Half-life 2 fans?

[stingx]

I killed 3 hours playing Crysis last night. That game is just amazing. I'm looking forward to Farcry 2 being released this fall. Love realistic FPS games!

[Justaguyin_nc]

I got both versions of HalfLife laying around here someplace.. never finished either as offline games...
I really enjoyed the counterstrike online play when it was first made for a few years..

Nothing beats Rainbow Six series though (IMHO) and Vegas 2 has just come out for it..


Anyone playing R6 Online?


Farcry is pretty good too.. will probaly get FC2 also.'

As far as a 360.. I already have the PS2 recently purchased collecting dust..
I think I will stick with PC gaming.. for full effect!

Back to the original question
HalfLife is a must if you never played it...

[stingx]

I just picked up Call of Duty 4 from Best Buy! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[duhvoodooman***]

...I'm looking forward to Farcry 2 being released this fall.

The original Far Cry was one of my favorite FPS games, and was visually just stunning. I also found it to be one of the hardest games I every played. The last couple of levels were just brutal. I almost quit at one point--something that has NEVER happened to me in a PC game before. (I refuse to use cheats.)

An FPS that I really enjoyed was Painkiller. Really unusual levels & weapons (I loved pinning zombies to walls with the stake gun!), and great secrets and bonuses to be found. And the "tarot card" feature was quite unique, allowing you to modify your player's abilities.

For humor content in an FPS, the Serious Sam games were great, particularly the first two. "It's all fun & games until somebody loses an eye!" LOL!!

[Justaguyin_nc]

This talk of HalfLife2 reminded me..
they always have had a good Mod community.

Here are a few I liked..

Revoluntionary War Mod.. looks pretty good
Battlegrounds 2

http://www.bgmod.com/

And

Fistfull of Frags for a Western taste

http://www.fistful-of-frags.com/

I use to enjoy an old Western Game called OUTLAWS by Microsoft..1997

The last year or so Ubisoft released a Polish made game from Techland
called Call of Juarez

http://www.callofjuarez.com/

It released for 50.00 bucks but can be had for as little as
$20.00 brand new on E-Bay.. Pretty good story line for Single Player mode.
Playing one of two roles..
Also, pretty good for Online play.. well worth 20.00 but probably not 50!
There is also a Single Player and MultiPlayer Demo to check it out.
if'n ya feel like playin in the Old West.

[Robert****]

How does this game Mod stuff work? Do people have access the to game code from Valve and can use it to make a different game?

[Justaguyin_nc]

How does this game Mod stuff work? Do people have access the to game code from Valve and can use it to make a different game?

Exactly... then there is usually an install doc with the mod to walk you thru it.

CounterStrike actually was a mod before Valve took over.. or did they?

it's all free..it's all fun.. and you are already use to the controls.

[Danzego]

CounterStrike actually was a mod before Valve took over.. or did they?

IIRC, they hired the Counterstrike guys on.

[Robert****]

So who did the original code development then? I still don't understand how all this stuff works. Making all the graphics and scenes and engaging levels of playing the game, etc is no small feat. It's still pretty much a whole new game anyway, isn't it? So why do they call it a Mod? Because they are reusing the code framework from the original game? And what people are doing these Mods? Not just anyone would have enough brains to make a new "Mod" - I imagine you would need a whole team of skilled programmers and designers to get anywhere with it.

[Justaguyin_nc]

it's very time consuming Robert.. A whole team would be very helpful.
But then everyone has to have the same goal..

Most is just scripts..like your cgi, perl and plain text.. and changing them..

the makers of the games usually release tools to help you along.
Or Some nice smart student someplace makes them..
Skin programs..Map editors.. etc etc..
Alot of games come with Map editors to help you make your own maps for local or Online play.
Hmmm Maybe a Fretnet Map hosted by Robert is in order?
I use to enjoy making maps for RainbowSix series and S.W.A.T.3 4 ,
but again.. time consuming...

If a game is Modable.. there will be tools for it or created for it by someone.

Here is some links to show what goes into making mods..well partly..

Source engine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_engine
Valve Map Editor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Hammer_Editor

[Tone2TheBone]

The Juarez one looks cool.

[Jampy]

Here is another cool mod for HL2

http://www.zombiemaster.org/index.php

[marnold***]

It's a "mod" because what they created a new gametype, maps, characters, etc. Most everything else was reused, e.g., network code, collision detection, graphics subsystems, physics, etc. Companies don't release all of the source code. They release an SDK so that modders can build on what is already there.

id Software eventually does release all of the code for their engines under the GPL.

[Tone2TheBone]

Alright you HL2 players I'm stuck...

I'm in 'Low Life" in the parking structure where there are 3 hives/holes that I have to put cars in to stop those damn spider things. Remember this one? One car is on the bottom level and another on the 2nd and the last one is behind a locked cage on the 3rd. I can get 2 cars on the holes with the gravity gun but I keep getting attacked when I try to open that damn stupid slow turning wheel to open the gate on the top level. When it's almost about to open completely a stupid spider thing is on my back and Alyx can't kill them fast enough for them to leave me alone to open the stupid gate. When I try to run up to the top level to do that first Alyx gets killed below trying to fight off the spider things.



What is the best method of putting all the cars into the holes and surviving???

[marnold***]

You've got to get all three cars over the holes ASAP, otherwise you'll never get the door open. When I did it I just had to concern myself with me, not Alyx.

[Tone2TheBone]

Getting 2 cars over the holes is easy. I think there is something that I'm not doing right. I keep getting swiped at the wheel that opens a gate where there are 2 medical things and I don't think that's the right gate I'm supposed to open? Am I missing another gate that opens the last car?

[marnold***]

Getting 2 cars over the holes is easy. I think there is something that I'm not doing right. I keep getting swiped at the wheel that opens a gate where there are 2 medical things and I don't think that's the right gate I'm supposed to open? Am I missing another gate that opens the last car?

From Wikicheats:

SPOILER WARNING!










To get to the third car, head up to the third level. It's located above the entrance you came in. Use the beams above the center of the room to get there. If you lose Alyx along the way, don't worry because she'll meet up with you before you leave. You'll have to jump down into the room with the car. There is a Zombine there. He often blows himself up with a grenade, so stay away from him and use the shotgun.

Turn the wheel you see here to open the gate. Push car over the edge and into the Antlion hole.

[Tone2TheBone]

From Wikicheats:

SPOILER WARNING!










To get to the third car, head up to the third level. It's located above the entrance you came in. Use the beams above the center of the room to get there. If you lose Alyx along the way, don't worry because she'll meet up with you before you leave. You'll have to jump down into the room with the car. There is a Zombine there. He often blows himself up with a grenade, so stay away from him and use the shotgun.

Turn the wheel you see here to open the gate. Push car over the edge and into the Antlion hole.

Yes! Thanks to you pastor for the tip I finally did it.

Those stupid spider thingies anyway....

I finally made it outside the parking structure (why didn't someone tell me it was going to be dark and creepy!) My best laugh of the day was when we emerged into the level with the elevator to make our escape and Alyx starts to make a Zombine sound behind me...then giggles and says "gotcha". That dang $#&*$ hahahahaha That was a good one though and I'm finally outta that bad bad place. :

[marnold***]

I finally made it outside the parking structure (why didn't someone tell me it was going to be dark and creepy!) My best laugh of the day was when we emerged into the level with the elevator to make our escape and Alyx starts to make a Zombine sound behind me...then giggles and says "gotcha". That dang $#&*$ hahahahaha That was a good one though and I'm finally outta that bad bad place. :

My favorite part of Episode 1 was after you get to a safe house when you've been listening to the scientist's broadcast. Alyx said something to the effect of, "Did he really just encourage people to get busy?"