d1_garage_01_08?

[QUOTE=FlamingBlizza;46299578]Does anyone know an alternative to the propeller.mdl in d1_garage_01_08?[/QUOTE] A fixed version of e3_industrial had a brush fan to replace that model. I think its your only choice.

There's also fanoff.mdl in cs:s/csgo, in props/de_prodigy.

[QUOTE=Milkyway M16;46299490]Rough first pass at bump map and phong. What think? (Click for big) [thumb]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/30723057356253039/16C56E1F1E3DE5FF2D9313EF942938ACD3C22E7A/[/thumb] [thumb]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/30723057356251926/FD1AB84C52E9C0BED5649042070FCC6574ED560B/[/thumb] [thumb]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/30723057356250961/937E2347CFF18BC1573044717CB07B9D3B2DEA8D/[/thumb][/QUOTE] Those scratches look way too intense and shiny. What I'd do is show the hard edges, the bolts on the doors and windows and maybe the corrugated stuff on the normal map, have everything else flat, and then stick the scratches and little bits where the metal is worn on the spec map in white/grey in the alpha channel. That way you'll get nice highlights when the light hits the detail.

[QUOTE=Snood_1990;46302935]Those scratches look way too intense and shiny. What I'd do is show the hard edges, the bolts on the doors and windows and maybe the corrugated stuff on the normal map, have everything else flat, and then stick the scratches and little bits where the metal is worn on the spec map in white/grey in the alpha channel. That way you'll get nice highlights when the light hits the detail.[/QUOTE] Awesome, that's great advice!! I'll give it a shot

[QUOTE=Milkyway M16;46299490][thumb]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/30723057356250961/937E2347CFF18BC1573044717CB07B9D3B2DEA8D/[/thumb][/QUOTE] Besides the texture added onto the model, does anyone know where this APC even came from? The model form doesn't show up anywhere in the leak which begs me to question where it came from in the first place.

I'm pretty sure either Milkyway M16 or someone else modelled it based off the brush version. I don't think it's actually from the leak.

[QUOTE=En_Carlson;46299315]Here's a pic of a cd with the leak on it being sold in Russia as the actual full game (note that it is only two cds, the full retail game had five): [IMG]http://i60.tinypic.com/2ur89c5.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] Does this actually exist? I would actually buy it if it does exist.

[QUOTE=Bitl;46307915]Does this actually exist? I would actually buy it if it does exist.[/QUOTE] Not sure if I'd pay for a 15MB error.

[QUOTE=Bitl;46307915]Does this actually exist? I would actually buy it if it does exist.[/QUOTE] there was a point of time i was tempted to go out and buy a prepayed 20 dollar gift card and use it to buy a russian bootleg of hl2 off of ebay

[QUOTE=Sally;46307401]Besides the texture added onto the model, does anyone know where this APC even came from? The model form doesn't show up anywhere in the leak which begs me to question where it came from in the first place.[/QUOTE] This model was discussed like 10 pages back or something so I went looking for it. I think I tracked it down to some russian dude who made it based on some really horrible screenshots that we have of the original model and its texture. Basically the texture existed in the leak(which you seem to be aware of) but the model was overwritten by an untextured retail apc in the leak(apc.mdl). This is why no model exists to match the texture. The texture was supposed to go with apc.mdl but the prototype retail one in the leak ruined that. I found this model remake in some russian leak patch or something. I plan on actually releasing this here with the updated normalmap and phong just for fun.

[QUOTE=Milkyway M16;46308858]This model was discussed like 10 pages back or something so I went looking for it. I think I tracked it down to some russian dude who made it based on some really horrible screenshots that we have of the original model and its texture. Basically the texture existed in the leak(which you seem to be aware of) but the model was overwritten by an untextured retail apc in the leak(apc.mdl). This is why no model exists to match the texture. The texture was supposed to go with apc.mdl but the prototype retail one in the leak ruined that. I found this model remake in some russian leak patch or something. I plan on actually releasing this here with the updated normalmap and phong just for fun.[/QUOTE] If the model is present as APCNew\apc_static.mdl, apc_dynamic.mdl and wheel.mdl, then the author is T-braze. Looks pretty much like his, anyway.

I thought it was made from some brush APC on one of the oldest maps.

Found the textures of the cut "Blue" Antlion Guardian from Episode 2, and ported it to GMod: [img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/8t4zGVm.jpg[/img_thumb] [img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/3oG6TwI.jpg[/img_thumb] [img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/Kx9bHuR.jpg[/img_thumb] For anyone curious, the textures are present in the Episode 1 files.

How about the older leak skin, brown, with less of bright and selfillum textures? P.S. The bluish guard reminds me of the Airex pistons somewhat lol.

Update: [thumb]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/30723946845934879/477A815AC41276D0AA9118356FA0757F0BFE64F1/[/thumb] [thumb]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/30723946845936323/EB848FB22ABAF0CDA41B2019641F4101DCC29423/[/thumb] [thumb]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/30723946845938092/83513349809D89C062A2C3B6A1DAB1431D9E218E/[/thumb] [thumb]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/30723946845939341/D5D0C08DB6D511721A49A7FB47CEBC4C03E46C3E/[/thumb] I did the bump map completely by hand, it's so easy that way. Most props and inorganic things are so easy to make bump maps for and to think I used to just run the whole texture through the nVidia Photoshop plugin :v:

I think the unbalanced HDR is making the reflections seem over done.

[QUOTE=Sally;46321565]I think the unbalanced HDR is making the reflections seem over done.[/QUOTE] Probably, it might actually be overdone though. I couldn't decide on the best values.

Here's something interesting - Overwiki says that the midget sub doesn't appear in any Borealis maps, but in the map d3_borealis_01 (last edited march 2002, randy folder) is a way more detailed sub then the one that appears in proto_deep maps. It also is supposed to have props used in it (W_SubRearCone.mdl, W_SubThrusters.mdl, etc). HOW I FOUND IT: [img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/WvgAeoQ.png[/img_thumb] MY HORRIBLE ATTEMPT TO TRY AND FIX UP THE THING: [img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/HjlNk28.jpg[/img_thumb] [img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/dw6Z0pJ.jpg[/img_thumb] (of course with props missing, because they arent in the leak) Is this new? I wouldn't know.

Hmmm... one could try and use submarine.vmf in the sawyer folder as a basis template to detail this one... add some pipes and such...

[QUOTE=Jackathan;46322595]Overwiki says that the midget sub doesn't appear in any Borealis maps, but in the map d3_borealis_01[/QUOTE] I told them about it a bunch of times years ago yet nobody seemed to care.

[QUOTE=Milkyway M16;46321270]Update: [thumb]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/30723946845934879/477A815AC41276D0AA9118356FA0757F0BFE64F1/[/thumb] [thumb]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/30723946845936323/EB848FB22ABAF0CDA41B2019641F4101DCC29423/[/thumb] [thumb]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/30723946845938092/83513349809D89C062A2C3B6A1DAB1431D9E218E/[/thumb] [thumb]http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/30723946845939341/D5D0C08DB6D511721A49A7FB47CEBC4C03E46C3E/[/thumb] I did the bump map completely by hand, it's so easy that way. Most props and inorganic things are so easy to make bump maps for and to think I used to just run the whole texture through the nVidia Photoshop plugin :v:[/QUOTE] Looks waaaay better, nice.

After dicking around with the optimisational nightmare that is 04, I decided to just make it from total scratch instead of trying to re-engineer it. Going pretty well so far, gonna try it with GYFTVs in a little bit.

Anyone got a clue as to what the Combine Assassin Tank is supposed to be? [IMG]http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091007091215/half-life/en/images/f/f0/Borealis_tanks.jpg[/IMG] From the concept art, it seems that it was thrown into the ship. But assuming that the Borealis was attacked during Gordon's ride with it, it doesn't look like the Combine had enough time to chain it up in the air. It also appears to be somewhat techno-organic, as opposed to most common Combine tech (only the earliest version of the Citadel comes to mind). So from what I can gather, this is very likely captured by the Rebel and was intended to be transported to Kraken Base for studies or whatever, which might explain the Assassin's frozen nature. It actually kind of reminds me of the secret Statue of Liberty heart in GTA IV. [IMG]http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090901102901/gtawiki/images/1/1a/StatueofHappiness-GTA4-HeartoftheCity.jpg[/IMG]